We are excited to announce that Housing Families First has been awarded the $500,000 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant (CIG) for their project Bringing Families Home. Housing Families First (HFF) is a primary provider of crisis housing services for Richmond-area families experiencing homelessness. In partnership with the Richmond Public Schools McKinney-Vento…
Please take some time to view the videos from our Top 5 finalists for this year’s Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant. Help Me Help You – “Reentry Navigation and Continuum of Care” Housing Families First – “Bringing Families Home!” Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia (HOME) – “Eviction Diversion Program” Latinos…
We are pleased to announce the top 10 nonprofit organizations for the 2020 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant (CIG). Awarded annually the CIG seeds a $500,000 proposal that applauds the imaginative, cooperative spirit of Greater Richmond. The award is designed to support a project that addresses unmet community needs or issues…
Courtney Rice, Director of Inclusion and Community Impact, co-authored an article for Philanthropy Journal News about diversity, equity and inclusion, and how to move community forward from theory to practice. She addresses how this has worked within our own organization, in particular as it relates to our Community Innovation Grant, which is open for submission…
At Robins Foundation, we work to improve the quality of life for the whole Richmond community. And one key to a good quality of life is mental health. According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report (USGR), one in five children and adolescents in this county has a mental disorder (most commonly anxiety, mood or disruptive…
Congratulations to Commonwealth Catholic Charities! We are thrilled to announce the award of the 2019 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins Community Innovation Grant of $500,000 to Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) for their Youth Housing Stability Project. Focused on ending youth homelessness and housing instability in Richmond communities, Youth Housing Stability Project is a partnership…
Robins Foundation is pleased to announce the top 5 nonprofit organizations for their 2019 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. Community Innovation Grant (CIG). The CIG, named for Robins Foundation’s founders, seeds a $500,000 proposal that celebrates the imaginative, cooperative spirit of Greater Richmond.
Robins Foundation is pleased to announce the top 10 nonprofit organizations for their 2019 Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. Community Innovation Grant (CIG). The CIG, named for Robins Foundation’s founders, seeds a $500,000 proposal that celebrates the imaginative, cooperative spirit of Greater Richmond.