Good Tidings News from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
New Ideas and Vision Launch the Arts Alliance
Until recently, gaining momentum receiving grants for by sponsoring the first Mosaic Steel Orchestra Americans for the Arts was how Dr. Anthony economic impact study Hailey, its president and in the region and starting CEO, connected with the an Arts 100 patron group. Business Consortium for The Arts 100 group Arts Support. Over 35 consists of individuals years, BCAS has awarded and couples who are arts more than $25 million lovers and work together to 71 South Hampton on arts projects. Roads arts and cultural Wigginton, who organizations, including previously worked for the steelpan orchestra Virginia Stage Company Hailey founded in 2008. and other arts groups, But as BCAS morphed is “excited about the into the Arts Alliance in services we provide arts 2022, Hailey discovered employees to help them the Alliance’s new Wills and their families,” such Dr. Anthony Hailey for the Arts program. It as Wills for the Arts and linked him with an attorney who created a financial planning workshops. will, power of attorney, and advanced health “We are converting to an ideas and directive for free. Hailey is among 72 area arts advocacy organization that also fundraises for employees benefitting from the Alliance’s wills the arts,” Webb explained. “Forty arts advocacy program. groups around the country have already made “It feels good to have this level of security this conversion.” in place,” Hailey said. “When running arts Studying organizations in Louisville and organizations, we often don’t look out for other cities while listening to area arts leaders ourselves as we pour everything into our inspired the Alliance’s new name and mission: work.” Hailey teaches steel drums annually to “to foster a strong, vibrant, and inclusive 500 students ranging in age from 9 to 81 and community through arts leadership, advocacy, leads public concerts with a Caribbean flair. services, and support.” The Alliance, which this year awarded Robert Cross, Virginia Arts Festival $663,000 to 33 organizations, sees new executive director, said the BCAS “was programs as a way to help grow financial instrumental in the festival getting off the support for cultural groups. Within five ground in 1995 and its support grew as years, “we want to give $1 million in the festival grew.” He is among arts leaders grants annually,” said Lisa Wigginton, the providing input helping shape the Alliance and Alliance’s executive director, who joined the believes its expanded focus will help “smaller BCAS in 2008. arts groups and also larger ones like ours and That goal requires attracting donors Virginia Symphony,” where he is principal through “new ideas and vision,” said attorney percussionist. Lewis Webb III, Alliance Advisory Council Decades ago, the Hampton Roads chair and Kaufman & Canoles attorney. He Community Foundation studied united arts believes the Alliance must expand beyond funds around the country before recruiting 12 its traditional role of taking in corporate area foundations and businesses like Webb’s and foundation money and giving it out law firm to launch the BCAS in 1987. Since as arts grants. With corporate mergers and then, corporate and foundation members departures, “we hit a fundraising plateau,” have pooled donations annually to provide Webb said. critical operating support C O N T I N U E D P. 3 Webb envisions the reinvigorated Alliance to South Hampton Roads
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2022-23
Recent Grants
.................................................... The Hampton Roads Community Foundation recently awarded competitive community grants to nonprofits from its unrestricted and field-of-interest funds to support a host of charitable causes in the region, some over a multi-year period. For full details, go to HamptonRoadsCF.org/ RecentGrants. Grant recipients include: ....................................................
Vibrant Places
........................................................ Chrysler Museum of Art, $500,000 over five years to support the expansion of the Perry Glass Studio to become the Center for Advanced Education in Glass Arts and Sciences ........................................................ Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads, $50,000 to renovate their headquarters ........................................’............... Hospice House of Hampton Roads, $150,000 to construct and operate a new hospice facility in Virginia Beach ........................................................ Judeo Christian Outreach Center, Inc., $500,000 over five years to support the rebuild of their campus on Virginia Beach Boulevard in Virginia Beach ........................................................ Partnership Development Foundation, $25,000 to renovate and outfit the new location of Bloom, a nonprofit coworking space in Portsmouth ........................................................ Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, $225,000 to protect and repair its 100-year-old building ........................................................ The Hermitage Museum and Gardens, $100,000 to support the renovation and outfitting of the Visual Arts School ........................................................ Wesley Community Service Center, Inc., $255,000 to renovate and improve its building, including the addition of two Head Start classrooms ........................................................ Western Tidewater Free Clinic, $100,000 to expand its current building to serve more patients in need of dental care ........................................................
Environmental Stewardship
........................................................ Elizabeth River Project, $50,000 for youth education programs on environmental C O N T I N U E D P. 4 resilience across the region ..........................