General Operating Support
The following organizations were awarded General Operating Support grants through RMHF’s new Strategic Framework.
- Access Now
- ChildSavers
- CrossOver Healthcare Ministry
- Family Lifeline
- Free Clinic of Powhatan
- Girls for A Change
- GoochlandCares
- Greater Richmond SCAN
- Groundwork RVA
- Health Brigade
- Legal Aid Justice Center
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment (LIVE) Center
- Maggie Walker Community Land Trust
- Partnership for the Future
- Sacred Heart Center
- Senior Connections
- Southside Community and Housing Corporation
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Urban Hope
- Virginia Community Voice
- Virginia Health Catalyst
- Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
- Virginia League for Planned Parenthood
- Voices for Virginia’s Children
- YMCA of Greater Richmond
Capacity Building
Grants totaling $100,912 to date to the following organizations:
- CodeVA (fiscal sponsor of Capaz-IT) $13,450
- Education Connection Academy $6,512
- Hive Mentality $15,000
- Partnership for Housing Affordability $5,000
- Pretty Purposed $10,000
- Sacred Heart Center $6,000
- Storefront for Community Design $14,950
- The Happily Natural Day $15,000
- The OmMama Resource Center (Nurture) $15,000
Opportunity Investments
Grants totaling $41,450 to date to the following organizations:
- Blue Sky Fund $1,700
- Education Connection Academy $7,500
- Neighborhood Resource Center $7,500
- Pretty Purposed $7,500
- Shalom Farms $7,500
- Virginia Commonwealth University Foundation $2,500
- Virginia Housing Alliance $7,250
RWJF Fiscal Sponsorship
Grants totaling $250,000 to date to the following organizations for advancing health and racial equity through collective work and general operating support:
- BLKHopeVA (through fiscal sponsor from Afrikana Institute)
- LULAC (through fiscal sponsorship from CodeVA)
- Comité Salvadoreño Paisanos Unidos
- Failsafe – ERA
- I Vote for Me (through fiscal sponsor from Foundation for Art & Health, Inc.)
- Hebron VA
- Keeping Us Secure & Prosperous (through fiscal sponsor from Jeanna’s iFeed)
- Nolef Turns
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Fearless Ubuntu (through fiscal sponsor from Virginia Organizing)
- We R Me Foundation
Collaboration Grants
Grants totaling $122,500 to the following organizations:
- Jewish Family Services ($7,500) to support increasing the hourly wage of Care Aides as part of an initiative to increase recruitment and retention of the direct care workforce working with low-income older adults and adults with disabilities.
- Medical Society of Virginia Foundation ($15,000) to support educational programs for primary care providers to better treat mental health conditions of children and adolescents.
- Senior Connections ($25,000) to support a collaboration with the City of Richmond to highlight and affirm the vibrancy of older adults and aging through a transformative narrative to help counteract misperceptions of this older age group.
- Senior Connections ($75,000) for General Operating Support
- Virginia Commonwealth University ($75,000) for Foundation-Directed, Collaborative Investments
Impact Investing
Grants totaling $193,000 to the following organizations:
- Capital Area Healthcare Network $43,000
- LendingKind (DBA HumanKind Lending) $150,000
Collaboration Grants
Grants totaling $105,000 to the following organizations:
- Family Lifeline $25,000 to support efforts to recruit, retain, and provide career advancement for its direct care workforce.
- ChildSavers (fiscal sponsor of African American Nonprofit Leaders) $15,000 for General Operating Support
- Richmond Regional Planning District Commission (PlanRVA) $25,000 to support the Market Value Analysis transition to PlanRVA
- Virginia Health Care Foundation $5,000 to support the assessment of Virginia’s behavioral health workforce.
- Partnership for Housing Affordability $25,000 for General Operating Support
- Capital Center of Virginia (DBA Urban Baby Beginnings) $10,000 to support increasing the accessibility of infant formula for low-income women and their infants that were affected by the national shortage of formula due to a recall.
General Operating Support
HEAL (Health Equity Action Leadership) Initiative
$120,000 General Operating Support grants over three years totaling $480,000 to each of the following organizations:
- Peter Paul Development Center
- Sacred Heart Center
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Virginia Community Voice
Health Safety Net Partners
General Operating Support grants over one year totaling $715,000 to the following Health Safety Net Partners:
- Access Now–$45,000
- Capital Area Health Network–$100,000
- CrossOver Healthcare Ministry–$100,000
- Daily Planet Health Services– $100,000
- Free Clinic of Powhatan–$50,000
- GoochlandCares–$100,000
- Health Brigade–$100,000
- Rx Partnership–$20,000
- Virginia League for Planned Parenthood–$100,000
Latino/ Hispanic Health Equity
$25,000 General Operating Support grants over one year totaling $150,000 (with additional total funding of $25,000) to each of the following organizations:
- Chesterfield Food Bank Outreach Center
- La Casa de la Salud
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment (LIVE) Center
- Sacred Heart Center
- Southside Community Development Housing Corp.
- Waymakers Foundation
Mental Health and Wellness
General Operating Support grants totaling $500,000 over one year to the following organizations:
- Better Housing Coalition-$30,000
- Capital Area Health Network-$20,000
- Challenge Discovery Projects-$40,000
- ChildSavers-$40,000
- Crossover Healthcare Ministry-$30,000
- Daily Planet Health Services-$20,000
- Free Clinic of Powhatan-$30,000
- Gateway Homes-$30,000
- Goochland Cares-$20,000
- Greater Richmond SCAN-$40,000
- Health Brigade-$30,000
- Jewish Family Services-$30,000
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment (LIVE) Center–$30,000
- Side by Side-$30,000
- Virginia League for Planned Parenthood-$40,000
- YWCA Richmond-$40,000
Other General Operating Support
General Operating support grants over one year totaling $150,000 to the following organizations:
$50,000 General Operating Support grants over two years to each of the following organizations totaling $100,000:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Health and Racial Equity
Richmond Memorial Health Foundation (RMHF) was the recipient of a $1 million grant as fiscal sponsor from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to advance health and racial equity in the greater Richmond area and across the Commonwealth. RMHF has invested a total of $750,000 of those funds in General Operating Support grants to date to the following organizations:
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis-$207,386
- Virginia Health Catalyst-$181,320
- Voices for Virginia’s Children-$181,294
- YMCA of Greater Richmond-$180,000
HEArts (Health Equity and the Arts) Program
A grant totaling $20,000 to the following organization:
- Education Connection Academy to support the 2020 HEArts cohort grantees in a community healing project.
Access to Behavioral Health Care
Grants over one year totaling $266,000 to the following organizations:
- Better Housing Coalition $35,000 for General Operating Support
- ChildSavers $35,000 for General Operating Support
- Daily Planet Health Services $35,000 for Behavioral Health Services for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness and Transitioning to Stable Housing
- Gateway Homes $26,000 for Providing Outpatient Clinical Services to Adults with Serious Mental Illness
- Greater Richmond SCAN $35,000 for General Operating Support
- Side by Side $30,000 for General Operating Support
- Voices for Virginia’s Children $35,000 for General Operating Support
- YWCA Richmond $35,000 for General Operating Support
CDC Foundation Initiative
Funding from a CDC Foundation grant to RMHF as fiscal sponsor to support humanitarian relief to Hispanic/Latinx community members residing in Richmond City and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico who were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Chesterfield Food Bank Outreach Center $15,000 for COVID-19 Food Access for Hispanic/Latinx Community Members
- La Casa De La Salud $45,645 for Community Health Workers Support of Richmond City and Chesterfield County Health District Navigators During COVID-19
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center $10,000 for COVID-19 Rental/Mortgage and Utility Assistance for Hispanic/Latinx Community Members
- Sacred Heart Center $142,500 for COVID-19 Rental/Mortgage and Utility Assistance for Hispanic/Latinx Community Members
- Sacred Heart Center $20,000 for COVID-19 Food Access for Hispanic/Latinx Community Members
- Southside Community Development and Housing Corp. $187,500 for COVID-19 Rental/Mortgage and Utility Assistance for Hispanic/Latinx Community Members
- Waymakers Foundation $47,500 for COVID-19 Food Access for Hispanic/Latinx Community Members
Collaboration
Grants totaling $130,000 to the following organizations:
- CARITAS $15,000 for General Operating Support
- Greater Richmond YMCA $50,000 for Critical Connections: Health & Social Needs Navigation
- Sacred Heart Center $15,000 for Capacity Building
- VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement of Northern VA) $15,000 for Building the Relational Power this Moment Demands
- Waymakers Foundation $35,000 for Capacity Building
General Operating Support
Behavioral Health Collaboration
$60,000 General Operating Support grants over two years totaling $300,000 to each of the following organizations :
- Greater Richmond SCAN
- ChildSavers
- CrossOver Healthcare Ministry
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center
- Side by Side
Capacity-Building Learning Cohort
$15,000 General Operating Support grants over one year to each of the following Black- and Brown- led grassroots organizations totaling $105,000 with additional totaling funding of $118,998:
- Boys & Girls Club of Metro Richmond (fiscal sponsor of Virginia Excels)
- Education Connection Academy
- Faces of HOPE
- Groundwork RVA
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center
- Nationz Foundation
- Waymakers Foundation
Health Equity and the Built Environment
General Operating Support grants over one year totaling $290,000 to each of the following organizations:
- Central Virginia Legal Aid Society-$50,000
- Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)-$55,000
- Maggie Walker Community Land Trust-$60,000
- Southside Community Development & Housing Corp.– $70,000
- VCU Foundation (fiscal sponsor of RVA Eviction Lab)-$55,000
Health Safety Net Partners
General Operating Support grants over one year totaling $715,000 to the following Health Safety Net Partners:
- Access Now–$45,000
- Capital Area Health Network–$100,000
- CrossOver Healthcare Ministry–$100,000
- Daily Planet Health Services– $100,000
- Free Clinic of Powhatan–$50,000
- GoochlandCares–$100,000
- Health Brigade–$100,000
- Rx Partnership–$20,000
- Virginia League for Planned Parenthood–$100,000
Capacity Building
A grant totaling $15,000 over nine months to the following organization:
- La Casa De La Salud for Capacity Building
HEAL (Health Equity Action Leadership) Initiative Mini-Grants
$10,000 grants over one year totaling $40,000 to each of the following organizations:
- Peter Paul Development Center
- Sacred Heart Center
- The Commonwealth Institute
- Virginia Community Voice
Health and Wealth Initiative
Grants totaling $118,550 to the following organizations:
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis $56,750 for General Operating Support
- UpTogether (FII-National) $61,800 over two years for Richmond Resilience Initiative
Impact Investing
Grants totaling $110,000 to the following organizations:
- Humankind $10,000 for LendingKind Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Startup
- Virginia Supportive Housing $100,000 over two years for Strategic Systems Change at the Intersection of Health and Housing
Racial Equity Mini-Grants
Grants totaling $78,200 to the following organizations:
- Central Virginia Legal Aid Society $5,000 for Operation JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion)
- Children’s Home Society of Virginia $5,000 for CHSVA Racial Equity Project
- ChildSavers $5,000 for Advancing Racial Equity
- Commonwealth Catholic Charities $5,000 for Equitable Client Engagement
- CrossOver Healthcare Ministry $5,000 for DEI Trainings
- Elegba Folklore Society $5,000 for In the Beginning… Virginia, Along the Trail of Enslaved Africans: Monthly Public Cultural History Tours
- enCircle (Lutheran Family Services) $5,000 for RMHF Mini-DEI grant
- Honoring Choices Virginia $5,000 for Conducting a Racial Equity Audit
- Housing Families First $4,000 for Legacy: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
- Maggie Walker Community Land Trust $3,700 for Racial Equity Mini Grant Request
- Nurture (OmMama Resource Center Inc.) $1,000 to Provide Black-Led Professional Lactation Support Training
- Rx Partnership $5,000 for Rx Partnership – Moving Forward with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Southside Community Development & Housing Corp. $5,000 for SCDHC Racial Equity Training and Strategy Session
- Studio Two Three (fiscal sponsor of Performing Statistics) $4,500 for Restorative Justice is Racial Justice
- United Methodist Family Services of Virginia $5,000 for Ensuring Pay Equity for All Employees
- Virginia Community Voice $5,000 for Racial Equity Training for White Folx involved with RVA Thrives
- Virginia Health Catalyst $5,000 for Crucial Community Conversations—Advancing Racial Equity in Virginia’s Health Care Safety-Net Workforce
COVID-19 Response Grants
Behavioral Health Services
$10,000 each to the organizations noted below for the provision of behavioral health services:
- Better Housing Coalition
- Hanover Safe Place
- Jewish Family Services
- Safe Harbor
- Greater Richmond SCAN
- YMCA of Greater Richmond
$7,500 each to the health safety net organizations noted below for the provision of behavioral health services:
$5,000 each to the organizations noted below for technology purchase to support telehealth:
- Challenge Discovery Projects
- Family Lifeline
- enCircle ( formerly Lutheran Family Services)
Support for Non-English Speaking, Refugee, and Immigrant Populations
$10,000 to each of the organizations to provide health and human services and/or emergency assistance:
- ReEstablish Richmond
- Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation Financial Opportunity Center (FOC)
- Sacred Heart Center
- Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center
- Commonwealth Catholic Charities
$1,400 to translate and provide factual, language appropriate COVID-19 safety and response information:
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond (fiscal sponsor of Virginia Excels)
Older Adults
$20,000 to each of the organizations to provide Caregiver Services (focused on supporting in-home health care)
Technology (focused on enhancing the delivery of in-home services)
- Lucy Corr Foundation $5,000
- Medical College of Virginia Foundation $4,900 (fiscal sponsor of VCU School of Nursing)
Other COVID-19 Funding
- $50,000 to The Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund
- $50,000 to support the Family Crisis Fund launched by the Robins Foundation in partnership with Family Independence Initiative.
Increasing Access to Health Care Through Behavioral Health
- $25,000 to Better Housing Coalition
- $20,000 to Challenge Discovery Projects
- $30,000 to ChildSavers
- $30,000 to Daily Planet
- $30,000 to Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now)
- $30,000 to Gateway Homes
- $30,000 to Jewish Family Services
- $30,000 to RPS Education Foundation
- $30,000 to Side by Side
- $30,000 to Voices for Virginia’s Children
- $30,000 to YWCA Richmond
Increasing Access to Oral Health Care Grants
- $70,000 over two years to Capital Area Health Network
- $70,000 over two years to GoochlandCares
- $80,000 over two years to Lucy Corr Foundation
- $20,000 over two years to Special Olympics Virginia
- $50,000 over two years to Virginia Dental Association Foundation
- $30,000 to Virginia Health Catalyst
- $90,000 over two years to Virginia Health Catalyst (advocacy)
Increasing Access to Health Care Through Capacity Building Grants
- $15,000 to Legal Information Network for Cancer (dba CancerLINC)
- $10,000 to Greater Richmond Fit4Kids
- $10,000 to Honoring Choices Virginia
- $15,000 to Nurture (The OmMama Resource Center)
Health Safety Net Partners
General Operating Support grants totaling $715,000 with additional $10,000 payments to each of the organizations:
- $45,000 to Access Now
- $100,000 to Capital Area Health Network
- $100,000 to CrossOver Healthcare Ministry
- $100,000 to Daily Planet Health Services
- $50,000 to Free Clinic of Powhatan
- $100,000 to GoochlandCares
- $100,000 to Health Brigade
- $20,000 to Rx Partnership
- $100,000 to Virginia League for Planned Parenthood
Health Equity Action Leadership (HEAL) (over two years)
- $80,000 to Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- $80,000 to Peter Paul Development Center
- $80,000 to Sacred Heart Center
- $80,000 to Virginia Community Voice
Advancing Health Equity Through Arts & Culture (HEArts) (over two years)
- $55,600 to CodeVA
- $20,000 to CultureWorks (over five months) to support the Arts and Culture Relief Fund in response to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
- $55,600 to Elegba Folklore Society
- $55,600 to Education Connection Academy
- $55,600 to Sacred Heart Center
- $55,600 to Virginia Community Voice
Health Equity and the Built Environment
- $50,000 to Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
- $75,000 to Housing Opportunities Made Equal
- $60,000 to Maggie Walker Community Land Trust
- $40,000 to VCU Foundation as fiscal sponsor of RVA Eviction Lab
- $75,000 to Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation
Collaborative Funding
- Better Housing Coalition (BHC) $25,000 to Support BHC’s Emergency Rental Deferment and Assistant Program
- Virginia Housing Alliance (VHA) $8,000 in collaboration with Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond and the Bob and Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation
- Virginia Housing Alliance (VHA) $15,000 for General Operating Support in partnership with Corporation for Supportive Housing
- Senior Connections $20,000 as fiscal sponsor of the Longevity Project, an initiative of Senior Connections and VCU.
- RPS Education Foundation $2,500 for Urban Trauma & Restorative Practices: A community dialogue on equity
- Enrichmond Foundation $20,000 (fiscal sponsor of The Giving Wall)
- Maggie Walker Land Trust $25,000 for General Operating Support
- VA Health Catalyst $20,000 for General Operating Support
Other Funding
- $5,000 to CultureWorks
- $3,500 to The Valentine