Timeline

Richmond Memorial Hospital Founded as Public Community-Owned and Open Staff Hospital

Summer Retreat Initiates Equity Conversations

Trustees, Dr. Bill Nelson and Dr. Danny Avula along with team member, Dr. Cynthia Newbille initiate conversations about equity.

RMHF Establishes Mission, Strategy and Impact (MSI) Taskforce of Board

Gayle Williams, former president of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, guides RMHF Mission, Strategy, and Impact Taskforce to clarify mission, vision, values, ways of working, and strategic framework with focus on Equity + Health.

RMHF Selects Northern Trust as First Outsourced CIO

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Invest Health Grant

RWJF selects Richmond for Invest Health grant, which begins to garner attention and resources for the region.

RMHF Announces Equity + Health Fellowship Program

External reviewers select 18 fellows to participate in the inaugural program.

Gita Gulati-Partee presents to Board on racial equity

RMHF Publishes the Market Value Analysis (MVA) Resource Map

RMHF Hosts Equity + Health Fellows Learning Dinner

Fellows, Trustees and Staff hear from special guests: Susan Shumaker (President, Cone Health Foundation), Yanique Redwood (President & CEO, Consumer Health Foundation), Karl Stauber (Retired President & CEO, Danville Regional Foundation), Sherece West-Scantlebury (President and CEO, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation).

RMHF Launches HEArts Visiting Artists Program

External reviewers select eight local artists and artist collectives to create works of art that communicate the concept of equity and its significance to residents of the Richmond region.

Equity + Health Fellows Share Recommendations with Trustees

Fellows charge RMHF to be a catalyst and champion for greater health and racial equity.

RMHF Meets with Abby Levine from Alliance for Justice to Discuss Policy and Advocacy

Debby Kasemeyer meets with nonprofit partners

Debby Kasemeyer, Director, Community Development & Investments, Northern Trust meets with nonprofit partners to provide support and guidance on financing options.

Mission Investors Exchange Hosts Impact Investing Meeting

RWJF Awards Connect Capital Grant

RWJF awards a 2-year grant to help Richmond attract and deploy capital at scale to improve residents’ health and increase their access to opportunity.

Equity + Health Fellows Join Task Forces and Committees of the RMHF Board

RMHF Celebrates 20th Anniversary

RMHF Begins Offering Racial Equity Trainings for Grantee Partners

RMHF Launches Class two of Equity + Health Fellows

Albert Walker joins RMHF as Director for Health Equity and Community Building

National Advisory Board convenes in Richmond

RMHF Initiates a Collaborative Funders Group

RMHF Releases New Strategic Framework

RMHF Kicks Off the HEAL Initiative

RMHF Releases COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants

RMHF Releases Health Equity, Arts and the Built Environment Grants

RMHF welcomes Tanya Gonzalez, Dr. Dessie Nash and Amy Strite as Trustees.

RMHF team works with Sukari Pinnock on what it means to be an anti-racist organization.

The RMHF Board selected Judy Collins, Sheryl Garland, Richard Grier and Jeffrey Cribbs as Trustee Emeriti. 

Community Foundation and RMHF commissioned Cecilia Barbosa's report: Advancing Equity for the Latino Population in the Richmond region.

Christopher Cuevas visits Richmond

Christopher Cuevas, Program Officer, LGBTQ+ Equality, Laughing Gull Foundation,  visits Richmond to convene a meeting of the LGBTQ+ Needs and Opportunities Assessment Collaborators and connect with area partners serving the LGBTQ+ community.

RMHF Announces Mental Health and Wellness Grants

RMHF announces general operating support grants totaling $500,000 for 16 organizations addressing mental health and wellness in recognition of mental health challenges emerging from the pandemic. RMHF Trustees have committed to invest $1MM over two years to support community partners addressing the critical mental health and wellness needs in the Richmond region.

RMHF Names Chief of Strategy and Impact

RMHF hires Courtney Rice as Chief of Strategy and Impact, a newly created role that is instrumental in overseeing the implementation of our new Strategic Framework.

RMHF Announces New Trustees

RMHF is  pleased to announce the newest members of our Board of Trustees who will join in January 2023. We welcome Dr. Rosalie Corona, Rudene Mercer Haynes and Roberta Keller to RMHF.