The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE) is a public charity based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1969, it coordinates statewide fundraising to support Virginia’s community colleges and their students, and its 2025 grants went entirely to recipients in Virginia.
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc at a glance
In short: The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc gave $4.2M across 39 grants in 2025 (avg $106K), mostly in Virginia. 9% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $4,152,663
- +82.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 39
- +14.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $106,479
- +58.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $77,674
- Total assets
- $17,083,226
- -0.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 9% first-time grantees (3 of 35, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc
- Review Cycle
- The Rural Health Transformation RFA deadline was September 14, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET. This application cycle has passed.
- Deadline
- The Rural Health Transformation RFA deadline was September 14, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
- Contact
Mailing address: 300 Arboretum Parkway 200, Richmond, VA 23236
Phone: (804) 819-4962
Website: https://vfcce.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Laurel Ridge Community College Educational Foundation ($536K). Together the top 10 received $2.7M.
Organizations only. It also paid 5 grants to individuals ($548,822), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
158 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 78 grants of 158 (49%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for 2025 went to recipients in Virginia. The Foundation describes its programs as supporting Virginia’s 23 community colleges and students across the Commonwealth.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 39 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc open to new grantees?
9%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 3 of 35 grantees (9%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $110K; repeat grants $119K. How we count
Medians: $20K first-time, $70K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.2M (2019) to $4.2M (2025). In 2025 it made 39 grants totaling $4.2M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Laurel Ridge Community College Educational Foundation Middletown, VA | To support the caps, great expectations, va infrastructure academy skilled trades training and workforce programs. | $536,420 |
| Virginia Community College System Richmond, VA | To support the mellon, caps, claude moore scholars, clark foundation engineering and workforce programs. | $401,042 |
| Wytheville Community College Educational Foundation Wytheville, VA | To support the rural Virginia horseshoe initiative, va infrastructure academy skilled trades training, great expectations and student emergency programs. | $379,836 |
| Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation Weyers Cave, VA | To support the rural Virginia horseshoe initiative, va infrastructure academy skilled trades training and workforce programs. | $349,620 |
| Mountain Gateway Community College Real Estate Foundation Clifton Forge, VA | To support va infrastructure academy skilled trades training program. | $300,000 |
| 5 grants to individuals Recipients not named | — | $548,822 |
| Tidewater Community College Educational Foundation Norfolk, VA | To support the caps, great expectations, student success fund and workforce programs. | $155,450 |
| Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA | To Support the Mellon and Caps Program. | $153,227 |
| Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA | To support skilled trades training and early childhood educators program. | $130,325 |
| Paul D Camp Community College Foundation Franklin, VA | To support the rural Virginia horseshoe initiative and student success fund programs. | $129,259 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,083,226 | $10,190,884 | $8,071,245 | $4,152,663 | 39 | $2,154,200 |
| 2024 | $17,135,891 | $5,247,332 | $5,733,792 | $2,278,185 | 34 | $1,034,376 |
| 2023 | $15,491,078 | $5,006,881 | $4,811,518 | $1,844,646 | 32 | $484,007 |
| 2022 | $14,266,260 | $5,888,244 | $3,788,599 | $1,696,516 | 27 | $564,777 |
| 2021 | $14,301,473 | $3,150,403 | $3,960,877 | $1,858,046 | 26 | $834,661 |
| 2020 | $14,207,630 | $3,326,675 | $4,514,848 | $1,677,179 | 31 | $572,310 |
| 2019 | $15,434,511 | $4,487,197 | $3,330,669 | $1,160,094 | 29 | $1,150,599 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
VFCCE’s stated mission is “to build student success and Virginia’s future by supporting its community colleges.” Its website identifies priorities that include workforce development in critical industries, pathways to high-demand careers, first-generation college completion, support for veterans transitioning to careers, and help for students navigating the transition from high school to college and work.
Named programs include the Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative, Great Expectations for young people with foster-care experience, College Attainment for Parent Students (CAPS), the VFCCE Fellows Program, and the A. James Clark Engineering Transfer Pipeline Program. The website also describes support for FastForward workforce credentials, talent-pipeline expansion, and student-success services. Scholarships, fellowships, coaching, and direct financial assistance described in the Foundation’s filing are program support for students, not necessarily grants to outside applicants.
The 2025 filing shows support for community college foundations and colleges, as well as the Virginia Community College System. For example, Tidewater Community College describes its mission as promoting the college’s welfare through resources for its activities and student aid; an individual recipient Community College’s foundation describes providing scholarships and tuition and book assistance; and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering is supported through a recipient whose stated purpose is to advance the school’s educational, scientific, and charitable activities.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, VFCCE reported 39 grants totaling $4,152,663. Individual grants ranged from $5,916 to $536,420, with a median of $77,674. The largest awards included:
The website’s August 2026 Rural Health Transformation request for applications was a specific federal-funding opportunity for VCCS colleges classified as rural under the grant terms. Applications were to be submitted as a single PDF, with required budget forms also allowed in native Excel format. This was a defined subaward process, not general application guidance for VFCCE’s other grantmaking.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Darren Conner as chair and William Hazel Jr. as vice chair and treasurer. Cedric Green is listed as secretary. Directors listed are Gaye Montgomery, Anna James, Caroline Petters Sauer, Chris French, David Dore, Fred Thompson, and Ed Dalrymple.
The Foundation’s website lists Maurice Jones as senior vice chancellor of strategic partnerships, Judy Frederick as director of operations, and Steven Jones as chief development officer.
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc is led by Jennifer Sager Gentry, Director & Executive Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 23 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jennifer Sager Gentry
Director & Executive Director
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$140K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Darren Conner
Chair
Director → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Petters Sauer
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris French
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gaye C. Montgomery
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John J. Rainone
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Gilliam Sterling
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anna James
Director
Director → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ed Dalrymple
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justin Ballard
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leah Fried Sedwick
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maurice Jones
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Xavier Beale
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennie Reynolds
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Morris
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Philip H. Goodpasture General Counse
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Henecke
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Dore
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael O'Kane
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fred Thompson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sally Caldwell
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cedric Green
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2021
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Hazel Jr.
Vice Chair & Treasurer
Director → Vice Chair & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Ben Davenport Jr. (2019–2024) — Board Chair
- Former: Ronald H. Holmes (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth El-Nattar (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gretchen C. Byrd (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Karen I. Campbell (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Stewart Roberson (2019–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Deborah Johnston (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Ashby Kilgore (2023) — Director
- Former: Sharon Morrissey (2023) — Director
- Former: A. Michael Wilkerson (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Dan R. Dixon (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Dorcas Helfant-Browning (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Glenn Dubuis (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: The Honorable Nancy Firestone (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Stephen Moret (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Karen I. Campbell Newby (2022) — Director
- Former: Jennie Reyonds (2021) — Director
- Former: Brad Repp (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Paul E. Ruppert (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Paula Rothenberg (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Robin Sullenberger (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Arthur S. Brinkley III (2019) — Director
- Former: C. Michael Petters (2019) — Director
- Former: Carolyn Berkowitz (2019) — Director
- Former: Donna M. Vancleave (2019) — Director
- Former: F. Blair Wimbush (2019) — Director
- Former: Jeanette Wang (2019) — Director
- Former: Philip H. Goodpasture (2019) — General Counsel
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2021 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2021 filing was $194K, to Jennifer Sager Gentry (Director; Executive Direct).
Frequently asked questions about The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc
How much does The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc give each year?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc gave $4.2M across 39 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.3M across 34 grants.
What is The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's typical grant size?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's median grant in 2025 was $77,674, and its average grant was $106,479, across 39 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc that year got $110K on average.
Where does The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc give grants?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc gives mostly in Virginia: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Richmond, VA (3 grants), Middletown, VA (2 grants), Clifton Forge, VA (2 grants) and Weyers Cave, VA (2 grants).
Does The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 39 grants with a stated purpose on The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "To Support Early Childhood Educators Program." (8 grants).
Who are The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's largest grantees?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Laurel Ridge Community College Educational Foundation ($536,420), Virginia Community College System ($401,042) and Wytheville Community College Educational Foundation ($379,836), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 5 grants to individuals ($548,822), which are not listed by name. Together they received 32% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc reported $17.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $10.2M.
What does The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc fund?
VFCCE’s stated mission is “to build student success and Virginia’s future by supporting its community colleges.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check vfcce.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's EIN?
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7004354. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 8, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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