Make an impact, now and into the future.
When you support Virginia’s Community Colleges, you are investing in effective, long-term solutions to build a stronger Commonwealth for all.
Recurring Gift. Have your gift automatically charged to a credit card of choice on or around the same day each month.
Matching Gifts. Many companies encourage their employees to make charitable contributions by matching their philanthropic gift.
Planned Giving. Making a bequest from your future estate can be a generous way to maximize your gift. One simple form of a planned gift is designating the VFCCE in a will for a specific amount or a percentage of the estate. Charitable gift annuities, Life insurance policies, or designations from retirement plans are other forms of planned giving.
Pledge. Make a one-time or multi-year pledge.
Sponsor an Event. Sponsors play a significant role in the success of our conferences. Contact us today about how you can become a sponsor.
Stock Transfer. A gift of stock or appreciated securities has two major advantages. It provides the donor with an immediate income tax deduction and eliminates capital gains taxes to the extent allowed by law. Stock can be transferred to the VFCCE, which can receive stock certificates via:
Firm: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
DTC Participant #: 2027
Agent Bank ID #: 94866
Account Name: Virginia Foundation for Community College Education
Account Number: 76031200
Named Gifts and Endowments. Endowments are bridges between one generation and the next that ensure quality higher education will continue to be accessible to all students through Virginia’s Community Colleges.
In times of crisis, endowments help to alleviate the negative effects of significant state budget cuts and the costs of disaster recovery. The support provided to our colleges and students by these funds is critical during these periods.
Learn More About Named Gifts and Foundation EndowmentsThe Virginia Foundation for Community College Education is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Our federal tax id is 23-7004354.
In keeping with state and national practice, the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education maintains an administrative fee of 4 percent, which will be assessed on a one-time basis on all new restricted contributions. The proceeds from this fee will further Foundation development efforts, allowing for advances in processing gifts, stewarding donors, and preparing for and executing fundraising activities.
"We want to see all Virginians moving forward. Investing in people who want to work, who want to be productive, is the right thing to do."
Michael Smith, Vice President of Valley Proteins
"Great Expectations expands educational opportunities and offers hope for a brighter future to an important group of deserving and disadvantaged young Virginians: youth transitioning out of the foster care system."
Anne Holton, Former Great Expectations Program Director and Former First Lady of Virginia
"Knowing that you have help means a great deal to someone like me who can see the future, but is not able to afford the path to get there."
Lisa Mullins, Davenport Fellow
"We want to give people who may not have thought they had a future in higher education an opportunity to earn family-sustaining wages."
Karen Barrs, EquipVA
"The biggest thing young people need is some kind of support. Somebody who can say, 'I believe in you, and I can help.'"
Barbara Fried, Great Expectations Program Founder
"Scholarships are a powerful vote of confidence that can spur talented students to unimagined heights—especially those young people who do not have a family history of attending college."
Gaye Montgomery, VFCCE Board Member
"We've all had days when a kind word or an unexpected smile from a stranger makes our day. I like to think that VFCCE scholarships go one step farther to 'make the day' for our students by making their dreams of attending college possible."
Karen Petersen, Former VCCS Executive Vice Chancellor
"Most people don’t realize how little it takes to change a student’s life."
Eleanor Saslaw, Virginia State Board for Community Colleges
"A gift to the Foundation empowers and changes lives."
Dorcas Helfant-Browning, Former VFCCE Board Chair