Working hand in hand with Virginia’s 23 community colleges, the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education seeks to guarantee financial assistance to all students who dream of attending college.

The foundation is building an endowment that is already generating interest to provide full scholarships to selected community college students.

Donors to the fund are invited to endow a single scholarship in their name and designate it to any of Virginia’s community colleges or regions.

Virginia’s Community Colleges count on the generous support of foundations and alumni to ensure that they have the capacity to respond to Virginia’s growing educational needs. Especially when state resources are limited, private financial support enables community colleges to continue expanding and improving the innovative programs that serve students and businesses throughout the commonwealth.

Collectively, Virginia community college foundations are working to increase their holdings to $150 million by 2009. Since 2002, their holdings have grown from $75.2 million to $139.7 million. The foundations have spent millions more for scholarships, facilities, and faculty development.