Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation

Our goal is to ensure that the children and families in Central Virginia have access to the best possible pediatric and full service health care close to their home community. Long term, we are striving to be a Top 20 children’s hospital as ranked by U.S. News and World Report.

Over the last ten years, Children’s Hospital Foundation has made significant investments in recruiting pediatric specialists and building or expanding programs and services. Thanks to that growth, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) is able to provide care to more than 70,000 children annually. While we continue to invest in people and programs, we are now focusing additional efforts on creating facilities that match the caliber of our teams and give children and families environments that better support their mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. We opened an outpatient pavilion in 2016, a mental health facility in 2017, and an inpatient tower planned for completion in 2023. Beyond providing exceptional clinical care, our teams are devoted to research and training as well. At any given time, CHoR is home to roughly 100 studies and 400 children participating in clinical trials. Last year, CHoR managed $11.3 million in grant funding, including $3.5 million in new funding for research. We train nearly every type of health professional – from doctors and physical therapists – to dentists and health care administrators. Our educational programs are top-notch. Our resident physicians have had a 100 percent pass rate on the pediatric boards in recent years.

Children’s Hospital Foundation traces its roots back to the incorporation of the original children’s hospital in Richmond 100 years ago. We carry that legacy of exceptional pediatric care with us and continue to be dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in our region. Through the generous support of our community, Children’s Hospital Foundation has been able to support efforts at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU with more than $130 million in payments and pledges.

Over the last 10 years, we have recruited more than 150 pediatric specialists and built robust heart, neurosciences and surgical programs, to name a few. This work ensures that we have the people and programs needed to care for the children of Central Virginia and beyond. Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU opened a new outpatient facility, the Children’s Pavilion, in 2016 that consolidated primary care, specialty clinics, same day surgery, and other outpatient services in one location. We are currently underway on construction of a new facility adjacent to the Children’s Pavilion that will provide a new home for the hospital’s inpatient, emergency and trauma services. When the project is complete in spring 2023, it will create a full-service children’s hospital on one city block that is dedicated to providing world-class care to children.