CORE FOUNDATION

CORE Foundation helps incubate ideas to address the greatest needs in our community. After a need and project plan is brought to us, we identify support for the plans and contributes resources to launch the project. We market the initiatives and provides an infrastructure that improves the individual or organization's chances of success to serve our community.

We know the challenges people have doing good work. From launching charitable projects, to executing on a plan, we improve the chances of a project's success. After receiving a request for support, we set up a meeting to understand the vision of the individual or the issue the organization faces. Once the CORE Foundation reviews and selects the individual or organization, we develop a plan to help them achieve their goals.

For 17 years we have served the community through our projects called CORE Causes. From insurance to banking to tax reporting to mentoring, our focus is on the back-office support organizations and assisting social entrepreneurs with the resources needed to successfully carry out their charitable project. We also leverage best practices among our CORE Cause leaders.

CORE Foundation has enjoyed much success in attaining the goal of helping social entrepreneurs and small charity minded organizations to make a positive change on the world. Here are several examples of our accomplishments:

Curing the COVID-19 pandemic, CORE Causes: Desks for Distance, Essentials for Education, and Woodworking with a Purpose help kids in need overcome the obstacles they face with distance learning. These three groups build and/or distributed over 4000 desks and other educational items to students learning from home.

The Cheryl Foyock Foundation, a CORE Cause, supports and advances the quality of child life programs that help children and their families during challenging and traumatic hospital admissions. With a focus on expanding the reach and impact of therapeutic play, the Sarah Fyock Foundation has delivered over 300 care kits in the first month of being under CORE's leadership.

CORE has contributed over $600,000 for Cornerstones since the race was founded in 2007 through the Reston Sprint Triathlon. Cornerstones is a nonprofit organization that promotes self-sufficiency by providing support and advocacy for those in need of food, shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, and other human services.

CORE Cause Project, Amy's Amigos Youth Triathlon benefits the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. Amy's Amigos have raised over $150,000 for the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation since the race was founded in 2011.

Radford University Sig Ep Brothers by the Wayside hosts an annual events to raise money for those that need temporary help due to an unforeseen illness or personal tragedy.

Helping Hungry Kits provides thousands of weekend food bags every year for school kids with food insecurity.

CORE Cause Alumni, Off the Charts Club, provided comfort and empower children with cancer through the leadership of their peers. Their ultimate goal is to help kids escape their medical charts and experience a childhood that is "off the charts" enjoyable.

CORE Foundation will continue embracing these missions and empowering the social entrepreneurs to do their good work by providing them with back office support and guidance.