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Virginia Foundation for Community College Education

Richmond, VA   |  https://vfcce.org/

Mission

Our mission at the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education is to build student success and Virginia’s future by supporting its 23 community colleges through: Workforce Development – Enabling students to build skills through scholarships and awards Coaching – Supporting adult learners, foster youth, and the youth of rural and urban regions Fellowships – Providing leadership development and community service opportunities Access & Affordability – Assisting with accessibility and basic student needs Accelerator Funds – Growing existing programs and developing new programs Flexible Funds – Fueling innovation, incubation, and advocacy

Ruling year info

1975

Principal Officer

Dr. Jennifer S. Gentry

Main address

300 Arboretum Place, Suite 200

Richmond, VA 23236 USA

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EIN

23-7004354

NTEE code info

Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Awards (B82)

Employment Training (J22)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Great Expectations

This innovative, nationally recognized program helps Virginia’s foster youth earn the postsecondary credentials they need to achieve an independent and successful life. Great Expectations is offered at all 23 of Virginia’s Community Colleges.

Population(s) Served

Scholarship programs, including the Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship Program and the acclaimed Fellows Program, provide opportunities for outstanding community college students and prospective community college students who excel academically and demonstrate leadership potential to achieve their goals.

Population(s) Served
Young adults
Older adults
Low-income people
Working poor

The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education has launched the Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative to tackle the challenge of preparing people in the state’s most rural crescent for the jobs of the future.

Population(s) Served
Older adults
Young adults
Adolescents
Low-income people
Working poor

To help expand the talent pipeline and break the cycle of poverty for single parents, the Virginia Foundation for Community
College Education (VFCCE) has created a scalable initiative for unemployed or underemployed parents to increase economic
mobility by improving family wages, job placement, college enrollment, retention, and degree completion. The program
will create a data-driven blueprint for how policymakers, states, and colleges can better serve parent students. The VFCCE
will utilize subject matter experts including Generation Hope, a non-profit with extensive experience working with parent
students, and HCM Strategists, a national education organization with proven experience helping lead, scale, and sustain
innovative education and workforce policy programs.
College Attainment for Parent Students (CAPS), a two-generation anti-poverty solution will:
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
PROGRAM GOALS
Increase employment and income opportunities for a cohort
of low-income single mothers at one of

Population(s) Served
At-risk youth
Young adults
At-risk youth
Young adults
Ethnic and racial groups

Where we work

Awards

Affiliations & memberships

Community Foundations of Virginia 2009

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

1. Invest in VFCCE’s Sustainability & Increased Impact
2. Work Closely with Institutional Advancement Council
3. Proactively Manage VFCCE’s Program Portfolio
4. Ramp Up Advocacy Efforts to Advance VCCS

Invest in VFCCE’s Sustainability and Increased Impact
Action Items:
1) Raise funds to support ongoing operations including endowment funds and resources to hire additional fundraising and marketing staff.

2) Increased focus on state, national, and government grants to provide longer-term foundation and program stability.

Grow Innovative Student Success and Workforce Initiatives
Action Items:
1) Raise funds to support all current VFCCE Signature Programs:
-Great Expectations (GE)
-Rural Virginia Horseshoe
Initiative (RVHI)
-Fellows Program
-College Attainment for
Parent Students (CAPS)

2) Develop long-term growth, sustainability, and impact plans for each signature program to include direct ROI data for each initiative.

Create an Institutional Advancement Council
Action Items:
1) Create an official plan that continues to strengthen ties between the 24 foundations, and leverages systemwide knowledge to advance fundraising efforts for all.
Drive Transformational Investments in Virginia’s Workforce
Action Items:
1) Partner with the VCCS, Business and Community leaders, to raise funds and advocate for a transformational $250 million state investment in Virginia’s Community Colleges that will fill more than 75,000 open jobs over the next three years.

2) Coordinate board member advocacy for the HIRE VIRGINIA initiative.
3) Raise funds to support student completion as a compliment to the HIRE VIRGINIA initiative.






The organization will increase capacity in order to meet and complete the stated goals. This will include adding to staff as well as reorganization of existing staff to support each of the goals.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback

Financials

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Operations

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Virginia Foundation for Community College Education

Board of directors
as of 05/23/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Ben Davenport

Davenport Energy

Term: 2022 - 2024

Glenn DuBois

Virginia's Community Colleges

Philip Goodpasture

Williams Mullen

John Rainone

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College

Ben Davenport

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Nancy Firestone

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Elizabeth el-Nattar

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Karen Campbell Newby

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Justin Ballard

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Gretchen Byrd

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Ed Dalrymple

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Christopher French

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Julia Gilliam Sterling

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Cedric Green

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Ronald Holmes

Janney Montgomery Scott

Anna James

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Maurice Jones

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Mary Morris

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Cindy O'Kane

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Caroline Petters Sauer

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Jennie Reynolds

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Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 5/23/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/31/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.