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Scholarships Available through Suffolk Foundation
The Suffolk Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications from local high school seniors and college students. The foundation will be awarding over $140,000 in scholarships this spring, with individual awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000…
AMADAS and Suffolk Foundation Announce New Scholarship
AMADAS Industries has partnered with the Suffolk Foundation to launch a new scholarship program in memory of Dr. Stanley A. Brantley, an innovator and leader who worked in agricultural machinery and engineering in Western Tidewater and around the world…
Family Establishes Kay Gillette and Greg Gillette Scholarship
The Suffolk Foundation is excited to announce the inception of a new scholarship, created in memory of Kay Gillette and Greg Gillette. The scholarship will focus on students from Suffolk with financial need. In honor of its namesakes, the award may also give special preference to students who study music and/or play soccer…
Suffolk Native Leaves $100K Bequest to Suffolk Foundation
The Robert F. Brinkley III Charitable Fund has just awarded its first grants, thanks to a bequest from Robert (“Bert”) given to the Suffolk Foundation one year ago. If the Brinkley name is familiar to you, it may be from Herb’s Bar-B-Q, a beloved family restaurant on Carolina Road that served Suffolk for over 50 years…
Suffolk Foundation Announces $350K in Grants
The Suffolk Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2024 Community Impact Grants Program, as well as the recipients of grants from the Community Action Coalition of Virginia and the Virginia Whitney Godwin Fund for Animals, which are part of the Suffolk Foundation. Our 2024 grantees include the Nansemond River Preservation Alliance (pictured)…
Family of Artist Judith Godwin Establishes Fund for Animals
The Suffolk Foundation is excited to announce the creation of the Judith Godwin Fund. Established by a gift from Ms. Godwin’s trust, the Judith Whitney Godwin Fund will support nonprofit organizations in Suffolk and Western Tidewater helping animals…
Suffolk Foundation Announces Grant Opportunities for Local Nonprofits
The Suffolk Foundation has announced two grant opportunities for nonprofits this fall. First, the foundation’s Community Impact Grants Program is accepting applications. This program has broad goals of benefiting residents of Suffolk and Western Tidewater…
Community Action Coalition Joins the Suffolk Foundation
The Community Action Coalition of Virginia (CACOV) is excited to announce that it has merged with the Suffolk Foundation. Both nonprofits are based out of Suffolk and assist various nonprofit organizations in Western Tidewater with grants. Founded in 1991, CACOV has…
Suffolk Foundation Awards $100k in Scholarships
When Veronica Thompson of Suffolk Business Women convened her committee of volunteers this year to read applications for their scholarship, it might have been easy to feel overwhelmed: 31 extraordinary young women applied for this scholarship, which is managed by the…
New Scholarship for STEM Students
The Suffolk Foundation is pleased to announce the Oliver K. Hobbs, Sr. STEM Scholarship, established in memory of Oliver K. Hobbs, Sr., by his son, Oliver Kermit Hobbs, Jr. The current estimated value of the scholarship is $1,500. Each scholarship applicant must be a…