Richmond Memorial Health Foundation Awards $75,000 Grant to University of Richmond

December 21, 2005

Richmond Memorial Health Foundation has awarded a three-year, $75,000 grant to the University of Richmond’s ConnectRichmond project.

ConnectRichmond, managed by the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, is a Web-based information clearinghouse established in 2001 to help inform and unite nonprofit leaders and their volunteers. Its Web site includes information about nonprofits as well as advice and resources on how to maintain or start a nonprofit organization.

The grant will allow ConnectRichmond to improve and expand the health section of the Web site with new research and a redesign and to develop new community collaborations. In the first stage of the project, representatives of ConnectRichmond will meet with local health leaders to determine their most pressing concerns and determine how ConnectRichmond can address them. In addition, the grant will cover staff leadership and supervision of ConnectRichmond interns as they research data bases, organize information and add resources and tools to the site.

Each year the grant will support a summer fellowship for a University of Richmond student interested in health and community service.

The Richmond Memorial Health Foundation is the steward of the legacy of caring embodied in the creation of Richmond Memorial Hospital. The foundation invests fiscal and intellectual capital to improve health care and wellness in Richmond and central Virginia.