Foundation Funds

The funds listed here, totaling almost $14,500,000 as of Dec. 31, 2023, comprise the entirety of the capital assets of ESVCF.

Fund Assets

Fund assets are managed by the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, which generally, makes available for each fund’s charitable purposes an annual amount of 4.5% of the fund’s trailing 12 quarter average balance.

Designated Funds

  • Johnsen Peregrination Fund, 2005 to benefit Eastern Shore Community College Foundation

  • Kellam Family Fund, 2005 to benefit Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation

  • Benjamin W. Mears, Jr. Family Fund, 2005 to benefit Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust

  • Shore Bank Fund, 2006 to benefit United Way of the Eastern Shore

  • Shore Cancer Center Fund, 2008 to benefit Shore Health Services, Inc.

  • The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore Fund, 2013, to benefit Shore Health Services, Inc.

  • E Polk Kellam Fund I, 2016 to benefit the Auxiliary of Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital

  • Jo Nock - Lydia Nock Wyatt Fund, 2018 to benefit ESAAA/CAA

  • Glick / Papetti Family Fund, 2019 to benefit SPCA Eastern Shore

  • Margaret Jane Dickinson Internship Fund, 2020 to benefit ESVA Barrier Islands Center

  • Whitehead Fund, 2020 to benefit Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust

  • Major Robertson Doughty Scholarship Fund, 2024 to benefit Nandua High School scholarships to graduating seniors

  • Jane C. and Warren C. Peake Fund, 2024 to benefit Chincoteague Island Arts Organization

  • Hope Harbor Endowment Fund, 2024 to benefit Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Donor Advised Quasi-Endowed Funds

  • E Polk Kellam Fund II, 2016

  • Betty McClung Fund, 2017

  • David Landsberger Fund

  • Samuel and Kathy Hughes Fund

Donor Advised Funds

  • David B. and Suzanne VK. Tankard Fund, 2005

  • Robin A. Rinaca and Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr. Fund, 2006

  • “E. A.” and George N. McMath Edgewater Fund, 2007

  • Lisa and David Tankard, Jr. Fund, 2007

  • Tonya T. and Samuel V. Tankard Fund, 2007

  • Richard and Joie Tankard Conservation Fund, 2008

  • Cherrystone Fund, 2010

  • Maureen and Augustine H. Lawrence, III Fund, 2013

  • Kitty and Tim Croke Fund, 2014

  • Lisa and Revell Lewis , 2019

Unrestricted Funds

  • Meadville Fund, 2005

  • Chad Ballard Fund, 2006

  • PNC Bank Fund, 2006

  • Tom and Page Young Fund, 2007

  • Nandua Fund, 2008

  • C. J. Prettyman, Sr. Fund, 2008

  • Donald J Trufant Memorial Fund, 2015

  • David Landsberger Unrestricted Fund

Organizational Funds

  • Eastern Shore Community College Foundation Fund, 2005

  • Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation Fund, 2005

  • The Auxiliary of Shore Memorial Hospital Fund, 2006

  • Broadwater Academy Fund, 2006

  • Eastern Shore Family YMCA Branch of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads Fund, 2006

  • Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center Endowment Fund, 2006

  • Broadwater Academy Julia B. Fleet Endowment For Faculty Compensation, 2006

  • Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore Endowment Fund, 2009

  • Friends of Northampton Free Library, Inc., 2010

  • Randy Custis Memorial Fund, Inc., 2011

  • Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Endowment Fund, 2012

  • Chincoteague Island Library Endowment Fund, 2013

  • Museum of Chincoteague Island Endowment Fund, 2015

  • Katherine S. Edmonds Reading Materials Fund, 2017

  • Chincoteague Island Arts Organization Fund, 2019

  • Northampton County Education Foundation Fund, 2019

  • Eastern Shore Public Library Materials Fund, 2020

  • Joyce Brown Milliner Reading Materials Fund, 2021

  • ESPLF Archivist Endowment – in Memory of Kirk C. Mariner and In Honor of B. Miles Barnes, 2021

  • ESPLF Citizens’ Endowment Fund, 2022

  • Island Community House Fund, 2022