About Your Investments
In 2013, the United Way of South Hampton Roads’ Board of Directors approved a strategic plan that set an exciting new direction for our work. Recognizing that every community benefits when individuals, groups, and institutions work together to solve shared problems, United Way and its volunteers foster cross-sector collaboration to collectively focus on identifying critical needs, comprehensive solutions, and permanent results. It is within this context that we are committed to designing new funding strategies while continuing to offer agency certification, a public classification that demonstrates that an agency has met a robust set of standards covering three core areas: financial health; effective and ethical governance; and strategy and program results.
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Beginning in 2019, United Way’s grant opportunities will be offered primarily through Request for Proposals (RFPs) released throughout the year to enable flexibility and responsiveness while promoting greater structure and cohesiveness. Across these opportunities, United Way volunteers aim to invest in direct services (including both essential services and program investments) and systems change because this two-pronged approach is crucial to tackling our community’s most complex challenges.
If you are interested in learning more about our Community Investments and how to apply, please visit our Agency Resources page.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS VOLUNTEERS
A heartfelt thank you to those who served in 2019!
Become a Volunteer in 2020
We are currently seeking volunteers for Community Investments. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a volunteer, please contact: Kathleen Banfield, Director of Community & Partner Engagement, at 757-853-8500 ext. 192 or kbanfield@unitedwayshr.org.
Finding the Best Agencies
Our volunteers — community leaders and donors — ask the questions you want to be answered, making sure your money is spent efficiently to solve our most urgent problems and drive permanent results. That’s never as obvious as during the allocations process, when our community volunteers — people like you — pour over 990s and audits, programs and results. And it’s not just looking at papers. Volunteers hit the streets, visiting agencies to see the service for themselves before deciding where funding is going, e.g. early childhood education and youth development, poverty, physical and mental health, domestic violence emergencies and disasters, workforce readiness and financial stability.
2019-2020 COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE
Susanna Adams, Chair | Waypoint Advisors
Al Craft | BB&T Wealth Management
John M. Wallace | MassMutual Commonwealth
Dr. Ron Carlee | Old Dominion University
Frank Brooks, Vice-Chair | Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Towne Realty
Eva D. Poole | Virginia Beach Public Library
Joe Sallee | Bay Capital Advisors
Larry Brunson | Suffolk Workforce Development
Brent Haden | Pender & Coward
Steve Kocen | Southern Bank
Robert J. Richards | Sentara Obici Hospital
Yilla Smith | Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
2019 FINANCIAL REVIEW PANEL
Tracy Bedgood | Cherry Bekaert
Paul Feagan | Cherry Bekaert
Joanne Griggs | Retired, City of Virginia Beach
Kevin Jamerson | Cherry Bekaert
Angela Tumwa | Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
Scott Kelsey | KPMG
Joe Sallee | Capital Advice
Bobby Stant | QED Systems
Mike Austin | Retired
John Wallace | Mass Mutual Commonwealth
Joey Weinberg | SunTrust
Domenica Estes | KPMG
Kisik Park | Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
2019 FUNDING REVIEW PANELS
Early Childhood Success Panel
Eva D. Poole, Chair | Virginia Beach Public Library
Nicole Baker | Virginia Department of Health
Deidre Sanderlin
Jean Mumm | LeClair Ryan
Don Blankinship | Virginia Media Company
Trent Dudley | Southern Bank
Laurie Ann Finn | Regent University
Sarah Holtzinger | Signature Family Wealth
Dr. Peggy Shaeffer | Old Dominion University
Tiffany Elston | Hampton Roads Sanitation Department
Youth Success Panel
Al Craft, Chair | BB&T Wealth Management
Susanna Adams, Chair | Waypoint Advisors
Ashley Kelso | Fairlead Integrated
Sara Throckmorton | Norfolk Southern
Harry Young | City of Virginia Beach
Shantese Putnum | City of Virginia Beach
Shira Turner | American Red Cross
Elizabeth Skertic | Chubb Insurance
Cathy Harris | Harbor Tax Group
Martha Ambler | Retired
Thriving Families Success Panel
Yilla Smith, Chair | Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Macayla Nicolaison | East Coast Trial Lawyers
Anita Golden | Portsmouth Social Services
Marie Vesely | Retired
Marley Nacey | Sentara
Hilary Fulp | Curtis Group Consultants
Robert J. Richards, Chair | Sentara Obici Hospital
Dontá Council | Old Dominion University
Amy Belcher | Old Dominion University
Dr. Luisa Lucero | Old Dominion University
Mackenzie Moorhouse | Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas
Dr. Val Livingston | Norfolk State University
Dr. Shebby Neely-Goodwin, Chair | Norfolk State University
Helen Anderson | Bon Secours Health Systems
Christina Brooks | Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Michael Midgette | Signature Family Wealth
Mary Riley | City of Chesapeake
2019 NEW AGENCY CERTIFICATION REVIEW PANEL
Larry Brunson | Suffolk Workforce Development
Steve Kocen | Southern Bank
Leah Hunger | AAA of Tidewater
Kelvin Gardner
