The Virginia Maritime Association (VMA) was organized in 1920 to promote, protect and encourage international and domestic commerce through Virginia's Ports.   With a membership of over 450 companies, employing over 70,000 Virginians, the Virginia Maritime Association is widely recognized as "The Voice of Port Industries"​.  VMA is the premier business organization to enhance competitiveness and promote commerce through Virginia's ports. The Virginia Maritime Association is the primary advocate for the interests of the maritime industry, developing solutions and opportunities for its membership and Virginia's ports. As a member, you benefit by having a voice in the organization that sets the course for the future of business in the ports of Virginia.

The Virginia Bankers Association has served as the organized voice for the Commonwealth’s banking industry since 1893 providing solutions to aid in resolving differences, unifying efforts, and accomplishing objectives otherwise not achievable. The VBA represents all Virginia state and commercial banks from the smallest to the largest and works to represent the issues and activities that are of utmost importance to the banking industry. The government affairs and legal department work effortlessly with the legislature and congress to protect the values and standards around which the banking industry was built. The professional development team ensures that there are a multitude of quality seminars, workshops, and conferences each year to promote lifelong learning among bank associates. Through partnerships with trustworthy and cost effective vendors, the VBA is able to offer products and services banks need in order to be successful in serving their customers. While working to better the industry as a whole, the VBA also cares about the well-being of its members and of the community. Through the VBA Benefits Corporation, members of the Virginia Bankers Association are able to obtain health benefits, coverages, and rates not available otherwise.

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association has 27 member health systems and hospitals, representing 110 community, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and specialty hospitals throughout Virginia. Working with our members and other stakeholders, the Association will transform Virginia’s health care system to achieve top tier performance in safety, quality, value, service, and population health. The Association’s leadership is focused on: principled, innovative and effective advocacy; promoting initiatives that improve health care safety, quality, value and service; and, aligning forces among health care and business entities to advance health and economic opportunity for all Virginians. Through the power of collaboration, the Association will be the recognized driving force behind making Virginia the healthiest state in the nation by 2020.

The Community Foundation is a leading partner and advocate for philanthropy and service in the Richmond region. Founded in 1968, we have built a strong legacy of helping people and institutions give back with passion and purpose. Together, we have strengthened local nonprofit organizations and enhanced lives throughout our community. By working side by side with a powerful and growing network of changemakers, the Foundation has become the largest community foundation in Virginia and the third largest in the Southeast. Today, we manage more than 1,000 charitable funds with assets totaling $876 million. This includes six supporting foundations that have chosen to fulfill their charitable legacy in partnership with us, as well as three regional affiliates that were established to address the needs and interests of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck. Since our inception, we have collectively granted $1 billion to thousands of nonprofits working in all areas of community life.

The Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) is the leading professional association in the Commonwealth dedicated to empowering Certified Public Accountants (CPA) to thrive. Founded in 1909, the VSCPA has more than 13,000 members who work in public accounting, private industry, government agencies, in education and more. Visit vscpa.com/2025 to learn about our vision and bold strategies for success! Named one of the Best Places to Work in Virginia, the VSCPA offers a rewarding, innovative, flexible and fun work environment, where team members are encouraged to learn, pushed to grow and empowered to suggest ways to enhance member value. Visit vscpa.com/Jobs to learn more!

The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is a permanent charitable endowment created by donors from all walks of life who want to create a thriving community for all in southeastern Virginia. Its mission is to make life better in Hampton Roads through leadership, philanthropy and civic engagement. Founded in 1950, it is the region's largest grant and scholarship provider and also the catalyst for significant leadership initiatives. The foundation helps people find satisfying and innovative solutions to current challenges in the community they love. Our team helps people design permanent charitable funds -- in their names -- for the causes and nonprofits they care about the most. Our mission is to inspire philanthropy and transform the quality of life in southeastern Virginia. The Foundation manages permanent funds created by people from all walks of life. We invest their gifts to grow over time while awarding grants to nonprofit organizations and scholarships to students. Thanks to our donors we are the largest grant and scholarship provider in southeastern Virginia. To put it simply, we: - Help you achieve your charitable goals - Offer regional leadership on critical issues - Evaluate community needs and make strategic grants - Promote high-impact philanthropy - Steward permanent charitable funds - Honor donor intent - Increase the size of your gift over time through quality investments - Strengthen our region's nonprofit organizations - Provide a forum for community dialogue

The Virginia REALTORS® association is the business advocate for real estate professionals in Virginia. Virginia REALTORS® represents more than 35,000 REALTORS® active in all phases of real estate brokerage, management, development, and appraisal. Our mission is to enhance our membership's ability to achieve business success.

We empower individuals and drive systemic change to provide everyone with a clear path to success. We do this by mobilizing the entire community – individuals, nonprofits, government agencies, schools and businesses alike – to collectively tackle our region’s toughest challenges. If you are in need of assistance, email [email protected] or call (804) 775-6472. Research As a major regional funding organization, United Way is uniquely qualified to provide critical information to community leaders and organizations. We have a dedicated research team that studies local data to track problems in our communities and works with partner organizations to develop solutions that actually move the needle. Convening United Way serves as the central convener of our region’s nonprofits and local governments, businesses, schools and volunteers. We identify areas of need and bring together leaders from all sectors to drive positive change in communities across the region. Funding United Way is one of the largest nonprofit funding organizations in the region. We invest in dozens of fantastic nonprofit agencies doing critical work in communities throughout our service area. We use our Steps to Success framework to guide funding decisions and ensure dollars go to organizations and programs working in each of our nine key areas. Empowerment United Way connects individuals with knowledge, resources and volunteer opportunities to help them positively impact their lives as well as the lives of their family members, friends and neighbors.

Founded in 1992, the Virginia Health Care Foundation is a non-profit, public-private partnership. Its mission is to increase access to primary health care for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians. VHCF's vision is for all Virginians to have the medical, behavioral health, and dental care they need - preferably via health insurance - otherwise, through a well-financed, professionally run healthcare safety net (HSN; free clinics and community health centers) and via a sufficient and well-distributed health workforce. To that end, VHCF takes a multi-faceted approach, working on the following five fronts: 1) Maximize the number of Virginians with state/federal sponsored health insurance coverage; 2) Create or expand HSN practices to provide free or low-cost care for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians; 3) Increase the number and improve the distribution of needed health professionals throughout the state; 4) Introduce and promote innovative service delivery models and best practices within the HSN (BH integration, Population Health, tele-mental health, are recent examples); and 5) Engage in health policy/systems development (e.g., adding adult dental benefit to Medicaid).

The Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) is committed to leading and coordinating efforts to seek justice in civil legal matters for lower-income Virginians. Since 1978, we have addressed the civil legal needs of Virginia’s lower-income families by engaging in legislative advocacy and by providing leadership, technical assistance and public education to legal aid staff, private bar attorneys and low-income clients. We are the only statewide organization conducting trainings that focus exclusively on the legal rights of lower-income Virginians and are instrumental in coordinating the work of the statewide legal aid community.

Parents are their child’s first and best teachers, but not all have the knowledge and tools needed for success. Families Forward Virginia builds healthier, stronger, more self-sufficient families by partnering with families and communities. The core services of Families Forward include: • Home Visiting Programs • Family Resource Centers • Positive Parenting Education • Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs • Professional & Volunteer Training • Advocacy & Public Education Our mission is to advance programs, practices and policies that nurture children, empower families and support communities. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, and supported by public and private funding, Families Forward is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. In September, 2017, Prevent Child Abuse Virginia, CHIP of Virginia, and Early Impact Virginia merged to become Families Forward.