VCU Charities

Below are the charities associated with VCU.  To learn more about other charities or to view the CVC charity directory, please visit the CVC home page at www.cvc.vipnet.org.

Association for the Support of Children with Cancer (ASK) (code 3281)

ASK is dedicated to making life better for children with cancer and serious blood disorders by providing emotional, social, spiritual and financial support to children being treated at the VCU Children's Medical Center.

Center for Human-Animal Interaction (code 3087)

The Center for Human-Animal Interaction provides animal-assisted therapy and pet visitation at the VCU Medical Center and conducts research and provides education on the health benefits of interacting with pets. The center also provides pet-loss support.

The Faison School for Autism (code 3549)

The Faison School provides early intervention and intensive applied behavior analysis therapy to preschool (18 months to 6 years) and school-age children (6 to 22 years) on the autism spectrum.

Hospital Hospitality House (code 3709)

The Hospital Hospitality House provides lodging and nonmedical support in a home-like environment to families seeking specialized medical care at the VCU Medical Center, the veterans hospital and other hospitals in the Richmond area.

Loftis Bereavement Fund (code 3592)

This fund, supported by the Patient Counseling Program in the VCU School of Allied Health Professions, provides support to bereaved families and offers education in bereavement care for VCU Medical Center staff and the community.

Massey Cancer Center (code 3657)

The VCU Massey Cancer Center is one of 63 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in the U.S. and provides a broad range of cancer-related research, educational activities and health care services.

Pediatric Palliative Care (code 3501)

Pediatric Palliative Care provides services to optimize the quality of care of infants, children, adolescents and their families who face the challenges of living with a life-limiting condition, to integrate palliative care principles and comprehensive pain and symptom management into hospitalwide pediatric, clinical care and to educate pediatric health care providers.

VCU-Carver Partnership (code 3513)

The VCU-Carver partnership provides support and services to enrich the lives of Carver residents, such as tutoring and homework assistance for youth and health and housing resources for adult and senior citizens.

VCU School of Business Foundation (code 3033)

The School of Business Foundation assists, supports and fosters the activities and mission of the VCU School of Business.

Virginia Council on Economic Education (code 3940)

VCEE promotes the economic and financial literacy of Virginia's K-12 students by training teachers, providing curriculum materials and actively advocating economic education in the commonwealth.

Virginia Mentoring Partnership (code 3494)

VMP works throughout Virginia to increase the number of adults mentoring children and more importantly, to help mentoring programs become more effective by providing training and resources.