Cameron Foundation approves new grants in June 2024 cycle

Concluding its latest responsive grant cycle, The Cameron Foundation has approved $802,785 in funding for 19 nonprofits serving the Tri-Cities region. A new grantee to the Foundation, Real Life, received $65,000 to expand its gun violence prevention program, Project Safe, Alive, and Free (SAF). Project SAF was launched in June 2023 in Hopewell, and based on early indicators that it is helping to reduce shooting incidents involving injury, Real Life will utilize its Cameron funding to expand into Petersburg and surrounding localities.
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Cameron Foundation welcomes Brenda Mitchell to its board, announces 2024 officers

The Cameron Foundation welcomes new member Brenda D. Mitchell, MSN, RN, APHN-ret. to its Board of Directors. Mitchell is widely recognized for her extensive service to the region, having celebrated a 46-year career in health care in the Richmond metropolitan and Tri-Cities areas. She began her career in nursing and advanced to become the CEO of Crater Community Hospice, the region’s only nonprofit hospice provider, for the last 19 years before retiring in 2016. Mitchell fills the seat previously held by retiring board member Pamela Martin Comstock.

Additionally, Cameron’s 2024 slate of officers includes Vandy V. Jones, III as Board Chair; Jeffrey W. Geisz is Vice Chair; Chequila H. Fields continues as Secretary; and, Mark H. Stevens remains Treasurer. J. Tolleison Morriss, VI is Immediate Past Chair. Learn more >>