Support Virginia Home for Boys and Girls

Please join us in providing strength and hope for Virginia’s children and families. Through your support, we can tackle abuse, abandonment and neglect. Together, we can help children and their families grow, learn and succeed. 

Why Give To VHBG

Gifts to VHBG are investments in the future. VHBG alumni are CEO’s, police officers, entrepreneurs, teachers, ministers and full-time college students.

VHBG is a 501(c)(3) entity. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent of the law.

VHBG is committed to working with every child and family that is referred to us. Our practice of individualization allows us to examine each case individually and strategically. We look at the whole child and whenever possible, engage the family in the process. Your gift provides the necessary support public funds from cities and counties do not cover.

Important Facts About YOUR Annual Fund Gift At Work:

$.81 of every dollar donated provides direct services to Virginia’s at-risk children and their families. As a result, annual gifts provide:

• Meals in the residential program (over 3,850 meals are prepared by children and staff each year).
• Counseling and medical services. VHBG employs two full-time therapists and one consults with a psychiatrist, for a combined (50+ years) of experience working with at-risk children and their families.
• Critical on-the-job and pre-service training for staff within the Teaching-Family Model of care (VHBG requires the most training hours for our direct care staff—3 times the state requirement.)
• Great grads! VHBG's graduation rate for public school and John G. Wood School is 98%--trumping Virginia's graduation rate by almost 10%.

Make a gift  online by clicking the button above, or mail your donation to VHBG, 8716 West Broad St., Richmond, VA 23294. To contribute appreciated stock, please contact Ann Rohde Payes, Vice President of Philanthropy.

For United Way donations, please use the following codes
     3037 – United Way (primary number to use)
     49168 – CFC - Combined Federal Campaign (for Federal employees)
     263 – Local Governments & Schools Campaign (for employees of local government and public schools) - you must write in the name VHBG on donation form 
    3030 – CVC - Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (state employees)
    6292 – The Combined Federal Campaign of the Virginia Peninsula
    8094 – Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) of South

Matching Gifts

The following companies will match your gifts; please see if your company is on the list.

• Alltel
• Altria Group, Inc
• Altria Group, Inc.
• Aon Consulting, Inc.
• Aon Foundation Bank of America
• Bank of America Matching Gifts
• Becton Dickinson & Co.
• Capital One Financial PAC Match Program
• Carmax Foundation
• CarMax, Inc.
• Chrysalis Technologies
• CNA Surety
• Combined Federal Campaign
• CSX Corporation
• David Millen Painting
• Delta Airport Consultants, Inc
• Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
• Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program
• Dominion Resources, Inc.
• Eli Lilly & Company Foundation
• Fannie Mae Foundation
• Fannie Mae SERVE Program
• Franklin Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.
• GE Financial Assurance
• General Electric Foundation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Gray Holdings, LLC
• GrayCo
• Guidant Corporation
• Home Depot
• Humphrey Electric Co., Inc.
• J & H Marsh & McLennan
• John W. Montague, Jr., Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
• Kraft Foods Matching Gift Program
• LandAmerica Financial Group
• Markel Corporation
• Marsh & McLennan Companies
• Mass Mutual
• Medco
• Merck Human Health
• Miller & Chevalier Chartered
• Monsanto Fund
• Morris Industries, Inc.
• New England Electric
• Philip Morris USA
• Portland General Electric Co.
• Prudential Securities, Inc.
• R.C. Goodwyn & Sons, Inc
• Reynolds Architectural Woodwork
• S. F.  Berger Company, Inc
• Southern Paving Corporation
• St. Paul Companies Foundation
• SunTrust Bank
• Textron
• The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
• The Coca-Cola Co.
• The Hartford
• The National Bank of Fredericksburg
• The Pepsi Bottling Group
• Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley, Inc.
• UnitedHealth Group
• Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.
• Valentine Construction Co., Inc.
• Verizon Foundation
• Virginia Credit Union, Inc.
• Wachovia Foundation
• Wachovia Securities
• WellPoint Foundation

Get involved

Join us in building a community of care—individuals who work and play together to support the tradition of serving children at VHBG. Your efforts will raise awareness, raise funds and ultimately, allow for more of Virginia’s children to receive counseling, a home…respite and safety. Even small contributions can have a significant positive influence, bringing hope to the lives of thousands of children each year suffering from abuse and neglect.

You can become a part of this community of support by volunteering, hosting an event or becoming a sponsor.

For more information on volunteering at VHBG contact Ashleigh Perkins and David LeFebvre at (804) 270-6566 ext. 125.
Current volunteer opportunities

For information on upcoming events (such as the Skeet Shoot in April, Band Together and the Golf Classic in September and Community Day in October) and sponsorship opportunities please contact Amanda Bazzi at (804) 270-6566 ext. 146.

Leave a legacy of strength by supporting VHBG through your estate plans.

Planned gifts not only provide for VHBG's future, but they may help reduce estate tax and offer current tax deductions. Donors who designate VHBG in their estate plans are invited to join The Legacy Society, an organization created to recognize these gifts of a lifetime. Legacy Society donors ensure the safety and livelihood of our children well into the future.

You may consider various planned-giving opportunities:

A bequest: Designating a gift for VHBG in your will is easy. The Bequest Language form provides the information you need.

Charitable remainder trust: A charitable remainder trust provides fixed or variable income for you during your lifetime. When you pass away, the remaining principal comes to VHBG.

Charitable lead trust: A charitable lead trust provides regular payments to Massey during your lifetime for either a term of years or your lifetime. This vehicle reduces estate taxes. The remainder of the estate is given to one’s heir(s) or other beneficiaries.

You also may give in the form of:

• Life insurance
• Qualified retirement plans
• Real estate

VHBG is happy to work with you and your adviser to ensure your gift is arranged as easily and as beneficially for you and your family as possible.

Explanation of Income and Expenses

Virginia Home for Boys and Girls has unrestricted financial reserves of about $17,727,026, or 4 times the charity’s total expenses of $4,407,496.
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls maintains a 5% expenditure policy from its endowment to support programs and responsibly plan for the welfare of children and families in the future. This percentage is based on a rolling 3-year average of investments.

Please contact Ann Rohde Payes, Vice President of Philanthropy, at (804) 270-6566 ext. 117 or apayes@boysandgirlshome.org for more information.