The Impact of Your Gifts
Promoting science to save the Bay
Gifts from individuals and corporations help VIMS researchers create the fundamental knowledge needed to restore and sustainably manage Chesapeake Bay and the coastal ocean. Private giving also supports education and training of the next generation of marine scientists and policymakers.
The SunTrust Mid-Atlantic Foundation has made a 5-year, $100,000 grant to the VIMS Foundation to establish an endowed fellowship for graduate students enrolled in the School of Marine Science at VIMS.
Ferguson Enterprises of Newport News has pledged $75,000 to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support graduate student education and public outreach at the Gloucester Point campus.
A major gift from Norfolk Dredging Company will help VIMS researchers advance their studies of seafloor history and ecology. VIMS will use the funds to purchase an automatic core logger that can uncover a wealth of environmental data from seafloor sediment cores.
Norfolk Southern Corporation has committed $150,000 to VIMS to help purchase an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer, an instrument that provides new opportunities for addressing important questions in marine ecology and conservation.
Dominion of Richmond has given VIMS a $50,000 gift to help equip a distance-learning classroom in VIMS' new research building, Andrews Hall, which is scheduled to open in spring 2007.
The Beazley Foundation of Portsmouth has awarded the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Foundation a $50,000 endowed student fellowship to attract students from the Tidewater region of Virginia.
The Massey Foundation of Richmond has committed an additional $500,000 to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science's 5-year capital campaign, doubling the Foundation's total contribution to $1 million.
