About Grow Capital Jobs Foundation
Support organization for GO Virginia Region 4 to improve the Commonwealth's economy by increasing the number of higher-paying private sector jobs through incentives, collaboration, and technical assistance.
Focus Areas
Workforce development and skills enhancementTalent attractionCareer and technical educationEntrepreneurship and innovationVeterans and military transition employment programsAdvanced manufacturingBioscience / life sciencesLogisticsSite development for economic developmentResearch and development / commercialization
Who They Fund
researchersacademic institutions
About Grow Capital Jobs Foundation
Grow Capital Jobs Foundation centers on projects that build higher-paying private-sector jobs in Virginia, with a strong emphasis on Region 4 and the Richmond–Petersburg corridor. The foundation serves as the support organization for GO Virginia Region 4, and its recent grants show a consistent mix of workforce development, innovation, and site-readiness work tied to regional economic growth. One of its largest recent grants went to Virginia Biotechnology Park in Richmond for research, followed closely by support for Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta for research. Those awards sit alongside recurring funding for regional intermediaries and training-focused institutions, indicating a grantmaking model built around coordinated economic development rather than one-off charity. The foundation’s recent portfolio also includes grants to Virginia’s Gateway Region Inc in Colonial Heights, Brightpoint Community College Foundation in Richmond, and Virginia State University in Petersburg. Across these awards, the common thread is support for talent pipelines, advanced-industry capacity, and organizations positioned to move regional projects forward in Virginia.
What Grow Capital Jobs Foundation Funds
Workforce development appears throughout the foundation’s grants. It supported Brightpoint Community College Foundation in Richmond with $553,030 in 2024 and $143,446 in 2025, both marked for research, showing repeat investment in a local education partner. In advanced manufacturing, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta received $834,329 in 2025 and $242,317 in 2024, again for research. The foundation also funded Virginia Biotechnology Association in Richmond with $420,666 in 2024 and $420,364 in 2025, alongside $398,600 in 2023, indicating sustained support for bioscience-related activity. Regional economic development organizations also appear in the record, including Virginia’s Gateway Region Inc in Colonial Heights, which received $719,954 in 2023, $492,736 in 2024, and $397,209 in 2025.
How Grow Capital Jobs Foundation Gives
Typical grants are sizable: the p25 is $119,370, the median is $242,317, and the p75 is $413,010. The recent record includes repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, especially Virginia Biotechnology Park, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Virginia Biotechnology Association, Virginia’s Gateway Region Inc, Brightpoint Community College Foundation, Virginia State University, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Lighthouse Labs. That pattern points to ongoing project support rather than isolated awards. The foundation operates as a support organization tied to GO Virginia Region 4, and its grant programs include application-based and RFP/RFI pathways; some programs accept unsolicited applications while others do not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.3M
Total Assets
$423K
Total Revenue
$3.5M
Total Expenses
$3.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $119K and $413K, with a median of $242K.
25th Percentile
$119K
Median
$242K
75th Percentile
$413K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
WILSON H FLOHR
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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