About Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation
As the charitable nonprofit affiliate of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, the VHHA Foundation supports VHHA members, associate members, and Virginia’s health care community by providing continuing professional education and seeking grant funding to support quality, patient safety, population health, research and related initiatives.
Focus Areas
quality and patient safetypopulation healthsocial determinants of healthhealthcare workforce development and educationclinical research supportdata analytics and dashboards
Who They Fund
small rural hospitals and their staffpatients with substance use disorder (ED patients)people affected by interpersonal/community violencelow-income or food-insecure community memberslocal community health populations served by CHWs
About Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation
The Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation’s recent grantmaking is anchored by hospital violence intervention and emergency-department substance use disorder bridge work, with its largest 2025 award of $1,197,279 going to Ballad Health for ED bridge for substance use disorder, community health, and small rural hospital emergency pandemic funding and improvement. That combination points to a funder that supports Virginia health care organizations through program-specific grants tied to patient safety, community health, and rural hospital capacity. In 2025, VCU Health System Authority received $776,031 for hospital violence intervention, community health, and small rural hospital emergency pandemic funding, while Valley Health System received $453,771 for ED bridge for substance use disorder and small rural hospital emergency pandemic funding and improvement. The foundation also backs hospital violence intervention programs at multiple hospitals and health systems, including Riverside Regional Medical Center, Sentara Virginia Beach General Auxiliary, and Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Beyond acute-care initiatives, its recent grants include community health support for the Federation of Virginia Food Banks and grantmaking tied to health workforce and population health themes. The pattern is project-specific rather than unrestricted, with awards directed to Virginia’s health care community and a smaller set of out-of-state partners working on the same initiatives.
What Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation Funds
Hospital violence intervention is one of the clearest themes in the foundation’s recent awards. VCU Health Injury & Violence received $380,240 in 2024 for a hospital violence intervention program, and Chesapeake Regional Medical Center received $249,022 in 2023 and $165,606 in 2024 for the same area. Emergency-department substance use disorder bridge work also appears repeatedly: Valley Health System received $453,771 in 2025 for ED bridge for substance use disorder, and Inova Health System received $100,994 in 2025 for ED bridge for substance use disorder and hospital violence intervention program. Community health funding reaches broader local health services, including $175,000 to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks in 2023 for community health and $109,454 to Sentara Medical Group in 2024 for community health. The foundation also supports small rural hospital improvement, including funding paired with other program areas at Carilion Medical Center and Riverside Regional Medical Center.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5M
Total Assets
$6.4M
Total Revenue
$7.9M
Total Expenses
$8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $38K and $237K, with a median of $84K.
25th Percentile
$38K
Median
$84K
75th Percentile
$237K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
About 90% of grants go to recipients in VA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SEAN CONNAUGHTON
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