Our Endowed Funds
Building a legacy of generosity on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Each of the endowed funds listed below was created by an individual, family, or nonprofit organization who wanted to make a lasting difference—whether by supporting a favorite cause, honoring a loved one, or ensuring long-term sustainability for the work they care about most.
Together, these funds reflect the generosity and vision of our community. We invite you to explore them—and, if you’re inspired, consider how you might create a fund of your own, now or as part of your estate plan.
Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted funds are the cornerstone of our Community Grants program. They provide essential support that allows the Foundation to respond to the most pressing and evolving needs across the community—now and in the future.
Caramine Kellam Memorial Fund, 2025
Chad Ballard Fund, 2006
C. J. Prettyman, Sr. Fund, 2008
David Landsberger Unrestricted Fund, 2022
Donald J Trufant Memorial Fund, 2015
Gene H. and Cynthia T. Crockett Memorial Fund, 2025
Meadville Fund, 2005
Nandua Fund, 2008
PNC Bank Fund, 2006
Tom and Page Young Fund, 2007
Designated Funds
Designated funds are created by generous donors to provide lasting support for the specific organizations or causes they care about most. These permanent funds ensure that their chosen nonprofit receives annual support, year after year, helping to sustain its mission well into the future.
Benjamin W. Mears, Jr. Family Fund, 2005 to benefit Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust
E Polk Kellam Foundation Fund I, 2016 to benefit the Auxiliary of Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital
Glick / Papetti Family Fund, 2019 to benefit SPCA Eastern Shore
Hope Harbor Endowment Fund, 2024 to benefit Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence
J. and W. Peake Fund for Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia – Eastern Shore Club, 2025 to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs - Eastern Shore
Jane C. and Warren C. Peake Fund, 2024 to benefit Chincoteague Island Arts Organization
Johnsen Peregrination Fund, 2005 to benefit Eastern Shore Community College Foundation
Jo Nock - Lydia Nock Wyatt Fund, 2018 to benefit Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency (ESAAA/CAA)
Kellam Family Fund, 2005 to benefit Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation
Major Robertson Doughty Scholarship Fund, 2024 to benefit Nandua High School (scholarships to graduating seniors)
Margaret Jane Dickinson Internship Fund, 2020 to benefit Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center
Shore Bank Fund, 2006 to benefit United Way of the Eastern Shore
Shore Cancer Center Fund, 2008 to benefit Shore Health Services, Inc.
The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore Fund, 2013, to benefit Shore Health Services, Inc.
Whitehead Fund, 2020 to benefit Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust
Donor Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund allows individuals or families to recommend grants to specific charitable organizations or projects they care about. While the Foundation retains final authority over all distributions to ensure compliance with IRS regulations, donors enjoy a flexible and meaningful way to support the causes that matter most to them.
Quasi-Endowed Funds
Betty McClung Turner Fund, 2017
David Landsberger Fund, 2022
E Polk Kellam Foundation Fund II, 2016
Samuel and Kathy Hughes Fund, 2022
Donor Advised
Cherrystone Fund, 2010
David B. and Suzanne VK. Tankard Fund, 2005
“E. A.” and George N. McMath Edgewater Fund, 2007
Kitty and Tim Croke Fund, 2014
Lisa and David Tankard, Jr. Fund, 2007
Lisa and Revell Lewis Donor-Advised Fund, 2019
Maureen and Augustine H. Lawrence, III Fund, 2013
Richard and Joie Tankard Conservation Fund, 2008
Robin A. Rinaca and Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr. Fund, 2006
Tonya T. and Samuel V. Tankard Fund, 2007
Field of Interest Funds
Field of interest funds allow donors to support a specific area of community life—such as arts and culture, education, youth, humanitarian needs, or even a particular town or county. The Foundation then awards grants to nonprofits whose work aligns with that focus, ensuring the donor’s intent is honored while meeting changing community needs over time.
The Fund to Provide Support for Those Impacted by Child Labor in Accomack County, 2025
Organizational Funds
An organizational fund is an endowment established by a nonprofit to support its own mission—forever. By setting up an endowed fund through ESVCF, a nonprofit creates a permanent, stable source of income that grows over time. This kind of long-term planning helps organizations weather ups and downs, expand their impact, and focus on what they do best: serving the community.
Auxiliary of Shore Memorial Hospital Fund, 2006
Broadwater Academy Fund, 2006
Broadwater Academy Julia B. Fleet Endowment For Faculty Compensation, 2006
Chincoteague Island Arts Organization Fund, 2019
Chincoteague Island Library Endowment Fund, 2013
Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore Endowment Fund, 2009
Eastern Shore Community College Foundation Fund, 2005
Eastern Shore Family YMCA Branch of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads Fund, 2006
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center Endowment Fund, 2006
Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation Fund, 2005
Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation Archivist Endowment – in Memory of Kirk C. Mariner and In Honor of B. Miles Barnes, 2021
Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation Citizens’ Endowment Fund, 2022
Eastern Shore Public Library Materials Fund, 2020
Friends of Northampton Free Library, Inc., 2010
Island Community House Fund, 2022
Joyce Brown Milliner Endowment, 2021
Katherine S. Edmonds Reading Materials Fund, 2017
Museum of Chincoteague Island Endowment Fund, 2015
Northampton County Education Foundation Fund, 2019
Randy Custis Memorial Fund, Inc., 2011
Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Endowment Fund, 2012
Fund Assets
The funds listed here, totaling almost $14,500,000 as of Dec. 31, 2023, comprise the entirety of the capital assets of ESVCF.
Fund assets are managed by the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, which generally makes available for each fund’s charitable purposes an annual amount of 4.5% of the fund’s trailing 12 quarter average balance.