R E B Foundation

Grants made to the community foundation, inc. To fund the r.e.b. Awards for distinguished educational leadership, which recognizes principals who go beyond the day-to-day demands of their position to create an exceptional educational environment. Four principals were publicly recognized, one each from local school districts in chesterfield, hanover, henrico, and city of richmond in 2024. Each principal received a $10,000 cash grant for personal use and an additional $20,000 for their proposed school project. Four runner-up principals were also recognized and received $10,000 awards to support their proposed school projects.

Grants made to the community foundation, inc. To fund the r.e.b. Awards for teaching excellence, which recognizes public school teachers who distinguish themselves by their inspiring classroom performance. The program is based on the belief that a positive educational experience at the elementary, middle, and high school levels helps children form positive lifelong habits toward learning and discipline. Through a nomination process, 32 outstanding teachers were selected in 2024 to receive cash grants to support professional development activities.

R.e.b educational impact grant awards - in 2024, the foundation awarded grants (through the community foundation, inc.) to virginia commonwealth university foundation to support a comprehensive mental health pilot program in two richmond area schools that will leverage an existing multi-tiered system of support framework in order to improve mental health outcomes for students. The pilot program will be coordinated by the metropolitan educational research consortium (merc)--a partnership between vcu's school of education and chesterfield, goochland, hanover, henrico, and richmond public schools.