Welcome
The Board of Directors of the Virginia College Fund and the students, staffs and faculties of its independent member colleges and universities welcome you to its 2009-2010 website. The Virginia College Fund, established in 1965, provides a convenient way for the corporate, foundation and private citizen to demonstrate a continuing commitment to the maintenance of a strong educational system in Virginia and to encourage and pursue growth in academic excellence. You are invited to join us in this worthy pursuit. You will be glad you did!

Funding
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit Virginia corporation, all gifts to the Fund are deductible for federal and state tax purposes. Of the funds collected, 75 percent are divided equally among the participating member institutions and 25 percent are apportioned according to full-time undergraduate enrollment. An independent, certified audit, available upon request, is prepared annually. And, we are a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity (see below)! To review the Virginia College Fund's BBB Accreditation Report, please click here.

For information about making a gift to the Virginia College Fund, click here.


Member Information
The Virginia College Fund member institutions are private, degree granting, liberal arts and comprehensive colleges. All are non-tax supported and not-for-profit. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, or ethnic background in either their admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, educational or athletic policies, or other administered programs. All of our member institutions are fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Furthermore, they are all certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to operate in Virginia. The listings below enable you to visit each of their websites:
 
Averett University
Bluefield College
Eastern Mennonite University
Ferrum College
Virginia Intermont College
Virginia College Fund Member Institutions (Click on 
an institution banner to go to their website)
Officers & Executive Committee, 2009-2010
Chair, Sandy T. Tucker, Esquire, Williams Mullen
Vice Chair, James K. Dill, Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Secretary/Treasurer, Dr. Tiffany M. Franks, Averett University
Immediate Past Chair, Richard McNeil, CFP®, First Capital Bank
Chairman Emeritus, Robert C. King, Sr., King Enterprises

Staff, 2009-2010
President, Dr. William E. Pearson, The Virginia College Fund
Executive Assistant, Lenore M. Andrews, The Virginia College Fund

The 2009-2010 Executive Committee comprises the Officers and following College Presidents:
Dr. Jennifer L. Braaten, President, Ferrum College
Dr. Loren E. Swartzendruber, President, Eastern Mennonite University
Dr. David W. Olive, President, Bluefield College University
 

The Virginia College Fund is a member of the Charlottesville, Greater Richmond, Hampton Roads, Lynchburg and Roanoke Regional Chambers of Commerce, the Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Windsor Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. It is an Accredited Charity of the Better Business Bureau serving Central Virginia. These memberships and accreditation allow the Virginia College Fund to demonstrate its support and charitable integrity to the Virginia business community that has graciously supported it for over the 44 years.


The Virginia College Fund is also associated with GuideStar, whose purpose is to create a more transparent and accountable nonprofit community. Click the icon to learn more and to view our Forms 990.


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Privacy Policy


Thank you for visiting www.thevcf.org. We appreciate the opportunity to interact with you on the Internet and are committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy. The purpose of this Privacy Statement is to inform you about the types of information we might collect about you when you visit our Web site, how we may use that information, and whether we disclose that information to anyone.

What Information We Collect and How We Use It:
Personally Identifiable Information is not collected on the www.thevcf.org web site. Personally Identifiable Information refers to information that lets us know specifically who you are. In general, you visit our site without telling us who you are or revealing any Personally Identifiable Information.

Sharing Your Information:
We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise retransmit any Personally Identifiable Information.

Links to Other Web Sites:
Links to third-party Web sites may be provided solely for your information and convenience, or to provide additional information for various other goods and services. If you use these links, you will leave our site. This Privacy Statement does not cover the information practices of those Web sites linked to our site, nor do we control their content or privacy policies. We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Changes to This Statement:
Any updates or changes to the terms of this Privacy Statement will be posted here on www.thevcf.org and the date of the newest version posted below.

By using the Virginia College Fund web site, you acknowledge acceptance of this Privacy Statement in effect at the time of use.

Contact Us:
If you have any concerns about our use of your information or about this Privacy Statement, please send an email to thevcf@thevcf.org; we will make every reasonable effort to address your concerns and remedy any problems you bring to our attention.

This Privacy Statement was last revised on October 15, 2009.

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