The Portsmouth Museums Foundation is excited to announce a generous pledge of $25,000 from Bruce Lalonde, a passionate advocate for education, creativity, and community. His incredible contribution will help advance the mission of the Foundation and build capacity to...
Donor Stories
Donation from Sentara Health leads to newly renovated and expanded BodyWorks Exhibit
On May 30, we celebrated the highly anticipated Grand Opening of our newest exhibit BODYWORKS at The Children’s Museum of Virginia. This new exhibit was made possible by a generous gift from Sentara. The $700,000 gift is the single largest corporate gift the...
The Beazley Planetarium Provides Powerful Education and Entertainment
Fred Beazley, a Portsmouth businessman and philanthropist, established the Beazley Foundation in 1948. Judge Richard Bray, former Chairman of the Board stated, “it was Mr. Beazley’s dream to educate as many young people as possible and give them an opportunity they...
Building Our Legacy with Endowment Funds
An endowment is a fund that is invested for long-term support of an organization. A portion of the funds are made available annually while the remaining assets are retained to provide for growth in the fund over time. Endowments are key indicators that a...