The Valentine history museum is having its grand reopening this weekend after a year of renovations.
Nonprofits
Nonprofit has big plans for Broad Street campus
A local nonprofit has a major face-lift in store for its West Broad Street grounds in a plan that could open up some prime real estate for development.
Real estate firms empty closets for Goodwill
A local real estate firm’s clothing drive expanded into a collection of more than two tons of donations to Goodwill’s jobs program.
VMFA rounds up new donors online
A local museum marked the opening of its latest exhibition by closing on a round of online fundraising.
Former songwriter debuts fundraising website
After some musical soul searching in Nashville, Tenn., a former biodiesel salesman is back in Richmond looking to help nonprofits make it big.
Private school sets $1.2 million goal
A private school in Oregon Hill that provides free tuition and meals to its nearly 100 students has started a $1.2 million raise for repairs and upgrades to its aging building.
Fundraiser tops $1.7 million
The Amazing Raise, an annual 36-hour online giving challenge, raked in more than $1.74 million in donations for local nonprofits this week, almost $200,000 more than last year.
Amateur drivers hit the track for charity
Each month, NASCAR fans have the chance to take their own cars out onto the Richmond International Raceway for a donation to RIR’s charity foundation.
Local Fortune 500’s workers feeling generous

Local employees of one of Richmond’s biggest corporate givers donated a total of $2.45 million in grants to 88 local nonprofits on Tuesday.
It’s no Picasso, but museum bets big on China

The VMFA has budgeted nearly $2M to put on its newest exhibit, which includes shipping 200 works of art on multiple flights because the collection is too valuable to send together.