Press Releases

Obici Healthcare Foundation awards $2,480,310 in grants and program support to nonprofit organizations serving Western Tidewater and Gates County.

Obici Healthcare Foundation announced that 13 nonprofit projects and programs serving Western Tidewater, Virginia, and Gates County, North Carolina, were awarded grant funding totaling $1,929,630.

Obici Healthcare Foundation announced that 18 organizations serving Western Tidewater were awarded grants totaling $7,381,703.

Obici Healthcare Foundation’s Board of Directors has selected R. Battle Betts, Jr., MPA, as the Foundation’s new President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective August 1, 2022.

Mr. Betts joins the Foundation with over 28 years of public health, finance, planning, and policy experience, having served as Health Director of Albemarle Regional Health Services where he led 260 staff providing health promotion and disease prevention programs for over 162,000 residents in eight counties.

Obici Healthcare Foundation Board of Directors announced funding of an additional $640,000 to support nonprofits dedicated to improving the health status of people living in Western Tidewater and Gates County, North Carolina.

The awarded Grant Partners deliver access to a range of comprehensive health services and increase access to nutritional foods and physical activity.

The Obici Healthcare Foundation is pleased to announce over $1.1M in funding to support nonprofit partners for the Imagine, Innovate, and Leverage Grant Fund Program. In June 2021, the Foundation released the Imagine, Innovate, and Leverage Grant Fund Program opportunity to engage nonprofit organizations seeking multi-year support for programmatic expansion or capital investment projects.

Obici Healthcare Foundation has announced over $500,000 in additional COVID-19 Response funding to support local nonprofits, public school districts and cities and counties. The Foundation also awarded more than $460,000 to continue supporting Early Childhood Education partners and two Healthy Behaviors projects.

Obici Healthcare Foundation announces over $1.2M in funding to support local nonprofits, public-school districts and cities and counties in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation also awarded $400,000 to support their current strategic programs.

2nd Annual Symposium

Obici Healthcare Foundation has a longstanding commitment to helping local nonprofits improve their organizations, and ultimately, their communities. Earlier this year, the Foundation made that commitment even stronger when it awarded a $385,100 grant to the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, a Charlottesville-based organization with the mission of strengthening nonprofits to realize the potential of their communities. CNE will work extensively with 12 nonprofits in Western Tidewater and will also provide additional technical assistance to other regional nonprofits.