Your Donations at Work ...

How your contribution is helping VCF fulfill our 501c(3) Non-Profit Mission
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As of August 29, 2024 -- Scroll down to see How Donations have been used

Name of Donor Date of Donation Amount Purpose of Donation
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John E. Gray Aug 29, 2024 $100 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Gus Brown (Donated tournament winnings to VCF) Aug 8, 2024 $55.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Capital Area Chess (via Anand Dommalapati) June 7, 2024 $500.00 Assist in financing participation by Virginians representing the Commonwealth in National or International Competitions
Anonymous (through Benevity) January 31, 2024 $500.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Timothy F. McCall January 20, 2024 $5.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
2024 Subtotal as of August 29th:     $1,160.00
Anonymous December 27, 2023 $100.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
John E. Gray November 1, 2023 $58.33 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
2023 Subtotal:     $158.33
Anand Dommalapati December 28, 2022 $300.00 VCF Tournament Support; Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Anonymous December 27, 2022 $100.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Jason Hofferle November 30, 2022 $100.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Narciso F. Victoria February 26, 2022 $100.00 In loving memory of Hercules "Herky" del Mundo to support Military Chess and Players representing VA in national or international compeitions
Choohee Sarah Song February 26, 2022 $100.00 Hospitals, Community Centers and Sr. Citizen Centers; and, Under privileged persons and the physically handicapped
Deepak Kalyan February 26, 2022 $35.00 In loving memory of Hercules "Herky" del Mundo to support Women's Chess; Hospitals, Community Centers and Sr. Citizen Centers; and, Under privileged persons and the physically handicapped
Kimmie Pham February 25, 2022 $100.00 In loving memory of Hercules "Herky" del Mundo to support Chess at Schools and Colleges, and for the Commonwealth's female players
(Anonymous) February 2, 2022 $40.00 Player donated his tournament prize winnings from the Fredericksburg Open for use at the Discretion of the VCF
2022 Subtotal:     $875.00
(Anonymous) December 29, 2021 $100.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Luis Fernando Quiros November 2, 2021 $75.00 Support to the Prize/Trophy Fund for VCF Tournaments. My donation honors the memory of the Costa Rican Pips Chess Club.
Jason F. Hofferle September 22, 2021 $100.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
Aniket N. Sinkar February 23, 2021 $200.00 Womens chess, Virginians who participate in Natioal or International events, Prizes for VCF tournaments
2021 Subtotal:B   $475.00
(Anonymous) December 28, 2020 $100.00 Discretion of the VA Chess Federation
(Anonymous) September 16, 2020 $500.00 Support to Scholastic Chess, Chess Clubs, and DIscretion of the VCF
2020 Subtotal:B   $600.00
HUBZone HQ (c/o Thomas J  Belke) October 6, 2019 $500.00 Support to Military Chess
HUBZone HQ (c/o Thomas J  Belke) October 6, 2019 $500.00 Support to Military Chess
(Anonymous) September 30, 2019 $500.00 Support to Military Chess
(Anonymous) September 28, 2019 $500.00 Support to Military Chess
Henderson/Vance Chess Club, via IA & NTD Rudy Abate September 23, 2019 $75.00 Support to Military Chess
Mike Hoffpauir September 21, 2019 $300.00 Support to Military Chess
2019 Subtotal:B   $2,375.00
(Anonymous) December 26, 2018 $100.00 Donation to be applied at the discretion of the VCF Board of Directors
Thomas J. Belke (DOTMLPFi, Inc.) October 4, 2018 $750.00 Support to Military Chess
Mike Hoffpauir October 1, 2018 $500.00 Support to Military & Scholastic Chess
Philip Newcomb September 23, 2018 $31.25 Donated Prize from 2018 VA Sr Open to support activites at the VCF Board's discretion
VA Chess Federation March 16, 2018 $500.00 Support to Scholastic Chess in Virginia
Rahul Punogoti March 4, 2018 $340.00 Support to Scholastic Chess in Virginia
McNair Chess Club March 4, 2018 $50.00 Support to Scholastic Chess in Virginia
VA Chess Federation March 4, 2018 $1,125.00 Support to Scholastic Chess in Virginia
2018 Subtotal:B   $3,396.25
U.S. Chess Trust December 1, 2017 $500.00 Support to Military Chess (2017 US Armed Forces Open)
Patrick J. Hessen October 8, 2017 $20.00 Support to Military Chess (2017 US Armed Forces Open)
Mike Hoffpauir September 1, 2017 $500.00 Support to the VCF Cup
2017 Subtotal:B   $1,020.00
Mike Hoffpauir September 4, 2016 $500.00 Support to VCF Tournaments, and VCF Board's discretion
2016 Subtotal:B   $500.00

What Your Donations have Supported ...

VCF Contribution Donation Date Purpose
Support to School-based Chess Programs / Clubs 8-8-2024 30 Sets provided to Glasgow Middle School in Fairfax County, VA
Support to School-based Chess Programs / Clubs 4-16-2024 5 Sets provided to John Marshall High School (Richmond) for their Chess Club
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 4-12-2024 Donated Trophies to the Hampton Roads Scholastic Chess Association for use at their tournaments.
Support to School-based Chess Programs / Clubs Various Dates in 2023 50 Sets provided to Hampton Roads Chess Association, 40 of which were re-distributed as: 10 sets to Churchland Primary & Intermediate School in Portsmouth, VA; 10 sets to Kempsville HS in VA Beach; 10 sets to Jolliff Middle School in Chesapeake, VA; and, 10 sets to Great Bridge Christian Academy. 10 sets remain to be distributed. 
Support to School-based Chess Clubs 11-Dec-23 7 sets and boards to Tabb Middle School in Yorktown, VA
Support to School-based Chess Clubs  11-Mar-23 5 sets and boards to River City Middle School in Richmond, VA
Support to Newport News School-based Chess Clubs 18-Oct-22 40 sets and boards to 4 different school clubs in the Newport News school district.
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 5-Sep-22 10 Chess Sets (boards and pieces) provide to Everett Kalafatis, English teacher at River City Middle School in Richmond, VA
Support to VA Representative to the tournament of State Senior Champions  5-Sep-22 $750 stipends per player provided to 5 x Virginia players who represented the Commonwealth at National-level invitiational tournaments for state Senior, High School, Middle School, Elementary School, and Girls champions.
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 31-Oct-21 10 Chess Sets (boards and pieces) provided to Aniket Sinkar for use in the chess club at his daughter's (Anagha's) school in Glen Allen, VA
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 6-Sep-21 40 Chess Sets (boards and pieces) provided to the Hampton Roads Scholastic Chess Association (c/o Tina chweiss) for distribution to local schools in the greater Norfolk / VA Beach area.
Support to Military Chess Oct-19 $149.95 contributed to fund the Trophies for Under and Special Awards at the 2019 US Armed Forces Open Chess Championships at Camp LeJeune, NC, Oct 12-14, 2019
Support to VA Representative to the tournament of State Senior Champions  Aug-19 $500 stipend provided to Shawn Hoshall to represent the Commonwealth at the tournament of State Senior Champions held during the US Open in Orlando FL
Support to Military Chess 5-Oct-18 $1,250 to pay for Awards, facilities use and TD fees for the 2018 US Armed Forces Open Chess Championships from the $500 donations by VCF members Mike Hoffpauir and Thomas Belke.  There are no cash awards at this event.
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 16-Mar-18 $500 provided to Thomas Jefferson HS for S&T to represent VA at the 2018 National High School Chess Championships.  "TJ" was the top-finishing team at the 2018 VA Scholastic Championships held the first weekend of March.
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 4-Mar-18 The combined $1,515 in donations by the VCF, Mr. Punogoti and the McNair Chess Club will support Virginia's representatives to the Denker Tournament of State HS Champions, the Barber Tournament of State K8 Champions, and the National Girls Tournament of Champions ... all being held in Aug 2018 in Madison, WI, as part of the 2018 U.S. Open.
Support to Military Chess 1-Dec-17 Defray costs paid by volunteers for event awards and trophies, lodging and travel.  There were no cash awards at this event.
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 15-Nov-17 Provided 20 chess sets (boards and pieces) to Tina Schweiss (VA Beach) for distribution to an Elementary School club and a High School Club.
Support to Scholastic Chess in VA 1-Dec-16 Provided 30 chess sets (boards and pieces) to Mike Cornell, a teacher in Spotsylvania County, for distribution to school chess clubs.

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