Morring Community Foundation | Annual Report 2025–2026
Neighbors helping neighbors, with no one on the payroll.
The Morring Community Foundation is run entirely by volunteers. What we raise goes back to the families of Hampton Roads.
- $82,600granted to community partners in 2025
- $40,000in grocery gift cards placed in families’ hands in 2026
- $0spent on salaries, contractors, or rent
- 1,000+volunteer hours from more than 90 registered volunteers
Our promise: no employees, no contractors, no office rent. Just volunteers delivering help where it is needed most.
A message from our President
Dear friends,
When we founded the Morring Community Foundation, we made a simple promise: help would reach people quickly, without red tape, and with dignity. This report shows how we kept that promise.
In 2025, the year we filed our first annual return with the IRS, generous donors and sponsors contributed $107,923, and we returned $82,600 directly to the community through five partner organizations. In 2026, our Fifth Annual E. Palmer’s Grocery Gift Card Giveaway put another $40,000 in groceries in the hands of local families.
None of this was accomplished by paid staff. We have no employees and no independent contractors. Our board serves without compensation, and more than 90 registered volunteers have given over 1,000 hours to make our events possible. That is the heart of who we are, and it is why your gift goes so far.
Thank you for standing with us.
Charlene A. Morring, Esq.President, Morring Community Foundation
Where the money went in 2025
Every grant below went to an organization serving families in our region. Circle sizes are drawn to scale.
- $50,000Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
Regional hunger relief, funded by our inaugural Creepy for a Cause gala.
- $20,600E. Palmer’s Grocery Gift Card Giveaway
Grocery gift cards distributed directly to families in Norfolk.
- $6,000Young Lives
Mentoring and practical assistance for young girls.
- $5,000Village Family
Support for local families in need.
- $1,000ForKids
Lunch for children during summer break, when school meals stop.
Creepy for a Cause
$50,000presented to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore on October 31, 2025
Our signature fall gala brings the community together in costume for a night of fun with a serious purpose. Sponsors, table ambassadors, and guests turned our inaugural event into the largest single gift in the Foundation’s history, a $50,000 investment in regional hunger relief.
Every dollar of that gift is food on the table for neighbors across Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore. Our second annual gala took place on October 31, 2026; its results will appear in next year’s report.
E. Palmer’s Grocery Gift Card Giveaway
$40,000in grocery gift cards at our Fifth Annual Giveaway in 2026, every dollar given to the community
For five years, we have partnered with E. Palmer’s, the only Black-owned grocery store in Virginia, located on East Berkley Avenue in Norfolk. Families receive gift cards to shop for what they need, with no applications and no paperwork, just help delivered with dignity.
The approach does double duty. Each card feeds a household and keeps dollars circulating in a community-owned business that anchors its neighborhood. In 2026, we nearly doubled our 2025 giveaway of $20,600.
Powered entirely by volunteers
The Morring Community Foundation has no employees and no independent contractors. Our board members serve without compensation. Every event, every gift card, and every check is made possible by people who believe in doing good and giving back.
When you give to the Foundation, you are not paying for overhead. You are joining a team.
2025 financial summary
With no payroll, no consultants, and no office rent, 97% of our 2025 operating expenses went straight to community grants, and we ended the year having distributed nearly everything we raised.
| Contributions, gifts, and sponsorships | $107,923 |
| Includes $102,553 contributed through fundraising events | |
| Less direct event costs | ($20,832) |
| Food and beverages | $16,939 |
| Venue and facility | $1,904 |
| Other event costs | $1,989 |
| Total revenue | $87,091 |
| Grants to community partners | $82,600 |
| Marketing and awareness | $2,800 |
| Salaries and benefits | $0 |
| Professional and contractor fees | $0 |
| Rent, utilities, and occupancy | $0 |
| Total expenses | $85,400 |
| Net assets at year end | $1,691 |
Figures are from the Foundation’s IRS Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025 (calendar year), prepared by Eide Bailly LLP. The 97% figure equals grants ($82,600) divided by total expenses ($85,400) as reported on Form 990-EZ, Line 17; direct event costs are reported separately on Line 6c, as IRS rules require. The 2026 E. Palmer’s giveaway will be reported on the Foundation’s 2026 return.
Board of Directors
All board members serve as unpaid volunteers.
- Charlene A. Morring, Esq.President
- Brent MorringVice President
- Christina GarciaDirector
- Stacey MattisonDirector
- Taliah MorringDirector
- Yolonda SmithDirector
- Caroline DiggsStudent Director and Volunteer
Help us do more next year
Because our team is all volunteer, your support goes to the community, not to overhead. Join us as a donor, a sponsor, or a volunteer.
Give by check
Make checks payable to Morring Community Foundation and mail to 2600 Washington Avenue, Suite 1008, Newport News, VA 23607.
Volunteer or sponsor
To sponsor Creepy for a Cause or volunteer at our next giveaway, visit the Contact Us page at morringcommunityfoundation.org or email us at info@morringcommunityfoundation.org.
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