Last month I wrote that 2009 will likely be a tough year for nonprofits as corporate, foundation and household budgets will more fully reflect a prolonged economic slowdown and lower investment values. Today I want to dig deeper into why we are experiencing a weakening economy and why it is unlikely to get better quickly. […]
Robert Thalhimer
Bobby joined The Community Foundation staff in 1999, after having been a board member from 1981 to 1991. His responsibilities as Senior Vice President for Advancement include donor services, communications and outreach, affiliate operations and coordination of the Community Foundations of Virginia and the Richmond Donors Forum.
Bobby is president of the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation, where he served as executive director from 1992 to 1998. He was formerly president of the William B. Thalhimer, Jr. & Family Foundation, which is now a component fund of The Community Foundation. Other board service has included the Financial Planning Association, Central Virginia Chapter and Richmond Memorial Hospital Foundation, where he served as president.
Bobby earned a B.S. in Economics from Williams College and an MBA from the University of Richmond.
All Articles by Robert Thalhimer
Yes to Protecting the Environment
Amazingly, I read in today’s newspaper that government regulation to protect the environment is a conservative/liberal issue. We should reframe the debate to where it is a human/ecological issue, and we should endeavor to broaden our perspective.
I gain insight to this problem sitting at my home along the James River, which marks the navigation route […]
The Long Run: Tough Times Ahead for Charities
Many charitable organizations have a June 30 fiscal year, so this is a good time to look forward to fiscal 2009. Budgets are being set, and the seeds of success or failure are being laid. What will the new fiscal year hold in store?
My expectation is that fiscal 2009 will be a very tough year […]
Richmond Public Schools at a Crossroads
One of the highest priorities for The Community Foundation and its donors is education, and there has been a plethora of news about the Richmond Public Schools of late. Change most certainly is coming. Will change be for the better? What form will it take?
Giving — A Less Taxing Alternative?
The prevailing view is that were it not for high tax rates, people would not give. I respectfully disagree with this consensus view. Every day at The Community Foundation (www.tcfrichmond.org), I witness first-hand the passion that accompanies people’s desire to give.
Consider just three of the 65 donors who set up new charitable funds with us last year … Do you really think these people were primarily motivated by saving taxes?