VCU Medical Center Auxiliary
As the VCUMC Auxiliary, it is our mission to raise monies through the ThreeBears and River City Treasures Gift Shops as well as our bi-monthly vender sales to fund our Grant Program and other identified long-term needs for VCUMC. Team members apply for Grants that will enhance the safety, health and well-being of our patients, visitors and staff. We have funded millions of dollars in grants over 54 years. It is our joy to give back to VCUMC by funding these funds.
Auxiliary Grant Program
Applicants are encouraged to apply if there is a project that would benefit one of the medical center’s strategic initiatives, including:
- Patient satisfaction and customer service
- Establishing a culture of safety and excellence
- Commitment to adequate and timely service
- Transformation through information technology service
- Financial performance
- Workforce development
- Strategic innovations
- Community partnerships
How to apply
Applications open May 1, 2026.
If you have questions regarding the grant program, please email the VCU Medical Center Auxiliary Grant Administrator.
Click this link to apply starting on May 1.
Application process
The application will open on May 1, 2026, and must be submitted through the Intranet page by clicking the link above. All applications must be submitted to your Senior Director no later than June 1, 2026 by 11:59 p.m.
Once submitted, applications cannot be modified. Senior Directors will have 15 days to review and approve applications, with all approvals due by June 15.
Decision letters will be sent by August 31, 2026.
If awarded, recipients will be recognized at the Award Ceremony in early September 2026 and may begin using their awarded funds following the ceremony.
Incomplete or previously submitted applications will not be considered.
Questions: Contact the VCUMC Auxiliary Grants Administrator at VCUMCAuxGrants@VCUHealth.org.
2026 Auxiliary Awards
The VCU Medical Center Auxiliary funded 51 projects for a combined total of $278,564.13. Projects included comfort carts and toys, care packages for pediatric ICU patients, educational resources, and summer camp for kids with diabetes. View a list of the 2026 funded projects below.
| Department | Project title |
|---|---|
| Arts In Healthcare | VCU Health Orchestra & VCU Health Wind Ensemble |
| Enterprise marketing | CHoR summer safety fair |
| Clinical Nutrition Services | Bone Marrow Transplant/Cellular Immunotherapy Food Safety Course |
| PICU | PICU Bereavement Compassion Packages |
| Rehabilitation Services | Board Books for Infants |
| Pediatric Emergency | Thermometers for Pediatric Emergency Patients |
| OT/PT | Adult Behavioral Health Clothing Closet |
| Adult Emergency Department | Sparrow Project |
| N4N Palliative Care | Music-Related Comfort Items on N4N Palliative Care |
| N4N Palliative Care | Comfort and Remembrance Items on N4N Palliative Care Unit |
| Center for Human-Animal Interaction/Psychiatry | Dogs on Call |
| Child Life | Comfort Companions for Pediatric Mental Health Patents |
| Child Life | Enhancing Pediatric Mental Health Patient Comfort and Dignity Through Safe Clothing Initiative |
| Internal Medicine | Lindsey's Library |
| Stroke | Refresh and retreat Stroke Camp |
| Ambulatory Wig Salon | Head coverings for Cancer Patients |
| Care Coordination/Pediatric Endocrinology | Camp WannaCure 2026 |
| OBGYN Family Planning | Perinatal Loss Support for Patients and Staff |
| Burn | Pediatric Treasure Chest |
| Care Coordination | Caring Clothes Closet |
| Department of Bariatric and GI Surgery | Post-Op Patient Care Kits |
| Pediatric Emergency Department | The Comfort Cart: Integrating Sensory Friendly Tools in the Pediatric Emergency Room |
| Pediatric Pulmonary | Education and Environmental Support for Pediatric Asthma |
| Endocrinology | Diabetes Education Support |
| Child Life Department | The First Layer Fund |
| Arts In Healthcare | Music Therapy Sensory Collection for Patients with Disabilities |
| North 10 | Patient wellness and engagement cart |
| Spiritual Care | Ambulatory Wellness and Engagement (AWE) Cart |
| Spiritual Care | Ambulatory Spiritual Wellness Resource Cabinet |
| Care Coordination - Ambulatory | Supporting VCU OB MOTIVATE Families’ Journeys Towards Recovery from the Disease of Addiction |
| Brook Road Therapy | Go Baby Go: Early Power Mobility Project |
| VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center - Pediatric Oncology | Pretty & Primped Cosmetics Workshops |
| Pediatrics | Ryan White Nutrition Connection |
| Adult Trauma | Helping Children of Adult Patients Cope |
| Child Life Department | Creating a Child’s Legacy |
| PICU | PICU Story Beads |
| Cardiology - Main 4 Short Stay Unit | Promoting patient healing and well-being by integrating virtual windows into the care environment. |
| Heart Failure Transitions | Heart Failure Navigator Readmissions Fund |
| Recreational and Occupational Therapy | Pediatric Behavioral Health Discharge Coping Boxes |
| Pediatrics | MOMENTS- Support group for caregivers of medically complex children |
| Brook Road Outpatient Therapy | Customized Assistive Technology Across Disciplines: 3D Printing for Enhanced Function and Independence in Pediatric Outpatient Therapy |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit & Pediatric Rapid Response Team | PICU Peer Support Coffee Cart |
| PICU | Cookies and Cards- Honoring Lives and Supporting Healing |
| PICU | Forever in Our Hearts: PICU Keepsakes for Grieving Families |
| Nursing - Main 6 Labor & Delivery | Perinatal Bereavement Care Resources for Labor & Delivery |
| North 5 Comprehensive Medicine | Delirium Symptom Management with Sensory Stimuli: Use of therapeutic tools in the acute care environment to prevent, manage, and treat delirium on North 5 |
| Psychiatry (Division of Addition Medicine) | Recovery Community Wellness and Safety Kits |
| AOP Ortho Surgery | Wound Care to Success |
| Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | Culinary Medicine Healthy Kitchen Program: A Feasibility Project |
| Audiology | VCU Audiology Camp C.H.A.T. |
| Orthopedic | Orthopedic: Diabetic/ Neuropathic Foot Ulcer Shoe/ Sock Program |