PROGRAM FUNDING THAT EMPOWERS STUDENTS IN HEALTHCARE EDUCATION
Our Flagship Initiative
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation’s flagship initiative is the Claude Moore Scholars Program. Conceived in 2005, the program funds school systems to create programs that equips high school students with the education and training needed to enter the workforce upon graduation. It empowers students to go onto a healthcare career that will support them and their families while fostering ongoing academic and professional growth through lifelong learning. Today, the Foundation funds 60 school districts across Virginia.
Building on these roots, the Foundation and its key stakeholders have developed the concept of the Healthcare Highway, modeled after Virginia’s Tech Talent Pipeline. This approach emphasizes early STEM engagement, increasing the rigor of high school instruction, and reducing barriers to higher education by funding dual enrollment costs, for example. It also creates meaningful educational and career pathways, recognizing that most individuals continue learning beyond age 22 and often transition across multiple careers over a lifetime.
FOSTERING STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Role of Collaborators
The Claude Moore Scholars Program fosters strong community partnerships among Virginia’s K–12 public school systems, post-secondary institutions, and healthcare employers to build a more robust healthcare workforce.
Core Functions
- Program development
- Advisory Council management
- Funding initiatives
- Community needs assessments
- Growth and expansion strategies
- Marketing and outreach
Expanding Across Virginia
Through grant funding, the Claude Moore Scholars Program is currently active across multiple regions of Virginia, including Northern Virginia, the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Greater Richmond, South Central Virginia, the Peninsula, the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, Greater Roanoke / New River Valley, and the far Southwest. We continue to expand into additional areas throughout the Commonwealth.
Since 2021, students outside our geographic footprint are able to access online and distance-learning opportunities from anywhere in Virginia through the Claude Moore Scholars Learning Management System.
Grantee Organization(s)
- Ballad Health Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Bristol City Public Schools
- Washington County Public Schools
- Wise County Public Schools
- Norton City Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Grayson County Public Schools
- Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Grayson County Public Schools
- Amherst County Public Schools
- Lynchburg County Public Schools
- Roanoke County Public Schools
- Appomattox Public Schools
- Rockbridge County Schools
- Roanoke City Public Schools
- Alleghany Highlands Public School
- Montgomery County Schools
- Bedford County Public Schools
- Campbell County Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Halifax County Public Schools Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Halifax County Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Henrico County Public Schools Foundation
- Petersburg City Public Schools
- Richmond Education Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Henrico County Public Schools
- Petersburg City Public Schools
- Richmond City Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Hampton Roads Workforce Board
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Portsmouth Public Schools
- Chesapeake Public Schools
- Franklin City Public Schools
- Poquoson City Public Schools
- Suffolk Public Schools
- Hampton City Public Schools
- Williamsburg – James City Public Schools
- Isle of Wight County Public Schools
- Northampton County Public Schools
- Southampton County Public Schools
- Accomack County Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Rappahannock Community College
- Stafford Education Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Essex County Public Schools
- Gloucester County Public Schools
- Westmorland County Public Schools
- Richmond County Public Schools
- King William County Public Schools
- King and Queen County Public Schools
- King George County Public Schools
- Mathews County Public Schools
- Northumberland County Public Schools
- New Kent County Public Schools
- Colonial Beach School District
- West Point Public Schools
- Stafford County Public Schools
- Lancaster County Public Schools
- Middlesex County Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Bell Foundation for Manassas Park City Schools
- Fairfax Education Foundation
- Loudoun Education Foundation
- Prince William County Education Foundation
- UVA Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Manassas Park City Schools
- Fairfax County Public Schools
- Loudoun County Public Schools
- Prince William County Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Laurel Ridge Community College Foundation
- Winchester Education Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Clarke County Public Schools
- Frederick County Public Schools
- Page County Public Schools
- Rappahannock County Public Schools
- Fauquier County Public Schools
- Shenandoah County Public Schools
- Winchester City Public Schools
Grantee Organization(s)
- Albemarle County / Charlottesville City / Greene County
- Germanna Community College
- UVA Foundation
Benefitting Schools & Districts
- Albemarle County Public Schools
- Charlottesville City Public Schools
- Greene County Public Schools
- Culpeper County Public Schools
- Madison County Public Schools
- Orange County Public Schools
EXPLORE THE REGIONAL MAP
State-Wide Initiatives and Regional Collaboration
To learn more about where Claude Moore Scholars Program Grants were funded in 2025–2026, hover or tap on corresponding regions in the interactive GO Virginia inspired map:
BY THE NUMBERS
Recent Success Statistics
To date, the Claude Moore Scholars program has served 43,551 students enrolled in Virginia public schools.
In 2025–2026 school year, we had 8,551 students enrolled.