Tom Tom Foundation

Tom Tom Foundation The Tom Tom Foundation is a nonprofit organization that champions innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in America's hometowns.

Every year, Charlottesville shows up to bet on its own entrepreneurs. Crowdfunded Pitch Night turns a room of strangers ...
08/31/2026

Every year, Charlottesville shows up to bet on its own entrepreneurs. Crowdfunded Pitch Night turns a room of strangers into investors, one pitch at a time. 💛

R.L. Beyer Custom Homebuilders has believed in that spirit since day one - a presenting sponsor of Tom Tom from the very beginning, supporting the Festival every year from the Block Party, to the Innovation & Civic Futures Summits, Pitch Night, and more.

Thank you, R.L. Beyer Custom Homebuilders, for investing in Charlottesville's entrepreneurs and its future. 🙌

Education doesn't stop at prison walls, and neither does its impact. Join us for our next Tomorrow Talk: "Learning Behin...
08/26/2026

Education doesn't stop at prison walls, and neither does its impact. Join us for our next Tomorrow Talk: "Learning Behind Bars," a conversation on how prison education strengthens our community. 🗨️

Hear from leaders at UVA's Prison Education Program, PVCC's Higher Education in Prison Program, and Resilience Education, alongside formerly incarcerated graduates whose education has shaped their futures.

Speakers:
🔸 Tierney Fairchild, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Executive Director, Resilience Education
🔸 Dr. Amanda Lloyd, Faculty Director, Virginia Prison Education Program; Associate Professor, UVA School of Continuing and Professional Studies
🔸 Julie Olive, Director, PVCC Higher Education in Prison Program

📅 Monday, September 28 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Tom Tom Foundation Office

Learn more and register ➡️ tomtomfoundation.org/post/tomorrow-talk-learning-behind-bars

*Discount for Tomorrow Society members*

The C-Ville Weekly has been telling Charlottesville's stories for over 3 decades! 📰 Our partnership goes all the way bac...
08/24/2026

The C-Ville Weekly has been telling Charlottesville's stories for over 3 decades! 📰 Our partnership goes all the way back to the very first Tom Tom Festival in 2012.

Throughout the 2026 Civic Futures Summit, C-Ville Weekly's editorial team hosted Pitch Fest, an interactive storytelling lab at the Irving Theater in the CODE Building where attendees pitched ideas for future stories in any section of the newspaper. Between sessions, participants shared the issues, innovations, and voices they believe deserve greater attention across Charlottesville and the region.

Opening up the editorial process like that is exactly the kind of civic experimentation Tom Tom exists for, using journalism not just to report on change but to listen to the people creating it.

Thank you, C-Ville Weekly, for keeping Charlottesville informed. 🙌

See our full recap of the Civic Futures Summit at ➡️ tomtomfoundation.org/post/civic-futures-2026-reflections-on-gathering-impact

The Downtown Mall Block Party and Fridays After Five joined forces to bring the first-ever R&B Stage to the 14th Annual ...
08/21/2026

The Downtown Mall Block Party and Fridays After Five joined forces to bring the first-ever R&B Stage to the 14th Annual 🎉

DJ Reggie Wattz and DJ Double U featured local musicians, dancers, MCs, and more, drawing over 6,000 people and making it one of the most popular Fridays After Five yet! 🔥

The Block Party is always a highlight, and this stage made it one to remember.

Catch these moments and more in our Block Party highlights 👉 tomtomfoundation.org/post/26-block-party-highlights

📸 James Carter

Cville Innovates is a new coalition connecting leaders across business, nonprofits, academia, and government to move our...
08/18/2026

Cville Innovates is a new coalition connecting leaders across business, nonprofits, academia, and government to move our region forward. 🤝

Announced at the 14th Annual Tom Tom Festival, this Future Forward Coalition, spearheaded by Tom Tom and the United Way of Greater Charlottesville, has grown into a real platform for collective action, tackling our region's toughest challenges together.

At the Civic Futures Summit, city and regional leaders, including Mayor Juandiego Wade, City Manager Sam Sanders, and Ravi Cooper, joined counterparts from Albemarle County, Chapel Hill, and Greenville to keep that momentum going, digging into housing, economic development, and community engagement.

The focus areas are clear: housing affordability, fiscal sustainability, economic vitality, workforce and education, creative placemaking, and transportation solutions.

➡️ Learn more at tomtomfoundation.org/cville-innovates

A defining aspect of this year's Innovation Summit was the expanded partnership with the University of Virginia. 🧡💙This ...
08/17/2026

A defining aspect of this year's Innovation Summit was the expanded partnership with the University of Virginia. 🧡💙

This collaboration helped deepen the Summit's focus on cross-sector collaboration and innovation, with UVA Health, the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, the Contemplative Sciences Center, the Manning Institute of Biotechnology, and UVA Innovates convening leaders from across the mid-Atlantic to explore some of the most important opportunities shaping the future of innovation.

Read more in our recap ➡️ tomtomfoundation.org/post/recapping-the-2026-innovation-summit

As we gear up to announce the 2027 theme, we're taking a look back at some of the things that made the 14th Annual Tom Tom Festival great. Make sure to follow and keep an eye out for updates!

"Community work is the best work.", Martize "Tez" Tolbert says it often, and he's exactly right. 🤝Tez is the National Di...
08/13/2026

"Community work is the best work.", Martize "Tez" Tolbert says it often, and he's exactly right. 🤝

Tez is the National Director of Client & Community Engagement at the Fountain Fund and a Tom Tom Foundation Advisory Board member. Every other month, the Fountain Fund hosts the One Stop Shop, an initiative that brings together dozens of organizations offering free IDs, healthcare, job connections, housing help, legal assistance, and more.

The most recent One Stop Shop, held outside the Jefferson School, focused on youth, bringing together organizations that serve young people alongside the youth themselves. We were proud to be one of the sponsors, and being there reminded us what this event is really about: music, energy, connection, and real resources changing real lives. We're honored to keep showing up for it. 🙌

Read more in our full blog post ➡️ tomtomfoundation.org/post/tom-tom-the-one-stop-shop

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