Mission
THE VIMS FOUNDATION ADVISES AND ASSISTS THE WILLIAM & MARY BATTEN SCHOOL OF COASTAL & MARINE SCIENCES AND THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE, PROMOTES PHILANTHROPY TO AND STEWARDS THE PHILANTHROPIC RESOURCES OF THE VIMS FOUNDATION, AND ITS MEMBERS ACT AS ALLIES AND AMBASSADORS TO POSITION VIMS AS THE PREEMINENT LEADER IN COASTAL AND ESTUARINE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FOR VIRGINIA AND THE WORLD.