The VIA Foundation

07/30/2010 - "A Year Differently" already making a huge difference

If you’ve stopped by Via’s office in recent months, you may have met a new colleague of ours who is working on a very important project. (...more)

07/22/2010 - Save the Date for Via's 2010 Charitable Auction!

Via will hold its 4th Annual Charitable Auction November 22nd. Check out some of the things on which you will be able to place your bid! (...more)

05/14/2010 - Via Foundation Runners in the Prague Marathon.

They ran in total almost 35 hours and over 295 kilometers. Our thanks to each of the 16 runners who ran the May 9th Prague International Marathon in support of the Via Foundation! (...more)

02/16/2010 - Concert for Haiti, Sunday, February 21 at Lucerna Music Bar

February 21 at 8pm: The Via Foundation presents Czech music group Monkey Business performing a benefit concert at the Lucerna Music Bar to raise money for the reconstruction of schools in Haiti.

Special guests will include Dan Bárta, BIGG BOSS JAM (PSH, ORIKOULE, 518 + TOXXX), and Eddie Stoilow. (...more)

01/13/2010 - Czech Heritage - Call for Proposals

We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for Via’s Czech Heritage program. The Czech Heritage Program focuses on rescuing, restoring, and preserving small historical landmarks throughout the Czech Republic. It is supported primarily through generous donations of members of the Czech Heritage Society. (...more)

12/09/2009 - New on Our Website

We’ve been working hard to improve how we provide you with information about our work.

You can now follow us on Twitter, check out our YouTube channel, and find a list of other interesting links about Via by visiting our new Via in the Media page.

If you have any suggestions on things you would like to see, please let us know brad.hoar@nadacevia.cz!

10/02/2009 - Visits to 4 Supported Projects

In the third week of August, we decided to make use of the warm summer weather to visit four projects we supported through the ČSOB and the Poštovní spořitelny Grant Funds. These site visits were such a success, we would like to share with you our experiences. (...more)

07/15/2009 - 2009 Czech Heritage Society Grantee Profile: The Františkov chapel

Distinguished by its beautiful stone portal, the chapel in Františkov (in German, "Franzberg”) dates back to 1891. The chapel was constructed by German settlers who established the town in 1798 in the present-day Jeseník district of northern Moravia. Following the post-World War Two expulsion of the community’s German residents, the chapel was eventually abandoned. This led to the collapse of its roof, and the growth of a tree in the middle of the chapel which, by 2007, exceeded the height of the chapel tower itself! (...more)

09/12/2007 - Five Years After the Floods

In August 2002, the most devastating floods to hit central Europe in five hundred years occurred causing nearly incalculable damage.
As rivers surged up to thirty feet above their banks, tens of thousands were displaced, vital infrastructure was destroyed, and irreplaceable historical buildings and objects were lost. (...more)

11/01/2006 - Madeleine Albright to speak at the Via Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Event in Pittsburgh!

Via is pleased to announce that Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, a native of Prague, Czech Republic, is scheduled to be guest speaker at the Via Foundation’s 10-year anniversary celebration in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (...more)