This fund was created by the Revocable Trust of Dorothy Robinson, who died in 2013, for the benefit of the primary location of the Handley Regional Library located in the City of Winchester.  The fund is to be used to maintain and operate the library as a public library for the free use by the people of Winchester, as deemed advisable in the sole and absolute discretion of the Handley Board of Trustees.  The library’s Board of Directors submits annual requests for funds that must be approved by the Handley Board of Trustees.  Recent expenditures include a one-time payment of $750,000 towards the replacement of the library’s HVAC system.[1] Since December 2016, total expenditures have come to $1,862,199.[2]  This is the largest of the funds administered by the Handley Board of Trustees.

This fund was established to provide annual creative writing awards to students of John Handley High School.

Established in 2007, this fund is an endowment from which the income earned after five years is to be applied toward the general expenditures of the Handley Trust for the WPS.

Following the completion of the Virginia Avenue School, the Board was no longer involved in the building of schools.  Now, its mission is to fund projects that help in the establishment and maintenance of superior education programs for the children of all of the Winchester Public Schools (WPS), of which there are eight.  By joint resolution of the Winchester School Board and the Handley Board of Trustees of 1982, guidelines were established: 

• The project should have a lasting impact upon the students and staff of the WPS.
• The project should affect the education of many children, not just a few.
• The project should have a measurable result in promoting quality education.
• The project should act as an incentive for the students and staff to continue the pursuit of excellence in learning.
• If the project is a capital expenditure, it should be of such a special nature that one would not expect it to be funded by the City of Winchester. 

Each year, the Superintendent of Schools presents to the Handley Board of Trustees a detailed request for funding for special programs to be undertaken in the new school year. 

The intent of the School Fund is to provide perpetual contributions to the WPS to enhance the education of the students and faculty of the WPS.  Since 1994, these contributions have totaled $3,182,227[1].

In 1923, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Memorial Trust was established at the Shenandoah Valley National Bank by Mary Mildred Sullivan (Algernon Sullivan’s widow) and George Hammond Sullivan (his son) with the sum of $200.00.  By the year 2000, the Trust was valued at $221,698.  A resolution passed by the Handley Board of Trustees in the same year directed how the net income of the fund was to be calculated[1]: 

“RESOLVED that the Sullivan Fund net income be distributed annually in the first quarter of the calendar year, based on the prior year’s income. 

“AND FURTHER RESOLVED that a pro rata portion of the general administrative expenses of the Handley Board of Trustees be allocated to the Sullivan Fund, the pro rata allocation to be based upon the total annual income of the various funds.” 

To this day, income as calculated by the above resolution continues to be provided annually to the Winchester branch of The Handley Regional Library. 

Stewart Bell, Jr. Endowment for Excellence in Teaching:  This fund rewards WPS teachers for their performance during the school year, which in turn enhances the WPS’ ability to attract and maintain qualified staff.  A cash award is made annually to an outstanding teacher as recommended by peers and then selected by a committee, the chairperson of which is chosen by the Trustees.  The awardee is selected from the school next in the rotation of the City’s eight schools.  Since 1997, the Trust has awarded a total of $84,000[1].

The purpose of this fund is to provide scholarships at the discretion of the Handley Board of Trustees.