MCV Associated Physicians. The Dental Faculty Practice. All eight related corporate entities had written mission statements which articulated their relationship to the university's institutional purpose. When queried about the university's related corporations on the Self- Study Survey, faculty and staff reported varying perceptions about how closely the different foundations' purposes were related to the university's mission. A considerable majority of faculty and staff perceived the ties to be moderately or closely related for the VCU and MCV foundations and for the VCU and MCV alumni associations.
Institutional personnel serve on the boards of each of the related corporate entities.
Serving ex officio on the boards of both the VCU Foundation and the VCU Real Estate Foundation are the president, the university controller, and the vice-president for advancement. Serving ex officio on the board of the VCU Alumni Association are the president and the director of alumni activities. The president serves on the board of the Biotechnology Research Park. The board of MCV Associated Physicians is made up entirely of university or MCV Hospital employees, including the chairman or interim chairman of each of the medical school's clinical departments, six members at large from the full time faculty of the medical school, and the dean. Serving on the board of the Dental Faculty Practice are the dean of the dental school, the chairman of the Dental Faculty Practice Committee, and three faculty members at large.