gormley has also been active in a number of philanthropic efforts and charitable projects in the atlantic city region, benefitting organizations such as the daughters of our lady of the sacred heart and the sisters of christian charity. gormley also helped lead fundraising efforts to build a facility for the milton and betty katz jewish community center in margate, spearheaded the recruitment of speakers for a lecture series at the william j. hughes center for public policy at stockton college (now stockton university) and, along with his wife virginia, founded the atlantic city friends of music to raise money to support music and arts programs in atlantic city schools.