Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2014

The Nicholson Family, Photo by Patrick Lee
Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2014
7/1/13 - 6/30/14
With your Support,
MARE helped to find permanent,
loving homes for 164
Massachusetts children. That’s
an average of more than three
children placed every week!
60%
of children placed were
between 5-18 years old.
65%
were children of color.
Photo: Nicole Chan Photography
And when every day counts, the
average time a child waited for
a family after being registered
with MARE decreased significantly,
from 1.41 years in FY13 to 1.17
years in FY14.
How did MARE services connect these children & families?
MARE helped to place children into adoptive families through a combination of programs and
services. Below are the numbers of children placed thanks to each service.
Placement Sources
Foster Family 52 / 31%
Adoption Parties
33 / 20%
Agency Referral
32 / 19%
Online Matching 16 / 10%
MARE Matching Program
16 / 10%
MARE Web (Online Photolisting)
3 / 2%
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids
3 / 2%
Wednesday’s Child
3 / 2%
Multiple sources that contributed to a child’s placement included. Total exceeds 100%.
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From the Executive Director
Lisa Funaro at National
Adoption Day ceremonies
It is difficult to talk about this past year without feeling that collective sadness
surrounding the Oliver case. It shaped the year for many of us who work every day
with talented and committed DCF staff. We saw the numbers of children registered
here at MARE increase by 28%, saw many DCF staff changes and experienced
some ourselves as well. The media was relentless in asking for answers, and officials
were looking for solutions. Through it all, the adoption community has supported
each other and remained focused on the hard work that we do each day –
working on behalf of children who need permanency NOW!
The Human Rights Campaign recognized MARE in FY14 for our leadership in serving LGBT families and
youth at an event at the State House. We hosted nine adoption parties and four information meetings
that were attended by over 400 children and 430 waiting or interested families during the year. We saw
the number of videos and Heart Gallery portraits of waiting children increase through the generosity
of our volunteer photographers and videographers. And we added a 5K Run to our annual Walk for
Adoption that raised $70,000 and brought over 500 people all connected to adoption in one place at
one time! We were also successful in adding a Director of Family Support Services to our staff, as the
need for support to families interested in moving forward in their journey has only increased.
What does this next year hold for MARE and the children and families we serve? We have several
new and exciting projects in the works that we’re hopeful will be launched this year, including a new
website, new technology capabilities and new partnerships. We also hope to develop new recruitment
efforts for our older youth and to broaden our reach for families willing to become lifelong connections
for these kids. We want to continue to expand how we support families and to continue to ask our
experienced families to work with us as recruiters and mentors. We need to keep the creative juices
flowing and to strengthen our collective efforts to find families for all the waiting children.
Lisa Funaro,
Executive Director
A Growing Need
In FY14, MARE registered 381 children in need of families - a 28% increase over the previous year.
MARE staff fielded 6,745 inquiries from the community - a 26% increase.
Photo: Tricia Charise
Total number of children served: 796.
These children are still waiting for a family (at time of printing).
Left, Michael, age 4. Center, Que’Maya, 10 and Ty-Janee, 11. Right, Hailey, 7.
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Changing the lives of children in need...
... with your support.
107 Heart Gallery
Portraits of waiting
youth were
displayed across
Mass. and in NH.
228 Photolisting pages highlighting
waiting children, published in
hundreds of location and online at
www.MAREinc.org.
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19 Video
Snapshots
published,
bringing children’s
personalities to life!
Photo by Judy West
Photo: Anne Hurlbut
Over $70,000
raised at the 5th
Annual Walk for
Adoption - now
with a 5K Run.
Photo: Patricia Basha
Photo: Rose Porte
9 Adoption
Parties resulting
in 33 placements
- MARE’s most
effective
recruitment
activity!
Video: Jeffrey Chruniak
Adoption Angels
Michelle & James Cuff
Samuel Engel & Anne Freeh Engel
Lizabeth & Todd Fisher
Rhys Gardiner
Tony & Kristine Jordan
Marc & Catherine Langer
Randy & William O’Brien
Karen Seif & Christine Sanni
Champions
Anonymous
Peter & Chris Arcabascio
Thomas & Tina Astore
Rhea & Allan Bufferd
Christine Colby & Craig Sams
Mary Lou Dymski & David Boyce
Matthew Esler
Jane & PT Hart
Joshua Herzig-Marx
Susan & Edward Kenney
Jeffrey Kruck
Fonda & Michael LeVert
Michael Middleton
Meredith Miller
Alex Mirkow
Ricardo Pinto Rengifo
Kevin & Lynn Riley
Joseph Samet
Laura & David Scarbro
William & Judith Silver
Karl & Cheryl Strother
Christopher & Victoria Thullen
Keith & Marie Ventimiglia
Erica Waldstein
David White
Allies
Betsy Alper & Bruce Powers
Joan & Walter Anderson
Bernice & George Baeumler
Michele Benkis
Michael Branco
Stephen Briggs
Jeremy Brooks
Chris Casey
Benedict Chang
Evan Cobb
Nick Crossland
Sherry & Howard Davis
Kathleen Delaney
Christopher DelRegno
Alyda & Joseph Dewhirst
John Esler
David & Karen Fahey
Kathleen Flynn
Lee & Dina Gaudette
Patrick Goodman
Lorraine Greiff
Douglas Griffin
Susan & Ara Hagopian
Donor key:
Adoption Angels $1000 +
Champions $500 - $999
Allies $200 - $499
Friends $50 - $199
Janice & Ralph Halpern
Nora Harrington & Andrea Piatt
Patrick & Mary Hegarty
Donna Heuchling
Agnes Huot
Judith & Gene Jacobi
Eric Johnson
Susan M. Johnson
Lori Kapiloff
Werner Kruck
Pat Kush-Quartararo & Louis Quartararo
Tony LaCasse
Marie Laskowsky
Everett Lovejoy
Jane Marks
Richard & Mary Maxwell
William & Anne McCullen
Joanne Morris
Brenda Mutcherson
Joseph & Jane Reilly
Norma Richard
Meredith Rosenthal
Christopher Rowley
Jennifer Roy
Karen Sena Berger
Ellen Toomey-Mathews & Edmund Mathews
Louis Tucker
Denise Vanvooren
Brandy & Dylan Whitney
Sally Woodhouse
Deborah Yamin
Rosemarie & Michael Yelle
Friends
Gerald Abelow
Sarah Abreu
Doug Adamian
Larry & Susan Adams
Tiffany Adkins
Nana Adu
Irina Agoulnik
Ryan Ahern
Michael Aiken
Karyn Albano
Dr. Tenley Albright
Jane Alcala
Vincent Alesi
Patricia Allen
Melinda Armacost
Thomas Atkinson
Mark Attarian
Michael Aucoin
Francine Azzara
David Baeumler
Kimberly Banovic
Jennifer Balfour
Barbara Baranowski
Mari & Joel Barrera
Diane Barriere
Kathleen Barry & Erik Graber
Timothy Barry
Roger Bayley
Katherine Bedard
Michael Bencheck
Photo: Andrea Balcunes
Every child deserves a loving family.
Your donations helped 164 children join permanent families in FY14...
... but hundreds more, including Gali, are still waiting.
Christine Benecchi
Paula Berman
Ashlie Berube
Catherine & Eric Bingham
Norma Blake
Michael & Diane Blanchette
Paula Blomquist
Cathy Boskey
Anna Boutin
Betty Bradley
Valerie Bradley
Christina Brackett
Kathleen Brant
Nancy Brown & George Koslosky
Jonathan Brush
Kerri Bryant
Neil & Mary Ann Bullis
Rachael Burton
Robert & Jennifer Carey
Joyce Carlin
Mary Beth Carmody
Maud Carty-Fisher
Alan Castaline
Francis & Kimberly Cavanaugh
David Chen
Feihong Chen
Albert & Eileen Chiaruttini
Michael & Jill Chiaruttini
Daniel Chicoine
Giuseppina Chiri
Carol Chiulli
Catherine Chung
Lisa Cimino
Aaron Cohen
Frank Cohen
Andrea Colby
Alison Connolly
Melinda Cordner
Peter Cornetta & Joan Stark Cornetta
Anne & Lee Costello
Peter Cote
Scott Coughlin
Jeannie Crane & Sean Daly
Margot Crawford
Lisa Crounse
Janet Cummings
Pamela Curran
Cora Daley
Betsy Daly & Barbara Dunn
Christine Daly
Donna Dantas
Andrea & Herbert Daroff
William Davidson
Dan & Elizabeth Davis
Elisabeth DeMarco
Nancy Dedeian
John Delaney
Lorrie & Paul Deletetsky
Adam Delmolino & Tracy Scatterday
Richard Dentoon
John & Carol Devendorf
Kevin Dickie
Peter DiDomenico
Diane Donati
Amy Donovan
Mary Donovan
Jesse Drane
Norma Dubois
Timothy Duffy
Jessica Dunn
Karen Dunnett
Elizabeth Duquette
Joe Eaton
Jackie Ecker
Rachel Edsall
Carly Ellis
Robert Ellis
MaryHelen Emmerich
Georgana Emmons
Diana Engel
Joy Enos
Susan Falkoff
Susan Farris
Margaret Fearey
Joseph Ferguson
Karen Ferrera
Katherine Finnigan
Susan & Richard Fitzgerald
Colin Flavin
Shawn Foster
We have made best efforts to include donors of $50+ from 7/1/13 to 6/30/14. Please let us know of any errors.
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Lisa Funaro & Michael Delalla
Mike Fyrberg
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Mary Gambon
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Teresa Gaskell
Glenn & Linda Gately
William George
John Gerety
Viorica Gheorghiu
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Judith Grodin
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Mary Jo & Stephen Johnson
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Steven Kaplan
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Sandra Kazanjian
James Kazmierczak
George Killgoar
John King
Robert Klane
Dale Klatzker
Debbie KoaMaya
Kelly Koomler
Travis Koopman
Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Veronica Krichevsky
Carla Kruck
Laurie Kush
Dr. Mary Kush
Shawn LaCount
Noam Laden
Eunice Laffey
Sue-Ellen Lamb
Michael Lane
Allan Langer
Kathleen Larese
Amanda Lauer
Abbi Laushine
Patricia Lawton
Marika Lazo
Roseanne Leblanc
Ryan Lee
Stevan Leiden
Patricia Lemke
Yael & Robert Lenkinski
Kevin Leonard
Elsie Levin
Donald Levine
Andrea Light & Dianne Curtin
Kelly Light
Amanda Lima
Alan & Mildred Linehan
Dean Linendoll
Karen Litchfield
Claire Lobdell
Karen Longeteig
Nicholas Lopardo
Ann Loranger
Gwen Lourie
Rita Lourie
Frances Ludwig
Walter & Rebecca Lufkin
Laurel Lyle
Kristin Lyons & Gary Contois
Lisa Macenas
Meredith Majoch
Andrew Malis & Leslie Seaton Malis
Maria Marchigiano
Laurie Martinelli
Thomas Mashburn
Jason Mashke & Jeffrey Postell
Sarah Maston
Matthew Mayerchak
Jenny McBride
Jerome & Margaret McCabe
Mary McCarthy
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Greg McDermott
Peter & Caroline McElroy
Kelleen McGee
Kristen McGuire
Amanda McKenzie
Steven McKenzie
Ruth McLachlin
Richard McLaughlin
Diana McLean
Joanne McMorrow
Sarah & Allan Merritt
Michael Milgrom
Fred & Carol Miller
Geraldine Minichiello
Kathleen Mislan
Ambriel Mlavsky
Stephen Monk
Veronica Monteiro
Michael Moran
Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter
Susan Mortimer
Donna Moss
Alison Motta
Virginia Mulkern
Dena Munroe
Marcie Murray
Pamela Narahara
Monica Needle
Christine Netski
Jonathan & Beth Nicholson
Susan Nordberg & Bruce LeQuesne
Stephanie Norman
Cheryl Noyes
Kathleen O’Brien
Neal O’Brien
Vincent O’Byrne
Robert & Tiffany O’Connell
Lisa O’Connor
Erik & Bonnie Olson
Bill & Deb Pabst
Melissa & Raymond Pace
Wendy Pallazola
Angela Pasquale
Sharyn & John Pasquale
Jim Passanisi
Jonathan Patrowicz
Michelle Patuto
Jordan Paul
William Payne
Ron Peck
Richard Pemberton
Joanna & David Pepe
Lauraine Perry
John Peters
John & Kimberly Petrin
Michele Phelan
Rick Pierce
Deborah & Donald Pisano
Michael Plotkin
Tracy & Michael Podol
Heather Porter
Anne Potts
Sarah Poulette
Anita Preble
Melissa Pullin
Gary Pzegeo
Holly Quaglia
Marilyn Quartararo
Sidney Queler
Joanna Quest-Neubert
Tim Radford
Amelie Ratliff
Jonathan Rayburn
Elaine Recklet
Steve Reynolds
Eric Riak
Linda Richardson
Richard Richmond
Myron Ricker
Barbara Rielly
Gene & Marie Riley
LaurieAnn Riley
Eve Rittenberg & Jeffrey Liebman
Andrea Robbins
Katherine Romer
Victor Rosenberg
Robert & Maria Rossi
Mary Ruddy
Michael Ruffini
Adam Russo
Richard Salomon
Jonathan Samel
Heather Sanborn
Robert & Carroll Sandel
Robert Sandler
Nancy Santoro
Jo Dee Scanlon
William Schade
Stefanie Schalm
Janet Schickling
Chris Schlesinger Porter
William & Leslie Schroeder
Kerry & Dan Seaman
Stephanie Secino
Jane Segale
Norma Jeanne Segale
Deborah Seif
Alyssa Semple
Sergio Servello
Michael Shaldone
Cheryl Sheedy
Jill Sheehan
Kerri Sheeran
Paula Sheeran
Cindy Shomphe
Joan Shomphe
Catherine Shulkin
Anil Simon
David Small
Daniel Smith
Mark Smith
Amy Snetsky & Jonathan Bloom
Kelli Snyder
Sharon Stanczak
Erin & Randall Stafford
Lou Steinberg
Jane Stemple
Gordon & Mary Stevenson
Leia Sturtevant
Sarah & Gail Sund-Lussier
Andrea Sullivan
Marjorie Sullivan
Jean Sullivan-May
Robert & Mary Lou Sutter
Edward Sweeney
Patricia Swindell
Susan Tachau
Monthly Donors - changing lives all year long!
Hilary Taylor
Patrick Tengwall
Paul Thibeault
Raymond Thivierge
Benjamin Tillinger
Jacquelyn Tillinger
Steven Tobolsky
Lee Torda
Dana Torrey
Elizabeth Trevithick
Ann Marie Trombi
Janet Tyndall
Michael Tully
William Uliasz
Donna Uritescu
Ralph Ventresco
Valerie Vitale
Rukmini Vjaykumar
Lee Vorderer
Kimberly Waggoner
Aimee Wagner
Elizabeth Walsh
Laurence Ward
Mary Ward
John & Meredith Watts
Steven & Allison Weber
Jennifer Weidenbaum
Cookie Weinstein
Alan Weisman
Jennifer Wells
Brian White
Judith White
Kim Whittemore
Sarah Wicherski
John & Linda Wilbanks
Charleen Wilder
Shannon Wilker
Charles Wilkes
Rebecca Williams
Steve Williams
Charles Willwerth
Robert Windsor
Samantha & Robert Winsor
Melissa & Raquel Woodard
Nancy Woodfork
Jane Woolsey
Rajesh Yadav
Ai Yamamoto
Yumi Yasutake
Loren Yoder
Allan Young
Barbara Young
Cynthia & Samuel Young
Nancy Young
Bernadette Zagarella
Maureen Zavodjancik
Michael Zuschnitt
Jordan’s Furniture is a key partner in MARE’s work
to find adoptive families. Jordan’s displays Heart
Gallery portraits in four stores, hosts MARE’s biggest
Adoption Parties and the Walk/Run for Adoption,
and supports all of MARE’s programs and services
through the Jordan’s Initiative, a public/private
partnership established in 1998.
Annamarie and Eric Edwards
Katie Henderson
Beth Henriques and Andrew McMains
Robert and Debra Herman
Michelle Wright
Community Group Donors
Benevolent Societa San Domenico Protettore Di Augusta
Country Curtains Good Neighbor Club
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Norfolk-
Plymouth County
Delta Sigma Theta South Middlesex Alumnae
Knights of Pythias - Canton Lodge #6
Knights of Pythias - Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias - Welcome
Lodge #158
Methuen Firefighters Local 1691
Methuen Police Patrolmans Union
Methuen Police Superior Officers Association
Peabody Police Benevolent Association
In-Kind Donors (Products and Services)
Amtrak Downeaster
Boston Harbor Cruises
Celebrities For Charity Foundation, Inc.
Charles Riverboat Company
Jeffrey Chruniak
Teresa Coates
Mike & Emily Cuccarese
Susan Currie
Dick’s Beantown Comedy Vault
Sarah Feinberg
Mary Flatley
Maureen Ford
Stephanie T. Hadley
Beth Haller
The Huntington Theatre Company
Anne Hurlbut
Jillian’s Lucky Strike
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
Liberty Tree Mall
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Mary Louise Mesquita
Mount Sunapee
New England Revolution Charitable Foundation
Nicole Chan
Photography/ Promessa Films
Northshore Mall
Pats Peak
Rebecca’s Cafe
Six Flags New England
Sky Zone
Square One Mall
Story Land
Shana Sureck
David Tucker
Whole Foods Market
Sponsors, Foundation Grants, & Matching Gifts
Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation
Adelard A. Roy and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation
Amica Companies Foundation
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Bayside Runner
Baystate OB/GYN Group, Inc.
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Beveridge Family Foundation, Inc.
Biogen Idec Foundation
BJ’s Charitable Foundation
BNY Mellon Community Partnership
Brookline Bank
California Pizza Kitchen
Capital One Card Lab Connect
City of Boston Employee Charitable Campaign (COBECC)
Clipper Ship Foundation, Inc.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Employees Charitable Campaign (COMECC)
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Cummings Foundation, OneWorld Boston
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
DCU For Kids
EAW Roofing Company, Inc.
Ernst & Young
GE Foundation
Give With Liberty
GoodSearch
Hint Water
IBM Employee Giving
Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation
J.E. & Z.B. Butler Foundation
Jack Williams Endowment For Wednesday’s Child
Jordan’s Furniture
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kohl’s Cares for Kids
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Foundation
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Morpho Detection, Inc.
MVG Consulting Services Inc.
Orville W. Forté Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Perpetual Trust For Charitable Giving, Bank of America, U.S. Trust, Trustee
Pet Express
Polar Beverages
Red Sox Foundation
Route 128 Used Auto Parts
Shurtleff Children’s Services
Susan A. & Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation
The Peabody Foundation, Inc.
TJX Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Webster One Source
Wellington Management Company LLP
Wicked Local
William R. Cargill Insurance Agency, Inc.
Yardi Systems, Inc.
FY 2014 WWK Activities: The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit public charity dedicated to
dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more than 100,000 children in North America’s foster care systems.
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids is a signature program of the Foundation. MARE’s two Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK)
recruiters, in Boston & Springfield, employ aggressive and proven child-focused recruitment strategies for a
select caseload of youth who have been waiting the longest for adoption. Thanks to the WWK program, three of
these youth found their forever families in FY14.
We have made best efforts to include cash donors of $50+ and in-kind donors of $100+ from 7/1/13 to 6/30/14 We apologize for any errors. Please let us know.
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MARE Staff
Lisa K. Funaro, Executive Director
Maurine Albano, Child Services Coordinator, Western Mass.
Rebecca Clegg, Child Services Coordinator, Boston & Worcester
Anna Collins, Administrative Assistant
Anne Collins, Communications Manager
Emma Collins, VISTA Volunteer
Ricardo Franco, Family Support Services Coordinator
Janice Halpern, Director of Development
Amy Karewa, VISTA Volunteer
Nichole Lawton, Child Services Coordinator, Southern Region
Deirdre Madden, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiter, Boston
Diane Tomaz, Director of Family Support Services
Jennifer Traficanti, Director of Child Services
Victoria Tucker, Child Services Coordinator, Northern Region
Lauren Wolcott, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiter, Springfield
as of December 2014
Financial Statements (7/1/13 - 6/30/14)
MARE Board of Directors
Lizabeth Fisher, President
Carolyn Assa
Thomas H. Astore*
Michele M. Benkis
Mary Elizabeth Carmody*
Paul Deletetsky* Clerk
Lisa Funaro
Jane Hart*
Mary Hegarty*
Stephen Hussey
Mary Jo Johnson
Anthony Jordan, Treasurer
Jeff Kruck, Vice President
Karen Seif*
Nancy A. Woodfork
* Adoptive Parent
Public Support and Revenue
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of
Children & Families (DCF).....................................$579,063
Individual Donations .......................................................... $60,962
Corporate & Foundation Grants.....................................$346,334
Walk for Adoption & Other Events...................................$81,098
In-Kind and other.................................................................$163,933
MARE’s careful use of your donations:
Total Support, Revenue, Gains ...................$1,231,390
Expenses
Program Services.................................................................$984,007
General & Administrative....................................................$87,710
Fundraising...............................................................................$75,088
Total Expenses..............................................$1,146,805
Assets
Net Assets Beginning of Year............................................$187,897
Net Assets End of Year.........................................................$272,482
Change in Net Assets.........................................$84,585
MARE is a 501 (c)3 charitable organization, tax ID #04-2227431.
This statement represents selected financial data. MARE is audited by O’Connor & Drew
P.C., Braintree MA and is funded in part by the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange - MARE
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