2014 annual report - Rhode Island Foundation

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2 014 AN N UA L R E PO RT
Connections
MISSION
The Rhode Island Foundation is a
proactive community and philanthropic
leader dedicated to meeting the needs
of the people of Rhode Island.
ST RAT E G Y
RIF will lead…
by fully leveraging our unique role in the community through the integration
of our core enterprises (support for a strong nonprofit sector, proactive
philanthropy and thought-and-action leadership).
RIF will transform…
key elements of Rhode Island’s quality of life by seeking short-term progress
and long-term impact within, between and across four strategic initiatives that
leverage the full resources of the Foundation, grants in eight targeted sectors
and select special projects.
RIF will inspire…
by cultivating philanthropic partners who share our vision for Rhode Island
and help us achieve sustainable growth in discretionary, donor directed and
deferred funding.
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PR I NCIPLES
S TR AT E G I C I N I T I AT I V E S
Rhode Island
focused
Educational Success:
Improve educational outcomes for all public
school students in Rhode Island.
Stewardship
Economic Security:
Solutions
oriented
Improve Rhode Island’s environment for
economic growth so all Rhode Islanders can
prosper.
Innovation
Healthy Lives:
Equity
Improve access to and quality of primary care
for all Rhode Islanders.
Networks
Inspiring Philanthropy:
Balance
Increase philanthropy in Rhode Island.
Quality
Additional Grantmaking Areas of Focus
Arts and Culture:
Diverse participation in the arts, arts education
and a vital arts sector.
Children and Families:
A strong continuum of care for children and families
through evidence-based practices and systems reform.
Environment:
Environmental resilience through strong food, energy,
transportation and natural resource systems.
Housing:
Increased affordable housing options in the state.
Basic Human Needs:
Small grants to support community agencies that
provide food, clothing, housing and prescription
assistance.
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Rhode Island Foundation
Table of Contents
Letter from the President/CEO and Chairman
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2014 by the numbers6
Educational success
8
Economic security
10
Healthy lives
12
Inspiring philanthropy
14
Vibrant communities
16
Giving guide
18
Grant programs
19
Our funds
21
The 1916 Society
83
2014 financials
86
Our board of directors
88
Our staff
89
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DEA R FRIE N DS ,
For nearly 100 years, the Rhode
Island Foundation has connected
people to causes they care about
in our community. We build bridges
with and between philanthropists,
community organizations and
government and business partners.
We bring Rhode Islanders together
to meet local needs and seize timely
opportunities.
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The power of these connections is ever astounding and always renewing.
Transformation requires the spark of leadership and the flow of momentum. It also requires
experimentation and adaptation. The Foundation and our donor partners know that the
projects we invest in evolve over time, and that sometimes, the state’s greatest challenges
offer unique opportunities for innovation and leadership. In 2014, donors stepped forward
to support job training, healthy meals for those in need and a coordinated approach to
planning for climate change.
Making change is not easy, and none of us can accomplish it alone. The challenges we face
cannot be solved in isolation. They are complex and often require significant resources.
It’s imperative that we work in cooperation and coordination with one another. The
Foundation has the great privilege of supporting so many efforts underway in different
corners of the state, in different issue areas, led by different groups of people embracing
the diversity of our state.
Without exception, these initiatives intersect and build upon one another. Rhode Island
organizations are tackling chronic absenteeism in public schools, providing world-class
arts experiences, delivering high-quality health care, addressing childhood sex trafficking,
creating strong communities through affordable homes…and much more. Together, these
efforts make our community stronger.
As we approach the Foundation’s centennial, we are also mindful of the connection
between the past and the future. When Jesse Metcalf founded the Foundation in 1916
with an unrestricted gift of $10,000, could he have imagined that today it would be
used to support blended learning in public schools, patient-centered medical homes or
entrepreneurship? Without Mr. Metcalf’s leap of faith, our 2014 grants to organizations
pioneering a new future or preserving our rich history would not have been possible.
No doubt, the Foundation continues to grow and evolve and the pace of that change
seems to accelerate each year. In 2014, donors contributed $33.7 million. More than 70
donors started new funds, and 39 people pledged a portion of their estate, ensuring that
their philanthropic legacies will last forever. We hope you will read their stories (beginning on page 22). Community organizations received $34.8 million in grants to serve the
community. More than $300,000 in generous contributions to our Civic Leadership Fund
helped to support “beyond grantmaking” work like convenings, research, advocacy, and
network-building. And Foundation assets now exceed $800 million.
We see these as indicators of progress and impact, particularly as they connect with one
another. Our donors make our work possible, and our grantees make it real. Thank you
for inspiring us and allowing us to be your partner in philanthropy.
Frederick K. Butler, Neil D. Steinberg,
ChairPresident & CEO
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B Y T HE NUMB E R S
$810,777,984
2014 Assets
19+ + + +
Total Foundation assets at year-end
$189,678,207
1994
1999
2004
2009
2014
Investment Performance
Median
Top Quartile
All Foundations & Endowments <$1B
10%
9.6%
9%
10%
7.1%
5%
3.9%
5.1%
6.1%
6.5%
6.8%
0%
1-year
5-year
10-year
(Comparison figures from InvestmentMetrics)
2014 Gifts
Civic Leadership Fund
$33,695,695
156
Total gifts to the Foundation in 2014
$308,843
2014 Gifts by Type
Discretionary
$8,730,447
to the Civic
Leadership
Fund for advocacy,
research, and
network building.
22%
Designated
$7,340,187
Nonprofit
endowments
$8,613,800
26%
26%
Donor advised
$8,521,958
Other
$489,303
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donors
contributed
25%
1%
2014 Grants
$34,833,297
Economic
Security
$3,070,961
Total grants to 1,491 recipients
Animal
Welfare
$695,793
2014 Grants by Sector
Arts & Culture
$4,187,229
Health
$4,976,216
Environment
$1,990,295
Education
$8,790,743
Children & Families
$6,461,685
Basic
Human Needs
$1,302,353
Housing
$1,094,811
Other
$2,263,211
2014 Grants by Type
Discretionary 35%
Donor Directed 65%
Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
1916 Society
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430
new members
and
1,640
people participated in workshops,
programs, and technical assistance.
total
members
of the Foundation’s 1916 Society,
our legacy society for those who
have included the Foundation in
their estate or future gift plans.
= 100 people
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EDUCAT IONAL S UCC E S S
Page Title
OU R VI S I O N :
Rhode Island’s public education
system can and should ensure all
students graduate high school on
time, college and career ready.
STRATEGIES
FOR
SUCCESS
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Best Practices
Innovation
Identify and spread
best practices of
proven programs
in early childhood
through grade 12.
Test new and promising
innovations along the
early childhood to post
secondary continuum.
Professional
Development
Strategic
Changes
Promote leadership
development, professional development and
preparation of education
professionals.
Pursue strategic
improvements to
state and local public
education systems.
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Higher levels of STUDENT
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Higher rates of students on
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in student achievement
Higher rates of post-secondary
EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
A few of our 2014
grants
City Year Rhode Island
City Year recruits, trains and deploys
50 AmeriCorps members in five
Providence public schools where
they provide tutoring and important
supports to promote attendance and
positive school culture. We support
this proven model to improve student outcomes.
Center for Leadership
& Educational Equity
The Center for Leadership
and Educational Equity (CLEE)
operates Rhode Island’s only
alternative certification program
for aspiring school leaders. As part
of our strategy to promote leadership development, we partner with
CLEE in supporting the next generation of school leaders.
Rhode Island Federation
of Teachers and Health
Professionals
The Rhode Island Federation of
Teachers and Health Professionals
(RIFT) represents more than 10,000
school-based personnel across our
state. We partnered with RIFT to
develop a teacher evaluation and
support tool now in use in several
Rhode Island school districts.
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ECONOMIC S E C UR ITY
OU R VI S I O N :
Rhode Island’s strong economic
environment will allow all Rhode
Islanders to prosper.
STRATEGIES
FOR
SUCCESS
DESIRED
OUTCOMES
Grow Business
Help businesses
start and grow by
strengthening the
business ecosystem.
A strengthened
BUSINESS
ECOSYSTEM that
supports business growth,
new jobs and an increased
economic output
An improved
Develop Talent
Meet needs of
workforce and industry
by pursuing improvements to the workforce
development system.
Promote Assets
Improve statewide
self-esteem by
promoting assets and
enlisting advocates.
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WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
system that effectively
prepares workforce for
industry needs
Overall improvement in
PUBLIC PERCEPTION
of the state’s economic,
social and cultural resources
A few of our 2014
grants
Buy Local RI
By promoting local businesses and
encouraging all Rhode Islanders to
support the companies, products
and services that employ our state’s
workforce, we are helping to stimulate critically-needed local economic
activity.
Year Up
Through partnerships with employers,
Year Up places urban, out-of-school,
out-of-work young people in paid
internships where they can develop
technical and professional skills. Our
investment will help Year Up provide
meaningful career pathways for young
people.
Center for Women
and Enterprise (CWE)
CWE’s Community Classrooms targets
historically underserved communities
by providing women and minority
entrepreneurs with business training,
resources and microloans. We support
CWE’s efforts to empower entrepreneurs to generate financial resources for
themselves and for their families and
help drive economic growth.
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HEA LT H Y L IV E S
OU R VI S I O N :
All Rhode Islanders have access
to quality primary care.
STRATEGIES
FOR
SUCCESS
Medical
Homes
Promote consumer
use of primary care
medical homes.
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Consumer
Education
Integrated
Approaches
Educate consumers
and community
leaders about the
role of primary care
in achieving healthy
outcomes.
Identify, test, and
spread integrated,
“full body”
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DESIRED
OUTCOMES
An expanded
PRIMARY CARE
WORKFORCE
that meets the growing
demands of our state
Widespread
implementation
of the PATIENT-
CENTERED
MEDICAL HOME
model that utilizes best
practices and proven
programs to deliver
coordinated approaches
to care
DECREASED
With a grant through the Fund for
a Healthy Rhode Island, the East
Bay Community Action Program
is hiring additional staff and
extending evening and weekend
hours to provide greater access to
integrated, patient-centered care
in East Providence and Newport.
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Primary Care Initiative
Funding will keep the hospital’s
primary care practice open on
Saturdays. Children and families
who need services can avoid costly
emergency room visits.
Blackstone Valley
Community Health Care, Inc.
As part of the Rhode Island
Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative,
Blackstone Valley Community Health
Care will integrate behavioral health
into its primary care services by adding a behavioral health care manager
to its staff.
rates of chronic disease
and emergency service use
INCREASED
preventive care
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I NSPIRING P H ILAN TH R O P Y
Philanthropy makes things happen!
That’s why we’re promoting opportunities
for Rhode Islanders to support our state’s
vital nonprofit organizations.
A greater impact on Rhode Island
We wish to extend a special thank you to our partners who “co-funded”
grants with us in 2014. Donors provided $423,675 to support causes
they care about while also extending the reach of Foundationdirected grant dollars.
Grace K. Alpert Charitable
Foundation
Susan F. Gonsalves
Charitable Fund
Anonymous
Gregson Foundation
Blount Fine Foods Fund
Bhikhaji Maneckji Fund
Christiane Corbat Art and
Healing Fund
Maranatha Fund
Richard and Vera Gierke
Family Fund
George & Barbara Sage Fund
Leon and Barbara Goldstein Fund
Pickard Family Fund
Spartina Fund
Henry Gonsalves Family Fund
Congratulations
to our 2014
Award Recipients
Foundation President & CEO
Neil Steinberg with Sheri Griffin
of Farm Fresh Rhode Island,
Community Leadership Award;
Leon C. Boghossian, Harold B.
Soloveitzik Professional Leadership
Award; Jesse Rye of Farm Fresh;
and Loulie Mauran Groton,
Inspiring Partner.
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12 Days
of Giving
Campaign
The December 2014
12 Days of Giving
campaign encouraged
Rhode Islanders to support
causes they care about.
Professional
Advisory Council
CLF: A catalyst
for positive change
We thank our Professional Advisory
Council members for the advice and
assistance they provided to the
Foundation in 2014.
We are grateful for the support of
156 generous donors who contributed
$308,843 to our Civic Leadership Fund
in 2014. CLF provides valuable annual
support that allows the Foundation to
respond to timely opportunities and
produce results quickly. In 2014, the
CLF convened community conversations, trained nonprofits, informed
the public and hosted nationally
recognized speakers, all with the goal
of being a platform for connection,
initiation, dialogue and action.
William L. Palmisciano, ChFC, Chair
Eric F. Archer, Esq.
Melissa K. Burnett-Testa, Esq.
Sarah (Sally) T. Dowling, Esq.
Martha Conn Hultzman, CPA
Lawrence D. Hunt, Esq.
Jose Lopes, ChFC
Rogean B. Makowski, ChFC
Sandy F. Ross, CPA
Thank you to our donors who
invested in leadership!
Joseph J. Roszkowski, Jr., Esq.
Paul M. Sanford, Esq.
Amanda Tarzwell, Esq.
James (Jamie) L. Worrell, JD
Introducing the
2014 Innovation
Fellows
David Dadekian and Amy Bernhardt
pictured with philanthropists Letitia
and John Carter.
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V I BRA NT CO MMUNITIE S
We envision neighborhoods that
are safe and welcoming and vibrant
communities where all Rhode
Islanders can thrive.
Arts and Culture
Environment
Our vision: Rhode Island possesses
Our vision: The Ocean State is a
model for environmental resilience
through strong food, energy,
transportation and natural
resource systems.
diverse participation in the arts, arts
education and a vital arts sector.
Children and Families
Housing
Our vision: A strong continuum of care
Our vision: Rhode Islanders have
increased affordable housing
options in the state.
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is available for all Rhode Island children
and families through evidence-based
practices and systems reform.
We support our vital nonprofit sector to ensure that it is led by
highly-accomplished, effective staff with ambitious visions and the
skills to achieve them.
Examples of INE programs:
Board Training and Referral Programs
offer hands-on assistance to boards
seeking governance education and
referrals from our corporate partners.
Foundation Fellows is a leadership
development program that aims to
energize mid-career executives in our
state’s nonprofit sector. More than 170
nonprofit leaders have benefitted since
the program’s inception in 2000.
The Nonprofit Emerging Leaders
Program helps prepare Rhode Island’s
next generation of nonprofit leaders
through hands-on workshops,
networking, a year-long mentoring
program, and more.
Nonprofit Best Practice Awards honor
the passion and impact of five Rhode
Island nonprofits annually in the areas
of advocacy, organizational leadership,
collaboration, communications and
innovation.
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GI VING GUI DE
We can help you have a greater impact
with your giving.
Community foundations are unique in that they are funded not from a single
source, but from many individuals, families, organizations and corporations
that have established funds. As stewards of our donors’ legacies, we take
very seriously our responsibility to guide their funds as they intended.
Thank you for putting your trust in us!
You can start a new fund now
or plan now to give later.
Designated identifies one or more specific
nonprofit organizations for support
See an unmet need in your community?
Ready to make a commitment to an organization or cause you care passionately about?
Scholarship benefits students in specific
communities, in particular areas of study
or at specific high schools or colleges/
universities
Whether you choose to start a fund now
with a gift of cash, securities, or other assets
or make a planned gift, such as a bequest, to
the Foundation, you can help make Rhode
Island a better place!
We are proud to recognize both our current
donors and those who have informed us
they have named the Foundation in their
estate plans or have established deferred
gifts; please see pages 83-85 for a list of our
legacy society members.
We offer the following
types of funds:
Unrestricted enables the Foundation to
determine and support programs that
address the state’s most pressing issues
Field of interest identifies an area of
interest, e.g. health, education or a
geographic region
Donor advised allows a donor and a
named successor to recommend nonprofit
organizations to receive grants (and to
co-invest with the Foundation’s grants)
Corporate advised allows a corporation
to recommend nonprofit organizations to
receive grants (and to co-invest with the
Foundation)
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Organizational endowment enables a
nonprofit organization to receive grants
and planned giving support and to take
advantage of our professionally managed
investments and greater security
You also can support
an established fund:
Fund for Rhode Island: our unrestricted
fund which supports our state’s most
pressing needs
Civic Leadership Fund: our current use
fund, established in 2012, which empowers
us to go “beyond grantmaking” to influence
critical community challenges through
convening, research and policy
To learn more, contact James S. Sanzi,
Esq., vice president of development,
at [email protected] or
(401) 427-4025, or any member
of the development team
(see page 89).
GRA NT P R O G R AMS
We offer a variety of grant programs.
As the largest and most comprehensive funder in the state, the Foundation is committed
to maximizing impact through grants, outreach and other community investments. 2014
was a record year for our grantmaking with $34.8 million awarded to more than 1,400
organizations.
Foundation grants fall into two broad categories: discretionary grants made at the direction
of Foundation directors and staff, and grants recommended by our donors through donor
advised and designated funds. In 2014, Foundation-directed grants represented 35% of
total grantmaking; donor-directed grants totaled 65%.
Discretionary grants
The Foundation’s strategic plan (see page 1) defines our discretionary
grantmaking areas of focus.
Three of our strategic initiatives:
Educational success
Economic security
Healthy lives
We also make grants in five additional areas of focus:
Arts and culture
Children and families
Environment
Housing
Basic human needs
Building organizational capacity
The Foundation’s Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence builds the capacity of nonprofit
organizations so they can better achieve their missions. The Initiative supports nonprofits
by sharing best practices, providing tools, doing good research, and encouraging leadership.
Since 2008, we have provided training, technical assistance, funding, and support to nearly
3,000 program participants representing more than 1,100 organizations.
Visit rifoundation.org to learn more about the Initiative and our grant programs.
You can also find a full list of 2014 grantees online.
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“The Foundation is a pretty remarkable place
because of the knowledge and connections it
offers to Rhode Island nonprofit institutions
and to the visionaries who support them.”
Jennifer Tomasik, Dominique Velociter Founder’s Endowment Fund
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Our Funds
We are proud to connect
philanthropic Rhode Islanders with
the causes and organizations that
matter to them. In 2014, generous
donors contributed $33.7 million
to establish new funds and to add
to existing funds at the Foundation.
Each of these funds has a story
behind it and a purpose before it.
“They do an amazing job at
Hamilton, use cutting edge
techniques, and students leave
with the tools they need to
succeed despite their challenges.”
Mark G. Adrain Memorial Scholarship Fund
“Mark was a great guy, very loving, and very
much into family,” says Alyn Adrain of her
late brother who died in 1990 from viral
myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart.
He was 35.
edge techniques, and students leave with
the tools they need to succeed despite their
challenges,” Alyn explains, noting that her
son now is attending a top engineering
university.
Mark also was dyslexic, a learning difference
that was not diagnosed until he was in high
school. Although school was a frustrating
experience, Alyn shares, “He had an innate
ability to do anything mechanical, to take
things apart, fix them, and put them back
together.” Following his graduation from the
vocational program at Warwick’s Tollgate
High School, Mark pursued a career as a
press repairman.
“Mark was a smart kid. He just needed to
be taught differently. Every kid should have
the opportunity to learn in a way that works
for them. I know there are kids like Mark
who can’t afford to go to Hamilton,” she
continues, explaining that she has been
providing money for scholarships for
Hamilton students for several years.
Alyn’s son, Alex, who was diagnosed with a
language-based learning difference early in
his elementary school years, had a different educational experience. He attended
the Hamilton School at Wheeler School in
Providence. Described as “a school within
a school,” Hamilton serves children in first
through eighth grades with diagnoses that
include dyslexia, attention-deficit disorder,
executive function deficits, and specific
language impairments.
When she decided to formalize her support,
she asked her brother Lorne, a Foundation
donor and former director, how to set up a
fund at the Foundation. And, her upcoming
marriage to Liza Bartlett, provided “the perfect opportunity” to ask guests to contribute
to the fund.
“It was like Mark was there with us, and
he would be happy to know that kids are
being helped. Every kid should get the early
diagnosis and intervention they need to
succeed,” Alyn states. ◆
“It’s not that these kids can’t learn, it’s that
we need to find ways to teach them. They
do an amazing job at Hamilton, use cutting
The following is a list of the component funds at the
Rhode Island Foundation. Donors who wish to remain
anonymous are not listed.
Funds appearing for the first time in the Foundation
Annual Report are in blue. Those with a ◆ have a profile
in this book. To learn about creating your own charitable
legacy, contact the development department at
(401) 274-4564.
AAA Southern New England
Charitable Fund (2013)
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for
Community Leadership
(1997)
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for
Special Olympics (1998)
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Mark G. Adrain Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2014)
“It’s all about the students…
The scholarships are awarded
based on financial need,
performance and passion.”
AIA Rhode Island Scholarship Fund
AIA Rhode Island / DF Pray Scholarship Fund
The AIA Rhode Island Architectural Forum,
the charitable arm of AIA Rhode Island
(a chapter of the American Institute of
Architects), was established to support
educational programs within the architectural community. The Forum provides this
support primarily through scholarships.
One of those scholarships is the Norton
E. Salk Scholarship, a fund established in
2008 at the Rhode Island Foundation by
the family of the late Norton E. Salk, whose
career as an architect spanned 55 years. The
fund annually benefits architecture students
at accredited Rhode Island schools.
In 2014, AIA Rhode Island transferred
scholarship money it had raised to the
Foundation, creating two additional funds.
Cyndi Gerlach, past president of AIA
Rhode Island, explains, “Through our
annual golf tournament, we’ve raised
enough money to set up these funds at the
Foundation. We had our money in a bank
account, but it wasn’t earning any interest
to speak of. We’re looking to get a better
return, plus having the funds at the
Foundation relieves us of having to
oversee them.
◆
AIA Rhode Island
Includes: AIA Rhode Island / DF Pray
Scholarship Fund (2014) and AIA Rhode
Island Scholarship Fund (2014)
“The other chapters are so envious of how
much we’ve raised. It’s worked out really
well for us,” Cyndi continues.
Dan Nichols, chairman of the golf classic,
states, “With the escalating cost of a higher
education, this event has been a valuable
and necessary avenue to assist students with
their education. While the AIAri Golf
Classic is always an enjoyable day of golf,
the real enjoyment is seeing the students
with their families and their appreciation
of how we have supported their education.”
“It’s all about the students,” Cyndi agrees,
adding, “It’s a lot of fun to go through
the portfolios they submit as part of their
applications. With today’s technology, the
graphics are amazing and the portfolios are
impressive. The scholarships are awarded
based on financial need, performance, and
passion.”
In addition to the fund with the organization’s name, the DF Pray Scholarship Fund
recognizes and honors D.F. Pray General
Contractors, a Seekonk-based firm that has
been the largest supporter of AIA Rhode
Island’s golf tournament. ◆
Allio Fund (2014)
◆
Edward F. Almon
Fund (2014)
Ross and Mary Aiello Fund (1979)
Alperin Hirsch Family Fund (1995)
Louise M. Aldrich Fund (1987)
Mark and Kathleen Alperin Fund (1997)
Louise M. Aldrich Fund (2006)
Patty and Melvin G. Alperin Fund (1995)
Allen Family Fund (1994)
Patty & Melvin Alperin First Generation
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Amaral Family Scholarship Fund (2013)
Marion Brown Baker Fund (2002)
Amaranth of RI Diabetes Fund (2007)
Martha Cross Baker Fund (1960)
American Legion Stark-Parker Post #21
Fund (2005)
Charles C. Balch Fund (1963)
Margaret A. Ames and Robert S. Ames
Fund (1996)
Anne W. Anderson Fund (1996)
F. Remington Ballou Scholarship Fund
(2003)
Jennie M. Ballou Fund (1946)
Hildred F. Bamforth Fund (1992)
Edward R. Anderson CLU Scholarship
Fund (1986)
Harold R. Bannister Fund (2011)
Hugold B. and Barbara A. Anderson
Fund (1989)
Frederick H., William, & Frederick H.
Banspach Memorial Fund (1997)
Hugold and Berndt and Jane Anderson
Fund (2001)
Barrington Christian Academy
Includes: Barrington Christian Academy
Endowment Fund (1993); Barrington
Christian Academy-Stratton Scholarship
Fund (2005); and Barrington Christian
Academy Scholarship Fund (2014)
James G. Angell Fund (1994)
Emily J. Anthony Fund (1931) (2)
Emily J. Anthony Fund (2011)
Chad Antoch Memorial Fund (1996)
Aptaker Family Fund (2004)
Aquidneck Island Fund (2003)
Aquidneck Land Trust Merritt
Neighborhood Fund (2004)
Ronald D. Araujo Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2004)
James E. Arcaro Fund (1995)
Rhea Archambault Memorial Fund (1987)
Archive, Document, Display and
Dissemination Fund (1986)
Artists Development Fund (1987)
Arts in Academics Fund (2004)
Asbury United Methodist Church Fund
(1993)
Hugh D. Auchincloss III Fund (2006)
Karl Augenstein Memorial Fund (1989)
Jim and Karin Aukerman Fund (2006)
Jean H. and Stanley E. Auslander
Fund (2010)
Avalon Fund (2008)
Vaughn Avedisian Helping Hand Fund
(2005)
Vaughn Avedisian Memorial Fund (2003)
Bach Organ Scholarship Fund (1985)
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Barrington Congregational Church Fund
(1990)
Barrington District Nursing Association Fund
(1989)
William Walter Batchelder Fund (1954)
Victor & Gussie Baxt Fund (2006)
Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Fund (1998)
Sara G. Beckwith Fund (1990)
◆ Friends
of Beechwood/North Kingstown
Endowment Fund (2014)
◆ Belmont
Chapel Preservation Endowment
Fund (2014)
Thomas L. and Kathryn D. Bendheim
Family Fund (2006)
Frederick J. Benson
Alvin Benjamin Berg Fund (2002)
Zabel Yaghjian Berg Fund (2001)
Bernadette and Douglas
Bernon Charitable Fund (2010)
Berry Family Fund (1971)
Thomas Beswick Fund (1960)
Black Philanthropy Fund (2007)
Includes: Edward C. and Audrey A.
Clifton Fund for Black Philanthropy
(2007); Linda H. and Charles C. Newton
Fund for Black Philanthropy (2007);
Morgan L. Stone Memorial Fund (2007);
“The Foundation has done
a lot of important work,
especially around healthcare.”
Edward F. Almon Fund
From his years in semi-pro baseball, to
decades of coaching Little League and Babe
Ruth, to cheering on his children – and later
grandchildren – Edward F. “Ted” Almon was
a sports enthusiast.
Noting that his father played golf until he
was 90 and tennis until he was 88, son Ted
explains, “He enjoyed coaching kids, especially baseball. He coached until he retired;
then attending his grandchildren’s games
became his life. He was always at some kid’s
game.”
Born and raised in Rhode Island, the senior
Ted Almon earned a degree in finance and
accounting from Bryant College. He served
in the Pacific with the Marine Corps in
World War II, then joined Nicholson File
Company. Starting in the machine shop,
he advanced through the years until, when
Nicholson File was sold in 1973, he was corporate treasurer. “He was a very successful
finance guy,” his son says proudly.
Ted then joined Amtrol as director of
finance, later also taking on the role of
human resources. He became active in
health issues and served for 20 years on
the Rhode Island Health Services Council
Walter R. Stone Fund for Black
Philanthropy (2007); Dennis M.
and Miriam C. Coleman Fund for
Black Philanthropy (2008); Jason
and Patricia Fowler Fund for Black
Philanthropy (2008); and Glenn S.
Prescod Fund for Black Philanthropy
(2009); Beverly E. Ledbetter Fund
for Black Philanthropy (2014)
Blackall Fund (1986) (2)
and 16 years as a director of Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which awarded
him emeritus status.
Throughout his career, sports remained a
big part of his life. He was the Rhode Island
Commissioner for Babe Ruth for many
years, enjoyed golf, tennis and bowling, and
attended his family’s many sporting events,
including the 15-year major league career
of his son Bill.
Ted died in June 2013 at age 93. Of the
more than 1,000 people who attended his
father’s wake, Ted explains, “He had a big
influence on the kids he coached, and many
of them showed up.” The senior Almon also
left an extended family – six children, 14
grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
Of his decision to partner with the
Foundation, Ted notes, “The Foundation
has done a lot of important work, especially
around healthcare. And, I know a lot of the
board members and feel a connection to the
board.” He envisions this fund supporting
organizations that “do something with kids
and baseball” – a fitting legacy for a sports
enthusiast. ◆
George T. Blackburn and Susan H. Blackburn
Fund (2004)
Victor Blanco Memorial Scholarship Fund
(2008)
Alice W. Bliss Memorial Fund (1981)
Lorraine S. Bliss, Lewis I. Gross, Sophia S.
Gross, and Rosetta L. Horowitz Memorial
Fund (2009)
Blackburn Family Fund (2004)
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“With the Foundation,
we have a well-grounded
organization that is
willing to manage the
money and help it grow.”
Friends of Beechwood / North Kingstown
Endowment Fund
The North Kingstown Senior Association
(dba Friends of Beechwood) is “dedicated
to enhancing the social, recreational, and
educational opportunities for all North
Kingstown seniors.” The Friends’ endowment helps assure its mission by providing
a regular source of funds for programs and
activities at Beechwood, the Town-operated
center for individuals 55 and older.
“The Friends help with expenses the
Town can’t afford,” explains Jules Cohen,
president of the Friends’ board, noting
an annual contribution of approximately
$10,000 for program support, as well as
assistance with special projects including
a capital campaign for the current facility,
which was dedicated in 2009.
“This building was designed for this
purpose. It’s a gorgeous building and
functionally-fantastic,” says George Ireland,
assistant treasurer of the Friends’ board.
Marie Marcotte, director of Beechwood
and of North Kingstown Senior and
Human Services, explains that the Town
pays the salaries of Beechwood’s three
full-time and six part-time staff members,
while the Friends’ support adds to the
richness of the center’s offerings.
“We’ve grown a lot, and now the baby
boomers are coming. We have a lot of
people between 55 and 70, when before
we didn’t. We’ve worked hard to create
our image as an adult recreation center,”
Marie shares.
Programs range from a multitude of
exercise classes to arts and crafts and from
numerous card games to genealogy. Trips
also are a popular offering. Richard Heston,
treasurer of the Friends’ board, notes he
has participated in trips to Roosevelt’s
home in New York, a beer brewery,
Newport Playhouse, and New Hampshire
for a tour of covered bridges.
The Friends have had an endowment
for many years, thanks largely to memberships and estate planning gifts, and in 2014
transferred it to the Foundation. “It just
struck me that no one was managing our
money. With the Foundation, we have a
well-grounded organization that is willing
to manage the money and help it grow,”
states Jules.
“The communication we have with the
Foundation was a big part of it for me,”
Richard continues, with George concluding, “We have a responsibility to keep the
money safe.” ◆
Block Island Conservancy
Includes: Block Island Conservancy/Eric
Jess Spirer Fund (2004) and Block Island
Conservancy Inc. Stewardship Endowment
Fund (2008)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Community Health Fund (2005)
Block Island Fund (1994)
Bonnet-Eymard Family Fund (2007)
Block Island Medical Center Endowment
Fund (2008)
Larry and Jean Bonoff Fund (2007)
◆ Blount
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Fine Foods Fund (2014)
Raymond J. and Brenda B.
Bolster Community Fund (2005)
Daniel R. Borah Fund (2005)
Emilie Luiza Borda Charitable Fund (2008)
“The chapel is a little
piece of Newport history,
and we are committed
to preserving it for future
generations.”
Belmont Chapel Preservation
Endowment Fund
The August Belmont Memorial Chapel has
commanded a dominant presence at the
Island Cemetery in Newport since its
construction in 1886. The gothic revival
style chapel was a gift to the citizenry of
Newport by its benefactors Mr. and Mrs.
August Belmont, Sr.
Most recently, the wisteria vines that had
shielded the chapel from view for many
years have been removed. Board member
Harry Eudenbach states, “When you visit
the cemetery today, you see visitors looking
at the chapel as they have not been able to
do for decades”.
Over the last four decades, the chapel has
fallen into severe disrepair; there are holes
in the roof and many of the stained glass
windows are in need of repair. Completely
encapsulated in a veil of overgrown wisteria, the chapel has been hidden from view
during the summer months.
“The chapel is a little piece of Newport
history, and we are committed to preserving
it for future generations,” Harry says. The
board envisions that, once renovated, the
chapel could serve as an education center/
museum for the cemetery where lectures,
concerts, and other events could be held.
In 2012, three preservation-minded individuals – Robert W. Currier, Harry J.
Eudenbach, and James L. Yarnall, Ph.D.
– approached the Island Cemetery with a
proposition to save the chapel from further
deterioration and ultimate demise. Their
efforts resulted in the establishment of the
Belmont Chapel Foundation, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization. A 99-year curatorship and occupancy agreement was established between the Belmont Chapel Foundation and the Island Cemetery Company.
The foundation has established the
Belmont Chapel Preservation Endowment
Fund to ensure the chapel never again falls
into a precarious state. “The Rhode Island
Foundation is a wonderful organization with
a great reputation. If I were to give money
for the chapel, I would prefer to give to the
endowment, so that my gift would help preserve the chapel forever”, Harry says, hoping
others will share his passion for this “little
piece of Newport history”. ◆
Borders Farm Endowment Fund (2004)
Richard M. Bowen Fund (1927)
Bosman Family Fund (2012)
Boyajian Family Fund (2011)
Bosworth Fund (1999)
Mary A. Boylan Memorial Fund (1997)
Edward M. Botelle Memorial Library Fund
(1989)
Boys & Girls Club of Newport County Fund
(2002)
Family of Eugene M. Boutiette Fund (1979)
Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket Fund (2002)
Includes: Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/
Brian Agin Memorial Fund (2004);
Bowen Haven Fund (2009)
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Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Allen P.
Barker Memorial Fund (2004); Boys &
Girls Club of Pawtucket/A. Henry Soar
Memorial Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club
of Pawtucket/Crown Collision Centers
ASAP Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of
Pawtucket/John J. McMahon Memorial Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of
Pawtucket/Andrew Dimant Memorial
Scholarship (2004); Boys & Girls Club of
Pawtucket/Arthur & Mary Kaufman Fund
Est. in Loving Memory of James T. Boylan
(2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/
Dennis M. Lynch Memorial Basketball
Tournament Fund (2004); Boys & Girls
Club of Pawtucket/Mike Pappas Athletic
Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club
of Pawtucket/Anthony & Lisa Ruddy Fund
(2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/
The Collette Vacations Endowment for
Baseball (2005); Boys & Girls Club of
Pawtucket/Joseph T. McHale Fund for
Literacy (2005); and Boys & Girls Club
of Pawtucket/William B. Macaulay
Endowment For the Arts (2005)
& Girls Clubs of Providence
Operational Fund (2014)
James P. Brown, Jr., and the Greta P. Brown
Fund (1982)
Jean Margaret Young Brown Fund (2006)
Jeffrey A. and Barbara Horovitz Brown Fund
(2004)
Walter G. Brown Fund (1964)
William Horace Brown Memorial Fund
(2004)
Bubba Fund (2009)
C. Warren and Anne D. Bubier Fund (1989)
C. Warren Bubier Fund (2001)
Alfred Buckley Fund (1977)
Helen H. Buckley Fund (2003)
Marjorie W. and George B. Bullock, Jr. Fund
(2001)
David P. Bulman Memorial Scholarship Fund
(2005)
◆ Boys
Bernard V. Buonanno Classical High School
Fund (2010)
Mae L. Bradley Fund (2006)
Dr. Alex M. Burgess Memorial Fund (1974)
◆ Brain
Burke Bryant Family Fund (2001)
Injury Association of Rhode
Island Fund (2014)
Carol A. and Robert H. Breslin, Jr. Fund
(2004)
Alma Brewster Fund (1978)
Brickle Group Charitable Fund (2014)
Roberta H. Bridenbaugh Fund (1996)
Harriet M. Briggs Memorial Fund (1978)
Bristol Children’s Home Fund (1967)
Bristol Female Charitable Society Fund
(2003)
Bristol Historical & Preservation Society
Helene L. Tessler Fund (2009)
Olive C.P. Brittan Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2001)
Helen E.B. Bromley Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2001)
Brooks Family Fund (2000)
Abbie A. Brougham Memorial Fund (1988)
Fern Brown Memorial Fund (1995)
John P. Burke Memorial Fund (2005)
Includes: John P. Burke Memorial Fund/
Joseph J. Sprague Sr. Memorial Scholarship (2005) and John P. Burke Memorial
Fund/Rhode Island State Seniors’ Golf
Association Scholarship (2005)
James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes Scholarship
Fund (1991)
Butler Family Fund (2012)
Virginia B. Butler Fund (1978)
Button Hole
Includes: Button Hole Fund (2004) and
Button Hole Endowment Fund (2014)
Edith T. Cabot Fund (1966)
Jane Brownell Cady Fund (2002)
John C. Cahill Memorial Fund (1997)
Ann Burton Cameron and Louise
Cameron Hintze Fund (2012)
CANE Child Development
Center Fund (2005)
Georgia A. Brown Fund (1991)
Friends of Canonchet Farm Endowment
Fund (2013)
H. Martin Brown Memorial Fund (1998)
Ruth A. Capron Fund (1991)
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“…we’re not experts in that
area. That’s why we need the
Foundation to
help us to find the best
organizations to support.”
Blount Fine Foods Fund
The Blount family has been in the food
business for five generations, beginning
in the 1880s when Eddie B. Blount started
an oyster packing business in West Barrington, RI. The company has re-invented
itself through the years – and through the
generations – from a seafood processor to
a premium prepared foods company.
Blount also is re-inventing its community
involvement. “We’ve always been involved
in the community,” states Blount President
F. Nelson “Todd” Blount, explaining that the
company long has made product donations
to food banks, soup kitchens, and charity
events. It also makes cash donations to nonprofit organizations, especially those focused
on the community, Christian education, and
where employees are involved.
“Our giving has been at the corporate level.
Through this fund, I want the employees
to have a say in directing the money. The
goal is that we, and that includes a team of
employees, will work with the Rhode Island
Foundation to determine where the money
will go,” Todd explains.
Today, Blount Fine Foods – formerly Blount
Seafood – produces refrigerated and frozen gourmet soups, sauces, side dishes, and
entrees for food service and retail, including
products under the Legal Sea Foods and
Panera brands. Although it has expanded
beyond seafood, Blount remains the largest
producer of clam chowder in New England
and the largest manufacturer of lobster
bisque in the country.
“We needed to be value-added to survive,”
Todd says, adding that they put the Blount
Seafood brand equity into the Blount
Market in Warren and Blount Clam Shacks
in Fall River, Warren, and Riverside, the
latter two of which are seasonal. “The clam
shacks and market are a neat way for us to
hold onto our heritage, our legacy, and our
name. That’s really important to us.”
Blount has facilities both in Fall River
and its original site in Warren, and Todd
emphasizes, “We’re still Rhode Island
focused. We want to touch all parts of
the state with our food and cash donations.
It’s part of our tradition, and now we’re
bringing that to the employee level.
“But we’re not experts in that area. That’s
why we need the Foundation to help us to
find the best organizations to support,”
Todd acknowledges. ◆
Anthony and Attilia E. Caran Fund for the
Retarded (2007)
Richard N. Carr Memorial Scholarship Fund
(1996)
Donald and Suzanne Carcieri Fund (1998)
Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund (1994)
Beverly E. Carr Fund in Memory of
Manola & Arthur Merrill and Estella &
Edwin Hartley (2000)
Carpenter Fund (1927) (2)
Richard N. and Beverly E. Carr Fund (2000)
Arthur H. Carr Fund (2009)
Virginia Carson Memorial Scholarship (2009)
Ginger, Sheba and Susie Carr Fund (2013)
Marion M. Carstens Fund in Memory of
Janice E. Mutty (2002)
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“We’re developing young
people who
will break the cycle
of poverty they have
experienced, and they will
do that through education and jobs.”
Boys & Girls Clubs of
Providence Operational Fund
“We are about kids who deserve a better
life. We are about listening to the whys of
hurts, and the how to make them better. We
are about finding opportunities to help kids
help themselves, when they can, and step
in when they can’t,” states Nicole Dufresne,
executive director of the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Providence.
sister, brother, and me when I was five. She
had to work two jobs well into the evening.
We had no one to watch over us, to do our
homework, or to help to prepare dinner.
I had no friends until I went to the Club. I
trusted my leaders. I wasn’t alone anymore.
I felt I was part of a family.” – 11-year old
Club member
The Club works with 4,000 youth annually
in its seven clubhouses throughout the City
of Providence. Its programs – which serve
children 6 to 18 years of age – focus on
three primary outcomes: academic achievement, a healthy lifestyle, and good character.
“My Dad was an abusive man. My
brothers had dropped out of school, left
home, and were living off of the streets,
selling drugs. My Dad began to beat me.
Luckily, I was a member of the Boys & Girls
Club and I knew there was a better way. I
asked for their help. I felt safe at the Club,
and I trusted my counselors. The Club gave
me back the life that my Dad had taken
away. They really did save my life.” –
12-year old Club member
“We’re so much more than recreation.
We’re developing young people who will
break the cycle of poverty they have experienced, and they will do that through education and jobs,” explains Nicole. Financial
literacy classes, programs to expose Club
members to careers, and partnerships with
other organizations and companies offer
additional programs.
Club members explain the value of the
offerings: “My Mom was alone with my
This endowment was established “to assure
the sustainability of our organization,”
Nicole says, adding, “The Board was very
interested in the Foundation’s investment
returns, credibility, and the supportive
nature of our like-minded organizations.” ◆
Charles H. Carswell Fund (1980)
Allison N. Cathro Fund (1997)
Carter Fund (2011)
City of Central Falls Fund (2013)
Florence P. Case Fund (1967)
Margaret Chace Scholarship Fund (1999)
Grace D. and Lloyd A. Case Fund (2006)
Charles V. Chapin Fellowship Fund (1968)
Cataract Fire Company #2 Scholarship Fund
(1974)
Roger B. Chapman Scholarship Fund (2007)
Samuel M. Cate Fund (2001)
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Holly Charette Scholarship Fund (2007)
“The board is taking
action to reinvigorate
the organization. We’re
embarking on a new era.”
Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island Fund
In Rhode Island, a brain injury occurs every
hour according to the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island. This statewide nonprofit, founded in 1983, has as its mission
“to prevent brain injury and to enhance
the lives of those affected by brain injury.”
Brain injuries are caused by such things
as falls, sports injuries, and car accidents.
Traumatic brain injuries also are increasing
among members of the military. “Families’ lives can change in an instant,” Debra
Sharpe, executive director, says of this
injury that may impair cognitive, physical,
behavioral, and emotional functions.
Brain injuries also may be caused by
exposure to toxic chemicals, take years
to develop, and result in Parkinson’s and
certain forms of dementia. “This is an
unrecognized work-related injury,” explains
Robert Naparstek, M.D., a member of the
Association board.
2,744 high school students were tested.
The testing, Robert explains, involves
simple memory, visual spatial, and Q & A
testing. “It’s common sense, easy, and
inexpensive,” he states.
Much of the Association’s work is with
individuals with brain injuries and their
families. “Brain injury cuts across all socio
economics,” Robert says, with Debra
adding, “And it affects so many people.”
The Association offers support groups
for survivors and families, as well as separate
groups for caregivers, and provides training
for professionals in the field. A comprehensive resource center at the Association’s
East Providence office offers books,
pamphlets, DVD’s, and other resources
for both a professional and lay audience.
Prevention is a key component of the
Association’s work. “We have a strong
education program, especially with schoolchildren,” Debra shares. The Association
conducts baseline testing and coordinates
ImPact testing in schools and community
organizations by training personnel to
conduct the testing themselves. Last year
One of 26 chartered affiliates of the Brain
Injury Association of America, the Association is the only group in the state that deals
with brain injury, according to Debra. They
currently are funded by a state grant and
private donations and see this organization
endowment at the Foundation as a means
to greater self-sufficiency. “The board is
taking action to reinvigorate the organization. We’re embarking on a new era,” Robert
explains. ◆
Chariho Community Innovative Projects
Fund (2003)
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan Fund for the
Wheeler School (1978)
◆ Chariho-Westerly
Chemical Company Fund (2012)
◆ Chariho-Westerly
Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate
Kosher Food Pantry Fund (2013)
Anne Elizabeth Chase Fund (1976)
Samuel J. and Esther Chester Arts Fund
(2013)
Animal Rescue League
Animal Welfare Fund (2014)
Animal Rescue League
Legacy Fund (2014)
Lillian Chason Memorial Fund (2010)
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Samuel J. and Esther Chester Medical
Research Fund (2013)
◆ Children’s
Friend Fund (2014)
Chopin Club
Includes: Chopin Club Scholarship Fund
(2003) and Chopin Club Endowment
Fund (2014)
Choquette Family Fund (1995)
Carl W. Christiansen Scholarship Fund
(1974)
Church House Fund (1958)
Montie G. and Catherine F. Ciarlo Memorial
Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund (1987)
Civic Leadership Fund (2011)
Harriet A. F. Claflin Fund (1990)
Arnold V. and Jane K. Clair Fund (1991)
Gilbert J. Clappin, Jr. Memorial Fund (2005)
David Sanders Clark and Mary H. L. Clark
Memorial Fund (2013)
George P. Clark and Vera J. Clark Fund
(1999)
Clark Memorial Library Endowment Fund
(1999)
Clark-Lyon Fund (1990)
Classical High School Alumni Association
Clean Competition Fund (2011)
Edward F. Clement Memorial Fund (1999)
Community MusicWorks Fund (2008)
Community Preparatory School
Includes: Community Preparatory School
Endowment Fund (1988) and Community
Preparatory School Flexible Endowment
Fund (2009)
Nina H. Congdon Fund (1976)
Congdon Fund for the Benefit of Grace
Church in Providence (2003)
Congdon Fund in Honor of The Congdon &
Carpenter Company (1790-1987) (1969)
Ann F. and Robert B. Conner Fund (1995)
Conrad-Nestor Scholarship Fund (2008)
Conservation Stewardship Collaborative
Endowment (2007)
Constant Memorial Fund (1999)
Charles Nourse Cook and Mary C. Cook
Fund (1938)
Christiane Corbat Art and Healing Fund
(2006)
John & Jane Corbishley Fund (2010)
John & Lori Anne Corbishley Fund (1996)
John & Lori Anne Corbishley Memorial
Garden Fund (2005)
Corliss Fund (1991)
Corning Glass Works Scholarship
Fund (1974)
Leroy P. Cox Trust (1992)
Cox Charities Northeast Fund (2009)
Clover Fund (2012)
Horace and Reverend E. Naomi Craig
Barbara and Cary Coen Family Fund (2004)
Mary Lou Crandall Fund (2006)
Daniel Brian Cohen Scholarship Fund (2007)
Cranston Historical Society Endowment
Fund (2013)
Cohen-Toon Fund (2012)
◆ College
Crusade of Rhode Island
Includes: College Crusade Believe Fund
(2014) and College Crusade Legacy Fund
(2014)
Arnold B. and Madelyn Collins Fund (2000)
Charles A. Collis Fund (1991)
Common Cause Rhode Island
Includes: Phil West Spirit of Common
Cause Rhode Island Fund (2006)
and Natalie C. Joslin Common
Cause Future Fund (2013)
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A. T. Cross Scholarship Fund (1987)
Mary C. Crowell Fund (1976)
James P. Crowley, Sr. Football
John Michael Crowley Memorial
Robert L. and Kathleen B. Crudup
Family Scholarship Fund (2012)
Paul Cuffee School
Includes: Paul Cuffee School/Rosalind
C. Wiggins Fund (2008) and
“The dream of those of
us who founded the
school has always been
to enable boys and girls
to become familiar with
the vast world of water.”
David Burnham Maritime Fund
for Paul Cuffee School
The late David Burnham, inaugural
president of the Paul Cuffee School board
of trustees, once stated, “The dream of those
of us who founded the school has always
been to enable boys and girls to become
familiar with the vast world of water.”
“We thought the best way to honor
Dave would be to marry his two passions –
education and all things maritime. This fund
ensures continuity of the maritime theme, a
unique facet of the school that Dave valued
greatly,” continues Maria Monteiro, the
school’s director of institutional advancement.
Specifically, the fund will provide maritime
fellowships for Paul Cuffee juniors and seniors to pursue maritime-related leadership
development opportunities at a community-based site such as the Community
Boating Center.
A native New Yorker, David earned degrees
at Yale University and the University of
Massachusetts before embarking on a long
and distinguished career in education. He
taught at Mount Hermon School for Boys
in Gill, MA, and served as vice president for
academic affairs at Loomis Chafee School
in Windsor, CT, before moving to Rhode
Island to serve as headmaster at Moses
◆ David
Burnham Maritime Fund for Paul
Cuffee School (2014)
Helena Cullen and Anita Cinq-Mars Fund
(2006)
Cumberland Land Trust Greenways
Cumberland Public Library
Includes: Alice Codding Endowment
Fund for Cumberland Public Library
(2011); Cumberland Grange Endowment
Brown School. He retired after 16 years,
later accepting short-term assignments
in Japan, New York, and at St. Andrew’s
School in Barrington.
David then helped found the Paul Cuffee
School, a charter school for Providence’s
urban youth. It opened in 2001 with kindergarten through third grade. The School
now serves nearly 800 students in grades
K-12.
Paul Cuffee School graduated its first class
on June 10, 2014. “The idea was to surprise
Dave at graduation with the announcement
of the fund,” Maria recalls. Unfortunately,
the 85-year-old honoree died five days
earlier and just hours after the death of
his wife of 62 years, Anne.
“His family knows what the school meant
to him, so they were thrilled we chose to
honor him. They said the school was one
of his proudest accomplishments,” Maria
shares.
Through this fund at the Foundation,
Paul Cuffee School students forever
will know the name of David Burnham,
experience leadership opportunities in his
name, and perhaps share his love for both
education and sailing. ◆
Fund for Cumberland Public
Library (2011); and Cumberland
Library Endowment Fund (2013)
Lillian Cumming Streetscape Fund (1988)
Curtin Family Fund (2003)
Robert W. and Mary W.C. (Polly) Daly
Fund (2010)
Marquise d’Andigne Fund (1932)
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Chariho-Westerly Animal Rescue League
Legacy Fund and Chariho-Westerly Animal
Rescue League Animal Welfare Fund
For nearly half a century, the CharihoWesterly Animal Rescue League (CWARL)
was, in the words of its late founder, Ilon
Sillman, “dedicated to aiding animals in
distress.” The nonprofit, Westerly-based
organization provided low cost spaying and
neutering, rabies and distemper shots, and
emergency veterinary care, as well as a feral/
community cat, an animal placement and
pet rental deposit programs.
Larry Hirsch, who has been involved with
CWARL since the mid 1970s, says, “I joined
CWARL and ended up as president. I’ve
always been an advocate for it and, while
financially we were very successful, we
didn’t have the people it took to run the
programs.”
In 2014, CWARL combined with Stand
Up for Animals (SUFA) and is continuing
its mission under the newly-formed Chariho-Westerly Animal Welfare Committee
within SUFA. SUFA was established in
2002 with the primary goal of building
a new, state-of-the-art animal shelter in
Westerly, a project that was completed in
2009 in collaboration with the Town of
Westerly. Howard Thorp, president of the
SUFA board, explains that over the course
◆ Sister
Angela Daniels & Reverend
Daniel Trainor Fund for the Genesis
Center (2014)
of three or four years SUFA raised in excess
of $2 million to build the facility, for which
the Town pays utilities, maintenance, and
the salary of a shelter manager.
“The Town of Westerly now has one of the
most beautiful shelters in Rhode Island,”
Larry states, noting thermal heating for the
dog run, an acclimation room for individuals or families looking to adopt a pet, library,
meeting rooms, and more.
Prior to the CWARL and SUFA joint
venture, CWARL contributed some of
its assets to the Foundation, establishing
these two funds: the legacy fund which is
designated for SUFA and the animal welfare
fund which will support programs and
organizations that benefit animals of any
type in need in Charlestown, Hopkinton,
Richmond, and Westerly, as well as
Stonington, CT.
“We want the good animal welfare
work that CWARL has done to continue.
By working with the Foundation, we’re
partnering with an organization that
makes good investments and makes good
distributions in the community,” Larry
asserts. ◆
Edna N. Davol Fund (1989)
DeAngelis Family Fund (1978)
Viola M. Dascoli Fund (2010)
John A. and Elsa J. DeAngelis Fund (2005)
William N. and Dorothy Q. Davis Fund
(2003)
James Philip Deery Fund (1987)
Walter L. and Edna N. Davol Fund (1993)
Walter L. and Edna N. Davol Fund (1988)
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Margaret Deery Fund (1987)
Allene deKotzebue Fund (1953)
“Our understanding
of kids’ needs has
evolved over time.
Prevention and
community-based
services are the focus
of our agency.”
Children’s Friend Fund
For more than 180 years, Children’s Friend
has served Rhode Island’s most vulnerable
young children. President and CEO David
Caprio says, “We have a responsibility to
continue that legacy and to build upon it,
as we move forward.”
Founded in 1834 as an orphanage for
abandoned children in the India Point
section of Providence, Children’s Friend
now focuses on preventive, community-based services. “Our understanding
of kids’ needs has evolved over time.
Prevention and community-based services
are the focus of our agency,” David states.
Children’s Friend works to strengthen
vulnerable families through an array of
social services, often in partnership with
other organizations. Among the multitude
of services are Nurse Family Partnership
for families with children from birth to
age two and Head Start for children from
age three to five.
“We can intensively and comprehensively
work with a vulnerable family and get children ready for kindergarten,” David explains.
Children’s Friend now has Head Start
classrooms in both a Providence and Central
Falls elementary school to ease the transition from Head Start to elementary school.
“In the last five years, we’ve had an
increased understanding of the health and
nutrition component of child development,
the value of good mental and physical
health both for parents and kids. Based on
this we have added WIC nutrition services
and programs targeted to fathers,” David
explains.
With centers in Providence, Pawtucket, and
Central Falls, Children’s Friend has more
than 400 employees; social workers and
educators comprise the largest groups. The
agency’s endowment benefits its mission,
with David noting, “The endowment allows
us to fill gaps for families even with cuts in
federal and state grants and downturns in
the economy. It gives stability to our agency.
All of our administrative costs are paid by
the endowment.”
Children’s Friend’s endowment was
established in the 1800s. “Partnering now
with the Foundation will help us build on
our strengths…and was a no-brainer for me
and our board. This brings two great institutions together to improve the positive impact that we are making in the lives of our
most vulnerable kids,” David concludes. ◆
Anthony and Grace Del Vecchio
Denby Family Fund for Public Art in
Providence (2013)
Delmonico Family Fund (2013)
Frieda Dengal Fund (2013)
◆ Julius
Giovanni deNicola & Dora DeAmicis
Delta Dental of Rhode Island Fund (2005)
Densmore Scholarship Fund (1993)
Beatrice S. Demers Fund (2007)
Thomas DePetrillo and Carol Keefe Fund
(2013)
and Lena DelPapa Memorial Fund
(2014)
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DeRabbanan Fund (1989)
Ali Dunn Packer Memorial Fund (2002)
Clementina DeRocco Memorial Fund (1985)
Charles and Nancy Dunn Family Fund
(2011)
David and Elaine DeSousa Family Fund
(2006)
Developmentally Disabled and
Retarded Special Needs Fund in
Memory of Louise A. Shuster (1991)
Dutch Island Lighthouse Endowment Fund
(2011)
East Greenwich Education Endowment Fund
(2003)
Claudia and Mary Howe DeWolf Fund
(1991)
Grace M. Eastwood Fund for North
Kingstown Free Library (2007)
Olive B. DeWolf Fund in Memory of
Paul Churchill DeWolf (1990)
J.D. Edsal Scholarship Fund (1981)
Jeremiah Dexter Family Fund (1998)
Dibble Memorial Fund (1990)
Dr. Bruno DiClemente Scholarship Fund
(2001)
Dimock Fund (2013)
Directors’ Fund (2000)
Iona Dobbins Art Fund (2000)
Iona Blake Dobbins Scholarship Fund
for the Visual Arts (2013)
Doc Fund (2003)
Edgar M. Docherty Memorial Fund (2001)
Charles and Marilyn Doebler Fund (2004)
◆ James
Donaldson Scholarship Fund
(2014)
Sylvia G. Donnelly Fund (1988)
Dorcas Place Partners for Learning Fund
(1999)
◆ Sgt.
Maxwell R. Dorley Memorial Fund
(2014)
David Spalding Douglas Fund (1999)
Douglas A. and Charlotte H. Dow Fund
(1994)
Elizabeth M. Drapala Memorial
Patricia W. Edwards Memorial Art Fund
(1989)
Henry P. & Priscilla B. Eldredge Fund
(2004) (2)
Priscilla B. & Henry P. Eldredge Fund (1990)
Priscilla Bateson Eldredge ’40 Middlebury College Fund (1997)
Elmwood Church-Congregational
Christian Fund (1955)
Emmanuel Church
Includes: Baum Fund for Emmanuel
Church (2013) and Brown Fund for
Emmanuel Church (2013)
Embolden Charitable Fund (2012)
English-Speaking Union Boston Branch
Educational Endowment (2007)
Equity Action Fund (2003)
Includes: Simone P. Joyaux and Tom Ahern
Fund for Equity Action (2003); Bhikhaji M.
Maneckji Fund for Equity Action (2003);
Julia Lorillard Pell Fund for Equity Action
(2003); Sally E. Lapides Fund for Equity
Action (2008); SoCoWiWo Fund (2010);
and Schoenfeld Family Fund for Equity
Action (2011)
ETCO, Inc. Fund (1988)
Evangelista Family Fund (2000)
◆ Barry
and Dr. Elaine Fain Fund (2014)
Frosty Drew Nature Center Fund (1985)
Linda Fain Family Fund in Memory of
Beatrice and Archie Fain (2001)
Gregory Dubuc Memorial Scholarship Fund
(2008)
Effie R. Fairley Fund (1992)
Sheila A. Duffy Fund (1997)
Ruth Duggan Fund (1991)
Edward Leon Duhamel Scholarship Fund
(1991)
Matthew J. Fandetti Memorial Fund (2002)
John David Fanning Memorial Fund (1985)
◆ Malcolm
Farmer III and Susan L. Farmer
Fund (2014)
Farnham Fund (1999)
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Photo: David O’Connor
“Having our endowments
at the Rhode Island
Foundation is attractive because
it is a stable place through which
individuals can make contributions.”
College Crusade Believe Fund and
College Crusade Legacy Fund
“We take students from the poorest families
in the poorest schools in the poorest cities,”
states Todd Flaherty, Ed.D., president and
CEO of The College Crusade of Rhode
Island. The organization provides college
readiness and success support for 4,500
middle school, high school, and college
students from disadvantaged communities
in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls,
Woonsocket, and Cranston.
Founded in 1989 “to reduce high school
dropout rates and increase educational and
career success for low-income urban youth,”
The College Crusade focuses on academic
enrichment, social and personal development, career awareness and exploration,
preparation for postsecondary education,
and postsecondary success. Caring advisors
spend time with students. “We teach resiliency, grit, and academic tenacity, and that
stays with our students throughout college.
These young people are socio-economically
disadvantaged, but are smart and work hard.
We have high expectations for all of them,”
Todd says.
“When our students graduate from high
school and get into college, we give them a
scholarship,” he continues, noting that last
year the Crusade awarded $2.3 million in
cash and donated scholarships to approximately 600 students.
The College Crusade has a proven track
record: In 2013, the high school graduation
rate for Crusaders was eight percentage
points higher than the rate for non-Crusaders in Rhode Island’s urban school districts.
That same year, the college-going rate for
Crusaders was 28 percentage points higher
than the rate for all urban students.
“It’s rewarding to see the graduates of The
College Crusade go off to college, succeed
there, and then come back to their communities and make significant contributions.
Some of our alumni teach at our career days
or serve as Crusade advisors. They totally
get it, and they’re the role models for our
current Crusaders. The kids listen to them,”
Todd says.
Funding for College Crusade programs
comes from federal and state grants, as well
as from private corporations, foundations,
and individuals. “Every dime counts for
us. Having our endowments at the Rhode
Island Foundation is attractive because it
is a stable place through which individuals
can make contributions. If you give to either
of these funds, your gift will go for scholarships,” Todd explains. ◆
Feibelman Family Fund (1988)
Richard M. and Janice H. Field Fund (1995)
Mark and Adela Felag Fund (2004)
Noel M. Field, Jr. Family Fund (1999)
Joseph P. Ferrucci, Esq. Memorial
Fifth Ward Memorial Fund (1962)
Harold C. and May Noel Field Fund (1968)
Frank and Anne Fiorenzano Scholarship
Fund (2002)
Harold J. Field Fund (1994)
Jack Fireman, D.O. Scholarship Fund (2007)
Janet I. & H. James Field, Jr. Fund (2004)
Frederick J. Fish, Jr. Fund (1998)
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“I love the Foundation
because it provides the
non-government funds
we can use to leverage
other funds.”
Sister Angela Daniels & Reverend Daniel
Trainor Fund for The Genesis Center
More than 30 years ago, Sister Angela
Daniels, then a nun at the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, saw a
growing number of poor people, largely
Cambodians and Hmong, in Providence’s
West End.
“I remember one cold winter day looking
out the rectory window and seeing this
woman who had on sandals and a flimsy
sweater, and saying to Father Trainor, ‘Who
are these people?’ We knew we had to do
something,” Sister Angela recalls.
Their neighbors’ need for assistance,
most notably a desire to learn English,
led Sister Angela and Father Daniel Trainor
to co-found what today is The Genesis
Center, a multi-service organization that
has provided services to more than 7,500
people from 50 countries, and which Sister
Angela continues to serve as a member of
the nonprofit’s board.
“The Center has evolved from its early
days when it offered English as a second
language and classes in basic life skills to
offering a robust workforce development
program focusing on the culinary arts
and healthcare, education that includes
citizenship classes and a high school
Hyman and Mollie Fishbein Fund (1996)
John R. Fitton Memorial Fund (1988)
Kevin A. Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarship
Fund (1989)
diploma program, and affordable childcare,”
says The Genesis Center President Shannon
Carroll.
The organization’s work attracted national
recognition when, in 2014, it was honored
by Vice President Joseph Biden as a “model
program” in the National Skills Coalition,
a designation awarded to only 30 nonprofit
organizations around the country.
As one of the state’s largest adult education
organizations, much of The Genesis Center’s funding comes from the Rhode Island
Department of Education. Smaller federal
and state grants, private funds, and Foundation grants also are sources of funding.
“The Rhode Island Foundation has
supported The Genesis Center for years.
I love the Foundation because it provides
the non-government funds we can use to
leverage other funds,” Shannon acknowledges, referring to the Foundation as “the
go-to-place.”
The organization expanded its partnership
with the Foundation by establishing this
organization endowment. “The Foundation
has a great reputation, and this endowment
will provide us with the flexibility to do the
things we need to do,” Shannon relates. ◆
James A. and Elizabeth K. Fletcher Fund
(1987)
Kenneth P. Flint Fund (2011)
Heather and Ronald Florence Fund (2009)
Mary L. Flanigan Fund (1987)
Flower Power Inc. Fund (2005)
James A. and Elizabeth K. Fletcher
Fund (1993)
George P. and Anna M. Flynn Scholarship
Fund (1998)
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“...when she saw a little
spark, she would further
nurture their love of
education and the arts.”
Julius and Lena DelPapa Memorial Fund
Julius and Lena (Testa) DelPapa immigrated to the States from their native Italy and
settled in Pawtucket. Julius was a longtime owner of the Julius DelPapa Cement
Construction Company in Pawtucket, and
the couple raised two children, a son Angelo
and a daughter Gloria.
“Education and living the American dream
was very important to their family. While
many children of immigrants go to college,
the DelPapas were a bit unique in that their
daughter went to Pembroke (then the
women’s college at Brown University) and
their son went to Brown,” explains Tom
Corley, the late Gloria DelPapa’s nephew.
Gloria devoted her entire career to education, teaching for 38 years in the Pawtucket
School Department and retiring as chair
of the English department at Shea High
School. “Teaching was her life. She never
married, and her students were her kids.
She took great pride in developing them
and bringing them along, and when she
saw a little spark, she would further
nurture their love of education and the
arts,” Tom shares.
This fund Gloria established at the
Foundation, through a bequest and in her
Sarah F. and Gerald J. Fogarty Fund (2006)
Sarah Adams Fogg & Henry Meader Fogg
Fund (1992)
Lois Hamilton Fontaine Scholarship Fund of
the Westerly College Club, Inc. (1997)
Forer Family Fund (1999)
Fort Adams Preservation Fund (2008)
parents’ names, supports the arts and humanities, education (particularly libraries),
basic human needs (particularly hunger),
and animal welfare in Rhode Island with a
focus on Pawtucket.
Tom explains, “Gloria always liked the idea
of education and nurturing young men and
women. She would take kids to the opera
and plays, and she saw the value of kids
being cultivated into the life of the library,
as a friend for life. She was very concerned
about cuts in funding to libraries.”
As to her interest in basic human needs/
hunger, Tom says, “I can’t remember a time
when Gloria wasn’t volunteering at Amos
House. It was a weekly ritual for her for a
couple of decades.”
“She also was extraordinarily sensitive
toward animal welfare,” he continues of
his aunt. “She would cringe if she saw an
animal being abused on TV. She would get
so upset, you just had to turn the TV off.”
Tom concludes, “Gloria was a great
supporter of the arts, well-traveled, and
a very personable, bright, classy, polished
woman.” ◆
Maria A. Forte-Tocco Scholarship Fund
(2002)
43rd Signal Company Veterans Association/
Robert L. Grace Fund (2009)
Anne R. & Harold M. Foster Memorial
Fund (2004)
Foundation for Health Fund (2006)
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Four Corners Community Chapel
Richard A. Gamelin, Jr. Memorial Fund
(2003)
Alan Fox Fund for the Music School
of the Rhode Island Philharmonic
Orchestra (2001)
Charles H. Gardiner Memorial Fund (2010)
Miriam G. Frank Fund (2000)
Eva and Boris Frankfurt Fund (2008)
Howard F. and Olga B. Gardiner Fund
(2000)
Edna B. Gardner Fund (1981)
◆ Susan
and Jim Garlington Fund (2014)
George R. Frankovich Scholarship Fund
(1996)
Guy and Ann Garofalo Family Fund (2004)
Mary Ethier Frappier Fund (2010)
Edward and Jeannette Gatta Memorial Fund
(2001)
Alexander E. and Alice M. Fraser Fund
(1972)
Diane D. Geaber Memorial Fund (2011)
Aldo Freda Scholarship Fund (1997)
Dominic Gencarelli Family Trust Fund (1988)
Marion Baker Freeman Fund (1963)
Peter and Melinda Gerard & Loti Falk Family
Fund (2006)
Mimi and Peter Freeman Fund (2003)
Robert E. Freeman Downcity Fund (1992)
Nancy H. Gewirtz Fund for The
Economic Progress Institute (2005)
Fredric C. Friedman/Sheryl A. Jacobson
Fund (2009)
GFWC Women’s Club of South County
Fruit Hill Women’s Clubs Scholarship
Fund (1982)
Richard and Vera Gierke Family Fund (2005)
Albert H. Fuchs Trust (1995)
Ellen R. Fuglister Fund (1991)
Fund for Arts and Culture (2011)
Lottie G., William E., and Ruth M.
Gilmore Memorial Fund (1981)
Eric Ginsberg Memorial Scholarship Fund
(2009)
Fund for Children and Families (2011)
Girls Friendly Society of Rhode Island Fund
(1987)
Fund for Community Progress
Endowment Fund in Memory of
Joseph R. Vanni (1993)
Richard J. Gladney Charitable
Fund for Education (2010)
Fund for the Environment (2011)
Fund for Grace Church (1980)
Gladys Fund (2002)
Glass Family Fund (2006)
Roger O. Glaude Memorial Fund (2009)
Fund for Greater Providence YMCA (2003)
Glocester Heritage Society Endowment Fund
(2008)
Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island (2008)
Robert H. I. Goddard Fund (1994)
Fund for Housing (2011)
Robert H. I. Goddard and Hope Drury
Goddard Fund (2013)
Fund for Rhode Island (1916)
◆ Fund
Robert H. I. Goddard Fund/St. Elizabeth
Home (1978)
Thomas E. Furey Fund (2009)
Darius Lee Goff and Paula Dodge Goff Fund
(1981)
of the Providence Shelter for
Colored Children (2014)
Stanley and Florence Gairloch Fund (1982)
Bob and Wini Galkin Fund (2012)
Ira S. and Anna Galkin Fund (1977)
Madeline P. Gamble Fund (1987)
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Carleton Goff Fund (1999)
Newell D. Goff Fund (2013)
David M. Golden Memorial Fund (1999)
Golden Einhorn Family Fund (1999)
“He loved coaching and
the kids loved to play
for him. He’d tell them,
‘I will help you be as
good as you would
like to try to be.’ ”
James Donaldson Scholarship Fund
“In an arena dominated by individuals who
thrive on the ego-feeding recognition that
comes with competition, Gentleman Jim
Donaldson was an anomaly. He was quiet,
unassuming, and polite. He was conscientious, caring, and concerned. It was the same
whether his teams were winning or losing.
He was Gentleman Jim,” wrote then-Providence Journal Sports Writer Paul Kenyon
in 1995 following the death of longtime
Tolman High School Basketball Coach
James Donaldson.
Jim grew up in the Smith Hill section
of Providence, graduated from LaSalle
Academy at 16, and earned a degree in
education at Rhode Island College. He
was a standout in college as a member of
his school’s baseball, track, and basketball
teams. Rhode Island College inducted him
into its inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame
class.
joining the Pawtucket public schools, where
he taught at Goff Junior High and then at
Tolman, where he coached from 1965 until
his retirement 15 years later.
“He loved coaching and the kids loved to
play for him. He’d tell them, ‘I will help
you be as good as you would like to try
to be’,” his son Jim explains, noting that
although it had been nearly 50 years since
his father had coached at LaSalle, all five
of the starters attended his wake. “That’s the
kind of effect he had on people,” Jim states.
The James Donaldson Scholarship has been
awarded annually at Tolman High School
since 1995. “We wanted to do something
to honor the Jim Donaldson type of player,
someone who would put the team first.
One of the nice things is that at Tolman,
the scholarship signifies certain things that
people look up to,” Jim says.
Jim’s long teaching and coaching career
followed a stint in the Navy as a dive
bomber pilot in the Pacific during World
War II. He taught and coached at both
LaSalle Academy and St. Raphael before
The fund was transferred to the Foundation
where, Jim explains, “it will be better managed. It just makes a lot more sense to have
it in the hands of the Foundation.” ◆
Leon and Barbara Goldstein Fund (2006)
Gordon School
Includes: Gordon Fund (1996) and
Peter Kaplan Memorial Fund for
Gordon School (1996)
Henry Gonsalves Family Fund (1999)
Susan F. Gonsalves Charitable Fund (2010)
Professor and Mrs. Elliot R. Goodman Fund
(1991)
Cynthia C. Goodwin Memorial Fund (1976)
Charles Goss Memorial Fund (1995)
Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant Program
Fund (2007)
Goulet Family Fund (2003)
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“He did so much for others,
and accomplished so much.
He had a big heart.”
Sgt. Maxwell R. Dorley Memorial Fund
“You can’t change the world, but you can
make a difference” was the philosophy of
the late Sgt. Maxwell R. Dorley, shares his
mother, Miatta Dorley. “Max was very
compassionate and always felt sorry for
people who didn’t have much.”
high school sweetheart, Kou, and worked
three jobs to support his family that later
included children Amanda and Robert.
It was at the wake for the 16-year Providence Police Officer that the family learned
the extent of his generosity. “We met a lot
of people from Crossroads who told us
he had helped them. Max would have
blankets and hats in his car, and when
he saw someone who needed them, he’d
just hand them to the person. He was at
Crossroads several times a week,” she
explains.
Max later worked as a Providence Reserve
Officer and a correctional officer at the
Adult Correctional Institute before joining
the Providence Police Department. Miatta
recalls Max’ fellow officers telling her, “He
was more than a friend, he was a brother.”
Max died in an automobile accident en
route to aid fellow officers at a disturbance;
he was 41.
“He did so much for others, and accomplished so much. He had a big heart,”
recall his aunts, Sandra Rezendes and
Hawa Vincent.
Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Max came to
Rhode Island at the age of 11. He attended
Perry Middle School and Mt. Pleasant High
School, followed by two years at the Community College of Rhode Island, and earned
a scholarship to attend medical school at
Brown University. Instead of pursuing his
own education, Max opted to marry his
“Family was very important to him, and
our family is very close-knit,” Miatta says.
Miatta’s niece, Saikon Gbehan, suggested
the family establish this fund, designated
for Crossroads Rhode Island, through
the Foundation. A recipient of a Marilyn
Graboys Wool Scholarship (a fund managed
by the Foundation), Saikon told her aunt,
“This is something perpetual that, through
Max, Crossroads would always be taken
care of. The Foundation has a good
reputation.”
Of her son’s commitment to help those in
need, Miatta concludes, “It was his passion,
and this is my way of keeping him alive.” ◆
Richard C. and Ellen M. Gower Fund (2012)
Barbi N. Gracie Fund (1994)
George Graboys Leadership Fund (2008)
Grandparents Guild Fund (1987)
Lois W. and George Graboys Family Fund
(2008)
Doris Green Fund (2005)
Annie Aylsworth Greene Fund (1967)
Grace Fellowship Church Memorial Fund
(2007)
Greene Cemetery Fund (1989)
Gracie Annabelle Fund for the Arts (2002)
Nancy Carolyn Greene Endowment Fund
(2007)
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“We hope that whatever
we give will provide
direct and effective impact.
The Foundation has the
community knowledge to
help insure that is the case.”
Barry and Dr. Elaine Fain Fund
“We’ve been part of Providence for a long
time,” says Barry Fain of his family who
started their first business in the city back in
the 1890’s. “My wife Elaine and I consider
ourselves so very fortunate that we are able
to continue our family’s tradition of charitable giving through this new donor advised
fund.”
Both Barry and Elaine grew up in
Providence and started their education
here, Elaine at Classical and Barry at Moses
Brown. Elaine continued her education
at Brown, the Harvard School of Public
Health, and medical school at Columbia
University, while Barry went to the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Business
School. After working in New York, both
found themselves drawn back to their
hometown.
By this time, Elaine was a practicing
physician, serving on the clinical faculty
at Brown’s medical school, first working
with high risk pregnancies at Women and
Infants and then opening a private practice
in internal medicine. Barry, who began as
an advertising writer/producer in New York
(what he calls his first career), joined the
family carpet business and expanded it to
Greenhalgh Charitable Fund (1971)
Gregson Foundation (2002)
Gregson Fund (1975)
Griffiths Family Fund (1999)
William Grimshaw Fund (2002)
Christine T. Grinavic Adventurer’s Fund
(2007)
18 stores in New England before it was sold.
Too young to retire, Barry began his third
career and is now the publisher of four
magazines…East Side Monthly, Providence
Monthly, SO Rhode Island, and The Bay.
The Fains, parents of two adult children,
have a long history of community involvement, including the Music School, the RI
Medical Women’s Association, International
House, Jewish Federation, United Way, and
Providence Rotary Club, as well as their
alma maters. And both continue to believe
in the power of social activism, with Barry
noting, “When a community is able to work
together, it’s amazing what can be accomplished.”
Another of their goals is that by creating
this fund, their children will be able to
participate in maintaining the family’s
charitable tradition as they begin to
support their own areas of interest.
Elaine is particularly excited about the
Foundation’s philosophy. “We hope that
whatever we give will provide direct and
effective impact. The Foundation has the
community knowledge to help insure that
is the case.” ◆
Groden Center
Includes: Groden Center Fund (2011)
and Considine Family Fund at the Groden
Center (2012)
Bessie Grossman Memorial Fund (1966)
Helen E. and Stanley H. Grossman Fund
(2014)
Herschel and Suzanne Grossman Fund for
Assisting Immigrants (1995)
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Rosa Anne Grosvenor Fund (1942)
Gudoian Family Fund (2005)
◆ Alice
M. Harkin Nursing Scholarship
Fund (2014)
Madeline Guida Memorial Fund (2007)
Rachel R. Harper and Philip R. Harper Fund
(2000)
Lynn M. Gunzberg Fund (2002)
Maegan Harpool Memorial Fund (2009)
Florence Kennan Gurney Fund (1972)
Harriet Kean Harrington Fund (1998)
Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E. Gwinner
Fund (2001)
Ernest A. Harris Memorial Fund (1999)
Fund for Economic Development (2001)
Fund for Education (2001)
Barbara S. Gwynne Shakespeare’s Head
Garden Fund (1995)
Ann W. Hack Memorial Fund (1996)
Mrs. Jeannette Hamilton Hadley Fund
(1981)
Carolyn B. Haffenreffer Endowment Fund
for the Providence Preservation Society
(1986)
Haffenreffer Seaconnet Point Fund I (1988)
Haffenreffer Seaconnet Point Fund II (1988)
Arnold H. Hahn, Jr. Memorial Fund (2005)
Mary Kimball Hail Fund (2004)
Dr. Daniel S. and Dorothy J. Harrop Fund
(2008)
Louise Hartwell Fund (1978)
Harvard Business School Association of
Southeastern New England (HBSA-SNE)
Fund (2002)
Harvey Family Fund (2014)
Warren and Elizabeth Haskell Memorial
Fund (1984)
Elizabeth Haskell Fund (1984)
Danielle and Michael Haxton Family Fund
(2006)
Alice D. Hayes Fund (2008)
Caroline Hazard Fund (1977)
Peyton R. Hazard Fund (1964)
Thomas P. Hazard Fund (1982)
Healing Ribbons Fund (2004)
Henry Heffernan Fund (1998)
Thomas B. and Virginia Ann Haire
William H. Heisler III Fund (2014)
Haire Family Fund (2003)
Milton S. Heller Charitable Fund (2009)
Hale House Endowment Fund (2011)
Lucille A. Moore Hennessey Fund (2002)
Halkyard Family Fund (2000)
Robin M. Hergott (‘83) Living Tribute Fund
(2009)
Lawrence L. Hall Fund (1996)
Chester W. Ham Memorial Fund (2008)
◆ Hamilton
House Endowment Fund (2014)
William S. Hamilton Fund (2005)
Hemingway Hamlin Fund (1993)
Hemingway Hamlin Family Fund (1993)
Herreshoff Marine Museum Endowment
Fund (2013)
Frank T. and Isabelle Oram Hertell Fund
(1971)
Hevey-O’Rourke Scholarship Fund (2014)
Higgins Family Fund (2010)
Raleigh Alexis Hamlin Fund (2004)
Kenneth N. & Judith Brand Hill Fund for
Grace Church in Providence (1996)
Roland Hammond Fund (1979)
Hinckley, Allen and Snyder Fund (2003)
Ralph E. Hanson Fund (2013)
Louise C. Hintze Fund (2012)
Percy A. Harden Fund (1953)
Hope L. and David M. Hirsch Fund (2010)
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“The civil rights movement
ended state-sanctioned
racial discrimination and
segregation, but it did not
end institutional racism.
Racism continues today.”
Malcolm Farmer III and Susan L. Farmer Fund
A graduate of Yale University and Harvard
Law School and a partner at Hinckley Allen,
Malcolm “Mac” Farmer III shares that he
“was born into a wealthy East Side family…
and clearly was a child of privilege.”
But there’s a different side of Mac that
drives him. The year was 1964. “I was
walking home from work (then a young
associate at Hinckley Allen) and I came
across a New York Herald Tribune with
a picture of a young Black kid and over
him was a highway patrolman with a billy
club raised. I started thinking about it and
basically decided there must be a way for
people who had the advantages I had to
help people like that,” Mac recalls.
Through the local CORE (Congress of
Racial Equality) office, Mac joined the
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee
and spent the following summer in Monroe,
LA, followed by two years in Jackson, MS.
His work brought him into contact with
civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr,
and Stokely Carmichael, but it also resulted
in him being beaten, having his tires slashed,
being held in contempt (when court papers
were “lost”), and having a shotgun held to
Barry and Kathleen Hittner Fund (2002)
Andrew R. Hoban Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2004)
Gilbert and Olga Hoffman Fund (2006)
Louise A. Hoge Fund in Memory of Wallace
W. Hoge (1990)
◆ Holocaust
Education & Resource Center
of Rhode Island H. Alan & Ellie Frank
Fund (2014)
his head for his efforts to defend Black
people. “It was an unbelievable experience, 24 months of rapid growing up that
changed everything for me,” he explains.
“The civil rights movement ended
state-sanctioned racial discrimination and
segregation, but it did not end institutional
racism. Racism continues today,” Mac states.
Both he and his late wife, Susan, held
active public lives. Susan, who died in
September 2013, was the first woman
elected to statewide office in Rhode Island,
serving as Secretary of State from 1983 to
1987. She led Rhode Island PBS from 1987
to 2004 and earned numerous government
appointments on topics including human
rights, elections, and voter education.
Through this fund, Mac and Susan intend
to support issues of equality, whether
they pertain to race, gender, educational
opportunities, immigrant rights, or other
areas where discrimination occurs. “The real
legacy is about this work continuing. I feel
really good that the fund is being managed
by the Foundation,” Mac concludes. ◆
Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island
Includes: Norman A. DesLauriers
Memorial Fund (1993) and Home
and Hospice Care of Rhode Island
Honey Buzz Fund (2013)
Ann Hood Fund for Creative Writing (2006)
Edith R. Hood Fund (1968)
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“It would be nice to do
something that would really
help. It makes me feel good
to give, and it makes me
happy to help people.”
Susan and Jim Garlington Fund
A sense of giving back often is passed from
one generation to the next. Such is the case
for Susan (Horvitz) Garlington. “My parents
were very giving and active volunteers in
the community,” Susan explains.
Raised in Pawtucket and a graduate of
Pawtucket West (now Shea high School),
Susan went on to earn a degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island and
later returned to school to learn about the
travel industry.
Her training prepared her for a job in the
travel department at GTECH, a position
she held for nine years before moving into
her current job as marketing coordinator for
the Providence-based international lottery
and gaming company. “I make arrangements
for visiting customers, many from out of the
country, who visit our headquarters,” Susan
says of her role.
Susan also devotes her time and energy
to animal rescue organizations, and has
rescued three dogs from shelters around
the country. “You wouldn’t believe the
horrible conditions animals live in, especially in the south. They don’t spay and neuter,
and many animals are euthanized,” she says.
As a volunteer for various rescue organizations, Susan has assisted with several local
adoption events and has done home visits
before the dogs are placed. She also is involved with a sponsorship program with
a rescue located in Louisiana.
Susan learned about the Foundation
through her lawyer and plans to continue
her commitment to animal rescue through
this fund, with other interests including
homelessness and veterans. “It would be
nice to do something that would really help.
It makes me feel good to give, and it makes
me happy to help people,” she shares. ◆
Outside the office, Susan enjoys spending
time with her husband of seven years, Jim,
who grew up in New Bedford, attended
Bryant University, and now is a regional
sales manager for RFIDeas, an Illinois–
based high tech company.
Hope Alzheimer’s Center
Herbert E. Hopkins Fund (1980) (2)
Hopkinton Land Trust Conservation
Stewardship Endowment (2008)
Albert E. Horton Fund (1968)
Hough Family Fund (2007)
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Florrimon Howe Trusts (1992)
Anne King Howe Fund (1963)
Cornelia Howell Fund in Memory of Helen
Howell & Fred A. Otis (1989) (2)
Alice M. Howland Fund (1944) (2)
Allen H. Howland Fund (1978)
Allen and Katharine Howland-Gammell
Family Fund (2003)
“By challenging us,
the donor and fellow
member stimulated
us to grow and to
plan for the future.”
Hamilton House Endowment Fund
The class list reads like a college catalog –
Spanish, painting, computer, literature –
but rather than a college or university
campus, these classes are offered at Hamilton House, an “adult learning exchange”
on Providence’s East Side. Complementing
the more academic offerings are topics as
diverse as yoga, bridge, and film courses.
“The program is what Hamilton House is
all about, the program and friendships,” says
Executive Director Jessica Haley, who continues, “We see new friendships, then we see
those friendships grow, and the next thing
you know members are going to the theater
or out to lunch together.”
Built in 1896, the French chateau style
Hamilton House was the private home
of Florence Champlin Hamilton and her
husband, Ralph, a wedding gift to the
couple from Florence’s father, George
Champlin. Upon Mrs. Hamilton’s death,
the House was left to the adjacent Central
Congregational Church, which continues to
own it today. The elegant House has been
operating as an independent, nonprofit
learning center for older adults since 1972
and currently has about 300 members.
Janet Howland and Jay Gorud Family Fund
(2003)
“The program is open and approachable to
all; we are just lucky what we offer happens
in this wonderful space,” Jessica points out,
adding, “The exchange of learning, especially between our members, some devoting
a lifetime of study to a particular subject,
others with a skilled trade, and all who
share life experiences coupled with the
many young people who teach here, is so
beautiful. It’s all about the synergy and
welcoming shared environment.”
This endowment is the brainchild of an
anonymous donor who is passionate about
Hamilton House and who offered to put
up half the funds if Hamilton House would
contribute the other half. A fellow member
then further challenged the organization
to raise the funds rather than withdrawing
them from the bank. “By challenging us, the
donor and fellow member stimulated us to
grow and to plan for the future. The donor’s
intent was for the funds to be invested
through the Rhode Island Foundation.
The donor loves the Foundation and felt
we would get the best return on our investment,” Jessica explains. ◆
Buell W. Hudson Memorial Fund (1979)
Hudson Family Fund (2001)
John and Carol Howland Family Fund
(2003)
Paul W. Hunger Memorial Fund (2000)
Peter Howland Family Fund (2003)
Dorothy H.W. Hunt Fund (1971)
Howland Swan Fund (2006)
Dorothy H.W. Hunt-Clarence H.
Philbrick Fund (1971)
Katharine F. Hubbard and Josephine H.
Williams Fund (1959)
Harrison Barrows Huntoon Fund (1991)
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Phyllis Huston Fund (2005)
Emanuel Iacoletti and Harriet K. Iacoletti
Fund (2003)
Mikko Luke, Gerald Matthew, and Delight
Lewis Immonen Fund (2014)
Imperial 718 Fund (2013)
Fanny T. Ingalls Fund (1973)
George A. & Evelyn M. Ingleby Fund (1995)
Jasper Fund for the Care and Rescue
of Animals (2000)
Ellen M. Jecoy Memorial Fund (2002)
Mary M. Jennings Fund (1996)
Anna E. Johnson Fund (1978)
◆ Kathryn
Johnson Fund (2014)
◆ Kathryn
Johnson Jazz Scholarship Fund
(2014)
Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence Fund
(2008)
Elizabeth Arnold Johnson Historic Trust Fund
(2001)
Interfaith Health Care Ministries/The
Reverend Dr. Duane F. Parker
Elizabeth J. Johnson Pawtucket History
Research Center Fund (2013)
International House of Rhode Island Rooke Fund (2008)
Joyce Ioanes Mental Health Memorial Fund
(2007)
David C. Isenberg Family Fund (2007)
Island Free Library Endowment Fund (2003)
Israel-Frumson Family Fund (2005)
Harry Itchkawich Memorial Scholarship
Fund (1998)
Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fund
(2003)
Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson
Fellowship Fund (2003)
Victoria Johnson Scholarship Fund (2011)
Johnston Lions Armand Muto Scholarship
Fund (1985)
Dr. J. Paul Jones, Carolyn M. Jones and
Virginia L. Jones Fund (2013)
Jonnycake Center Fund (2005)
Barbara P. Jackson Fund (1980)
Elsie I. Jordan Fund (2006)
Benjamin M. Jackson Fund (1945)
Michael and Jane Joukowsky Fund (2001)
S. Lee Jackson and Dorothy M. Jackson
Fund (1976)
Herbert E. Kaplan Fund for the Association
of Fundraising Professionals, RI Chapter
(1996)
Madeleine C. Jackson Fund (1979)
Jalbert Family Fund for Basic Human Needs
(2012)
Jalbert Family Fund for Education (2012)
Jamestown Community Fund (2001)
Jamestown Fund for the Performing
Arts (1983)
Jamestown Historical Society
Includes: Jamestown Historical
Society Windmill Endowment Fund
(2006); Jamestown Historical Society
Endowment Fund (2007); and
Jamestown Historical Society Mary
R. Miner Archives Fund (2007)
Jamestown Philomenian Library
Includes: Jamestown Philomenian Library
Endowment Fund (1996) and Jamestown
Philomenian Library Capital Expenditure
Fund (2004)
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Varoujan and V. Rose Karentz Scholarship
Fund (2013)
Karibian Family Fund (2000)
Richard Katzoff Fund (1990)
Stephen M. Kaufman Memorial Fund (1999)
John H. and Alberta C. Kazanjian Fund
(2003)
Lester B. and Linda D. Keats Fund (1991)
Peter M. Keefe Junior Golf Memorial Fund
(2002)
Margaret H. C. Keiler Memorial Fund in
Memory of Edmund H. Keiler (1992)
Edward D. Keith Fund (1949)
Amelia M. and Minnie E. Kelley Fund (1983)
Ellen Williams Kenerson Memorial Fund
(1968)
“Education was huge to
her. That was her mantra:
education is everything. She
always said that all of her
kids were going to college.”
Alice M. Harkin Nursing Scholarship Fund
The late Alice Harkin graduated near the
top of her class (Class of 1936) at B.M.C.
Durfee High School in her native Fall River.
“She was very smart and was determined
to continue her education,” shares her
daughter Kathy MacLean.
But Alice’s family could not afford to pay
for her education, so Alice went to work
after high school to save money to pay for
her schooling. She later enrolled at the
Union Hospital School of Nursing (the
nursing school closed many years ago;
the hospital now is Charlton Memorial),
although her family believes that because
of her interest in science, Alice’s dream
was to go to college, major in chemistry,
and ultimately become a doctor.
After graduating in 1940, Alice worked for
many years as a registered nurse in Union
Hospital’s “accident room” (now called the
emergency room). Kathy shares that her
brother, who worked as an orderly in the
accident room, told her that doctors often
would request that Alice assist them and
that she was highly regarded by her hospital
colleagues.
Alice later worked for 26 years as a
public health nurse in the Fall River
School Department, retiring in 1994 at
age 76. “The only reason she retired was
because she had to have knee replacement
surgery. She didn’t want to have to take
sick time, so she retired,” Kathy explains,
continuing, “I think she missed nursing after
she retired, but then she got involved in
volunteering by reading to kindergarteners,
at Hospice, at the Rose Lathrop Cancer
Home, and at the Shepherd’s Center in
Fall River.”
Alice also was active in the Union Hospital Nurses Alumni Association, serving for
many years as the group’s treasurer.
“Education was huge to her. That was
her mantra: education is everything. She
always said that all of her kids were going
to college,” Kathy recalls.
Kathy and her husband, Brian, established
this nursing scholarship fund, at the Foundation, designated for Bristol Community
College, to “do something meaningful” to
honor her mother who died in 2014 at
age 95. A fitting tribute for a woman who
believed, “Education is everything.” ◆
Sylvia & Frederick Kenner Fund (1996)
Daniel A. and Jennifer R. King Fund (2008)
Kiernan-Fallon Fund (1993)
Judith Alperin King and Timothy King Fund
(2000)
Jennie M. Kiernan Fund (1984)
Mari Killilea Memorial Scholarship Fund
(1988)
John B. & Ruth L. Kilton Fund (1997)
Horace A. and S. Ella Kimball Fund (1944)
Martin Luther King Scholarship Endowment
Fund (2001)
King Solomon #11 Fund (2013)
King’s Daughters and Sons Scholarship Fund
(1978)
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“I was so excited. I couldn’t
wait to find the funds that
would allow us to be part of
the Rhode Island Foundation.”
Holocaust Education & Resource Center of
Rhode Island H. Alan and Ellie Frank Fund
Staff and volunteers for the Holocaust
Education & Resource Center of Rhode
Island work to educate the public, especially
school children, about the Holocaust. But
their message extends beyond the Holocaust to encourage others to support their
efforts “to reduce prejudice and the injustice of bigotry against all minorities.”
“A lot of the students we see are first generation Americans. Many of their parents
came here from dangerous places,” notes
May-Ronny Zeidman, executive director of
the Center, in explaining how the message
resonates with young audiences.
May-Ronny explains the Center’s three
primary activities, beginning with education. Center staff and volunteers educate
both teachers on how best to teach about
the Holocaust and Rhode Island students
on the facts of the Holocaust. Student
programs feature Holocaust survivors or
their children telling personal stories.
The second activity, the Holocaust through
the Arts Program, educates students and
educators through movies, plays, dance,
theatre, and art exhibits, while the third
activity, an annual Art and Writing Contest, provides a creative outlet for middle
Kingston Hill Gardeners Fayerweather
Grounds Endowment Fund (2009)
and high school students to express their
thoughts and feelings about what they
learned about the Holocaust. It culminates
in an awards ceremony/ice cream party.
The Center began as a committee of the
Jewish Community Center. Holocaust
survivors and other interested persons later
decided there should be an independent
organization to preserve their stories, and
the forerunner to the Center, the Rhode
Island Holocaust Museum, opened its
doors in 1988.
“Ellie (Frank) served on the committee of
the Jewish Community Center…and she
just never left. She and Selma (Stanzler)
became the dynamic duo behind the
Center,” May-Ronny explains. Ellie and
her husband, Bud, provided the Center
with the funds to establish this endowment.
May-Ronny shares that, after hearing a
presentation on organization endowment at
the Foundation, “I was so excited. I couldn’t
wait to find the funds that would allow us
to be part of the Rhode Island Foundation.
I want to leave the Center better than I
found it, and I think one of my best options
for doing that is through the Rhode Island
Foundation.” ◆
Paul and Nancy Klotz Fund (1979)
Joseph J. and Lillian A. Kirby Fund (1998)
Susie Brown Kochhan Memorial Music Fund
(1999)
Susan Kizlinski Family Fund (2013)
Korean War Memorial Fund (2004)
NC Klein Jazz Scholarship Fund (2012)
Alfred and Mary Kosowski Fund (2013)
Paul and Nancy Klotz Community Fund
(2004)
Krause Family Fund (1994)
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Katherine Bryer Krueger Fund (1991)
“She was always
captivated by what she
didn’t know. She was
truly a lifelong learner.”
Kathryn Johnson Fund and
Kathryn Johnson Jazz Scholarship Fund
The late Kathryn Johnson, an independent
artist, knew from a very early age what
she wanted to do in life. Her niece, Marion
Leonard, shares that on an application for
an exhibition of her works, Kathryn had
written, “When I was six years old, I said
without hesitation, I wanted to go to Rhode
Island School of Design.”
“She was always very clear about what
she wanted to do,” Marion says of her aunt
who graduated from Rhode Island School
of Design (RISD) in 1941. “She was very
exacting, very precise, and was very
definite in her views. She also was very
thoughtful, considerate, generous, and
loyal to her friends,” Marion recalls.
Born in East Providence, Kathryn was
the youngest of five children of Armenian
immigrants from Turkey. After graduating
from RISD, she took continuing education
and foreign language classes at Brown
University, as well as art classes at Newport
Art Museum, Providence East Side Art
Center, Art Students League in New York
City, and Summer School of Painting in
Provincetown, MA.
Hans L. Kuster Fund (2012)
Ladies Auxiliary of the Bristol Volunteer Fire
Department Fund (1982)
Kathryn worked in many mediums and
forms throughout her nearly 73 years as
an abstract expressionist: stained glass, oils,
printmaking, collages, chalks and oil-based
crayons, papermaking, textile and wallpaper
design, and silk screens.
“She was always captivated by what she
didn’t know. She was truly a lifelong
learner,” Marion shares.
Kathryn created two funds at the
Foundation through her estate plan. The
Kathryn Johnson Fund will provide travel
and study opportunities, with an emphasis
on residential retreats, for visual artists.
“Early on in her career, Kathryn didn’t have
uninterrupted time to pursue her art. She
couldn’t travel as much as she would have
liked,” Marion says, noting that Kathryn
became her mother’s caregiver.
The second fund, the Kathryn Johnson
Jazz Scholarship Fund, is designated for
the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
and Music School for scholarships for the
instrumental study of jazz. “Kathryn always
liked jazz and classical music and had a
friend who was a jazz musician. With
Kathryn’s love of learning, scholarships
were a natural for her,” Marion states. ◆
Marie J. Langlois and John F. Loerke Fund
(2011)
Harold A. Lanphear Fund (1977)
A. Lloyd Lagerquist Fund (2003)
Ella M. Lapham Fund (1933)
Bruce Lang Good Government Fund of RI
(2006)
Alice W. Larchar Fund (1981)
Langevin Family Trust (1990)
Laurans Fund (1979)
Isabelle Lawrence Fund (1992)
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Mary B. Lawrence Fund (2010)
Lawrence, Allen, Singleteary Scholarship
Fund (2008)
Charles P. Lee Memorial Fund (2012)
Helen L. LeGendre Scholarship Fund (2009)
Alvina Legere Fund (2004)
Robert H. Lenth Scholarship Fund (1998)
Barbara M. Leonard Fund (1986)
Louis Leone Fund (1998)
Dominick J. Lepore Memorial Fund I (2009)
Letcher Family Fund (2008)
Irving M. and Pauline L. Leven Fund (2001)
Irving H. Levin Fund (2007)
Frederick N. and Carol J. Levinger Fund
(2003)
◆ Dan
Levinson RI Fund (2014)
Sarah and Harold Libby Scholarship Fund
of the Chopin Club (2011)
Judith M. & Henry M. Litchman Fund
(2014)
Little Compton Playground Fund (1988)
Little Compton United Congregational
Church Fund (1981)
Church Fund (2007)
Church Fund (2012)
Royal Little Memorial Fund (1994)
Stanley & Martha Livingston Fund (1997)
Annie Mary Livsey Fund (1987)
Edith S. S. Loebs Fund (1982)
R. M. Logan Hospice Fund (2005)
James J. Longolucco Scholarship Fund
(1995)
Looking Upwards Endowment Fund (2010)
George W. Lothrop Fund (1970)
Lovett Fund (1979)
Mario M. Libutti Memorial Fund (2008)
Michael F. Lovett Scholarship Fund (1994)
LIFEcycle Endowment Fund (2012)
Edgar J. Lownes Memorial Fund (1958)
Lifelong Learning Collaborative Fund (2013)
Raymond J. Loynds Memorial Fund (2002)
Alice Gertrude Lothrop Lincoln Fund (1959)
Fordyce Remsen Lozier & Mary Williams
Horr Lozier Fund (1993)
Lincoln School Education Fund (2011)
Includes: Lincoln School Faculty
Fund (2011); Lincoln School Lincoln
Scholar Fund (2011); Lincoln School
Operations/Unrestricted Fund (2011); and
Lincoln School Scholarship Fund (2011)
Marjorie H. and Clinton J. Lind
Linden Place Endowment Fund (2003)
Edna P. Lumb Fund (1967)
Edward G. Lund Fund (1993)
Paul D. Lynch Scholarship Fund (2013)
Maria Lyssikatos Scholarship Fund (2007)
Cynthia M. Macarchuk Donor Advised Fund
(2008)
Frederick Lippitt Memorial Fund (2006)
Mary K. and Norman A. MacColl Fund
(1967)
Frederick Lippitt Endowment for the
Woonasquatucket River Watershed (2005)
MacColl Benevolent Fund (1973)
Lippitt Hill Tutorial Founders Fund (1988)
Commander Michael MacDonald Fund
(1982)
Lucy Lippitt Fund (1961)
Mary Ann Lippitt Memorial Fund (2007)
Lewis P. and Edna D. Lipsitt Fund (2013)
Arthur B. and Martha B. Lisle Fund (1968)
Judith M. & Henry M. Litchman Fund
(2012)
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Ronald K. and Kati C. Machtley Fund (2007)
MacKeen Family Fund (2014)
William M. and Louise Barr Mackenzie Fund
(1975)
◆ Kathy
and Brian MacLean Fund (2014)
N. Douglas MacLeod Fund (2009)
“I believe it will only
be through enlightening
our economic system
that we will address our
core social, economic, and
environmental challenges.”
Dan Levinson RI Fund
“This is a real place with real people. You
have to go somewhere else to see all that
Providence has to offer. I especially like
the entrepreneurial air here,” says Dan
Levinson.
Born and raised in New York City, Dan
is a graduate of Brown University and
the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
He has been in the private equity business
since 1998 when he founded Westport,
CT-based Main Street Resources. Initially,
the company focused on growing smaller
New England companies. In the past five
years, it has “morphed” into nonprofit work.
“If you’re good and trying to do good, we
might be a good fit. It’s all about personal
fit, style, and the ability for us to quickly
become a game changer. I like to be the
funder who really empowers an organization,” Dan explains.
Dan’s nonprofit work includes co-founding
and chairing the Green Village Initiative,
a Fairfield County (CT) organization that,
through its urban farm, school gardens, and
internship program, “creates social, economic, and environmental change through local
action”; chairing the Schumacher Center
for a New Economics in Great Barrington,
MA; and serving as a venture partner for the
James and Jean Schofield Madden Family
Fund (2000)
Sally Wing Madeira Memorial Fund (1988)
Virginia T. Madeira Fund (1982)
Elizabeth Ann Magee Memorial Fund (1964)
MaGown-Roberts Endowment Fund (1999)
Mark P. Malkovich III Memorial Fund (2010)
Fairfield County Community Foundation’s
Center for Nonprofit Excellence. In Rhode
Island, he is on the board of the Social
Enterprise Greenhouse.
He soon will launch Rhode Island Impact
Capital, investing in companies striving
both to create financial success and address a social need. “This is fertile ground
and there’s consensus here that it’s about
economics. Through this local impact
fund, we’ll partner with businesses driving
innovation,” Dan states, noting that his areas
of investment interest include sustainable
food and energy, environmentally friendly
products and services, health and wellness,
and education.
He became familiar with the Foundation
through our Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence, and tries to link programs and
experimentation between it and the Center
for Nonprofit Excellence at Fairfield County
Community Foundation.
“I believe it will only be through enlightening our economic system that we will
address our core social, economic, and
environmental challenges. The best way to
achieve this is through experimenting and
modeling nonprofit and socially responsible
business projects,” Dan concludes. ◆
Gustaf T. Malmstead Fund (1996)
Bhikhaji Maneckji Fund (2013)
Michael Marcogliese Scholarship Fund
(1989)
Ron Margolin and W. Lynn McKinney
Scholarship Fund for GLTQ Youth (2011)
Ruth and Samuel Markoff Fund (2013)
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Photo: Stacey Coleman
“We’re blessed to be living
where we do in Bristol, but
Rhode Island has a lot of
economic need.”
Kathy and Brian MacLean Fund
For more than 30 years, Brian and Kathy
MacLean have immersed themselves in
their local, central Connecticut community.
After visiting Rhode Island for many years
where they have a second home, The
MacLeans want to focus more of their
philanthropy toward Rhode Island.
married soon after graduation. They recall
their early years together, with Brian saying,
“For a good dozen years after we graduated
from college, we had no extra money. Kids
today can’t believe you’re where you are,
based on where you came from, but it’s a
long arc of a career.”
“We want to become more involved here,”
Kathy says, with Brian adding, “We’re blessed to be living where we do in Bristol, but
Rhode Island has a lot of economic need.”
Giving back to the community is important
to the MacLeans. Brian has been involved
in youth sports, coaching their six children’s
various teams, has served on the board
and currently is chairman of the board of
Hartford HealthCare, and is a member of
the board of trustees at Fordham University.
Brian and Kathy have been active for more
than 20 years with the Hockanum Valley
Community Council, their local social
service agency, and Kathy volunteered for
many years with Girl Scouts and in their
children’s public schools.
Born and raised in greater New York City,
Brian attended Fordham University, graduating in 1975 and joining an older brother in the prosecuting attorney’s office in
Columbia, SC. In 1982, he earned a master’s degree in accounting at the University
of South Carolina which led to a position
with Peat Marwick (now KPMG LLP) in
Hartford. Brian joined Travelers in 1988,
has held various senior positions with the
leading insurance company and, since 2005,
has served as president and chief operating
officer.
A native of Fall River, Kathy met Brian at
Fordham where she majored in communications and American studies. The couple
Alita C. Marks Endowment Fund (2005)
Martland Selby Bell Choir Fund (2002)
Mary A. Mason Fund (1971)
Stanley H. Mason Fund (1979)
Master Gardener Foundation of Rhode
Island Endowment Fund (2012)
Matouk Family Fund (2013)
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As they expand their community involvement and support to Rhode Island, they
share, “We want the Foundation to help
identify and screen organizations for us
as we don’t yet know the community.”
The MacLeans are especially interested
in nonprofit governance and in parenting/
mentoring programs for young fathers. ◆
Rose Grinnell Matteson Audubon
Society of RI Fund (2008)
Rose Grinnell Matteson Fund (1966)
Rose Grinnell Matteson/Exeter Fund (1990)
Duncan H. and Louise Safe Mauran Fund
(1986)
Maurania/Rainbow Fund (2013)
“You [the Foundation]
have such an overarching
reputation, and you really
know what’s going on.
You take the mystery out
of philanthropy.”
Terry A. Meyer Fund
A former ski instructor, decent kayaker,
and master gardener, Terry Meyer wants
to spend her days outside not only for
recreation, but also to provide a hands-on
approach to her philanthropy.
in cartography at UMass Boston. Her
studies led her to a GIS (geographic information systems) position with the Town
of Brookline, MA, and the Massachusetts
chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
“Working with Jenny (Pereira, grant
programs officer for the environment),
I’m looking for projects to fund and to
be involved with,” Terry explains.
“I was looking for a place to grow old. I did
a grid, a sort of mapmaking thing for where
I wanted to live, and Providence was a 10
on all scores,” she exclaims of her move to
Rhode Island in 2005.
Raised in Mamaroneck, NY, Terry earned
her undergraduate degree at the University of Denver, majoring in geography. She
joined a mining company as a draftsman.
“At the time, it was pen and ink. I made
their maps and learned about water wars
(competing interests for the finite, and
often insufficient, water supply) and land
holdings,” she says.
She returned to New York, took film classes
at New York University, and “got some really cool jobs” creating animated openings for
sports stories and being an Associated Press
photo editor.
“But, I knew I wanted to be involved in
environmental stuff,” Terry continues.
She enrolled in the graduate urban and
environmental policy program at Tufts
University, while also earning a certificate
Work with the Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management followed,
during which Terry helped compile a GIS
open space data layer to show the boundaries of conserved land in the state.
She has done volunteer work for The Rhode
Island Blueways Alliance, Audubon Society,
and the URI Master Gardener Program.
Terry started the “Garden Time” program
at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional
Institute where volunteers help inmates
design, plant, and harvest their gardens.
Terry is excited to be doing her hands-on
philanthropy with the Foundation. “You
have such an overarching reputation, and
you really know what’s going on. You take
the mystery out of philanthropy.” ◆
Edmund and Janet Mauro Button Hole
Marian S. McAuslan & Frederic T. McAuslan
John and Elaine Mayer Fund for the Rhode
Island Zoological Society (2009)
Charles E. and Agnes J. McCarthy
Memorial Scholarship Fund (2008)
Cheryl Smith Mayhew Westerly High School
Athletic Scholarship (2005)
Arthur McCartney Fund (1965)
Maxwell Mays Audubon Society Fund
(2010)
McConnell Family Fund (2010)
Ted McConnon Scholarship Fund (1999)
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Norman E. and Dorothy R. McCulloch Fund
(1994)
Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. and Dorothy
Rooke McCulloch Fund for St. John’s
Church (2008)
Mary E. McCulloch Fund (1989)
Gloria McDonald Fund (1996)
Gloria McDonald Fund for St. Mary’s
Church (2003)
Liz and Jack McDonald Fund (2010)
J. Irving McDowell Fund (1995)
Joseph T. and Rose P. McHale Fund (1988)
Thomas P. and Katherine A. McHale Fund
(1990)
Anna Louise McInerney Fund (1982)
Reverend Harry W. McIntire/
Washington Oaks Youth Fund (2004)
H. Stanford McLeod Fund (1993)
McQue Fund (2005)
Bishop Russell J. McVinney Fund for
the Poor (1988)
◆ Larry
Mills Scholarship Fund (2014)
Jean Smith Mills Memorial Fund (2006)
Arthur and Martha Milot Fund (1990)
Mitchell Family Fund (1985)
◆ Dorothy
Carol Mitchell Charitable Fund
(2014)
Robert D. and Mary G. Mitchell Fund (2009)
MJSA Education Foundation Scholarship
Fund (1989)
Nasra and Abdullah Mogayzel and Sons
Fund (2007)
J. Harold Monroe, Jr. Scholarship Fund
(1993)
Heidi Keller Moon Fund (2001)
Moore Fund (1998) (2)
Nora Wood Moore Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2004)
Alice L. Moran Fund (1956)
Mary Morello Fund (2006)
◆ Brian
Moretti Scholarship Fund (2014)
Jeanne Marie Mehmed Fund (2013)
Russell Morin Fine Catering Fund (2012)
Gladys and Raymond W. Mellor Fund
(1983)
Al Morro Classical Varsity Club Scholarship
Fund (1965)
Gladys W. and Raymond W. Mellor Fund
(1987)
Al Morro Fund for Academic and Athletic
Excellence (1986)
Joseph B. Merrick Fund (1987)
Al Morro Awards Fund (1997)
Della Fusco Merrill Memorial Fund (2013)
Judy Morse Scholarship Fund (1990)
Merrylegs Fund (1988)
Lestor F. Morse and Beatrice R. Morse
Alice Butts Metcalf Fund (1945)
Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Fund (1959)
Rev. Phyllis Morse Memorial Fund (1992)
Jesse H. Metcalf Fund (1916)
Stanley T. and Grace W. Moskwa Fund
(1999)
Michael P. Metcalf Memorial Fund (1989)
Mount Hope Farm Endowment Fund (2007)
Jeremy David Metnick Fund (1998)
Mullaney Fund (1997)
Gary Metz Fellowship for Photography
Fund (2014)
Mullen Family Fund (2001)
◆ Terry
A. Meyer Fund (2014)
Friends of the Middletown Public Library
Dr. Eric Bradley Miller Fund (2009)
John Manchester Miller Fund (1998)
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◆ Murphy
Family Fund (2014)
John and Grace Murphy Fund for Youth
(2009)
Major Jeremiah P. Murphy Scholarship Fund
(2006)
Catherine T. Murray Scholarship Fund
(1994)
“Scouting was his love
and his passion. He
promoted Scouts and
the value of Scouts.”
Larry Mills Scholarship Fund
“Larry used to say, ‘What kind of legacy am
I going to leave? If I had all the money in
the world, I’d be a philanthropist,’” recalls
Sue Mills of her late husband.
“He left a tremendous legacy – the friendships and the work ethic,” Sue continues,
and now, Larry’s name will forever be
connected to philanthropy. The Larry
Mills Scholarship Fund will award annual scholarships to members of Boy Scout
Troop 1 Arnold Mills in Cumberland.
“Larry was in Scouts forever and was
in the same troop that we’re doing the
scholarships for,” Sue says of her husband
of 30 years.
Born in El Paso, TX, Larry lived most of his
life in Cumberland, where he attended middle school and graduated from Cumberland
High School in 1974. He continued his education at the University of New Hampshire,
earning a degree in business administration.
20 years, he was a member of the Construction Specifications Institute and served for
two years as the Rhode Island president.
Throughout his career, he remained active
in Boy Scouts. An Eagle Scout himself, Larry
was an assistant scoutmaster when his son,
Matthew, was a member of Troop 1 Arnold
Mills, then stayed on after Matthew became
an Eagle Scout. “Scouting was his love and
his passion. He promoted Scouts and the
value of Scouts,” Sue shares, noting, “He
was known for his cooking, and he looked
forward to going to Camp Yawgoog every
summer.”
Camping also was a family activity for
Larry, Sue, and their three children, Chelsey,
Matthew, and Angelia, as were skiing and
boating.
His career began at Westinghouse, continued at Synergy Methods, and culminated at
Beacon Sales where he was an architectural
product technical manager. For more than
“The relationships Larry built over the years
were amazing. So many people wanted to
do something to pay tribute to Larry,” Sue
marvels, noting the roles Al Freedman, a
CPA who was Larry’s best man, and Bill
Smith, scoutmaster of Troop 1 Arnold Mills,
played in getting this fund established at the
Foundation. ◆
J. Terrence Murray Fund (2006)
Colin Myers Memorial Fund (2004)
Museum of Primitive Art and Culture
Includes: Museum of Primitive Art
and Culture Fund (1998); Museum
of Primitive Art and Culture/Wallace
Campbell III Endowment Fund (2005);
and Museum of Primitive Art and
Culture Education Fund (2011)
Emma L. Myrick Memorial Fund (1938)
John C. Myrick Fund (1997)
Nadler Family Fund (2013)
Narragansett Public Library Endowment
Fund (1996)
Musica Dolce Endowment Fund (2006)
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“I feel blessed to be
financially able to help
others. It’s my desire to
pay it forward that brought
me to the Foundation.”
Dorothy Carol Mitchell Charitable Fund
Dorothy Mitchell remembers her father as
a brilliant man, a gifted music composer
who played many instruments, an animal
lover, and an experienced sailor, but it was
his charitable nature that stands out most
in her mind.
rooms of both Rhode Island Hospital and
Miriam Hospital, for Al-Anon in Barrington,
and at a Bristol soup kitchen during the
Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons. “I’ve always wanted to help people,”
Dorothy explains.
“He was a philanthropist and gave to many
charities. I admired that about him very
much,” Dorothy says of her father, Leeds
Mitchell, Jr., who died in 1998.
“I’m a lot like my dad. He used to call
us ‘two peas in a pod’. I inherited his love
of music and his musical abilities,” she continues. Dorothy earned a degree in music
from the Hartt School of the University of
Hartford, with a major in piano and a minor
in pipe organ. She teaches private piano
lessons and has been a church organist
for 42 years, currently at Calvary Baptist
Church in Provience.
Through this fund, Dorothy intends to honor her father’s memory and to support local
organizations that are important to them.
“I grew up with the concept of charity. My
mom and dad used to compose musical
shows for a group called Off the Ground,
and the money would be donated to charity,” Dorothy shares, noting that her mother
was “a very beautiful and kind-hearted
woman and very intelligent.”
From her mother, Dorothy got her commitment to volunteerism. She volunteered
for 10 years with Home & Hospice Care
of Rhode Island, as well as in the recovery
Narrow River Preservation Association
Includes: Narrow River Preservation
Association/John Elder Dick Endowment
Fund (2004); Narrow River Preservation
Association/Carl W. Otto Endowment
Fund (2007); and Narrow River
Preservation Association/Robert
Leeson, Jr. Endowment Fund (2009)
National Society of the Colonial Dames of
America of Rhode Island (NSCDARI)
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“My father left a legacy and I, in turn, want
to do the same. My father will forever live
in our hearts and we will always admire
him. For the three of us (Dorothy and her
two siblings), he is someone we will always
try to emulate. I feel blessed to be financially able to help others. It’s my desire to
pay it forward that brought me to the
Foundation,” Dorothy concludes. ◆
Includes: Governor Stephen Hopkins
House Capital Expenditure Fund (2000);
Governor Stephen Hopkins House Endowment Fund (2000); NSCDARI Endowment
Fund (2000); NSCDARI Reinvestment
Fund (2000); Whitehall Museum House
Capital Expenditure Fund (2000); and
Whitehall Museum House Endowment
Fund (2000)
Dorothy D. Nelle Fund (1994)
“To establish a fund, at the
Foundation, where annually
we can pay tribute to Brian’s
legacy and also pay it forward
to a student like him is great.”
Brian Moretti Scholarship Fund
“Brian had hundreds of friends, really close
friends. In a professional way, he got people
on his team and, in a personal way, he was
everyone’s best friend,” Michael Moretti
says of his late brother, a 2005 graduate and
hockey standout at Cranston High School
West who died in March 2014 from a
cardiomyopathy at age 26.
Brian earned his undergraduate degree in
sports entertainment/event management
from Johnson & Wales University, where
he played varsity hockey and worked in
the athletics department. He later earned
a master’s degree in sports administration
at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY. There, he
was a member of the external affairs staff
in athletics.
“He had a passion for college athletics
and a drive to make things happen. His
professional path was closely linked to his
personal passions,” Michael shares, noting
that his brother mentored and coached in
youth camps and programs.
In the fall of 2013, Brian joined St.
Bonaventure (NY) University as assistant
sports information director, and he had
recently been promoted to marketing
director of athletics.
Jane S. Nelson Fund (1994)
“Almost immediately (after Brian’s death)
people were talking about having a hockey
tournament and starting a scholarship fund.
There were a lot of people who wanted to
memorialize him and pay tribute to his life,”
Michael relates. The result was not only the
Brian Moretti Hockey Classic in Cranston,
but fundraisers at Canisius and St. Bonaventure, as well as a local golf tournament.
“To establish a fund, at the Foundation,
where annually we can pay tribute to
Brian’s legacy and also pay it forward to a
student like him is great,” Michael states.
The Brian Moretti Scholarship will be
awarded to graduating seniors at Cranston
High School West who are in good academic standing, demonstrate consistent involvement in sports, perform community service,
and are upstanding citizens and role models
in the school
community.
In the program for the Hockey Classic,
Michael wrote in part, “We play for Brian
to thank him for this gift (of inspiring
others), to celebrate his life and honor his
legacy. We play for Brian, because Brian
would be the first to play for us.” ◆
Bernard and Doris Nemtzow Fund (2007)
Newman Congregational Church
John F. and Dorothy H. Conley Family
Bernard and Doris Nemtzow Fund (2013)
Frederick J. & Ruth P. Newman Fund (2005)
Jeraline N. Nerney Fund (2001)
Selma and Arthur Newman Fund (2000)
New England Wireless and Steam
Museum Fund (2000)
Newport County Fund (2002)
Includes: Anonymous Fund; Anne and
Peter Damon Fund for Newport County
(2005); John and Holly Collins Fund for
Newport County (2008);
TGHS ’82 Renee Tetreault Newell 9/11
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Ellen S. Murphy Memorial Fund (2008);
NSG Education Fund in Memory of Ellen
S. Murphy (2008); and Dominick J. Lepore
Memorial Fund II (2009)
Newport Harbor Corporation Fund (1983)
Newport Public Library Endowment Fund
(2004)
Albert E. and Florence W. Newton Fund
(1973)
Alice Newton Fund (1984)
Irene Nicholas Fund (2007)
William Nicholas Scholarship Fund (1999)
Emily Nicholson Fund (1997)
◆ Emily
Nicholson Designated Fund (2014)
Gordon D. Noonan Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2014)
Norman Bird Sanctuary Support Fund (2010)
North Kingstown Free Library
Includes: North Kingstown Free
Library Corporation Fund (1996) and
North Kingstown Free Library Corporation
Second Century Fund (2008)
North Providence High School
North Providence High School
Scholarship for Special Opportunity
(2006)
North Smithfield Ambulance and Rescue
Association Fund (2003)
North Smithfield – Class of 1971
Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004)
Christine A. Nowak Fund for the
Blackstone Valley Historical Society (2012)
Bob and Terry Nugent Family
Foundation (1992)
Robert C. Nyman Fund (1997)
Virginia W. Nyman Fund (2005)
Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church Living
Joan M. and John J. O’Connor Jr.
Fund (2013)
Marian G. O’Donnell Fund (1977)
Oliver Fund (2008)
Daniel Patrick O’Neil Memorial Fund (2007)
Nick O’Neill Scholarship Fund for All
Children’s Theater (2004)
Open Doors of Rhode Island, Inc.,
Ophelia Fund (2004)
Walter M. Oppenheim Fund (1998)
Emma and Ely Oppenheimer Fund (1997)
Mary and Pat O’Regan Fund (1992)
Charlotte Orlowski-Eicher Memorial Fund
(2005)
Bernard and Henrietta O’Rourke
Richard and Sandra Oster Charitable Fund
(2009)
Naomi and Viola Osterman Fund (1998)
Joseph O’Neill Ott Fund (1994)
Emily H. Paine Fund (1977)
◆ Jewel
R. Paley Fund (2014)
Julius and Jesse Richmond Palmer Fund
(1968)
Mary V. Palmer Memorial Fund (1970)
Nellie G. Parent Fund (1966)
John Raymond Parker, Jr. Memorial
Phebe Parker Fund (1959)
R. Elizabeth Parker Fund (2006)
Madeline V. Parks Fund (1961)
Parris Family Fund (2001)
Partnership Foundation Fund (2001)
Billy L. and June O. Patton Fund (1986)
Patton Family Fund (1983)
Bessie D. Paul Fund (1981)
Pawtucket East High School Class of ‘42
Pawtucket East High School Class of ‘48
Pawtucket Public Library
Includes: Friends of the Pawtucket Public
Library Endowment Fund (2011) and
Friends of the Pawtucket Public Library
Flexible Endowment Fund (2011)
Pawtucket Red Sox Charitable Fund (2014)
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“The Foundation provides a
very efficient way to handle
your philanthropic giving.”
Murphy Family Fund
“The Foundation provides a very efficient
way to handle your philanthropic giving,”
believes Raymond F. Murphy, Jr., CPA,
a principal with BlumShapiro, who established this donor advised fund. “It puts
everything in one place, so it is easy to
keep track of what you are doing. And, the
earnings of the fund grow free of taxation.
That is a huge benefit, as is the donation
of appreciated securities when a fund is
created.”
A CPA for more than 50 years, Ray was
born and raised in Woonsocket. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with
a degree in English. A stint in the Coast
Guard followed, after which he entered
Boston College Law School. When his
father became ill, Ray took over the family
accounting business, Murphy & Company.
“That became my career. It just happened,”
Ray explains.
He completed law school and took a course
in accounting at Boston College. “I really got
my education in law school. It shows you
how to discriminate, and the study of law
made me a much better accountant.”
2013, the firm merged with BlumShapiro,
the largest independent accounting firm in
New England.
Ray is active in the community, currently
serving as chair of the Board of Overseers
of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
and Music School. He was an overseer at
Boston College Law School, served as chair
of the Business Development Company of
Rhode Island for 20 years, and has served
on the Board of Directors of the Providence
Housing Authority, Providence Chamber
of Commerce, and Roger Williams Medical
Center.
His wife, Pamelee, has had a long career as a
lawyer in many areas of public interest law.
A graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa and
The Dickinson School of Law in Pennsylvania, Pamelee has been recognized as an
advocate for the arts.
Ray has four children and six grandchildren; Pamelee has two children. “The gifts
we make support institutions we both care
deeply about,” explains Pamelee. Their
broad interests will benefit the community
for years to come. ◆
Ray led Murphy & Company until 1991
when he joined Sullivan & Company. In
Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical
Society Fund (2010)
Carol Pellegrino Scholarship Fund (1999)
Annie T. Perrin Fund (1956)
Donald I. Perry Fund (1996)
Art Pelosi Fund (1993)
Thomas and Katherine B. Perry
Fund (2011)
Charlotte I. Penn Fund (1993)
Petroleum Trust Fund (1964)
◆ The
Esther S. Phillips Fund (1987)
Pennfield School Endowment Fund
(2014)
Rick Phipps Memorial Fund (2004)
George W. and Sarah L. Penny Fund (1978)
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This new fund will benefit the five Rhode Island
organizations she named: United Way of Southeastern
New England (now United Way of Rhode Island), Rhode
Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Providence Public Library,
Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, and Rhode Island
Community Food Bank Association.
Emily Nicholson Designated Fund
Well-known for her love of music and the
theatre, Emily Nicholson also exemplified
a true philanthropist. Six years before her
death, she established an unrestricted fund
at the Foundation and later made arrangements through her estate plan both to supplement the unrestricted fund and to create
a new fund at the Foundation.
Emily died in 2003, and her charitable plans
were realized through her trust at the end
of 2013. This new fund will benefit the
five Rhode Island organizations she named:
United Way of Southeastern New England
(now United Way of Rhode Island), Rhode
Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Providence
Public Library, Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, and Rhode Island Community Food
Bank Association.
Born and raised in Providence, Emily was a
graduate of Lincoln School and Smith College, the latter where she was a theatre arts
major. It was while she was at Smith that
she met her future husband, William Sayles
Nicholson. Also a Providence native, he was
an engineering student at Yale preparing to
enter the family business, Nicholson File.
William worked for Nicholson File for 10
years, leaving when manufacturing ceased
in the Providence plant. He spent the next
15 years partnering with a friend rebuilding
pipe organs in Portsmouth through the
Welte-Whelan Organ Company, then finished his career “building beautiful things,
mostly furniture and wood products,” Emily
told the Foundation in a 2000 interview.
William died in 1993.
Emily was on the faculty of Wheeler
School as a theater teacher for 17 years,
served on the boards of the Rhode Island
Philharmonic, Looking Glass Theatre, and
Ocean State Lyric Opera, and was a member of the music department and choir at
Central Congregational Church. The couple
also raised four children: William Sayles
(Nick) Jr., Julia (Jill), Peter, and Nathaniel
(Jake).
In the 2000 interview, Emily shared, “We’ve
always been from Providence, on both sides
of our family.” The Nicholsons maintained
the family’s roots until the mid 1970s when
they moved to Bristol, having previously
summered there as well as Bear Island,
Maine. ◆
Nicholas Everett & Ann O. Picchione Fund
(1995)
William ‘Billy’ Pityer Memorial
Pickard Family Fund (2007)
Albert R. Plant Fund (1958)
Vernon and Mary Pierce Fund (2013)
Pocassetlands Stewardship Fund (2007)
Wells M. Pile and Marguerite Ofria Pile
Fund (2005)
Ponaganset Education Foundation Fund
(2007)
Maria E. Pinheiro Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2004)
Barbara J. Pond Fund (2007)
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Franklin H. Pond Family Fund (2007)
“My mother felt very
strongly that she wanted
to give back to Rhode
Island because it was
very good to her.”
Jewel R. Paley Fund
The late Jewel Paley’s love of Rhode Island
and her belief in the value of a good education are the reason she established this fund,
which forever will support education for
Rhode Island youth.
“My mother felt very strongly that she
wanted to give back to Rhode Island
because it was very good to her. My father
had been successful in his business in Rhode
Island, and she appreciated that,” explains
Sandy Lichtenstein.
“My parents felt education was very
important. And they both realized not
everyone has the means to get a good
education,” Sandy continues, noting
that each of Jewel’s seven grandchildren
graduated from college, with most also
earning graduate degrees.
Born in Toronto in 1918 and raised in
Montreal, Jewel graduated from Cornell
University at age 20 with a degree in liberal
arts. In 1942 she married Lawrence Paley,
a Harvard MBA graduate who was serving
in the Army Air Corps. During the war,
Jewel lived in Florida with her parents and
volunteered with the Red Cross. After the
war, Jewel and Larry lived in New Jersey for
several years, before moving to Providence
in the early 1950’s, when Larry had the
opportunity to purchase Eddy & Fisher, a
wholesale liquor distribution company.
The Paleys had three daughters, Sandy, Joan
(Abramson), and the late Linda (Franklin).
“My mother was always active in the Providence community, volunteered for the PTA,
and was very involved in our lives,” Sandy
recalls.
Jewel and Larry moved to Florida after
Larry’s retirement. He died there in 1991,
and Jewel moved back to Rhode Island in
2007. “She was socially and physically active
her whole life. She took courses, read the
New York Times every day, played bridge
with friends, went to the symphony and
theatre, and played tennis and golf into
her 80s,” Sandy says.
“She always considered Rhode Island home.
She thought Rhode Island was a wonderful
place to live and to raise a family. She felt
very fortunate that she and my father had a
good life there,” Sandy states of her mother
who died in March 2014, three weeks shy
of her 96th birthday. ◆
Franklin H. Pond Fund (2006)
Charles A. Potter Fund (1975) (2)
Lawrence Poole, Jr. Scholarship Fund (2004)
Earlene and Albert Potter Scholarship
Fund (2001)
Pope John XXIII Chair in Ecumenical
Theology Fund (1988)
Frances L. Macartney Porter Fund (2011)
Stevenson Brown Porter Fund (2011)
Potter Family Fund (2004)
Mary LeMoine Potter Fund (1940)
Roger E. Potter Fund for The Rhode Island
Historical Society (1995)
Roger E. Potter Fund (1995)
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Thomas A. Potter Fund (2004)
Lori A. Poulin Memorial Fund (2004)
Lombard John Pozzi Historical
Preservation Fund (2013)
Charles T. Pratt Fund (1938)
Preservation Society of Pawtucket Fund
(2013)
◆ Preserve
Rhode Island Endowment
Fund (2014)
Preston Family Fund (2002)
Providence Center
Includes: Providence Center/Charles E.
Maynard Fund for the Future (2001)
and Providence Center School/Charles E.
Maynard Fund for the Future (2004)
Providence Central Lions Fund (1993)
Providence Council of Parents and Teachers
Providence Country Day School
Includes: Providence Country Day School/
Chafee Leadership Forum Endowment
(2002); Providence Country Day School/
Evan R. West Professional Development
Fund (2002); Providence Country Day
School General Endowment Fund (2002);
Providence Country Day School/
Heather MacLeod Middle School Scholarship (2002); Providence Country Day
School/Murray Family Scholarship Fund
St. Dunstan’s Learning Center Fund
George E. Wilson, Jr. ’43 Memorial Scholarship Fund (2002); Providence Country
Day School/Gerald Beckley Woodruff
Faculty Enrichment Fund (2002);
Providence Country Day School/Nancy M.
Hanley Award Fund (2003); Providence
Country Day School/William H. Mather
Flag Fund (2003); Providence Country
Day School/Trustees’ Endowment for the
Annual Fund (2009); Providence Country
Day School/ Wrestling Coaches
Appreciation Fund (2009); Providence
Country Day School/Susan M.
Haberlandt Fund for Faculty Enrichment
Raymond H. and Alice E. Chace Fund
(2013); and Providence Country Day
School /Evan R. West Scholarship Fund
(2013)
Providence High School Scholarship Fund
(1922)
Providence Jewelers Club Foundation (1986)
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Providence Journal Charitable Legacy Fund
(2012)
Providence Journal Holiday Fund (2014)
Providence Journal Summertime Fund
(2013)
Providence Plantations Club Memorial
(1970)
Providence Plantations Club Memorial Fund
(1970)
Providence Preservation Society Fund (2005)
Providence Singers Wachner Fund
for New Music (2006)
Providence Technical High School
Athletic Field Scholarship (1940)
Mary C. and Joseph E. Pucci Fund (1999)
Helen Walker Raleigh Animal Fund (2006)
Helen Walker Raleigh Tree Care Trust Fund
(1995)
Helen Walker Raleigh Vision Fund (2006)
Helen Walker Raleigh Youth Fund (2006)
James C. Raleigh Memorial Fund (2006)
Raleigh-Providence Tree Care Trust Fund
(1998)
Rallis Conover Fund (2005)
Elueterio, Anna, and Mary Raponi
Frank J. Raponi Memorial Fund (2013)
Ralph and Letty Raponi Fund (2010)
Raven Fund (1999)
RDW Group, Inc. Minority Scholarship Fund
for Communications (2000)
Edith Reall Memorial Scholarship Fund
(1992)
John H. Reardon, Jr. Fund (2012)
John J. Redding Fund (2003)
Redgate Camp Davis Fund (1995)
Lindsay T. Reed Fund for the East Side/
Mt. Hope YMCA (2009)
Alice M. Remington Scholarship Fund
(1984)
Barbara Reynolds Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2001)
Madeline Reynolds Memorial Fund (1969)
“We need to mature
and, by working with the
Foundation, we can tap
into all the resources the
Foundation has to offer.”
The Pennfield School Endowment Fund
On the Pennfield School’s website, Head
of School Rob Kelley offers an “executive
summary” of the pre-school through eighth
grade independent school: “Pennfield is a
school where teachers know their students
well, where it’s OK to be a child and play,
where academic expectations (and student
performance) are high, where values like
respect, honesty, and compassion matter
- and are infused in all that we do – and
where children and adults smile.”
Founded in 1971 as the New School,
Pennfield was renamed in 1993 to honor
Isabelle Penny, a former assistant head of
school and English teacher. Pennfield moved
to its current location in Portsmouth in
2004 and currently has an enrollment of
180 students and average class size of 16
students. “The school is small enough that
everybody knows everybody. Teachers know
their students really well, and we have the
ability to have conversations and make
connections with our kids,” Rob relates.
While the majority of students live on
Aquidneck Island, others travel from
other parts of Rhode Island, many are
Rhode Island Advertising Club Fund (1979)
Rhode Island Arts Fund (1985)
Rhode Island Association of Former
Legislators Scholarship Fund (1996)
Rhode Island Association for Justice
Rhode Island Charities Trust (1991)
part of military families, and several are
international students. “It brings great
diversity to our school,” Rob explains,
noting that families, especially military families, are most likely to learn about Pennfield
through word of mouth. “If our kids really
like school and the parents are involved,
that’s the best marketing. Our parents really
love this place.”
He continues, “My philosophy is that kids
need to enjoy coming to school and if
they’re happy and have motivated teachers,
it all works. Our teachers are smart, passionate, and able to connect with the kids. It’s
all about the tone. I value that very much.”
Rob and the Pennfield board of trustees are
looking to take the school to a new level.
“We’ve had little pockets of money, but it
wasn’t being managed. We need to mature
and, by working with the Foundation, we
can tap into all the resources the Foundation has to offer. For our community, there’s
a brand with the Rhode Island Foundation
that says stability and that good things are
going to happen,” Rob states. ◆
Rhode Island Commission on Women/
Freda H. Goldman Education Awards
Fund (1997)
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Includes: Barry A. Marks Fund for the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
(1984); Rhode Island Council for the
Humanities Endowment Fund (2005); and
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities/
Tom Roberts Humanities Ingenuity Prize
Fund (2005)
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“We pride ourselves
on being good stewards
of our buildings and in
assisting others in their
preservation work.”
Preserve Rhode Island Endowment Fund
“We want to keep our special, unique
historic structures and our special places
that form the character of our communities
and contribute so much to the quality of
life in Rhode Island,” states Valerie Talmage,
executive director of Preserve Rhode Island
(PRI).
The nonprofit has focused on this mission
since it was founded in 1956 as the only
statewide organization working on all facets
of preservation. In a state rich in history and
architecture, PRI backs up local preservation efforts in every city and town.
PRI is perhaps best known for its advocacy
for policies that protect Rhode Island’s
historic places including the successful
initiative to bring back State Preservation
Grants that fund capital repair of historic
buildings open to the public as part of the
2014 creative and cultural economy bond.
PRI also is advocating for State Historic
Tax credits.
Gardens & Arboretum in Bristol (operated
by Blithewold, Inc.) and Hannah Robinson
Rock in South Kingstown (managed by the
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management).
“We pride ourselves on being good stewards
of our buildings and in assisting others in
their preservation work. We work to find
new uses for old buildings so they can
continue to be part of the fabric of the
community,” Valerie says.
PRI’s programs also include its annual
Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation,
convening the Historic Site Coalition of
Rhode Island, and encouraging families
to visit historic places through the Rhody
Ramble. “We’re very place based,” Valerie
explains. “There’s a physical reminder that
tells a story, and preserving those physical
reminders is important.”
PRI is itself an owner of historic properties,
the Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum in Providence, the Jeremiah Dexter
House also in Providence which serves as
PRI’s headquarters, the Philip Walker House
in East Providence, Blithewold Mansion
Following a search process of endowment
managers, PRI transferred a majority portion
of its endowment to the Foundation. “This
looked like it would be a real win-win. You
provide competitive returns, so we’ll benefit
not only from good returns, but also from
your expertise in the Rhode Island philanthropic community,” Valerie shares. ◆
Rhode Island 4-H Club Foundation
Rhode Island Meals on Wheels Memorial
Fund (1981)
Rhode Island Foundation Employee Fund
(1993)
Rhode Island Medical Society Medical
Purpose Fund (1966)
Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship Fund
(2011)
◆ Rhode
Rhode Island Legal Services Endowment
Fund (2006)
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Island National Guard Living
Memorial Care and Maintenance Fund
(2014)
Rhode Island Rose Award Fund (1985)
The Shelter now provides
a greater number of
nonprofits with grants
that generally range from
$1,000 to $5,000.
Fund of the Providence Shelter
for Colored Children
For more than 100 years, the Providence
Shelter for Colored Children provided a
safe haven for Black children. “The Shelter
has an interesting history.” says Mary Santos
Lima who has served on the nonprofit’s
board for more than three decades. “In the
late 1800s it was the only facility, state or
otherwise, that served as a shelter for Black
children.”
“Throughout its history as a home for
children, the Shelter was a place where parents who were working at ‘the big houses’
on Prospect and College Hill could board
their children; the children’s parents were
expected to be there 24/7, but kids weren’t
welcome,” continues Connie Worthington,
who has served with Mary and is now the
Shelter board’s vice president.
Mary Barrett remembers her grandmother,
Elizabeth Davies Eyre, helping the Shelter
in the 1920s. “She was a Quaker (a group
of Quaker women founded the Shelter in
1838) and was interested in helping people.
The children were treated to an annual
hay ride at my grandparents’ farm, and my
grandmother would take her grandchildren
along. They were a lot of fun,” Mary recalls.
Rhode Island Scholarship Assistance Fund
(2007)
Rhode Island School for the Deaf/John
Spellman Scholarship Fund (1989)
Rhode Island Society of Certified Public
Accountants Philanthropy Fund (2012)
Rhode Island Supreme Court Historical
Society Fund (1998)
Mary later served on the Shelter board, as
had her mother, and as her son, John, does
currently.
Changes in child welfare laws meant fewer
children were living at the Shelter by the
1940s and, in 1951, the Shelter closed
its doors. Its building on Olive Street – it
earlier was located on North Main Street,
followed by Wickenden Street – was sold
and the proceeds established a grantmaking
foundation. Early beneficiaries included
the Urban League, John Hope Settlement
House, Lippitt Hill Tutorial, and Mount
Hope Day Care Center.
Linda Cline, the Shelter board’s president,
notes, “There are so many organizations that
need financial assistance in order to thrive,
in order to be viable.” The Shelter now
provides a greater number of nonprofits with grants that generally range from
$1,000 to $5,000.
In partnering with the Foundation, Linda
says, “We’ve often thought about what this
organization would look like in perpetuity.
Our legacy always will be to help children
of color.” ◆
Rhode Island Tree Council Fund (2001)
Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association
(RIVMA) Companion Animal Fund (2007)
RIBA/Dagata Scholarship Fund (1997)
RIGHA Foundation Fund (2010)
Ricci Family Fund (2011)
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Eileen Julie and Brittany Jaye Richardson
Rogers High School Class of 1961
Edythe K. & Jane E. Richmond Memorial
Cancer Fund (1998)
Rose and Aaron Roitman Fund (1982)
John M. Richmond Fund (1953)
Richard J. and Barbara L. Richmond Fund
(1996)
Richard J. and Barbara L. Richmond
Designated Fund (1996)
Richard J. Richmond Fund (2003)
Aaron Roitman Fund for Chamber
Music (1982)
Rosenberg and Kohorn Fund (2001)
Rougas-Quinn Family Fund (2006)
Edward J. and Virginia M. Routhier Fund
(2002)
Frances Waterhouse Richmond Fund (2012)
Edward J. and Virginia M. Routhier Nursing
Faculty Endowment Fund (2003)
Ray Rickman Fund for African Doctors
(2007)
Edward J. and Virginia M. Routhier Nursing
Martha Rieg Fund (2012)
Cheryl A. Ruggiero Scholarship Fund (2004)
Marcia and Robert Riesman Fund (1997)
Ruggiero/Reinhardt Family Fund (2009)
Harry Vandall Rigner Memorial Fund (1979)
Ruhl Family Fund (2004)
Henry and Jan Rines Fund (1998)
Dr. Joseph L.C. and Mary P. Ruisi Fund
(1999)
RISE Conservation Fund (1997)
Jeanne Risica Fund for Art Education (2011)
Ernest and Mary A. Ritchie Memorial Fund
(1995)
Paula M. Rivard Memorial Fund (2005)
Riverwood Endowment Fund (2005)
Gwennie Anne Robbins Memorial Fund
(1994)
Tom Russell Scholarship Fund (1989)
Rose M. Russo Fund (2007)
Rykat Fund (2013)
George M. and Barbara H. Sage Fund
(2007)
Saul B. Saila Fellowship Fund (2007)
Saint Cabrini Fund (2004)
Dr. Robert F. Roberti Fund (1992)
S. Stephen’s Church Music Fund (1999)
Colonel Lee Walton and Xenia Roberts
Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse Fund (1985)
Robin Hill Fund (2013)
◆ Marissa
Salabert Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2014)
Elizabeth Robinson Fund (1959)
Norton E. Salk Scholarship Fund (2008)
Selma Pilavin Robinson Endowment Fund
(1992)
Salten Weingrod Family Fund (2007)
Familia Rodriguez Fund (2002)
Andrew & Frances Salvadore Scholarship
Fund (1989)
Roger Williams Baptist Church
Michael A. Salvadore and A. Doris
Salvadore Scholarship Fund (2013)
Roger Williams Chair in Thomistic
Philosophy Fund (1988)
Samaritans Fund (2006)
Roger Williams Park Zoo Endowment Fund
(1986)
Friends of Rogers Free Library
Includes: Friends of Rogers Free Library
Children’s Endowment Fund (1987) and
Friends of Rogers Free Library Endowment
Fund (2009)
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San Miguel School
Includes: Brother Lawrence Goyette, FSC
Scholarship Fund (2011) and San Miguel
School Endowment Fund (2010)
Juanita Sanchez Community Fund (1992)
Bridget Sanetti Memorial Scholarship Fund
(2003)
“By working with the
Foundation, we know that
even after we’re gone, there
will be funds to take care
of the memorial.”
Rhode Island National Guard Living
Memorial Care and Maintenance Fund
Along the tree-lined Memorial Boulevard
of the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial
Cemetery in Exeter stands the only memorial to the National Guard of Rhode Island.
The focal point of the memorial is a six and
a half foot tall bronze Minuteman atop a
five foot granite base. It is surrounded by
three granite walls, six granite benches, and
2,600 engraved paver bricks.
From CMS (ret) Paul Vona “whose vision
became the final layout for the memorial”
to stone mason Jack Afonzo “who did
everything to help us”, and from Capt (ret)
Dave Gray “our marketing and graphics
guru” to CSM (ret) Tom Rezendes who
provided material and labor for the site,
Bill and Bob agree, “People came out of
the woodwork to help us.”
The living memorial, which pays tribute
to the 380 year history of dedicated citizen soldiers, is a gift to Rhode Island from
the Rhode Island National Guard (RING)
Retirees Association. A nonprofit organization, the Retirees Association was formed
in 1996 from Rhode Island Army and Air
National Guard retirees and today has
more than 650 members.
At the September 2012 dedication ceremony, Bob told ceremony attendees, “It’s been
my privilege to be part of this committee
and organization which has built this living
memorial to our brethren…The memorial
is a testament to our military lives; that
can-do attitude that is so indicative of the
R.I. National Guard.”
“It came to our attention that we didn’t
have anything in the state to recognize
the Guard,” says CSM (ret) Bill O’Mara,
president of the RING Retirees Association,
with LTC (ret) Bob Urquhart, vice president, adding, “With the Guard, it’s always
been our motto to get it done and we did,
and we worked with some great people on
this living memorial.”
Sapinsley Family Foundation (1970)
Nancy Sarah Fund for Women (2006)
Francis B. Sargent MD Fund (1995)
Jacqueline Gage Sarles Memorial Fund
(1968)
Clare Sartori and Art Stein Fund (2012)
The $250,000 cost of the memorial was
funded, in part, by the sale of engraved
bricks, a sale that continues today to supplement this care and maintenance Fund. “By
working with the Foundation, we know that
even after we’re gone, there will be funds to
take care of the memorial. Preserving this
tribute to the Guard is important to us,” Bill
acknowledges. ◆
Deputy Assistant Chief Anthony V.
Sauro Award Endowment Fund (1991)
Savage and Luther Family Fund (1998)
George and Naomi Sawyer Memorial Fund
(1991)
Monica P. and William T. Sawyer Fund
(2014)
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“There were so many
things she would do that
would surprise you.”
Marissa Salabert Memorial Scholarship Fund
“We want to do something meaningful in
her memory. I feel good…we’re celebrating
her life,” says Maria Salabert of this scholarship fund established in memory of her
daughter, Marissa, who died in 2007 at age
19.
A 2005 graduate of Pilgrim High School
where she was an honors student, Marissa
earned the school’s most spirited award her
senior year. She was a member of Pilgrim’s
All-American high school cheerleading
team, having cheered since her days at
Aldrich Junior High where she was on
the school’s first cheerleading squad.
“She was very excitable, very bubbly, and
a very happy person. She always had a lot
of friends and was a good friend to a lot of
people. The principal (at Pilgrim) would depend on her at pep rallies to get the crowd
going. And she never had any qualms about
being in front of a microphone,” Maria
recalls of her outgoing daughter.
semester, she transferred to the University
of Rhode Island to pursue a degree in elementary education. She was a sophomore
there at the time of her death.
“There were so many things she would do
that would surprise you. She was an organ
donor and I remember when she went with
me one time to renew my driver’s license,
she said to me, ‘Don’t you want to be an
organ donor, too?’” Maria relates, noting that
hundreds of people were beneficiaries of
Marissa’s skin alone.
Following Marissa’s death, her friends
helped raise funds to honor her. “Administrators at Pilgrim High School told them we
could work with the Foundation to set up
a fund. And I’ve always known the Foundation has done a lot of work in terms of
scholarships and in supporting the community,” Maria states.
A summer camp counselor at the Kent
County YMCA, Marissa enrolled at the
University of New England in Biddeford,
ME, following high school. After just one
Marissa’s name will live on through this
scholarship fund, designated for Pilgrim
High School and awarded annually to
a senior who plans to study elementary
education and/or who exhibits school
spirit. ◆
Dr. Edmund A. Sayer Fund (1987)
◆ Cantor
Minna Schachter Fund (2008)
Willard and Marjorie Scheibe
Designated Fund (2009)
Willard and Marjorie Scheibe Nursing
Schmieding Orlando Patient-Focused
Nursing Fund (2005)
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Schneider Memorial Scholarship
Fund (2014)
Ron Schoepfer Memorial Fund (2010)
Fannie M. Schrack Fund (1928)
◆ Marilyn
Swan Miller Schultz Fund (2014)
Mary and Michael Schwartz Fund (1999)
“I want to keep the fund perpetual. It is a godsend
to have the Foundation do what it does. The fund
was established for Jewish education because my
father was a very strong believer in it.”
Cantor Schneider Memorial
Scholarship Fund
“He was a spiritual leader in the spiritual
community,” Dr. Irving Schneider says of
his father, the late Cantor Morris Schneider
who served as cantor at Congregation Adas
Israel in Fall River for more than 50 years.
Born in Lithuania, Cantor Schneider left
his homeland at 19 due to the urging of
his mother as she foresaw that the Jewish
future was bleak in Lithuania. He immigrated to Mexico before coming to the United
States. Training with rabbis, he received his
first position as a cantor in Northampton,
MA, before beginning his long tenure in
Fall River.
“He was a very well-respected and loved
individual. In Fall River, where he spent
most of his life, I don’t think anybody
disliked him. He had a very strong desire
for Jewish education, so to honor him
when he passed away in 1990 at age 86,
we established, through the synagogue, the
Cantor Schneider Memorial Scholarship
Fund,” Dr. Schneider states.
But as the congregation grew older,
then dwindled in number, the remaining
members sold the building. “It was sad,”
Dr. Schneider says, recalling that he and
his wife were married at Congregation Adas
Israel and their children were bar and bat
mitzvahed there.
The sale also made administration of the
fund more of a challenge. “If the Fall River
congregation dissolves completely, who’s
going to manage the money,” Dr. Schneider
recalls thinking before arranging to transfer the fund to the Foundation. “I want to
keep the fund perpetual. It is a godsend to
have the Foundation do what it does. The
fund was established for Jewish education
because my father was a very strong believer in it. My sister, brother, and I want to do
this…to remember our dad and keep his
name alive,” Dr. Schneider says.
As it has since it was established 25
years ago, the Cantor Schneider Memorial
Scholarship Fund will benefit students, usually those in middle school, at Providence
Hebrew Day School. Noting that Fall River
does not have a similar school, Dr. Schneider notes, “Many of the children who attend
Providence Hebrew Day School have real
need and that’s a primary criterion for the
scholarship.” ◆
Scituate Scholarship Fund (2012)
Otto and Gertrude K. Seidner Fund (1987)
Roger G. Scott Memorial Fund (1996)
Anthony J. Serio Scholarship Fund (2010)
R. Gordon and Patricia C. Scott Fund (2008)
Lance Corporal Matthew K. Serio
Football Scholarship Fund (2005)
MaryAnn Scott Charitable Fund (2013)
Gertrude P. Scruggs Memorial Fund (1999)
Serve Rhode Island Fund for the
Volunteer Center of RI (2005)
Seaberg-Sleicher Memorial Fund (2007)
Neil and Jean Severance Family Fund (2007)
Benjamin Seabury Fund (1954)
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Dr. Sarkis M. and Mrs. Mary A.
Shaghalian Fund (2011)
Eve Widgoff Shapiro Fund (2003)
Ellen D. Sharpe Fund (1954)
Dorothy Hackney Smith Fund (1980)
Ellen and Harry Smith Fund (2010)
Eric and Peggy Smith Family Fund (2001)
George E. Smith Fund (1964)
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Providence
Neighborhood Planting Program
Fund (1988)
Jack & Patricia Smith Fund (2002)
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Street Tree
Endowment – Brown University
Fund (1989)
Nathaniel W. and Mabel C. Smith Fund
(2007)
Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund for
the United Way (1998)
William H. Sheehan Memorial Fund (1999)
Amelia Daggett Sheffield Fund (2011)
Phebe McAlpine Shepard Fund in
Memory of John Shepard II, Edward B.
and Phebe W. McAlpine (1986)
Edwin F. Sherman Fund (1972)
Alfred Sherrard Fund (2006)
Shippee Family Fund (2006)
Leonard J. Sholes Fund (2008)
Shramek Fund (2005)
Ilon Sillman/Sara Andrews Endowment
Fund (1997)
Silver Family Fund (2001)
Silver-Haspel Family Fund (2012)
Milton J. Silverman Endowment Fund (1993)
Simchi-Levi Charitable Fund (2007)
Aline J. Simoens Memorial Fund (1994)
Peter H. Simoens Memorial Fund (1994)
Godfrey B. Simonds Memorial Fund (1926)
Walter Simpson Fund (1966)
◆ Sinclair
Family Fund (2014)
Elizabeth Hope Singsen and Edward L.
Singsen Fund (1982)
Theodore R. Sizer Fund for Education
Reform (1998)
Abby M.B. Slade Memorial Fund (1960)
John W. Smith Fund (1981)
Friends of Smithfield Rotary Scholarship
Fund (2004)
Smith’s Castle Fund (1998)
Dianne B. Snyder Memorial Fund (2002)
Socio-Economic Development Center for
Southeast Asians Endowment Fund (2001)
Soloveitzik/Rhode Island for Community
and Justice Fund (1992)
Harold B. Soloveitzik/American Association
of University Women Fund (1992)
Harold B. Soloveitzik Fund (1986)
Lewis D. Sorrentino Fund (2004)
Lily and Catello Sorrentino Memorial
Edith B. Soule Fund (1999)
South County Ambulance and Rescue Corps
Fund (2002)
South County Garden Club of Rhode Island
Includes: South County Garden Club of
RI/Margaret Dunbar Fund (2004) and
South County Garden Club of RI/Susan B.
Wilson Fund (2010)
South County Habitat for Humanity
South County Museum
Includes: South County Museum
Endowment Fund (1996) and South
County Museum Rhode Island Red
South Kingstown Education Foundation
Fund (2003)
Soutter Family Fund (2013)
Florence M. Smart Fund (1976)
Virginia and Thomas Soutter Fund for
Dorcas Place (2010)
Eugenia Smetisko Fund (2002)
Spark Grants Fund (2013)
Charles Morris and Ruth H. T. Smith Fund
(2001)
Sparrow Fund (2014)
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“I always considered Marilyn
to be the teacher every
child should have. She was
a remarkable teacher and
a very creative person.”
Marilyn Swan Miller Schultz Fund
“I always considered Marilyn to be the
teacher every child should have. She was
a remarkable teacher and a very creative
person,” John Schultz says of his late wife.
Born in Cambridge, MA, Marilyn graduated
from Jackson College, then the women’s
division of Tufts University, in 1953 with a
degree in English literature. She and John
had met in college – he then attended Tufts
– and they married the day after Marilyn’s
graduation.
She worked for a year at the Widener
Library at Harvard University before
the young couple moved to Rhode Island.
Here, she enrolled in a training program
at Providence Public Library to become a
children’s librarian.
Instead, in 1956 she was hired on an emergency teaching certificate by the Town
of Johnston, beginning what would be a
33-year teaching career. She taught third,
fourth, and fifth grades at the former, tworoom Simmonsville School and first grade
at Sarah Dyer Barnes School in Johnston
before accepting a job at the Henry Barnard
School, on the campus of Rhode Island
College, where she taught first grade until
her retirement.
Spartina Fund (2007)
James L. Spears Charitable Fund (2005)
Madeline Standish Fund (2010)
“She had vivid colors all over the room to
keep the kids interested. And she had a
barber chair in the front of her classroom.
I don’t know where she got it or how she
got it into the classroom, but she sat in it
like a queen and when students did something especially good, she let them sit in it,”
John recalls.
And Marilyn continued her own learning.
Told by a professor, “You can never know
too much about teaching,” Marilyn earned
not only her certification, but also a master
of education at Rhode Island College and
a Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut.
“She never wavered in her commitment to
grade one. It was her contention that it was
the most important grade because it could
make or break one’s study habits further
down the road,” John explains proudly of
his wife who died in January 2014. Her
survivors also include a son, Eric.
This fund at the Foundation will benefit
Rhode Island College graduating seniors
planning a career in elementary education. ◆
Station Nightclub Fire Children’s
Henry A. Stearns Fund (1977)
Staples Family Fund (1986)
Cameron Duke Stebbins Memorial Fund
(2001)
Dennis E. Stark and Robert F. Amarantes
Fund (2000)
Linda A. Steere and Edward R. DiLuglio
Fund (2013)
Starkweather & Shepley Charitable Fund
(2010)
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“The Foundation gives me
a way to support something
I believe in and provides a
guarantee of oversight
by caring individuals.”
Sinclair Family Fund
The Sinclair family has a long history of
community involvement and philanthropy.
“You just help a little piece of the world
and do the best you can,” Rosalyn Sinclair
explains. The “little piece of the world” she
has selected to help through this designated fund is Foster Forward and its work in
mentoring post secondary achievements
of foster youth. “I read about young people who age out of foster care and are left
completely on their own. Knowing how
much it takes to find the way to further
education or to find a job, I knew I had to
do something to help,” she says. “I came to
the Foundation because of Foster Forward.
The Foundation gives me a way to support
something I believe in and provides a guarantee of oversight by caring individuals,”
Roz says.
A Moses Brown graduate, Dody attended Williams College and the U. S. Naval
Academy. He served two tours in the Navy,
first during World War II and later during
the Korean War and went on to take control
of the Outlet Company, which had been
founded by his maternal grandfather, Joseph
Samuels and Joseph’s brother, Leon. His
grandfather’s philanthropy included funding the construction of and providing an
endowment in perpetuity for what is today
the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center
at Rhode Island Hospital.
Dody and Rosalyn, both widowed, blended
their families and enjoyed 33 wonderful
years together. She considers their good
fortune and happiness to have been augmented by their ability to give back to
their community. ◆
Her late husband, Joseph “Dody” Sinclair,
also was civic-minded. “He was very philanthropic and happy to give,” Roz shares.
Shirley Steere, Battey-Campbell
Memorial, and Book Endowment
Fund (2013)
Steinberg-Shao Family Fund (2008)
Frank M. Stewart Fund (2012)
William Laverne Stillman and Elizabeth C.
Stillman (Class of ‘33) Scholarship Fund
(2008)
◆ Doris
Gademan Stephens Mariposa
Robert N. and Corinne P. Stoecker Fund
(1984)
Ronald G. Stevens and Patricia E. Moore
Fund (2013)
Stone Bridge Volunteer Fire Department
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“The sense of community,
fellowship, and a deep
connection to the land
where the food came
from took Doris back to
her childhood when she
was raised on a farm.”
Doris Gademan Stephens
Mariposa Scholarship Fund
Paula Sager, co-founder of the Mariposa
Center, recalls the first time the late Doris
Gademan Stephens visited the early childhood facility in Providence. “Doris arrived as
the children were helping prepare snack and
then everyone – children and adults – sat
down to eat together. The sense of community, fellowship, and a deep connection to
the land where the food came from took
Doris back to her childhood when she was
raised on a farm. Before she left that day,
Doris said, ‘I want to be part of this.’”
Mariposa, established in 2007 to provide
early childhood education to some of Rhode
Island’s most underserved children from
challenged Providence neighborhoods,
offers a program centered on play, socialemotional growth, and an appreciation for
and access to nature.
From her first visit to Mariposa in 2008
to her death in 2014, Doris was an active
member of the organization’s board of
directors. “Doris loved sitting on the floor
and talking with the kids,” recalls Mariposa
Executive Director Zoe McGrath, with
Paula adding, “And she was very supportive
of the teachers.”
Following Doris’s death, her family,
Mariposa, and her good friend Karolye
Cunha all were looking for ways to honor
her. Doris’ son, Erich, says, “We were talking
about what we might do in her memory.
When we went through her papers, we
found a note on the back of an envelope.”
Doris’s note read, “Please start a scholarship
fund. The support I received in my education was very important to me. I would not
have been able to be a nurse if it wasn’t for
the support I received.”
As the family pursued the idea of a
scholarship fund and began talking with
the Foundation, they learned of others’
efforts to honor Doris and soon joined
forces. “Education was something that was
important to her. It all fell together pretty
well,” Erich says.
This scholarship fund honors an inspiring
Mariposa board member and helps educate
young, underprivileged children, while also
forever fulfilling the “instructions” Doris
wrote on the back of an envelope. ◆
Henry A. Street Fund (1956)
Alice Sullivan Memorial Fund (2004)
Sylvia Street Fund in Memory of Ruth Ely
(1981)
Daniel and Kathleen Sullivan Fund (2012)
John O. Strom, MD Memorial Fund (2008)
William J. and Judith D. Struck Fund (2005)
Sturges Fund for Grace Church (2008)
Sullivan Family Fund (1996)
Thomas F. Sullivan Memorial Fund (2007)
Bruce and Marjorie Sundlun Scholarship
Fund (1990)
Howard G. Sutton Endowment for
Crossroads Rhode Island (2011)
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Helen E. Swanson Fund (2003)
Miss Swinburne Fund (2002)
Anne and Michael Szostak Fund (2009)
Richard W. Szumita Memorial
Hope and Roland Talbot Fund (1979)
Helen E. Talcott Fund (1930)
David D. Tarnapol Scholarship Fund (2006)
Martin L. and Charlotte H. Tarpy Fund
(2000)
John & Yvette Harpootian Fund for
Trinity Rep. (2005); Tilles Family
Endowment Fund (2005); Stephen
Hamblett Memorial Fund (2006);
Claiborne and Nuala Pell Fund for Arts
Education (2009); Richard Cumming
Endowment Fund for Musical Programming (2012); Victoria Irene Ball Fund for
Theater Education (2013); Margo Skinner
Memorial Fellowship Fund (2013);
and Robert Clayton Black Memorial
Fellowship Fund (2014)
Raymond H. Trott Scholarship Fund (1980)
Troy Fund (1979)
Melissa and Peter Tassinari Fund (2003)
Barbara M. Tufts Memorial Fund (2002)
C. George Taylor Fund (1999)
Frances S. and Stuart K. Tuttle Fund (1998)
Michael E. Tellier Scholarship Fund (2004)
UBS Rhode Island Fund (2004)
Temple Habonim Endowment Fund (2013)
United Builders Supply Company, Inc. Fund
(1980)
Test Fund (2013)
Rupert C. Thompson Fund (1987) (2)
Hope L. Thornton Fund (2001)
United Italian American Inc. Scholarship
Fund (2008)
Albert Harris Tillinghast Fund (1949)
United Way of Rhode Island
Includes: United Way of Rhode Island
Endowment Fund (1990); United Way/
Boss Family Fund for Learning
Opportunities (1995); and United Way
of Rhode Island Fund (1995)
Tishman Golden Family Fund (2003)
United Welfare Committee Fund (1982)
Tiverton Land Trust Fund (2000)
Universal Homes, Inc. Fund (1978)
Clinton and Mary Tompkinson Memorial
Fund (2010)
Urban League of Rhode Island
Includes: B. Jae Clanton Scholarship Fund
of the Urban League of Rhode Island
(1990); Andrew Bell Scholarship Fund
(2004); and Urban League of Rhode
Island Scholarship Fund (2004)
Thorp Family Scholarship Fund (2006)
James E. Tiernan Memorial Fund (2005)
Peter and Sunny Toulmin Fund (1986)
Geraldine Tower Education Fund (2002)
Christopher Townsend-Child and Family
Services of Newport County Fund (2007)
Anne Utter Fund for the Performing Arts
(2006)
Christopher Townsend-Newport Public
Library Fund (2007)
Jessie G. Valleau Fund (1967)
Agnes Meade Tramonti Memorial
Valley Resources Fund in honor of Charles
Goss, Eleanor McMahon, & Melvin
Alperin (1993)
Trinity Repertory Company
Includes: Ed Hall Memorial Fund (1991);
Peter Kaplan Memorial Fund for Trinity
Rep (1997); Buff & Johnnie Chace
Endowment Fund (2001); Doris Duke
Endowment Fund (2001); Trinity
Repertory Company General Endowment
Fund (2001); Richard Kavanaugh
Memorial Fund (2001); Elaine
Rakatansky Memorial Fund (2004);
Oskar Eustis Endowment Fund for
New Play Development (2005);
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Willard Boulette Van Houten and Margaret
Lippiatt Van Houten Fund (1991)
Louis J. Van Orden Fund (1990)
Margaret Hanley Van Orden Fund (2007)
Margaret Hanley Van Orden Scholarship
Fund (2007)
Dr. Stanley Van Wagner Memorial
“The Foundation is a pretty
remarkable place because of
the knowledge and connections
it offers to Rhode Island nonprofit institutions and to the
visionaries who support them.”
Dominique Velociter Founder’s
Endowment Fund
“We build globally aware citizens who are
fluent in two languages and many cultures,”
states Jean-Yves Carpanèse, head of the
French-American School of Rhode Island
(FASRI), the organization that established
this endowment to honor its founder,
Dominique Velociter.
Founded in 1994, FASRI currently serves
200 students in preschool through eighth
grade. Of its founder and former head of
school, Jennifer Tomasik, chair of the board
of trustees, says, “I think of Dominique as
someone who had this vision and made it
happen. She always did whatever it took
to grow and develop this school. FASRI
has families, staff, and students who come
from every continent, so there’s a richness
of community and cultural exchange on a
daily basis.”
FASRI is one of almost 500 schools – 46 in
North America – that are part of a global
network of French bilingual schools outside
of France. Of the network, Jean-Yves says,
“France promoted it and has a duty to cultivate the language and culture. The magic
of the network is that we share our mission
and our expertise.”
Like many schools in the network, FASRI
offers programs for older students who are
not already fluent in another language. “It’s
never too late to learn a second language,
or even a third,” says Jean-Yves.
“This endowment represents a major
milestone for our school and a commitment
to the people who advance our mission: our
teachers,” Jennifer states, adding, “This fund,
designated for faculty professional development, will ensure that our instructors from
around the globe have access to innovation
in the world of education.”
In announcing the endowment, FASRI
noted, “FASRI’s history stands as a remarkable testimony to the determination and
vision of Madame Velociter. Thanks to her,
children in Rhode Island benefit from an
innovative, culturally diverse and rigorous
dual-language program.”
Jennifer shares that from the onset the
FASRI board of trustees saw the Rhode
Island Foundation as the perfect partner in
philanthropy. “The Foundation is a pretty
remarkable place because of the knowledge
and connections it offers to Rhode Island
nonprofit institutions and to the visionaries
who support them,” she concludes. ◆
Richard Vangermeersch Fund (2013)
William A. Viall Fund (1939)
Doctor Domenic A. Vavala Charitable
Fund (2006)
Vinny Animal Welfare Fund (2009)
◆ Dominique
Velociter Founder’s
Venard Fund (1988)
Alice Viola Fund (1998)
Vogel, Califano, Dimase, Iannuccilli Fund
(2001)
Nondas Hurst Voll Fund (2006)
◆ Veterans
Memorial Auditorium
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“The Vets is a piece of
a very complex puzzle.
If we’re all working together,
the arts can bring business to
the state. It’s really exciting.”
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Endowment Fund
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The Vets),
an ornately-designed 1,933-seat concert
hall, provides premier performance space
to such recognized local arts organizations
as the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
and Festival Ballet Providence. At the
same time, it strives to be the venue for
lesser-known organizations and performers.
Paul Brooks, president of The Vets
Foundation, recalls the 2014 Shakespeare
in the City event at which scenes from
Hamlet were performed by students from
23 schools, opening with students from
Meeting Street School and closing with
students from the Rhode Island School
for the Deaf. “It was just electric, but they
never could have afforded all the costs,”
Brooks explains.
Enter The Vets Foundation which, since
2012, has provided $50,000 in financial
support for programs that otherwise would
not be able to access the Auditorium.
“We’re into promoting performances in
Providence. When people want to use the
hall, we underwrite costs for the performances,” Brooks explains, noting that fixed
costs include such things as stagehands,
security, fire patrol, and custodial services.
Volunteer Services for Animals
Includes: Volunteer Services for Animals
Humane Education Fund (2007) and
Volunteer Services for Animals-WarwickHumane Education Fund (2008)
Another goal of The Vets Foundation is
to expand and diversify its audience base.
Brooks indicates they focus on attracting
a younger audience and that he is hoping
to use The Vets to develop the Latino
audience. He shares that in the past two
years, The Vets Foundation has helped to
introduce 22,000 people to an arts related
event.
Looking at the bigger picture, Brooks states,
“The Vets is a piece of a very complex
puzzle. If we’re all working together, the
arts can bring business to the state. It’s
really exciting.”
He is equally excited about helping to
ensure The Vets Foundation’s future.
“This fund is the first step to building
an endowment. I lobbied to put the
endowment at the Foundation to help
raise the visibility of The Vets, and I know
we’re placing the money in a good place
with a reliable reputation. It’s just smart to
put money aside, to have a cushion for the
organization. We’re planting a bunch of
seeds where seeds had not been planted
before,” Brooks concludes. ◆
Ralph C. and Joyce L. Vossler Fund (2013)
◆ W.H.S.
Alumni Scholarship Fund (2014)
Wadleigh Family Fund (2005)
Frederick & Rosamond vonSteinwehr Fund
(1998)
Waite-Menson Fund (2007)
Evelyn Pierce Vories Fund (1983)
John and Mary Wall Fund for Grace Church
(1990)
Irene Vose Fund (2006)
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Mattie A. Walcott Fund (1999)
W.H.S. Alumni Scholarship Fund
“Traditionally, graduating classes of Westerly High School celebrating their 50th
anniversary give a gift to the school. Past
gifts have been benches, flag poles, trees,
or other things of that nature. The Class of
1964 wanted to do something different,”
says Charles Taylor, president of the W.H.S.
Alumni Scholarship Fund and member of
the Westerly High School Class of 1964.
“We wanted to do something for the school
that would benefit students for years to
come.”
In 2009, the reunion organization
committee of the Class of 1964 began
to solicit classmates for money to provide
scholarships to students of the school, thus
creating the W.H.S. Alumni Scholarship
Fund, an incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit
tax-exempt organization.
“It’s important to us that all W.H.S. alumni
classes join this scholarship fund as well.
Even though the Class of 1964 founded
it, we want other alumni classes to feel as
though it’s something they can be a part of
too,” adds Ray Capalbo, corporate secretary
of the W.H.S. Alumni Scholarship Fund.
“For example, the Class of 1963 made
a significant contribution to the Alumni
Scholarship Fund as did the Class of 1939.
Our vision is that in 10 years the endowment will be worth $250,000 to $300,000,
we just need one benefactor that will get on
board with us.”
“We chose the Rhode Island Foundation to
manage the endowment so the fund’s purpose will continue to live on in perpetuity,
even after the original committee members
are gone,” relates Charles.
Over the next five years, the W.H.S. Alumni Scholarship Fund amassed more than
$64,000 and opened the W.H.S. Alumni
Scholarship Fund at the Rhode Island
Foundation. “Dubbed ‘Scholarships for the
Trades’, it gives preference to those who
want to study the trades, but it certainly
does not exclude anyone who wants to
attend college or university,” says Charles.
“Had this fund been around when Ray and
I were in school, we would have benefited
greatly from it. I know there are kids out
there who would definitely take advantage
of this scholarship opportunity because
there will always be a need for those skilled
in the trades,” concludes Charles. ◆
John and Mary Wall Fund for Rhode Island
Hospital (2010)
Lily Walsh Fund (2001)
John and Mary Wall Fund for the Rhode
Island Historical Society (2010)
John and Mary Wall Fund for the United
Way (1985)
Kevin B. Walsh Memorial Scholarship Fund
(2005)
M. Martha Walsh Fund (1997)
Alice Ward Fund (1991)
Alice Ward Fund (1993)
Julia P. Ward Fund (1966)
Marjorie A. Ward Fund (2005)
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Harriet P. and Isabella M. Wardwell Fund
(1942) (2)
Maureen A. and Christopher D. White
Simon W. Wardwell Fund (1978)
Wilbur Fund (1984)
Lucy M. Warren Fund (1947)
Mary E. Wilcox Fund (2007)
Robert W. Warren Fund (1989)
Virginia A. Wilcox Fund (1990)
Warwick Public Library Endowment Fund
(1999)
Wildlife Conservation Fund (1966)
Margaret H. Williamson Fund (2013)
Washington County Veterans Council
Winthrop B. Wilson Family Fund (2010)
Water Works 4 Women Fund (2002)
Leonarda S. Winiarski Fund (2005)
Martha W. Watt Fund (1973)
Gertrude L. Wolf “Class of 1902” Fund
(1987)
Webb Moscovitch Family Fund (2005)
Genevieve C. Weeks Fund (2002)
Genevieve C. Weeks Fund for the United
Way (2002)
Hans C. and Anna Weimar Fund (1995)
Dawn, Gregg, and Leland Weingeroff
Animal Fund (2005)
Jeremy S. and Edith B. Weinstein Family
Fund (2013)
Robert and Vicki Weisman Family Fund
(2012)
Howard S. and Elaine S. Weiss Fund (1991)
Herbert J. Wells Fund (1970)
Harold B. Werner Scholarship Fund (2009)
Ruth and W. Irving Wolf, Jr. Family Fund
(2005)
Women Ending Hunger Fund (2006)
Women’s Fund of Rhode Island (2000)
Helen Wood Memorial Fund for Langworthy
Public Library (2009)
Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund (2010)
Mrs. Kenneth F. Wood Fund (1935)
Woodcock Charitable Fund (2000)
Michael J. Woods Fund (2009)
Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1946)
Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1963)
Harold B. Werner Fund (2008)
Marilynne Graboys Wool Scholarship Fund
(2000)
Westerly Cancer Fund (2006)
Work Urquhart Charitable Fund (2012)
Westerly Education Endowment Fund
(2001)
John J. and Eleanor Q. Wrenn Memorial
Fund (2001)
Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Fund (1992)
Kit Wright Fund for Jamestown (1979)
Westerly Lions Club Scholarship Fund
(2005)
Ora E. Wry Fund (2007)
◆ Westerly
Senior Citizens Center
Westminster Senior Center Fund (1994)
Westminster Unitarian Church Fund (1998)
Wexler Family Fund in Memory of Edmund,
William, Rose, & Benjamin Wexler (1980)
Miriam Weyker Thanatological Fund (1989)
Erskine N. White, Jr. and Eileen L. White
Fund (1995)
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Alan Edgar Wurdeman Scholarship Fund
(2014)
Harrison Yaghjian Fund (2000)
Harry Yaghjian Trust Fund (1997)
Dr. James J. Yashar Charitable Family Fund
(2007)
Judge Marjorie Yashar Charitable Fund
(2008)
James A. Young Fund (1974)
Jason Ellis Young Memorial Fund (2008)
“There’s a very good
attitude here. They’re
open to new ideas,
and many of the
activities are free.”
Westerly Senior Citizens Center
Endowment Fund
“Socialization is so important,” Don
Reynolds, executive director of the Westerly
Senior Citizens Center, says of the services
his organization provides. Speaking of an
86-year-old member, he shares, “She comes
every day. She doesn’t get out otherwise,
and it’s a good way for her to see other
people. Those are the people we’re most
proud of helping.”
And while at the senior center, she and
the 200 to 300 others who attend on an
average day enjoy a wealth of activities,
from billiards to knitting, from yoga to
book discussions, and from bingo to bowling, to name a few. The Center also provides
meals, transportation, social services, and
health programs.
A welcoming environment is communicated through the Center’s website: “(It’s) a
wonderful place to make new friends, enjoy
a delicious hot meal, learn a new skill, take
a day trip, volunteer, and/or partake of the
wide variety of activities.”
Gerry Trottier joined the Center in 2002
and now is a member of the board of
directors. “I took a class in German and
then I got involved in all kinds of things.
There’s a very good attitude here. They’re
open to new ideas, and many of the activities are free,” he says. Gerry leads one of the
Center’s weekly bridge groups and notes,
“Bridge is something that keeps the mind
sharp.”
Members are residents of Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton, as well
as Pawcatuck, CT, and must be 50 or older,
with the oldest member currently 101. The
Center is supported by fundraising, the
Town of Westerly, a state grant, and membership fees of $25 per year; it also receives
federal funds for the meal site.
In operation since 1983, the Center has
been building its endowment since 2009
when a member’s family made a gift which
the board of directors chose to use to
establish its endowment. The board elected
to transfer the endowment to the Foundation to obtain better long term investment
returns. “The endowment supplements our
budget from year to year. It’s a way to look
to the future for a source of income,” Don
states. ◆
Mary A. Young Fund (1990)
Laura Mason Zeisler Fund (1997)
Mary A. Young Cancer Fund (2005)
Dorothy Davis Zimmering and the
Zimmering Family Memorial Fund (1989)
Sergeant Cornel Young Jr. Scholarship
Fund (2000)
YWCA of Northern Rhode Island
YWCA Rhode Island Gini Duarte Memorial
Coleman B. Zimmerman Memorial Fund
(1993)
Zitella Gallo Fund (2003)
Kimberly and John Zwetchkenbaum
Family Fund (2007)
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Supporting Organizations
Downcity Partnership Inc. (2000)
June Rockwell Levy Foundation (2011)
Haffenreffer Family Fund (1987)
Rhode Island Charities Trust (1991)
Change
happens one
person at
a time.
Thank You!
You have things you believe in, causes that matter.
You want to make a difference. And working with
the Rhode Island Foundation, you can.
1916 SO C IE TY ME MB E RS
Commemorating the year of the
Foundation’s founding, the 1916
Society honors more than 400
individuals who have informed us of
their plans to leave a legacy through
a bequest or other future gift at the
Foundation.
Howard P. and Nancy Fisher Chudacoff
If you are not a member, but have
arranged to establish or add to an
existing endowment in the future,
we hope you will let us know.
Gib and Diane Conover
Anonymous (61)
Michael & Roberta Hazen Aaronson
Noreen Ackerman
William & Amabel Allen
William R. & Marlies H. Allen
Patty & Melvin Alperin
Berndt W. Anderson
Judith L. Anderson & Marcia Blair
Peri Ann Aptaker & Robert A. Lieberman
Jason E. Archambault
Stephen P. Archambault*
Barbara & Doug Ashby
Hugh D. Auchincloss, III
James & Karin Aukerman
George and Petrina Babcock
Marilyn Baker
Robert L.G. & Ruth L. Batchelor
Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. Baxt
Milton C. & Julia Bickford
F. Steele Blackall, III
Susan Marsh Blackburn
Raymond & Brenda Bolster, II
David E. and Kara K. Borah
Robert E. & Ann M. Borah
Karen S. Borger
Ruud and Laurie Bosman
Sandra C. Bristol-Irvine
Jane Ann Brown
Jeffrey A. Brown & Barbara Horovitz Brown
James Buttrick
Steve J. Caminis
Paul C. & Patricia B. Carlson
Richard F. Carolan
Annette R. Carpenter
Robert A. and Mary Ann Greer Chase
Edith G. Chisholm
Paul and Elizabeth Choquette
The Honorable David N. Cicilline
Marcia Clayton & William A. Maloney
John W. and Lillian Clegg
Sidney Clifford, Jr.
Reverend and Mrs. Thomas Conboy, Jr.
Robert B. & Ann F. Conner
Sheila Cooley, Esq. and Mark J. Fagan, MD
Timothy Corr
Michael & Kelly Cummings
Anthony & Christine D’Acchioli
Christine E. Dahlin
Joanne M. Daly
Peter S. and Anne Damon
Sophie F. Danforth
John C. Davis
Helen Deines*
Anthony & Grace Del Vecchio
Charles Denby II, M.D.
John G. & Elizabeth A. De Primo
James DeRentis
David and Elaine DeSousa
Yanny & Dianna DiFebbo
Giampiero & Leslie P. DiManna
Stan Dimock
Dorothy F. Donnelly, Ph.D.
David G. Doran, Jr.
Kenneth J. Dorney
Maura Dowling
David A. Duffy
Neil G. Dunay and R. Darrell McIntire*
Wayne K. & Bernice C. Durfee
John L. Dyer
Marilyn G. Eanet
Violet Eklof
Catherine English
Donald and Maia Farish
Lynne E. Fazzi
Stephen Feinstein
Sanford M. & Beverly A. Fern
Heather and Ronald Florence
Diane Fogarty*
Robert H. Forrest
James A. and Beverly A. Forte
Becky and Charlie Francis*
Mary Frappier
Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Freeman
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Fredric C. Friedman, Ed.D.
Simone P. Joyaux & Tom Ahern
Thomas E. Furey
Stephanie Tower Keating
Jane Fusco
Lester B. & Linda D. Keats
Thomas and Leslie Gardner
William and Dione Kenyon
Susan Garlington*
Susan Coggeshall King
Peter and Judy Garreffi
Harold J. Kushner, Ph.D.
Vera I. Gierke
The Honorable James R. Langevin
Arlene Golden Gilbert
Sally Lapides
Richard J. Gladney
Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Laurans
Dennis Glass & Tanya Trinkaus Glass
Patricia Lawlor, Ph.D.
Richard M.C. Glenn III and
Mary Goodyear Glenn
Margaret Nussbaum Lederer &
Bertram M. Lederer
Carol Golden & Stuart Einhorn
Margaret Goddard Leeson
Lillian Golden
Dorothy Leonard
Eleanor J. Goldstein
Stephen V. and Bettina H. Letcher
Susan F. Gonsalves
Constance Lima
Donna Marie Goodrich
Sylvia Long
Geoffrey Gordon
Carolyn G. Longolucco
Gary and Charleen Gosselin*
Dr. Deirdre V. Lovecky
Richard and Ellen Gower
James and Diane Lynch
George and Lois Graboys
Kathy and Brian MacLean*
Joya Weld Granbery-Hoyt
William and Susan Macy
Mary Grinavic
William & Mary Ann Makepeace
Suzanne Oringel Goldman Grossman
Bhikhaji M. Maneckji
Louise S. Mauran Groton
Barbara Margolis
Hope R. Gustafson
Alita C. Marks and James L. Spears
Kathleen Hagan
Deborah J. Marro
John E. & Janet S. Hall
David McCahan, Jr.
David F. Haskell & Karen R. Haskell
Gail E. McCann & Stanley Lukasiewicz
Donald P. Hayden
Norman E. & Dorothy R. McCulloch
Karin Hebb
Linda McGoldrick
Eric and Sarah Hertfelder*
Kathleen McKeough
Leona Hetu
David and Carol Hevey*
William Lynn McKinney &
Ronald D. Margolin
Larry J. Hirsch
Cornelia M. McSheehy
Elizabeth L. Hollander
Debra Meunier
Elizabeth Holochwost
Gladys Miller
Phyllis M. Huston
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Milot
David C. Isenberg
Dorothy Carol Mitchell*
Elaine Jacques
Heidi Keller Moon
C. Peter Jencks
Sandra Moyer*
Nancy W. Jencks
Elizabeth T. Mullaney
Mary M. Jennings
Ruth K. Mullen
Elaine Jewer
Arthur Murphy
Carl G. and Kathryn A. Johnson
Dr. Martin C. Nager and Dr. Denise Shapiro
Victoria Johnson
Jane S. Nelson
V. Rolf Johnson
Bernard and Doris Nemtzow*
Constance B.E. and Richard B. Jordan
Robert C. Nyman
Kevin E. Jordan, Ph.D.
Judith Oliveira
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Ruth Oppenheim
Edwin F. and Martha Sherman, Jr.
Chad Orlowski and Carol Masson*
Cheryl Silva-Feeney
Robert & Lidia Oster
Marjorie Simmons
Anne N. Ott
Kathleen A. Simons
Joseph W. Pailthorpe
Robert and Cynthia Sinclair
Elizabeth S. Palter, Ph.D.
George & M. Patricia Sisson
Thomas G. and Mary E. Parris
Eric R. C. and Margaret H. Smith*
Billy L. & June O. Patton
Mary Ann Sorrentino
Ruth and Leonard Perfido
Raymond Soucy and Nancy Thompson*
W. E. Phillips
Lillian Sparfven
Wells M. Pile and Marguerite Ofria Pile
Dennis E. Stark
Angelo R. Pizzi, Jr.*
Linda A. Steere and Edward R. DiLuglio
Richard & Patricia Plotkin
Neil Steinberg and Eugenia Shao
Garry and Virginia Plunkett
Ronald G. Stevens and Patricia E. Moore
Mary Ann Podolak
Cynthia Stewart Reed
Loretta R. and Lawrence Poole, Sr.
Walter R. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred K. Potter, II
William J. and Judith D. Struck
Robert H. and Rebecca A. Preston
Peter A. & Janice W. Sullivan
Robert and Melisa Radoccia*
James K. Sunshine
Donna-Jean Rainville
Meredith P. Swan & Kinnaird Howland
Anthony J. Raponi
Judith Taton
Ralph and Letty Raponi
Nancy E. Tripp
Walter Reed
Doris M. Tucker
P.E. Gay and Leslie Alan Regenbogen
Robert B. and Virginia R. Urquhart*
Nicholas E. and Rebecca Reynolds
Richard Vangermeersch
Russell and Carla Ricci
Doctor Domenic A. Vavala
Derwent Jean Riding
Jeanne S. Wadleigh
Marcia S. Riesman
Judith P. and Thomas W. Walsh
John and Liliana Risica
Jeremy S. and Edith B. Weinstein*
James R. Risko
Howard S. & Elaine S. Weiss
Frederick and June Rockefeller
Edward W. Whelan
Pablo & Diane Rodriguez
Rob and Susan Wilson*
Alice W. Roe-Grenier*
Edith B. Wislocki
Herman H. Rose
James J. and Lynn Ann Wojtyto
Barbara A. Rosen
Kenneth & Dorothy Woodcock
Geraldine J. Roszkowski
Peter & Patricia Young
John Rotondo, Jr.
Laura Mason Zeisler
The Honorable Deborah Ruggiero
Professor Stanley Zimmering
Josephine Ruggiero and Helmut Reinhardt
* New member
Janet Marie Ryan*
Sanford and Marian Sachs
Donna and Michael M. Scalzi III
Albert M. & Ilse I. Schaler
Barry & Elizabeth Schiller
Kenneth and Sheryl Schongold
Paul & Barbara Schurman
Michael E. and Mary Schwartz
Arthur J. Sepe, Jr.*
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F I NA NCIA LS AND INV E S TM E N T S
2014 Report on the Financials
and Investments of the Foundation
Generous Rhode Islanders have entrusted their philanthropy to the Rhode
Island Foundation, and we take very seriously our responsibility to steward
their legacies. The Foundation deploys prudent, long-term financial strategies
to ensure that we can maximize our grants to the Rhode Island community
each year while also preserving and growing the endowment for the future.
Investments
Operating expenses
Investments are managed by a committee
of Foundation directors and community
members with expertise in the field. With
the support of an investment consultant
and the Foundation’s chief financial officer,
the committee establishes the investment
policy, selects investment managers and
monitors their performance.
With the support of a finance committee made up of Foundation directors and
advisors, we are committed to carefully
managing our operating expenses. Our 2014
operating expenses were managed to within
approximately one percent of our total
assets, which is well within the industry
standards for community foundations.
Investments follow a broadly diversified asset allocation strategy. Over the past decade,
the Foundation has increased the proportion of equity investments and expanded its
portfolio to include investments in emerging markets, alternatives, and global fixed
income. The Foundation is committed to a
“total return” investment goal to ensure that
our endowment grows in perpetuity. Any
investment return earned over the spending
policy is added to principal.
Spending policy
We set high performance standards for our
investment managers and our endowment
returns consistently rank in the top third
compared to our community foundation
peers. In 2014, a year of uneven investment
performance across asset classes worldwide,
our investments had an average return of
3.9 percent.
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Our spending policy determines the amount
of dollars available for grants and operations.
It is reviewed annually by the Foundation’s
board. The spending policy ranges between
5.0 and 6.53 percent, depending upon the
fund type, of the trailing sixteen quarter
average endowment value. This range allows
us to provide a predictable stream of grants
while growing the endowment over the
long-term. The actual spending in 2014
averaged 5.8 percent.
Thanks to the diligent work of our board,
committees and staff, we distributed $34.8
million in the community in 2014, a record
for the Foundation.
SELEC TE D F INAN C IAL I N F O R M AT I ON
Years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. Full financial statements are available upon request.
Form 990s are available at www.rifoundation.org.
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
Unaudited 2014
2013
ASSETS
Cash
Investments, at fair value
$
766,469
$
673,906
753,689,427
736,159,749
Other Assets
16,603,874
16,241,259
Other receivables
26,711,357
25,895,529
Fixed assets, net
4,530,845
4,546,576
Promissory notes receivable
8,476,012
9,270,486
810,777,984
792,787,505
2,386,762
$ 1,145,156
1,590,811
3,167,745
Total Assets
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Grants payable
Charitable trusts
$
6,715,157
6,747,580
52,664,909
44,978,555
63,357,639
56,039,036
NET ASSETS
747,420,345
736,748,469
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
810,777,984
792,787,505
Unaudited 2014
2013
39,332,045
$35,636,825
1,835,087
1,896,701
Agency endowment funds
Total Liabilities
Consolidated Statements of Activities
OPERATING REVENUES
Spending rate and grant income distributions
Royalties and other income
Contributions for current use
Total Operating Revenues
3,794,781
2,195,263
44,961,913
39,728,789
31,962,858
29,682,681
OPERATING EXPENSES
Net grants appropriated
General and administrative expenses
7,695,652
7,898,140
Special Initiatives
2,368,508
2,087,934
42,027,018
39,668,755
2,934,895
60,034
19,857,735
37,812,835
(12,970,975)
62,335,032
850,221
5,732,541
-----
(2,017,589 )
7,736,981
103,862,819
10,671,876
103,922,853
Net Assets, Beginning of Year
736,748,469
632,825,616
Net Assets, End of Year
747,420,345
736,748,469
Total Operating Expenses
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Contributions for long-term investment
Net (redeemed) reinvested investment returns
Change in value of investments held in trust
Distribution of supporting organization
Total Non-Operating Revenues
Increase in Net Assets
2014 Annual Report
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BOA RD OF D IR E C TO R S
Our volunteer board of directors is responsible for setting the Foundation’s
policies and awarding grants. Directors are chosen for their community
leadership and knowledge and may serve up to two terms of five years each.
Frederick K. Butler, Chairman
Retired, Vice President Business
Ethics and Corporate Secretary, Textron
Michael Allio
CEO, Allio Associates, LLC
Mary W.C. Daly
Retired, Managing Director,
Royal Bank of Scotland
Ned Handy
President and Chief Operating Officer,
The Washington Trust Company
Ann-Marie Harrington
President and Founder, Embolden
Marie J. Langlois
Retired, Managing Director,
Washington Trust Investors
88
Mary F. Lovejoy
Vice President and Treasurer, Textron
The Honorable Ronald K. Machtley
President, Bryant University
Cynthia Stewart Reed
President & CEO, LTR Holdings, LLC
Howard Sutton
Executive in Residence, Johnson
and Wales University
The Honorable Ernest C. Torres
Retired, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court,
District of Rhode Island
Neil D. Steinberg
Ex officio member, President & CEO,
STA FF
Office of the President
Neil D. Steinberg
President & CEO
Wendi DeClercq
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Development
James S. Sanzi, Esq.
Vice President of Development
Michele Berard
Senior Development Officer
Carol Golden
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Timothy J. Groves, Esq.
Development Officer
Pamela Tesler Howitt
Senior Development Officer
Daniel Kertzner
Inés Merchán
Grant Programs Officer
Toby Shepherd
Donna Sowden
Administrative Assistant
Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D.
Vice President of the
Joanna Read
Program Coordinator
Finance
John Barnett, CPA
Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
Raymond J. DeCosta
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
for Funding Partnerships
Senior Staff Accountant
Christina Kettell
Senior Staff Accountant
Kelly Riley
Strategy and Community
Investments
Jessica David
Vice President of Strategy
and Community Investments
Mary-Kim Arnold
Director of Evaluation & Learning
Donna Landy
Jennifer Reid, CPA
Controller
Technology &
Operations Management
Kathleen Malin
Vice President of Technology
& Operations Management
Ricky Bogert
Donor Services Administrator
Louis Capracotta, III
Public Affairs
Facilities Manager
Chris Barnett
Elizabeth Cockrell
Senior Public Affairs Officer
Special Grants and Reports Administrator
Jean E. Cohoon
Diane Cournoyer
Senior Public Affairs Officer
Claudia Cornejo
Alison Jackson
Data and Operations Manager
Connie Grosch
Paula O’Brien
Digital Reporter
Advised Grants Administrator
Jamie E. Hull
Bryant Phillips
Public Affairs Associate
Database Administrator
Lauren Paola
Diane Rodgers
Public Affairs & Special Projects Manager
Shayne Purdue
Ian Ross
Grant Programs
Joe Santos
Events Coordinator
Jennifer Pereira
Grants Database Coordinator
IT Technician
Director of Grant Programs
Human Resources
Crystal Alvarado
Frank Cerilli
Human Resources Manager
Adrian C. Bonéy
Yvette M. Mendez
2014 Annual Report
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