2011 - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

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Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Annual Report 2011
Traveling Together
Our Journey Of Giving
2011 By the Numbers
Grants and Contributions - Ten Year Record
At a Glance
Total Assets
$115,965,007
Contributions
$3,406,010
Number of gifts
1019
Number of donors
849
Investment returns
-2.4%
Grants and scholarships approved
$5,132,406
Number of grantee organizations
524
Number of new funds
23
Total named funds
470
Approved Grants by Broad Category
Total Awards $5,132,406
Our Fund Types
Discretionary
Field of Interest
$13,647,022
Committee Advised
$23,409,425
Donor Advised
$14,324,055
Designated
$16,778,376
Agency
$11,550,297
Scholarship
$10,668,069
Total Market Value
Arts
$883,756
$21,712,733
Health &
Human Services
$1,870,079
Community
Development
$441,576
$112,089,976
Education
$1,791,536
Environment
$145,459
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Inside back cover
Grant Awards by Fund Type
Approved
Grants
by Fund Type
Total $5,132,406
Total $5,132,406
$1500
$1,289,246
Dollars (Thousands)
Letter to Our Community
Highlights of 2011
New Funds Created in 2011
Donor Advised Funds
Designated Funds
Scholarship Funds
Field of Interest and
Committee Advised Funds
Discretionary Funds
Agency Funds
Contibutors
Grants
The Acorn Society
Financials
Committees
Corporators
Board of Directors and Staff
Ways to Give
$1000
$911,430
$879,480
$662,890
$632,178
$521,464
$500
$235,718
$0
Discretionary
Field of
Interest
Committee
Advised
Donor
Advised
Fund Type
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Designated
Agency
Scholarship
Letter to Our Community
Dear Friends,
Welcome to our 2011 report. Its theme
of travel reflects our way of working
together as fellow travelers toward our
shared goal of community betterment.
Each year, our journey continues, and
we prepare well to meet challenges
while also responding with flexibility
to unexpected turns and discoveries.
We see the familiar in new ways,
exhilarated by each others’ fresh
perspectives, both broad views and
close-up encounters.
For example, our Early Childhood
Leadership Initiative demonstrates
our new, proactive, issue-driven
approach to grantmaking. We found
common ground among ten of our
grantees working in arenas that
influence the lifelong success of our
youngest learners. By pooling money
from several donor funds, we made
grants that expand and improve these
programs and connect them into an
informal coalition. Their collaboration
underscores the well-documented
importance of a child’s first 1,000 days
of life in developing skills that can
lead to college success and a productive
adulthood. This grantmaking initiative
is also galvanizing private-and-public
sector support for similar programs to
strengthen early childhood education in
Greater Worcester.
Another 2011 program that recognizes
and builds on existing strengths is our
new Professional Advisors’ Network.
Financial advisors have been friends of
the Foundation from its start, valuing
its resilience, flexibility and efficiency as
a vehicle to meet clients’ philanthropic
and financial objectives. Now we are
engaging advisors to actively recruit
new donors, drawn by our deep
knowledge of the community and the
opportunity to create an endowed,
named fund with $10,000 that honors a
loved one or serves a cherished cause in
perpetuity.
You are joining us on a great journey.
Spread the word. Each year we
continue to make new discoveries and
reap new rewards on behalf of our
community. Find out about our 2011
accomplishments in the following
pages.
Joe Salois and Ann Lisi guide
Foundation activities that support
nonprofit organizations throughout
Central Massachusetts.
On the cover:
A pictorial array of some memorable
moments and milestones in 2011.
Sincerely,
Explore Our
Ann T. Lisi
President and CEO
New Website!
R. Joseph Salois
Chairman
greaterworcester.org
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Highlights of 2011
Celebrating our 37th year, the Foundation remains faithful to the vision of its founders, whose experiment in
a distinctly neighborly and self-reliant model of philanthropy took hold and spread deep roots. Here are some of
our highlights from 2011.
• Introduced the Early Childhood Leadership Initiative of the Grants Task Force, a proactive investment in local nonprofits advancing pre-K through college readiness that will foster mutual learning as well as public/
private sector support.
• Continued strong growth in new donors by adding 23 new funds, bringing the total of named funds to 470.
• Received $1.7 million in gifts from donors and $1.6 million in agency fund deposits, sustaining 2010 performance.
• Furthered outreach and donor education resources by designing and inaugurating the Foundation’s new interactive web site.
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Established the Professional Advisors Network to expand relationships with these critical partners, who value the Foundation as a vehicle to meet clients’ financial and philanthropic goals and engage new donors.
Professional Advisors Network (Front from left):
Dorothy Dimitri, Janet Bousquet, Ann Molloy,
Anne Wales, Patricia Jones: (2nd Row):
Michael Grenon, Timothy O’Malley, Jay Aframe,
Michael Martin, Neil Petersen, Joseph Stolberg
(chair), Tracy Craig, Charles Manoog: (3rd Row):
John Merrill, Michael Bollus, Joel Buthray, Michael
Brockelman, George Dresser, Daniel Tinsley,
Dennis Gorman, Marvin Silver, Donald Maloney.
• Launched the Donor Stewardship Committee
to ensure continuous excellence in donor
relations, promote awareness of the Foundation’s
unique benefits, and help to attract more donors
for the future.
Members of the new Donor Stewardship Committee
include (from left): Lee Gaudette, Kathy Metzger,
Ben Craver, Marla Maykel Pyle, Scott Rossiter, AnnMarie Argits, Harry Dewey, Polly Traina and Ross Dik.
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Highlights of 2011
• Hosted the Foundation’s Insights 2011: Livable Cities held in September, which included a tour of the
Providence Hill neighborhood, talks on Census 2010, the role of nonprofits in inner cities, and a reception
at Worcester Academy’s alumni house.
Distribution Committee member Tuyet Tran and Board Chair Joe Salois were among the participants
in the Foundation’s Insights 2011: Livable Cities, which included a tour of Providence Hill.
At a Nonprofit Support Center session, Fred Enman, executive director of Matthew 25, confers with
his board member Barbara Athy and Nancy Cahalen of the Better Business Bureau talks with Jeannie
Hebert of the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce.
• Celebrating its 13th year, the Foundation’s Nonprofit Support Center helps to develop a capable,
forward-thinking, and collaborative nonprofit sector in Worcester County through programs and
services such as its annual breakfast series, which began with a well-attended session by Jay Vogt,
“From Board Roles to Board Goals.”
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DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
James C. and Glenna A. Brunner Memorial Fund
Cynthia Strub created this donor advised
fund in memory of her parents: Glenna was
an artist and James an avid outdoorsman.
The fund supports organizations in the areas
of the environment and the arts.
Francis A. Ford and Shirley A. Doyle Fund
This donor advised fund will carry out the philanthropic
interests of Fran Ford and Shirley Doyle.
John V. Frank Fund for Pomfret Area
John Frank is a fourth-generation resident
of Akron, Ohio, with a summer home
in Pomfret, CT. He created this donor
advised fund to benefit cherished projects
in the “Quiet Corner” of Connecticut and
other areas of New England.
The SASA Fund
This donor advised fund enables a private couple to do some of
their giving anonymously.
DESIGNATED FUNDS
Richard and Deanna Charves Fund
Deanna and Richard Charves took advantage
of the tax benefit gained by rolling over their
mandatory IRA distribution and created
an endowment to support St. Bernadette’s
School in Northborough, where Deanna
worked as a volunteer.
Gerald J. and Dallas M. Eydenberg Fund
This designated fund was created in 2011 by
Janis Eydenberg to honor her parents and
serve humanity around the world.
The Norma Feingold
Worcester History Prize Fund
Born and raised in Worcester, Norma
loved the city and its history. For
seventeen years, she was an editor
and research assistant at Worcester
Historical Museum. Her husband, Saul,
and their children created this fund to
honor Norma’s memory and encourage
young people to engage in the exciting
exploration of Worcester’s history.
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The Lund Unitarian Church Fund
John W. Lund (1920–2010) created
this designated fund for the benefit of
First Unitarian Church of Worcester.
The Church brings people together to
deepen spiritual lives and to “live in right
relationship with fellow human beings and with all creation.”
The Hon. James F. Queenan
Legal Services Fund
Retired bankruptcy judge James F. Queenan
and his wife, Helen, created this fund to
support Community Legal Aid, which
assists low-income, elderly and other
disenfranchised people and challenges barriers to social and
economic justice.
The Marion & Arthur Rossiter Fund for
Evangelical Congregational Church
A lifelong resident of Grafton, Marion
Rossiter-Smith created this fund to honor
her late husband and to support the music
and youth education programs at the
Grafton Congregational Church.
AGENCY FUNDS
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc.
For over 40 years, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
has served as a vital link for the Asian American community
of Greater Boston. This fund helps ensure future resources
for its mission to integrate newcomers while preserving their
rich culture.
The Chin Tunn Fon
Endowment Fund for BCNC
The Chin Tunn Fon Endowment
Fund embraces the spirit and legacy
of immigrants. Using appreciated
stock, Frank Chin and his wife, Rose
established this endowment to generate
an income stream in perpetuity for the
agency’s children, youth and families. BCNC is appreciative
and grateful for such a farsighted gift.
Camp Putnam Agency Fund
At Camp Putnam, caring and sharing
are core values, a connection to nature is
key to personal development, and every
child deserves access to the summer camp
experience regardless of ability to pay.
These philosophies have guided the organization for over 60
years, and this fund helps support it for decades to come.
Mary Ann Binkoski Scholarship Fund
Mary Ann Binkoski devoted her career to
the youth of the city. She was an educator in
the Worcester Public Schools for 36 years,
including 14 years as principal of Grafton
Street School, ending with her untimely death
in 2008. This scholarship is dedicated to her life’s work for the
children of Worcester.
Friends of Beaman Memorial Public Library
Endowment Fund
In 1911, George Calvin Rice, a local farmer,
presented the town of West Boylston with
the option to purchase land for a new library
in honor of his great-grandfather, Major
Ezra Beaman. The plan was approved at
town meeting, and the Beaman Memorial
Public Library was opened to the public on
September 6, 1912. The Friends group created this endowment
for library programs and operations.
Seven Hills Charter Public School
Scholarship Fund
Seven Hills Charter Public School
prepares a diverse cross-section of
Worcester children for success as students,
workers, and citizens by providing them
with a high-quality education through
Grade 8. This Fund will provide college scholarships to eligible
students who attended Seven Hills.
Friends of Hope Cemetery Fund
The Friends of Hope Cemetery was
founded in 1991 by a group of concerned
citizens who wished to assist the city of
Worcester to protect and beautify an
historic cemetery. Today, the Friends offer
tours, lectures, bird walks, conservation
workshops and Arbor Day activities.
Preservation Worcester Endowment Fund
The mission of Preservation Worcester is to
maintain for future generations the sites and
structures significant to the culture, history,
and architecture of the city and to encourage
excellence in future design.
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Wallace D. and Dorothy M. Andrews Scholarship Fund
Wallace and Dorothy Andrews have
mentored many gifted young people
to pursue their dreams and set high
aspirations. This scholarship will assist
African-American students to pursue
college studies in science, mathematics
and engineering.
Mark W. Tripp Scholarship
This scholarship was created by Ann,
Elizabeth and Sam Tripp to honor their late
husband and father. Awards will be made
each year to a local student who has survived
cancer or the death of an immediate family
member.
Leonard H. White Scholarship Fund
The R.H. White family of companies
remains as it began in 1923: devoted to the
communities in which its customers and
employees live and work. It is in this spirit
that this scholarship has been created for
children of employees to secure college education in the fields of
engineering, construction, or business management.
DISCRETIONARY and FIELD OF INTEREST
Densmore Community Fund
This fund will help to ensure that many of the cherished projects
of Bill and Martha Densmore are supported.
Worcester County Food Bank Fund to End Hunger
The Food Bank has established this fund to raise awareness of
the problem of hunger and to provide funds for programs and
strategies that help to alleviate or reduce its
causes. Grants may be used for the operating
needs of the Food Bank’s Hunger-Free
Network as well as for pilot projects and
innovative strategies that promote systemic
and sustainable solutions to the problem
of hunger.
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Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund
A young visitor enjoys a Family Day at the Worcester Art
Museum, one of the organizations that Harry and Jane Dewey
support through their donor advised fund.
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arry and Jane Dewey established this donor advised fund in 1994 to support a variety of educational
and community service programs. A lifelong Worcester resident and one of our founders, Harry describes its
advantages:
• Perpetuity: During our lives we can request payments to our favorite charities; after we are gone the fund will continue our pattern of giving.
• Investment Acumen: With its large asset base, the Foundation can obtain sophisticated investment counsel.
• Good Management: We have observed the competence of the Foundation leadership and are satisfied that it is excellent and will continue to be so.
• Flexibility: Needs change and charitable organizations cease to be. With this fund adjustments can be made without incurring court expenses.
• Community Solidarity: One of the pleasures in having a fund is the joy of joining many of our friends and
hundreds of similarly motivated citizens in this effort to better our community.
Donor Advised Funds
These allow donors and their successors to actively recommend different organizations each year to receive grants.
Argitis Family Fund (2004)
Isabel K. Arms Fund (2005)
Jane Bath Fund (2007)
The JoAnn Waite Bennett Memorial Fund (2010)
Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Donor Advised Fund (1987)
Bowditch & Dewey Fund (1990)
Bozenhard Charitable Fund (2005)
James C. and Glenna A. Brunner Memorial Fund (2011) NEW
The Douglas P. Butler Fund (1998)
George S. and Tammy Butler Fund (2007)
Marcia Butzel Fund (2001)
William R. and Janet A. Carrick Fund (1998)
Wynne L. Chase Fund (1998)
Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund (2001)
Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund (2000)
Paul E. Cohan Fund (2000)
The Dr. James J. Convery and Tracy A. Craig Fund (2009)
Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford Fund (2004)
Elizabeth A. Culhane Memorial Fund (2000)
Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund (1999)
Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund (2000)
Dana L. DeAngelis-McDonald Memorial Fund (2002)
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Gene J. DeFeudis Fund (2005)
Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund (1993)
Martha L. and William P. Densmore Fund (1999)
Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund (1994)
Morgan B. and Loretta R. Dewey Fund (2001)
Carolyn Knight Dik Fund (1998)
Ross and Lisa Dik Fund (1993)
Barbara M. and Irving James Donahue Jr. Fund (1993)
Lillian Knowles Eldred Fund of Pakachoag Church
for the Support of Sacred Music (1999)
Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer Erikson Fund (1996)
Finnish American Social Club Fund (1998)
Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund (1991)
Francis A. Ford and Shirley A. Doyle Fund (2011) NEW
John V. Frank Fund for Pomfret Area (2011) NEW
Barbara H. Gaudette Fund (2007)
Lillian R. Goodman & Mary K. Alexander Fund
for Nursing Education & Research (1999)
David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund (1986)
Newell and Betty Hale Fund (2001)
Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund (1982)
Harris Family Fund (2001)
Donor Advised Funds Offer Choice, Convenience and Connection
At the Foundation’s February winter supper for donors, preservation artisan Sally Bowditch
gave a talk about the restoration of the Hanover Theatre.
D
onors actively contribute to their community with a donor advised fund. You take a proactive, ongoing
role in making grant recommendations that fulfill your charitable goals. You may also appoint successor
advisors for one generation beyond yourself, and involve your children or other family members in
continuing your philanthropy. Once this advising period end, your fund continues to fulfill your stated
goals in perpetuity.
The Foundation is one of the oldest and largest sponsors of donor advised funds in New England. Its
services simplify your giving, handling all administration and tax reporting processes for a modest fee.
The Foundation can also provide you with insights into community needs that help you increase the
impact of your grants. And as active participants in grantmaking, donors often enjoy joining Foundation
events and connecting with others who share their charitable interests.
Donor Advised Funds (continued)
The Hedin Family Memorial Emergency Fund (2007)
Frances M. Herron Fund (1997)
Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund (2002)
William and Maureen Kelleher Charitable Fund (2008)
W. David and Lee Norton Kelly Family Fund (2002)
Kirby Foundation Fund (2007)
Augusta H. Kressler, M.D. Fund (2002)
George and Anna Krikorian Family Fund (1994)
Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux Fund (2000)
The LaVigne Family Fund (1992)
Anne A. Levine Fund (1995)
Peter H. and Catherine H. Levine Fund (2007)
Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor Advised Fund (2004)
Lisi-Greene Fund (2004)
MacLean Family Fund (2004)
Marla Maykel Fund (2001)
Charles H. McDonald Memorial Foundation (2005)
C. Jean and Myles McDonough Fund (1988)
Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew Meany Memorial Fund (2003)
The Metzger Family Fund (2010)
Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Donor Advised Fund (2008)
James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Donor Advised Fund (2003)
John M. Nelson Fund (1990)
Ernest Osterman Family Fund (2004)
Pakachoag Church Fund for Human Understanding (1999)
Arthur M. Pappas and Martha R. Pappas Donor Advised Foundation (2002)
Pelletz Family Fund (2003)
Town of Petersham Fund (1984)
The Pyle Fund (1986)
Paul and Fay Rossley Fund (1995)
Salois Family Fund (2010)
Donna R. C. and John E. Sansoucy Fund (2006)
The SASA Fund (2011) NEW
Charles E. Scott Community Fund (1997)
Charles E. Soule Paul Revere Insurance Group Centennial Fund (1995)
Stonewall Fund (2008)
Candi Tiarks Cancer Research Fund (1996)
Margaret and Gordon Torgersen Fund (2000)
Traina Family Youth DevelopmentFund (1999)
Tree Fund (2000)
Trust in Kids Fund (1987)
Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt Fund (1997)
Todd H. Wetzel Fund (1992)
Whittier Family Charitable Gift Fund (2007)
Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund (1999)
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Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund
Even during her student
teaching days at Quinsigamond
Community College, Marcia
Katter (1944–2000) demonstrated
her abundant gifts as an early
childhood educator. Soon she was
directing her own program, the
Trinity Lutheran Community
Nursery School. Rather than turn
away any child, Marcia awarded
numerous scholarships to her
young students.
Marcia Katter (1944–2000), with her grandsons
Jordan and Cody in August of 2000, was a beloved
grandmother and early childhood educator. A recent
grant from the Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund
purchased oversized books for pre-school children.
When the Worcester Public Schools introduced its preschool
program, Marcia became one of its teachers, while at the same
time earning her master’s degree at Worcester State College.
“This was an exciting and challenging period in my mother’s
life, which she whole-heartedly embraced,” says her son, Kent P.
Katter. In 2001, after his mother’s untimely death, Kent created
this designated fund.
“My mother would be proud that a fund in her name benefits the
Worcester Public Schools preschool program. She was a kind,
giving and loving person. This fund memorializes her and honors
her 25-year teaching career.”
Designated Funds
Designated funds allow donors to name specific beneficiaries for annual support.
Abby’s Empowerment Fund (2009)
Hollis E. and Gwendolyn D. Alden Fund (1977)
Clarence S. Arms Family Fund (1986)
Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund (2004)
Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund (2007)
Barbara Allen Booth Fund (2001)
Robert W. Booth Fund for the Worcester Historical Museum (2002)
Bosler Humane Society Fund (1986)
Bruce Breger Memorial Fund for BSA Troop 1 of Northboro (2010)
H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III Fund (2000)
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund (1995)
Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund (1987)
John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund (2003)
Central Massachusetts Disaster Relief Residue Trust Fund (1980)
Richard and Deanna Charves Fund (2011) NEW
Chesson Family Fund (1991)
Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. Ciaffone Fund (2005)
Martha A. Cowan Fund (1987)
Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford Endowment Fund
for the Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library (2006)
Ethel S. Cunningham Fund (1987)
Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund for Wellesley College (2007)
Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/Andover Fund (2007)
Directors and Corporators Fund (1984)
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Douglas Center Cemetery Preservation Fund (1999)
Marjorie G. and Elmer E. Ellison Jr. Fund (2001)
Gerald J. and Dallas M. Eydenberg Fund (2011) NEW
The Norma Feingold Worcester History Prize Fund (2011) NEW
Norma and Saul F. Feingold Joy of Music Fund (2006)
Shirley Feldman Fund (2005)
First Congregational Parish, Unitarian Fund (2006)
First Unitarian Church Fund (2006)
Patricia Fisher Fund (2006)
Paris and Marion S. Fletcher Fund for United Way (1992)
Lois B. and Robert F. Green Fund (2001)
Newell Hale Memorial Fund (2003)
Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Fund for United Way (1992)
Ginette Harrison, MD Memorial Fund (2002)
Hendricks House Preservation Fund (1999)
Honee A. Hess Partnership with Children Fund (1996)
Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund (1979)
Holden Council on Aging/Senior Center Fund (2003)
Jeppson Memorial Fund (1976)
Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund (2001)
Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Fund (1997)
Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund (1996)
Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund (1988)
Max H. and Eloise A. Kuhner Memorial Fund (2005)
Hollis E. and Gwendolyn D. Alden Fund
D
uring their lifetime, Hollis and Gwendolyn Alden gave
to a set of institutions they admired through their own
private foundation. After the couple died, their children
decided to dissolve the foundation and replace it with this
designated fund. Established in 1977, the fund contributes
to the causes favored by the Aldens in perpetuity.
Yet over 30 years, each of their original beneficiaries has
undergone a merger, reorganization, or change in name
and scope if not in mission.
Faithful to the Aldens’ preferences, the Foundation
navigates such inevitable changes and makes grants to
the successors or contemporary equivalents of the original
organizations. For example, Easter Seals Massachusetts
receives gifts that formerly supported the Bay State Society
for the Crippled and Handicapped. Grants once destined
for Memorial Hospital and Worcester Hahnemann
Hospital now benefit UMASS Memorial Foundation.
Easter Seals Massachusetts is among the beneficiaries
of the Hollis and Gwendolyn Alden Fund, which
made an unrestricted grant to purchase innovative
technology that engages teachers and students in
interactive learning.
Designated Funds (continued)
The Peter H. Levine Fund (2010)
Peter H. Levine and Catherine H. Levine Fund
for the 1st Unitarian Church (2010)
John W. Lund Fund (1993)
The Lund Leadership Award (2010)
The Lund Unitarian Church Fund (2011) NEW
Frances F. Mansfield Fund (1996)
Sandy C. Marks Jr. Biomedical Education Fund (2003)
Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund (2001)
Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Fund (2004)
Millbury Public Library Endowment Fund (1991)
Edward P. Miner and Dauphinais Park Endowment Fund (2003)
Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Fund (2007)
Vasiliky Strates Moschos Memorial Fund (2002)
Rani P. and Haribabu Muddana, MD Fund (2001)
C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell Fund (1999)
Norcross Heritage Fund (2004)
Dr. Arthur and Dr. Martha Pappas Recreation Complex Fund (2009)
Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. Pettit Jr. Fund (1996)
Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory of Patsy and Theresa Pezzella (1999)
Pomfret Community School Arts Fund (2006)
Lillian S. Pratt Fund (2007)
The Hon. James F. Queenan Legal Services Fund (2011) NEW
The John and Gloria Rauth Library Fund (2001)
Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Fund (1993)
Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund (1987)
Marvin Richmond Fund (1998)
Chapin Riley Fund (2000)
Katharine Higgins Riley Fund (1991)
Rogers-Kennedy Memorial Fund (2003)
Marion & Arthur Rossiter Fund for Evanglical Congregational Church (2011) NEW
Saul A. Seder Fund (1991)
H. Arthur Smith Designated Fund (1986)
Khazma A. Soffan Memorial Fund (2000)
Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund (2001)
Robert and Helen E. Stoddard Fund for United Way (1999)
Polly and Dick Traina Fund for Y.O.U., Inc. (2009)
Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund (1978)
Harold Davis Woodbury Fund (1987)
Worcester Animal Rescue League Fund (2007)
Worcester Art Museum Booth Family Fund for Education and Outreach (1999)
Worcester Arts and Humanities Educational Collaborative Fund (2002)
Worcester Engineering Society Fund (1989)
Worcester Historical Museum Robert W. Booth Fund for Salisbury Mansion (1995)
Worcester Street Tree Fund (2010)
Worcester Tree Initiative Fund (2009)
WTAG Christmas for Children Fund (2000)
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Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship Fund
L
aurie was a loving mother of seven boys and a dedicated
teacher of children with special needs. When Laurie died in
1994, her husband David and his colleagues in life insurance
created this scholarship to help college-bound high school
graduates who are coping with the death or disability of a
parent.
“These kids may work second jobs to help their families make
ends meet,” says David, “or stay home to care for younger
siblings. We want to encourage them and let them know
others are behind them at a challenging time.”
David adds, “We’re very pleased to be part of the
Foundation’s family of scholarships. We gain exposure to so
many students and benefit from the wonderful administrative
services the Foundation provides for scholarship funds.”
The Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship Fund honors this devoted
mother of seven and dedicated teacher of children with special
needs by awarding scholarships to college-bound high school
graduates coping with the loss or disability of a parent.
Scholarship Funds
Scholarship funds provide financial aid to college students through the Foundation’s annual selection process.
Wallace D. and Dorothy M. Andrews Scholarship Fund (2011) NEW
Adolfo Arrastia Beacon of Light Scholarship Fund (2005)
Helen and Chuck Arsenault Memorial Scholarship Fund (2000)
Auburn Woman’s Club Fund (2000)
AVID North Scholarship Fund (2004)
Dennis Elroy Barry Memorial Scholarship Fund (2005)
Belmont Street Community School Scholarship Fund (2000)
Loretta J. Belval Scholarship Fund (2002)
Bruce S. Bennett Fund for Community Journalism (2006)
Mary Ann Binkoski Scholarship Fund (2011) NEW
Mary and John Buckley Memorial Educational Fund (1998)
The Edward Carien Scholarship Fund (2010)
Carrick Foundation Scholarship (2000)
Charlton PTO Fund (1999)
Mary Connolly Memorial Scholarship Fund (1999)
Melvin S. Cutler Fund (1986)
December 3rd Scholarship Fund (1999)
Admiral and Mrs. Louis E. Denfeld Scholarship Fund (2007)
Santo J. and Ellen M. DiDonato Memorial Scholarship Fund (1999)
Steve Drawbridge Memorial Fund (2008)
John and Fran Duke Scholarship Fund (2004)
Richard and Carol Dymek Scholarship Fund (2006)
Joseph D. Early Scholarship Fund (2006)
East Brookfield Scholarship (2007)
Stephen G. Economos Scholar Athlete Fund (2007)
Jeffrey S. Edinberg Memorial Scholarship Fund (2002)
Elm Park Community School Scholarship Fund (1987)
John N. Engelsted Fund (1982)
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Fred and Leona Eppinger Scholarship Fund (2007)
Mary R. Fedeli Memorial Scholarship Fund (2002)
Anita and Nathaniel A. Feingold Scholarship Fund (1994)
Norma and Saul F. Feingold Fund (1983)
Finnish American Social Club Scholarship Fund (2003)
Fitchburg Sportsmen’s Club Scholarship (2009)
Earl P. Fontaine Memorial Scholarship Fund (2003)
Marilyn M. and Russell J. Fox Scholarship Fund (2010)
Marilyn M. and Russell J. Fox Scholarship Fund for Non-traditional Students
(2010)
Janet Fraser Scholarship Fund (1999)
John F. Freeland Memorial Fund (2005)
Friends of Rutland Heights Hospital Permanent Fund (1993)
Judge and Mrs. William Garbose Fund (1998)
Derek Gaudette Memorial Scholarship Fund (1995)
General Scholarship Fund (1990)
Matthew Gignac Memorial Scholarship Fund (1999)
Robert P. Goulet Memorial Scholarship Fund (1998)
Greg’s Grant Fund (1997)
The Grynsel Educational Scholarship Fund (2006)
Emil Haddad Jazz Scholarship Fund (2004)
Joseph F. and Claire L. Halvey Scholarship Fund (2002)
Marty Hastings Memorial Scholarship (2010)
The Hedin Family Memorial Fund (2007)
Maureen Henrickson Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004)
Charles Hugo Community Service Award Fund (2007)
Debbie Anne Johnson Memorial Fund (1993)
Jenica Lynn Junnila Memorial Scholarship Fund (2000)
Magee Family Education Fund
Dale Magee, MD, and his wife, Melanie, grew up in New
York State in families of modest means. Both were the first
in their families to attend college, and Regents’ Scholarships
funded their tuition to a state university. Those scholarships
changed their lives. In 2003, the Magees established this
fund to give talented young people in financial need the same
opportunity. Each year’s recipient receives an award for full
tuition at UMass Amherst.
“The Foundation is a pleasure to work with,” says Dr. Magee.
“Within a day, they set up the scholarship we had in mind
and they take care of all the paperwork. I enjoy receiving
updates on how the students are doing. As I hear about their
accomplishments, I see the difference my dollars are making
to young lives, which means the world to me.”
Top: Recognizing the value of quality higher education as well as
the importance of scholarship aid, each year Dale and Melanie
Magee award a young person a full tuition scholarship at UMass
Amherst through their Magee Family Education Fund.
Left: UMass Amherst campus.
Scholarship Funds (continued)
Deborah A. Kaufman Scholarship Fund (1990)
Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Scholarship Fund (1978)
Bradford J. Kemp Scholarship Fund (2008)
Leonard F. Leamy Scholarship Fund (2006)
Leicester High School Football Alumni Scholarship Fund (2007)
Leicester Samaritan Nursing Association Fund (1996)
Mark MacPherson Lightbown Memorial Scholarship Fund (1980)
Lincoln Village Scholarship Fund (2001)
Mary Falby Logan and Francis Logan Jr. Scholarship Fund (2004)
Lunenburg Opportunity Fund (1999)
Daniel Stephen Lussier Athletic Scholarship (2010)
L.W.V.O. Memorial Scholarship Fund (2010)
Lieutenant James F. “Jay” Lyons, III Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001)
Magee Family Education Fund (2003)
Magee Family Scholarship Fund for UMass Amherst (2004)
Frances F. Mansfield Scholarship Fund (1996)
Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Scholarship Fund (2004)
Anthony E. Mickunas Memorial Scholarship Fund (1987)
Michael Minty Memorial Scholarship Fund (1988)
Constantine Mina and Vasiliky Strates Moschos Scholarship Fund (2005)
Anne Carey Murphy Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001)
Nichols Academy Fels Scholarship Fund (2001)
Nichols Academy Scholarship Fund (2001)
Arnold and Sylvia Nylund Scholarship Fund (2001)
Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. Pettit Jr. Scholarship Fund (1996)
Richard W. Pierce Fund (1985)
Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Scholarship Fund (2001)
Barbara Marks Rothschild Arts and Education Scholarship Fund (2004)
Ida and Murray Rotman Scholarship Fund (1985)
Andrew Sala Memorial Scholarship Fund (1998)
Seven Hills Charter Public School Scholarship Fund (2011) NEW
Herbert D. Sherwin Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004)
William J. Short Scholarship Fund (2002)
Alexander G. Simonatis Scholarship Fund (2004)
Claudia Simonian Scholarship Fund (2007)
John J. Simpson Jr. Memorial Fund (1993)
Arthur J. Smith and Dorothy G. Smith Scholarship Fund (2005)
Steelman Expository Writing Scholarship Fund (1999)
Sylvia Gafvert Stubblebine Fund (1989)
Swedish National Federation Fund (2001)
Tahanto Regional High School Scholarship Fund (1997)
Paul E. Tarkiainen Art Award Fund (1995)
Kathleen Terry Memorial Scholarship Fund (2005)
Robert Thomson Scholarship Fund (2009)
Sumner B. Tilton Memorial Scholarship Fund (1985)
Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship Fund (2002)
Tobin Family Fund (1999)
Carmen Tobin Nursing Scholarship Fund (1995)
Mark W. Tripp Scholarship (2011) NEW
Webster Square Business Association Scholarship Fund (2002)
Leroy Weiner Scholarship Fund (2000)
Paul J. Westberg Memorial Scholarship Fund (2000)
Leonard H. White Scholarship Fund (2011) NEW
Mary Olive Wood Scholarship Fund (1992)
Worcester Latino Coalition Scholarship Fund (1999)
Worcester Swedish Charitable Association (2001)
Worcester Woman’s Club Fund (1999)
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Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth
Mary Grogan helped establish
her town’s 4-H chapter, which
served Millbury children for
five decades. Yet generations of
residents know her best as their
high school Latin teacher and
guidance counselor.
“Mary Grogan was an icon,” says
a former student, Frank Gagliardi,
a CPA and president of the Millbury Historical Society. “She noticed my A’s in
bookkeeping and suggested I consider accounting. I thank her every day.”
Grantees of the Mary B. Grogan
Fund for Youth include the Millbury
Historical Society, which each year
hosts second-graders at the town’s
1861 schoolhouse, as well as other
education, nature and horticulture
programs benefiting Millbury children.
When the 4-H chapter closed, the Worcester County 4-H Foundation, Inc.
sold its clubhouse and used its proceeds to create this fund, which supports
programs for Millbury youth involving nature, horticulture or education.
Grantees include a Historical Society program that brings second-graders to
Millbury’s two-room schoolhouse, built in 1861. Dressed as a schoolmarm,
an actress recreates a period classroom, complete with duncecap, slateboards
and a switchstick. “The children really enjoy it,” says Frank. “Mary was a big
influence on our town. She’s still helping us.”
“Mary was a big influence on our town. She’s still helping us.”
Field of Interest and Committee Advised Funds
These provide support in areas specified by the donor and selected by Foundation distribution committees.
Ruth and John Adam Fund (2000)
African Heritage Institute Fund (1997)
Andrew N. Ahlfors and Helmi E. Ahlfors Fund (2002)
George I. Alden Education Fund (2010)
Lois Anne Memorial Fund (1993)
Fund for the Arts and Humanities (1993)
Elkanah B. Atkinson Community and Education Fund (1986)
The Auburn Foundation (2002)
Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Fund (1987)
Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch Fund (1990)
Cancer Care and Research Fund (1991)
John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund (1996)
Central Massachusetts Health Standards Fund (1990)
Child Wellness Fund (2001)
Children’s Christmas Fund (1991)
Barbara E. and William E. Christensen Fund (1998)
Community Ministries Fund (2006)
The Community Response Fund (2010)
Fairman C. Cowan Fund (1995)
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Lorraine Crepeau Fund (2006)
Anna S. and Warren G. Davis Fund (1998)
Rosemary Davis Environmental Preservation Fund (2001)
Sarah B. and Dix F. Davis Fund (2002)
Densmore Community Fund (2011) NEW
Directors and Corporators Community Impact Fund (2007)
Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund (1985)
Environmental Grantmaking Fund (2002)
Fairlawn Foundation Fund (1991)
Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund (1996)
Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund (1998)
GLBT Endowment Fund (2010)
Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth (2001)
Greater Worcester Jaycees Fund (1997)
Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human Services Fund (1992)
Rosemary Marble Harris Fund (2001)
Harriet Miller Hight Education Fund with the
Association of Colored Peoples (1982)
Robert M. and Carolyn G. Hyde Fund (1998)
Class of 1966 FOLK (Friends of Learning in Killingly) Fund
These Killingly educators and FOLK Fund grant recipients were recognized at a grantee
reception for their innovation and commitment: (Standing, from left) Barbara Porter,
Sandra Kelley, Gale Norman, Anne Vasbinder, Michael Wuescher, Jennifer Hawkins and
Karen Kent. (Seated, from left) Arlene Gauthier, Julie Corden and Colleen Lugauskas
The Thirty Year Class Reunion was a special one for some members of Killingly High School ‘66.
They decided to pool their funds and invest together as a group in the schools they had attended as
young children in Killingly, Connecticut. Through their FOLK Fund, the graduates support public
education in their hometown, encourage innovation and curriculum enhancement, and inspire the
love of learning in current and future generations of Killingly children.
An Advisory Committee of ‘66 graduates recommends grant awards in response to teachers’
proposals. In 2011, the Fund supported projects related to bicycle safety, Killingly history and other
topics as well as educational field trips.
Field of Interest and Committee Advised Funds (Continued)
Jeppson Memorial Fund for Brookfield (1976)
Jiji’s Fund (1999)
Bradford J. Kemp Fund (2008)
Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell Nesbit Memorial Fund (1984)
Max H. Kuhner and Eloise A. Kuhner Fund (2005)
Leicester Savings Bank Fund (1997)
Lund Pioneer Fund (2010)
Main South Fund (1999)
Micah Housing Corporation Fund (1981)
Mini-Grants Fund (2002)
James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Fund (2003)
Marc Needleman Memorial Fund (2000)
Organization Assistance Fund (1996)
Partnership Fund (1990)
Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund (2004)
The Practical Education Fund (2010)
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company Fund (1991)
Quota International of Worcester Fund (1998)
Renaissance Award Fund (2004)
John E. and Ethel E. Riley Outstanding Citizenship Award Fund (2010)
Saint Vincent Healthcare Fund (1999)
Norman L. and Dorothy A. Sharfman Fund (2004)
Sumner Lee Sharfman Fund (1984)
Shepherd Knapp School Fund (1979)
Alice C.A. Sibley Fund (2004)
Evelyn and Sumner Silver Fund (2007)
H. Arthur Smith Fund (1986)
Isaac Southgate Fund For Leicester (2010)
Joseph A. Tosoni Fund (2002)
Corinne Charron Turner Fund (1986)
UniBank September 11th Emergency Personnel Education Fund (2002)
Water and Land Stewardship Fund (2000)
Curtis G. Watkins Education Fund (1995)
Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund (1998)
Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs Association Fund (1999)
Worcester County Food Bank Fund to End Hunger (2011) NEW
Worcester Credit Bureau Fund (1992)
Youth for Community Improvement Endowment Fund (2001)
Youth Opportunity Fund (1981)
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Robert W. Booth Fund in Memory of George F. Booth
A father’s devotion to his community continues in perpetuity
George F. Booth (1870-1955)
was the premier newspaperman in
Worcester during his long career
as editor and publisher of the city’s
leading newspapers. Known as “Mr.
Worcester,” he was also a force in
developing the city’s quality of life.
He founded the city’s parks and
playgrounds and helped set up the
Community Chest, now the United
Way of Central Massachusetts.
Robert W. Booth honors his father
George F. Booth in perpetuity with a
named fund that gives the Foundation
the discretion to make grants that
meet pressing community needs.
Established in 1988, the fund is a major
resource for community betterment.
In 1988, his son and heir Robert W.
Booth established this discretionary
fund in honor of his father with a $10
million gift that doubled the young
Foundation’s assets.
Grants from the Robert W. Booth
Fund in Memory of George F. Booth
include support for Worcester
Public Schools students to visit Old
Sturbridge Village and learn about life
in the region during the 18 th century.
“I had respect for the Foundation, and
the more I learned about it, the more
I liked it,” says Robert. “It would have
been very foolish to set up my own
foundation. I hope others will also take
advantage of its flexibility and permanence. Its structure constitutes a set of
eyes into community needs greater than any single person’s.”
Discretionary Funds
These funds provide support for changing community needs as determined by Foundation distribution committees.
Nils Bjork Memorial Fund (1992)
Robert W. Booth Fund in Memory of George F. Booth (1988)
Elva E. and John J. Chisholm Fund (1989)
Dr. Harold M. Constantian Fund (1997)
Robert and Mary S. Cushman Fund (1978)
Richard C. Daniels Fund (2001)
Jean B. and Gilbert S. Davis Fund (1994)
Frances S. and Francis H. Dewey III Fund (2010)
Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Fund (1983)
EMC Community Fund (2000)
Charles H. Farnum Fund (2003)
Marion Stoddard Fletcher Fund (1992)
Founders Fund (1983)
Samuel Frank Charitable Fund (1993)
Esther and Howard G. Freeman Fund (1984)
Garfield Berry Fund (1998)
Ragnhild L. Gersdorf Fund (1994)
Haskell and Ina Gordon Fund (1980)
Margaret A. and Ralph H. Gowetz Fund (1990)
Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Fund (1982)
Margery M. and O. Vincent Gustafson Fund (1980)
Raymond P. Harold Discretionary Fund (1982)
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Orville Harrold Fund (2006)
Bradley C. Higgins Fund (1982)
Jeppson Memorial Fund (1976)
Albert R. and Carolyn Jones Fund (1995)
John F. and Rayna Keenan Fund (1994)
Kesseli and Morse Company Fund (1998)
Nancy and Michael Leavitt Fund (1984)
Frances F. Mansfield Fund (1996)
Barbara S. Massey Fund (2000)
Marlene and David Persky Fund (1997)
Ann J. and Richard Prouty Fund (1988)
Melvin and Martha Rosenblatt Fund (1985)
Seven Hills Youth Fund (1995)
H. Arthur Smith Fund (1986)
Spag’s Supply Fund (1986)
Harry G. Stoddard Fund (1992)
Estelle M. Sullivan Fund (2003)
Gilbert H. Sundberg Fund (1987)
D. Russell and Atsye S. Taft Fund (1992)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wetzel Fund (1983)
Robert J. and Anne C. Whipple Fund (1997)
Worcester Executives Association - Dana DeAngelis McDonald Fund (2000)
Agency Funds Help Nonprofits Secure Their Future
Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc. Fund
S
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Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
Education Foundation Fund
usan Gately, executive director
of Blackstone Valley Education
Foundation, regards its agency
endowment fund as a springboard
for innovation. Among its programs
is the Youth Leadership Academy,
which draws students from all 10 of
the region’s school districts. This year,
the Foundation is launching a version
of its leadership program for adults.
uiding youth and
families to a better
future is the business
of Youth Opportunities
Upheld, Inc. (Y.O.U.,
Inc.). This child welfare
and behavioral health
organization runs more
than 50 preventive and
rehabilitative programs that serve more than 20,000 at-risk
children, adolescents and families. Established in 1987,
the Y.O.U. Inc. Agency Fund supports crucial services that
complement its core programs.
“Our fund enables us to better weather
financial uncertainties as we launch major programs.” says
Susan.
“Donors to our fund enable us to enhance services that help
our children and families,” says Maurice Boisvert, President
and CEO, Y.O.U., Inc. We are building a base for our future
through our fund, while helping the children and families we
serve gain new knowledge and life skills they need to fulfill
their potential.”
The Education Foundation provides businesses and families
in the Blackstone Valley with programs that connect work
and learning, a catalyst to community development. These
initiatives also include its Manufacturing Academy, STEMkids
Conference and Humanities Scholars program.
Agency Funds
These funds are created by nonprofit organizations for their own benefit.
Abby Kelley Foster House Fund (2008)
American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts Fund (2000)
Auburn Youth and Family Services Endowment Fund (2000)
Father Miguel Bafaro Fund (1998)
Barre Players Endowment Fund (1997)
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. Agency Fund (2011) NEW
The Chin Tunn Fon Endowment Fund for BCNC (2011) NEW
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Mentoring Fund (1999)
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation Fund (2005)
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester Fund (2008)
Camp Putnam Agency Fund (2011) NEW
Janet Alden Carrick Memorial Fund for the East Douglas Cemetery (2006)
Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library Endowment Fund (2010)
Douglas Historical Society Fund (2000)
Dynamy Fund (1997)
East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery Company Fund and
Wallen Memorial Trust (2005)
The Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education Scholarship Fund (2006)
Emmanuel Baptist Church Endowment Fund (1994)
Lois S. Feldman Fund (1990)
Friendly House Fund (2000)
Friends of Beaman Memorial Public Library Endowment Fund (2011) NEW
Friends of Gale Free Library 110th Endowment Fund (1998)
Friends of Hope Cemetery Fund (2011) NEW
Friends of Northbridge Elders Fund (1997)
Friends of the Upton Town Library Fund (2007)
Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund for Mechanics Hall (1989)
Good Samaritan Mission Council Fund (2008)
Roberta Gunn Fund for Board Development (2003)
Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts Fund (2008)
Joy of Music Program Beveridge and Frances Webster
Endowment Fund (2000)
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center Fund (1984)
Latin American Health Alliance of Centeral MA Fund (2010)
Lincoln Village Tenants Association Fund (1997)
Master Singers of Worcester Fund (2007)
Matthew 25 Funds (1997)
National Memorial Trust Fund (1990)
Preservation Worcester Endowment Fund (2011) NEW
Rural Cemetery Fund (2006)
South Worcester Neighborhood Center Growth Fund (1985)
Tatnuck Brook Watershed Fund (1996)
Temple Sinai Fund (2007)
Touchstone Community School Fund (2005)
United Way of Central Massachusetts Fund (1987)
Women’s Initiative Fund in Honor of Lois B. Green (2009)
Worcester Area Association for the Education of Young Children Fund (1998)
Worcester County Law Library Trust Fund (1998)
Worcester County Poetry Association Founders Fund (2002)
Worcester County Poetry Association’s Gregory Stockmal Fund (2010)
Worcester County Poetry Association’s Stanley Kunitz Award (2010)
Worcester County Poetry Association’s Worcester Review Fund (2000)
Worcester Historical Museum Fund (2002)
Worcester Jewish Community Center Fund (2010)
Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc. Fund (1987)
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Contributors
In 2011, the Foundation received over $3.4 million in gifts—
JoAnne Ciociolo
Committee to Re-Elect Paul Clancy
$1.1 million to create new named funds, and $2.3 million
Constance Clark
Clinton Savings Charitable Foundation
contributed to existing funds. We list all of our contributors
James Cloran
here, and extend our sincere gratitude.
Christos and Mary T. Cocaine
Committee to Re-elect John J. Binienda Sr.
Charitable Trust
Contributors of $100,000 and Above
John P. Binkoski
James W. Coghlin
Anonymous (2)
Norman Bitsoli
Ed Coleman
George I. Alden Trust
Karl N. Bjork
College of the Holy Cross
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce J. Christopher Collins
Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library
Education Foundation
James E. and Margaret F. Collins
Burton D. Morgan Foundation
Alexi F. Bobolia
Kathleen M. Comer
United Way of Central Massachusetts
Evelyn R. Bohlin
Commerce Bank
White Companies Charitable Trust
George F. Booth II
Community Harvest Project, Inc.
Worcester County Food Bank
Rachael S. Borr
P. Kevin and Clare Condron
Alfred J. and Lillian M. Bosio
John Conte
Contributors of All Other Gifts Anne M. Bourgeois
Marjorie A. Cooper
Anonymous (13)
Sarah Ann Bowditch and
Edmund and Elizabeth Cortellini
A.P. Fish Company
Lawrence J. Marinelli
J.G. Cosgrove
Abby’s House
Carrie Bowler
Donald Courtney
Cecil L. Adderley III
August W. J. Belle Bowman
Tracy A. Craig and Dr. James J. Convery
Robert S. Adler
Charitable Trust
Michael J. Crawford
Jay and Myra Aframe
Mary-Ellen Boyle
Timothy B. Cremeens
Robb B. Ahlquist
Karin Branscombe
Timothy P. Crimmins Jr.
Cindy Aiken
Patricia E. Bridgeo
Frederick G. Crocker Jr.
Patricia M. Albrecht
Brigham Hill Foundation
Jo Anne Cronin
Patricia I. Alexander
James B. Broadhurst
Joan and Ralph Crowley Jr.
Alliance for Community Trees
Michael D. Brockelman
CSX Corporation
American Forests
Denise H. Brookhouse
Jeanne Y. Curtis*
Bruce C. and June Anderson
Walter F. and Helen A. Browne
Leonard W. and Marjorie L. Cutler
James A. Andreoli
Elaine Bruso
Jill C. Dagilis
Wallace and Dorothy Andrews
Barbara C. Buchan
Edward Dalbec
David P. Angel PhD
Dawn and John Budd
David F. Dalton
Michael P. Angelini
Christopher M. and Patricia R. Burke
Darcy Design Construction, Inc.
David Angilly
Edward Burkinshaw
Sean T. Davey
Robert V. Antonucci
Douglas P. Butler
Aaron R. and Kristina E. Davis
Rich and Wendy Ardizzone
Elaine and Jack Cahill
Dix F. and Sarah B. Davis
Ann Marie Argitis
Kathleen M. Callan
Phillips S. and Laurel Davis
Isabel K. Arms
Henry Camosse Jr.
Rebecca Davis
Madeleine Yardley Arthur
Camp Putnam
Ronald S. Davis
Sally Aspero
James H. and Trudy J. Campbell
Karen Delagorgendiere
Atlas Distributing Inc.
Wanda Cantlin
Glenn C. DeMallie
Deborah M. and Scott P. Aubrey
Gail E. Carberry
William P. and Martha L. Densmore
Auburn Woman’s Club
Nia Carignan
June and Michael Derosier
Auburn Youth & Family Services
Ann E. Carlson
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Edward M. Augustus Jr.
The Carrick Foundation
Henry B. Dewey
Joycelyn Augustus
William R. Carrick
Henry and Helene DiCarlo
Sallee A. Azzarone
John P. Carrigan III
Robert E. Dik
Robert S. Bachelder
Kirk and Price Carter
Ross K. and Lisa F. Dik
Joseph E. and Ginette A. Bailey
Debbie and Charlie Cary
Brendan Donahue
Robert J. and Jean M. Bain
Mark and Janet Castriotta
Carol B. and James C. Donnelly Jr.
Richard Ball
Ray and Gloria Castriotta
Sheilah H. Dooley
Ellen B. Barber
Nancy N. Caswell
Patricia L. and Attila L. Dorogi
Eileen Barrette
Linda A. Cavaioli
Philip R. and Marilyn D. Dowd
Sherry Barry
Central Massachusetts Area Health
Joseph Dowgielewicz
Thomas J. Bartholomew
Education Center
Nancy and Tim Doyle
Bartosiewicz Family
Francesco C. Cesareo
Steve Drawbridge Memorial Fund
John E. Bassett
Brian M. Chandley
Dresser & McGourthy, LLP
Elaine Becker
Chapin Riley Trust
George L. Dresser
Randy and Donna Becker
Scott Chapman
John P. Droogan Jr.
Jessica Belsito
Deanna and Richard Charves
Francis X. Dufault Jr.
Brian Beriau at Cabe Roofing
Arthur E. Chase
Heather and John F. Duke Jr.
Dennis D. Berkey
Harold R. Chesson Jr.
John J. and Paula M. Dumas
Constance S. Berry
Carol L. and David A. Chester
Ellen S. Dunlap and Frank Armstrong
Sarah G. Berry
Joy C. Child
Maureen T. Dunn
Henry W. Beth
Henry and Elaine M.* Ciborowski
Timothy Dupree
Richard Bialecki
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Rebecca and Liam Durkan
Committee to Elect Joseph D. Early Jr.
Christina D. Economos
Phyllis Edinberg
Virginia L. Ekblom
Elder and Disability Law Advocates
Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth
Foundation
Ashley Erkoc
Robert E. and Kathleen K. Evans
Family Foundation
Janis R. Eydenberg
Fairhaven High School Class of ‘43
Dirk J. Falardeau
Jennifer Falcon
George C. and Linda Falk
Fallon Community Health Plan
Fantastic Pizza
Barbara E. Fargo
Margaret C. Farrey
Richard Fates
Edwin Fedeli Jr.
Deborah Feingold and David Dimenstein
Lainey Feingold and Randy Shaw Fund of
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Norma and Saul F. Feingold Fund of
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Saul F. Feingold
Fels Family Foundation
Committee to Elect Kimberly N. Ferguson
Ronalda B. Fields
James B. Filieo and Stacie Chandler
Renee Finkel
Julie Finlay
Philip A. and Jacqueline L. Finn
Donna M. Fiore
Bruce A. and Janice Fisher
Barbara M. Fitts
John T. Flanagan and Family
Lauren K. Fleming
Allen W. Fletcher
Justin L. Fletcher
Mary F. and Warner S. Fletcher
Matthew V. and Julie J. Fletcher
Patricia A. Fletcher
Fletcher Tilton, P.C.
Annemarie Foley
Paul Fontaine
Francis A. Ford and Shirley A. Doyle
E.E. Forero
Lester Forgit
David P. Forsberg
Paul J. Fortin
Don Frabotta
John V. Frank
Michael Freed
Committee to Elect John Fresolo
David Freylikhman
Friends of Beaman Memorial
Public Library
Friends of Hope Cemetery
Friends of Lieutenant Jay Lyons Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Friends of the Duke Family
Scholarship Fund
Janice L. and Mark W. Fuller
Garabedian Plumbing and Heating Inc.
Contributors
Edward P. Gardella
Dina R. and Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III
Gayle Gaudreau
Bruce Gaultney
Ray Gauthier
Stephen F. Gemelli
Gerald Gendron
Jeffrey T. Gendron
George Russell Realty, LLC
George’s Coney Island
Audrey Georgules
Michael Germain
Robert E. and Patricia A. Ghilani
Milt and Blossom Glassman
Annette Gleason
Gerald Gleich and Francesca Bang
Goddard School of Science and
Technology
Dennis F. and Frances C. Gorman
Lindsey P. Gorman
Kevin and Heather K. Gould
James F. Goulet
Martha P. Grace
John E. Graham
Granite Telecommunications, LLC
Martin J. Green
Noreen and Ivan Green
Barbara E. Greenberg
Nancy J. and Benjamin A. Greene
Ellen M. Gregus
Christine L. Grenier
David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon
J. Michael Grenon
The Grey Hound Pub
William R. Grogan
Cecelia Grynsel
David P. and Elaine F. Gustafson
Kenneth A. and Catherine E. Gustafson
Gabrielle J. Gutierrez
Jabián Gutiérrez
Emily and Brian Guzas
Abraham W. Haddad DMD
Claire L. Halvey
William and Sheila Hamilton
Hanover Insurance Group Foundation
William Hansen
Carol F. Harley
Phyllis Harrington
Sandra Hautanen
Ernest S. Hayeck
John J. Healy
Richard E. Hedin
Michael Hennessy
Robert J. Hennigan Jr.
Bruce R. and Nancy E. Herholz
Honee A. Hess
Sharon E. Hobey and Rodger L. Comeau
John E. Hodgson
Patricia Correia Hoerter
Karen Hogle
Emily G. Holdstein
John F. and Patricia A. Horgan
Lisa L. Hugo
Louise L. Hugo
Kurt S. Hultgren
Kathryn and James Hunter
Wayne G. and Carmen C. Huntoon
Margaret J. Hurley
Nason A. Hurowitz
IBPO 504 Police Officers Union
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Nick Inangelo
Ann Marie Incutto
Dennis L. and Maureen Irish
Warren Jacobson
James L. and Elaine C. Jardine
Laurie A. and William H. Jeffery
Robert D. Johnson
Ruth and Eric Johnson
Patricia L. Jones
Susan Rees Jones and Anthony B. Bruno
Junior Achievement of Central
Massachusetts
Pamela B. Kane and Roy T. Charette
Katharine Kazis
Kevin R. Kearney
Anh-Dao K. Kefor
Thomas H. and Elinor B. Keil
Maureen M. Kelleher
Victoria J. Kelley
Mrs. James B. Kenary III
Maureen Kennedy
Robert M. and Mary T. Kennedy
Edward H. Kimball
Tara King
Kirby Foundation
John E. and Deborah L. Kissida
Audrey Klein-Leach
Knight-Dik Insurance Agency, Inc.
Barbara C. Kohin
Suzanne Kohin
Marcy Kornreich
Gail Weiner Korval
Carol A. Kozlowski
Joyce R. Kressler
Denise Kush
Neal and Linda Labaire
Robert W. and Sybil LaBaire
John and Maureen Labanca
Cindy and Albert LaBarge
Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux
Nancy Lane
John Lannon and Family
Mark LaPan
Mark LaVigne
Thomas P. LaVigne
Lin Wai Law and Shan I. Wo
Robert E. Layne
Elaine Lazarus
Jocasta K. Lazo
Thuha T. Le
Leader Sign Company
Learning First Foundation
Beatrice M. LeDoux
Leicester High School Football Alumni
Lisa Leidy
Leitrim Pub
Mal H. Lemeshow
Leominster Credit Union
Edward and Helen Lepkowski
John and Janet Lepore
Jordan Levy
Patsy C. Lewis
Robert G. Lian
Liberty Movers, Inc.
Ulrike R. Lies
Marion L. Lightbown
Ann T. Lisi and Joel P. Greene
Christina and Michael Lochhead
Linda Carre Looft
Stephen and Valerie Loring
Michael R. Lorusso
Mónica Escobar Lowell
Estate of John W. Lund
Mickey and Janet Lussier
Linda J. and Russell C. Luthman Jr
James F. and Joan M. Lyons
Keith A. MacNeal
Margaret J. Mahoney Lesure
Minh and Robert C. Mailloux
Susan M. Mailman
Paul M. Mainville
Jonathan L. Mannina and
Jennifer L. Ginsburg
Thomas D. Manning
Michael J. Marcy
Michael J. Martin
Steve Martin
Cynthia L. and Orrin W. Mason Jr.
Mass Liquors
Massachusetts Port Authority
Matthew 25, Inc.
Maxwell Silverman’s Tool House
Mayer Tree Service
Kathy Mayo
C. Jean and Myles* McDonough
Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation
Tim and Nadia McGourthy
Committee to Re-Elect Jim McGovern
Walter and Mindy McGovern
William T. and Pamela D. McGovern
McGuire Family
Robert McLaren
Terrence McMahon
Committee to Elect Dennis P. McManus
Bridget McNamee
Shirley M. Medeiros
Christopher G. and Jayne N. Mehne
Ruth and Peter Metz Family Foundation
Susan Middaugh
Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation
Erwin H. Miller
Catherine M. Mills
Mirick O’Connell
John O. Mirick
Robert and Lola Moffatt
Ann K. Molloy and Kenneth J. Stillman
Charles F. Monahan Jr.
Joan T. Monahan
Nicole M. Mondor
Warren and Roberta Monett
Janet Wilson Moore
Michael Moore
Maureen Moorehouse
Morgan Worcester, Inc.
Gail M. Morgan and Bernard A. Lempicki
Michael C. Moschos
William G. Muller
Frederic H. Mulligan
Joan E. Murphy
Laura H. Myers
National Grid
Christopher Nessen
New England PBA 911
Jolene Newhouse
Estate of Edmund L. Nichols
Linda M. Noel
Judith A. Norton
Karen M. Nunley
Christopher J. Oakland
Committee to Elect Joseph C. O’Brien
Joseph C. O’Brien
Delia O’Connor
Paul O’Connor
Committee to Elect James O’Day
Andrew B. O’Donnell
Pamela A. and Nicholas E. Oliveri
Harold and Susan Olson
Connor O’Neill
Gerald O’Neill
Vincent F. O’Rourke Jr.
E. Osterman Gas Service
Ruth Osterman
Kevin O’Sullivan
The Paint Bar LLC
Arthur M. and Martha R. Pappas
Foundation
Park Spirit of Worcester
Teri Patriquin
Thoru Pederson
Pennywise Market
Mandi Perle
Perry R. Pero
Anthony M. Petrone
Virginia M. Petronio
Joseph M. and Gayle A. Petty
Paul M. Pezzella
Lisa A. Piehler
Stephanie Pierce
Robert F. and Carole E. Pietro
F. Mike Pinjuv State Farm Insurance
Beverly A. and F. Mike Pinjuv
Alan G. Pinsonneault
Ingrid Pisano
Cynthia and Stephen Pitcher
Plante Committee
Francis J. and Judith A. Polito
Maureen Poti
Shirley I. Prachniak
Preservation Worcester
Michael R. Preston
Faith S. Proctor
Christine M. Proffitt
Protector Group Insurance Agency, Inc.
Alicia Puliafico
Kevin P. and Carrie Purcell
Marjorie H. Purves
James F. and Helen E. Queenan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Quinn
Kenneth Racicot
Annette Rafferty
Sheila R. Reid
Reliant Medical Group
Christopher Riberdy
Dennis and Kelley Rice
Christopher M. Rich
Donald H. and Phyllis L. Rich
John D. and Ruth E. Richards
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Contributors
James Ridick
Elizabeth Riley
Fred Riley
Mary C. Ritter
Rockin Rob’s Disc Jockey and
Karaoke Services
Rosamond Rockwell
Melvin and Martha Rosenblatt
Marion Rossiter-Smith*
Paul and Fay Rossley
Betsy Rotberg
Richard Rotberg
Linda Roth
Steven and Julia Rothschild
Elaina M. Roy
Allen and Ruth Rubin
Rural Cemetery and Crematory
Francis J. Russell
Kent Russell and Aisling Gaughan
Edward E. Ryan lll
Nancy H. Sala
James M. Salois
Joe and Joanne Salois
William J. Sands
Nancy C. Sanko
Sansoucy Stone Inc.
Donna R. C. and John E. Sansoucy
Joseph R. and Brenda E. Santos
Ralph F. Sbrogna
Matthew E. Scafidi
David L. and Roberta R. Schaefer
Scott W. Schedin
Paul Schlaikjer
Eugene Schofield
Steve Scott
Paul F. Scully
Carol L. Seager
J. Robert Seder
Seth Campbell Realty Group, LLC
Jonathan B. Sewell
Francis P. Shea
Jay S. Sherwin and Rachel Lefkowitz
Janet W. Short
Betty and Ed Shuman
Peter and Jeanne K. Shumrak
Gerald M. and Theresa Shusas
Philip O. Shwachman
Matthew Silva Sa
Evelyn B. and Sumner Silver
GIFTS IN HONOR
Children in Foster Care
Tracy Craig
Dogs Cilla and Roscoe
Rachel and
James J. Egan III
Robert O. Hurwitz
Ann and Wayne Junnila
Jordan Levy
Lily and Abigail
Sgt. Mark Mercier US Army
101st Airborne
Miriam Patrick
Retired Worcester
Firefighters
18
Marvin S. Silver
John and Joann Simokonis
Barbara Crabtree Simonetta
Kim M. Simonian
Mary and George Simonian Jr.
Richard Simonian
Lowerre and Edward Simsarian
Michael J. Slein
Joshua Lee Smith
Richard P. Smith
Robert L. and Paula A. Smith
Ginger Snap
David W. Snell and Margaret E. Kerr
Stanley S. and Jolanta A. Sobiech
Bernadetta Socha
Paula Soper
Ronald J. and Ann Soscia
Anne M. Spellane
James C. and Susan E. Spencer
Rosemary Spillane
Stephen O. and Margaret M. Sprague
Becky St. Amand
John St. Amand
Philip G. and Joanne V. St. Martin
St. Vincent Hospital Infusion Center Staff
Robert P. Stalilonis and
Angele M. C. Patenaude
Staples Foundation For Learning
David C. Steelman and
Virginia Theo-Steelman
Denise Steeves
Diane Steeves
Carolyn J. and Howard Stempler
Sandra A. Stern
Craig and Kelly Stimson
Joseph N. and Charlene M. Stolberg
Alan M. Stoll
Jodie Stout
Charlene D. and Ronald O. Stultz Jr.
Janet E. Such
Bill Sullivan
Chrissy Sullivan
Mary A. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Sullivan
William F. Sullivan
Sun Life Financial
Christine A. Sviklas
Wendy Sweet
Phillip, Ann and Kevin Swenson
GIFTS IN MEMORY
Axelina Asklina
Bernie Bastardo
Gerard Blanchette
Anne Callan
Wally Darnley
Margaret Ann Duke
Jeffrey Edinberg
Sydelle Eisler
Norma Feingold
Raymond Fiore
Frank & Bill
Scott Gendron
Robert Harley
Blanche Hedin
Randolph and Rosanna Swillo
Peter E. Sykes
Susan B. and Bruce A. Talmadge
James Tawatao
TaxMatters Inc
J. Stephen Teasdale
Temple Sinai
Stephanie Tenczar
Sheila L. and George W. Tetler III
Thomas J. Woods Insurance Agency
Brian W. Thompson
Troy B. Thompson
Sean J. Thornton
Sumner B. Tilton Jr.
David N. Tinsley
Dorothy C. Tinsley
TLC Pet Haven
Mary S. Tonet
Rich Toomey
Stephen R. and Kathleen M. Toomey
Lindsay A. and Stephen E. Tosi
Touchstone Community School
Robert C. and Lisa M. Towle
Margaret W. Traina
Tuyet Tran
Sandra E. Travinski
Ann K. Tripp
Tri-Star Sportswear
Philip A. and Josephine Truesdell
Michael P. Tsotsis
The Tuesday Night Group
William F. Tully Jr. and
Deirdre D. Stultz-Tully
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Wayne M. Ushman
Jodi and David Utter Family
Raija Vaisanen
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Carmen D. Vazquez
Verizon Foundation
JoAnne M. Vigliotti
Wal-Mart Foundation
William D. Wallace
Angeline Walsh
Jessi Walsh
Warners Auto Body
Paige Warren
Carlton A. Watson
Edward P. and Brenda K. Weathersbee
Sandra Holmes
Marion Houle
Enrico Iannotta
Albert C. Johnson
Haiim Kavon Kermanian
Lucille Layden
Lorion & Derosier families
Daniel Stephen Lussier
Ben Scott Maxwell
Harold May
Bill Monahan
Winnie Monahan
Charlotte Nichols
Omer and Virginia
Erin, Michael and Colleen Weatherstone
Warren A. and Diane E. Weatherstone
Charles S. Weiss
Wells Fargo Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wells
Meridith D. Wesby
John R. Wetmiller
Kenneth S. and Polly J. Whitestone
Lucy and Harry Whitin III
Donna L. and Henry R. Whittier Jr.
Estate of Irving N. Wolfson
Jack L. Wolfson
Woman’s Club of West Boylston
Sandra Wood
Tammy Woodard and Genci Kadria
David K. Woodbury
Jay Woodman
Woods Family
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Woods
Thomas J. Woods
Worcester Administrative Officers’
Association
Worcester Area Mission Society
Worcester Area United Methodist
Worcester County Deputy Sheriff
Association
Worcester County Poetry Association
Worcester Credit Union
Worcester Firefighters Local 1009
Worcester Jewish Community Center
Worcester Police Officials Union
Worcester Rugby Football Club
Worcester Scale Company
Worcester Youth Center
WTAG Christmas for Children
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Xenos
Yesod Foundation
Janice B. Yost
Mark Youngworth
Carol J. Yount
Susan Zammarelli
Robert Zibinskas
Michael and Sandra Zorovich
Marita Zuraitis
*Deceased
Every effort has been made to ensure the
accuracy of this list. If we have made an
error, please let us know.
Greg Petronio of Lucky Dog
Patsy and Theresa Pezzella
Paul Pietrowicz
David Rice
Arthur Rossiter
Marion Rossiter-Smith
Ray Scherdell
Alma Sjogren
Florence Sjostedt
Arthur J. Smith
Dorothy G. Smith
Spellane Parents
Laurie C. Tinsley
Ralph Tiscione Sr.
Richard P. Traina
Alex Tremblay
Earl Vancellette
Paul Westburg
Grants
In 2011, more than $4.5 million, not
including scholarship awards, was
distributed to over 400 non-profits. Here
is a complete listing of grantees, followed
by the funding source.
15-40 Connection $5,000
James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Donor
Advised Fund
A.P.P.L.E. Seed, Inc. $1,200
Jeppson Memorial Fund for Brookfield
A
Abby’s House $39,277
African Heritage Institute Fund
Wynne L. Chase Fund
Ethel S. Cunningham Fund
Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund
Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund
Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund
The LaVigne Family Fund
C. Jean and Myles McDonough Fund
Lillian S. Pratt Fund
Access Community Action Agency $1,000
Newell and Betty Hale Fund
African Community Education Program
$42,250
Children’s Christmas Fund
Discretionary Funds
Norman L. and Dorothy A. Sharfman Fund
Al-Hamra Academy $2,320
Khazma A. Soffan Memorial Fund
All Saints Church Choir Alumni Association
$10,000
A. Jane Fitzpatrick, M.D. and Edward F.
Kilroy, M.D. Fund
All Saints Episcopal Church $8,144
Community Ministries Fund
A. Jane Fitzpatrick, M.D. and Edward F.
Kilroy, M.D. Fund
Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. Pettit Jr.
Fund
Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund
American Antiquarian Society $17,768
Elkanah B. Atkinson Community and
Education Fund
Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer Erikson
Fund
Jeppson Memorial Fund
John M. Nelson Fund
American Cancer Society $200
Paul E. Cohan Fund
Paul and Fay Rossley Fund
B
American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts
$25,281
Directors and Corporators Community
Impact Fund
Discretionary Funds
David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund
Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux Fund
Peter H. and Catherine H. Levine Fund
The Pyle Fund
Bancroft School $59,793
Ruth and John Adam Fund
Youth Opportunity Fund
American Red Cross of Lee County $1,000
Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford Fund
Becker College $38,000
Education Fund
Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund
Fairlawn Foundation Fund
George and Anna Krikorian Family Fund
The Pyle Fund
American Technion Society $1,000
Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund
Animal Shelter, Inc. $5,000
Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund
Anna Maria College $78,000
Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund
Apple Tree Arts $5,000
Child Wellness Fund
Arc of Quinebaug Valley $1,000
Bare Hill Rowing Association $400
MacLean Family Fund
Barton Center for Diabetes Education $500
Belmont St. Baptist Church $2,500
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Mass/
Metrowest $17,900
Morgan B. and Loretta R. Dewey Fund
Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell Nesbit
Memorial Fund
Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor Advised Fund
ART in the PARK, Worcester $7,500
Fund for the Arts and Humanities
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay
$5,750
ARTSWorcester $15,000
Discretionary Funds
Kirby Foundation Fund
Blackstone Valley Boys & Girls Club $6,000
Discretionary Funds
Ashburnham Westminster Youth Hockey $467
John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund
Assabet Valley Mastersingers $2,000
Discretionary Funds
Assabet Valley Pastoral Counseling Center
$2,900
Mini-Grants Fund
Athol Area YMCA $3,000
Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew Meany
Memorial Fund
Bonita Springs Concert Band $100
Pelletz Family Fund
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library $942
Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund
Boothbay Railway Village $1,000
Boothbay Region Land Trust $500
Boothbay Region YMCA $2,100
Auburn Community Assistance Fund $100
The Hedin Family Memorial Fund
Bosler Humane Society $1,968
Bosler Humane Society Fund
Auburn Historical Society $3,000
The Auburn Foundation
Boston Athenaeum
Education Fund
Auburn Youth and Family Services $20,192
Auburn Youth and Family Services
Endowment Fund
Discretionary Funds
Audio Journal $12,000
Central Massachusetts Health Standards Fund
Boston Lyric Opera $1,000
Boston Poultry Exposition $499
John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund
Bottom Line $10,000
Shepherd Knapp School Fund
Bowdoin College $100
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Grants
Boys & Girls Club of Webster-Dudley $17,000
Bradford J. Kemp Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester $16,896
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester Fund
Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund
Discretionary Funds
Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund
Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund
Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund
The Pyle Fund
Children’s Friend $44,978
Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund
Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund
Youth for Community Improvement Fund
Christ Episcopal Church, Leicester $1,000
Leicester Savings Bank Fund
Christ Episcopal Church, Pomfret $844
Newell Hale Memorial Fund
Church of Saint Luke the Evangelist $3,000
Discretionary Funds
Bridge of Central Massachusetts $16,000
Marc Needleman Memorial Fund
Church of the Nativity $779
Bruce Breger Memorial Fund for BSA Troop 1
of Northboro
Brigham and Women’s Hospital $500
City Mission Society of Boston $1,000
Whittier Family Charitable Gift Fund
Brimfield Ambulance Service $300
Argitis Family Fund
Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary $3,445
City of Worcester Health and Human Services
$31,000
Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington
Human Services Fund
Brookfield Ecumenical Food Pantry $766
City of Worcester Mayor’s Office $1,500
Mini-Grants Fund
The Brookfield Fund $766
Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation
$5,000
Discretionary Funds
Britney Gengel’s Poorest of the Poor Fund $2,000
George S. and Tammy Butler Fund
Brookfield Police Department $2,000
Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church $703
Chesson Family Fund
Camp Putnam $10,000
Discretionary Funds
C
Cape Cod Center for the Arts $1,000
Cleghorn Neighborhood Center $10,800
Discretionary Funds
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation $5,000
Clinton Hospital Foundation $100
Care Inc. $2,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens $500
CASA Project $14,000
Catholic Charities Worcester County $29,494
The Community Response Fund
Center for Eye Research and Education $2,000
The Pyle Fund
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance $21,400
Discretionary Funds
Centro Las Americas $15,000
Lorraine Crepeau Fund
Discretionary Funds
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Clark University $109,466
Bozenhard Charitable Fund
Paul E. Cohan Fund
Lois B. and Robert F. Green Fund
John W. Lund Fund
College of the Atlantic $250
Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer Erikson Fund
Colleges of Worcester Consortium $4,000
The Practical Education Fund
Colorado College $2,500
Community Harvest Project $32,500
Anonymous Fund
Community Healthlink $116,812
Human Services Fund
Frances F. Mansfield Fund
Community Legal Aid $24,000
Bowditch & Dewey Fund
Worcester Credit Bureau Fund
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc $1,000
Connecticut Public Broadcasting $500
Conservancy of Southwest Florida $100
Pelletz Family Fund
Culture LEAP $1,500
Mini-Grants Fund
Cystic Dreams Fund $250
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $500
Cystic Fibrosis Research $200
Day Kimball Hospital $1,000
Department of Children and Families Kids Fund
$25,000
WTAG Christmas for Children Fund
Diocese of Fall River $2,500
Diocese of Worcester $1,511
Argitis Family Fund
Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund
Discovery Museums $3,000
Discretionary Funds
Dismas House of Central Massachusetts $15,000
Human Services Fund
Doctor Franklin Perkins School $2,682
Charles E. Soule Paul Revere Insurance Group
Centennial Fund
Dress for Success Worcester $11,700
Corinne Charron Turner Fund
Dynamy $4,000
The Practical Education Fund
Eagle Hill Foundation of Mass. $500
D
Dana Hall School $825
E
Grants
East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery Company
$12,216
Janet Alden Carrick Memorial Fund
East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery
Company Fund
Wallen Memorial Trust Fund
First Church Unitarian Universalist of
Leominster $14,000
Discretionary Funds
East Quabbin Land Trust $15,000
Town of Petersham Fund
First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury
$1,261
Easter Seals of Massachusetts $1,825
EcoTarium $56,550
Education Fund
Discretionary Funds
Environmental Grantmaking Fund
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
$36,261
Shirley Feldman Fund
Mini-Grants Fund
Alice C.A. Sibley Fund
Edward Street Child Services $70,375
George I. Alden Education Fund
Margaret and Gordon Torgersen Fund
First Congregational Church in Auburn $600
F
First Night Worcester $10,000
Discretionary Funds
First Unitarian Church $26,800
First Unitarian Church Fund
Peter H. and Catherine H. Levine Fund
The Peter H. Levine and Catherine H. Levine
Fund for the First Unitarian Church
Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Fund
John M. Nelson Fund
Genesis Club $17,500
Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Fund
Fisher House Foundation $2,000
Fitchburg Art Museum $3,000
Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Donor
Advised Fund
Florida Repertory Company $100
Fort Ticonderoga
Education Fund
Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund $1,000
Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt Fund
Family Services of Central Massachusetts $1,000
John M. Nelson Fund
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering $100
Paul E. Cohan Fund
Finnish American Reporter $2,202
Finnish American Social Club Fund
Friendly House $28,750
Human Services Fund
Traina Family Youth Development Fund
Finnish Heritage Society, Sovittaja $600
Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund
First Baptist Church of Worcester $1,000
Trust in Kids Fund
Friends of the Upton Town Library $3,000
Friends of the Upton Town Library Fund
Gale Free Library $1,406
C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell Fund
Family Health Center of Worcester $131,936
Discretionary Funds
Lisi-Greene Fund
Finnish Center at Saima Park $600
Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund
Friends of the Senior Citizens Association $4,000
Fruitlands Museum $3,500
Discretionary Funds
Fitchburg State University $150,000
Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education
$2,200
Mini-Grants Fund
Friends of Sutton Elders $250
First Congregational Parish, Unitarian $2,043
First Congregational Parish, Unitarian Fund
Fitchburg Cultural Alliance $8,000
Discretionary Funds
Elder Services of Worcester Area $11,624
H. Arthur Smith Designated Fund
Harold Davis Woodbury Fund
Friends of Institute Park $4,000
The Douglas P. Butler Fund
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
$6,000
Friends of Gale Free Library $12,364
Friends of Gale Free Library 110th
Endowment Fund
G
Girl Scouts of Central and Western
Massachusetts $3,172
Girls Incorporated of Worcester $23,222
Mini-Grants Fund
Donna R. C. and John E. Sansoucy Fund
Good Samaritan Mission Council $1,571
Good Samaritan Mission Council Fund
Goodspeed Musicals $500
Grafton Land Trust $742
Harris Family Fund
Grafton Police Department $350
UniBank September 11th Emergency Personnel
Education Fund
Grand Banks Schooner Museum Trust $500
Greater Gardner Community Development
Corporation $10,000
Curtis G. Watkins Education Fund
Greater Worcester 32º Masonic Learning Center
for Children $23,590
Greater Worcester Habitat for Humanity
MetroWest $12,000
Partnership Fund
Greater Worcester Land Trust $7,500
Discretionary Funds
Guideposts Foundation $2,000
The Pyle Fund
21
Grants
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County $3,000
House of Peace and Education $17,500
Discretionary Funds
Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Connecticut
$1,000
Hyde School $2,000
Harvard PTO $250
MacLean Family Fund
H
Harvard University Medical School $385
Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Fund
Harvest Fair Committee $2,000
I
L
Lakers Youth Hockey $316
Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund
Immigration History Research Center $2,202
Finnish American Social Club Fund
The Last Green Valley $1,000
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater
Worcester $10,000
Latino Education Institute $55,500
Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch Fund
Mini-Grants Fund
Italian-American Cultural Center $741
Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory of Patsy and
Theresa Pezzella
Health Education and Advocacy for Latinos
$10,000
Jeremiah’s Hospice, Inc. $1,000
Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human The Pyle Fund
Services Fund
Jericho Road Project $5,000
Hearts for Heat, Leicester Chapter $1,208
Isaac Southgate Fund For Leicester
Jewish Family Service of Worcester $9,000
Henry Lee Willis Community Center $15,000
Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund
Harriet Miller Hight Education Fund with the
Association of Colored Peoples
Mini-Grants Fund
Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts
$4,500
John Woodman Higgins Armory Museum $17,191 Samuel Frank Charitable Fund
Pelletz Family Fund
Education Fund
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County $2,000
Ross and Lisa Dik Fund
Mini-Grants Fund
Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund
Jewish Healthcare Center $2,250
Pelletz Family Fund
Hillel House at UMass Amherst $500
Joshua Hyde Public Library $1,139
Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. Ciaffone Fund
Hillside School $6,367
Joy of Music Program $41,612
Historic Deerfield
Norma and Saul F. Feingold Joy of Music Fund
Education Fund
Joy of Music Program Beveridge and Frances
Webster Endowment Fund
Historic New England $300
Augusta H. Kressler, M.D. Fund
Mini-Grants Fund
Hobart and William Smith Colleges $1,500
Holy Name Central Catholic Junior/Senior High
Judicial Watch $100
School $500
Killingly Central School $800
Home for Little Wanderers $2,000
Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund
Killingly High School $800
Homes for Our Troops, Inc. $500
Killingly Intermediate School $1,350
HOPE Coalition $12,500
Andrew N. Ahlfors and Helmi E. Ahlfors Fund
Killingly Memorial School $250
Horizons for Homeless Children $8,000
J
K
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Lahey Clinic $500
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation $1,000
Leicester Council on Aging $5,000
Leicester Police Department $3,000
Leicester Public Library $5,000
Leicester Summer Concert Series Committee
$3,000
Let’s Get Ready $15,000
Discretionary Funds
Lincoln Village Tenant’s Association $3,000
Lincoln Village Tenants Association Fund
Literacy Project, Inc. $15,000
Discretionary Funds
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester $32,000
Discretionary Funds
LMS Sports Boosters $6,000
Loxahatchee Club Scholarship Foundation
$1,000
Lutheran Social Services of New England $27,500
Discretionary Funds
Lymphoma and Leukemia Society $100
Paul E. Cohan Fund
M
Main South Community Development
Corporation $7,500
Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell Nesbit
Memorial Fund
Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society $250
Marie Anne Center $3,000
Grants
Massachusetts Audubon Society $26,205
Martha L. and William P. Densmore Fund
Max H. Kuhner and Eloise A. Kuhner Fund
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences $15,500
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary $500
Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer
Erikson Fund
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
$500
Margaret and Gordon Torgersen Fund
Montachusett Opportunity Council $15,000
Joseph A. Tosoni Fund
New Hope, Inc. $18,000
Montachusett Regional YMCA $2,500
Discretionary Funds
North Brookfield Youth Center $12,000
Discretionary Funds
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries $4,000
North County Land Trust $4,000
Morris Animal Foundation $500
North Quabbin Citizen Advocacy $8,000
H. Arthur Smith Fund
MorseLife Foundation $1,000
Northbridge Council on Aging $5,000
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust $6,500
H. Arthur Smith Fund
Northwestern University $100
Paul E. Cohan Fund
Mt. Desert Island Hospital $500
Notre Dame Academy $3,000
The Pyle Fund
Music Worcester $11,759
Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Donor
Advised Fund
Todd H. Wetzel Fund
Massachusetts General Hospital $14,600
Education Fund
Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer
Erikson Fund
Oak Hill Community Development Corporation
$27,500
Discretionary Funds
Micah Housing Corporation Fund
MY TURN $10,000
Joseph A. Tosoni Fund
Massachusetts School of Professional
Psychology $200
Pelletz Family Fund
Mystic Seaport $3,000
Matthew 25, Inc. $8,466
Discretionary Funds
Matthew 25 - Holden Fund
Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Fund
Merrick Public Library $1,500
Middlebury College $250
Todd H. Wetzel Fund
Middlesex School $409
Millbury Historical Society $200
Millbury Memorial Jr./Sr. High School $700
Millbury Public Library $2,085
Millers River Watershed Council $4,000
Mohegan Council Boy Scouts of America $6,334
Montachusett Interfaith Hospitality Network
$13,000
O
National Multiple Sclerosis Society RI Chapter
$250
N
National Parks Conservation Association $500
Nativity School of Worcester $16,500
James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Fund
NCH Healthcare Foundation $250
Old Sturbridge Village $30,200
Argitis Family Fund
Education Fund
Discretionary Funds
Operation Outreach-USA $1,800
Our Father’s House, Inc. $15,000
Our Lady of Providence Roman Catholic Church
$1,000
P
Pakachoag Church, U.C.C. $8,537
Lillian Knowles Eldred Fund of Pakachoag
Church for the Support of Sacred Music
Pakachoag Church Fund for Human
Understanding
NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans
$33,218
Katharine Higgins Riley Fund
Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester
$6,000
Discretionary Funds
NEADY Cats $2,500
PAT Youth Hockey $178
John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund
New England Business Associates $7,200
Discretionary Funds
New England Historic Genealogical Society $250
New England Homes for the Deaf $9,812
Education Fund
Quota International of Worcester Fund
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge $200
MacLean Family Fund
Pekes and Pals Canine Rescue $100
Performing Arts of Northeast Connecticut $4,500
Max H. Kuhner and Eloise A. Kuhner Fund
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Grants
Pernet Family Health Service $31,925
Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund
Mini-Grants Fund
Quinsigamond Village Community Center
$3,000
Mini-Grants Fund
R
Rachel’s Table $17,000
Human Services Fund
Rainbow Child Development Center $16,400
Discretionary Funds
Petersham Friday Market $1,000
Petersham Historical Society $20,000
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
$5,000
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center
$14,300
Mini-Grants Fund
Providence & Worcester Railroad
Company Fund
Polus Center for Social & Economic
Development $6,944
Lund Pioneer Fund
Pomfret Community School $1,622
Pomfret Community School Arts Fund
Rangeley Region Health Center $250
Positive Futures Network $1,000
Pregnant and Parenting Teen Program $35,000
Discretionary Funds
Preservation Worcester $9,000
Discretionary Funds
Mini-Grants Fund
Rectory School $500
Q
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
$12,000
Discretionary Funds
Regatta Point Community Sailing $7,500
Discretionary Funds
Sarasota Orchestra $190
Paul E. Cohan Fund
Regional Environmental Council $23,500
Mini-Grants Fund
Save The Children $1,000
Rural Cemetery and Crematory $12,937
Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund
St. Andrews Hospital $1,500
Quinebaug Valley Community College
Foundation $5,000
St. Anne’s Human Services $2,500
Gene J. DeFeudis Fund
Quinsigamond Community College Foundation
$34,000
Shepherd Knapp School Fund
Carmen Tobin Nursing Scholarship Fund
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S
Saint John’s High School $2,000
Argitis Family Fund
Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt Fund
St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish $3,000
Argitis Family Fund
Senior Citizen Club of Leicester $2,000
Seven Hills Foundation $1,613
Rodale Institute $400
Quabbin Regional High School $3,000
Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts and
Humanities $860
Advised Fund
St. Peter’s Parish $3,000
Salvation Army $8,600
Samuel Frank Charitable Fund
The Pyle Fund
St. Andrew Lutheran School $166
Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund
Problem Pregnancy of Worcester $1,500
Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund
St. Paul Cathedral $3,500
Lois Anne Memorial Fund
Salisbury Singers $1,500
Discretionary Funds
Rehabilitative Resources, Inc. $4,000
Pomfret School $3,000
St. Patrick Catholic Church $5,000
Salem Community Corporation $300
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust $100
Phillips Academy $804
Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/Andover Fund
St. Mary Parish $2,000
Shrewsbury Public Library $1,500
Advised Fund
Society for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities
Education Fund
South High Community School $10,000
Greater Worcester Jaycees Fund
South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement
Corporation $2,111
South Worcester Neighborhood Center
Growth Fund
St. Joseph and St. Pius X Parishes $5,000
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central
Discretionary Funds
St. Joseph’s Church $500
Spanish American Center $12,500
Discretionary Funds
St. Joseph’s Indian School $1,238
Patricia Fisher Fund
Special Olympics Florida $2,000
St. George’s School $250
Todd H. Wetzel Fund
Grants
Spectrum Health Systems $10,000
Starhawks Youth Hockey $276
Straight Ahead Ministries, Inc. $3,000
The Pyle Fund
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Massachusetts
$100
MacLean Family Fund
Temple Emanuel $2,870
Paul E. Cohan Fund
Pelletz Family Fund
T
Temple Sinai $29,100
Temple Sinai Fund
UMass Dartmouth Foundation $500
Paul J. Gramling Memorial Scholarship Fund
for Compassionate Caregiving
UMass Memorial Foundation $37,411
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund
Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund
Max H. and Eloise A. Kuhner Memorial Fund
C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell Fund
Lillian S. Pratt Fund
Candi Tiarks Cancer Research Fund
Harold Davis Woodbury Fund
UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. $4,052
The Peter H. Levine Fund
Tenacity $10,000
Discretionary Funds
United Services, Inc. $500
Thayer Memorial Library $6,905
Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group
$2,000
The 300 Committee $300
Town of Auburn $73,550
Dr. Arthur and Dr. Martha Pappas Recreation
Complex Fund
Town of Boothbay Harbor Footbridge Fund
$200
Town of Palm Beach United Way $1,200
Trinity Chapel $500
MacLean Family Fund
United Way Lee, Hendry & Glades $13,000
United Way of Central Massachusetts $165,652
Education Fund
Paris and Marion S. Fletcher Fund
Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Fund
Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Fund
Robert and Helen E. Stoddard Fund
United Way of Central Massachusetts Fund
University of Massachusetts Graduate School of
Nursing $20,750
Lillian R. Goodman and Mary K. Alexander
Fund for Nursing Education and Research
University of Massachusetts Medical School
$100,000
Argitis Family Fund
Trinity Lutheran Church $28,205
Tri-Valley, Inc. $7,500
Trustees of Reservations $1,200
Education Fund
Tufts University Cummings School of
Veterinary Medicine $5,000
Twin Cities Community Development
Corporation $15,000
Discretionary Funds
U.S. English Foundation $100
U
University Park Campus School $1,750
Uxbridge Fire Department $700
UniBank September 11th Emergency
Personnel Education Fund
Valley Residents for Improvement, Inc. $20,000
Fairman C. Cowan Fund
Venerini Academy $3,000
V
Visitation House, Inc. $1,000
VNA Care Network and Hospice $7,500
Discretionary Funds
VSA Arts of Massachusetts $5,000
Discretionary Funds
Walther Lutheran High School $166
Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund
Wellesley College $3,112
Education Fund
Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund for
Wellesley College
W
WGBH Educational Foundation $3,500
Whitin Memorial Community Center $10,958
Discretionary Funds
Marjorie G. and Elmer E. Ellison Jr. Fund
Whitinsville Social Library $1,495
The John and Gloria Rauth Library Fund
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of
Windham County 4-H Foundation $1,000
Woodstock Academy $1,000
Wonders await visitors of all
ages at the EcoTarium, where
displays and educational
activities invite exploration
of science and nature, from
the New England landscape
to outer space. Foundation
grants support this beloved
Worcester institution and its
mind-expanding programs.
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Grants
Worcester Academy $30,066
George S. and Tammy Butler Fund
Chapin Riley Fund
Worcester County Horticultural Society $158,737
Education Fund
H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III Fund
Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. Pettit Jr.
Fund
Worcester Tree Initiative Fund
Worcester Animal Rescue League $15,931
Worcester Animal Rescue League Fund
Worcester Art Museum $178,613
H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III Fund
Martha A. Cowan Fund
Honee A. Hess Partnership with Children Fund
Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Donor
Advised Fund
Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Fund
Marvin Richmond Fund
Chapin Riley Fund
Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund
Worcester Art Museum Booth Family Fund for
Education and Outreach
Worcester County Mechanics Association
$24,050
Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund for
Mechanics Hall
Worcester Center for the Performing Arts $2,000
Mini-Grants Fund
Worcester Chamber Music Society $8,500
Advised Fund
Discretionary Funds
Mini-Grants Fund
Worcester Regional Research Bureau $7,700
Discretionary Funds
Worcester Regional Research Bureau Fund
Worcester Regional Science & Engineering Fair
$500
Worcester Engineering Society Fund
Worcester Roots Project $12,000
Mini-Grants Fund
Sumner Lee Sharfman Fund
Worcester County Poetry Association $9,800
Fund for the Arts and Humanities
Worcester County Poetry Association
Founders Fund
Worcester County Poetry Association’s
Worcester Review Fund
Worcester State Foundation $21,750
Advised Fund
Lillian R. Goodman and Mary K. Alexander
Fund for Nursing Education and Research
Worcester Cultural Coalition $15,000
Discretionary Funds
Worcester Technical High School $624
Saul A. Seder Fund
Worcester East Side Community Development
Corporation $10,000
Discretionary Funds
Worcester Youth Center $13,750
Ross and Lisa Dik Fund
The Pyle Fund
Worcester Education Collaborative $12,500
Discretionary Funds
Worcester Film Works $2,500
Mini-Grants Fund
Worcester Center for Crafts $12,466
Worcester Public Schools $34,311
Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
$2,835
Worcester Historical Museum $126,058
Education Fund
Barbara Allen Booth Fund
Worcester Common Ground $15,000
Robert W. Booth Fund for the Worcester
Discretionary Funds
Historical Museum
The Norma Feingold Worcester History
Worcester Community Action Council $26,000
Prize Fund
Worcester Historical Museum Fund
Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human
Worcester Historical Museum Robert W. Booth
Services Fund
Fund for Salisbury Mansion
Worcester Community Housing Resources
Worcester Interfaith $7,500
$20,000
Discretionary Funds
Discretionary Funds
Worcester Jewish Community Center $19,298
Worcester County Food Bank $5,217
Worcester Jewish Community Center Fund
Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Fund
Worcester Polytechnic Institute $2,000
John M. Nelson Fund
Worcester Public Library Foundation $5,343
Clarence S. Arms Family Fund
Worcester Youth Orchestras $2,900
World Vision $2,000
Y
Y.O.U., Inc. $34,095
Dynamy Fund - 25th Reunion
Polly and Dick Traina Fund for Y.O.U., Inc.
YMCA of Central Massachusetts $44,863
Anonymous Fund
Barbara E. and William E. Christensen Fund
Discretionary Funds
YMCA of Greater Hartford $34,000
YouthNet $17,500
Discretionary Funds
YWCA of Central Massachusetts $41,050
Anna S. and Warren G. Davis Fund
YWCA/Daybreak Resources for Women &
Children $10,500
Carolyn Knight Dik Fund
Some grant amounts withheld by donor request.
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The Acorn Society
Linda V. Carlson Romano, who has served as
a volunteer on the Foundation’s Scholarship and
Outreach Committees, recently retired as a legal
administrative assistant at the law firm Mirick
O’Connell where she learned of the methods available
to people who want to make a difference. When it
came time to update their own wills, Linda and her
husband, Albert J. Romano Jr., created a provision
for a bequest to Greater Worcester Community
Foundation. Their gift will create three funds in their
names:
Acorn Society members since 2002, Albert and Linda Romano enjoy
attending donor gatherings such as the annual Winter Supper.
The Linda V. Carlson Romano and Albert J. Romano
Jr. Funds - one for discretionary grants, one for
endowed scholarships, and a fund for a youth tennis
program through the local YMCA. “It gives us great
pleasure to perpetuate our gift to future generations
and offer the joys of education and tennis to others.”
The Acorn Society recognizes those who have made plans to leave a gift to the Foundation after their lifetimes. You are
invited to join the roster of Acorn Society members by naming the Foundation as a beneficiary of a gift through your will
or estate plan. With a bequest of $10,000 or more, you can establish a named fund that will endow your annual giving.
Your planned gift may provide you with significant tax advantages. As an Acorn Society member, you will be invited to
special events and Insights Tours, which bring donors and service providers together to explore issues critical to our region.
We are deeply grateful to every member of the Acorn Society, including those who prefer to remain anonymous.
Your legacy strengthens your community.
2011 Acorn Society Members
Anonymous (10)
Robert S. Adler
Isabel K. Arms
Edward W. Bettke
Mark P. Bilotta and Henry O. Ritter
Brian L. and Betty G. Bjurling
Maurice J. and Pamela K. Boisvert
Cushing C. Bozenhard
Douglas P. Butler
Kenneth F. and Nancy Candito
Richard P. Coonan
Jeanne Y. Curtis *
Dix F. and Sarah B. Davis
Elizabeth O. Dean *
James S. Demetry
Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey
Robert E. Dik
Ross K. and Lisa F. Dik
Richard and Carol Dymek
Barbara M. Fitts
Warner S. Fletcher
Gerald and Jane Freed New
Dina R. and Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III
Rodney M. Glasgow Jr.
Dennis F. and Frances C. Gorman
Susanne E. Gray and Ernest Osterman
David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon
Claire L. Halvey
Richard E. Hedin
Nason A. Hurowitz and Martha P. Grace
Sona Husisian
Forrest A. and Shirley H. Jacobs
Frances and M Howard Jacobson
Kenneth R. and Patricia L. Jones
Pamela B. Kane and Roy T. Charette New
David P. Leach and Audrey Klein-Leach
Catherine H. Levine
Margaret D. Lincoln
Ann T. Lisi
Barbara B. and Raymond E. Morin
Frederic and Victoria Mulligan
John M. and Linda Nelson
Vincent J. Osterman
Sarah D. Pettit
Bonnie M. Prescott
James F. and Helen E. Queenan New
John A. and Gloria W. Rauth
Mary C. and William J. Ritter
Susan and C. Reid Roberts
Linda Carlson Romano and Albert J. Romano Jr.
Scott and Lois Rossiter
Paul and Fay Rossley
Sally S. Schenck
Evelyn B. Silver
Laurence J. and Alison D. Specter
David C. Steelman and Virginia Theo-Steelman
Joseph N. and Charlene M. Stolberg New
Cynthia P. Strub New
Cynthia C. Taylor
Laurie D’Amico Tigan New
Richard B. and Edith W. Wolf New
David K. Woodbury
Kimball R. Woodbury
*Deceased in 2011
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Financials
An overview of 2011
G
reater Worcester Community Foundation takes great
care to ensure that the philanthropic contributions given
to us will endure and grow on behalf of the community.
Donor gifts are invested in a commingled pool governed
by a disciplined strategy that is intended to both preserve
capital and improve the availability of spendable funds to
meet our grant and program commitments. We attempt to
manage risk through extensive diversification. Among our
investments are high-yield bonds, international equities,
and various sectors including emerging markets, flexible
capital, global macros, and inflation hedging strategies.
The 2011 Investment Luncheon for Donors featured a
presentation by Prime Buchholz & Associates principal consultant
Jeffrey R. Croteau, who was introduced by investment community
volunteer chairman, Tom Bartholomew.
Growing Your Gift
For years ended 12/31
$250,000
$200,000
The chart at left, Growing Your Gift, illustrates the change
and increase in the market value of a $100,000 gift invested
in our portfolio over a 16-year period.
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$0
In 2011, the Foundation maintained its total return
spending policy and set a maximum payout of 4% for
grants from permanently restricted endowment funds.
This approach allows spending of a fixed rate of total
market value including realized and unrealized gains and
enables the investment managers to maximize overall
investment return, incorporating growth and income
strategies, while minimizing the impact of market
fluctuations. It is our aim that over many years and
decades, this disciplined approach will support an increase
in our capacity. Since 1995 the Foundation portfolio has
grown by 7.4 percent annually.
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
'10
'11
The lower chart describes our asset classifications and
target allocation. The detailed investment policy and up-todate performance evaluations are available by calling the
Foundation office.
Target Allocation
Diversified
Inflation Hedges
10%
High Yield
5%
Liquid
Capital
2%
Global
Long-Only
36%
Absolute
Return
14%
Global
Long-Short
8%
Real Estate
4%
Core Bonds
21%
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The Foundation’s audited financial statements and
independent auditor’s report as of December 31, 2011 and 2010
were prepared by Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., P.C. ,
certified public accountants, and are available on request and
online www.greaterworcester.org.
Financial Statements
Years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. Full financial statements are available upon request.
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
2011
2010
ASSETS
Cash
$
Investments
Split interest agreements
446,529
Pledges receivable
79,109
117,194,817
1,674,563
1,760,307
-
1,149,228
Remainder interest in real estate
Property held for sale
$
112,089,976
1,307,129
-
305,000
630,000
Property and equipment, net
80,605
50,623
Other assets
61,205
86,044
TOTAL ASSETS
$
115,965,007
$
120,950,128
$
695,250
$
186,400
838,613
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Distributions payable
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
74,095
Split interest obligations
966,039
62,151
Funds held as agency endowments
11,510,297
10,485,781
TOTAL LIABILITIES
13,245,681
11,572,945
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted – operating reserves
981,732
925,509
Unrestricted – appreciation (depreciation) on permanently
restricted net assets
(2,208,224)
(1,131,449)
Total unrestricted
(1,226,492)
Temporarily restricted
23,827,785
TOTAL NET ASSETS
$
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
$
Permanently restricted
(205,940)
29,752,047
102,719,326
$
109,377,183
115,965,007
$
120,950,128
80,118,033
79,831,076
Consolidated Statements of Activities
2011
2010
REVENUES
Investment returns net of agency endowments
$
Contributions net of agency endowments
Change in value of split interest agreements
Change in value of remainder interest in real estate
(2,235,806)
11,399,942
2,898,883
(213,170)
104,598
150,872
114,375
79,749
220,942
Other support
Total revenues
$
1,755,665
(462,690)
14,738,740
EXPENSES
Distributions net of agency endowments
4,896,688
Operating expenses
1,298,478
1,277,442
6,195,166
5,555,583
(6,657,856)
9,183,157
Total expenses
Changes in net assets
NET ASSETS, beginning of year
NET ASSETS, end of year
4,278,141
109,377,183
$
102,719,326
100,194,026
$
109,377,183
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Committees
APPOINTED COMMITTEES
Audit Committee
Ellen S. Dunlap
Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III
Dennis F. Gorman
George W. Tetler III
Auditor: Alexander, Aronson, Finning
& Co., PC
Distribution Committee
Gerald M. Gates
Steven G. Joseph
Linda C. Looft
Nadia McGourthy
Anne M. O’Brien
Scott Rossiter
Tuyet Tran
Donor Stewardship Committee
Ann Marie Argitis
Benjamin Craver
Henry B. Dewey
Ross K. Dik
Saul F. Feingold
Katherine H. Metzger
Marla Maykel Pyle
Scott Rossiter
R. Joseph Salois
Margaret W. Traina
Governance Committee
Pamela K. Boisvert
Ellen S. Dunlap
Gail T. Randall
Mary C. Ritter
R. Joseph Salois
Investment Committee
William R. Carrick
James E. Collins
Dix F. Davis
Warner S. Fletcher
Abraham W. Haddad DMD
Timothy M. Jarry
Jeffrey S. Solomon
GRANTMAKING COMMITTEES
Nonprofit Support Center Advisory
Committee
Mark P. Bilotta
Ann E. Carlson
Ellen S. Dunlap
Timothy J. Garvin
Patsy C. Lewis
Ann T. Lisi
Stephen M. Pitcher
Kent dur Russell
Matt Wally
Carlton A. Watson
Charles S. Weiss
Professional Advisor Network
Jay Z. Aframe
Michael J. Bollus
Janet L. Bousquet
David M. Brunelle
Joel A. Buthray
Joy C. Child
Tracy A. Craig
David M. Dimenstein
Dorothy A. Dimitri
George L. Dresser
Dennis F. Gorman
J. Michael Grenon
Patricia L. Jones
Donald O. Maloney Jr.
Charles Manoog
Michael J. Martin
John F. Merrill
Ann K. Molloy
Timothy J. O’Malley
Neil F. Petersen Jr.
Marvin S. Silver
Joseph N. Stolberg
Daniel Tinsley
Anne E. Wales
The Auburn Foundation Advisory
Committee
Patricia Bukoski
Rev. Robert Fenby
Julie Jacobson
Arthur Pappas
Martha Pappas
Susan Pappas
Thomas Turco
Community Ministries Advisory
Committee
Rev. Robert S. Bachelder
Rev. Louis G. Bond
Rev. Laura Goodwin
Robert Hallock
Sandra Longvall-Johnson
Susan Swanberg
Rev. Richard Whitefleet-Smith
Rev. Dan Wilson
Fairlawn Foundation
Mary Aleksiewicz
Robert Anderson
Karl Bjork
Ann Carlson
John Duggan MD
N. Lynn Eckhert MD
Shelley Hall
Robert Lian
Fallon/OrNda Community Health
Fund Advisory Committee
Dexter Bailey
Mark P. Bilotta
Dix F. Davis
Dorista J. Goldsberry
Maryellen O’Brien
Gary L. Segal
Kelsa Zereski
Advisory Committee
Peter F. Keenan Jr.
Elaine Loehmann
Mary Lou Mulhane
for Brookfield Advisory Committee
James W. Allen
Michelle Breuer
Amy Law
Lydia M. Lucas
Christine McManus
Advisory Committee
Marjorie A. Cooper
Steven P. Corley
Paul A. Fontaine
Karl E. Gumpright
Cynthia R. LaPointe
James O’Donnell
Paul R. Rossley
Water and Land Stewardship Fund
Advisory Committee
Henry W. Beth
Brendan Donahue
Allen W. Fletcher
Stephen F. Gemelli
Gail Morgan
Paul Schlaikjer
Donna Williams
Youth for Community Improvement
Alexandra Ambrose
Nicole Burshan
Zulma Chavez
Meagan Costello
Shaina Lo
Eryl MacConnell
Natacha Mateo
John Oliveras
Tiana Padgett
Priscilla Rivera
Maggie Smith
Kris Toomey
Angel Winston
Consultant: Jeffrey R. Croteau,
Prime Buchholz & Associates
Nominating Committee
Kirk Carter
Ross K. Dik
Mónica E. Lowell
Scott Rossiter
Kent Russell
Joshua Lee Smith
Carolyn Stempler
Distribution Committee members Pam Kane (staff), Gerald Gates,
Nadia McGourthy, Steven Josephs, Lois Smith (staff), Scott Rossiter,
Anne O’Brien and Linda Looft.
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Friends of Learning in Killingly
(FOLK) Advisory Committee
Janice Ahola-Sidaway
Christopher M. Burke
Susan Rees Jones
Ralph E. LaChance
Paul D. Lefrancois
Richard N. Rust
Timothy J. Schmidt
Paul R. Theroux
Cathy E. Wade
Corporators
Corporators are voting members of the
Foundation and are chosen because of their
dedication to the community. As a body, the
membership is responsible for electing other
Corporators and the Board of Directors at the
annual meeting. Many Corporators also serve
on Foundation committees.
Lawrence J. Abramoff
Robert C. Achorn
Sara Trillo Adams
Robert S. Adler
Jay Z. Aframe
Robb B. Ahlquist
Bruce C. Anderson
Robert J. Anderson
James A. Andreoli
David P. Angel
Michael P. Angelini
Robert V. Antonucci
Ann Marie Argitis
Robert S. Bachelder
Joseph F. Barbato Jr.
Richard C. Barry
John E. Bassett
Matthew Beaton
Dennis D. Berkey
Sarah G. Berry
Henry W. Beth
Mark P. Bilotta
Janet A. Birbara
Maurice J. Boisvert
Pamela K. Boisvert
James Bonds Sr.
Melinda Boone
George F. Booth II
Sarah Ann Bowditch
Cushing C. Bozenhard
Karin Branscombe
Denise H. Brookhouse
Paula A. Brouillette
Matthew A. Brunell
H. Paul Buckingham III
John H. Budd
Douglas P. Butler
Henry Camosse Jr.
Gail E. Carberry
Esteban V. Cardemil
Jennifer Davis Carey
Ann E. Carlson
William R. Carrick
Kirk A. Carter
Deborah D. Cary
Matilde Castiel
Linda A. Cavaioli
Francesco C. Cesareo
Harriette L. Chandler
Brian M. Chandley
Harold R. Chesson Jr.
Joy C. Child
Elaine M. Ciborowski *
James W. Coghlin
J. Christopher Collins
James E. Collins
Michael F. Collins
P. Kevin Condron
Marjorie A. Cooper
Ken Crater
Benjamin Craver
Michael J. Crawford
John W. S. Creedon
Timothy P. Crimmins Jr
Frederick G. Crocker Jr.
Ralph D. Crowley Jr.
Maritza Cruz
Jeanne Y. Curtis*
Jill C. Dagilis
Dix F. Davis
Laurel A. Davis
Daniel de la Torre Jr.
Richard W. Dearborn
Gene J. DeFeudis
William P. Densmore
Henry B. Dewey
Morgan B. Dewey
Ross K. Dik
David M. Dimenstein
Iliana D’Limas
Brendan Donahue
James C. Donnelly Jr.
Francis X. Dufault Jr.
Ellen S. Dunlap
David M. Dunn
N. Lynn Eckhert
Stephen J. Erickson
Barbara E. Fargo
Richard J. Fates
Saul F. Feingold
Peter S. Fellenz
Gerald Fels
Emily R. Ferrara
Deborah Finch
Allen W. Fletcher
Mary F. Fletcher
Warner S. Fletcher
Terence R. Flotte
Jack L. Foley
Paul A. Fontaine
David P. Forsberg
Howard G. Freeman
Mark W. Fuller
Gerald M. Gates
Bruce Gaultney
Stephen F. Gemelli
Lisa Kirby Gibbs
Lawrence J. Glick
Dorista J. Goldsberry
Dennis F. Gorman
Martha P. Grace
John E. Graham
Martin J. Green
Barbara E. Greenberg
David N. Grenier
David R. Grenon
J. Michael Grenon
Veronica M. Griffin
John Gusha
Jabián Gutiérrez
Abraham W. Haddad
James H. Harrington
Ernest S. Hayeck
John J. Healy
Jeannie Hebert
John Herron Jr.
Honee A. Hess
John E. Hodgson
Emily G. Holdstein
W. Patrick Hughes
Kathryn Zingg Hunter
Michael E. Huppert
M Howard Jacobson
Timothy M. Jarry
Frances E. Jewers-Langille
Patricia L. Jones
Kevin R. Kearney
Alison C. Kenary
Richard B. Kennedy
Robert M. Kennedy
Priscilla Short Kerr
Mary E. Kett
Jean A. King
Judith Kirk
Audrey Klein-Leach
Barbara C. Kohin
Joyce R. Kressler
Agnes E. Kull *
Leonid Kustanovich
Deborah L. Larsen
Thomas P. LaVigne
Robert E. Layne
Thuha T. Le
Patsy C. Lewis
Joseph Lian Jr.
Robert G. Lian
Linda Carre Looft
Stephen B. Loring
Susan M. Mailman
Thomas D. Manning
Michael J. Martin
Pamela A. Massad
Tod Masterman
C. Jean McDonough
Michael C. McFarland
Nadia McGourthy
Linda M. McGowan
Robert McLaren
Cynthia M. McMullen
Christopher G. Mehne
Donald R. Melville
John F. Merrill
Barbara W. Merritt
Peter Metz
Erwin H. Miller
John O. Mirick
Ann K. Molloy
Charles F. Monahan Jr.
Janet Wilson Moore
Maureen Moorehouse
Barrett Morgan
Gail M. Morgan
Laurance S. Morrison
James J. Moynihan
William G. Muller
Thomas V. Murray Jr.
Laura H. Myers
Leopoldo Negrón Cruz
Robert Z. Nemeth
AiVi Nguyen
John G. O’Brien
Joseph C. O’Brien
Andrew B. O’Donnell
David R. Ojerholm
Vincent F. O’Rourke Jr.
Vincent J. Osterman
Kevin O’Sullivan
Martha R. Pappas
Thoru Pederson
Deborah A. Penta
Neil Petersen
Michael Peterson
Sarah D. Pettit
Paul M. Pezzella
Lisa A. Piehler
Cynthia N. Pitcher
John W. Polanowicz
Karyn E. Polito
Christine M. Proffitt
Richard L. Pyle
Raymond Quinlan
Candace A. Race
Hilda Ramirez
Scott R. Reisinger
Wendy J. Rickles
Mary C. Ritter
Sarai Rivera
Melvin Rosenblatt
Scott Rossiter
Paul R. Rossley
Steven Rothschild
Kent dur Russell
Francis M. Saba
Brenda K. Safford
Nancy H. Sala
Andrew Salmon
R. Joseph Salois
Kwasi Sarpong
Ralph F. Sbrogna
Roberta R. Schaefer
Paul F. Schlaikjer
Paul F. Scully
Carol L. Seager
Sara Kelleher Sears
Rashid M. Shaikh
Francis P. Shea
Jay S. Sherwin
John F. Shoro
Philip O. Shwachman
Jonathan R. Sigel
Marvin S. Silver
Edward D. Simsarian
Michael D. Sleeper
Joshua Lee Smith
William B. Smith
Jeffrey S. Solomon
Susan E. Spencer
Mark Spuria
Peter R. Stanton
Carolyn J. Stempler
Joseph N. Stolberg
Alan M. Stoll
William F. Sullivan
J. Stephen Teasdale
Robert L. Thomas
Brian W. Thompson
Troy B. Thompson
David N. Tinsley
E. Paul Tinsley
Rosalie Torres Stone
Lindsay A. Tosi
Roger R. Trahan
Margaret W. Traina
Tuyet Tran
Ann K. Tripp
John Trobaugh
Michael P. Tsotsis
Wayne Ushman
Charles R. Valade
Carmen D. Vazquez
Wyatt R. Wade
William D. Wallace
Carlton A. Watson
Janice I. Weekes
Charles S. Weiss
James A. Welu
Meridith D. Wesby
Todd H. Wetzel
David White
Harry T. Whitin
Thomas J. Wickstrom
Donna M. Williams
Jack L. Wolfson
Gary R. Wood
David K. Woodbury
Janice B. Yost
Kelsa L. Zereski
Robert Zibinskas
Marita Zuraitis
*Deceased
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Board of Directors & Staff
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2011 STAFF
R. Joseph Salois, Chair
President
Atlas Distributing, Inc.
Vice President
UMass Memorial Health Care
Warner S. Fletcher, Vice Chair
Director
Fletcher Tilton
Ann K. Molloy
Partner
Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP
Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III, Chair-Elect
President
Gaudette Insurance Agency, Inc.
Chairman
Cutler Associates, Inc.
Thomas J. Bartholomew, Treasurer
President
Bartholomew & Company, Inc.
Mary C. Ritter
Vice President
Fallon Community Health Plan
Ellen S. Dunlap, Clerk
President
American Antiquarian Society
Scott Rossiter
Chairman
Lampin Corporation
Robert S. Adler
Managing Partner
Seder & Chandler
Brian M. Chandley
Vice President
Southbridge Savings Bank
Gerald M. Gates
President & CEO
Stop Loss Insurance Services
Dennis F. Gorman
Director
Fletcher Tilton
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Ann T. Lisi
President & CEO
Diane S. Allain
Accounting Officer
Pamela B. Kane
Senior Program Officer
Pamela Keogh CPA
Director of Finance & Administration
Christine R. Louis
Director of Donor Relations
Faith Proctor
Senior Accounting Officer
Gail T. Randall
Special Projects Officer
Carolyn J. Stempler
Community Volunteer
Joanne M. Reegan
Human Resources & Office Manager
Joseph N. Stolberg
Managing Partner
Stolberg, Ebbeling & Blanchette, LLP
Lois A. Smith
Senior Program Officer
Kelly A. Stimson
Director of Donor Services &
Communications
Partner
Bowditch & Dewey
Carlton A. Watson
President
Henry Lee Willis Community Center
Charles (Chick) S. Weiss
Associate Professor
College of the Holy Cross
Jasmine Vasquez-Okutoro
Administrative Assistant
Jacqueline L. Williams
Office Assistant
Contact us at 508.755.0980
Ways to Give
Many options are available to those who contribute to Greater Worcester Community Foundation.
CREATE A NAMED FUND
With a gift of $10,000 or more, you can establish a named
fund to create your personal legacy. Your fund may be donor
advised, scholarship, designated, discretionary, or field of
interest. A Named Fund is a permanent and powerful way
of giving. Your intentions are honored in perpetuity. Your
money enters a well-managed endowment that preserves
capital during tough times and extends the value and reach of
your giving. And because we are a public charity, you receive
the maximum tax benefits allowed by law.
ADD TO AN EXISTING FUND
Support a cause, honor a loved one, or express your values by
giving to any of our existing funds. Gifts of any amount are
accepted at any time.
OR MAKE A PLANNED GIFT
You can make a gift to the community that provides income
and tax benefits now, and supports your philanthropic goals
after your lifetime. Name the Foundation in your will or as
the beneficiary of retirement assets, transfer a life insurance
policy, contribute real estate as a future gift while using
the property throughout your lifetime, or setting up a gift
annuity or charitable remainder trust.
YCI (Youth for Community Improvement) develops the
philanthropic and leadership skills of high school students from
diverse backgrounds by providing the opportunity to award
community grants together. YCI members of the 2011 programAngel Winston, Eryl MacConnell, Maggie Smith, Pam Kane (Staff)
and Shaina Lo-gathered at the Foundation’s annual meeting.
2011 Annual Report Production Credits
For More on
Ways To Give
Visit
greaterworcester.org
Click on “Donors”
Production Manager: Kelly A. Stimson
Writer: Susan Saccoccia
Graphics: Atomic Design, Rob Zeleniak, Ingrid Mach and Linda Chadwick
Printer: AM Lithography Corporation
Photography: Tammy Woodard unless otherwise indicated
P 4: Norma and Saul Feingold, Photography by Dan Vaillancourt
All other New Funds photos supplied by fund donors
P 6: Harry and Jane Dewey, Photography by Patrick O’Connor
Courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum
P 8: Courtesy of the Katter family
Courtesy of Laurie Kuczka
P 9: Courtesy of Easter Seals Massachusetts
P 10:Courtesy of the Tinsley family
P 11:Courtesy of the Magee family, Courtesy of UMass Amherst
P 12:Foundation photo archives, Grass Hill School, Courtesy of Edd Cote
P 13: Courtesy of Killingly Villager
P 14: Foundation photo archives, Courtesy of Old Sturbridge Village
P 15: Courtesy of Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc.
Courtesy of Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation
P 25: Courtesy of EcoTarium
Inside Back Cover: P
hotography by Dan Vaillancourt
370 Main Street, Suite 650
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Traveling Together
Our Journey Of Giving
Our Mission
To enhance our community, now and in the future, through philanthropic leadership.
Our Values
We appreciate and trust the people of our community to work together to solve problems,
build prosperity, and bring vitality to the lives of others.
Our community is a unified body of individuals from a rich array of backgrounds
who contribute in unique ways.
We are a professional, compassionate steward of our donors’ gifts, which have been
permanently entrusted to us for the purpose of improving lives and conditions.
370 Main Street . Suite 650 . Worcester . Massachusetts 01608.1738
508.755.0980 www.greaterworcester.org
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2011 - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

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