2011 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Greater Worcester Community Foundation 

Annual Report 2011 

Traveling Together 

Our Journey Of Giving

2011 By the Numbers 

At a Glance 

Grants and Contributions - Ten Year Record 

Total Assets 

Contributions 

Number of gifts 

Number of donors 

Investment returns 

Grants and scholarships approved 

Number of grantee organizations 

Number of new funds 

Total named funds 

$115,965,007 

$3,406,010 

1019 

849 

-2.4% 

$5,132,406 

524 

23 

470 

Our Fund Types 

Approved Grants by Broad Category 

Total Awards $5,132,406 

Discretionary 

Field of Interest 

Committee Advised 

Donor Advised 

Designated 

Agency 

Scholarship 

$21,712,733 

$13,647,022 

$23,409,425 

$14,324,055 

$16,778,376 

$11,550,297 

$10,668,069 

Health & 

Human Services 

$1,870,079 

Arts 

$883,756 

Community 

Development 

$441,576 

Total Market Value 

$112,089,976 

Environment 

$145,459 

Education 

$1,791,536 

Annual Report Index 

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 

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Dollars (Thousands) 

$1500 

$1000 

$500 

$0 

$879,480 

Discretionary 

Grant Awards by Fund Type 

Approved Grants by Fund Type 

Total $5,132,406 

Total $5,132,406 

$632,178 

Field of 

Interest 

$1,289,246 

Committee 

Advised 

$911,430 

Donor 

Advised 

Fund Type 

$662,890 

Designated 

$235,718 

Agency 

$521,464 

Scholarship 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation I 2011 ANNUAL REPORT

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. 

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. 

Sincerely, 

Ann T. Lisi 

President and CEO 

R. Joseph Salois 

Chairman 

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. 

Explore Our 

New Website! 

greaterworcester.org 

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 

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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. 

• 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, Ann- 

Marie Argits, Harry Dewey, Polly Traina and Ross Dik. 

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• 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. 

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. 

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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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Harry 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) 

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. 

Donors 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) 

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 

During 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 

Laurie 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) 

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) 

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 

“I had respect for the Foundation, and include support for Worcester 

the more I learned about it, the more Public Schools students to visit Old 

I liked it,” says Robert. “It would have Sturbridge Village and learn about life 

been very foolish to set up my own in the region during the 18 th century. 

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.” 


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) 

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 

Guiding 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. 

“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.” 

Agency Funds 

Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce 

Education Foundation Fund 

Susan 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. 

“Our fund enables us to better weather 

financial uncertainties as we launch major programs.” says 

Susan. 

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. 

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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In 2011, the Foundation received over $3.4 million in gifts— 

$1.1 million to create new named funds, and $2.3 million 

contributed to existing funds. We list all of our contributors 

here, and extend our sincere gratitude. 

Contributors of $100,000 and Above 

Anonymous (2) 

George I. Alden Trust 

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center 

Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library 

Burton D. Morgan Foundation 

United Way of Central Massachusetts 

White Companies Charitable Trust 

Worcester County Food Bank 

Contributors of All Other Gifts 

Anonymous (13) 

A.P. Fish Company 

Abby’s House 

Cecil L. Adderley III 

Robert S. Adler 

Jay and Myra Aframe 

Robb B. Ahlquist 

Cindy Aiken 

Patricia M. Albrecht 

Patricia I. Alexander 

Alliance for Community Trees 

American Forests 

Bruce C. and June Anderson 

James A. Andreoli 

Wallace and Dorothy Andrews 

David P. Angel PhD 

Michael P. Angelini 

David Angilly 

Robert V. Antonucci 

Rich and Wendy Ardizzone 

Ann Marie Argitis 

Isabel K. Arms 

Madeleine Yardley Arthur 

Sally Aspero 

Atlas Distributing Inc. 

Deborah M. and Scott P. Aubrey 

Auburn Woman’s Club 

Auburn Youth & Family Services 

Edward M. Augustus Jr. 

Joycelyn Augustus 

Sallee A. Azzarone 

Robert S. Bachelder 

Joseph E. and Ginette A. Bailey 

Robert J. and Jean M. Bain 

Richard Ball 

Ellen B. Barber 

Eileen Barrette 

Sherry Barry 

Thomas J. Bartholomew 

Bartosiewicz Family 

John E. Bassett 

Elaine Becker 

Randy and Donna Becker 

Jessica Belsito 

Brian Beriau at Cabe Roofing 

Dennis D. Berkey 

Constance S. Berry 

Sarah G. Berry 

Henry W. Beth 

Richard Bialecki 

Contributors 

Committee to Re-elect John J. Binienda Sr. 

John P. Binkoski 

Norman Bitsoli 

Karl N. Bjork 

Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce 

Education Foundation 

Alexi F. Bobolia 

Evelyn R. Bohlin 

George F. Booth II 

Rachael S. Borr 

Alfred J. and Lillian M. Bosio 

Anne M. Bourgeois 

Sarah Ann Bowditch and 

Lawrence J. Marinelli 

Carrie Bowler 

August W. J. Belle Bowman 

Charitable Trust 

Mary-Ellen Boyle 

Karin Branscombe 

Patricia E. Bridgeo 

Brigham Hill Foundation 

James B. Broadhurst 

Michael D. Brockelman 

Denise H. Brookhouse 

Walter F. and Helen A. Browne 

Elaine Bruso 

Barbara C. Buchan 

Dawn and John Budd 

Christopher M. and Patricia R. Burke 

Edward Burkinshaw 

Douglas P. Butler 

Elaine and Jack Cahill 

Kathleen M. Callan 

Henry Camosse Jr. 

Camp Putnam 

James H. and Trudy J. Campbell 

Wanda Cantlin 

Gail E. Carberry 

Nia Carignan 

Ann E. Carlson 

The Carrick Foundation 

William R. Carrick 

John P. Carrigan III 

Kirk and Price Carter 

Debbie and Charlie Cary 

Mark and Janet Castriotta 

Ray and Gloria Castriotta 

Nancy N. Caswell 

Linda A. Cavaioli 

Central Massachusetts Area Health 

Education Center 

Francesco C. Cesareo 

Brian M. Chandley 

Chapin Riley Trust 

Scott Chapman 

Deanna and Richard Charves 

Arthur E. Chase 

Harold R. Chesson Jr. 

Carol L. and David A. Chester 

Joy C. Child 

Henry and Elaine M.* Ciborowski 

JoAnne Ciociolo 

Committee to Re-Elect Paul Clancy 

Constance Clark 

Clinton Savings Charitable Foundation 

James Cloran 

Christos and Mary T. Cocaine 

Charitable Trust 

James W. Coghlin 

Ed Coleman 

College of the Holy Cross 

J. Christopher Collins 

James E. and Margaret F. Collins 

Kathleen M. Comer 

Commerce Bank 

Community Harvest Project, Inc. 

P. Kevin and Clare Condron 

John Conte 

Marjorie A. Cooper 

Edmund and Elizabeth Cortellini 

J.G. Cosgrove 

Donald Courtney 

Tracy A. Craig and Dr. James J. Convery 

Michael J. Crawford 

Timothy B. Cremeens 

Timothy P. Crimmins Jr. 

Frederick G. Crocker Jr. 

Jo Anne Cronin 

Joan and Ralph Crowley Jr. 

CSX Corporation 

Jeanne Y. Curtis* 

Leonard W. and Marjorie L. Cutler 

Jill C. Dagilis 

Edward Dalbec 

David F. Dalton 

Darcy Design Construction, Inc. 

Sean T. Davey 

Aaron R. and Kristina E. Davis 

Dix F. and Sarah B. Davis 

Phillips S. and Laurel Davis 

Rebecca Davis 

Ronald S. Davis 

Karen Delagorgendiere 

Glenn C. DeMallie 

William P. and Martha L. Densmore 

June and Michael Derosier 

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation 

Henry B. Dewey 

Henry and Helene DiCarlo 

Robert E. Dik 

Ross K. and Lisa F. Dik 

Brendan Donahue 

Carol B. and James C. Donnelly Jr. 

Sheilah H. Dooley 

Patricia L. and Attila L. Dorogi 

Philip R. and Marilyn D. Dowd 

Joseph Dowgielewicz 

Nancy and Tim Doyle 

Steve Drawbridge Memorial Fund 

Dresser & McGourthy, LLP 

George L. Dresser 

John P. Droogan Jr. 

Francis X. Dufault Jr. 

Heather and John F. Duke Jr. 

John J. and Paula M. Dumas 

Ellen S. Dunlap and Frank Armstrong 

Maureen T. Dunn 

Timothy Dupree 

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 


Friends of the Duke Family 


Janice L. and Mark W. Fuller 

Garabedian Plumbing and Heating Inc. 


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 

Contributors 

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 

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 

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 

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. 

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 

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 

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 

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 


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 

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 


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 

A 

American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts 

$25,281 


Directors and Corporators Community 

Impact Fund 


David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund 

Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux Fund 

Peter H. and Catherine H. Levine Fund 

The Pyle Fund 

American Red Cross of Lee County $1,000 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford 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 

Fairlawn Foundation Fund 


Apple Tree Arts $5,000 

Child Wellness Fund 

Grants 

Arc of Quinebaug Valley $1,000 


ART in the PARK, Worcester $7,500 

Fund for the Arts and Humanities 

ARTSWorcester $15,000 


Kirby Foundation Fund 

Ashburnham Westminster Youth Hockey $467 

John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund 

Assabet Valley Mastersingers $2,000 


Assabet Valley Pastoral Counseling Center 

$2,900 

Mini-Grants Fund 

Athol Area YMCA $3,000 

Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew Meany 

Memorial Fund 

Auburn Community Assistance Fund $100 

The Hedin Family Memorial Fund 

Auburn Historical Society $3,000 

The Auburn Foundation 

Auburn Youth and Family Services $20,192 


Auburn Youth and Family Services 



Audio Journal $12,000 

Central Massachusetts Health Standards Fund 

Bancroft School $59,793 

Ruth and John Adam Fund 



Youth Opportunity Fund 

Bare Hill Rowing Association $400 

MacLean Family Fund 

Barton Center for Diabetes Education $500 


Becker College $38,000 



Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund 


George and Anna Krikorian Family Fund 

The Pyle Fund 

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 

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay 

$5,750 


Blackstone Valley Boys & Girls Club $6,000 


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 


Bosler Humane Society $1,968 

Bosler Humane Society Fund 

Boston Athenaeum 



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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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 



Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund 

Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund 

The Pyle Fund 

Bridge of Central Massachusetts $16,000 

Marc Needleman Memorial Fund 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital $500 


Brimfield Ambulance Service $300 

Argitis Family Fund 

Britney Gengel’s Poorest of the Poor Fund $2,000 

George S. and Tammy Butler Fund 

Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary $3,445 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund 

Brookfield Ecumenical Food Pantry $766 


The Brookfield Fund $766 


Brookfield Police Department $2,000 


Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church $703 

Chesson Family Fund 

Camp Putnam $10,000 


Cape Cod Center for the Arts $1,000 


Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation $5,000 


Care Inc. $2,000 

Whittier Family Charitable Gift Fund 

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 



Centro Las Americas $15,000 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund 


C 

Grants 

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 


Christ Episcopal Church, Pomfret $844 

Newell Hale Memorial Fund 

Church of Saint Luke the Evangelist $3,000 


Church of the Nativity $779 

Bruce Breger Memorial Fund for BSA Troop 1 

of Northboro 

City Mission Society of Boston $1,000 


City of Worcester Health and Human Services 

$31,000 


Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington 

Human Services Fund 

City of Worcester Mayor’s Office $1,500 


Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation 

$5,000 


Clark University $109,466 


Bozenhard Charitable Fund 


Lois B. and Robert F. Green Fund 

John W. Lund Fund 


Cleghorn Neighborhood Center $10,800 



Clinton Hospital Foundation $100 


Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens $500 


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 






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 


Culture LEAP $1,500 


Cystic Dreams Fund $250 


Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $500 


Cystic Fibrosis Research $200 


Dana Hall School $825 


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 


Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund 

Discovery Museums $3,000 


Dismas House of Central Massachusetts $15,000 



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 

E 


East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery Company 

$12,216 

Janet Alden Carrick Memorial Fund 

East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 

Company Fund 

Wallen Memorial Trust Fund 

East Quabbin Land Trust $15,000 

Town of Petersham Fund 

Easter Seals of Massachusetts $1,825 



EcoTarium $56,550 






Environmental Grantmaking Fund 




Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center 

$36,261 

Shirley Feldman Fund 


Alice C.A. Sibley Fund 

Edward Street Child Services $70,375 


George I. Alden Education Fund 

Margaret and Gordon Torgersen Fund 

Elder Services of Worcester Area $11,624 


H. Arthur Smith Designated Fund 

Harold Davis Woodbury Fund 

Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education 

$2,200 



Family Health Center of Worcester $131,936 





Lisi-Greene Fund 

Family Services of Central Massachusetts $1,000 


Finnish American Reporter $2,202 

Finnish American Social Club Fund 

Finnish Center at Saima Park $600 

Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund 

Finnish Heritage Society, Sovittaja $600 

Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund 

First Baptist Church of Worcester $1,000 

Trust in Kids Fund 

F 

Grants 

First Church Unitarian Universalist of 

Leominster $14,000 


First Congregational Church in Auburn $600 


First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury 

$1,261 



First Congregational Parish, Unitarian $2,043 

First Congregational Parish, Unitarian Fund 

First Night Worcester $10,000 


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 


Fisher House Foundation $2,000 


Fitchburg Art Museum $3,000 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Donor 

Advised Fund 

Fitchburg Cultural Alliance $8,000 


Fitchburg State University $150,000 


Florida Repertory Company $100 


Fort Ticonderoga 



Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund $1,000 

Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt Fund 

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 

$6,000 


Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering $100 


Friendly House $28,750 




Traina Family Youth Development Fund 


Friends of Gale Free Library $12,364 

Friends of Gale Free Library 110th 


Friends of Institute Park $4,000 

The Douglas P. Butler Fund 

Friends of Sutton Elders $250 


Friends of the Senior Citizens Association $4,000 


Friends of the Upton Town Library $3,000 

Friends of the Upton Town Library Fund 

Fruitlands Museum $3,500 


Gale Free Library $1,406 

C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell Fund 

Genesis Club $17,500 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Fund 

Girl Scouts of Central and Western 

Massachusetts $3,172 




Girls Incorporated of Worcester $23,222 




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 


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 


Guideposts Foundation $2,000 

The Pyle Fund 

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Habitat for Humanity of Lee County $3,000 


Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Connecticut 

$1,000 


Harvard PTO $250 


Harvard University Medical School $385 

Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Fund 

Harvest Fair Committee $2,000 


Health Education and Advocacy for Latinos 

$10,000 

Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human 

Services Fund 

Hearts for Heat, Leicester Chapter $1,208 

Isaac Southgate Fund For Leicester 

Henry Lee Willis Community Center $15,000 

Harriet Miller Hight Education Fund with the 

Association of Colored Peoples 



John Woodman Higgins Armory Museum $17,191 



Ross and Lisa Dik Fund 


Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund 


Hillel House at UMass Amherst $500 


Hillside School $6,367 


Historic Deerfield 



Historic New England $300 


Hobart and William Smith Colleges $1,500 


Holy Name Central Catholic Junior/Senior High 

School $500 


Home for Little Wanderers $2,000 


Homes for Our Troops, Inc. $500 


HOPE Coalition $12,500 

Andrew N. Ahlfors and Helmi E. Ahlfors Fund 

Horizons for Homeless Children $8,000 


H 

Grants 

House of Peace and Education $17,500 


Hyde School $2,000 


Immigration History Research Center $2,202 

Finnish American Social Club Fund 

Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater 

Worcester $10,000 


Italian-American Cultural Center $741 

Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory of Patsy and 

Theresa Pezzella 

Jeremiah’s Hospice, Inc. $1,000 

The Pyle Fund 

Jericho Road Project $5,000 


Jewish Family Service of Worcester $9,000 


Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund 


Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts 

$4,500 

Samuel Frank Charitable Fund 


Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County $2,000 


Jewish Healthcare Center $2,250 



Joshua Hyde Public Library $1,139 

Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. Ciaffone Fund 

Joy of Music Program $41,612 


Norma and Saul F. Feingold Joy of Music Fund 


Joy of Music Program Beveridge and Frances 

Webster Endowment Fund 

Augusta H. Kressler, M.D. Fund 




Judicial Watch $100 


Killingly Central School $800 

Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund 

Killingly High School $800 


Killingly Intermediate School $1,350 


Killingly Memorial School $250 


I 

J 

K 

Lahey Clinic $500 


Lakers Youth Hockey $316 

Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund 

The Last Green Valley $1,000 


Latino Education Institute $55,500 


Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch Fund 


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 


Lincoln Village Tenant’s Association $3,000 

Lincoln Village Tenants Association Fund 

Literacy Project, Inc. $15,000 


Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester $32,000 



LMS Sports Boosters $6,000 


Loxahatchee Club Scholarship Foundation 

$1,000 


Lutheran Social Services of New England $27,500 


Lymphoma and Leukemia Society $100 


Main South Community Development 


Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell Nesbit 

Memorial Fund 

Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society $250 


Marie Anne Center $3,000 


L 

M 


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 

Massachusetts General Hospital $14,600 



Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer 

Erikson Fund 



Massachusetts School of Professional 

Psychology $200 


Matthew 25, Inc. $8,466 


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 


Montachusett Opportunity Council $15,000 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund 

Montachusett Regional YMCA $2,500 


Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries $4,000 


Morris Animal Foundation $500 


MorseLife Foundation $1,000 


Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust $6,500 

H. Arthur Smith Fund 

Mt. Desert Island Hospital $500 


Music Worcester $11,759 



Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Donor 

Advised Fund 


MY TURN $10,000 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund 

Grants 

Mystic Seaport $3,000 


National Multiple Sclerosis Society RI Chapter 

$250 


National Parks Conservation Association $500 


Nativity School of Worcester $16,500 


James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Fund 


NCH Healthcare Foundation $250 


NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans 

$33,218 




Katharine Higgins Riley Fund 

NEADY Cats $2,500 


New England Business Associates $7,200 


New England Historic Genealogical Society $250 


New England Homes for the Deaf $9,812 



Quota International of Worcester Fund 

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New Hope, Inc. $18,000 


North Brookfield Youth Center $12,000 


North County Land Trust $4,000 


North Quabbin Citizen Advocacy $8,000 

H. Arthur Smith Fund 

Northbridge Council on Aging $5,000 


Northwestern University $100 


Notre Dame Academy $3,000 


The Pyle Fund 

Oak Hill Community Development Corporation 

$27,500 


Micah Housing Corporation Fund 

Old Sturbridge Village $30,200 





Operation Outreach-USA $1,800 


Our Father’s House, Inc. $15,000 


Our Lady of Providence Roman Catholic Church 

$1,000 


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 

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester 

$6,000 


Pan-Massachusetts Challenge $200 


O 

P 

PAT Youth Hockey $178 

John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey 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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Pernet Family Health Service $31,925 




Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund 



Petersham Friday Market $1,000 


Petersham Historical Society $20,000 


Phillips Academy $804 

Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/Andover Fund 

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts 

$5,000 


Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center 

$14,300 


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 

Pomfret School $3,000 


Positive Futures Network $1,000 


Pregnant and Parenting Teen Program $35,000 



Preservation Worcester $9,000 



Problem Pregnancy of Worcester $1,500 

Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund 


Quabbin Regional High School $3,000 


Quinebaug Valley Community College 

Foundation $5,000 


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Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts and 

Humanities $860 


Advised Fund 

Quinsigamond Community College Foundation 

$34,000 


Shepherd Knapp School Fund 

Carmen Tobin Nursing Scholarship Fund 

Grants 

Quinsigamond Village Community Center 

$3,000 


Rachel’s Table $17,000 



Rainbow Child Development Center $16,400 




Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust $100 


Rangeley Region Health Center $250 


Rectory School $500 


Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center 

$12,000 


Regatta Point Community Sailing $7,500 


Regional Environmental Council $23,500 




Rehabilitative Resources, Inc. $4,000 


Rodale Institute $400 


Rural Cemetery and Crematory $12,937 

Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund 

Saint John’s High School $2,000 


Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt Fund 

St. Andrew Lutheran School $166 

Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund 

St. Andrews Hospital $1,500 


St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish $3,000 


St. Anne’s Human Services $2,500 

Gene J. DeFeudis Fund 

St. George’s School $250 


St. Joseph and St. Pius X Parishes $5,000 


St. Joseph’s Church $500 


St. Joseph’s Indian School $1,238 

Patricia Fisher Fund 

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St. Mary Parish $2,000 


St. Patrick Catholic Church $5,000 


St. Paul Cathedral $3,500 

Lois Anne Memorial Fund 

St. Peter’s Parish $3,000 



Salem Community Corporation $300 



Salisbury Singers $1,500 


Salvation Army $8,600 

Samuel Frank Charitable Fund 


The Pyle Fund 


Sarasota Orchestra $190 


Save The Children $1,000 


Senior Citizen Club of Leicester $2,000 


Seven Hills Foundation $1,613 




Shrewsbury Public Library $1,500 


Advised Fund 

Society for the Preservation of New England 

Antiquities 



South High Community School $10,000 

Greater Worcester Jaycees Fund 

South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement 


South Worcester Neighborhood Center 

Growth Fund 

Southeast Asian Coalition of Central 






Spanish American Center $12,500 


Special Olympics Florida $2,000 



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 


Temple Emanuel $2,870 




Temple Sinai $29,100 

Temple Sinai Fund 

Tenacity $10,000 


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 


Trinity Lutheran Church $28,205 



Tri-Valley, Inc. $7,500 


Trustees of Reservations $1,200 




Tufts University Cummings School of 

Veterinary Medicine $5,000 


Twin Cities Community Development 



U.S. English Foundation $100 


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U 

Grants 

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 

United Services, Inc. $500 


United Way Lee, Hendry & Glades $13,000 


United Way of Central Massachusetts $165,652 





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 



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. 

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 


Visitation House, Inc. $1,000 


VNA Care Network and Hospice $7,500 


VSA Arts of Massachusetts $5,000 


Walther Lutheran High School $166 

Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund 

Wellesley College $3,112 



Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund for 

Wellesley College 

WGBH Educational Foundation $3,500 




Whitin Memorial Community Center $10,958 


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 


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Worcester Academy $30,066 

George S. and Tammy Butler Fund 



Chapin Riley 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 Center for Crafts $12,466 



Worcester Center for the Performing Arts $2,000 


Worcester Chamber Music Society $8,500 


Advised Fund 



Worcester Common Ground $15,000 


Worcester Community Action Council $26,000 


Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human 

Services Fund 

Worcester Community Housing Resources 

$20,000 


Worcester County Food Bank $5,217 


Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Fund 

Grants 

Worcester County Horticultural Society $158,737 



H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III Fund 


Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. Pettit Jr. 

Fund 

Worcester Tree Initiative Fund 

Worcester County Mechanics Association 

$24,050 


Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund for 

Mechanics Hall 


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 Cultural Coalition $15,000 


Worcester East Side Community Development 



Worcester Education Collaborative $12,500 


Worcester Film Works $2,500 


Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research 

$2,835 




Worcester Historical Museum $126,058 



Barbara Allen Booth Fund 

Robert W. Booth Fund for the Worcester 

Historical Museum 

The Norma Feingold Worcester History 

Prize Fund 

Worcester Historical Museum Fund 

Worcester Historical Museum Robert W. Booth 

Fund for Salisbury Mansion 

Worcester Interfaith $7,500 


Worcester Jewish Community Center $19,298 

Worcester Jewish Community Center Fund 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute $2,000 


Worcester Public Library Foundation $5,343 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund 


Worcester Public Schools $34,311 


Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund 


Worcester Regional Research Bureau $7,700 


Worcester Regional Research Bureau Fund 

Worcester Regional Science & Engineering Fair 

$500 

Worcester Engineering Society Fund 

Worcester Roots Project $12,000 


Sumner Lee Sharfman Fund 

Worcester State Foundation $21,750 


Advised Fund 


Lillian R. Goodman and Mary K. Alexander 

Fund for Nursing Education and Research 

Worcester Technical High School $624 

Saul A. Seder Fund 

Worcester Youth Center $13,750 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund 

The Pyle Fund 


Worcester Youth Orchestras $2,900 


World Vision $2,000 


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 



YMCA of Greater Hartford $34,000 


YouthNet $17,500 


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) 


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 


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 


Kimball R. Woodbury 

*Deceased in 2011 


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Financials 

An overview of 2011 

Greater 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. 

$250,000 

$200,000 

$150,000 

$100,000 

Growing Your Gift 

For years ended 12/31 

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. 

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. 

$50,000 

$0 

'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% 

Core Bonds 

21% 

Real Estate 

4% 

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 

ASSETS 

2011 2010 

Cash $ 446,529 $ 79,109 

Investments 112,089,976 117,194,817 

Split interest agreements 1,674,563 1,760,307 

Remainder interest in real estate - 1,149,228 

Property held for sale 1,307,129 - 

Pledges receivable 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 

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 

LIABILITIES 

Distributions payable $ 695,250 $ 186,400 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 74,095 62,151 

Split interest obligations 966,039 838,613 

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) (205,940) 

Temporarily restricted 23,827,785 29,752,047 

Permanently restricted 80,118,033 79,831,076 

TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 102,719,326 $ 109,377,183 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 115,965,007 $ 120,950,128 

Consolidated Statements of Activities 

2011 2010 

REVENUES 

Investment returns net of agency endowments $ (2,235,806) $ 11,399,942 

Contributions net of agency endowments 1,755,665 2,898,883 

Change in value of split interest agreements (213,170) 104,598 

Change in value of remainder interest in real estate 150,872 114,375 

Other support 79,749 220,942 

Total revenues (462,690) 14,738,740 

EXPENSES 

Distributions net of agency endowments 4,896,688 4,278,141 

Operating expenses 1,298,478 1,277,442 

Total expenses 6,195,166 5,555,583 

Changes in net assets (6,657,856) 9,183,157 

NET ASSETS, beginning of year 109,377,183 100,194,026 

NET ASSETS, end of year $ 102,719,326 $ 109,377,183 


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Committees 

APPOINTED COMMITTEES 

GRANTMAKING 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 


Benjamin Craver 


Ross K. Dik 



Katherine H. Metzger 

Marla Maykel Pyle 




Governance Committee 

Pamela K. Boisvert 



Gail T. Randall 



Investment Committee 



James E. Collins 

Dix F. Davis 


Abraham W. Haddad DMD 

Timothy M. Jarry 

Jeffrey S. Solomon 

Consultant: Jeffrey R. Croteau, 

Prime Buchholz & Associates 

Nominating Committee 

Kirk Carter 

Ross K. Dik 

Mónica E. Lowell 


Kent Russell 


Carolyn Stempler 

Nonprofit Support Center Advisory 

Committee 

Mark P. Bilotta 



Timothy J. Garvin 


Ann T. Lisi 


Stephen M. Pitcher 

Kent dur Russell 

Matt Wally 



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 




Donald O. Maloney Jr. 

Charles Manoog 


John F. Merrill 

Ann K. Molloy 

Timothy J. O’Malley 

Neil F. Petersen Jr. 


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 


Dix F. Davis 

Dorista J. Goldsberry 

Maryellen O’Brien 

Gary L. Segal 

Kelsa Zereski 

Distribution Committee members Pam Kane (staff), Gerald Gates, 

Nadia McGourthy, Steven Josephs, Lois Smith (staff), Scott Rossiter, 

Anne O’Brien and Linda Looft. 

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 


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 




Steven P. Corley 

Paul A. Fontaine 

Karl E. Gumpright 

Cynthia R. LaPointe 

James O’Donnell 

Paul R. Rossley 

Water and Land Stewardship Fund 


Henry W. Beth 




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 


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 


Jay Z. Aframe 

Robb B. Ahlquist 

Bruce C. Anderson 

Robert J. Anderson 

James A. Andreoli 

David P. Angel 

Michael P. Angelini 

Robert V. Antonucci 


Robert S. Bachelder 

Joseph F. Barbato Jr. 

Richard C. Barry 


John E. Bassett 

Matthew Beaton 

Dennis D. Berkey 

Sarah G. Berry 

Henry W. Beth 


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 


Henry Camosse Jr. 

Gail E. Carberry 

Esteban V. Cardemil 

Jennifer Davis Carey 



Kirk A. Carter 

Deborah D. Cary 

Matilde Castiel 

Linda A. Cavaioli 

Francesco C. Cesareo 

Harriette L. Chandler 


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 


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 


Morgan B. Dewey 

Ross K. Dik 

David M. Dimenstein 

Iliana D’Limas 


James C. Donnelly Jr. 

Francis X. Dufault Jr. 


David M. Dunn 

N. Lynn Eckhert 

Stephen J. Erickson 

Barbara E. Fargo 

Richard J. Fates 


Peter S. Fellenz 

Gerald Fels 

Emily R. Ferrara 

Deborah Finch 


Mary F. Fletcher 


Terence R. Flotte 

Jack L. Foley 

Paul A. Fontaine 

David P. Forsberg 

Howard G. Freeman 

Mark W. Fuller 



Bruce Gaultney 


Lisa Kirby Gibbs 

Lawrence J. Glick 

Dorista J. Goldsberry 


Martha P. Grace 

John E. Graham 

Martin J. Green 

Barbara E. Greenberg 

David N. Grenier 

David R. 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 


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 


Joseph Lian Jr. 

Robert G. Lian 

Linda Carre Looft 

Stephen B. Loring 


Susan M. Mailman 

Thomas D. Manning 


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 


Sarai Rivera 

Melvin Rosenblatt 


Paul R. Rossley 

Steven Rothschild 

Kent dur Russell 

Francis M. Saba 

Brenda K. Safford 

Nancy H. Sala 

Andrew Salmon 


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 


Edward D. Simsarian 

Michael D. Sleeper 


William B. Smith 

Jeffrey S. Solomon 

Susan E. Spencer 

Mark Spuria 

Peter R. Stanton 

Carolyn J. Stempler 


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 


Tuyet Tran 

Ann K. Tripp 

John Trobaugh 

Michael P. Tsotsis 

Wayne Ushman 

Charles R. Valade 

Carmen D. Vazquez 

Wyatt R. Wade 

William D. Wallace 


Janice I. Weekes 


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 


Janice B. Yost 

Kelsa L. Zereski 

Robert Zibinskas 

Marita Zuraitis 

*Deceased 


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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

R. Joseph Salois, Chair 

President 

Atlas Distributing, Inc. 

Warner S. Fletcher, Vice Chair 

Director 

Fletcher Tilton 

Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III, Chair-Elect 

President 

Gaudette Insurance Agency, Inc. 

Thomas J. Bartholomew, Treasurer 

President 

Bartholomew & Company, Inc. 

Ellen S. Dunlap, Clerk 

President 

American Antiquarian Society 


Managing Partner 

Seder & Chandler 


Vice President 

Southbridge Savings Bank 


President & CEO 

Stop Loss Insurance Services 


Director 

Fletcher Tilton 

Board of Directors & Staff 



UMass Memorial Health Care 

Ann K. Molloy 

Partner 

Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP 


Chairman 

Cutler Associates, Inc. 



Fallon Community Health Plan 


Chairman 

Lampin Corporation 

Carolyn J. Stempler 

Community Volunteer 


Managing Partner 

Stolberg, Ebbeling & Blanchette, LLP 


Partner 

Bowditch & Dewey 


President 

Henry Lee Willis Community Center 

Charles (Chick) S. Weiss 

Associate Professor 

College of the Holy Cross 

2011 STAFF 

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 

Joanne M. Reegan 

Human Resources & Office Manager 

Lois A. Smith 

Senior Program Officer 

Kelly A. Stimson 

Director of Donor Services & 

Communications 

Jasmine Vasquez-Okutoro 

Administrative Assistant 

Jacqueline L. Williams 

Office Assistant 

Contact us at 508.755.0980 

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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 program- 

Angel 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: Photography by Dan Vaillancourt 



370 Main Street, Suite 650 

Worcester, Massachusetts 01608.1738 

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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. 


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2011 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

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