2012 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

The Auburn Foundation
An Auburn Foundation grant funded digital recording equipment for Voices of Light, Auburn, a group of middle school students who select and
record literary works and original compositions for Audio Journal, a nonprofit service for the blind.
Committee Advised Funds
The Auburn Foundation (2002)
John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund (1996)
Community Ministries Fund (2006)
Rosemary Davis Environmental Preservation Fund (2001)
Fairlawn Foundation Fund (1991)
Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund (1996)
Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund (1998)
Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth (2001)
Jeppson Memorial Fund for Brookfield (1976)
Leicester Savings Bank Fund (1997)
Mini-Grants Fund (2002)
Organization Assistance Fund (1996)
Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund (2004)
The Practical Education Fund (2010)
Renaissance Award Fund (2004)
UniBank September 11th Emergency Personnel
Education Fund (2002)
Water and Land Stewardship Fund (2000)
Worcester County Food Bank Fund to End Hunger (2011)
Youth for Community Improvement Endowment Fund (2001)
A decade ago, Dr. Arthur Pappas and his wife Martha created
the Auburn Foundation, a fund dedicated to enriching life in their
hometown, Auburn, MA.
While the fund’s principal grows, its interest generates about
$16,000 each year for grants that vary in size from $500 to $5,000.
Every spring, a committee representing a cross-section of the town
reviews applications and selects grantees. The Foundation guides
the process, manages the fund and distributes the grants.
Committee member Pat Bukoski, describing a variety of grants
said, “We helped fund our senior center’s kitchen renovation and
paid for supplies our Boy Scouts needed to paint the town’s fire
hydrants. A grant to the Historical Society funded archival shelving
for memorabilia dating back to the Civil War. We funded a birdbanding
program for middle school children and a monthly church
supper that brings the community together.
“When a church’s preschool program requested money for a
defibrillator, the committee decided that the Auburn Foundation
would purchase one for every public building in town.
“We give equal weight to proposals from large and small nonprofits.
We look at how each will benefit our town.”
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