2007 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

ANNUAL REPORT 

Our Vision Transforms

G 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation serves people who are 

inspired to enhance the world they call home. People who create funds with 

the Foundation have the clear-eyed compassion to see their community as it 

is ; the imagination to envision how it could be ; and the desire to make it so. 

Few donors have extraordinary means—but each has an extraordinary impulse to improve their 

world. This creative impulse takes many forms. At the Foundation, each fund is an inspired act that 

expresses a donor’s values and vision. 

By creating a fund with the Foundation, you can change your world for the better in your own way. 

Each fund is singular; but it is backed by the benefits of scale. The Foundation pools donors’ funds 

and professionally invests this money to earn the highest returns. As your fund grows, it does more 

for your chosen causes. Every year, the Foundation distributes up to 4.5 percent of your fund as grants 

according to your wishes, and does so in perpetuity. 

This year’s grants include $250 to stock a food pantry and a Foundation investment of $250,000 to 

expand training of health care workers. Community knowledge guides each grant to make sure that 

it counts. Our grantmaking process engages people who know the community best—your neighbors 

and fellow donors—as well as service providers who work daily to improve lives and conditions in 

Greater Worcester. 

With a $10,000 gift or pledge, you can create your own charitable fund. Setting up a fund is simple 

and spares you the costs, work and risks of running a private foundation. The Foundation manages 

grantmaking and administration on your behalf, according to your wishes. The annual cost to you 

for all services, including investment fees, is just 1.8 percent* of your fund’s value. 

What makes giving through the Foundation so effective and efficient is the citizen-run process at 

its heart. Our staff works with all-volunteer board members and committees to develop policies, 

evaluate proposals and review the impacts of grants. This community-building process transforms 

the participants as well as those who benefit from our gifts. 

In this report, you will find a gallery of inspired donors and their funds. You may be among them. 

If not, we invite you to create a fund and improve life in your community in your own way. 

* The annual cost for a scholarship fund is two percent of the fund’s value. 

Exploring the Worcester Historical Museum: Generations of Worcester 

residents have used their minds, hearts and hands to create a community like 

no other. This creative spirit is also visible in the inspired giving of our donors. 

Our Vision Connects

Letter to the Community 

B 

y commingling energies as well 

as funds, we create common good. 

Ross K. Dik, President and Ann T. Lisi, Executive Director 

Our founders created an organization that enables us to 

transform our community by working together. We pool 

not only our assets but also our visions and energies. 

We put our individual visions to work within a common, 

flexible structure that enables each of us to do more than 

we could on our own. At same time, the growth of our 

resources—including our relationships, knowledge and 

funds—expands what the Foundation as a whole can do 

for the community. 

One of the ways we are doing more is by deepening 

our partnerships with nonprofits. As of 2007, the 

Foundation’s Negotiated General Operating Support 

pilot has provided three agencies with multi-year grants 

that match the scale of their ambitions. Also in 2007, 

the board approved grantmaking to capital campaigns, 

opening a new avenue for us to strengthen nonprofits. 

Our board and staff are also striving to do more 

by making efficient use of our human and financial 

resources. We have adopted best practices that help 

us to manage our growth. For example, the board has 

developed a strong governance committee and embraced 

succession planning. Now, as board leadership shifts, we 

can maintain continuity while giving our new chair the 

opportunity to have fresh impact. 

Although our staff is serving an ever-larger circle 

of donors and service providers, they remain a small 

group—just eleven people. They are developing skills to 

provide even better services while meeting increasingly 

aggressive goals. And they continue to guide the 

volunteer committees who are at the heart of our model 

of community philanthropy. 

This personal, face-to-face interchange connects service 

providers with new opportunities for growth and support 

and keeps donors close to the good work—and needs—of 

nonprofits serving Worcester County. By commingling 

energies as well as funds, we create common good. 

Thank you for taking part. 

Ann T. Lisi, Executive Director 

Ross K. Dik, Chair of the Board and President 

May 2005 to May 2008 

2 Greater Worcester Community Foundation • 07 ANNUAL REPORT

Greater Worcester Community Foundation 

2007 In Review 

By the Numbers 

Total assets $134,454,960 

Gifts to new & existing funds $5,677,569 

Investment returns 9.1% 

Grant dollars distributed $4,666,672 

Number of grantees 352 

New Funds 26 

Total Named Funds 403 

Community Volunteers 473 

Key Accomplishments 

• Awarded grants totaling $2.7 million from 

discretionary, field-of-interest and committee advised 

funds, and $2 million from agency, designated, donor 

advised and scholarship funds. 

Dollars (Millions) 

160 

140 

120 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

0 

8 

Total Assets as of December 31 

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

Contributions Received 

• Presented a total of $499,937 in scholarships to 

340 recipients selected from 600 applicants in a review 

process that engaged more than 150 volunteers. 

• Grew total assets to $134.4 million with investment 

returns of 9.1%, $5.7 million in gifts to 120 funds, 

including 26 new funds. 

• Launched DonorCentral, an online tool that enables 

donors to securely access fund balances, grant activity 

and gift history; view and research funding 

opportunities; and recommend grantees. 


7 

6 

5 

4 

3 

2 

1 

0 

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

• Conducted 13 programs through the Nonprofit 

Support Center for 274 participants from 107 nonprofits. 

• Held the fifth annual Insights Tour, bringing together 

donors and service providers to explore needs of newlyarrived 

immigrants in the region and services to meet 

their needs. 

7 

6 

5 

4 

Grants & Scholarships Approved 

3 

Since our founding in 1975, we’ve 

received nearly $100 million in gifts and 

awarded more than $60 million in grants. 


2 

1 

0 

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation • 07 ANNUAL REPORT 

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Protect 


The Jeppson Memorial Fund 

A family rooted in Worcester nurtures its home 

W hen the Brookfield librarian saw that her young 

patrons were not using bicycle helmets, she and the police 

chief organized a Bike Safety Program, complete with 

prizes for students—50 free helmets. A grant from the 

Jeppson Memorial Fund provided most of the program’s 

$1,400 budget. 

Other grants have upgraded the Fire Department’s 

communications system and supplied the town with 

playground equipment, cherry trees, and curtains for the 

town hall. “Each year’s grants total about $7,000,” says 

John Jeppson II, whose grandfather John Jeppson I 

(1840 - 1920) was among the founders of the Norton 

Company. “The money is well used. We’re happy to see 

all that it does for the town.” 

Like his father, George Jeppson (1873 - 1962), John 

served as president and CEO of the Norton Company. 

Now that he is retired, John and his wife Marianne live 

year-round at Oakholm, a dairy farm in Brookfield that 

his parents bought as a summer home in 1925. Four 

generations of Jeppsons gather at Oakholm for family 

celebrations. 

The town is just one of the designated beneficiaries of 

the Jeppson Memorial Fund. Each year the Foundation 

distributes a portion of the endowed fund to grantees 

that represent the abiding interests of the family. 

The Jeppsons created their fund 30 years ago by 

transferring most of the money in their family 

foundation, about $1.1 million, to Greater Worcester 

Community Foundation. Their large gift helped to 

ensure the survival of the community foundation, then in 

John and Marianne Jeppson host four generations of Jeppsons at 

Oakholm, a farm in Brookfield that is their home. 

its second year. “We did it to preserve our assets and use 

their income forever for the good of Worcester County,” 

says John. “We wanted to put money back into the 

community that has been so good to us. 

“The Foundation’s many advantages include professional 

investment of funds,” John continues. “While providing 

annual grants in perpetuity to the causes we care about, 

our fund has grown almost fourfold.” 

W 

hile providing annual grants in perpetuity to the causes 

we care about, our fund has grown almost fourfold. 

John Jeppson II 

On left: The Brookfield Fire Department upgraded its communications 

system with a grant from the Jeppson Memorial Fund. 


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Maureen Hendrickson Memorial Scholarship Fund 

A beloved teacher continues to touch young lives 

Maureen Henrickson Memorial Scholarship. “Sometimes 

the corn snake or guinea pig got loose, which raised 

havoc. We’d read in the Bat Cave—a desk under a black 

curtain—and organize food drives for the animal shelter. 

I gained my interest in science in Mrs. Henrickson’s class. 

She was a great teacher.” 

When Maureen Henrickson died of breast cancer in 

2003, her school was overwhelmed by grief—and a desire 

to honor her. Hundreds of small gifts poured in for a 

scholarship. “It just blossomed,” says Judy Rutelonis, who 

with fellow teacher Barbara Wrenn collected the gifts. 

Maureen’s friends raised money from raffles, bake sales, 

and craft fairs. Judy sold photographs of Sutton scenes 

like Waters Farm. On designated “Jeans Days,” teachers 

wore denim and donated $5 each toward the scholarship. 

By 2005, the school and its friends raised enough money 

to establish an endowed fund with the Foundation that 

will award an annual scholarship to a Sutton High School 

graduate in perpetuity. “Maureen will keep touching the 

lives of kids in Sutton,” says Judy. 

Maureen Henrickson’s fellow teachers celebrate her life with 

a scholarship. 

Maureen Henrickson taught third grade at Sutton 

Elementary School for 32 years. She inspired 

imagination, curiosity, and compassion in her students, 

who learned not just from books but also from her 

Noah’s Ark of animals. 

“We’d play with the animals and take them out at 

recess,” says Matthew D. Sampson, 2007 recipient of the 

Recipients need not be top scholars like Matthew. 

“Maureen always had an eye out for the underdog who 

needs a chance,” says Barbara. 

Giving people a chance to live longer and healthier 

lives motivates Matthew. Now in his first year at the 

University of Rhode Island, he plans a dual major in 

biomedical and electrical engineering. “New technologies 

are changing medicine,” says Matthew. “I hope to work in 

research that leads to cures.” 

Maureen Henrickson would be proud. 

M 

aureen will keep touching the lives of kids in Sutton. 

Judy Rutelonis 

On right: Sutton High School students show off the T-shirts 

they received from their cherished third-grade teacher. 


Grow 


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Heal 


Alice Sibley Fund 

Transforming lives through the gift of sight 

Until recently, uninsured Worcester residents with 

glaucoma or cataracts had to live with vision loss. 

But in 2007, more than 80 people without health 

insurance regained their eyesight at Great Brook Valley 

Health Center, thanks to Alice C.A. Sibley. 

Alice Sibley died in 1968 at the age of 92, seven years 

after the death of her husband, J. Otis Sibley, a prominent 

lawyer. Alice took neither her eyesight nor her family’s 

good fortune for granted during her long life. She 

herself had retina surgery and she funded a neighbor’s 

eye operation. 

In her will, Alice created a charitable trust to provide 

medical eye care to Worcester residents who cannot pay 

for such treatment. In 2004, after the death of her son 

and sole heir, her bequest created an endowed fund that 

will fulfill her wishes in perpetuity. 

A 2007 grant of $25,849 from the Alice C.A. Sibley Fund 

enabled the Health Center to treat all of its patients in 

need of eye surgery. The grant funded pre-and-post 

operative support associated with 53 cataract surgeries at 

Tufts Medical Center in Boston and Worcester Medical 

Center as well as 30 on-site laser surgeries for glaucoma. 

“State and federal programs reimburse our 

ophthalmologist’s services to low-income clients,” says 

Toni McGuire, president and CEO of the Health Center, 

whose patients often lack health insurance and speak a 

language other than English. “The grant funded the staff 

who guide patients through treatment such as medical 

interpreters and case workers.” 

Alice Sibley, here with her husband and son, continues to transform 

the lives of others. 

Grateful clients include Jose Farfan, 44, who lost his job 

when untreated diabetes led to vision loss. After surgery, 

he saw the faces of his caregivers for the first time and 

soon regained employment. 

“Cataracts blur vision and, if neglected, lead to 

blindness,” says Jean Keamy M.D., the Health Center’s 

ophthalmologist. “Our patients are restoring their 

independence along with their eyesight.” 

O 

ur patients are restoring their independence 

along with their eyesight. 

Jean Keamy, M.D. 

On left: Dr. Jean Keamy brings ophthalmology services to Great Brook 

Valley Health Center, where many patients lack health insurance. 


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Barbara Allen Booth Fund 

Making history come alive 

“The fund grows as a future resource for the executive director,” 

says Barbara Allen Booth. 

Barbara Allen Booth grew up in rural Spencer on land 

that her “grandfather’s grandfather” received for his 

service in the Continental Army under the command of 

General Washington. 

When she became Mrs. Howard M. Booth, she continued 

to connect the history of her family with that of the 

T 

The Foundation husbands my money on behalf of the museum. 

And I don’t need to do any work. 

Barbara Allen Booth 

nation and region. A long-time donor and trustee of 

the Worcester Historical Museum, Mrs. Booth worked 

with the museum to turn the papers of her father-in-law 

George W. Booth (1870-1955), publisher of the 

Worcester Telegram, The Evening Gazette and the Sunday 

Telegram, into a memoir. She and her brother-in-law, 

the late Robert W. Booth, funded the museum’s main 

exhibition gallery. 

“History helps people see their lives in a larger context,” 

says William D. Wallace, executive director of the 

Worcester Historical Museum. “Understanding our 

relationships to one another enriches our sense of our 

community and ourselves. This bigger picture is very 

important to Mrs. Booth.” 

Barbara Booth is eager to help the museum tell a larger 

story of Worcester and its people. Now an honorary 

trustee of the museum, she helped to fund the initial 

architectural studies of its future home at the Worcester 

Blackstone Visitor Center. In its new quarters, the 

museum will double its exhibition space, gain riverside 

acreage, and create programs with other nonprofits that 

incorporate all dimensions of life in the region, from the 

arts and industry to ecology and civics. 

Looking forward to preserve the past, Barbara Booth 

turned to the Foundation to create an endowed fund 

that will support the Worcester Historical Museum in 

perpetuity. 

“The fund grows as a future resource for the executive 

director,” says Barbara Booth, who celebrates her 97th 

birthday in 2008. “Creating the fund was a good decision. 

The Foundation husbands my money on behalf of the 

museum. And I don’t need to do any work.” 

On right: “History helps people see their lives in a larger context,” says 

William D. Wallace, executive director, Worcester Historical Museum, with young visitors. 


Explore 


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Preserve 


Donna R. C. and John E. Sansoucy Fund 

A grateful family cares for its neighbors 

In December 2006, Donna and John Sansoucy decided 

to establish a charitable fund. They had enjoyed a good 

year with their business, Sansoucy Stone, Inc. But it was 

not just the prospect of a tax break that attracted the 

couple. “We want to give back to our community,” says 

Donna, “and we started while we had the opportunity. 

Now, we can give every year no matter how our business 

is doing. And as our fund grows, we can give more.” 

With a $10,000 gift to the Foundation, John and Donna 

created a donor advised fund. “We can adapt our grant 

recommendations as our interests evolve,” says Donna. 

In the first year, the fund grew by 20 percent while 

providing small grants to Moore State Park in Paxton; 

Abby’s House, which serves homeless and battered 

women and children; and Why Me & Sherry’s House, 

which gives families with childhood cancer love, support 

and free lodging. The three grantees are within a 

few miles of the Sansoucys’ home in Paxton and their 

business in Tatnuck Square, Worcester, which was 

founded by John’s grandfather in the 1930s. 

“Our world is small,” says Donna. “Our family hikes in 

Moore State Park. We know Abby’s House, where women 

gain a new beginning. And Why Me & Sherry’s House, 

right here in Tatnuck Square, is a fantastic place.” 

Donna and John enjoy making their small world better. 

“We own a stone yard,” says Donna. “We work and save 

for college and retirement just like everyone else. People 

John and Donna Sansoucy enjoy the flexibility of their donor advised fund. 

without a lot of means can make a difference. I think of 

this as a starting point. We’ve begun giving back to the 

community that has been good to us. We can continue to 

do this throughout our lives as well as the lives of 

our children.” 

Ithink of this as a starting point. We’ve begun giving 

back to the community that has been good to us. 

Donna Sansoucy 

On left: One of the Sansoucys’ first grants was to Moore 

State Park in Paxton, a favorite place for family hikes. 


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John W. Lund Fund Community Service Award 

Engaging Clark University in community change, one person at a time 

chooses the recipient of the John W. Lund Community 

Service Award, which comes with a cash prize of more 

than $6,000. 

“By creating a fund, you can carry on your own way of 

bettering the world,” says Jack, a founder of Greater 

Worcester Community Foundation. “This award will 

continue to encourage interaction between Clark and 

Worcester long after I’m gone.” 

“Jack understands the power of individuals to change 

their community,” says Clark President John E. Bassett, 

Ph.D. “Jack’s award and the values it promotes have 

become integral to Clark and its mission.” 

“This award will continue to encourage interaction between Clark 

and Worcester long after I’m gone,” says Jack Lund. 

Jack Lund has audited courses at Clark University for 

decades. He also sees the value of Clark beyond the 

classroom, as a catalyst of community change. 

In 1993, he established the John W. Lund Fund, 

which each year recognizes a Clark student, faculty 

member or staff person who makes an extraordinary 

contribution to the quality of life in Worcester. With 

the recommendations of the university’s Office of 

Government and Community Affairs, the Clark president 

The 2004 award recipient, Tina Zlody, combines her 

job as secretary of Clark’s Visual and Performing Arts 

Department with year-round volunteer work nurturing 

Worcester County’s cultural assets. “The two feed off 

each other,” says Tina. 

Tina heads stART on the Street, a group whose annual 

arts festivals draw more than 22,000 people into the city. 

“Through the arts, we bring to light all that Worcester 

has to offer,” says Tina. At the events, Clark art students 

earn credits as Tina’s interns and sell their works. And 

at Clark’s Traina Center for the Arts, Tina hosts stART 

fundraisers and exhibits local artists. 

Tina’s passion to invigorate Worcester is inspired by 

her parents, the late Drs. Maureen and Rudolph Zlody, 

psychologists who taught at Holy Cross College. “My 

parents instilled in me that we live in a brilliant world,” 

says Tina, “and that it’s up to us to make it shine.” 

By creating a fund, you can carry on your own way of bettering the world. 

Jack Lund 

On right: “Through the arts, we bring to light all 

that Worcester has to offer,” says Tina Zlody. 


Shine 


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Grantmaking 

The Foundation makes grants in six key areas: arts 

and culture, community and economic development, 

education, environment, health, and human services. 

We invite grant applications from all 501(c)(3) nonprofit 

organizations residing in Worcester County. 

Following are competitive grant opportunities offered by 

the Foundation: 

Discretionary, field-of-interest and committee-advised 

grants enable the Foundation to respond quickly to 

pressing community needs. Twice a year, our board’s 

Distribution Committee reviews applications for 

discretionary and field-of-interest grants. Volunteers 

appointed by our board or donors annually review 

proposals for committee-advised grants. Grants in these 

three categories range in size from $250 to more than 

$300,000, depending on fund resources, and support 

strategic planning, programmatic activities, and technical 

improvements. 

Scholarship awards are granted by the Foundation each 

year from more than 90 scholarship funds designated 

for college-bound residents of Central Massachusetts. 

Most awards are for graduating high school seniors; but 

some support older adults returning to school. A student 

submits just one application to become considered for 

all scholarships that suit their qualifications. Donors 

establish the criteria for their awards, which vary from 

$250 to more than $6,000, and many are renewable 

throughout the student’s education. Applications are 

available in paper and electronic form between early 

February and late March. Most awards are announced by 

the end of June. 

The following grants are recommended by fund-holders: 

Donor advised grants express the interests and priorities 

of the donors or their designated advisors, who may 

make grant recommendations at any time throughout the 

year. Nonprofits are not usually required to submit an 

application. 

Agency and designated grants provide nonprofits with 

ongoing support from endowment funds created by their 

boards or by others for their benefit. Grants from agency 

and designated funds require the compliance of the 

organization’s board prior to disbursement and may be 

distributed automatically on an annual basis. Grants may 

be for general operating costs, special projects, capital 

expenditures, or emergency needs. 

Grants Approved by Broad Category in 2007 

0 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 $700,000 $800,000 $900,000 $1,000,000 

Arts and Culture 

$636,400 

Community Development 

$309,536 

Education 

$1,199,222 

Environment 

$170,382 

Health 

$960,176 

Human Services 

$1,390,956 

Grant Totals 

$$4,666,672 

Discretionary, Field of Interest and Committee Advised Funds 

Scholarship Funds 

Designated and Agency Funds 

Donor Advised Funds 

All 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and students residing in Worcester County are invited to 

call or visit www.greaterworcester.org for complete grant and scholarship guidelines. 


Grants 

Some amounts withheld by donor 

request. 

A 

A.P.P.L.E. Seed, Inc. 

Jeppson Memorial Fund for Brookfield 

$1,800 

Abby’s House 

Isabel K. Arms Fund $869 

Wynne L. Chase Fund $8,453 

Elizabeth A. Culhane Memorial Fund $407 

Ethel S. Cunningham Fund $4,553 

Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund $18,000 

Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor Advised 

Fund $200 

C. Jean and Myles McDonough Fund $1,000 

Lillian S. Pratt Fund $20,000 


$200 

Access Community Action Agency 

Newell and Betty Hale Fund $1,000 

ADVISE (Against Domestic Violence In 

Shrewsbury) 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Donor 

Advised Fund $500 

African Community Education 

Program 

Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington 

Human Services Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $12,500 

AIDS Project Worcester 


Al-Hamra Academy 

Khazma A. Soffan Memorial Fund $2,416 

All Saints Episcopal Church 

Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. Pettit 

Jr. Fund $748 

Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund $244 

Alternatives Unlimited, Inc. 

Worcester Credit Bureau Fund $10,000 

Alzheimer’s Association, 

Massachusetts Chapter 


Fund $100 

American Antiquarian Society 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund $500 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund $1,500 

Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer Erikson 

Fund $750 

Jeppson Memorial Fund $13,394 

American Jewish Joint Distribution 

Committee, Inc. 

Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund $3,500 

American Red Cross of Central 

Massachusetts 

Fairlawn Foundation Fund $100,000 

Judge and Mrs. William Garbose Fund 

$1,000 

David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund $1,250 

Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux Fund 

$500 

Negotiated General Operating Support Fund 

$250,000 

American Technion Society 


Andover Newton Theological School 

Trust in Kids Fund $2,923 

Anna Maria College 

Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund 

Anonymous Grantees (2) 

Nonprofit Support Center Organization 

Assistance Fund $30,000 

Arc of Quinebaug Valley 

Newell and Betty Hale Fund $200 

ArtsWorcester 

Fund for the Arts and Humanities and 

Discretionary Funds $12,500 

Athol Area YMCA 

Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew Meany 

Memorial Fund $2,000 

Athol Bird and Nature Club 


Auburn Birdbanding Research Team 

The Auburn Foundation $1,500 

Auburn Christian Fellowship 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund $250 

Auburn Community Assistance Fund 


The Hedin Family Memorial Emergency 

Fund $100 

Auburn District Nursing Association 


Auburn Historical Museum 


Auburn Senior Center 


Auburn Youth & Family Services 


Audio Journal 


Mini-Grants Fund $2,500 

B 

Bancroft School 



Youth Opportunity Fund $7,500 

Bar Harbor Historical Society 


Fund $250 

Barton Center for Diabetes Education 

David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund $500 

Becker College 

Elkanah B. Atkinson Community and 

Education Fund 


George and Anna Krikorian Family Fund 

$15,000 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund $5,000 

The Pyle Fund $8,000 

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central 

Mass/Metrowest 

Norman L. and Dorothy A. Sharfman Fund 

$18,000 

Blackstone Valley Art Association 



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Grants 

Blackstone Valley Boys & Girls Club 


$5,000 

Blackstone Valley Chamber of 

Commerce Education Foundation 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth $1,028 

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library 

Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund $811 

Boothbay Railway Village 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund $1,000 

Boothbay Region Land Trust 


Boothbay Region YMCA 

Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund $2,500 

Bosler Humane Society 

Bosler Humane Society Fund $2,111 

Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund $2,000 

Boston Athenaeum 



Boston Lyric Opera/Opera New 

England 


Boston Poultry Exposition 

John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund $541 

Boys & Girls Club of Webster Dudley 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford Fund 

$25,000 


Boys & Girls Club of Worcester 

Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund $1,500 


Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund $1,042 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund $699 

Main South Fund and Discretionary Funds 

$15,000 

Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund $1,556 

Marla Maykel Fund $7,500 


Bridge of Central Massachusetts 

Andrew N. Ahlfors and Helmi E. Ahlfors 

Fund, Sumner Lee Sharfman Fund and 


Brigham and Women’s Hospital 


Brookfield Elementary School 


$2,750 

Brookfield Police Department 


$1,000 

Brookfield Unitarian Universalist 

Church 

Chesson Family Fund $712 

C 

The CASA Project 


Central Massachusetts Area Health 

Education Center 

Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund 

$20,000 

Central Massachusetts Housing 

Alliance, Inc. 


Central Massachusetts Muscular 

Dystrophy Association 

Charles E. Soule Paul Revere Insurance 

Group Centennial Fund $600 

Central Massachusetts Regional 

Library System 


Centro Las Americas 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $10,000 


Charlton Historical Society 


Children’s Friend 



$19,000 

Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund $547 


Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund $418 

Youth for Community Improvement Pass- 

Through Grantmaking Fund $3,000 

Christ Church 


Christ Episcopal Church 

Newell Hale Memorial Fund $972 

City of Worcester Division of Elder 

Affairs 


Clark University 


Greater Worcester Community Scholarship 

Fund: Ruth and John Adam Founders 

$163,713 

John W. Lund Fund $6,520 


Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 


College of the Atlantic 


Fund $1,500 

College of the Holy Cross 


Community Foundation of the 

Tri-County Area 


Community Harvest Project 

H. Arthur Smith Fund $12,500 

Community Healthlink, Inc. 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund $15,000 


$20,000 

Frances F. Mansfield Fund $1,083 


Corinne Charron Turner Fund and 



Grants 

Connecticut Audubon Society 

at Pomfret 


Connecticut Farmland Trust, Inc. 


Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 

Anonymous Fund $100 


Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. 


Dana Hall School 

Hollis E. and Gwendolyn D. Alden Fund 

$885 

D 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 

Paul E. Cohan Fund $100 

Day Kimball Hospital 


Department of Social Services Kids 

Fund, Inc. 

WTAG Christmas for Children Fund 

$30,000 

DIAL SELF Teen Services 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund, Shepherd Knapp 

School Fund and Discretionary Funds 

$10,000 

Diocese of Worcester 

Argitis Family Fund $1,200 

Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund $547 

Dismas House of Central 

Massachusetts 

Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs 

Association Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $10,000 

Doctor Franklin Perkins School 


Dynamy, Inc. 

East Brookfield Youth/Dynamy Fund $1,000 

Margaret and Gordon Torgersen Fund $500 

E 

Eagle Hill School 


East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 

Company 

East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery Company 

Fund $20,000 

East Highland Neighborhood 

Association 


East Quabbin Land Trust 


Water and Land Stewardship Fund and 

Rosemary Marble Harris Fund $4,022 

Easter Seals of Massachusetts 



$885 


Charles E. Soule Paul Revere Insurance 

Group Centennial Fund $2,000 

EcoTarium 

Elkanah B. Atkinson Community 

and Education Fund 


Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund $1,000 


Dana L. DeAngelis-McDonald Memorial 

Fund 



Elder Services of Worcester 

Area, Inc. 

H. Arthur Smith Designated Fund $3,415 

Harold Davis Woodbury Fund $1,006 

Elm Park Center for Early Childhood 

Education 

The Elm Park Center for Early Childhood 

Education Scholarship Fund $4,643 

Elm Park Children’s Fund 


EQUAL, East Quabbin Alliance 


and Discretionary Funds $10,000 

F 

Family Health Center 



$27,589 

Family Services of Central 

Massachusetts 


John M. Nelson Fund $1,000 

Finnish American Reporter 

Finnish American Social Club Fund $4,648 

Finnish Center at Saima Park 

Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund $500 

Finnish Heritage Society, Sovittaja 


First Church of Christ Unitarian 



First Congregational Church 

of Douglas 

First Congregational Church of Douglas 

Endowment Fund $27,000 

First Congregational Church 

of Shrewsbury 



First Congregational Church, UCC 


First Congregational Parish, 

Unitarian 

First Congregational Parish, Unitarian Fund 

$2,390 

First Night Worcester 




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Grants 

First Unitarian Church 


$885 


First Unitarian Church Fund $499 


Florida Repertory Company, Inc. 


Fund $100 

Florida West Coast Symphony, Inc. 


Franklin Pierce University 

Arthur M. Pappas and Martha R. Pappas 

Donor Advised Foundation $40,000 

Friendly House, Inc. 

Children’s Christmas Fund $350 


Human Services Fund $18,000 

Friends of Gale Free Library 

Friends of Gale Free Library 110th 

Endowment Fund $10,371 

Friends of Sutton Elders 


Friends of the Leicester Public 

Library 


G 

Gale Free Library 

C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell Fund 

$1,451 

Genesis Club, Inc. 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $15,000 


$21,643 

Pelletz Family Fund $250 

Girl Scouts of Montachusett Council 


Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell Nesbit 

Memorial Fund and Norman L. and 

Dorothy A. Sharfman Fund $10,000 

Girls, Incorporated 





Goodyear Early Childhood Center 

Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund $550 

Grafton/Wachusett Lakers 

Youth Hockey 

John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund 

$150 

Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund $784 

Grand Banks Schooner 

Museum Trust 


Great Brook Valley Health Center 

Sarah B. and Dix F. Davis Fund and 


Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund and Jiji’s 

Fund $18,000 

Alice C.A. Sibley Fund $25,849 

Greater Worcester 32° Masonic 

Learning Center for Children 


Greater Worcester Land Trust 

Marla Maykel Fund $500 


John M. Nelson Fund $500 

H 

Habitat for Humanity of Northeast 

Connecticut 


Harrington Memorial Hospital 

Argitis Family Fund $100 

Harvard PTA 


Harvard Schools Trust 


Harvard University Medical School 

Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Fund 

$408 

Harvest Fair Committee 


Heifer Project International 


Henry Lee Willis Community Center 


Foundation corporators at the 2007 annual meeting include (left) 

Sara Trillo Adams, chair of the distribution committee, and Thuha Le, 

executive director of the Southeast Asian Coalition. 


Grants 

John Woodman Higgins Armory 

Museum 






Shepherd Knapp School Fund $7,000 

Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund $4,189 

Higher Education Resource Center 


Hillel House 


Hillside School 


Historic Deerfield, Inc. 



Historic New England 




Hobart College 


Holy Name Central Catholic Junior/ 

Senior High School 


HOPE Coalition 

Youth Opportunity Fund $18,000 

Horizons for Homeless Children 

Child Wellness Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $5,000 

House of Peace and Education 

Jane Bath Fund $1,125 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund $10,000 

Hyde School 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund $300 


I 

Immigration History 

Research Center 

Finnish American Social Club Fund $4,648 

Interfaith Hospitality Network 

of Greater Worcester 

Children’s Christmas Fund $350 


Fund $200 

Pakachoag Church Fund for Human 

Understanding $1,500 

Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund and 


Italian American Cultural Center 

Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory of Patsy 

and Theresa Pezzella $635 

J 

Jewish Community Center of the 

Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund $500 

Jewish Family Service of Worcester 

Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund $500 




Negotiated General Operating Support Fund 

$250,000 


Jewish Federation of Central 

Massachusetts 

Samuel Frank Charitable Fund $1,587 

Pelletz Family Fund $2,000 

Jewish Federation of Palm Beach 

County 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund $3,300 

Jewish Healthcare Center 


Joshua Hyde Library 

Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. Ciaffone 

Fund $1,325 

Joy of Music Program, Inc. 


Joy of Music Program Beveridge and Frances 

Webster Endowment Fund $1,453 

James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Fund and 





Junior Achievement of Central 

Massachusetts 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $10,000 

Jupiter Medical Center Foundation 


Juvenile Diabetes Research 

Foundation 


K 

Killingly Central School 

Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund $1,135 

Killingly Intermediate School 

Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund $610 

L 

Lahey Clinic 


Latin American Health Alliance 



$25,000 

Latino Education Institute 

Curtis G. Watkins Education Fund and 


Leadership Collaborative 


Legal Assistance Corporation of 

Central Massachusetts 

Central Massachusetts Health Standards 

Fund and Discretionary Funds $8,000 


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Grants 

Leicester Council on Aging 


Leicester Lion’s Club 


Leicester Mothers Club 


Leicester Police Department 


Leicester Red Hat Sophisticates 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund $300 

Leicester Summer Concert 

Series Committee 


Let’s Get Ready 

Harriet Miller Hight Education Fund with 

the Association of Colored Peoples and 


Listening: The Barre Integrated 

Health Center 


$9,500 

Literacy Project, Inc. 

Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch Fund and 


Literacy Volunteers of Greater 

Worcester 


Human Services Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $8,000 

LMS Sports Boosters 


Longboat Key Center for the Arts 


Lutheran Community Services 

of Massachusetts 

Partnership Fund and Discretionary Funds 

$15,000 

M 

MAB Community Services 

Lois S. Feldman Fund $1,000 

Main South Community 

Development Corporation 


Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society 


Fund $1,000 

Major Taylor Association, Inc. 


Martin Luther King Jr. Business 

Empowerment 


Massachusetts Audubon Society 

Martha L. and William P. Densmore Fund 

$2,000 



Massachusetts College of Pharmacy 

and Health Science 


Massachusetts Continuing 

Legal Education 

Bowditch & Dewey Fund $15,000 

Massachusetts Department of 

Conservation and Recreation 


$100 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear 

Infirmary 


Fund $1,000 

Massachusetts General Hospital 


Fund $1,000 



Massachusetts Historical Society 



Massachusetts Senior Action Council 


Massachusetts Veterans, Inc. 


Fund $100 

Massachusetts Watershed Coalition 


The Master Singers of Worcester 


Matthew 25, Inc. 

Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Fund 

$868 


$5,000 

McAuley Nazareth Home for Boys 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $500 

Mercy Centre 


Merrick Public Library 


$1,000 

Middlesex School 


$432 

Midstate Youth Hockey 

Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund $200 

Millbury Public Library 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth $2,200 

Millers River Watershed Council 



Robert M. and Carolyn G. Hyde Fund 

$4,022 

Mohegan Council Boy Scouts 

of America 






$12,500 


Grants 

Montachusett Interfaith Hospitality 

Network 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $15,000 

Montachusett Opportunity Council 


Mt. Desert Island Hospital 


Fund $1,000 

Music Worcester, Inc. 



MY TURN, Inc. 


N 

Named Beneficiaries of Trust 

for Injured Survivors of Tornado 

of June 1953 

Central Massachusetts Disaster Relief 

Residue Trust Fund $9,882 

NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled 

Americans 


$1,000 

Katharine Higgins Riley Fund $6,865 

Nativity School of Worcester 


Mary C. DeFeudis Fund $50,000 


$400 


$5,000 

NeighborWorks HomeOwnership 

Center of Worcester 

Providence & Worcester Railroad Company 

Fund and Discretionary Funds $15,000 

New England Air Museum 


New England Historic Genealogical 

Society 


Fund $750 

New Hope, Inc. 


North Brookfield Youth Center 


Northbridge Association of Churches 

Ernest Osterman Family Fund 

Northbridge Centre Congregational 

Church 


$432 

Northeastern Vermont Regional 

Hospital 


Notre Dame Academy 


O 

Oak Hill Community Development 

Corporation 

Micah Housing Corporation Fund and 


Old Sturbridge Village 


John M. Nelson Fund $250 

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc. 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund $500 

Among our most active donors was 

Rosamond Bennett (1918 – 2007) who 

created the Katharine Higgins Riley 

Fund to honor her mother and benefit 

a favorite nonprofit, NEADS/Dogs for 

Deaf and Disabled Americans. 

P 

Pakachoag Church, U.C.C. 

Pakachoag Church Outreach Ministry Fund 

$1,500 

Lillian Knowles Eldred Fund of Pakachoag 

Church for the Support of Sacred Music 

$4,438 

Pakachoag Community Music School 

Mini-Grants Fund $800 

Shepherd Knapp School Fund $15,000 

Pan-Massachusetts Challenge 


Performing Arts of Northeast 

Connecticut 



Performing Arts School of Worcester 

Jeppson Memorial Fund 

$3,439 

Pernet Family Health Service 

David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund 

$500 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $1,000 

Margaret W. and Richard P. Traina Fund 

$280 


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Grants 

Phillips Academy - Andover 

Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/Andover Fund 

$25,000 

Pleasant Street Neighborhood 

Network Center 


Poetry Oasis 


Pomfret Community School 

Newell and Betty Hale Fund 

$2,000 

Pomfret Community School Arts Fund 

$2,031 

Pomfret School 


Positive Futures Network 


$1,000 

Pregnant and Parenting Teen 

Program 


$15,000 

Preservation Worcester 


Problem Pregnancy 

of Worcester, Inc. 


Quinsigamond Community College 

Carmen Tobin Nursing Scholarship Fund 

$3,000 

Youth Opportunity Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $12,000 

Quinsigamond Community College 



R 

Rachel’s Table 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Fund 


Morgan B. and Loretta R. Dewey Fund $125 

Rainbow Child Development Center 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund $1,000 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $1,000 

Lisi-Greene Fund $450 

Raivaaja Publishing Company 


Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust 


Rangeley Region Health Center, Inc. 


Rectory School, Inc. 


Refugee & Immigrant Assistance 

Center 



Regional Environmental Council 


$10,000 

Youth for Community Improvement 

Pass-Through Grantmaking Fund $2,500 

Renaissance Award 

Renaissance Award Fund $5,779 

Ringling College Library Association 


Rockport Chamber Music 

Festival, Inc. 


Rural Cemetery and Crematory 

Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund $13,674 

Q 

Quinebaug Valley Community 

College Foundation 


Quinebaug Valley Council for the 

Arts and Humanities 


Advised Fund $1,000 

Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage 

Corridor, Inc. 


Accepting the 2007 Renaissance 

Award is Dominick Marcigliano, 

executive director of the Worcester 

East Side Community Development 

Corporation. 


Grants 

Rutland Historical Society, Inc. 


St. Andrews Hospital 

Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund $1,800 

S 

St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish 


St. Anne’s Human Services 

Gene J. DeFeudis Fund $2,400 

St. George’s Church 


St. Joseph and St. Pius X Parishes 


St. Joseph’s Church 

Margaret W. and Richard P. Traina Fund 

$280 

St. Joseph’s Indian School 

Patricia Fisher Fund $1,474 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 


St. Mary’s Parish 

Pelletz Family Fund $500 

Salem Community Corporation 


Salvation Army 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund $500 

Samuel Frank Charitable Fund $1,587 


Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $500 


$600 


Samaritans, Inc. 

Lois Anne Memorial Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $10,000 

Sarasota Season of Sculpture 


Save The Children 


Senior Citizen Club of Leicester 


Seven Hills Foundation 

Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund $500 


Sherry’s House 


$150 

Shrewsbury Public Library 




South High Community School 



South Middlesex Opportunity 

Council 


Southbridge Interfaith Hospitality 

Network 


Southeast Asian Coalition of Central 

Massachusetts 


Youth for Community Improvement 

Pass-Through Grantmaking Fund 

$2,605 

Special Olympics Massachusetts 


Stanford University 

The Pyle Fund $500 

Sturbridge Council on Aging 


T 

Temple Emanuel 



Thayer Memorial Library 


Thompson Ecumenical 

Empowerment Group, Inc. 


The 300 Committee 


Town of Auburn Department of 

Recreation & Culture 


Town of Shrewsbury 



Town of Uxbridge Police Department 

UniBank September 11th Emergency 

Personnel Education Fund $1,000 

Toxics Action Center, Inc. 

Water and Land Stewardship Fund 

and Rosemary Davis Environmental 

Preservation Fund $4,022 

Trinity Chapel 

Anonymous Fund $1,500 

Trinity Lutheran Church 


Tri-Valley, Inc. 


Trustees of Reservations 



Twin Cities Community Development 

Corporation 


Twin City Youth Hockey Association 


$200 


25

Grants 

U 

U.S. English Foundation 


UMass Memorial Foundation 


$1,770 

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund $1,474 



$408 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund $1,398 

C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell Fund 

$1,451 

Lillian S. Pratt Fund $10,000 



Harold Davis Woodbury Fund $1,006 

Unitarian Universalist Society 

of Brooklyn 


United Services, Inc. 


United Way of Central Massachusetts 


Mary C. DeFeudis Fund $25,000 


$2,000 



$1,500 

Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Fund $25,929 


United Way of Central Massachusetts Fund 

$145,788 

University of Maine 


Fund $1,000 

University of Massachusetts 

Graduate School of Nursing 


Lillian R. Goodman and Mary K. Alexander 

Fund for Nursing Education and Research 

$1,000 

University of Massachusetts 

Medical School 

Sandy C. Marks Jr. Biomedical Education 

Fund $100 

Uxbridge Public Schools 

Greater Worcester Jaycees Fund and 


Uxbridge Youth Center 

Anna S. and Warren G. Davis Fund and 


V 

Venerini Academy 


Village Improvement Society 

of Dennis 

Dana L. DeAngelis-McDonald Memorial 

Fund 

VNA Care Network and Hospice 


Cancer Care and Research Fund, Saint 

Vincent Healthcare Fund and 




$11,500 

W 

Wachusett Greenways 



Wellesley College 




West Boylston Historical Society 


WGBH Educational Foundation 




George Marston Whitin Memorial 

Community Center 



$432 

Lion dancers from the Chua Pho Hien Temple delight donors at the 

Foundation’s “Swing into Spring” event in Tuckerman Hall. 


Grants 

Whitinsville Social Library 


$432 

The John and Gloria Rauth Library Fund 

$1,147 

Why Me, Inc. 

Gene J. DeFeudis Fund $2,000 

WICN Public Radio 


Williams College 


Winchendon Youth Hockey 


$254 

Windham County 4-H Foundation, 

Inc. 


Woodstock Academy 


Worcester Academy 


Chapin Riley Fund $7,195 

Worcester Animal Rescue League 


Worcester Art Museum 




H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III Fund 

$202 

Martha A. Cowan Fund $1,640 

Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund 

$1,000 



Honee A. Hess Partnership with Children 

Fund $840 




Marvin Richmond Fund $2,051 

Chapin Riley Fund $7,196 

Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund $244 

Worcester Art Museum Booth Family Fund 

for Education and Outreach $100,432 

Worcester Arts and Humanities 

Educational Collaborative 


$7,500 

Worcester Center for Crafts 



Worcester Center for the 

Performing Arts 




The Douglas P. Butler Fund $1,000 

Worcester Collegium 

H. Arthur Smith Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $2,500 

Worcester Community Action 

Council, Inc. 



Worcester Community Housing 

Resources 


Worcester Comprehensive Child Care 

Services 


2007 Insights Tour speakers 

included Eva Millona, policy 

director, Massachusetts Immigrant 

& Refugee Advocacy Coalition. 

Worcester County Food Bank 

Isabel K. Arms Fund $870 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund $500 


$500 

Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness Fund 

$868 

Worcester County Horticultural 

Society/Tower Hill Botanic Garden 




H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III Fund 

$203 


Marla Maykel Fund $7,500 

Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. 

Pettit Jr. Fund $373 

Worcester County Mechanics 

Association/Mechanics Hall 


Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund for 

Mechanics Hall $27,000 


Worcester County Poetry Association 

Worcester County Poetry Association’s 

Worcester Review Fund $3,040 


Founders Fund $522 


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Grants 

Worcester East Side Community 


Worcester Credit Bureau Fund and 


Worcester Foundation for Biomedical 

Research 


$885 

Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund 

$1,000 


$1,000 


Worcester Historical Museum 



Barbara Allen Booth Fund $5,990 

Robert W. Booth Fund for the Worcester 

Historical Museum $22,767 



Worcester Historical Museum Fund $88,000 


Robert W. Booth Fund for Salisbury 

Mansion $21,453 

Worcester Interfaith 


Worcester Jewish Community Center 


Worcester Polytechnic Institute 



Worcester Public Library 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund $585 

Worcester Public Schools 

Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund $3,088 

Worcester Regional Research Bureau 


Worcester Regional Research Bureau Fund 

$2,862 

Worcester Regional Science & 

Engineering Fair 

Worcester Engineering Society Fund $250 

Worcester Roots Project, Inc. 


Clarence S. Arms Family Fund $4,022 

Worcester State College 




Quota International of Worcester Fund 

$1,452 

Worcester State Foundation 

Lillian R. Goodman and Mary K. Alexander 

Fund for Nursing Education and Research 

$1,000 

Worcester Technical High School 

Saul A. Seder Fund $672 

Worcester Youth Center 

Fairman C. Cowan Fund and Discretionary 

Funds $15,000 





Wyndham Land Trust, Inc. 


Y 

Y.O.U., Inc. 



$20,000 

YMCA of Central Massachusetts 


Barbara E. and William E. Christensen Fund 

$7,500 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund $300 


$20,000 

Young Woman of Consequence Award 

Konstantina B. Lukes Fund $500 

YouthNet 



YWCA of Central Massachusetts 

Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund and 





YWCA/Daybreak Resources for 

Women & Children 


Carolyn Knight Dik Fund $500 



Donors and Funds 

Services to Donors 

The Foundation’s comprehensive planning and 

administrative services help individuals, families and 

organizations articulate and fulfill their charitable and 

financial goals. 

We offer donors power and flexibility in charitable giving 

without the paperwork, time and expenses associated 

with running a private foundation. And donors benefit 

from the Foundation’s sophisticated investment program 

which preserves capital during tough times, extending 

the longevity, value and reach of their contribution both 

now and in the future. 

Giving Now 

We welcome gifts of any size from a broad range of 

assets, including cash, publicly traded securities, closely 

held stock, real estate, life insurance, tangible personal 

property and private foundation holdings. 

Donors can make a gift to any of our existing named 

funds or, with a gift of $10,000 or more, establish a fund 

to create a personal legacy. Donors receive the maximum 

tax benefits allowed by law and the assurance that their 

intentions will be honored in perpetuity. Donors and 

their families are encouraged to continue giving to the 

fund to help it grow even more and increase its earnings 

potential. 

Planned Giving 

Donors can make a gift that benefits the community 

after their lifetime by: 

• A gift through their will 

Benefiting Our Community 

Grants are awarded from the named fund to support 

nonprofit organizations in accordance with donor wishes. 

And as institutions and needs evolve over time, we have 

the flexibility to adapt and to continue to fulfill their 

long-term charitable goals. 

The Foundation provides an online tool to our donors 

and advisors, DonorCentral, which allows fund holders 

to securely access their fund balances, grant activity 

and gift history; and, in the case of donor-advised funds, 

recommend grantees. 

Donors have the opportunity to learn more about current 

and emerging issues in our community, including guided 

visits to nonprofits that are grant recipients, focused 

investment information sessions, and other donor 

appreciation events. 

14.0% 

12.0% 

10.0% 

8.0% 

6.0% 

4.0% 

Endowment Investment Performance 

Net of Investment Fees as of December 31, 2007 

• Naming the Foundation as beneficiary of Individual 

Retirement Account assets 

• Transferring a life insurance policy to the Foundation, 

making premium payments tax-deductible 

2.0% 

0.0% 

1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR 

• Donating retained real estate as a future gift while 

using the property throughout their lifetime 

• Setting up a pooled income fund, charitable gift 

annuity or charitable remainder trust that pays income 

now and later supports the donor’s philanthropic goals 

To find out more, we invite you to call us 

or visit www.greaterworcester.org 


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Contributors 

In 2007, the Foundation received $5,677,569 in gifts. 

Of this amount, $4,577,952 was added to existing named 

funds; $1,099,617 created 26 new named funds; and 

$49,039 comprised unrestricted gifts to the Directors 

and Corporators Fund. 

Lois Anne Memorial Fund 

Karen C. Watkins 

In memory of Vera Wadland 

Phyllis M. Keith 

Susanne LaFlash 

Joseph and Margaret A. Marzilli 

Linda C. Simulavich 

John, Karina and Keith 

Thompson 

Philip L. and Helen E. Wadland 

Rita Witman 

Helen P. Arsenault Memorial 

Scholarship Fund 

Anonymous 

Fund for the Arts and 

Humanities 

Donald and Mary Melville 

Auburn Woman's Club Fund 

Auburn Woman's Club 

Auburn Youth and Family 

Services Endowment Fund 

Arthur M. and Martha R. 

Pappas 

AVID North Scholarship Fund 

Martha Abeles-Young 

Ruth and Robert Angorn 

Frances E. and Kenneth P. Arena 

Elizabeth Klein Baker and 

Joel H. Baker 

Julie A. and Paul W. Booras 

Louise I. Lehtola Clarke and 

Jeffrey R. Clarke 

Lisa Cohane 

Sandra J. and Mark O. Cutler 

Joanne and William J. 

Deschenes 

Elizabeth M. Drake and Barbara 

Drake 

EMC Corporation 

Barry and Joan Gerhardt 

Phyllis A. and Michael R. 

Goldstein 

Robert S. and Naomi L. Halpern 

Kathleen L. and Donald W. 

Kelley Jr. 

Colleen A. Kelly 

Caprice A. and Kevin M. Kopka 

Carol E. Lalos 

Janet Dee Mathieu 

Jean E. McNulty 

Stephen E. Mills 

Cathryn Morse 

Matthew C. and Marie D. Morse 

North High School 

Saul Pannell 

Arnold H. Pulda 

Susan J. and Anthony J. Sanders 

Barbara S. and Stephen P. 

Sargent 

Harold and Naomi Scherzer 

Steven D. and Gail G. Scherzer 

Nancy Sheftel-Gomes and 

A. Leonardo Gomes 

Alan Spector 

L.S. and K.S. Stambler 

Nina T. and David B. Steinberg 

Ann H. Sweetman and John M. 

Cruz Jr. 

Lawrence M. Turner 

Margaret M. and Paul A. 

Venditti 

Worcester African Cultural 

Center 

Father Miguel Bafaro Fund 

Michael P. Bafaro 

Ediberto Santiago 

Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund 

Estate of Trumbull Barton 

Jane Bath Fund 

Jane Bath Revocable Trust 

Edward W. Bettke 



Blackstone Valley Chamber 

of Commerce Education 

Foundation Fund 

Dina R. and Gerald (Lee) 

Gaudette III 

Robert S. and Helen A. 

Bowditch Fund 

Susan B. Talmadge 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund 

Cushing C. Bozenhard Trust 

George S. and Tammy Butler 

Fund 


The Douglas P. Butler Fund 

Douglas P. Butler 

Carrick Foundation Scholarship 

The Carrick Foundation 

Charitable Gift Annuity Fund 

James S. Demetry 

Sally S. Schenck 

Wynne L. Chase Fund 

Arthur E. Chase 

Choose Worcester Fund 

George I. Alden Trust 

Atlas Distributing, Inc. 

Bay State Savings Bank 

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP 

Commerce Bank & Trust 

Company 

Commonwealth National Bank 

Melvin S. Cutler Charitable 


Ruth H. and Warren A. 

Ellsworth Foundation 

Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, PC 

George F. and Sybil H. Fuller 


Granite Group 

Hanover Insurance Group 

Foundation, Inc. 

Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. 

Harrington Foundation 

Bradley C. Higgins Foundation 

Kelleher & Sadowsky 

Associates, Inc. 

Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation 

Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & 

Lougee, LLP 

Morgan Worcester 

National Grid 

Polar Corporation 

Providence & Worcester 

Railroad 

Stoddard Charitable Trust 

Sullivan Insurance Group 

TD Banknorth Charitable 


Telegram and Gazette 

UMass Memorial Health Care 

UnumProvident Corporation 

Community Ministries Fund 

First Baptist Church of 


Worcester Area United 

Methodist 

Fairman C. Cowan Fund 

In honor of Fairman C. Cowan 

Lowerre and Edward Simsarian 

Martha A. Cowan Fund 

Saint-Gobain Corporation 


In honor of Martha A. Cowan 


Hugh W. and Harriet K. 

Crawford Fund 


Crawford Foundation 


Crawford Endowment Fund for 

the Pearl L. Crawford Memorial 

Library 


Crawford 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund 

The Lorraine and Chauncey 

Crepeau Trust 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund 

Jeanne Y. Curtis 

Melvin S. Cutler Fund 



Anna S. and Warren G. Davis 

Fund 

Ronald S. Davis 

December 3rd Scholarship Fund 

Maureen T. Dunn 

Ruth H. and Warren A. 

Ellsworth Foundation 

Admiral and Mrs. Louis E. 

Denfeld Scholarship Fund 

Admiral and Mrs. Louis E. 

Denfeld Scholarship Trust 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey 

Fund for Wellesley College 

Jane K. Dewey 

Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/ 

Andover Fund 

Jane K. Dewey 

Carolyn Knight Dik Fund 

Carolyn Knight Dik 

Directors and Corporators Fund 

Robert C. Achorn 

Robert S. Adler 

Bruce Anderson 

Mike and Marie Angelini 

Anonymous 

Robert S. Bachelder 

Bank of America Foundation 

Thomas J. and Lynora S. 

Bartholomew 

John E. Bassett 

Bruce S. Bennett 

Rosamond R. Bennett 

Dennis Berkey 

Henry W. Beth 

Mark P. Bilotta 

Maurice J. and Pamela K. 

Boisvert 

George F. Booth II 

Sarah Bowditch 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund 


Community Foundation 


Contributors 

Christopher and Charlotte 

Bramley 

James B. Broadhurst 

Michael D. Brockelman 

Denise Brookhouse 

John H. Budd 


Ann E. Carlson 

Linda A. Cavaioli 

Senator Harriette L. Chandler 

Brian Chandley 

Harold R. Chesson Jr. 

Joy C. Child 

Elaine M. Ciborowski 

James E. Collins 

P. Kevin Condron 

Charles P. Conroy 

Martha Allis Cowan 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund of 

Greater Worcester Community 




Dix F. Davis 

Richard W. Dearborn 

William P. Densmore 

Kathleen Derzius through 

United Way of Central 

Massachusetts 

Ross K. and Lisa F. Dik 

James C. and Carol B. Donnelly 

George L. Dresser 

Francis X. Dufault Jr. 

Ellen S. Dunlap and Frank 

Armstrong 

Stephen J. Erickson 

Barbara E. Fargo 

Richard J. Fates 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold 

Peter S. Fellenz 

Scott and Debbie Fenton 

Harry L. Ferguson 

Allen W. Fletcher 

Justin L. Fletcher 

Matthew V. Fletcher 

Patricia A. Fletcher 

Mary F. and Warner S. Fletcher 

David P. Forsberg 

Esther and Howard G. Freeman 

Stuart W. Freilich 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Fuller 

Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III 

Lawrence J. Glick 

Dorista J. Goldsberry 

Dennis F. Gorman 

John E. Graham 

Lois B. Green 

Martin J. Green and Maura A. 

Mahoney 

Nathan and Barbara E. 

Greenberg 

Ann T. Lisi and Joel P. Greene 

Leslie E. Greis 

David R. Grenon 

Abraham W. Haddad DMD 

Gloria Hall 

Joy Wetzel Hall through United 

Way of Central Massachusetts 

Ernest S. Hayeck 

Gaylene and Robert S. Heppe Jr. 

John Herron Jr. and Julia L. 

Moore 

Honee A. Hess 

Richard P. Houlihan 

Patricia L. Jones 

David A. Jordan 

Maureen M. and William D. 

Kelleher 

Mrs. James B. Kenary III 

Robert and Mary T. Kennedy 

Mary E. Kett and Alden J. 

Bianchi 

Dr. Jean A. King Fray 

Barbara C. Kohin 

Joyce Kressler 

Frances E. Langille 

John P. Lauring 

Thuha T. Le 

David P. Leach and Audrey 

Klein-Leach 

Catherine and Peter Levine MD 

Patsy C. Lewis 

Robert J. Lewis 

Joseph Lian Jr. 

Robert G. and Arlene F. Lian 

Stephen and Valerie Loring 

C. Jean McDonough 

Michael C. McFarland 

Rev. Barbara W. Merritt 

Erwin H. Miller 

John O. Mirick 

Ann K. Molloy 

Maureen Moorehouse 

Barrett Morgan 

Laurance S. Morrison 

Moira Moynihan Manoog and 

Charlie Manoog 

John G. O'Brien 


Pappas 

Alan B. and Judy M. Pemstein 

R. Norman Peters 

Sarah D. Pettit 

Paul M. Pezzella 

Lisa A. Piehler 

Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher 

John and Kathleen Polanowicz 

Christine M. Proffitt 

Richard Pyle 

Hilda Ramirez 

Ritmos Academy 

Mary Ritter 

Maria L. Rosado 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund of 



R. Joseph Salois 

David L. and Roberta R. 

Schaefer 

Paul and Susan Schlaikjer Fund 

of the Fidelity Charitable 

Gift Fund 

Paul F. Scully 


Carol L. Seager 

J. Robert Seder 

Jay S. Sherwin 

Philip O. Shwachman 

Jonathan Sigel 


John Spillane 

Alan M. Stoll 

William F. Sullivan 

Sheila L. and George W. 

Tetler III 

Robert L. Thomas 

David N. Tinsley 

E. Paul Tinsley 

Richard P. and Margaret W. 

Traina 

Tuyet Tran 

Michael P. Tsotsis 

Charles R. Valade 

Wyatt R. Wade 

James E. Wallace Jr. 

Carlton A. Watson 

Meridith D. Wesby 

Todd H. Wetzel through 

United Way of Central 

Massachusetts 

Harry T. Whitin 

Jack L. Wolfson 

Mr. and Mrs. David K. 

Woodbury 

Yesod Foundation 

Robert A. and Joan D. Yood 

Janice B. Yost 

Douglas Center Cemetery 

Preservation Fund 

In memory of Wallis H. Darnley 

Maud F. Ballou 

G. R. Beauchamp 

Rodger, Kimberly and Mathew 

Comeau 

Estate of Wallis H. Darnley 

Ruth B. Duhamel 

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Giles Jr. 

Sharon E. Hobey 

Gail T. Randall 

Jonathan C. Randall 


John and Fran Duke Scholarship 

Fund 

John F. Duke Jr. 

East Brookfield Scholarship 

Barbara Fitts 

Virginia M. Grenier 

Joseph Persky Foundation 

Ann Pinkerton Charitable Trust 

Stephen G. Economos Scholar 

Athlete Fund 

Mark and Sherill Attarian 

Joan Badjo 

Gail B. and Robert G. Belk 

Joan Bergstrom 

Leo and Helen Bilouris 

Peter and Carol Bishop 

Peter and Patricia Bishop 

CGI Interactive Communications/ 

Kelleher Family 

Richard and Deborah Chad 

Sarah Cluggish 

Laura Coleman 

Dillon Tree Service 

John and Patricia Doherty 

Peter M. Dolan and Rosemarie 

George-Dolan 

Kinloch Earle and Miriam 

Nelson 

Christina D. Economos 

Gail and Kosta Economou 

Bill Eddy and Margaret 

Donoghue Eddy 

Janet Edmunson 

Tim and Michelle Fenton 

Donald and Donna Fitman 

Ray and Doris Fluet 

Tommy and Linda Foisy 

Sara Folta and Vincent 

Maganzini 

Friends of Stephen G. Economos 

Pete and Mini Gaba 

William and Patricia Gibbons 

Ronald P. and Dolores G. 

Giorgio 

Kathleen and Stuart Glass 

Don and Jeanne Goldberg 

Grahm Family 

Coleen Guertin 

JJM Insurance/Marshall Family 

Larry and Jennifer Johnson 

Steven Kafka and Lindsay Smith 

Kafka 

James and Sophia Karabatsos 

Kathleen L. and Donald W. 

Kelley Jr. 

Mike Kiskovsky and Kara 

Conners 

Martin Kuniholm 

Kathleen M. and Philip J. 

Lahey MD 

George P. Leasca 

Wendy Lekan 

LLuminari 

William Lyons and Gigi 

Fioravanti 

Patricia Lyons-Gallo and Steven 

C. Gallo 

Peggy MacMillan 

McClean Family 

Alice McKeon 

Julie McKeon-Yahn and Eric 

Yahn 

Mortimer Family 

Thomas and Kathleen Moynagh 

John A. and Katherine M. 

Mshooshian 

Cathy M. and Michael Mulhearn 

Aviva Must 

Elizabeth Kraut Nahar and Avi 

Kirk Bernstein-Nahar 

National Grid 

Marc and Heidi O'Connor 

Amy O'Neil 

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Contributors 

Jeremiah and Elizabeth 

O'Rourke 

Bruce S. Pailet 

Jean and Doris Pailet 

Michael and Judith Petit 

Stephanie Pierce and Family 

Joanna Melissa and Gregg A. 

Raleigh 

Paul and Joyce Randell 

Rotti Family 

Jennifer Sacheck-Ward and 

Chris Ward 

Barbara A. and Joseph F. 

Sawyer Jr. 

Janice A. Sawyer-Opuda and 

Paul H. Opuda 

Paul J. and Theresa Scalzi 

John D. and Elizabeth A. 

Schaper 

Kyla Shea 

Scott Sinrich and Deborah A. 

Gonsalves-Sinrich 

Robert F. and Lisa M. Stake 

Carole J. Swedberg 

Steven Tankanow 

Larry and Joan Tomasino 

Pete and Mary Trainor 

William R. and Kathleen M. 

Trainor 

West Side Babe Ruth 

Douglas and Donna Windler 

Worcester State College 

Facilities Department 

David and Jane Zapka 

Tom and Thelma Zekos 

Debra Wein Zieper and 

Matthew H. Zieper 

Jeffrey S. Edinberg Memorial 


Terry and Maura Bennett 

Eric Edinberg 

In honor of 

Arnold S. Edinberg’s birthday 

Nason A. Hurowitz and 

Martha P. Grace 

In honor of Martha Grace 

Arnold S. and 

Phyllis C. Edinberg 

In memory of Edward F. Bennett Jr. 

Mary Clifford 

Ruth Forgues 

Lucille Hokanson 

Robert Liddy 

Harold Mann MD 

Eleanor McCarthy 

Irene McClure 

Barbara Mercaldo 

June “Mimi” Nagel 

Arnold S. and 


Fred and Leona Eppinger 


Doug and Sarah Booher 

Eppinger Family Foundation 

Charles H. Eppinger 

John P. and Elaine N. Eppinger 

Lisa M. and Charles H. 

Eppinger Jr. 

Michael and Kathleen Eppinger 

Thomas Eppinger 

Ann E. Kleva 

Joshua C. and Sabine T. 

Thompson 

Gordon Iver and Dorothy 

Brewer Erikson Fund 

Gordon I. and Dorothy B. 

Erikson 

Mary R. Fedeli Memorial 


Edwin Fedeli Jr. 

Anita and Nathaniel A. Feingold 


Feingold Companies 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold Joy 

of Music Fund 



Fund 


Shirley Feldman Fund 

Great Brook Valley Health 

Center 

In honor of Zoila Feldman’s 

retirement 

Frances M. Anthes 

Dr. Babu Pediatrics 


Martin Cohen 

Allison Coleman 

Fairman C. and Martha A. 

Cowan 

Sheilah H. Dooley 

Linda Dylewicz 

ESL Associates, Inc. 

Kathleen and Charles Estus 

Marianne E. Felice MD 


Nina Fletcher 

Leah and Pat Gallivan 

John T. Gardiner 

Lois B. Green 

Ellen and Ron Hafer 

Honee A. Hess 

John P. Hess 

Laurie and Matthew Hogan 

Stephen and Valerie Loring 

Keith Maxwell 

Paul S. Morgan 

William O. Pettit Jr. 

Rex P. Schirmer 

Sue Schlotterbeck 


Richard A. Sheils Jr. 

John Siracusa 

First Unitarian Church Fund 

Francis H. Dewey 

C. Jean and Myles McDonough 

John M. Nelson Fund of Greater 

Worcester Community 


A. Jane Fitzpatrick, M.D. and 

Edward F. Kilroy, M.D. Fund 

A. Jane Fitzpatrick Kilroy 

Founders Fund 

Robert E. Dik 

Sandra L. Haagsma 

John D. Hunt 

Albertine Marinelli Trust 

Karen M. Nunley 

Edith H. Overly 

Perry R. Pero 

Planned Giving Group of New 

England 

Milton and Elizabeth 

Raphaelson 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rubin 

Stoll Family Charitable Fund of 

the Jewish Federation of 


Edward P. and Brenda K. 

Weathersbee 

In memory of Thomas Lisi 

Todd and Shelley Rodman 

John F. Freeland Memorial Fund 

Marsha Cunningham- 

Whitehead 

George E. and Sandra L. 

Freeland 

Beverly A. Pinjuv 

Friendly House Fund 

Friendly House, Inc. 

Friends of Gale Free Library 

110th Endowment Fund 

Dorothy I. Miles Riley Family 

Trust 

Friends of Learning in Killingly 

Fund 

In memory of 

Dr. James F. and Anne S. Jones 

Janice Wippert Williams, KHS 1966 

Susan Rees Jones 

Friends of Northbridge Elders 

Fund 

In memory of 

Stacie L. Baxendale 

Muriel Booth 

Joseph Jundanian 

Marion Kidd 

Sylvia M. Lermond 

William Nydam 

Fernande Power 

Pam Radcliff 

Angelia M. Zanchetti 

Friends of Northbridge Elders 

Friends of the Upton Town 

Library Fund 

Friends of the Upton Town 

Library 

Judge and Mrs. William 

Garbose Fund 

William J. Luby 

Barbara H. Gaudette Fund 

Barbara H. Gaudette 

Derek Gaudette Memorial 


Anonymous 

GLBT Partnership Fund 

Anonymous (2) 

Thomas J. and Lynora S. 

Bartholomew 

Jeanine M. Beratta 

Michael E. and Julie B. 

Berberian 

Margareta G. Berg 

Sarah and Allen Berry 

Mark P. Bilotta and Henry O. 

Ritter 

Mrs. Howard M. Booth 

Olive I. and Anthony A. 

Borgatti Jr. Donor Advised Fund 




Paul J. Burgess 

Joanne L. Calista 

Ralph G. Carlson 

Kirk and Price Carter 


Micah Chase 

Arthur Chase 

Alan Chuman and Janet M. 

Wallman 

Henry and Elaine Ciborowski 

Fairman C. and Martha A. 

Cowan 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund 



Jill C. Dagilis 

Phil and Laurie Davis 


Susan DiClemente and Meredith 

Powers 

Carolyn Knight Dik 


Gina D'Ottavio and Michele Pici 

Family Diversity Projects 



Emily Ferrara and Lara Hoke 

Fletcher Foundation 



Cynthia A. Frongillo and David 

W. Sneade 

Funders for Lesbian & Gay 

Issues, Inc. 


Contributors 

Ellen Gallagher and Allyson 

Goose 

Rodney Glasgow 

Yvonne Goldsberry and Cherie 

Holmes 

Drs. Ivan and Noreen Green 

Carol Rae Greene and Diane 

Lamontagne 

Harold W. Gurwitz 

Laurence and Jane Hale 

Honee A. Hess and Philip R. 

Magnusson 

Harold G. Hills 

Hilltop Club 

Deborah Harmon Hines 

James Hogan 

Mick and Louise Huppert 

Frances and M Howard 

Jacobson 

Elizabeth A. Jenewin 

Joelle Kanshepolsky and 

Andrew Gotshalk 

David Keller 

Rev. Dr. Paul D. Kennedy 

Dr. Jean A. King and John C. 

Fray 

Peggy Kocoras 

Lara and Todd Kopoyan 

Peter and Catherine Levine 


Jonathan B. and Monica E. 

Lowell 

C. Jean and Myles McDonough 

Janet Wilson Moore 

Gail M. Morgan 

Charlotte P. Newton 

Katharine Odell 

Outvite.com 

Jesse Pack 

Lucy Pendell and Maura Conlon 

Edward G. and Wendy B. Peskin 

Danna B. Peterson 



QMass 

Stephen Reynolds 

Mary Beth and Rob Rockwell 

Paul and Fay RossleyFund of 

Greater Worcester 

Community 




Adam Sarnik 

Ralph F. Sbrogna 

Paul and Susan Schlaikjer Fund 

of the Fidelity Charitable 

Gift Fund 

Siff Charitable Foundation 


Caitlin M. Stover 

Judith Thompson 

Keith and Al Toney III 

Richard P. and Margaret W. 

Traina 


Emily Vezina 

Antonio and Danielle T. Viva 

Wyatt R. and Erika D. Wade 

Tina Hyland 

Yesod Foundation 

Robert Zeleniak 

Robert P. Goulet Memorial 


James F. Goulet 

Paul J. Gramling Memorial 

Scholarship Fund for 

Compassionate Caregiving to 

People with Alzheimer's 

George H. and Marjorie Abbot 

Abigail Adams MD 

Joan M. and Michael K. 

Arakelian 

Helena and Joseph J. Arruda 

Jane E. Ashley 

Margaret M. Attar 

Paul T. and Marilyn K. Audette 

Benison Landwehr and 

Associates 

Margaret A. Benison 

Eric C. and Anne M. Blom 

Cathleen C. Bradshaw 

Genevieve C. Brechtl 

Barbara C. Buchan 

Patrick J. and Jane G. Carlin 

Mary Jane Carroll 

Anthony L. Ciociolo 

Eileen and Stephen Clinch 

Lorraine C. and Stephen T. 

Conway 

Deborah J. Cormier 

Julie Ann and Joseph Dandrea 

Dianne M. DesRosiers 

Robert E. Dik 

Mark S. Distefano 

Don and Patricia Eidson 

Barbara Emery 

Lisa M. and James A. 

Faust Jr. MD 

Maureen Hughson Febiger 

Sheila A. and Daniel J. Gannon 

Irene C. and Norman E. Gauvin 

M. Bonnie Gorman 

James A. Gramling Jr. 

Robert Gramling MD 

Robert E. and Rosalind C. 

Gramling 

Mary P. and John H. Herbowy 

Kenneth W. and Carolyn A. 

Hudson 

Virginia Judson Iannini 

Elise A. Jacques MD 

Ellen Ann Johnson 

Dorothy A. Jones 

Diane L. LeClair 

Virginia Lewis 

Benjamin N. Lipchak 

Carol A. and Alfred D. Mailloux 

Joyce L. Marcelonis 

Martha and Robert J. Martin 

Kathryn M. and Dennis P. 

McCarthy 


Mary Ellen and Frederick J. 

McCready Jr. 

Rachel J. and Jerome F. 

McGourthy 

Charles and Rhonda Mills 

Jennifer L. and Denis Morovic 

Brian W. and Nancy A. Murphy 

Donna S. Nietzel 

Nobile Family Fund of North 



Mary M. O'Toole Trust 

Agreement 

Kathleen E. Papineau 

Karen J. Pirani 

Marie S. Ponte 

Carol G. and Richard A. Prager 

Susan M. Rabbitt 

Avad and Mary R. Ramachandra 

Mary R. and Frank A. Renda 

J. Scott Roberts 

Cynthia L. and Walter E. 

Sears Jr. 

Vasco F. and Monica C. Silva 

Robert J. Skinner 

Lindsay C. Slabich 

Halina B. Slowik 

SmartAnalyst, Inc. 

Sharon and George M. Sousa 

St. Vincent Hospital 

Marcy and David Tixier 

Michelle and Scott Ubrick 

Christine E. and Michael R. Voss 

Don W. and Kathryn M. 

Whitehead 

Dr. Daniel and Barbara Wochos 

Corinne M. Wolfrom 


Foundation Operating Fund 

John W. Lund 


Center Fund 


Center 

David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon 

Fund 


The Grynsel Educational 


Cecelia Grynsel 

Emil Haddad Jazz Scholarship 

Fund 

Edward P. Gardella 

John D. and Joyce A. McKeogh 

Leonard J. and Maxine K. Morse 

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Odgren 

Judy A. Smith 

Constance Tuttle 

In memory of Antonette Clemons 

Everett J. Abraham 

Simon J. Chiasson Jr. 

Agnes C. Cochis 

Amy L. and Andrew N. Cochis 

Randall H. and Patricia J. Collins 

Jetta Darrow and Dan Stephan 

Donna B. and James J. Ewick 

Margaret E. Hesselton and 

Family 

Paul, Connie and Marcia 

Holmberg 

Aaron Knopping and Carol 

Forman 

Mary Mardirosian 

Arlene M. and Robert C. Taylor 

The Hedin Family Memorial 

Emergency Fund 

Richard Hedin 


Fund 

In memory of Rosemary Bouley 

Richard Hedin 

Hendricks House Preservation 

Fund 

Amy Lee Baker 

Maureen Henrickson Memorial 


894 Properties Management 

Gayla J. Bieksha 

Debra A. Bonder 

Sandra L. Burke 

Lisa A. Campbell 

Mary C. Doherty 

Theresa A. and William A. 

Dunn Jr. 

Lynn Granlund 

Kathleen Greeno 

Susan F. Halacy 

Kristin L. Joyce 

Ann E. Junnila 

Lorri M. Kenney 

Deborah J. Kozik 

Robert J. Krensky 

Beverly E. MacCollom 

Robin H. Millea 

Kari A. Raffa 

Judith A. Rutelonis 

Melissa S. Soule 

Paula A. Sylvester 

Patricia L. Thompson 

Christine M. Watkins 

Honee A. Hess Partnership with 

Children Fund 

In honor of Honee Hess 

Steven Magnusson 

Charles Hugo Community 

Service Award Fund 

In memory of Charles F. Hugo 

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Abrams 

Anonymous 

S. Jane Arntz 

Marguerite R. Belanger 

Van and Paulette B. Bluemel 


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Contributors 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Emerson 

Brooks Jr. 

Tim and Suzanne Ethier 

Lillian J. and Albert G. Ferron 

Kristen M. and Matthew P. 

Fitzpatrick Sr. 

Maureen and Larry Floryan 

Marilynn L. Foley 

Marilyn Franklin 

Donald T. and Doris Ann French 

Vance M. and Anne R. Gillespie 

Richard J. and Joyce L. Godfrey 

William and Karin Green 

Peter Harrington 

Sharon B. Hsu 

Lisa L. Hugo 

H. William and Frances L. 

Johansen 

Harold M. Lane Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Maney 

Susan Marsh and Richard 

Maurer 

Maurice Martel 

Miles Funeral Director 

Richard A. and Birgit M. Nelson 

Jim and Ida Nystrom 

David and Joanne O'Brien 

Jonathan O. Phelps 

Carol G. and Richard A. Prager 

Robert D. and Ruth B. Price 

Anne L. and Frank W. Puffer 

Mary C. and William J. Ritter 

Brian J. and Dawn T. Rooke 

George R. and Paulette F. 

Sherrill 

Charles Skillings 

Sandra L. Sundin 

Edward P. and Brenda K. 

Weathersbee 

Richard H. and Phyllis A. 

Whitten 

Virginia E. and James F. Wilman 

Debbie Anne Johnson Memorial 

Fund 

In memory of George R. Frye 

Herbert C. and Martha H. 

Johnson 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund 

Robert D. Johnson 

Stanley T. Johnson 

Jenica Lynn Junnila Memorial 


In memory of Ruth Junnila 

Theresa F. Andersen 

Edward H. and Eva L. Duane 

Raymond and Linda Fox 

Janet L. Hammarstrom 

Paul G. and Lorna B. 

Hammarstrom 

John R. Jolin 

Wayne H. and Ann E. Junnila 

Ruth V. Larson and Family 

Richard A. and Linda Marino 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Palmer 

Angelo T. Pappas 



Dottie Sundquist and Bryan 

Richheimer 

John F. and Rayna Keenan Fund 

In honor of Jack Keenan’s birthday 

Anonymous 

Karen and Michael F. Bader 

Lisa, David, Alyssa and Justin 

Bader 

Bernard J. and Ann Gersh 

Andrew J. Heilpern and Carol 

Margolis 

John F. Keenan Jr. 

Keeping the Dream Alive 

Scholarship 

Harriet P. Miller Hight 

In honor of Harriet Miller Hight’s 

birthday 

Emilie Miller Fruit 

Edith M. Heier 


Joseph N. and Susan H. 

Rountree 

Kirby Foundation Fund 

Kirby Foundation 

Max H. Kuhner and Eloise A. 

Kuhner Fund 

Eloise Kuhner Trust 

Leicester High School Football 

Alumni Scholarship Fund 


Alumni 

Peter H. and Catherine H. 

Levine Fund 

Catherine H. and Peter H. 

Levine MD 

Mark MacPherson Lightbown 

Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Marion Lightbown 

Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor 

Advised Fund 

David J. and Celeste Lionett 

Lisi-Greene Fund 


In memory of Thomas Lisi 

Linda D. and Peter A. Chadwick 

Pamela Keogh 

Kelly A. O'Connor and Craig A. 

Stimson 


Joanne M. Reegan 

Susan Saccoccia 

Denisha R. and Eliseo 

Sanchez Sr. 

Jasmine Vasquez-Okutoro and 

Moses Okutoro 

Lieutenant James F. "Jay" Lyons 

III Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Advantage Benefits Group 

AllianceBernstein 

Eileen Barrette 

Ralph Bartley 

JoAnn Bauer 

Michelle M. Beaudin 

Mary U. Been 

Robert A. Bilodeau 

Ann and Gregory Bilowz 

John P. Brissette and Family 

Dale Burton 

Alice Callery 

Dana M. Canzano 

Scott Chapman 

Kathleen Comer 

Roger B. Conant 

Thomas Courtemarche 

Alys J. and James J. Covello Jr. 

Matthew Deignan 

Gina M. Dibaro 

Michael Doherty 

Mark L. and Janet P. Donahue 

Beth Dube 

Roseann C. Earley 

Jason P. Erban 

Thomas J. Farrell 

Flagship Bank & Trust Company 

James P. and Ellen F. Foley 

Fontaine Family and Carol 

LeDue 

John G. Franco 

John A. and Alyce D. Giaquinto 

Brian D. Grassi 

David and Elaine Gustafson 

Robert Halvorsen 

Cong Han 

Elizabeth A. Hasson 

Thomas Head 

Jonathan J. Hylka 

Kerri J. Janton and Family 

Thomas Jessop 

Donnal I. Johnson 

Joseph M. Jourdain 

Elise Kaplan 

Aaron S. Katz 

Peter S. Keating 

David Keeler 

Knights of Columbus 

Council #88 

Pamela J. Kuindersma 

Melissa LaFleur 

Kristina B. Lahti 

Leitrim Pub 

Maureen Lynch 

James F. and Joan M. Lyons 

Mary Maher 

Cherie Martin 

Eileen M. Martin 

Gail Marie McCarthy 

Wendy U. McCurley 

Re-Elect McGovern Committee 

Michael McNamee 

Meghan McNeil 

Paul McNeil 

John Milley 

Andrew G. Mills 

Caitlin Navin 

Northworks Bar and Grille 

Barbara O'Connor 

Mary E. O'Sullivan 

Tracy and Kelley Padgett 

Jaime L. and Paul Patriarca 

Valerie Pedone 

Timothy J. and Veronique C. 

Pitney 

Steven Reilly 

Chrissy Remian 

James Ridick 

Matthew J. Rivest 

Lynn and Frederic Rushton 

Dennis Shea 

Kathleen J. Stanton 

Jeffrey P. Staples 

Jay D. Stranieri 

Mylinda Swenson 

Michele K. Tepper 

Michael Testa 

Susan Thorbahn 

Jeffrey S. Titus 

Kathleen Toomey and Family 

Tri-Star Sportswear 

Jennifer E. Vandoros 

Wexford House 

Holly J. Wielsma 

Stefanie Wood 

Worcester Credit Union 

Richard A. Xenos 

Magee Family Education Fund 

B. Dale Magee MD Fund 

Vanguard Charitable 

Endowment 

Sandy C. Marks Jr. Biomedical 


Irvin Heifetz 

Julia W. Marks 

Barbara S. Massey Fund 

Robert K. Massey Jr. 

Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund 

Anonymous 

Master Singers of Worcester 

Fund 

The Master Singers of 


Matthew 25 - The Fr. Joseph 

LaBran, S.J. House Fund 

Matthew 25, Inc. 

Howard J. and Dorothy R. 

McGuiness Fund 

Estate of Dorothy R. McGuiness 


McGuiness Scholarship Fund 

Estate of Dorothy R. McGuiness 


Contributors 

Winifred Meany Killay and 

Matthew Meany Memorial 

Fund 

Shaun Bennett 

In memory of JoAnn Waite-Bennett 

Virginia E. Jerris 

Robert E. Waite 

Middlesex Savings Charitable 

Foundation Scholarship Fund 

Middlesex Savings Charitable 


Michael Minty Memorial 


Keith A. MacNeal 

Barrett and Mahroo Morgan 

Fund 

Barrett and Mahroo Morgan 

Constantine Mina and Vasiliky 

Strates Moschos Scholarship 

Fund 

Galatea Moschos Lewry and 

Arthur T. Lewry 

Michael C. Moschos 

Vasiliky Strates Moschos 

Memorial Fund 

Michael C. Moschos 

Nonprofit Support Center 

Program Fund 

George I. Alden Trust 


Thomas E. Adams 

Campbell Group 

Thomas R. and Virginia M. Cope 

Susanne E. Gray and Ernest 

Osterman 

Denise Oosterman 

Tracy L. Oosterman 

E. Osterman Gas Service 

Elsie Osterman 

Leah G. Osterman and David C. 

King 

In honor of Ernest Osterman 

Ruth Osterman 

Arthur M. Pappas and Martha 

R. Pappas Donor Advised 



Pappas Foundation 


Pappas 

Christopher J. Paskell Memorial 

Fund 

Assumption College Men's Ice 

Hockey 

In memory of Patricia Hoban 

Anonymous 

Robert E. Dik 

Robert G. Gibbons 

Mary E. McQuoid 

Kathleen M. and Martin P. 

Szerlag Jr. 

Robyn B. and Jeffrey Yalian 

Marlene and David Persky Fund 

Joseph Persky Foundation 

Paul M. Pezzella Fund in 

Memory of Patsy and Theresa 

Pezzella 


Lillian S. Pratt Fund 

Estate of Lillian S. Pratt 

Chapin Riley Fund 

Chapin Riley Trust 

Rogers-Kennedy Memorial 

Fund 


Melvin and Martha Rosenblatt 

Fund 

Martha and Melvin Rosenblatt 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund 

Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation 

Paul and Fay Rossley 

Barbara Marks Rothschild Arts 

and Education Scholarship Fund 

In memory of Trudie Schinagel 

Marks 

Aime A. Lambert 

Thelma E. Schinagle 

Ida and Murray Rotman 


Barry S. Rotman 

Rural Cemetery Fund 

Proprietors of the Rural 

Cemetery 

Andrew Sala Memorial 


In honor of Nancy Sala’s retirement 

Jeanette M. Ahronian 

Paul A. and Donna M. Aliquo 

John and Elizabeth Amoroso 

Cynthia A. Arcate 

Richard Arent 

Amy Atwood 

Lawrence and Jacqueline Bailey 

Andrew R. and Penny P. 

Blaszkow 

Joan Bok 

Walter F. and Helen A. Browne 

Walter F. and Kathleen Browne 

Daniel A. Cameron 


David R. and Diane J. Charest 

Deanna Charves 

Carol A. and Ronald L. Conte 

Fouad and Sarah Dagher 


Sean R. Driscoll 

Aleta M. Fazzone 

James X. and Jill M. P. 

Fitzpatrick 

William J. and Patricia C. 

Flaherty 

Thomas J. Fleming 


David and Ann Forsberg 

Friends of Nancy H. Sala 

David Gendall 

Dennis G. and Audrey R. 

Gleason 

Frederic E. Greenman 

Rita and Jeffrey Greiman 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grover 

Richard J. and Mary Rose 

Guillette 

Anita C. Hagspiel 

Gregory Hale 

Stephen T. Hall 

Barbara A. Hassan 

John J. Healy 

Tressa A. Herring 

Alfred and Patricia Houston 

Marilyn Flint Jacques 

Cheryl A. LaFleur and William 

A. Kuncik 

Robert A. Lambe 

Michael J. and Jacalyn M. 

Lastella 

Christina and Michael Lochhead 

Robert J. Lorkiewicz 

Carmine and Marisa Luongo 

Joseph Mannarino and Karen 

Luke-Mannarino 

William F. McEvoy and Sandra 

Checovich McEvoy 

Robert and Pennyann McLaren 

Laura G. McNaughton and 

David H. Goldberg 

John Medbury 

Kevin P. and Laurie M. Menard 

Richard N. Morency 

Michael P. and Elisabeth M. 

Morgera 

Bruce G. and Celia M. Nelson 

Guy W. Nichols 

William J. Nicholson Jr. and 

Marjorie A. Katz 

William and Nina O'Brien 

Lydia M. Pastuszek 

Rudolph V. Persico 

Ronald A. Racine 

Stephen B. and Marcy L. Reed 

Kevin B. and Melissa K. 

Richardson 

Thomas E. Rogers and Margaret 

Buresh Rogers 

Glenn R. and Sandra K. 

Schleede 

Robert and Linda Seega 

Ronald and Cynthia Shepard 

William T. Sherry and Diane E. 

Brooks-Sherry 

Douglas Smith 

Dennis E. and Jeanne Snay 

Gary C. and Ann M. Sunday 

George W. Tetler III 

Diane M. Thompson 

Michael & Ann-Marie 

Thompson 

William F. and Kimberly A. 

Walsh 

Randall and Ann Marie 

Wentworth 

Bennett K. and Carol S. White 

Mark C. and Julie A. Wilcox 

Worcester Business 


Cheryl A. Young 

Paul J. and Donna M. Zaremba 

Donna R. C. and John E. 

Sansoucy Fund 

Donna R. C. and John E. 

Sansoucy 

Norman L. and Dorothy A. 

Sharfman Fund 

Norman L. Sharfman Trust 

Herbert D. Sherwin Memorial 


Nellie Mae Education 


Jay S. Sherwin and Rachel 

Lefkowitz 

William J. Short Scholarship 

Fund 

Priscilla Short Kerr and Phillips 

H. Kerr 

Alice C.A. Sibley Fund 

Alice C.A. Sibley Trust 

Evelyn and Sumner Silver Fund 

Evelyn B. Silver 

Claudia Simonian Scholarship 

Fund 

Anonymous 

Beverly A. Brown 

Matthew J. and Barbara M. 

Burek 

Steven and Kimberly 

Capobianco 

Jean Chase 

Karen A. and Abdulnor 

Chyoghly 

Arvilla and Kerop Davidian 

Edward and Nancy Davidian 

Cecilia M. Dibella 

Valerie L. and John C. Duggan 

Christine L. Emery 

Farmers Financial Group 

Fenuccio Electric 

Friends of Richard Simonian 

Elizabeth M. and Stephen F. 

Gaudet 

James J. and Joanne Geneva 

Vanessa L. and Andrew G. 

Haerle 

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Contributors 

Terrie J. Hanna 

Carol B. Hope 

Alida Howard 

Brian P. and Marie E. LaHair 

Ann B. Logan and Christopher 

C. Eccles 

Mr. and Mrs. Orrin W. Mason Jr 

Marsha R. Ovrut 

Kari A. Raffa 

Suzanne A. and Manuel 

Rodriques 

Karen G. and Raymond J. 

Rossetti 

Nancy A. Russell 

Judith A. Rutelonis 

Mario and Mary Savelloni 

Kim M. Simonian 

Mary and George Simonian Jr. 

Richard Simonian 

Steve Charette Agency 

Robert Sweet 

Thomas B. Carroll Insurance, Inc. 

Karen E. and Guy M. Vallaro 

Arthur and Ann Marie 

Varjabedian 

Barbara A. Wrenn 

John J. Simpson Jr. Memorial 

Fund 

Kevin and Linda O'Sullivan 

Spag's Supply Fund 

Sandra E. Travinski 

Steelman Expository Writing 


David C. Steelman and Virginia 

Theo-Steelman 

Sylvia Gafvert Stubblebine 

Fund 

Joyce G. Adderley 

Swedish National Federation 

Fund 

In memory of Alice L. Carlson 

Robert Belden 

Norman B. and Anne Maja 

Blodgett 

Richard Cahill 

Clark University 

Harry C. and Frances R. Gadde 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hohler 

Gordon F. and Norma M. Hohne 

Susan E. Johnson 

Leif and Siw M. Kristiansson 

Ingrid V. Lawrence 

Elsie Lindof 

Isabelle A. and Linda I. Nelson 

Philip C. and Patty J. Nyberg 

Quinsigamond Lodge #517, Vasa 

Order of America 

Barbara A. Rosen 

Ingrid and John E. Ward 

Tahanto Regional High School 


Anonymous (3) 

Martha E. Bigelow 

Boylston Mass Auto Body 

Tom and Nancy Buckingham 

Alice Carlin 

Clinton Savings Charitable 


Robert W. and Edith M. Comeau 

Cary J. and Nancy Corkin 

Helen J. and Paul B. Dexter 

Thomas D. and Cindy Erle 

M. Joy Foley 

Gerald Gleich and Francesca 

Bang 

Nitin and Sunita Godiwala 

Gary R. and Jacqueline A. 

Gothing 

Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Harris 

Louise Roseberry Janda 

Brian C. and Lorna J. Keane 

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Kennedy 

Margaret J. Klimaski 

Barbara H. Krackhardt 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Larson 

Luvak, Inc. 

Marla D. and Peter S. Lyon 

Barry and Mary Ellen Matthew 

Madeline and Robert F. 

McTague Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mecca 

Milano Regulatory Solutions/ 

Jake and Ellen Milano 

Peter W. and Emilie A. Moran 

Charles and Lynda Nelson 

Dean and Liz Polnerow 

John P. and Ornella R. Quinn 

Joanne B. Reitzel 

Thomas A. and Mary Rinker/Bay 

Path Barn 

Dave and Donni Rodman 

Ann M. and David W. Rossow 

Daniel and Joan Shanahan and 

Family 

Carl M. Sharpe 

Florence L. Smith 

Robert L. and Paula A. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. David Wheeler 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. 

Wheeler Sr. 

Woodward/Wheeler Family 

In memory of Raymond DiMuzio 

Helen M. DiMuzio 

Paul E. Tarkiainen Art Award 

Fund 

Terri and Bob Girouard 

Cindy and Albert LaBarge 

Lori and Todd LaBarge 

LaBarge Engineering & 

Contracting 

Teri Patriquin 

Temple Sinai Fund 

Temple Sinai 

Candi Tiarks Cancer Research 

Fund 

In memory of William Yeager 

Anonymous 

Stanley and Patricia L. Burden 

Robert J. and Nancy Chapman 

Charlene C. Chase 

Don's Mobile Unit Inc. 

Kenneth J. and Maria R. 

Doucette 

Vincent Doucette 

Elaine S. Fortier 

John E. Freyer 

Stanley and Cheryl Friedlander 

Lan Goodwin and Cathy Woods 

William and Judy Hobstetter 

Margo A. and Leo E. Knight Jr. 

Land Title Guarantee Company 

Maria T. Lang 

Candace A. Lee 

Old Republic International 

Corporation 

Old Republic National Title 

Insurance Company 

Thomas and Melva Peot 

Scott Rager 

Fredricka Taubitz 

Bill and Leslie Vollbracht 

Steven R. and Heather Walker 

Ellen and Steve Wilson 

Sumner B. Tilton Memorial 


Sumner B. Tilton Jr. 

Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship 

Fund 

Robert E. Evans and Kathleen K. 

Evans Family Foundation 

Genworth Financial 

Frank M. and Christine Gigliotti 

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Hryniewich 

Peter J. and Pauline F. Lorden 

Christine M. McCarthy 

Kathleen A. McCarthy 

MetLife Foundation 

Stuart and Lisa V. Sargisson 

Elaine Edmunds Shower 

Robert P. Stalilonis and Angele 

M. C. Patenaude 

Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship 


Dorothy C. Tinsley 

Margaret and Gordon 

Torgersen Fund 

In memory of Rev. Dr. Gordon M. 

Torgersen 

Isabel K. Arms 

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Barry 

John C. and Mary G. Bath 

Christina M. Bergenholtz 

Peter and Marilyn Blanchard 

Suzanne and Herb Boswell 

Bowditch & Marinelli, Inc. 

Joan H. and Norman M. Bress 


Chester F. and Sylvia V. Caswell 

Linda D. and Peter A. Chadwick 

Pamela A. Cirincione 

Patricia L. Cordier 

Keith and Lois Dahlberg 

Nancy L. Dahlberg 

Joe H. and Elizabeth D. Doud 

Mary F. Duffy 

Emmanuel Baptist Church 


Eugene A. Fischer 

Mary F. and Warner S. Fletcher 


John and Anita Haynes 

Robert C. and Alice E. Hohler 

Nason A. Hurowitz and Martha 

P. Grace 

Pamela Keogh 

Kathy L. and John F. Lanza Jr. 

Shpresa C. Lee 

Kathleen J. Lewando 

Ruth M. Linden 


Mr. and Mrs. David S. Loeffler 

John Loeffler 

Eleanor, David and Bruce Long 

John W. Lund 

Elsie Magill 

Family of Alexandra Markello 


Helen J. Morey 

Cynthia L. and Constantine L. 

Mourginis 

Nancy Jean and William S. 

Muszynski 

Roland T. and Ethel E. Nelson 

Howard W. and Gertrude B. 

Nicholson 

Mary S. and Joseph C. Oakley 

Herbert J. and Christine 

O'Connor 

Kelly A. O'Connor and Craig A. 

Stimson 

Jean C. Osborne 



Joanne M. Reegan 

Dr. and Mrs. Willard G. Rice 




Denisha R. and Eliseo 

Sanchez Sr. 

Donald F. and Judith L. 

Stoddard 

Susan Stuart 

Audrey J. Terpo 

Gale B. and Philip G. Torgersen 

William D. Wallace 

Dr. and Mrs. Wen Yang Wen 

Joyce A. and Robert G. Wolcott 

Kimball R. Woodbury 

Jasmine Vasquez-Okutoro and 

Moses Okutoro 


Contributors 

Water and Land Stewardship 

Fund 

Donald and Mary Melville 

Webster Square Business 

Association Scholarship Fund 

Webster Square Business 

Association 

Leroy Weiner Scholarship Fund 

Gail Weiner Korval 

In honor of Bibe Schlesinger’s 

birthday 

Betty and Ed Shuman 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wetzel 

Fund 

Joy Wetzel Hall through United 


Todd H. and Charlotte A. 

Wetzel Fund 

Todd H. Wetzel through United 


Whittier Family Charitable Gift 

Fund 

Henry and Donna Whittier 

Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson 

Fund 

Irving N. Wolfson MD 

Worcester Animal Rescue 

League Fund 

Glenn C. DeMallie 

Robert K. Massey Jr. 

Worcester County Poetry 

Association Founders Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael True 


Association 

WTAG Christmas for Children 

Fund 

Joe Abbascia 

Billy and Janice Abdelnour 

Advanced Energy Concepts 

Adeline M. Anderson 

Anonymous (2) 

Lenore C. Armstrong 

William and Valerie Barrett and 

Family 

Suzanne and Steven Berard 

Martha E. Bigelow 

Wendy A. Bragg 

Richard P. and Ellen M. Brigham 

Richard J. Burgess 

Mildred Bushong 

Henry Camosse Jr. 

Beverly F. Cancelmo 

Wanda and Dallas Cantlin 

Mary and Francis R. Carroll 

Mickey Chapman 

Paul and Nancy T. Chase 

Eleanor Laing Clifford 

George Coleman 

John J. Conte 

Donna A. and James A. 

Cummings 

Judith A. Dacey 

John F. Dansereau 

Darcy Design Construction 

Antonio J. Delgado 

Committee to Elect Vinny 

DeMacedo 

George E. Dickey Jr. 

Susan J. and James G. 

Dobson Jr. 

Philip Drapos 

Committee to Elect Joseph D. 

Early Jr. 

Engine 15 

Alfred S. Erlich 

Dale P. Fafard 

Mark and Anne Marie Farrell 

Kurt Farrington 

Donna M. Fiore 

Craig F. Fitzgerald 

Cynthia M. Flaherty 

David T. Flood 

Gail and Dennis Foley 

Committee to Elect John Fresolo 

Galway Bay 

Richard W. and Joyce E. Green 

Nancy J. and Benjamin A. 

Greene 

Ellen M. Gregus 

Patricia A. Hall 

James M. Hallaman 

David L. Hammond 

Dorothy Hargrove 

Mary Haroyan 

Richard J. and Mary Lou 

Hastings 

Nancy D. Hawley 

Jeanne M. Hays 

Dennis M. Head Jr. 

Beth A. Heckman 

Donna J. Hendrickson 

Bruce R. and Nancy E. Herholz 

Immedia 

Arthur and Sophie Innamorati 

International Brotherhood of 

Electrical Workers Local 

Union 96 

Paul R. Jackson 

Joe Dimaggio Little League 

Penelope B. Johnson 

Knight Incorporated/Daniel and 

Jane O'Connor 

Mary Ann Kourey 

Steven LaBarre 

Laborers International Union of 

NA Local 243 

Jonathan W. Lacob 

Debra LaVergne 

Sharon and Richard Lawson 

James L. LeClaire 

Patricia A. Lee 

Richard E. and Joanne M. 

Leveillee 

Sydney Levy 

Otto R. and Ulrike R. Lies 

Seth J. Lillis 

Lilly's Bakery 

Susan M. Mailman 

Leslie A. Malloy 

Annette M. and Robert R. 

Mangaudis 

Magdalena P. Margelony 

Mr. Mawson's U.S. History Class 

at Doherty Memorial HS 

Irene L. Mayo 

Andrew P. and Lisa K. Mazurka 

and Sierra 

Brian McCarthy 

Denise A. McElhinney 

Lynn and Robert McLaughlin 

Dottie McLoughlin 

Mary McLoughlin 

Susan M. McNamara 

Janice and Sebastian Messina Jr. 

Ellen S. and David A. Meyers 

Peter E. Michaud 

JoAnn and David Mills 

John Monfredo 

Donna Murdock 

Murphy Family 

Nancy and Karl Nelson 

Marcia Norbeck 

Kurt A. Nordquist 

Neal M. Novack DMD 

James J. and Theresa M. O'Brien 

Jonathan Olson 

Jeanne F. O'Malley 

Carol A. O'Sullivan 

Our Lady of the Angels 5th 

Grade Class 

Gloria J. Padula 

Penny Wise Markets 

Committee to Elect Michael C. 

Perotto City Council 

Michael C. Perotto Insurance 

Agency 

Committee to Re-Elect George 

N. Peterson Jr. 

Joseph M. and Gayle A. Petty 

Rene H. Picard 

Doris and Donald Piche 

Robert F. and Carole E. Pietro 

Shirley I. Prachniak 

Protech 

Quizno's Subs 

Raymond Raboin 

Lawrence M. Raymond 

Peter S. and Kimberlee A. 

Riggsby 

Judith A. Robbins 

Augusta J. Rosen 

Gary Rosen 




Edward E. Ryan lll 

Paul A. Samar 

Mary Shea 

Thomas F. and Carolyn B. Shilale 

Janice Silverman 

Jean O'Hara Siniawski 

Barbara L. Sleeper 

Richard P. Smith 

Anne M. Spellane 

Janet Stanavich 

Paul F. Stapinski 

Patricia Strong 

Marcelle A. Stuart 

Susan H. Sullivan 

Tanks Unlimited 

Victor M. Taylor 

TLC Pet Haven 

Kathleen Toomey and Family 

Gail C. and Peter A. Tosi 

Skip and Loretta Twichell 

Union Music 

Anna-Maria Vacca 

Wachusett Babe Ruth Baseball 

League 

Marsha K. and Ronald W. 

Wagner 

Christian K. Weber 

Robert W. Welch 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wells 

Peter D. and Shelie A. Wells 

West Tatnuck School, Mrs. 

Keaney's 5th Grade Class 

Helen V. Williams 

Worcester Administrative 

Officers' Association 

Worcester Fire Fighters 

Association Local 1009 

Worcester Police Department 

WTAG Listeners 

Margaret B. Zytkiewicz 

Youth Opportunity Fund 

Richard Monette Landscaping & 

Construction 

Youth Opportunities Upheld, 

Inc. Fund 

Y.O.U., Inc. 

Every effort has been made to 

ensure the accuracy of this list. 

If we have made an error, please 

let us know. 


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New Funds 

A gallery of creative giving 

Jane Bath Fund 

Shrewsbury resident Sandra Celona honors the memory of her 

friend Jane Bath with this donor advised fund that supports 

programs serving youth and families. 

Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund 

Edward Bettke created this designated fund 

to benefit several of his family’s favorite 

schools: Christ Community Lutheran School 

in Naples, Florida; St. Andrew Lutheran 

School in Chicago; and in nearby Melrose 

Park, Walther Lutheran School. 

George S. and Tammy Butler Fund 

George and Tammy Butler of Boylston created this donor 

advised fund to bring more planning and continuity to their 

charitable activities. 

Admiral and Mrs. Louis E. Denfeld 


This fund was created with a bequest from 

Ruth Denfeld of Westborough and faithfully 

administered by trustees through a law firm. 

They chose the Foundation as the ideal home 

to perpetuate and manage this scholarship 

for Westborough High School graduates. 

Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/Andover Fund 

Jane Dewey of Worcester created this 

designated fund for the Abbot Academy, 

one of the nation’s first schools for girls 

and since 1973 a component of Phillips 

Andover Academy. 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund 

for Wellesley College 

Wellesley alumna Jane Kenah Dewey ’52 

created this endowed fund as her class gift. 

Stephen G. Economos 

Scholar Athlete Fund 

Worcester businessman Stephen Economos, 

known as “Mr. E,” was a generous 

contributor to youth organizations and for 

five decades he coached youth and college 

softball. His daughter Christina spearheaded 

this fund, which will award scholarships to 

softball players. 

Fred and Leona Eppinger 


What do you give your parents for their 

60th wedding anniversary? The Eppinger 

family chose to create a scholarship fund 

for college-bound students at David Prouty 

High School in Spencer. 

Friends of the Upton Town Library Fund 

The Friends of Upton Town Library is a 

nonprofit that promotes the joy of reading. 

Its agency fund will pay for items not 

covered in the library budget and bolster an 

upcoming campaign to improve 

library facilities. 

Barbara H. Gaudette Fund 

Barbara Gaudette created this donor advised fund to benefit the 

communities of Worcester and the Blackstone Valley. 

Paul J. Gramling Memorial Scholarship Fund for 

Compassionate Care Giving to People with Alzheimer’s 

The late Dr. Paul Gramling was the longserving 

chief of emergency services at St. 

Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Late in life, 

he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. His 

wife, Dr. Kathryn Gramling, honors her 

husband with this fund, which supports 

continuing education to those who care for 

Alzheimer’s patients. 

The Hedin Family Memorial Fund and 

Hedin Family Memorial Emergency Fund 

Retired high school teacher Richard E. 

Hedin of Auburn honors his parents, 

Blanche and Harold Hedin, with these funds, 

which help people with critical needs and 

provide scholarships to Auburn High School 

students pursuing a teaching career. 

Charles Hugo Community 

Service Award Fund 

When Charles F. Hugo died in 2005 at age 

77, the town of Holden lost an ardent and 

effective champion. His daughter Lisa Hugo 

led the effort to honor him by creating this 

scholarship, which benefits graduating 

seniors of Wachusett Regional High School. 

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New Funds 

Each fund is an inspired act that enriches the community 

Kirby Foundation Fund 

The Kirby family’s five siblings and their 

spouses were introduced to philanthropy 

as trustees of a family foundation created 

by their late father, Robert Kirby. They 

established this donor advised fund to honor 

their sister, Lisa Kirby Gibbs of Worcester, 

and support her local interests. 

Leicester High School Football Alumni 


In 1960, the Leicester High School football 

team had an undefeated season and many of 

the teammates stay in touch as members of 

the LHS Football Alumni Club. Through 

this permanent fund, the club will award 

scholarships to the school’s college-bound football players. 

Peter H. and Catherine H. Levine Fund 

Peter and Cathy Levine created this donor 

advised fund to support philanthropic 

interests that include gardening, youth 

services and musical performance as well as 

their abiding engagement in health care that 

reflects Peter’s long career as a physician, 

researcher and hospital CEO. 

Master Singers of Worcester Fund 

This agency endowment fund celebrates 

the 32nd anniversary of the Master 

Singers of Worcester, whose superb choral 

performances are backed by strong fiscal 

management. 

Matthew 25 Father Joseph LaBran S.J. 

House Fund 

In honor of Father Joseph LaBran S.J., a 

former chaplain at Holy Cross College, this 

fund will support a project by Matthew 

25, a nonprofit that renovates multi-family 

properties to create affordable rental 

housing for low-income families. 

Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Fund 

Mahroo and Barry Morgan of Worcester will use their fund to 

sustain two cherished institutions: the First Unitarian Church 

and the Worcester Art Museum. 

Lillian S. Pratt Fund 

Lillian Sophia Prikacki was a Lithuanian- 

American who dressed with flair, drove a 

sports car, and traveled the world with her 

companion, Jimmy. She died in Worcester 

at age 97, leaving a charitable bequest to 

create a fund that benefits Abby’s House and 

UMass Memorial Hospice. 

Evelyn and Sumner Silver Fund 

Longstanding environmental advocate 

Evelyn Silver and her husband Sumner, an 

attorney in Worcester, created this fund to 

benefit local environmental organizations 

in perpetuity. 

Claudia Simonian Scholarship Fund 

Claudia Simonian was a beloved Sutton 

elementary school principal and anonymous 

philanthropist. Claudia’s family honors her 

with this scholarship fund, which will help 

financially needy students of Sutton 

High School. 

Temple Sinai Fund 

Temple Sinai is celebrating its 50th 

anniversary. Its endowment committee 

created this agency fund to ensure the 

continuity and growth of this thriving 

congregation and religious school in the 

Reform Judaism tradition. 

Whittier Family Charitable Gift Fund 

Sutton residents Henry “Ross” Whittier and Donna Whittier 

established this donor advised fund to support their varied local 

interests including educational programs for youth and teens. 

Worcester Animal Rescue League Fund 

Robert K. Massey Jr. created this fund to 

honor his late father, Robert K. Massey Sr., 

a founder of Greater Worcester Community 

Foundation. The fund helps the Worcester 

Animal Rescue League care for lost and 

abandoned animals. 


39

Invitation to the Acorn Society 

Acorn Society Members 

Anonymous (2) 

John Adam Jr. 

Isabel K. Arms 

Brian L. and Betty G. Bjurling 

Cushing C. Bozenhard 


Kenneth and Nancy Candito 


Elizabeth O. Dean 

Francis H. Dewey III 



Richard and Carol Dymek 

Elmer E. Ellison Jr. * 



Claire L. Halvey 

Harriet P. Miller Hight * 

Forrest A. and Shirley H. Jacobs 

Frances and M Howard Jacobson 

Patricia L. and Kenneth R. Jones 

David P. Leach and Audrey Klein-Leach 

Catherine H. and Peter H. Levine MD 

Margaret D. Lincoln 

Ann T. Lisi 

John W. Lund 

Barbara B. and Raymond E. Morin 

John M. Nelson 


Bonnie M. Prescott 

Gloria and John A. Rauth 

Susan and C. Reid Roberts MD 

Linda Carlson Romano 

Evelyn B. Silver 

David C. Steelman and 

Virginia Theo-Steelman 

Helen M. Stinson 

Cynthia C. and Harrison G. Taylor Jr. 


Irving N. Wolfson MD 

David K. Woodbury 

Kimball R. and Elizabeth Woodbury 

New Members 


Mark P. Bilotta and Henry O. Ritter 

Maurice J. and Pamela K. Boisvert 

James S. Demetry 

Dina R. and Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III 

Richard Hedin 

Paul and Fay Rossley 

Sally S. Schenck 

* Deceased 2008 

Acorn Society members include Paul and Fay Rossley (left) and Tony Tilton, a former 

Foundation president. 

We invite you to join the ever-growing roster of Acorn Society members. 

Becoming a member is simple: Just let us know that you have named the 

Foundation as a beneficiary of your estate. 

Your deferred gift can be a portion of your estate—as little as one percent of its 

total value. Or with a donation of $10,000 or more, you can establish a named fund. 

While helping to secure the future of the Foundation, your planned gift may 

provide you with significant tax advantages. And as a Society member, you will 

be invited to special events, including our annual meeting, investment breakfast, 

and Insights Tours, which bring donors and service providers together to explore 

issues critical to Greater Worcester. 

We are deeply grateful to every member of the Acorn Society, including those 

who prefer to remain anonymous. Your legacy strengthens your Foundation—and 

your community. Find out more by contacting Ann T. Lisi, Executive Director, at 

(508) 755-0980 or atlisi@greaterworcester.org. 

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Your legacy strengthens your Foundation— 

and your community. 


Named Funds 


Since 1975, generous individuals, families and organizations have used 

the Foundation to manage their charitable giving through a named fund. 

Established with a gift of $10,000 or more, these funds produce income for 

grant making that supports organizations and purposes defined by the donor. 

Fund types: 

• Discretionary, field of interest and committee advised funds support the 

changing needs of the community 

• Donor advised funds allow donors to make grant recommendations 

• Designated and agency funds support a particular organization 

• Scholarship funds provide tuition assistance to students 

The following list notes the year that each fund was created and its balance as 

of December 31, 2007. Some balances have been omitted at donor request. 

Sarah B. and Dix F. Davis Fund (2002) 

$15,711 

Eliza D. and Cora J.D. Dodge Fund 

(1985) $7,037,360 

Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth 

Fund (1983) $127,189 

EMC Community Fund (2000) $46,335 

Fairlawn Foundation Fund (1991) 

$10,628,370 

Fallon/OrNda Community Health 

Fund (1996) $5,735,732 

Andrew N. Ahlfors and Helmi E. 

Ahlfors Fund (2002) $302,819 

Lois Anne Memorial Fund (1993) 

$39,422 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund (1986) 

$15,776 

Fund for the Arts and Humanities 

(1993) $362,174 

The Auburn Foundation (2002) 

Nils Bjork Memorial Fund (1992) 

$43,219 

Robert W. Booth Fund in Memory of 

George F. Booth (1988) $9,692,529 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. 

Fund (1987) $209,548 

Bowditch & Dewey Fund (1989) 

$218,691 

Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch Fund 

(1990) $72,988 

Cancer Care and Research Fund (1991) 

$21,208 

John Carter “High Five” Youth 

Hockey Fund (1996) $16,001 

Central Massachusetts Health 

Standards Fund (1990) $162,200 

Children’s Christmas Fund (1991) 

$19,148 

Child Wellness Fund (2001) $12,381 

Elva E. and John J. Chisholm Fund 

(1989) $6,530,182 

Barbara E. and William E. Christensen 

Fund (1998) $65,803 

Community Ministries Fund (2006) 

$26,115 

Dr. Harold M. Constantian Fund (1997) 

$14,850 

Fairman C. Cowan Fund (1995) $62,344 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund (2006) $961,322 

Robert and Mary S. Cushman Fund 

(1978) $430,061 

Richard C. Daniels Fund (2001) 

$780,953 

Anna S. and Warren G. Davis Fund 

(1998) $16,373 

Jean B. and Gilbert S. Davis Fund 

(1994) $38,963 

Rosemary Davis Environmental 

Preservation Fund (2001) $62,849 

Charles H. Farnum Fund (2003) 

$1,448,594 

Marion Stoddard Fletcher Fund (1992) 

$1,707,364 

Founders Fund (1983) $506,987 

Samuel Frank Charitable Fund (1993) 

$428,811 

Esther and Howard G. Freeman Fund 

(1984) $71,356 

Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund 

(1998) $91,025 

Garfield Berry Fund (1998) $11,636 

Ragnhild L. Gersdorf Fund (1994) 

$60,613 

GLBT Partnership Fund (2005) $185,176 

Haskell and Ina Gordon Fund (1980) 

$26,165 

Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Fund 

(1982) $281,581 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth (2001) 

$70,555 

Margery M. and O. Vincent Gustafson 

Fund (1980) $87,160 


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Named Funds 



Scholarship Fund: Ruth and John 

Adam Founders (2000) $4,276,963 

Greater Worcester Jaycees Fund (1997) 

$42,492 

Raymond P. Harold Discretionary 

Fund (1982) $174,318 

Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. 

Harrington Human Services Fund 

(1992) $1,556,847 

Rosemary Marble Harris Fund (2001) 

$26,352 

Orville Harrold Fund (2005) $383,452 

Barbara S. Massey Fund (2000) $985,789 

Micah Housing Corporation Fund 

(1981) $18,856 

James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan 

Fund (2003) $123,221 

Marc Needleman Memorial Fund 

(2000) $10,180 

Organization Assistance Fund (1996) 

$129,269 

Partnership Fund (1990) $250,652 

Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund 

(2004) $20,545 

Harry G. Stoddard Fund (1992) 

$1,068,489 

Estelle M. Sullivan Fund (2003) 

$193,893 

Gilbert H. Sundberg Fund (1987) 

$33,805 

D. Russell and Atsye S. Taft Fund 

(1992) $867,310 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund (2002) $725,886 

Tree Fund (2000) $9,243 

Corinne Charron Turner Fund (1986) 

$23,349 

Bradley C. Higgins Fund (1982) 

$185,546 

Harriet Miller Hight Education Fund 

with the Association of Colored 

Peoples (1982) $61,812 

The Robert M. and Carolyn G. Hyde 

Fund (1998) $49,591 

Jeppson Memorial Fund (1976) 

$1,497,612 

Jiji’s Fund (1999) $19,561 

Albert R. and Carolyn Jones Fund 

(1995) $223,496 

John F. and Reyna Keenan Fund (1994) 

$19,518 

Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell 

Nesbit Memorial Fund (1984) $691,833 

Max H. Kuhner and Eloise A. Kuhner 

Fund (2005) $412,129 

Nancy and Michael Leavitt Fund (1984) 

$5,221 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund (1997) 

$1,272,506 

Main South Fund (1999) $45,446 

Frances F. Mansfield Fund (1996) 

$29,479 

Marlene and David Persky Fund (1997) 

$72,306 

Ann J. and Richard Prouty Fund (1988) 

$446,375 

Providence & Worcester Railroad 

Company Fund (1991) $74,691 

Renaissance Award Fund (2004) 

$148,214 

Melvin and Martha Rosenblatt Fund 

(1985) $73,298 

Saint Vincent Healthcare Fund (1999) 

$181,148 

Seven Hills Youth Fund (1995) $11,441 

Norman L. and Dorothy A. Sharfman 

Fund (2004) $2,596,534 

Sumner Lee Sharfman Fund (1984) 

$94,839 

Shepherd Knapp School Fund (1979) 

$747,684 

Alice C.A. Sibley Fund (2004) $673,164 

Evelyn and Sumner Silver Fund (2007) 

$10,039 NEW 

H. Arthur Smith Fund (1986) $460,725 

Spag’s Supply Fund (1986) $39,711 

UniBank September 11th Emergency 

Personnel Education Fund (2002) 

$31,081 

Water and Land Stewardship Fund 

(2000) $324,549 

Curtis G. Watkins Education Fund 

(1995) $22,136 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wetzel Fund 

(1983) $382,861 

Robert J. and Anne C. Whipple Fund 

(1997) $9,904 

Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund 

(1998) $13,156 

Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs 

Association Fund (1999) $21,517 

Worcester Credit Bureau Fund (1992) 

$1,686,037 

Worcester Executives Association 

- Dana DeAngelis McDonald Fund 

(2000) $7,640 

Youth For Community Improvement 

Endowment Fund (2002) $14,647 

Youth Opportunity Fund (1981) 

$1,013,541 


Named Funds 


Argitis Family Fund (2004) 

$34,100 

Isabel K. Arms Fund (2005) 

$43,382 


Education Fund (1986) 

Jane Bath Fund (2007) 

$25,846 NEW 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. 

Fund (1987) $213,477 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund (2005) 

$35,337 

The Douglas P. Butler Fund (1998) 

$17,918 

George S. and Tammy Butler Fund 

(2007) $99,922 NEW 

Marcia Butzel Fund (2001) 

William R. and Janet A. Carrick Fund 

(1998) $30,709 

Wynne L. Chase Fund (1998) 

$226,963 

Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund (2001) 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund 

(2000) $29,180 

Gene J. DeFeudis Fund (1991) 

$139,025 

Mary C. DeFeudis Fund (1991) 

$182,892 

Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz 

Fund (1993) $34,617 

Martha L. and William P. Densmore 

Fund (1999) $94,745 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund 

(1994) $126,320 

Morgan B. and Loretta R. Dewey 

Fund (2001) $12,751 

Carolyn Knight Dik Fund (1998) 

$22,162 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund (1993) 

$16,558 

Barbara M. and Irving James 

Donahue Jr. Fund (1993) $16,763 

Lillian Knowles Eldred Fund of 

Pakachoag Church for the Support of 

Sacred Music (1999) $32,265 

Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer 

Erikson Fund (1996) $34,043 

Finnish American Social Club Fund 

(1998) $285,160 

Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund 

(1991) $14,539 

A. Jane Fitzpatrick, M.D. and Edward 

F. Kilroy, M.D. Fund (1998) $11,611 

Phyllis and Stuart Freilich Charitable 

Foundation Fund (1999) $107,879 

Barbara H. Gaudette Fund (2007) 

$20,000 NEW 

Lillian R. Goodman and Mary 

K. Alexander Fund for Nursing 

Education and Research (1999) $49,599 

Margaret A. and Ralph H. Gowetz 

Fund (1990) $43,136 

Paul J. Gramling Memorial 

Scholarship Fund for Compassionate 

Caregiving to People with 

Alzheimer’s (2007) $7,619 NEW 

Lois B. and Robert F. Green Fund 

(2001) $16,801 


(1986) $231,692 

Paul E. Cohan Fund (2000) 

$30,879 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford 

Fund (2004) $969,542 

Elizabeth A. Culhane Memorial Fund 

(2000) $13,113 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund (1999) 

Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund 

(2000) $2,979,154 

Dana L. DeAngelis-McDonald 

Memorial Fund (2002) $14,308 

Participants in the Foundation’s Youth for Community Improvement program 

become acquainted at a winter retreat before they start their season of grantmaking. 


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Newell and Betty Hale Fund (2001) 

$2,080,537 

Joseph F. and Claire L. Halvey Fund 

(2002) $7,256 

Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund 

(1982) $162,628 

Harris Family Fund (2001) $13,136 


Emergency Fund (2007) NEW 

Frances M. Herron Fund (1997) 

$95,556 

Ann D. and Louis C. Iandoli Fund 

(1986) 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund (2002) 

$93,897 

W. David and Lee Norton Kelly 

Family Fund (2002) $19,244 

Kesseli and Morse Company Fund 

(1998) $12,378 

Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew 

Meany Memorial Fund (2003) 

Kirby Foundation Fund (2007) 

$13,996 NEW 

Augusta H. Kressler, M.D. Fund (2002) 

$20,073 

George and Anna Krikorian Family 

Fund (1994) $280,015 

Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux 

Fund (2000) $11,155 

The LaVigne Family Fund (1992) 

Anne A. Levine Fund (1995) 

$16,787 

Peter H. and Catherine H. Levine 

Fund (2007) $73,000 NEW 

Named Funds 


Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor 

Advised Fund (2004) $64,997 

Lisi-Greene Fund (2004) 

$13,216 

Konstantina B. Lukes Fund (1986) 

$4,922 

MacLean Family Fund (2004) $28,620 

Sandy C. Marks Jr. Biomedical 

Education Fund (2003) $25,500 

Marla Maykel Fund (2001) $45,419 

Charles H. McDonald Memorial 

Foundation (2005) $9,523 

C. Jean and Myles McDonough Fund 

(1988) $31,741 

James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan 

Donor Advised Fund (2003) $21,676 

John M. Nelson Fund (1990) $150,912 

Ernest Osterman Family Fund (2004) 

Pakachoag Church Fund for Human 

Understanding (1999) $35,197 

Arthur M. Pappas and Martha R. 

Pappas Donor Advised Foundation 

(2002) 

Pelletz Family Fund (2003) $64,727 

Town of Petersham Fund (1984) 

$159,254 

The Pyle Fund (1986) $597,912 

Quota International of Worcester 

Fund (1998) $12,988 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund (1995) 

$202,058 

Donna R. C. and John E. Sansoucy 

Fund (2006) $12,385 

Charles E. Scott Community Fund 

(1997) $12,265 

Charles E. Soule Paul Revere 

Insurance Group Centennial Fund 

(1995) $70,772 

Candi Tiarks Cancer Research Fund 

(1996) $15,663 

Margaret and Gordon Torgersen 

Fund (2000) $26,143 

Margaret W. and Richard P. Traina 

Fund (1999) $15,027 

Trust in Kids Fund (1987) $73,216 

Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt 

Fund (1997) $36,807 

Todd H. and Charlotte A. Wetzel 

Fund (1992) $28,927 

Whittier Family Charitable Gift 


Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund 

(1999) $88,244 

WTAG Christmas For Children Fund 

(2000) $105,819 


Hollis E. and Gwendolyn D. Alden 

Fund (1977) $143,726 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund (1986) 

$15,819 

Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund 

(2004) $389,203 

Edward W. Bettke Scholarship Fund 


Barbara Allen Booth Fund (2001) 

$134,731 

Robert W. Booth Fund for the 

Worcester Historical Museum (2002) 

$639,457 

Bosler Humane Society Fund (1986) 

$57,131 

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund 

(1995) $37,117 

H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III 

Fund (2000) $11,458 

Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund 

(1987) $279,534 

John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund 

(2003) $14,466 

Central Massachusetts Disaster 

Relief Residue Trust Fund (1980) 

$77,079 

Chesson Family Fund (1991) $19,270 

Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. 

Ciaffone Fund (2005) $32,985 

Martha A. Cowan Fund (1987) $55,208 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford 

Endowment Fund for the Pearl L. 

Crawford Memorial Library (2006) 

$539,108 

Ethel S. Cunningham Fund (1987) 

$123,223 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund for 

Wellesley College (2007) $34,126 NEW 

Named Funds 

Designated Funds 

Jane Kenah Dewey Abbot/Andover 


Directors and Corporators 

Community Impact Fund (2007) $17,519 

NEW 

Directors and Corporators Fund (1984) 

$782,047 

Douglas Center Cemetery 

Preservation Fund (1999) $37,274 

Marjorie G. and Elmer E. Ellison Jr. 

Fund (2001) $16,436 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold Joy of 

Music Fund (2006) $6,447 

Shirley Feldman Fund (2005) $22,001 

First Congregational Parish, Unitarian 

Fund (2006) $59,581 

First Unitarian Church Fund (2006) 

$148,546 

Patricia Fisher Fund (2006) $36,235 

Newell Hale Memorial Fund (2003) 

$24,539 

Ginette Harrison, M.D. Memorial 

Fund (2001) $107,883 

Hendricks House Preservation Fund 

(1999) $148,320 

Honee A. Hess Partnership With 

Children Fund (1996) $25,791 

Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund 

(1979) $112,861 

Holden Council on Aging/Senior 

Center Fund (2003) $12,785 

Jeppson Memorial Fund (1976) 

$2,455,776 

Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund (2001) 

$84,197 

Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler 

Fund (1997) $83,112 

Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund 

(1996) $29,607 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund (1988) 

$56,751 

Max H. and Eloise A. Kuhner 

Memorial Fund (2005) $355,488 

John W. Lund Fund (1993) $178,644 

Frances F. Mansfield Fund (1996) 

$88,092 

Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund (2001) 

$15,742 


McGuinness Fund (2004) $82,186 

Edward P. Miner and Dauphinais Park 


Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Fund 


Vasiliky Strates Moschos Memorial 

Fund (2002) $19,613 

Rani P. and Haribabu Muddana, M.D. 

Fund (2001) $42,469 

C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell 

Fund (1999) $81,346 

Norcross Heritage Fund (2004) $14,217 

Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. 

Pettit Jr. Fund (1996) $32,965 

Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory 

of Patsy and Theresa Pezzella (1999) 

$21,422 

Pomfret Community School Arts Fund 

(2006) $46,822 

Lillian S. Pratt Fund (2007) 

$19,879 NEW 

John A. Rauth Fund (2001) 

$31,384 

Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Fund (1993) 

$691,700 


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Named Funds 

Designated Funds 

Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund 

(1987) $40,622 

Marvin Richmond Fund (1998) $59,633 

Chapin Riley Fund (2000) $1,973,370 

Katharine Higgins Riley Fund (1991) 

$299,902 

Market Value of Funds by Type (millions) 

Market Value of Funds by Type (millions) 

$12.2 

$13.7 

Rogers-Kennedy Memorial Fund (2003) 

$21,944 

Saul A. Seder Fund (1991) $18,166 

H. Arthur Smith Fund (1986) $462,370 

Khazma A. Soffan Memorial Fund 

(2000) $67,618 

Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson 

Fund (2001) $13,430 

$25.2 

$15.9 

$19.5 

$15.1 

Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund 

(1978) $113,736 

$28.7 

Harold Davis Woodbury Fund (1987) 

$54,523 

Agency 

Donor Advised 

Committee Advised 

Field of Interest 

Discretionary 

Designated 

Scholarships 

Worcester Animal Rescue League 


Worcester Art Museum Booth Family 

Fund for Education and Outreach 

(1999) $2,324,107 

Worcester Arts and Humanities 

Educational Collaborative Fund (2002) 

$15,447 

Worcester Engineering Society Fund 

(1989) $25,784 

Worcester Historical Museum Robert 

W. Booth Fund for Salisbury Mansion 

(1995) $476,289 


African Heritage Institute Fund (1997) 

$6,136 

American Red Cross of Central 

Massachusetts Fund (2000) $15,192 

Auburn Youth and Family Services 


Father Miguel Bafaro Fund (1998) 

$13,201 

Barre Players Endowment Fund (1997) 

$10,354 

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring 

Fund (1999) $58,893 

Blackstone Valley Chamber of 

Commerce Education Foundation 

Fund (2005) $54,249 

Janet Alden Carrick Memorial Fund 

for the East Douglas Evergreen 

Cemetery (2006) $11,805 

Choose Worcester Fund (2005) 

$534,334 

Douglas Historical Society Fund 

(2000) $103,849 

Dynamy Fund (1997) $40,703 

East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 

Company Fund and Wallen Memorial 

Trust (2005) $330,400 

The Elm Park Center for Early 

Childhood Education Scholarship 

Fund (2006) $114,705 

Emmanuel Baptist Church 


Lois S. Feldman Fund (1990) $28,247 

First Congregational Church of 

Douglas Endowment Fund (1999) 

$15,776 

Friendly House Fund (2000) $34,911 

Friends of Gale Free Library 110th 


Named Funds 

Agency Funds 

Friends of Northbridge Elders Fund 

(1997) $55,077 

Friends of the Upton Town Library 


Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund 

for Mechanics Hall (1989) $688,222 

Great Brook Valley Health Center 

Fund (1984) $612,086 

Greater Worcester Land Trust Fund 

(1988) $60,017 

Roberta Gunn Fund for Board 

Development (2003) $16,173 

Joy of Music Program Beveridge and 

Frances Webster Endowment Fund 

(2000) $39,153 

Lincoln Village Tenants Association 

Fund (1997) $4,915 

Master Singers of Worcester Fund 


Matthew 25 Fund (1997) 

$210,125 

Millbury Public Library Endowment 

Fund (1991) $103,720 

National Memorial Trust Fund (1990) 

$15,329 

Rural Cemetery Fund (2006) 

$2,303,806 

Foundation program officer 

Lois Smith (left) and Susan 

Gately, associate dean of 

Worcester State College, 

were presenters at the 

2007 donor Insights Tour. 

South Worcester Neighborhood 

Center Growth Fund (1985) $62,440 

Tatnuck Brook Watershed Fund (1996) 

$4,694 

Temple Sinai Fund (2007) 

$286,000 NEW 

Touchstone Community School Fund 

(2005) $334,598 

United Way of Central Massachusetts 

Fund (1987) $3,729,991 

Worcester Area Association for the 

Education of Young Children Fund 

(1998) $18,061 

Worcester County Law Library Trust 

Fund (1998) $805,879 


Founders Fund (2002) $24,014 


Association’s Worcester Review Fund 

(2000) $89,866 

Worcester Historical Museum Fund 

(2002) $1,970,965 

Worcester Regional Research Bureau 

Fund (1989) $80,654 

Worcester Public Library Fund (1992) 

$31,605 

Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc. 

Fund (1987) $623,437 


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The Foundation’s endowed 

scholarship funds are listed here, 

followed by the year established, 

market value on December 31, 2007 

and the number and total dollar 

amount of approved awards. 

Adolfo Arrastia Beacon of Light 

Scholarship Fund (2005) $21,223 

One award - $725 

Helen P. Arsenault Memorial 


One award - $1,000 

Auburn Woman’s Club Scholarship 

Fund (2000) $41,433 

Two awards - $1,000 

AVID North Scholarship (2004) $8,869 


Dennis Elroy Barry Memorial 


Belmont Street Community School 



Loretta J. Belval Scholarship Fund 

(2002) $43,489 


Bruce S. Bennett Fund for Community 

Journalism (2006) $15,627 


Mary and John Buckley Memorial 

Education Fund (1998) $25,994 


Carrick Foundation Scholarship (2000) 

Five awards - $15,000 

Charlton Parent Teacher 

Organization Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$32,777 


Commonwealth Gas Employees’ 

Credit Union Scholarship (2003) 

Eleven awards - $13,900 

Named Funds 


Mary Connolly Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1999) $10,375 


Cutler Associates, Inc. Scholarship 

(Melvin S. Cutler Fund) (1986) $14,403 

Four awards - $6,000 

December 3rd Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$1,634,153 

Nineteen awards - $49,000 

Admiral and Mrs. Louis E. Denfeld 

Scholarship Fund (2007) $37,401 NEW 

Santo J. and Ellen M. DiDonato 

Memorial Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$257,539 


John and Fran Duke Scholarship Fund 

(2004) $9,621 


Richard and Carol Dymek Scholarship 

Fund (2006) $17,003 


Joseph D. Early Scholarship Fund 

(2006) $11,146 


East Brookfield Scholarship Fund 

(2004) $71,520 

Stephen G. Economos Scholar Athlete 


Jeffrey S. Edinberg Memorial 



Elm Park Community School 


Three awards - $2,000 

Fred and Leona Eppinger Scholarship 


Fairlawn Foundation Robert S. 

Schedin Scholarship for Health 

Studies (1991) 


Mary R. Fedeli Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2002) $73,772 


Anita and Nathaniel A. Feingold 



Norma and Saul Feingold Fund (1983) 

$21,682 


Finnish American Social Club 

Scholarship (1998) 


Gerald A. Fogarty Memorial 



Earl P. Fontaine Memorial 


Janet Fraser Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$272,874 


John F. Freeland Memorial Fund (2005) 

$26,685 


Friends of Rutland Heights Hospital 

Permanent Fund Scholarship (1993) 

$67,367 


Judge William Garbose Memorial 

Scholarship (1998) $50,706 


Derek Gaudette Memorial 


two awards - $2,000 

General Scholarship Fund (1990) 

$243,978 

nine awards - $8,500 

Matthew Gignac Memorial 



Robert P. Goulet Memorial 




Grantee Agency Scholarship (1996) 

Eight awards - $20,000 

Greg’s Grant Foundation Memorial 

Scholarship (1997) $198,830 


The Grynsel Educational Scholarship 

Fund and Summers Family 

Educational Scholarship (2006) $25,951 


Emil Haddad Jazz Scholarship Fund 

(2004) $26,973 

Two awards - $850 

Joseph F. and Claire L. Halvey 



The Hedin Family Memorial Fund 



Maureen Henrickson Memorial 



Charles Hugo Community Service 

Award Fund (2007) $41,744 NEW 

Debbie Anne Johnson Memorial 



Jenica L. Junnila Memorial 



Deborah A. Kaufman Scholarship 

Fund (1990) $20,902 


Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler 


Six awards - $6,500 

Keeping the Dream Alive Scholarship 

(1982) 


Leonard F. Leamy Scholarship Fund 

(2006) $691,663 


Named Funds 



Alumni Scholarship Fund (2007) $7,780 

NEW 

Leicester Samaritan Nursing 

Association Fund Scholarship (1996) 

$41,157 


Leicester Savings Bank Fund 



Mark MacPherson Lightbown 


$133,730 


Lincoln Village Tenant Association 



Mary Falby Logan and Francis Logan 

Jr. Scholarship Fund (2004) $24,632 


Konstantina B. Lukes Fund (1986) 


Lunenburg Opportunity Fund (1999) 

$275,158 


Lieutenant James “Jay” Lyons III 


$142,415 


Magee Family Education Fund (2003) 

$31,323 

Magee Family Scholarship for UMass 

Amherst (2004) $22,654 


Frances F. Mansfield Fund Scholarship 

(1996) $30,993 


Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness 



Anthony E. Mickunas Memorial 



Middlesex Savings Bank Scholarship 

(2005) 

Twenty-five awards - $28,000 

Michael Minty Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1988) $25,747 

Four awards - $949 

Constantine Mina and Vasiliky Strates 

Moschos Scholarship Fund (2005) 

$29,281 

Anne Carey Murphy Memorial 



Nichols Academy Fels Scholarship 

Fund (2001) $110,854 


Nichols Academy Scholarship Fund 

(2001) $73,813 


Arnold and Sylvia Nylund Scholarship 

Fund (2001) $12,515 


Sarah Daniels Pettit and William 

O. Pettit Jr. Scholarship Fund (1996) 

$74,979 


Richard W. Pierce Fund Scholarship 

(1985) $955,995 

Twenty-one awards - $26,265 

Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Scholarship 

Fund (2001) $139,480 


Barbara Marks Rothschild Arts & 

Education Scholarship Fund (2004) 

$17,104 


Ida and Murray Rotman Scholarship 

Fund (1985) $137,168 



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Andrew Sala Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1998) $75,213 


Herbert D. Sherwin Memorial 



William J. Short Scholarship Fund 

(2002) $63,143 


Alexander G. Simonatis Scholarship 

Fund (2004) $549,995 


Claudia Simonian Scholarship Fund 


John J. Simpson Jr. Memorial Fund 

(1993) $5,165 


Arthur J. Smith and Dorothy G. Smith 



Steelman Expository Writing 



Sylvia Gafvert Stubblebine 



Swedish National Federation Fund 



Tahanto Regional High School 



Paul E. Tarkiainen Art Award Fund 

(1995) $36,721 


Kathleen Terry Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2005) $27,154 


Sumner B. Tilton Memorial 

Scholarship Fund (1985) $2,273,180 

Thirty awards - $86,500 

Named Funds 


Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship Fund 

(2002) $163,088 

Thirty-nine awards - $22,750 

Tobin Family Fund (1999) $20,591 


Carmen Tobin Nursing Scholarship 

Fund (1995) $65,750 

Multiple awards through Quinsigamond 

Community College - $3,000 

Walker Magnetics Scholarship Fund 

(1982) $35,784 


Reginald Washburn Scholarship (1990) 


Webster Square Business Association 


Leroy Weiner Scholarship Fund (2000) 

$67,039 


Teacher Benetta Kuffour 

(center) of the Excellence for 

English Language Learners 

Academy spoke with 2007 

Insights Tour attendees who 

included corporator Mary 

Melville and Fred Harris Daniels 

Foundation trustee, David 

Nicholson. 

Paul J. Westberg Memorial 



Mary Olive Wood Scholarship Fund 

(1992) $1,232,212 

Thirteen awards - $21,000 

Worcester Latino Coalition 



Worcester Swedish Charitable 

Association Scholarship Fund (2001) 

$90,804 


Worcester Woman’s Club Scholarship 

Fund (1999) $121,741 



Committees 

APPOINTED COMMITTEES 

Audit Committee 


David M. Brunelle 

Ross K. Dik 

Gerald L. Gaudette III, chair 


Auditor: Stowe & Degon 

Distribution Committee 

Sara Trillo Adams, chair 

Brian M. Chandley 

Richard P. Cusson 

Gerald M. Gates 

Kevin R. Kearney 

Michael A. Nigro 

Martha R. Pappas 

Governance Committee 

Pamela K. Boisvert 

Ross K. Dik 

Ellen S. Dunlap 

Gerald L.Gaudette III 

Mary C. Ritter 

R. Joseph Salois, chair 

Investment Committee 

Thomas J. Bartholomew 

William R. Carrick 


Dix F. Davis, chair 

Ross K. Dik 

Warner S. Fletcher 

Abraham W. Haddad 


Jeffrey R. Croteau, Prime 

Buchholz & Associates 

Nominating Committee 



Gerald L. Gaudette III 

Dennis F. Gorman, chair 


Ann T. Lisi 



Roberta R. Schaefer 

Nonprofit Support Center 

Advisory Committee 



Timothy J. Garvin 

Patsy C. Lewis, chair 

Monica E. Lowell 

Frederick H. Mulligan 

Stephen M. Pitcher 

Kent dur Russell 

Richard P. Traina 


GRANTMAKING 

COMMITTEES AND 

VOLUNTEERS 

Auburn Foundation Advisory 

Committee 

Patricia Bukoski 

Robert Fenby 

Charles O’Connor 

Arthur M. Pappas 


Susan Pappas 

Thomas Turco 

Fairlawn Foundation Trustees 

Mary Aleksiewicz 

Robert Anderson 

Margareta Berg 

Karl N. Bjork, chair 

John Duggan MD 

N. Lynn Eckhert MD 

Shelley Schedin Hall 

Robert G. Lian 

Fallon/OrNda Community 

Health Fund Advisory 

Committee 


Dix F. Davis 

Harry L. Ferguson, chair 


Rhian Gregory 

Johanna Lolax 

Gary Segal 

Friends of Learning in Killingly 

(FOLK) Advisory Committee 

Janice Ahola-Sidaway, chair 

Walter Anderson III 

Ronald Aubin 

Ann Klein Bryan 

Christopher M. Burke 

Patricia R. Burke 

Judith Johns Elzholz 

Susan Rees Jones 

Ralph E. LaChance 

Paul D. Lefrancois 

Tom R. Martin 

Pearl Sipila McCahill 

Richard N. Rust 

Timothy J. Schmidt 

Barbara Crabtree Simonetta 

Deborah L. Smith 

Gary L. Sposato 

Paul R. Theroux 

Kathleen Krajewski Traut 

Cathy E. Wade 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth 


Peter F. Keenan Jr. 

Elaine Loehmann 

Mary Lou Mulhane 

Jeppson Memorial Fund for 

Brookfield Advisory Committee 

James W. Allen 

Amy Law 

Christine McManus 

Brian Rossetti 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund 


Marjorie A. Cooper 

Steve P. Corley 

Paul A. Fontaine, chair 

Karl E. Gumpright 

Cynthia Lapointe 

Robert Leroux 

James E. O’Donnell 

Paul R. Rossley 

Outreach & Evaluation 

Volunteers 



Linda D. Chadwick 


Richard P. Cusson 

Dix F. Davis 


Joanne Derr 

Henry B. Dewey 


Mary F. Fletcher 

John R. Ford 

Susan G. Gately 

James Gennaro 


Audrey Klein-Leach 

John W. Lund 

Debra Medeiros 

Mary H. Melville 



Vincent J. Osterman 

Hilda Ramirez 

Linda Carlson Romano 

Scott Rossiter 


Paul F. Schlaikjer 

Edward D. Simsarian 

Robert Thomas 

Debra M. Townsley 

Marian Wilson 

Michael Wronski 

Donor Jack Keenan speaks with Denisha Sanchez, a Foundation 

donor services associate, while visiting the Latino Education 

Institute at Worcester State College. 


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Committees 

Scholarship Selection 

Volunteers 

James W. Allen 

John T. Andreoli 

Rochelle Appiah 

Billy Ayala 

Lindsey Baiocchi 

Holly A. Baker 

Georgia B. Barnhill 

Ivette Colon Barouck 

Jim Barys 

Christine E. Bellesis 

Terrance G. Bennett 


Edla Ann Bloom 

Sue-Anne Bock 


Jacklyn Bonneau 

Sarah A. Bowditch 

Cynthia Boyd 

Roberta Briggs 

Carol Bryngelson 

Dennis Budd 

John H. Budd 

Patricia Bukoski 

Denise Calderwood 

William R. Carrick 


Cindi Chase 

Maureen Ciccone 

Barbara A. Clancy 

J. Christopher Collins 

Sonja Collins 

Kerry L. Conaghan 

Jill Conlon 

Marjorie A. Cooper 

Benjamin Craver 

Sandra Curewitz 

Katie Curtin-Mestre 

Gerald Deary 


Robert E. Dietrich 

Lee Dominey 

Janice Ducharme 

Dorothy A. Dudley 

Sarah Dudzic 

John Duke 

Frances Duke 

Marcia D. Dwelly 

C. Ann Eaton 

Arnold S. Edinberg 


Kathleen Ekblom 

Francoise Elise 

June Eressy 


Robert E. Evans 

Judy Fairfull 

Scott Fenton 

Jack L. Foley 

Marilyn Fraser 

Edward P. Gardella 

Barbara R. Garneau 

Susan G. Gately 

Diane Gillespie 

Rodney Glasgow 

Harriet Goff 

David H. Grenier 

Michael Hachey 

Shelley S. Hall 

Malcolm Halliday 

Claire L. Halvey 

Midge B. Hamilton 

Richard E. Hedin 

Paul Hernandez 

Darlene Heywosz 

Charla Hixson 

Frances M. Hoey 

Diane Holland Cagnon 

Dennis L. Irish 

Frances Jacobson 

Nancy A. Johnson 

Ann E. Junnila 

Wayne H. Junnila 

Joelle Kanshepolsky 


Judith Kirk 


Mary Knox 

Steve Kwederis 

Monina R. Lahoz 

Keesha LaTulippe 


Denis M. Leary 

William Leaver 

Monique LeBlanc 

Peter H. Levine MD 

Elvis Lopez 

William J. Luby 

Rosemary Luddy 

Karen Ludington 

Matthew Lundberg 

B. Dale Magee 

Judith Masters 

Marina R. Matuzek 

Debra Medeiros 

Christopher G. Mehne 

Ruthann Melancon 


Ann K. Molloy 

Christopher E. Monaghan 

Paul Mondestin 

Ona Moore 


John T. Mullaney 

Paul Mullins 

Gail Nemsick 

Erin Nosek 

Joe O'Brien 

James E. O'Donnell 

Deborah Packard 

Blanca Pagan 

Jeff Parcells 

Judith M. Pemstein 


Cynthia N. Pitcher 

Jamie Pitney 

Eileen Prior 

Patricia C. Pulda 

Stephen Reynolds 

Cynthia M.T. Rielley 

Shelley Rodman 

Ana Rodriguez 



Jeffrey Rothschild 

Bernard Rotman 

Brenda Safford 

Linda A. Salem Pervier 

Robert A. Salvatelli 

Diane Sanderson 

Doug Schmeling 

Joan Scribner 


Janice E. Seymour 

William Short 


Stephen Slaten 

Rev. Noberto Soto 

Jay D. Stranieri 

Cynthia Taylor 

Marcia Terry 

Carole Thompson 

Charles Thompson 

Daniel Tinsley 

Margaret W. Traina 

Tuyet Tran 

Rob Traver 

Diane Tucceri 

George S. Usevich 


Nicole Valentine 

Guy Webb 

Kevin Wells 

Ken Westberg 

Todd H. Wetzel 

Heather Wightman 

David B. Wiinikka-Lydon 

Bonnie Wyneken 

Elizabeth Young 

Water and Land Stewardship 

Fund Advisory Committee 

Henry W. Beth 

Laura E. Bronwell 

Brendan T. Donahue 



Wyatt R. Wade 

Donna Williams 

Youth for Community 

Improvement Members 

Jacqueline Agyeman 

Alice Athy 

Katherine Cortes 

Joseph Donahue 

Natasha Hopkins 

Matthew Knoll 

Neil Ngondi 

June Njeri 

Fatima Rivera 

Daniel Rodriguez 

Jeffrey Rothschild 

Jessica Sadick 

Avae Thomas 

Nhi Tran 

Wendy and Richard Ardizzone founded the Joy of Music 

Program, whose offerings for musicians of all ages 

will benefit from the Beveridge and Frances Webster 

Endowment Fund. 


Corporators 

Lawrence J. Abramoff 

Robert C. Achorn 

Sara Trillo Adams 

Robert S. Adler 

Bruce Anderson 

James A. Andreoli 

John T. Andreoli 

Michael P. Angelini 

Robert V. Antonucci 


Dexter A. Bailey 



Bruce S. Bennett 

Rosamond R. Bennett * 

Dennis D. Berkey 

Sarah G. Berry 

Henry W. Beth 


Maurice J. Boisvert 


James Bonds Sr. 

George F. Booth II 

Sarah Ann Bowditch 

Cushing C. Bozenhard 

Christopher W. Bramley 


Laura Bronwell 

Denise H. Brookhouse 

Phillip D. Brown 

David M. Brunelle 

John H. Budd 


Gail E. Carberry 

Jennifer Davis Carey 

Ann E. Carlson 

Nancy M. Carlson 

Deborah D. Cary 

Linda A. Cavaioli 

Harriette L. Chandler 


Harold R. Chesson Jr. 

Joy C. Child 

Elaine M. Ciborowski 

Barbara Clifford 

J. Christopher Collins 


P. Kevin Condron 

Charles P. Conroy 

Anthony M. Consigli 

Martha Allis Cowan 

Kenneth C. Crater 

Ralph D. Crowley Jr. 

Katie Curtin-Mestre 


Iliana D’Limas 

Jill C. Dagilis 

Dix F. Davis 

Laurel A. Davis 

Daniel de la Torre Jr. 

Richard W. Dearborn 

Gene J. DeFeudis 

James F. Delehaunty 



Morgan B. Dewey 

Ross K. Dik 

Brendan Donahue 

James C. Donnelly Jr. 

George L. Dresser 

Dorothy A. Dudley 

Francis X. Dufault Jr. 


David M. Dunn 

William R. Durgin 

N. Lynn Eckhert 

Frederick H. Eppinger Jr. 


Monica Escobar Lowell 

Walter Ettinger 


Nabil M. Farooq 

Richard J. Fates 

Saul F. Feingold 

Zoila Torres Feldman 

Peter S. Fellenz 

Scott Fenton 


Emily R. Ferrara 

Deborah Mathews Finch 


Mary F. Fletcher 

Warner S. Fletcher 

Jack L. Foley 

David P. Forsberg 

Howard G. Freeman 

Phyllis R. Freilich 

Stuart W. Freilich 

Ramon V. Frias 

Mark W. Fuller 

Helen F. Garcia 

James C. Garvey 

Gerald M. Gates 


Bruce Gaultney 

Stephen F. Gemelli 

Rodney M. Glasgow 

Lawrence J. Glick 




Lois B. Green 

Martin J. Green 

Barbara E. Greenberg 

Leslie E. Greis 

David R. Grenon 

J. Michael Grenon 

Veronica M. Griffin 

Abraham W. Haddad 

Laurence N. Hale 

Gloria Hall 

James H. Harrington 

Ernest S. Hayeck 

Rose Armatruda Hayes 

Robert S. Heppe Jr. 

John Herron Jr. 

Honee A. Hess 

John E. Hodgson 

Richard P. Houlihan 

Dennis L. Irish 

M Howard Jacobson 

Robert E. Jennings 


David A. Jordan 

Maureen M. Kelleher 

Alison C. Kenary 

Richard B. Kennedy 

Robert M. Kennedy 

Mary E. Kett 

Jean A. King Fray 


Barbara C. Kohin 

Joyce R. Kressler 

Frances E. Langille 


Thomas P. LaVigne 

Thuha T. Le 

Jenique A. LeBlond 

Paul Leone 

Peter H. Levine MD 

Patsy C. Lewis 

Robert J. Lewis 

Joseph Lian Jr. 

Robert G. Lian 

Stephen B. Loring 

Rosemary Luddy 

John W. Lund 

Stacey D. Luster 

Donata J. Martin 

Tod Masterman 

C. Jean McDonough 

Michael C. McFarland 

Cynthia McMullen 

Christopher G. Mehne 

Donald R. Melville 


Barbara W. Merritt 


Ann K. Molloy 

Charles F. Monahan Jr. 

Janet Wilson Moore 

Maureen Moorehouse 

Barrett Morgan 

Gail M. Morgan 


James J. Moynihan 

Moira Moynihan-Manoog 

Frederic H. Mulligan 

Timothy P. Murray 

Laura H. Myers 

Robert Z. Nemeth 

John G. O’Brien 

Andrew B. O’Donnell 

Vincent F. O’Rourke Jr. 

Kevin O’Sullivan 

Vincent J. Osterman 

Warren K. Palley 


James F. Paulhus 

Thoru Pederson 

Judith M. Pemstein 

R. Norman Peters 



Lisa A. Piehler 

Cynthia N. Pitcher 

John W. Polanowicz 

Christine M. Proffitt 

Richard Prouty 

Richard L. Pyle 

Raymond Quinlan 

Candace A. Race 

Hilda Ramirez 

Scott R. Reisinger 

Arthur J. Remillard Jr. 

Wendy J. Rickles 



Melvin M. Rosenblatt 



Barry S. Rotman 

Brenda K. Safford 

Nancy H. Sala 


Anthony J. Salvidio II 

Ediberto Santiago 

Ralph F. Sbrogna 


Paul F. Schlaikjer 

Paul F. Scully 



Jay S. Sherwin 

John F. Shoro 

Philip O. Shwachman 

Shirley S. Siff 

Jonathan R. Sigel 


John E. Smithhisler 

John J. Spillane 

Nanette J. St. Pierre-Locke 

Peter R. Stanton 

Alan M. Stoll 

William F. Sullivan 

Polly A. Tatum 

George W. Tetler III 



David N. Tinsley 

E. Paul Tinsley 

Debra M. Townsley 

Margaret W. Traina 

Richard P. Traina 

Tuyet Tran 

Michael P. Tsotsis 


Carmen D. Vazquez 

Wyatt R. Wade 

James E. Wallace Jr. 

William D. Wallace 


Janice I. Weekes 

James A. Welu 

Meridith D. Wesby 

Todd H. Wetzel 

Harry T. Whitin 

Thomas J. Wickstrom 

Timothy P. Wickstrom 

Marian V. Wilson 

Jack L. Wolfson 

David K. Woodbury 

Janice B. Yost 

Marita Zuraitis 

* deceased 


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Financials 

Statements of Financial Position 

Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 

ASSETS 

2007 

2006 

Cash 

Accounts receivable 

Prepaid expenses 

Pledges receivable 

Investments 

Split interest agreements: 

Net investments in pooled income fund 

Net interest in charitable remainder trust 

Net interest in charitable gift annuity 

Cash value of life insurance 

Property held for investment 

Notes receivable 

Property and equipment, net 

$ 

459,922 

1,150 

22,876 

385,421 

130,652,447 

1,645,562 

125,988 

496,784 

3,892 

565,000 

19,577 

76,341 

$ 

1,073,697 

8,648 

23,370 

65,140 

120,551,385 

1,619,610 

137,109 

476,193 

3,866 

565,000 

22,737 

76,055 

Total assets 

$ 134,454,960 

$ 

124,622,810 

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 

Distributions payable 

Accounts payable 

Accrued expenses 

Funds held as agency endowments 

$ 

1,405,329 

35,185 

31,743 

10,103,463 

$ 

2,363,524 

13,894 

31,333 

8,989,158 

Total liabilities 

11,575,720 

11,397,909 

Net assets: 

Unrestricted 

Temporarily restricted 

Permanently restricted 

1,257,102 

45,639,777 

75,982,361 

997,088 

39,359,636 

72,868,177 

Total net assets 

122,879,240 

113,224,901 

Total liabilities and net assets 

$ 134,454,960 

$ 124,622,810 

Audits of Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s 

financial statements as of, and for the years ended December 

31, 2007 and 2006, were conducted by Stowe & Degon. 

A complete copy of the audited financial statements may be 

obtained by calling the Foundation at 508.755.0980. 

The Foundation retains the services of independent investment 

consultants to provide support to the investment committee and 

monitor the performance of its investment managers. 


Financials 

Statements of Activities 

Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 

2007 

2006 

Revenue, gains, and 

other support: 

Unrestricted 

Temporarily 

Restricted 

Permanently 

Restricted 

Total 

Unrestricted 

Temporarily 

Restricted 

Permanently 

Restricted 

Total 

Total net investment return 

$ 62,330 

$10,806,484 

$ - 

$ 10,868,814 

$ 70,734 

$14,675,937 

$ - 

$14,746,671 

Less: Investment return for 

agency endowments 

- 

(840,645) 

- 

(840,645) 

- 

(1,045,264) 

- 

(1,045,264) 

Net investment return 

62,330 

9,965,839 

- 

10,028,169 

70,734 

13,630,673 

- 

13,701,407 

Total gifts and donations 

97,797 

2,406,957 

3,172,815 

5,677,569 

52,735 

3,132,292 

4,223,180 

7,408,207 

Less: Gifts and donations 

for agency endowments 

- 

(466,683) 

(62,399) 

(529,082) 

- 

(2,058,334) 

(211,000) 

(2,269,334) 

Gifts and donations 

97,797 

1,940,274 

3,110,416 

5,148,487 

52,735 

1,073,958 

4,012,180 

5,138,873 

Change in split interest 

agreements 

Other support 

Satisfaction of purpose 

restrictions 

- 

77,481 

5,625,972 

- 

- 

(5,625,972) 

3,768 

- 

- 

3,768 

77,481 

- 

- 

101,758 

6,545,445 

- 

- 

(6,545,445) 

162,874 

- 

- 

162,874 

101,758 

- 

Total 

5,863,580 

6,280,141 

3,114,184 

15,257,905 

6,770,672 

8,159,186 

4,175,054 

19,104,912 

Expenses: 

Total Distributions 

4,666,672 

- 

- 

4,666,672 

5,775,138 

- 

- 

5,775,138 

Less: Distributions for 

agency endowments 

(207,509) 

- 

- 

(207,509) 

(235,564) 

- 

- 

(235,564) 

Distributions 

4,459,163 

- 

- 

4,459,163 

5,539,574 

- 

- 

5,539,574 

Other 

Administrative 

34,988 

1,109,415 

- 

- 

- 

- 

34,988 

1,109,415 

29,323 

982,725 

- 

- 

- 

- 

29,323 

982,725 

Total 

5,603,566 

- 

- 

5,603,566 

6,551,622 

- 

- 

6,551,622 

Change in net assets 

260,014 

6,280,141 

3,114,184 

9,654,339 

219,050 

8,159,186 

4,175,054 

12,553,290 

Net assets, beginning of year 

997,088 

39,359,636 

72,868,177 

113,224,901 

778,038 

31,200,450 

68,693,123 

100,671,611 

Net assets, end of year 

$1,257,102 

$45,639,777 

$75,982,361 

$122,879,240 

$ 997,088 

$39,359,636 

$72,868,177 

$113,224,901 


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Board of Directors and Staff 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Ross K. Dik, President 

President 

Knight-Dik Insurance Agency 

Peter H. Levine MD, Vice President 

President Emeritus 


Ellen S. Dunlap, Clerk 

President 

American Antiquarian Society 

Dix F. Davis, Treasurer 

Allmerica (retired) 

Warner S. Fletcher, Officer at-Large 

Director 


R. Joseph Salois, Officer at-Large 

President 

Atlas Distributing, Inc. 

Sara Trillo Adams 

Director 

Latino Mental Health Project 


President 

Bartholomew & Company 


Vice President 

Colleges of Worcester Consortium 


President 

Gaudette Insurance, Inc. 

Rodney M. Glasgow Jr. 

Director of Diversity 

Worcester Academy 


Director 


Mary E. Kett 

Senior Vice President 

Smith Barney 

Monica E. Lowell 



Frederic H. Mulligan 

President 

Cutler Associates, Inc. 


Educator (retired) 



Fallon Community Health Plan 


Chairman 

Lampin Corporation 


Allmerica (retired) 


Executive Director 

MLK Jr Business Empowerment Center 


Executive Director 

Henry Lee Willis Community Center 

STAFF 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Ann T. Lisi, ext. 105 

atlisi@greaterworcester.org 

MARKETING & DONOR SERVICES 

Linda D. Chadwick, ext. 108 

Director of Marketing & Donor Services 

lchadwick@greaterworcester.org 

Kelly A. O’Connor, ext. 112 

Donor Services Officer 

koconnor@greaterworcester.org 

Denisha R. Sanchez, ext. 104 

Donor Services Associate 

dsanchez@greaterworcester.org 

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 

Pamela Keogh, CPA, ext. 103 

Director of Finance & Administration 

pkeogh@greaterworcester.org 

Diane Simonelli, ext. 114 

Accounting Manager 

dsimonelli@greaterworcester.org 

Joanne M. Reegan, ext. 102 

Finance Assistant 

jreegan@greaterworcester.org 

Jasmine Vasquez Okutoro, ext. 100 

Administrative Assistant 

jvokutoro@greaterworcester.org 

PROGRAMS 

Lois A. Smith, ext. 107 

Senior Program Officer 

lsmith@greaterworcester.org 

Pamela B. Kane, ext. 109 

Program Officer 

pkane@greaterworcester.org 

Gail T. Randall, ext. 101 

Special Projects Officer 

grandall@greaterworcester.org 


2007 Annual Report 

On the Cover: 

Learning responsibility: Education in bike safety engages kids and adults in the Town of 

Brookfield. The program was supported by a grant from the Jeppson Memorial Fund. 

‘07 Annual Report Production Credits 

Writer: Susan Saccoccia 

Editor: Linda Chadwick 

Graphics: Atomic Design, Rob Zeleniak and Ingrid Mach 

Printer: AM Lithography Corporation 

Photography: Dan Vaillancourt unless otherwise indicated: 

P 5: Dany Pelletier 

P 9: Provided by Sibley family 

P 23: Kerry Conaghan 

P 26, 27, 40, 47, 50, 51: Kelly O’Connor 

P 38, 39: Wellesley College insignia courtesy of Wellesley College; 

Master Singers of Worcester photo courtesy of Will Sherwood. 

All other New Funds photos by fund donors or grant recipients. 

P 43: YCI committee member 

Index 

About Greater Worcester Community Foundation . . . . . . 1 

Letter to the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Highlights of 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Profiles of Donors and Grantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Donors and Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

New Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 

Acorn Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Named Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 

Committees and Corporators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 

Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 

Board of Directors and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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. 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation 

370 Main Street . Suite 650 . Worcester . Massachusetts 01608.1738 

508.755.0980 

www.greaterworcester.org 

Confirmed in Compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations

2007 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

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