2006 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Greater Worcester Community Foundation 

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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. 

Contents 

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

Highlights of 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

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

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

Donors and Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Acorn Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

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

Named Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Committees and Corporators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

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

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

Greater Worcester Community Foundation Annual Report 2006 

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Letter to the Community 

The Foundation’s growth also reflects 

the trust that the community has placed 

in us. People bring us their aspirations, 

wishes and desires. We’re the place where 

all these voices are heard. 

nonprofits that serve our community to the donors who 

join us at different stages of life with their diverse goals, 

talents and interests. We come together through the 

Foundation to enhance life in this community—while 

contributing in unique ways. 

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

This report of our thirty-first year, “Generations of 

Philanthropy,” celebrates the interplay of people and 

perspectives that continuously refreshes the Foundation 

and drives its growth. 

In 2006, gifts enlarged the community endowment 

by $7.4 million. Last year was the strongest in the 

Foundation’s history for contributions except 1988, 

when gifts reached $10.9 million. And 2006 investment 

earnings totaled $13.7 million, the highest of any year 

except 2003, when we earned $15 million. With this 

momentum, the endowment will continue to double in 

size every eight years. 

This growth reflects the fact that our citizen-run 

model of philanthropy makes sense to a great variety 

of participants, from the established and emerging 

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Our donors and grantmakers include teenagers, 

professionals, parents, retirees and successor advisors 

faithful to the desires of loved ones. They may be seeking 

a first foothold in civic philanthropy or strive for a place 

of leadership. Many come for one purpose and stay for 

another: an individual may create a fund, and then join 

one of the volunteer committees that steers the course of 

the Foundation. Whatever their perspectives and goals, 

donors and nonprofits alike find that the Foundation’s 

collaborative decision-making processes respect their 

differences and enable them to accomplish more than 

they could on their own. 

The Foundation’s growth also reflects the trust that 

the community has placed in us. People bring us their 

aspirations, wishes and desires. We’re the place where all 

these voices are heard. We’re here, every day, listening, 

learning, challenging, articulating, and responding to the 

needs and opportunities of our community. Together, we 

are building assets that are conducive to a good life in our 

region—now and for generations to come. 

Ross K. Dik, President 

Ann T. Lisi, Executive Director 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation Annual Report 2006

2006 in Review 

By the Numbers 

Total Assets $124,622,811 

Gifts to new and existing funds $7,408,207 

Investment returns 15% 

Grant dollars distributed $5,775,138 

Nonprofits that received grants 343 

New Funds 18 

Total Named Funds 377 

Community volunteers who served 544 

Key Accomplishments 

• Grew total assets by more than 25% in one year, 

through high investment returns and the second 

highest gift level in our history. By comparison, it 

took 31 years to reach the first $100 million. 

• Conducted a regional survey of issues affecting 

welfare of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender 

people and presented findings through a public forum 

at the Worcester Public Library in September; and with 

support of Foundation corporators, friends and local 

foundations, raised almost half of $200,000 required to 

secure matching grant from Funders for Lesbian and 

Gay Issues. 

• Awarded $200,000 to the Hiatt Center for Urban 

Education at Clark University to develop the Main 

South Secondary School Collaborative and its first 

program, which will enhance educational outcomes 

at the Accelerated Learning Laboratory, a public school 

serving grades 7 through 12. 

• Hosted three open house receptions to strengthen 

and expand Foundation relationships with residents of 

Worcester, Paxton, and Whitinsville. 

• Continued our educational program for professional 

advisors with a seminar by Dennis Gorman, of 

Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, P.C. on “Cutting-Edge 

Estate Planning in 2006: Five Great Tax Savers in 

Charitable Estate Planning.” 

• Distributed six bimonthly issues of Greater Worcester 

Digest, an e-newsletter which goes to more than 250 

advisors and related professionals. 

• Enhanced donor services by forming a Donor Services 

team to increase continuity and to expand educational 

and appreciation events for donors. 

• Invested in staff and board development by sponsoring 

participants in the 2006 Fall conference of the Council 

on Foundations, which was held in Boston. 

• Awarded $5.77 million in grants, including more than 

$462,000 in scholarships to 337 recipients selected from 

650 applicants. 

• Convened the 16 th Worcester Foundation Forum, 

whose members comprise corporate and private 

foundations in the region, to examine Worcester’s 

network of elder services. 

• Selected the YWCA of Central Massachusetts as 

recipient of the Foundation’s first Negotiated General 

Operating Support grant, an unrestricted grant of 

$250,000 over five years for the purpose of increasing 

organizational capacity and community impact against 

measurable objectives. 

• Offered 12 programs through the Nonprofit Support 

Center, engaging 195 participants from 101 nonprofit 

organizations and including the six-part series “Middle 

Managers Leadership Development Institute.” 

• Held our fourth annual Insights Tour, “Homelessness 

and Families: Sites and Solutions,” a day of education 

that brings donors and service providers together to 

explore a major issue in Greater Worcester. 


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Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts 

Connecting generations with a web of understanding 

A circle game helps teenagers and their parents strengthen frayed bonds 

Southeast Asians are the fastest-growing population in 

Worcester. As they arrive, many turn to the Southeast 

Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts, whose services 

encourage them to celebrate their traditions while 

learning new skills. 

Supported by the Foundation since its start in 2002, the 

Coalition offers such programs as an annual Southeast 

Asian Festival; youth leadership groups; a children’s 

soccer league; ESL classes; and most recently, workshops 

to resolve intergenerational conflicts. 

Sessions help parents reconcile strict, family-centered 

Asian practices of childrearing with values of 

independence and self-expression that their children 

learn at school. “We also urge our youth to learn more 

about their heritage and to speak up in a way that doesn’t 

hurt their parents,” says Thuha T. Le, executive director 

of the Coalition. 

Within the same household, parents and children often 

inhabit different cultures and speak different languages. 

“Most parents are working two jobs,” says Thuha. “They 

may not have time for language classes, but their kids 

mostly talk in English. These differences can make it 

harder for parents and children to understand each 

other.” 

At the Coalition, families celebrate traditions while 

learning new skills. 

Parents learned more about their kids. At the 

same time, kids got to express their gratitude 

and respect for their parents. 

Yet sometimes action speaks louder than words. The 

Coalition’s youth group hosted an evening that brought 

both generations together. The teenagers prepared dinner 

for their surprised and delighted parents. After the 

meal, all gathered in a circle. Each guest said something 

positive about another guest and then tossed a ball of 

yarn to the next speaker. Crisscrossing the circle as 

it rolled from person to person, the yarn unraveled, 

eventually creating a web that connected all members. 

“The parents learned more about their kids,” says Thuha. 

“At the same time, the kids got to express their gratitude 

and respect for their parents. We had a great party and we 

are planning another evening together.” 

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Paul and Fay Rossley Fund 

Strengthening institutions that have enriched a family 

A civic-minded couple finds that giving through a fund is joyful, easy and smart 

Paul and Fay Rossley were born and brought up near 

Worcester and, after graduating from Clark University, 

they married and raised their son and daughter here. 

Apart from four years overseas while Paul served in the 

Air Force, the couple has lived in the area all their lives. 

Many of these years were in Holden, their hometown for 

36 years. 

“Our lives have been rooted here since ‘day one,’” says 

Fay, who taught in local elementary schools for decades. 

She and Paul, a retired insurance executive, now live in 

Shrewsbury and Falmouth. They have served on nonprofit 

boards and as volunteers and donors they contribute 

whole-heartedly to the civic, cultural, health care and 

educational institutions that have enriched their lives. 

“About ten years ago, we decided to bring focus to our 

annual giving,” says Paul, who with Fay has numerous 

philanthropic interests both within and beyond 

Worcester. At the suggestion of Foundation staff, Fay and 

Paul set up a donor advised fund. Now, rather than write 

multiple checks each year, they simply make one annual 

contribution to their fund. “And instead of donating 

cash,” says Paul, “we transfer stock, deducting its full 

value on our tax return and eliminating the capital gains 

tax. The Foundation in turn makes grants to the some 20 

different organizations of our choice, even those that are 

out of state.” 

The Rossleys value the knowledge and professionalism 

of Foundation staff as well as the quality, flexibility and 

longevity of the Foundation’s services. “Our fund grows 

through our annual gifts and the excellent performance 

of Foundation investments,” says Fay. “The interest 

goes to the organizations that are near and dear to our 

hearts—and will continue doing so in perpetuity.” 

Paul and Fay Rossley visit one of their fund’s grantees, 

the Joy of Music Program. 

“We’ve seen nonprofits go out of business or change 

their mission,” adds Paul. “The Foundation is a strong, 

citizen-run organization. Its primary goal is to support 

worthwhile causes. Quietly, and with little fanfare, 

it does so much for so many people—donors and 

service providers alike. We are proud to be part of the 

Foundation.” 


Our fund’s interest goes to the organizations 

that are near and dear to our hearts—and 

will continue doing so in perpetuity. 

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Rural Cemetery Fund 

Sustaining a cherished sanctuary 

Agency fund preserves timeless assets with 21st century investment acumen 

We are impressed 

with the Foundation’s 

leadership as well as its 

outstanding investment 

performance. The 

Foundation can 

invest in sophisticated 

instruments that are 

beyond the reach of 

a small nonprofit such 

as ours. 

John Cobill, Superintendent (left), and Trustee Harry Dewey are among 

the people working to conserve the Rural Cemetery. 

Close to the city yet a world apart, the Rural Cemetery is 

an inviting arboretum as well as a privately owned burial 

ground and crematory. The Rural Cemetery has served 

generations of local families since it opened in 1838. At 

that time, Worcester was a fast-growing town with just 

7,000 residents. Now a population almost twice that 

size—13,000 people—is at rest in the 40-acre cemetery. 

With help from the investment earnings of its 

endowment, the Rural Cemetery funds the perpetual 

maintenance of grounds that encompass 9,000 familyowned 

plots, gardens, and more than 650 trees, including 

old and rare specimens. 

The Rural Cemetery recently increased its capacity to 

preserve these timeless assets by establishing the Rural 

Cemetery Fund and transferring a substantial portion of 

its endowment into this new agency fund. The nonprofit 

was inspired by the example of Trumbull Barton, who left 

almost $300,000 to the Foundation for the benefit of the 

Rural Cemetery. 

“We are impressed with the Foundation’s leadership as 

well as its outstanding investment performance,” says 

cemetery trustee Harry Dewey. “With an endowment 

worth more than $100 million, the Foundation can invest 

in sophisticated instruments that are beyond the reach of 

a small nonprofit such as ours. 

“We sleep better at night knowing that our funds are in 

the hands of world-class experts who devote 100 percent 

of their time to increasing the value of our endowment,” 

continues Harry, a founding incorporator of the 

Foundation and senior partner emeritus of Bowditch & 

Dewey, LLP. “We are very happy with our decision and we 

look forward to a long relationship with the Foundation.” 

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Newell and Betty Hale Fund 

Inspiring young audiences with the arts 

Volunteers bring world-class opera and symphony to children in rural Connecticut 

Northeastern Connecticut is a picturesque community 

of farms and old mill towns. But its era as an industrial 

center has passed and the region’s public schools have 

few resources to support cultural programs. Yet local 

children enjoy an education in the performing arts that 

would be the envy of wealthy communities. 

Thanks to an all-volunteer organization, Performing 

Arts of Northeast Connecticut, each year more than 

5,000 fifth-graders in 26 towns attend free, fully staged 

productions of Opera New England, the educational arm 

of Boston Lyric Opera. Using a curriculum guide that 

incorporates state learning standards, teachers prepare 

the students for the performances, which are held at the 

Hyde Cultural Center in Woodstock, Connecticut. The 

company’s singers and musicians also visit the students’ 

classrooms. A new series for third-graders will host local 

performances of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. 

“Since we started 33 years ago, our program has served 

120,000 children,” says the organization’s administrator, 

Betty Hale, who is also the founder and chair of the 

Community Cultural Committee, a nonprofit that brings 

national touring companies to the Hyde Center for 

performances tailored to young students. 

All programs combine the alchemy of live performance 

with classroom encounters. “Children are spellbound 

when they watch a splendid production or learn from 

a musician,” says Betty. “These experiences can spark a 

lifelong love for the arts.” 

Betty in turn has a lifelong devotion to northeastern 

Connecticut, which is home to three generations of the 

Hale family as well as former employees. Betty’s late 

husband Newell Hale established his textile company 

here in 1954. The Newell and Betty Hale Fund supports 

Performing Arts of Northeast Connecticut and other 

local nonprofits. The Newell Hale Memorial Fund 

provides meals to a soup kitchen set up by her husband. 

And the Pomfret Community School Arts Fund brings 

artists to the school attended by her four children and 

now, her granddaughter. 

Children are spellbound when they watch a 

splendid production or learn from a musician. 

These experiences can spark a lifelong love for the arts. 

Betty Hale visits fifth-graders 

taking a music lesson at 

Pomfret Community School. 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Marla Maykel Fund and The Pyle Fund 

Pursuing Creative Approaches to Grantmaking 

A philanthropic couple uses funds to fulfill individual and joint goals 

We both value the 

involved giving model. 

Richard and Marla Pyle jointly 

support the Boys and Girls Club 

of Worcester. 

Richard and Marla Maykel Pyle established their donor 

advised funds before becoming husband and wife. Each 

brings entrepreneurial flair to philanthropy, an endeavor 

that they pursue individually and as a couple. 

One of Richard’s local causes is the Boys and Girls Club 

of Worcester. “I grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania,” says 

Richard. “Our clubhouse looked like Worcester’s old one. 

I know the benefits this organization provides.” 

Both Marla and Richard have served on the board of the 

Club, and a joint gift from their funds is now engaging 

youth groups in a fundraising contest. Teams with 

the best proposals receive seed grants and compete to 

raise the most money for the Club. “We both value the 

involved giving model,” says Richard. 

Marla’s grantees include Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 

where she is a trustee; and Daybreak Resources for 

Women and Children. 

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Richard introduced Marla to the Foundation by inviting 

her to an annual meeting. “I was impressed with the 

whole organization, from the depth of its reach in 

the community to its solid research and investment 

expertise,” says Marla, a real estate lawyer who graduated 

from Notre Dame Academy and Holy Cross College. 

“We can see the impact of our money.” 

The owner of a manufacturing company, Richard finds 

that the Foundation makes good business sense. “A 

donor advised fund enables an individual to accomplish 

a lot without the cost and labor of setting up a private 

foundation,” says Richard, who also likes the ability to 

separate donations from grantmaking. Such flexibility 

frees his creativity while allowing the fund to grow over 

time. “I make gifts when the time is right, for instance 

when funds are available or when I want a tax shelter. 

And I distribute funds when I can be most helpful to a 

particular cause.” 


Lorraine Crepeau Fund 

Fulfilling a generous donor’s wishes in perpetuity 

Wise estate planning enables a couple to achieve ambitious charitable goals 

Lorraine and Chauncey Crepeau were people of modest 

means. Chauncey worked at a local manufacturing plant 

until his retirement. The couple had no children and 

throughout their years together, they lived in a frugal 

manner. But Lorraine always gave to charitable causes. 

And when a cousin left Lorraine a sizeable inheritance, 

the Crepeaus wanted charities to receive whatever 

amount they did not need during their later years. 

The couple sought the estate planning guidance of 

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP. Their advisor was Harry Dewey, 

a senior partner and one of the original incorporators 

of the Foundation. The Crepeaus took his advice and 

created a trust, naming the Foundation as beneficiary. 

The Foundation would act as steward for their funds, 

investing the principal and distributing its earnings to 

their preferred causes in perpetuity. 

Upon Harry’s retirement in 1994, Christopher G. Mehne 

was appointed successor trustee to the Lorraine and 

Chauncey Crepeau Trust. “The Crepeaus became my 

friends as well as clients,” says Chris, a partner in the 

firm’s estate, financial and tax planning practice as well as 

a principal of B&D Advisors LLC, the firm’s investment 

management subsidiary. 

When Lorraine died in August 2006, eight months after 

her husband, Chris worked with the Foundation to set up 

the Lorraine Crepeau Fund. Its grants support Lorraine’s 

chosen causes, including missions serving the poor, 

research to cure diseases, environmental protection, and 

animal welfare. 

Chris regards the Foundation as a valuable partner. “The 

Foundation’s online resources for advisors keep me up to 

date on changes in tax and charitable legislation, which 

I can pass on to my clients,” says Chris, a corporator 

who serves on a committee that selects the Foundation’s 

scholarship recipients. “Above all, the Foundation excels 

at fulfilling a client’s goals. Lorraine was pleased to know 

that she would provide income in perpetuity to causes 

dear to her heart.” 

The Foundation excels 

at fulfilling a client’s goals. 

Lorraine was pleased to 

know that she would 

provide income in 

perpetuity to causes 

dear to her heart. 

Attorney Christopher Mehne regards 

the Foundation as a valuable partner. 


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Margaret and Gordon Torgersen Fund 

Creating a community whose opportunities are open to all 

Fund furthers cross-cultural understanding and youth leadership 

Our parents spent their lives 

seeking solutions to some of 

society’s toughest problems… 

In a small way, we’re carrying 

on their amazing work. 

Reverend and Mrs. Torgersen 

served their longest pastorate 

at the First Baptist Church in 

Worcester, from 1951 to 1972. 

Throughout their lives, the Reverend Gordon M. 

Torgersen and his wife Margaret have made social justice 

their family business. A renowned preacher whose 

televised sermons reached audiences around the world, 

Reverend Torgersen has held numerous positions of 

church and civic leadership, including presidency of the 

Andover Newton Theological School. 

But the heart of the Torgersens’ ministry was the First 

Baptist Church in Worcester, where they served their 

longest pastorate, from 1951 to 1972. “Our mother 

worked side by side with Dad,” says Philip G. Torgersen, 

a programmer at Fidelity Investments, Inc. “They 

welcomed our neighbors as well as people from all over 

the world into our home.” Recalling a Japanese couple 

who lived with the family after being released from 

World War II internment, Philip says, “We considered 

them our aunt and uncle.” Foreign students frequented 

family suppers. A visitor from Zimbabwe, Reverend 

Ndabaningi Sithole, entranced the Torgersens with the 

vocal acrobatics of his tribe’s click language. He later 

became a founder of Zimbabwe’s ruling party. 

Tireless advocates for religious and racial equality, the 

Torgersens encouraged diversity in people and ideas. The 

compassion and intellectual curiosity that guided their 

ministry also enriched their family’s daily life. 

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“Our parents spent their lives seeking solutions to some 

of society’s toughest problems,” says Philip’s sister, Gail 

T. Randall, special projects officer at the Foundation and 

a trustee of the George I. Alden Trust. “And they trained 

us to challenge our assumptions. Our father told us, ‘I 

became a minister not because I had answers, but because 

I had questions.’” 

Philip and Gail established a donor advised fund 

in honor of their parents, who are now retired and 

living in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The fund supports 

organizations that further cross-cultural understanding 

and youth leadership. Grantees have included the 

Boys and Girls Club of Worcester, the Southeast 

Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts and the 

Nativity School of Worcester. 

“The Foundation is the perfect vehicle for what we 

want to do,” says Gail. “It’s a trusted, community-run 

organization with strong ties to the many nonprofits 

serving Worcester and it handles all the finances on our 

behalf. Our fund enables us to invest in the community 

where we grew up and where our parents gave so much. 

In a small way, we’re carrying on their amazing work.” 

“At the same time,” adds Philip, “we’re honoring our 

parents whom we love very much.” 


Charles E. Scott Community Fund 

Spreading the power of community philanthropy 

Fund expands reach and impact of minority donors 

Each generation has its heroes, but some transcend 

their time. Such a leader is Charles E. Scott, an African- 

American who rose above adversities of all kinds to 

achieve prominence in public service. He served on the 

Worcester City Council from 1918 to 1921 and then again 

from 1926 to 1937. 

Former City Councilor Stacey DeBoise Luster learned 

of Charles Scott when she ran for office. Inspired by her 

predecessor’s achievements, Stacey created the Charles E. 

Scott Community Fund in his honor. She then became 

the first African-American woman to sit on the City 

Council, and served two terms from 1998 to 2001. 

A corporator of the Foundation, Stacey considers 

philanthropy a form of empowerment. She wants her 

donor advised fund to help young African-Americans 

achieve prominence in philanthropy as they have in 

so many other endeavors. “Charity runs deep among 

African-Americans, who are grounded in churches and 

community service,” says Stacey, whose five-generation 

Worcester family includes her grandmother, Lillian 

Ferguson, the founder of the Mount Olive Pentecostal 

Church. “Through the Foundation, we can expand our 

influence and impact in the community as a whole.” 

Overcoming boundaries of class and prejudice, Charles E. 

Scott was a self-made man and a popular public servant 

who championed the rights of his constituents, who 

included many European immigrants. “They were the 

underrepresented people of his day,” says his grandson, 

Ronald S. Scott, who is working with Stacey to develop 

an advisory group to guide the growth and usage of the 

fund. 

“Our goal is to engage more minorities as philanthropic 

leaders,” says Stacey, now human resources manager 

of the Worcester Public Schools. “The Foundation’s 

guidance and stewardship helps donors to envision and 

accomplish far more than they might on their own.” 


Stacey DeBoise Luster considers philanthropy a form 

of empowerment. 

Charity runs deep among African-Americans, 

who are grounded in churches and community 

service. Through the Foundation, we can 

expand our influence and impact in the 

community as a whole. 

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Greater Worcester Land Trust 

Preserving woodlands and watersheds 

Partnerships protect habitats and engage students as environmental stewards 

Worcester County is among the fastest growing regions 

of the state. Its open space, long in abundant reserve, is 

rapidly yielding to development. Since 1987, the Greater 

Worcester Land Trust has been preserving irreplaceable 

habitats by acquiring and managing valuable open space 

and engaging young people in its conservation ventures. 

Foundation grants support operations of the Trust as 

well as its special projects, from student internships 

to a Blackstone River expedition that publicized the 

Blackstone Gateway Park, a program that brings new life 

to an old river. 

Students from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and 

Clark University recently worked with the Trust to map 

habitats in the region, identifying vulnerable species. 

“This data can guide us in choosing the lands we go 

after,” says Colin M.J. Novick, executive director of the 

Land Trust. “Since our region is losing open space faster 

than we can protect it, we’re strategic in our acquisitions. 

We have to plan years in advance.” 

Property transfers take decades—as well as opportunistic 

public-private partnerships. 

When Worcester Technical High School required five 

acres of Green Hill Park for its grounds, in exchange, the 

Trust became perpetual steward of an adjacent ten-acre 

parcel that expands the park with a turkey vulture nesting 

site and fire-tolerant black oak habitat. 

Working with private landowners, the Trust acquired 123 

acres that connects three formerly separate open spaces. 

The contiguous habitat corridor encompasses the entire 

length of the Cascades Brook from its source in Paxton to 

its outlet in Cook’s Pond. Colin describes the watershed 

as “a highway for wildlife.” The greenway also invites 

passive recreation—hiking, birding, and nature study. 

“People care about the land if they enjoy it and know its 

story,” says Colin. 

Colin M.J. Novick, 

Executive Director of the 

Land Trust, works with 

public and private partners 

to preserve open space. 

Since our region is losing open space faster than we can 

protect it, we’re strategic in our acquisitions. 

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Norma and Saul F. Feingold Fund 

Generating opportunities for young people 

A grateful couple helps others enjoy Worcester’s educational and cultural assets 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold had a lot in common even 

before their marriage. Both were born in Worcester. 

Norma’s parents and Saul’s grandparents came to 

Worcester from Eastern Europe at the turn of the century. 

And both graduated from the former Classical High 

School in 1950. But it was only while they were students at 

the University of Massachusetts Amherst that Norma and 

Saul got to know each other. Two weeks after graduation, 

they married and moved back to Worcester. 

Five decades later, Saul still works in the business founded 

by his father, now known as The Feingold Companies. 

And Norma recently retired from a 17-year career at the 

Worcester Historical Museum, where she was editor of 

publications and curator of two major exhibitions about 

Worcester’s Jewish community. 

Norma and Saul have created funds that help others 

enjoy the educational and cultural assets of Worcester, 

the home to five generations of the Feingold family. 

“The city has been good to us,” says Saul. Norma adds, 

“Our livelihood, family and friends are here.” 

The Norma and Saul F. Feingold Fund awards 

scholarships to local students attending college in 

Worcester. In 1994, the couple celebrated the 60th 

anniversary of the family business by creating the Anita 

and Nathaniel A. Feingold Scholarship Fund. Named in 

honor of Saul’s parents, the fund grants scholarships to 

children of company employees. 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold have created three 

funds with the Foundation. 

The city has been good to us. The Foundation 

makes it easy for us to achieve our goal, 

which is to help enrich the lives of some of 

Worcester’s young people. 


After attending recitals of their grandchildren at the Joy 

of Music Program, the Feingolds created the Norma and 

Saul F. Feingold Joy of Music Fund, which will pay course 

fees of students in need of financial aid. 

“The Foundation makes it easy for us to achieve our 

goal,” says Saul, “which is to help enrich the lives of some 

of Worcester’s young people.” 

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Regatta Point Community Sailing, Inc. 

Introducing the young to the joys of sailing 

Girls and boys rise to the challenges of wind, water and team sport 

Thousands of Worcester residents first learned to sail on 

Lake Quinsigamond, where since 1960, Regatta Point 

Community Sailing, Inc. has been introducing children 

to the joys of sailing. 

“Boating is a great way to build a young person,” says 

Allan Fearn, founding director of the program, which 

is modeled on Community Boating, Inc. of Boston. 

“Sailing challenges kids and teaches self-confidence 

and responsibility.” 

Foundation grants help pay course fees for Regatta Point 

programs, which are open to all boys and girls regardless 

of ability to pay. 

“Our message is that everybody is welcome and we’re 

here for safety, fun and learning,” says John Mullaney, 

manager of Regatta Point. “In a small boat, everything is 

happening all at once. It can be exciting and frustrating. 

If you do something wrong, the consequences are 

immediate. Kids learn rules—and respect for wind 

and water.” 

They also learn teamwork, whether using and 

maintaining boats or clearing tables after lunch. “Kids 

grow not just in their ability to sail,” says John, “but also 

in how they treat others.” 

Many begin at the Learn to Sail Summer Camp or in the 

after-school Deckhands Program and work their way 

up to the Junior Program, where they learn to race and 

mentor younger sailors. 

John Mullaney manages programs for young sailors. 

Some of our kids struggle for success elsewhere 

in their lives. But they take to sailing. 

“Some of our kids struggle for success elsewhere in their 

lives,” says John. “But they take to sailing. At day camp, 

kids sail by themselves on the first day, two or three in 

a boat, with no adult. They head for the buoy, then turn 

around and come back. At the end of the week, they’re 

taking their parents for a sail.” 

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Worcester East Side Community Development Corporation 

Regenerating neighborhoods 

Three-deckers become quality, affordable homes for a new generation of families 

We’ve transformed 

the neediest area in 

Bell Hill…With patience, 

persistence, and good 

fortune, we’ve built 

upon our successes. 

Executive Director Dominick 

Marcigliano has led CDC 

projects that have created 

52 new homes in Bell Hill. 

The Worcester East Side Community Development 

Corporation (CDC) is bringing boarded-up three-deckers 

back to life as quality homes for first time homebuyers. In 

the process, the agency is turning Bell Hill into a safe and 

appealing neighborhood. Over the past eight years, the 

CDC has built or rehabilitated 24 buildings—creating 52 

new homes—and converted a trash-strewn lot into a park. 

Each new multifamily dwelling has one or two rental 

units. “We set people up for success,” says Dominick 

Marcigliano, executive director of the CDC. “Rental 

income will help owners to remain financially stable.” 

By acquiring and rehabbing adjacent properties, the CDC 

brings new life not just to individual structures but also 

revives an entire neighborhood. “We’ve transformed the 

neediest area in Bell Hill, Eastern Avenue, with seven 

brand new properties,” says Dominick. “We’re continuing 

our march down the avenue with more buildings. We 

spend years chasing run-down properties, which are 

usually tied up in court. The wheels move slowly. But with 


patience, persistence, and good fortune, we’ve built upon 

our successes.” 

The CDC is creative at deal making as well as 

construction. In partnership with its neighbor UMass 

Memorial Health Care and city and state agencies, the 

CDC brokered a package that yielded $1 million in 

down payment and closing-cost assistance, low-interest 

mortgages and home repair loans, and a training 

program that leads to job opportunities within UMass 

for 16 income-eligible residents. The CDC also succeeded 

at designating lower Lincoln Street as a Neighborhood 

Revitalization Strategy Area, making it eligible for 

block grants that advance both business and residential 

development. 

“The Foundation’s strong support over the years has 

helped us to move forward,” says Dominick. “Its backing 

also assists us in leveraging funds from other sources. 

And its Nonprofit Support Center has fostered some of 

our most productive partnerships.” 

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Grants 

Grants enable us to respond dynamically to changing 

community needs and priorities in such areas as health 

and human services, education, the environment, culture 

and the arts, civic affairs, and community development. 

Each year, committees of community volunteers meet 

to evaluate more than 300 proposals submitted by local 

nonprofits and award grants that vary in size from $250 

to more than $300,000. 

The Distribution Committee, with the assistance of staff, 

makes awards twice annually from the Foundation’s 

largest grant pool, its discretionary and field-ofinterest 

funds. This deliberative process identifies 

grant candidates among applicants—local nonprofit 

organizations—that will benefit the most from the 

Foundation’s strategic, programmatic, and technical 

support. The process also helps all applicants, whether or 

not they are grant recipients, to increase the effectiveness 

of their programs in measurable and sustainable ways. 

In 2006, grants from discretionary and field-of-interest 

funds totaled $2.8 million, about 48% of the $5.8 million 

in grants awarded by the Foundation this year. 

Grants Paid by Broad Category in 2006 

Arts/Culture 

Community 

Development/ 

Civic Affairs/ 

Housing/ 

Religion 

Education 

Environment/ 

Nature 

Health/ 

Human 

Services 

Total 

Discretionary/Field of Interest 

$ 

563,230 

$ 

244,164 

$ 

332,740 

$ 

82,550 

$ 

1,595,663 

$ 

2,818,347 

Designated/Agency 

$ 

408,250 

$ 

444,658 

$ 

211,102 

$ 

2,077 

$ 

848,527 

$ 

1,914,614 

Scholarship 

0 

0 

462,285 

0 

0 

462,285 

Donor Advised 

$ 

144,189 

$ 

52,842 

$ 

90,172 

$ 

33,840 

$ 

258,849 

$ 

579,892 

Total 

$ 

1,115,669 

$ 

741,664 

$ 

1,096,299 

$ 

118,467 

$ 

2,703,039 

$ 

5,775,138 

We invite all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving 

Worcester County to submit grant proposals. Call or visit 

www.greaterworcester.org for grant guidelines. 

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Discretionary and Field of Interest Grants 

A 

A Suitable Image workplace clothing for 

women Worcester Credit Bureau Fund 

$10,000 

Abby’s House emergency shelter 

Lois Anne Memorial Fund and Francis 

A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human 

Services Fund $18,000 

AIDS Project Worcester women’s health 

services Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge 

Fund $25,000 

AIDS Project Worcester peer leadership 

program discretionary funds and Francis 

A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human 


Alternatives Unlimited ValleyCast 

Worcester Credit Bureau Fund $8,000 

Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts 

Chapter family support program 

discretionary funds and Saint Vincent 

Healthcare Fund $10,000 

American Red Cross of Central 

Massachusetts nursing certification 

scholarship assistance discretionary 

funds $10,000 

Apple Tree Arts Head Start music 

education discretionary funds $7,000 

ArtsWorcester arts promotion 

Fund for the Arts and Humanities and 

discretionary funds $12,500 

Auburn Youth and Family Services 

youth counseling Andrew N. Ahlfors and 

Helmi E. Ahlfors Fund and discretionary 

funds $10,000 

B 

Barton Center for Diabetes Education 

family summer camp Youth Opportunity 

Fund $10,000 

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central 

Mass/Metrowest mentoring program 

Anna S. and Warren G. Davis Fund and 


Blackstone River Watershed Association 

water quality monitoring discretionary 

funds $2,500 

Blackstone Valley Boys & Girls Club 

summer day camp discretionary funds 

$5,000 

Blackstone Valley Chamber of 

Commerce Education Foundation 

youth leadership and vocational 

opportunities discretionary funds $7,500 

Boys & Girls Club of Webster Dudley 

youth job training skills Greater 

Worcester Jaycees Fund and discretionary 

funds $10,000 

Bridge of Central Massachusetts 

GLBT youth programs discretionary 

funds $12,500 

C 

CASA Project volunteer guardian 

ad litem services discretionary funds 

$18,000 

Central Massachusetts Area Health 

Education Center certification and 

training of health workers Child Wellness 

Fund and discretionary funds $15,000 

Central Massachusetts Housing 

Alliance organizing and advocacy 


Centro Las Americas Latino elder 

programs discretionary funds $18,000 

Centro Las Americas Latino culture 

promotion discretionary funds $10,000 

Children’s Friend family mental 

healthcare discretionary funds and Lois 

Anne Memorial Fund $15,000 

Children’s Friend healthcare for teen 

mothers Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge 

Fund $20,000 

Clark University Hiatt Center for 

Urban Education Main South Secondary 

School Collaborative Greater Worcester 

Community Scholarship Fund: Ruth and 

John Adam Founders and Norman L. and 

Dorothy A. Sharfman Fund $200,000 

Community Harvest Project operation 

of Brigham Hill Community Farm 

Worcester Credit Bureau Fund and 


Community Healthlink training for 

Faith House residents Corinne Charron 

Turner Fund and discretionary funds 

$20,000 

Community Healthlink case 

management for the chronically 

homeless discretionary funds and 

Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs 

Association Fund $18,000 

D 

Dismas House of Central Massachusetts 

transitional support to former prisoners 


Doctor Franklin Perkins School 

therapeutic riding lessons discretionary 

funds $5,000 


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E 

EcoTarium installation of DigitalSky 

Planetarium Robert W. Booth Fund in 

Memory of George F. Booth $300,000 

EcoTarium math concepts collaboration 

James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Fund 

and discretionary funds $19,000 

F 

Family Health Center services for 

homeless mothers and children Eliza D. 

and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund $28,000 

Family Health Center women’s 

preventative screenings Eliza D. and 

Cora J. D. Dodge Fund and Cancer Care 

and Research Fund $25,000 

Great Brook Valley Health Center case 

management staffing discretionary funds 

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

$18,000 

Greater Gardner Community 

Development Corporation affordable 

housing development discretionary funds 

$12,000 

H 

Health Awareness Services of Central 

Massachusetts men’s health services 


Henry Lee Willis Community Center 

cultural institute challenge grant 


John Woodman Higgins Armory 

Museum KidsQuest Shepherd Knapp 

School Fund $7,000 

Joy of Music Program music 

scholarships Shepherd Knapp School Fund 

$10,000 

Junior Achievement of Central 

Massachusetts after-school and summer 

programs Joseph A. Tosoni Fund and 


L 

Latino Education Institute parent 

involvement in education discretionary 

funds and Youth Opportunity Fund 

$19,725 

Family Services of Central 

Massachusetts peer volunteers to assist 

elders discretionary funds $12,000 

First Night Worcester New Year’s Eve 

celebration discretionary funds $10,000 

Friendly House services at the Frances 

Perkins Transitional Shelter 

Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund and 

Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington 

Human Services Fund $18,000 

G 

Genesis Club mental health services 


Girl Scouts of Montachusett Council 

scouting programs for urban youth 


Girls, Incorporated physical fitness 

programs discretionary funds $10,000 

Great Brook Valley Health Center 

dental clinic staffing Eliza D. and Cora J. 

D. Dodge Fund and Sarah B. and Dix F. 

Davis Fund $26,000 

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HOPE Coalition youth mental health 

collaboration Eliza D. and Cora J. D. 

Dodge Fund $23,000 

Horizons for Homeless Children 

homeless shelter play-spaces 

Marian B. Kubelus and Marian Zell 

Nesbit Memorial Fund $5,000 

House of Peace and Education job 

training for women Joseph A. Tosoni 

Fund $10,000 

I 

Interfaith Hospitality Network 

of Greater Worcester assistance to 

homeless families discretionary funds 

$10,000 

J 

Jewish Family Service of Worcester 

elder guardianship Olive I. and 

Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. Fund and 



family mental health counseling 

Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund 

$15,000 

Legal Assistance Corporation of 

Central Massachusetts medical-legal 

collaboration Eliza D. and Cora J. D. 

Dodge Fund and Jiji’s Fund $10,000 

Literacy Volunteers of Greater 

Worcester literacy and English as a 

second language discretionary funds 

$7,300 

Lutheran Community Services of 

Massachusetts services for political 

asylees and victims of abuse Barbara E. 

and William E. Christensen Fund and 


Human Services Fund $9,000 

M 

Main South Community Development 

Corporation affordable housing 

development Main South Fund and 


Martin Luther King, Jr. Business 

Empowerment Center entrepreneurial 

opportunity development discretionary 

funds $10,000 




Empowerment Center staffing for 

diversity discretionary funds $15,000 

Master Singers of Worcester choral 

performances series discretionary funds 

$4,000 

Matthew 25 rental property management 


Millers River Watershed Council 

watershed management discretionary 

funds $5,000 

Mohegan Council Inc., Boy Scouts of 

America scouting programs for urban 

youth discretionary funds $10,000 

Montachusett Interfaith Hospitality 

Network support to homeless families 


Montachusett Opportunity Council 

nutrition and activity classes for women 

Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Fund 

$12,500 

Montachusett Regional YMCA 

Lunenburg Teen Center discretionary 

funds $10,000 

Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust 

property acquisition discretionary funds 

$10,000 

MY TURN developing job skills with 

youth Joseph A. Tosoni Fund $10,000 

N 

NeighborWorks HomeOwnership 

Center of Worcester operating support 


North Brookfield Youth Center 

after-school and summer programs 


North Quabbin Community Coalition 

volunteer physician network Central 

Massachusetts Health Standards Fund and 


Northbridge Mentoring Partnership 

mentor program discretionary funds 

$6,000 

O 

Oak Hill Community Development 

Corporation developing resident 

leadership Micah Housing Corporation 

Fund and discretionary funds $20,000 

P 

Pakachoag Community Music School 

after-school arts collaboration Shepherd 

Knapp School Fund $2,000 

Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network 

Center neighborhood improvement 


Pregnant and Parenting Teen Program 

case management Eliza D. and Cora J. D. 

Dodge Fund $10,000 

Preservation Worcester professional 

development for teachers discretionary 

funds $4,700 

Q 

Quinsigamond Community College 

Foundation high school science kits 

H. Arthur Smith Fund and discretionary 

funds $12,000 

R 

Rachel’s Table operating support 

Elkanah B. Atkinson Community and 

Education Fund and discretionary funds 

$8,000 

Regatta Point Community Sailing youth 

sailing instruction discretionary funds 

$5,000 

Regional Environmental Council 

advocacy programs discretionary funds 

$15,000 

Renaissance Award Recipient 

Linda Cavaioli Renaissance Award Fund 

$6,009 

S 

Salisbury Singers choral performance 

series discretionary funds $4,000 

The Salvation Army intervention for 

first-time youth offenders Fairman C. 

Cowan Fund and discretionary funds 

$17,500 

South High Community School youth 

philanthropy discretionary funds $7,500 

South Worcester Neighborhood 

Improvement Corporation housing 

development and rehabilitation 

Providence & Worcester Railroad 

Company Fund and discretionary funds 

$10,000 

Southbridge Interfaith Hospitality 

Network transportation expenses 


Southeast Asian Coalition of Central 

Massachusetts staffing support Worcester 

Credit Bureau Fund $25,000 

Stepping Stone Community Theatre 

resident theatre company discretionary 

funds $3,000 

T 

Tri-Valley in-home elder services 


Trust for Public Land, New England 

Regional Office watershed and openspace 

conservation discretionary funds 

$10,000 


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Twin Cities Community Development 

Corporation staffing support 


V 

VSA arts of Massachusetts arts 

education discretionary funds $6,000 

W 

Whitin Community Center Rockdale 

Youth Center discretionary funds $9,000 

WICN Public Radio website 

development and secondary audio 

channel Worcester Credit Bureau Fund 

$15,000 

Worcester African Cultural Center 

cultural and educational programs 


Worcester Arts and Humanities 

Educational Collaborative operating 

support discretionary funds and Shepherd 

Knapp School Fund $10,000 

Worcester Center for Crafts art 

partnership Youth Opportunity Fund 

$12,500 

Worcester Common Ground affordable 

housing development discretionary funds 

$15,000 

Worcester Community Action Council 

conflict resolution discretionary funds 

and Bowditch & Dewey Fund $14,000 

Worcester Cultural Coalition 

collaborative programs discretionary 

funds $10,000 

Worcester East Side Community 

Development Corporation affordable 

housing development Partnership Fund 


Worcester Fresh Air Fund summer 

residential camp Youth Opportunity 

Fund $5,000 

Worcester Interfaith youth summer 

employment discretionary funds $5,000 

Worcester Regional Research Bureau 

strategic planning discretionary funds 

$10,000 


independent research programs 

H. Arthur Smith Fund $8,000 

Worcester State College Upward Bound 

summer program discretionary funds 

and Norman L. and Dorothy A. Sharfman 

Fund $14,000 

Worcester Youth Center staffing 

support discretionary funds and Sumner 

Lee Sharfman Fund $12,000 

Y 

YMCA of Greater Worcester capital 

campaign Robert W. Booth Fund in 

Memory of George F. Booth $75,000 

YMCA of Greater Worcester Citizen 

Schools Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch 

Fund and Norman L. and Dorothy A. 

Sharfman Fund $7,500 

YMCA of Greater Worcester Minority 

Achievers Harriet Miller Hight Education 

Fund with the Association of Colored 

Peoples and Norman L. and Dorothy A. 

Sharfman Fund $7,500 

Y.O.U., Inc. parenting skills Francis A. 

and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Human 


YouthNet youth outreach collaboration 


Nesbit Memorial Fund $15,000 

YWCA of Central Massachusetts 

Daybreak violence prevention 



Daybreak direct services discretionary 

funds $14,000 

YWCA of Central Massachusetts dropin 

childcare services Marian B. Kubelus 

and Marian Zell Nesbit Memorial Fund 


YWCA of Central Massachusetts fiveyear 

operating support discretionary 

funds $250,000 

Worcester Community Housing 

Resources property development 


Worcester County Horticultural 

Society/Tower Hill Botanic Garden 

exhibit expansion Robert W. Booth Fund 

in Memory of George F. Booth $75,000 

Keith Toney and Lisa Laurel Weinberg were 

among the 200 guests who attended the 

masquerade dance party at the Higgins 

Armory Museum. The November event 

benefited the GLBT Partnership Fund. 

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Committee Advised Grants 

THE AUBURN FOUNDATION 

Auburn Community Assistance Fund 

resident fuel assistance $4,000 

Auburn District Nursing Association 

tele-health program for homebound 

individuals $4,000 

Auburn Historical Museum operating 

support $2,000 


Museum outreach program $1,500 

Town of Auburn animal shelter 

renovation $4,000 

Town of Auburn, Department 

of Recreation & Culture choral 

performance $500 

THE FAIRLAWN FOUNDATION 

Becker College nursing scholarships 

$10,000 

Family Health Center Helen A. 

Bowditch Health Center at Elm Park 

Community School $80,513 


nursing scholarships $10,000 

University of Massachusetts Graduate 

School of Nursing nursing scholarships 

$10,000 

Worcester Nursing Pipeline 

Consortium nursing faculty recruitment 

and retention $70,000 

Worcester State College planning for 

nursing collaborative $5,000 

Worcester State College nursing 

scholarships $10,000 

FALLON/OrNda COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND 

AIDS Project Worcester testing, 

counseling and referral services $15,000 

Bridge of Central Massachusetts services 

to GLBT youth $12,000 

Central Massachusetts Area Health 

Education Center Hablemos En Familia 

$20,000 

Community Healthlink respite health 

care for homeless individuals $20,000 

Dismas House of Central Massachusetts 

substance abuse treatment $10,000 

Franklin Community Action 

Corporation elder services $15,000 

Genesis Club fitness and nutrition 

program $20,000 

Great Brook Valley Health Center 

refugee health assessment program 

$20,000 

Health Law Advocates youth mental 

health services collaboration $10,000 

Legal Assistance Corporation of Central 

Massachusetts healthcare assistance 

collaboration $10,000 

Massachusetts Veterans transportation 

van purchase $10,500 

Southbridge Interfaith Hospitality 

Network staffing support $11,800 

Tri-Community YMCA family wellness 


YMCA of Greater Worcester staffing 

support for men’s healthcare $10,000 

FRIENDS OF LEARNING IN KILLINGLY FUND 

Killingly Central School award-winning 

books $250 

Killingly Intermediate School 

visual arts tools $280 

student choral seminar $210 

science curriculum expansion $165 

hands-on science materials $250 

musical performance $250 

science field trip $650 

Egyptian culture field trip $240 

owl diet study $300 

LEICESTER SAVINGS BANK FUND 


resident and day camperships $2,500 

Becker College scholarships for Leicester 

students $2,000 

Friends of the Leicester Public Library 

community education and recreation 

programs $1,500 

Harvest Fair Committee craft and 

artisan show $2,000 


Museum outreach program $1,500 

Leicester Council on Aging staffing 


Leicester Memorial School PTA 

community playground equipment 

installation $5,000 

Leicester Mothers Club playground 

repair and upgrade $3,300 

Leicester Police Department drug abuse 

resistance education $2,500 

Leicester Red Hat Sophisticates meeting 

speakers and entertainment $300 

Leicester Summer Concert Series 

Committee summer concert series 

$5,000 

LMS Sports Boosters basketball 


Massachusetts Audubon Society 

Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary 

$5,000 

McAuley Nazareth Home for Boys 

gymnasium bleachers $4,000 

Mohegan Council Inc., Boy Scouts of 

America operating support $4,000 

Senior Citizen Club of Leicester meeting 

speakers and entertainment $2,000 

St. Joseph and St. Pius X Parishes food 

pantry $5,000 


summer camp $3,000 


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Committee Advised Grants 

JEPPSON MEMORIAL FUND FOR 

BROOKFIELD 

A.P.P.L.E. Seed, Inc. to publish The 

Brookfield Citizen $1,140 

Brookfield Cemetery Commission 

historic grave markers $1,680 

Brookfield Elementary School student 

self-esteem program $1,340 

Brookfield Senior Citizens Club holiday 

gathering $200 

Dump and Run event planning program 

$150 


Museum outreach program $600 

Merrick Public Library teen artist 


Members of the Master Singers 

Youth Chorus, under the direction 

of Malcolm Halliday, performed for 

corporators, nonprofit leaders and 

guests at the 2006 Annual Meeting. 

MINI-GRANTS 

Abby’s House capital needs assessment 

$2,000 

Apple Tree Arts website redesign $2,500 

CASA Project case management 

database $2,500 

Central Massachusetts Men’s Resource 

Center strategic planning $2,500 

Charlton Historical Society sewing and 

painting workshop series $1,250 

Health Awareness Services of Central 

Massachusetts strategic planning 

$2,500 


laptop computer and projector $2,500 

Master Singers of Worcester children’s 

chorus $2,500 

Mediation Services of North Central 

Massachusetts strategic planning 

$2,500 

Montachusett Regional YMCA strategic 

planning $2,000 

Music Worcester web based ticketing 

system $2,500 

Neighborhood STRENGTH oral history 

project $1,500 

Pleasant Street Neighborhood 

Network Center Worcester World Cup 

tournament $1,715 

Poetry Oasis Gertrude Halstead poetry 

showcase $2,500 

Preservation Worcester historic marker 


South Middlesex Opportunity Council 

Ed’s Place $1,250 

Sterling Historical Society 

computerized collection management 

system $2,500 

Twin Cities Community Development 

Corporation web site redesign $2,500 

WICN Public Radio summer concert 

collaboration $2,500 


Educational Collaborative history field 

trips $2,480 

Worcester Women’s History Project 

recording and archival equipment 

$2,500 

Worcester Youth Center operating 


WATER & LAND STEWARDSHIP FUND 

Sources of funding: 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund 

Rosemary Davis Environmental 

Preservation Fund 

Rosemary Marble Harris Fund 

Robert M. and Carolyn G. Hyde Fund 

Massachusetts Environmental Trust 

Blackstone River Watershed 

Association staffing and online database 

$4,900 

Dudley Conservation Land Trust public 

land enhancement $2,500 

East Quabbin Land Trust educational 

equipment $2,000 

Greater Worcester Land Trust appraisal 

of Cook’s Pond $5,000 

YOUTH FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT 

GRANTS 

Abby’s House operating support $2,000 

Central Massachusetts Housing 

Alliance advocacy work $2,500 

Community Healthlink art enrichment 

at Grace House $3,500 

Girls, Incorporated swim lessons $2,000 

Southeast Asian Coalition of Central 

Massachusetts advocacy and program 

services $5,000 

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Designated and Donor Advised Grants 

Some Fund names and grant amounts 

have been omitted at donor request. 

A 

Abby’s House 

Isabel K. Arms Fund $500 

Olive I. and Anthony A. Borgatti Jr. 

Donor Advised Fund $500 

Wynne L. Chase Fund $5,000 

Elizabeth A. Culhane Memorial Fund 

$869 

Ethel S. Cunningham Fund $4,480 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund $200 

Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor 

Advised Fund $100 

C. Jean and Myles McDonough Fund 

$946 

Al-Hamra Academy 

Khazma A. Soffan Memorial Fund 

$2,289 

All Saints Episcopal Church 

Sarah Daniels Pettit and William O. 

Pettit Jr. Fund $681 

Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund 

$236 

ALS Association 



Alzheimer’s Association, 

Massachusetts Chapter 

Celeste and Dave Lionett Donor Advised 

Fund $200 

American Antiquarian Society 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund $500 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund $6,000 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Fund 

$1,500 

Gordon Iver and Dorothy Brewer 

Erikson Fund $750 

Jeppson Memorial Fund $13,163 

John M. Nelson Fund $1,000 

American Cancer Society 

Argitis Family Fund $100 

American Jewish Committee - 

West Coast Florida Chapter 

Paul E. Cohan Fund $100 

American Jewish Joint Distribution 

Committee, Inc. 

Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund 

$3,600 


Massachusetts 

David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund 

$1,000 

Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux 

Fund $500 

The Pyle Fund $2,000 

American Technion Society 


$5,000 

American Textile History Museum 


Education Fund 

Andover Newton Theological School 

Trust in Kids Fund $1,000 

Anna Maria College 

Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund 

The LaVigne Family Fund 


Anti-Defamation League 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund $600 

Armenian Heritage Tribute and 

Genocide Memorial Foundation, Inc. 

George and Anna Krikorian 

Family Fund $10,000 

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard 

University 


Athol Area YMCA 

Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew 

Meany Memorial Fund $1,000 

B 

Bancroft School 


Paul and Fay Rossley Fund $100 

Bar Harbor Historical Society 





$500 

Baystate Health Foundation 

Orville Harrold Fund $31,761 

Becker College 



Berkshire Museum 


Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central 

Mass/Metrowest 



Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library 

Raymond P. Harold Memorial Fund 

$742 

Boothbay Railway Village 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund $1,000 

Boothbay Region Land Trust 


$500 

Boothbay Region YMCA 


$2,500 

Bosler Humane Society 

Bosler Humane Society Fund $2,077 

Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund $2,000 

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Boston Athenaeum 



Boston Lyric Opera/Opera New England 

Newell and Betty Hale Fund $1,000 

Boston Poultry Exposition 

John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund $732 

Boys & Girls Club of Worcester 

Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund $500 


$500 

Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund $1,025 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund $688 


Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund $1,534 

Bridge of Central Massachusetts 


Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund $1,000 

Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife 

Sanctuary 


Martha L. and William P. Densmore Fund 

$1,500 

Brookfield Congregational Church 


Brookfield Unitarian 

Universalist Church 

Chesson Family Fund $701 

C 

Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation 


Center for Eye Research Inc. 

Marla Maykel Fund $2,000 

Children’s Friend 

Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund $539 

Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund 

$374 

Children’s Golf Foundation, Inc. 


Choose Worcester, Inc. 

Choose Worcester Fund $310,000 

Christ Episcopal Church 

Newell Hale Memorial Fund $952 

Clark University 


John W. Lund Fund $6,444 


CLARKE - School for the Deaf - Center 

for Oral Education 



Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 


$500 

Colby College 


College of the Atlantic 


Erikson Fund $2,500 

Columbia Business School 

Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund $350 

Community Healthlink, Inc. 

Frances F. Mansfield Fund $1,064 


Connecticut Aeronautical 

Historical Association 


Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 


Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. 


D 

Dana Hall School 

Hollis E. and Gwendolyn D. Alden Fund 

$871 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 

Anonymous Fund $100 


James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan 

Donor Advised Fund $5,000 

Candi Tiarks Cancer Research Fund 

$1,000 

Day Kimball Hospital 


Department of Social Services Kids 

Fund, Inc. 

Children’s Christmas Fund $345 

WTAG Christmas for Children Fund 

$25,000 

Diocese of Worcester 

Argitis Family Fund $1,000 

Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund 

$539 

Douglas Fire Department 

UniBank September 11 th Emergency 

Personnel Education Fund $1,100 

Douglas Historical Society 

Douglas Historical Society Fund $2,500 

Dudley Conservation Land Trust 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford Fund 

$5,000 

E 

Eagle Hill School 


$2,000 

East Douglas Evergreen 

Cemetery Company 

East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 

Company Fund $3,500 

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Easter Seals of Massachusetts 



$871 

Dana L. DeAngelis-McDonald 

Memorial Fund 


$1,000 

Charles E. Soule Paul Revere Insurance 

Group Centennial Fund $2,500 

EcoTarium 



Bozenhard Charitable Fund $1,350 

Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund 

$13,600 


$500 

Arthur M. Pappas and Martha R. Pappas 

Donor Advised Foundation $40,000 

Elder Services of Worcester Area, Inc. 

H. Arthur Smith Designated Fund 

$3,364 

Harold Davis Woodbury Fund $990 

F 

Family Health Center 



Honee A. Hess Partnership with 

Children Fund $804 



The Pyle Fund $2,000 

Alice C.A. Sibley Fund $10,000 

Finnish American Reporter 

Finnish American Social Club Fund 

$4,412 

First Baptist Church of Worcester 


First Church of Christ Unitarian 



First Congregational Church 

of Shrewsbury 


First Congregational Church, UCC 


First Unitarian Church 


$871 


$2,000 


Foundation for Child Advocates/Voices 

for Children of Palm Beach County 


Friendly House, Inc. 

Friendly House Fund $30,000 

Friends of Gale Free Library 

Friends of Gale Free Library 110th 

Endowment Fund $10,000 

Friends of Sutton Elders 


$250 

Friends of the Millbury Seniors, Inc. 


$250 

Friends of WFCR 


G 

Gale Free Library 

C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. Newell 

Fund $1,387 

Girls, Incorporated 

A. Jane Fitzpatrick, M.D. and Edward F. 

Kilroy, M.D. Fund $1,000 


Girl Scouts of Montachusett Council 


Grafton Wachusett Lakers 

John Carter “High Five” Youth 

Hockey Fund $200 

Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund 

$200 

Grafton Land Trust 

Harris Family Fund $800 

Grand Banks Schooner Museum Trust 


Great Brook Valley Health Center, Inc. 

Alice C.A. Sibley Fund $14,114 

Greater Worcester 32° Masonic 

Learning Center for Children 


Polly C. and Joseph R. Carter Fund 

$5,000 


$2,500 


Greater Worcester Land Trust 


H 

Harrington Memorial Hospital 


Harvard University Medical School 

Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler 

Fund $396 

Haverhill Public Library 





$1,700 

Hillel House 


Hillside School 


$6,727 


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Historic Deerfield, Inc. 

Elkanah B. Atkinson Community 

and Education Fund 

Historic New England 



Hobart College 


Holy Name Central Catholic Junior/ 

Senior High School 


$500 

Hope Lodge 



Hyde School 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund $300 

I 

Immigration History Research Center 


$4,413 

Interfaith Hospitality Network 

of Greater Worcester 


Fund $600 

Pakachoag Church Outreach Ministry 

Fund $1,500 

Italian-American Cultural Center 

Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory of 

Patsy and Theresa Pezzella $565 

J 


Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund $153 

Theodore and Marjorie M. Deitz Fund 

$500 


$2,000 

Jewish Federation of Central 

Massachusetts 


Samuel Frank Charitable Fund $6,331 

Jewish Federation 

of Palm Beach County 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund 

$3,100 

Jewish Healthcare Center 


$500 

Pelletz Family Fund $3,400 


John Woodman Higgins 

Armory Museum 





Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund 

$4,110 

Joshua Hyde Library 

Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. Ciaffone 

Fund $1,253 

Joy of Music Program, Inc. 



$1,000 

Joy of Music Program Beveridge and 

Frances Webster Endowment Fund 

$6,000 


Fund $100 


Jupiter Medical Center Foundation 


$2,000 

K 

Kiwanis Foundation of Worcester 


L 

Lahey Clinic 


Longboat Key Center for the Arts 


Luther Burbank Middle School 


M 

MAB Community Services 

Lois S. Feldman Fund $1,000 

Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society 




Empowerment Center 


$600 

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and 

Health Science 



$500 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 



Massachusetts General Hospital 





$3,500 

Massachusetts Historical Society 



Massachusetts Medical Society and 

Alliance Charitable Foundation 


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Massachusetts Society for the 

Prevention of Cruelty to Children 



Matthew 25, Inc. 

Matthew 25 - Boston Fund $25,000 

Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuiness 

Fund $827 

Mazon 


McAuley Nazareth Home for Boys 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $500 

Men’s Associates of the Morse 

Geriatric Center, Inc. 


Mercy Centre 


Middlesex School 


Fund $422 

Midstate Youth Hockey 

John Carter “High Five” Youth 

Hockey Fund $615 


$260 

Millbury Public Library 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth $1,800 

Mohegan Council Inc., 

Boy Scouts of America 




Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries 


Mount Desert Island Hospital 



Music Worcester, Inc. 


$2,000 


N 

Named Beneficiaries of Trust for 

Injured Survivors of Tornado 

of June 1953 

Central Massachusetts Disaster Relief 

Residue Trust Fund $8,147 

National Education for Assistance 

Dog Services 


Martha L. and William P. Densmore 

Fund $1,000 

Katharine Higgins Riley Fund $6,323 

The Nativity School of Worcester 

Mary C. DeFeudis Fund $5,000 




$550 

New England Historic Genealogical 

Society 



Nonprofit Support Center Organization 

Assistance Fund Grants 

Anonymous Beneficiary $19,000 

Northbridge Centre 

Congregational Church 

Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Fund 

$422 

Notre Dame Academy 


O 

Old Sturbridge Village 


Our Lady of the Cape Parish 


P 

Pan-Massachusetts Challenge 


Performing Arts of Northeast 

Connecticut 


Performing Arts School of Worcester 


Pernet Family Health Service 


$500 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $1,000 

Petersham Historical Society 

Town of Petersham Fund $14,965 

Pioneer Institute 



Pomfret Community School 


Pomfret School 


Pratt Institute 


Problem Pregnancy of Worcester, Inc. 


Q 

Quinebaug Valley Community 

College Foundation 



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Quinsigamond Community 

College Foundation 


R 

Rachel’s Table 


Fund $200 

Rainbow Child Development Center 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund $1,000 

Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust 


Rangeley Region Health Center, Inc. 


Ringling School of Art & Design 

Library Association, Inc. 


Rural Cemetery and Crematory 

Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund 

$13,026 

S 

Saint Andrews Hospital 


$1,800 

Saint Anne and Saint Patrick Parish 


Saint Joseph’s Church 

Margaret W. and Richard P. Traina Fund 

$500 

Saint Margaret’s House 


Saint Peter Catholic Church 


Saint Peter’s Church 


Town of Petersham Fund $7,029 

Salem Community Corporation 


Kilroy, M.D. Fund $250 

The Salvation Army 

Children’s Christmas Fund $345 



Samuel Frank Charitable Fund $6,331 


Fund $200 

Seven Hills Foundation 




Shrewsbury Public Library 



Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services 



South Middlesex Opportunity Council 


Fund $200 

Special Olympics Massachusetts 


Fund $100 

T 

Temple Emanuel 



$250 

Temple Sinai 


Thayer Memorial Library 


Thompson Ecumenical 

Empowerment Group, Inc. 


The 300 Committee 


Town of North Brookfield 


Trinity Chapel 

Anonymous Fund $1,000 

Trinity Lutheran Church 


Trustees of Phillips Academy 


Trustees of Reservations 



Tufts University 


$5,000 

Tyler Hamilton Foundation 


U 

UMass Medical School 

Sandy C. Marks Jr. Biomedical 

Education Fund $100 

UMass Memorial Foundation 


$1,742 


Kilroy, M.D. Fund $250 


Fund $397 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund $1,375 


Fund $1,387 



$6,727 

Harold Davis Woodbury Fund $990 

UMass Memorial Health Care 

Max H. and Eloise A. Kuhner Memorial 

Fund $500,000 

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Unitarian Universalist Church 

of Greater Lynn 


United Service Organizations 


Fund $100 

United States Fund for UNICEF 


Fund $200 

United Way of Central Massachusetts 





$2,000 


$1,500 

Arthur J. Remillard, Jr. Fund $25,586 



Fund $141,791 

University of Maine 



University of Massachusetts Graduate 

School of Nursing 

Lillian R. Goodman and Mary K. 

Alexander Fund for Nursing Education 

and Research $1,000 

Uxbridge Police Department 

UniBank September 11 th Emergency 

Personnel Education Fund $1,000 

V 

Village Improvement Society of Dennis 


Memorial Fund 

Virginia Thurston Healing Garden 


VNA Care Network and Hospice 





W 

Wachusett Greenways 

Morgan B. and Loretta R. Dewey Fund 

$200 

Wellesley College 




$1,500 

WGBH Educational Foundation 


$1,500 



Fund $100 


Whitin Community Center 

Marjorie G. and Elmer E. Ellison, Jr. 

Fund $513 


Fund $422 

Whitinsville Social Library 


Fund $422 

The John and Gloria Rauth Library Fund 

$1,108 

Wildlife Rehabilitators Association 

of Massachusetts 


Williams College 


$1,500 

Windham County 

4-H Foundation, Inc. 


Woodstock Academy 


Worcester Academy 


$500 

Chapin Riley Fund $6,988 


Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund $250 

Worcester Art Museum 




H. Paul and Sara B. Buckingham III 

Fund $192 

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund 

$122 

Martha A. Cowan Fund $1,496 


$1,100 


$1,500 


$1,500 




$374 

Marvin Richmond Fund $1,832 

Chapin Riley Fund $6,988 


$236 

Worcester Art Museum Booth Family 

Fund for Education and Outreach 

$101,153 

Worcester Center for Crafts 



$374 


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Worcester County Food Bank 

Isabel K. Arms Fund $500 



Fund $827 

Worcester County Horticultural 

Society/Tower Hill Botanic Garden 





Fund $193 


$1,000 




Pettit Jr. Fund $340 

Worcester County Mechanics 

Association 


Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund for 

Mechanics Hall $25,000 


$1,000 


Fund $100 


Worcester County Poetry 

Association, Inc. 

Worcester County Poetry Association 

Founders Fund $422 

Worcester County Poetry Association’s 

Worcester Review Fund $2,602 

Worcester Foundation 

for Biomedical Research 


$871 



$1,000 


Worcester Fresh Air Fund, Inc. 



Worcester Hibernian Cultural Center 


Worcester Historical Museum 



Barbara Allen Booth Fund $7,760 

Robert W. Booth Fund for the Worcester 

Historical Museum $18,489 


$1,000 


Worcester Historical Museum Fund 

$80,000 

Worcester Historical Museum Robert W. 

Booth Fund for Salisbury Mansion 

$23,046 

Worcester Jewish Community Center 



Worcester Polytechnic Institute 


Worcester Public Library 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund $576 

Worcester Public Schools 

Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund $2,991 



Fund $2,795 

Worcester Regional Science & 

Engineering Fair 

Worcester Engineering Society Fund 

$250 

Worcester State College 



Worcester State Foundation 


Alexander Fund for Nursing Education 

and Research $1,000 

Worcester Technical High School 

Saul A. Seder Fund $659 

Worcester Youth Center 


Wyndham Land Trust , Inc. 


Y 

Y.O.U., Inc. 

Todd H. and Charlotte A. Wetzel Fund 

$803 

YMCA of Collier County 

Endowment Board, Inc. 


YMCA of Greater Worcester 



$4,000 


$200 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund $300 




Carolyn Knight Dik Fund $1,000 


YWCA/Daybreak Resources 

for Women & Children 



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Donors and Funds 

Services to Donors 

Philanthropy can be a complex endeavor. 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, 

$125 million endowment investment program, which 

has the discipline to preserve capital during tough times 

and the longevity to extend the value and reach of their 

contribution over generations. 

Donors can choose from a variety of charitable fund and 

gift options to maximize their tax advantages and make 

a difference. Whatever the size of the charitable gift, the 

Foundation can put it to work to increase its value and 

impact in the community, both now and in the future. 

Ways to Give 

We welcome gifts of any size and accept a broad range of 

assets, including cash, publicly traded securities, closely 

held stock, real estate, life insurance, tangible personal 

property and private foundation assets. 

Donors can make a gift to any of our existing named 

funds or, with a gift of $10,000 or more, they can 

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. 

Each gift enlarges the endowment and increases its 

earnings potential. 

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. 

Planned Giving 

Donors can make a gift that benefits the community after 

their lifetime by: 

• A gift through their will 

• Naming the Foundation as beneficiary of Individual 

Retirement Account assets 

• Transferring life insurance policies to the Foundation, 

making premium payments tax-deductible and 

creating a permanent charitable fund of $10,000 

or more 

• Donating retained real estate as a future gift while 

continuing to use the property throughout their 

lifetime 

• A charitable vehicle that pays them income now, 

and later supports their philanthropic goals, 

including pooled income funds (minimum 

gift: $5,000), charitable gift annuities (minimum gift: 

$10,000) and charitable remainder trusts. 

Learning About Our Community 

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. Donors value these occasions 

because they see the impact of their gifts firsthand and 

gain insight into the immediate and long-term needs of 

our region. 

To find out more, we invite you to call us or visit 

www.greaterworcester.org 

Donors can make a gift to any of our 

existing named funds or, with a gift of 

$10,000 or more, they can establish a fund 

to create a personal legacy. 


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An Invitation to Become a Member of the Acorn Society 

Give for generations to come. Since 1995, the Acorn Society 

has been recognizing and honoring those who have named the 

Foundation as the recipient of a planned gift or estate plan. 

Acorn Society Members 

Anonymous (3) 

John Adam Jr. 

Isabel K. Arms 

Mark P. Bilotta and Henry O. Ritter 

Brian and Betty Bjurling 

Cushing C. Bozenhard 

Douglas P. Butler 

Kenneth and Nancy Candito 

Jeanne Y. Curtis 

Elizabeth O. Dean 

Francis H. Dewey III 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey 

Ross and Lisa Dik 

Richard and Carol Dymek 

Elmer E. Ellison Jr. 

Dennis F. Gorman 

David and Rosalie Grenon 

Claire L. Halvey 

Harriet P. Miller Hight 

Forrest A. and Shirley H. Jacobs 

Frances and M Howard Jacobson 

Pat and Ken Jones 

David P. Leach and Audrey Klein-Leach 

Catherine H. and Peter Levine, M.D. 

Margaret D. Lincoln 

Ann T. Lisi 

John W. Lund 

Barbara B. and Raymond E. Morin 

John M. Nelson 

Sarah D. Pettit 

Bonnie M. Prescott 

John A. and Gloria W. Rauth 

Susan and C. Reid Roberts 

Linda Carlson Romano 

Evelyn Silver 

David C. Steelman and 

Virginia Theo-Steelman 

Helen M. Stinson 

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison G. Taylor Jr. 

Sumner B. Tilton Jr. 

Dr. Irving N. Wolfson 

David K. Woodbury 

Kimball R. and Elizabeth Woodbury 

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 

$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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Contributors 

In 2006, the Foundation received $7,408,207 in gifts. 

Of this amount, $3,667,052 was added to existing named 

funds; $3,741,155 created 18 new named funds; and 

$47,903 comprised unrestricted gifts to the Directors 

and Corporators Fund. 

$1,000,000 + 

Rural Cemetery 

Estate of Norman L. 

Sharfman 

$100,000 - 999,999 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. 

Crawford 

The Lorraine and Chauncey 

Crepeau Trust 

Elm Park Center for Early 

Childhood Education 

Hale Charitable Lead Trust 

Anne M. Leamy Estate and 

Trust 

Chapin Riley Trust 

Y.O.U., Inc. 

$10,000 – 99,999 

George I. Alden Trust 

Anonymous (4) 

Boston Globe 

The Carrick Foundation 

Arthur E. Chase 

Commerce Bank & Trust 

Company 

Martha L. and William P. 

Densmore 

Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey 


Ruth H. and Warren A. 

Ellsworth Foundation 

Patricia Fisher 

The Fletcher Foundation 

George F. and Sybil H. Fuller 

Foundation 

Cecelia Grynsel 

Betty Hale 

Francis A. and Jacquelyn H. 

Harrington Foundation 

Estate of Orville R. Harrold 

Thomas P. and Edith M. 

LaVigne 

David J. and Celeste Lionett 

Matthew 25, Inc. 

Mildred H. McEvoy 


Donald and Mary Melville 

Middlesex Savings 

Charitable Foundation 

Dorothy I. Miles Riley Family 

Trust 

John O. and Diane Mirick 

Morgan Worcester 

E. Osterman Gas Service 

Joseph Persky Foundation 

Ann Pinkerton Charitable 

Trust 

Providence & Worcester 

Railroad 

Rice Charitable Foundation 

Paul and Fay Rossley 

Donna R. C. and John E. 

Sansoucy 

Estate of Alexander G. 

Simonatis 

Stoddard Charitable Trust 

TD Banknorth Charitable 


Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship 


UMass Memorial Medical 

Center, Inc. 

Jennifer Weyler 

Worcester Business 

Development Corporation 

WTAG Listeners 

$1,000 – 9,999 

Mary K. Alexander 

Anonymous 

Atlas Distributing, Inc. 

Auburn Woman’s Club 

Bay State Savings Bank 

Janet E. and Paul N. Belval 

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP 

John Boyd 

Cushing C. Bozenhard Trust 

James B. Broadhurst 


Michael D. Brockelman 

William R. Carrick 

Elaine M. Ciborowski 

Clinton Savings Charitable 


James E. and Margaret F. 

Collins 

Commonwealth National 

Bank 

Fairman C. and Martha Allis 

Cowan 

Melvin S. Cutler Charitable 


Fred Harris Daniels 


Carolyn Knight Dik 

Ross K. and Lisa F. Dik 

Joseph D. Early 

Joseph D. Early Jr. 

East Douglas Evergreen 

Cemetery Company 

Eckhert Fazen Foundation of 

the Fidelity Charitable 

Gift Fund 

Arnold S. and Phyllis C. 

Edinberg 

Eppinger Family Foundation 

Gordon I. and Dorothy B. 

Erikson 

Robert E. Evans and Kathleen 

K. Evans Family Foundation 

Barbara E. Fargo 

Edwin Fedeli Jr. 

Feingold Companies 

Saul F. and Norma Feingold 

Lawrence and Zoila Feldman 

Allen W. Fletcher 

Mary F. and Warner S. 

Fletcher 

Patricia A. Fletcher 

Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, 

P.C. 

George E. Freeland 

Dina R. and Gerald (Lee) 

Gaudette III 

Lillian R. Goodman 

Susanne Gray 

Great Brook Valley Health 

Center 

Joel P. Greene and Ann T. Lisi 

David R. and Rosalie A. 

Grenon 

Joy Wetzel Hall 

Bradley C. Higgins 


Harriet P. Miller Hight 

Hoche Scofield Foundation 

Robert M. and Carolyn G. 

Hyde 

Frances and M Howard 

Jacobson 

Robert D. Johnson 

Kelleher & Sadowsky 

Associates, Inc. 

Kleinhandler Corporation 

Knight-Dik Insurance Agency 

Max H. Kuhner Trust 

Agnes E. Kull 

Peter and Catherine Levine 

Family of the Fidelity 

Charitable Gift Fund 

Galatea Moschos Lewry 

Marion Lightbown 

Stephen and Valerie Loring 

B. Dale Magee, M.D. Fund 

Vanguard Charitable 

Endowment 

Julia W. Marks 

Massachusetts 

Environmental Trust 

C. Jean and Myles 

McDonough 

Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie 

& Lougee, LLP 

Bruce M. Mozinski 

Nellie Mae Education 


NSTAR 

Arthur M. and Martha R. 

Pappas 

Park Spirit of Worcester 

Penny Wise Markets 

Paul M. Pezzella 

Beverly A. Pinjuv 

Polar Corporation 

Saint-Gobain Abrasives 

Carol L. Seager 

Jay S. Sherwin and Rachel 

Lefkowitz 

Judith W. and John E. 

Sjostedt 

Affiliated Chambers of 

Commerce of Greater 

Springfield, Inc. 

Robert P. Stalilonis and 

Angele M. C. Patenaude 

David C. Steelman and 

Virginia Theo-Steelman 

Sullivan Insurance Group 

Gale B. and Philip G. 

Torgersen 

Charles R. Valade 

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Contributors 

Karen C. Watkins 

Worcester Area Mission 

Society 

Worcester Area United 

Methodist 

Worcester Fire Fighters 

Association 

Worcester Regional Chamber 

of Commerce 

Worcester Telegram and 

Gazette 

$100 – 999 

A.P. Fish Company 

Robert C. Achorn 

Sara Trillo Adams 

Advanced Energy Concepts 

Advantage Benefits 

Group, Inc. 

Janice Ahola-Sidaway 

Cindy Aiken and Liz Hebert 

AK Consulting Services 

John K. and Gabrielle Allen 

Eileen Almeida 

Adeline M. Anderson 

Bruce C. and June R. 

Anderson 

James A. Andreoli 

John T. and Karen O. 

Andreoli 

Mike and Marie Angelini 

Anonymous (5) 

Kenneth P. and Frances E. 

Arena 

Lenore C. Armstrong 

Adolfo Arrastia 

Art All-State Steering 

Committee 2006 

Robert S. Bachelder 

Bank of America Foundation 

Eileen M. Barrette 

Kathleen D. and Robert B. 

Barthelmes Jr. 

Lisa A. Barthelson 

Thomas J. Bartholomew 

John E. Bassett 

Nadia T. Beard 

Anne L. Beckstrom 

Bruce S. Bennett 

Rosamond R. Bennett 

Karen M. Berg 

Dennis Berkey 

Barbara A. Bernard 

George F. and Barbara C. 

Bernardin 

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Sarah Garfield Berry 

Henry W. Beth 

Martha E. Bigelow 

Mark P. Bilotta and Henry 

Ritter 

Maurice J. and Pamela K. 

Boisvert 

George F. Booth II 

Dorene Boudreau 

Sarah Ann Bowditch and 

Larry Marinelli 

Marshall Katzen and Bari 

Boyer 

Christopher W. Bramley 

Denise Brookhouse 

Walter F. and Helen A. 

Browne 

Ann H. Brubaker 

David Brunelle 

Thomas and Nancy 

Buckingham 

John H. Budd 

Francis and Cynthia Buffone 


Wanda and Dallas Cantlin 

James A. Caradonio 

Nancy M. Carlson 

Carpenters Local 107 

Linda A. Cavaioli 

Harriette L. Chandler 

Brian Chandley 

Charter Communications 

Harold R. Chesson Jr. 

Joy C. Child 

Louise I. Lehtola Clarke and 

Jeffrey R. Clarke 

Barbara Clifford 

Coghlin Services Fund 

Committee to Elect John 

Conte 

Committee to Elect Joseph D. 

Early Jr. 

Committee to Elect Tim 

Murray 

Commonwealth 

Management 

P. Kevin Condron 

Lois J. Cook 

Cary J. and Nancy Corkin 

Louis J. Cornacchioli 

Donald and Barbara 

Courtney 

Crescent Point at Niantic 

Beverly B. and Charles 

Cunningham 

Warren W. Cunningham and 

Marie M. Sitchenko 

Patricia A. and Paul D. Daigle 

Darcy Design Construction 

Dix Davis 

Ronald S. Davis 

Daniel de la Torre Jr. 

Richard W. Dearborn 

Kathleen Derzius 

Morgan B. Dewey 

Helen J. and Paul B. Dexter 

George E. Dickey Jr. 

Peter Digioia 

Judith E. and William C. Dino 

Michael Doherty 

James C. Donnelly Jr. 

Antonella Doucette 

Anne Doyle 

Barbara A. Drake 

George L. Dresser 

Driveway Maintenance Inc. 

Francis X. Dufault Jr. 

Timothy F. Dumphy 

Ellen S. Dunlap and Frank 

Armstrong 

Stephen J. Erickson 

Facility Management 

Corporation 

R.J. & L.G. Fates Family Fund 

of the Fidelity Charitable 

Gift Fund 

Donald A. Fattman 

Dennis A. Fenton Jr. 

Harry Ferguson 

Emily Ferrara and Lara Hoke 

Donna M. Fiore 

Dave and Colin Fitzgerald 

Flagship Bank 

Justin L. Fletcher 

Matthew V. Fletcher 

Ann F. Ford 

David Ford 

David P. Forsberg 

Barbara and Dean Fortin 

Phyllis and Stuart Freilich 

Elizabeth O. and Robert S. 

Frem 

Laura Frem and Jen Carter 

Friends of Northbridge Elders 

Mark W. and Janice L. Fuller 

Joyce Fuller 

Gerald M. Gates 

Stephen Gemelli 

Rodney Glasgow 

Gerald Gleich and Francesca 

Bang 

Nitin Godiwala 

Phyllis A. Goldstein 

Goldstein Scrap Metal 

Goretti Supermarkets 


James F. Goulet 

John E. Graham 

Ivan and Noreen Green 

Lois B. Green 

Martin J. Green and Maura 

A. Mahoney 

Barbara E. Greenberg 

Joan M. and Charlie A. 

Greffrath 

Dr. Abraham and Linda 

Haddad 

Gloria Hall 

Kevin J. Hannam 

Lisa C. Haupt 

Ernest S. Hayeck 

Barbara and Kenneth Heekin 

William A. and Patricia 

Hendricks 

Gaylene and Robert S. 

Heppe Jr. 

Bruce R. and Nancy E. 

Herholz 

Holly G. Hess 

Honee A. Hess and Philip R. 

Magnusson 

John E. Hodgson 

Patricia Correia Hoerter 

Friends of Holden Council on 

Aging 

John E. and Pamela H. 

Hopkins 

Dick and Ella Houlihan 

Carol A. and 

Stephen E. Hunt 

Dennis L. Irish 

Claire M. Johnson 

Herbert C. and 

Martha H. Johnson 

Timothy J. Johnson 

George W. Jollymore 

Patricia L. Jones 

Susan Rees Jones and 

Anthony B. Bruno 

Joseph T. McGuirk Memorial 

Kirk Joslin 

Kathleen M. Kane 

Ruth E. Kaufman 

Maureen M. Kelleher 

Victoria J. Kelley 

Robert M. Kennedy 


Contributors 

Priscilla S. and 

Phillips H. Kerr 

Mary E. Kett 

Judith Kirk 

Robert and Marjorie Kittel 

Revocable Trusts 

Audrey Klein-Leach 

Knight Incorporated 

Knights of Columbus 

Council #88 

Barbara C. Kohin 

Gail Weiner Korval 

Harry P. and Sharon Kotseas 

Steven and Joyce Kressler 

Cindy and Albert LaBarge 

and Teri Patriquin 

LaBarge Engineering & 

Contracting 

Lamoureux, Pagano & 

Associates 

Joseph Landolfi 

Thomas E. Landry 

Robert E. Layne 

Thuha T. Le 

Catherine H. and Peter H. 

Levine 

Patsy C. Lewis 

Robert J. Lewis 

Lorraine M. and Joseph 

Lian Jr. 

Robert G. Lian 

Sandra A. Loftus 

William J. Luby 

Ilana Ludvigsen 

John W. Lund 

Richard J. Lundin 

Stacey D. Luster 

Mark W. Lynch 

Daniel C. and Maryann J. 

Mackowiak 

Ronald Macon and Jonathan 

Azzarone 

Annette M. and Robert R. 

Mangaudis 

Michael J. Marcy 

Marilyn Markarian 

Irene L. Mayo 

Francis M. & Barbara McGinn 

McGovern Cleaning Services 

Re-Elect McGovern 

Committee 

William T. and Pamela D. 

McGovern 

John W. & Sharon A. 

McManus 

Christopher G. Mehne 

John J. and Patricia A. 

Metterville 

Peter E. Michaud 

Kathy and Henry Michie 

Milano Regulatory Solutions 

Erwin H. Miller 

Stephen E. Mills 

Charles F. Monahan Jr. 

Janet Wilson Moore 

Maureen Moorehouse 

Gail M. Morgan 

Anne F. Moriarty and James 

A. Kachulis 

Laurance S. Morrison 

Michael C. Moschos 

Frederic H. Mulligan 

Tammy Murray 

Catherine M. and Thomas V. 

Murray Sr. 

Nancy and Karl Nelson 

Dennis and Jane Neslusan 

Gale H. Nigrosh and Robert 

J. Sakakeeny 

Northern Show 

Management 

Northworks Bar & Grille 

Karen M. Nunley 

John G. O’Brien 

Rosalie L. and Stanley L. Olds 

James A. O’Malley 

Denise Osterman 

Ernest J. and Elsie Osterman 

Leah G. Osterman and David 

C. King 

P. A. Cleaners 

Carolyn and Sahdev Passey 

Suzanne and Stephen T. 

Patton 

James F. Paulhus 

Judith M. Pemstein 

Perry R. Pero 

R. Norman Peters 

John W. and Patricia B. 

Peterson 


Robert and Christine 

Piltzecker 

Christine M. Proffitt 

Quizno’s Subs 

Kari A. Raffa 

Gail T. Randall 

Cathy Kahn Recht 

Stephen Reynolds 

Richard F. Walsh Plumbing 

and Heating 

Todd and Shelley Rodman 


Jeanne D. Rosenblatt 

Martha and Melvin 

Rosenblatt 

Rosenblum Goldsmiths, Inc. 

Laurie B. Ross 

Scott Rossiter 

Barry S. Rotman 

Kent Russell and Aisling 

Gaughan 

Judith A. Rutelonis 

Edward E. Ryan lll 

Saint-Gobain Corporation 


Linda Salandra 

William Samuels 

Sansoucy Stone 

Ralph F. Sbrogna 

David L. and Roberta R. 

Schaefer 

Scott W. Schedin 

Paul and Susan Schlaikjer 

Fund of the Fidelity 

Charitable Gift Fund 

Maria Schupp 

Richard C. Scott 

Paul F. Scully 

J. Robert Seder 

Thomas F. and Carolyn B. 

Shilale 

Nicholas A. Shoner 

Philip O. Shwachman 

Siff Charitable Foundation 

Joff Smith 

Donald R. Spellman 

John Spillane 

Nanette J. St. Pierre-Locke 

Leonard P. and Nancy M. 

Stanley 

Peter R. Stanton 

Paul J. Steffen 

Alan R. and Marla G. Stone 

Kieran Stone 

Deborah Swan 

Sheila L. and George W. 

Tetler III 

Robert L. Thomas 

Susan and Charlie Thompson 


David N. Tinsley 

Dorothy C. Tinsley 

Carol Tippe 

TLC Pet Haven 

Kathleen Toomey and Family 

Richard P. and Margaret W. 

Traina 

Sandra E. Travinski 

Tri-Star Sportswear 

Michael and Dorothy Tsotsis 

UMass Medical School 

Facility Employees 

Unitarian Universalist 

Church of Worcester 

UnumProvident Corporation 

Verizon 

Matthew Waite 

Thomas Waite 

James E. Wallace Jr. 

William D. Wallace 

Carlton A. Watson 

Edward P. and Brenda K. 

Weathersbee 

Weiner Family 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wells 

James A. Welu 

Meridith D. Wesby 

Todd H. and Charlotte A. 

Wetzel 

Jack L. Wolfson 

David K. and Susan B. 

Woodbury 

Worcester Administrative 

Officers’ Association 

Worcester Art Museum 

Docents 

Worcester Credit Union 

Worcester Fire Brigade Pipes 

and Drums 

Worcester Fire Department 

Credit Union 

Worcester Foreign Motors 

Worcester Sharks Booster 

Club 

Janice B. Yost 

Robert Zeleniak 

Marita Zuraitis 

$1 - 99 

Gary Abrahams 

Lawrence J. Abramoff 

Dawn Adams 

Derreth A. Adams and M.J. 

Leadenham 

Patricia M. Albrecht 

Barbara J. Aldridge 

Anonymous (2) 

Olga M. Arbor 

Rich and Wendy Ardizzone 

Madeline Arthur 

Sallee Azzarone 

William F. and Valerie K. 

Barrett 

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Contributors 

Ralph Bartley 

Jane Bastien 

Richard W. and Linda B. 

Batstone 

Jo Ann Bauer 

Lisa Belmain 

James J. Berthiaume 

Judith and Rocky Best 

Mark Bibace 

Edla Ann and Randolph 

Bloom 

Debra A. Bonder 

Gary A. and Susan L. 

Boudreau 

Ann T. and Robert J. Boule 

Janet R. Bradford 

Elizabeth Brady 

Janet Bricault 

Alyson C. Bridges 

Richard P. and Ellen M. 

Brigham 

Maryellen Brisbois 

Robert E. and Robin J. 

Brissette 

Judith F. and Joseph W. 

Buckley Jr. 

Lesley A. Burnap 

Jennifer Calef 

Joanne L. Calista 

Alice Callery 

Diane Campbell 

Ann E. Carlson 

John Carrigan 

Luanne Carroll 

Debbie and Charlie Cary 

Linda D. and Peter A. 

Chadwick 

Chandler Magnet School 

Students 

Scott Chapman 

Julia and Frank Chibotar 

Suzanne P. and John 

Cimochowski Jr. 

Lisa M. Cohane 

Felice Collins 

Robert W. and Edith M. 

Comeau 

Gene and Marilyn Corridori 

Susan Cotter 

Cournoyer Family 

Paul H. and Lynn M. Couture 

Alys Covello 

Michele Crandall 

Creative Cabinets 

Mark O. and Sandra J. 

Cutler 

Helen M. D’Amico 

Kathryn L. Davenport 

Jeanne Davis 

Matthew M. Deignan 

Cheryl Delage 

Linda E. Denault 

Patrick E. Desantis 

William J. and Joanne 

Deschenes 

Helen M. DiMuzio 

Jonathan DiNitto 

Mary C. Doherty 

Brendan Donahue 

Shawna M. and Jonathan D. 

Dowling 

Deborah Driscoll 

James E. Dubois Jr. 

Maureen T. Dunn 

Dale W. Dunne and Glenn D. 

Mushnick 

Christine Durkin 

David and Susan F. Elworthy 

Tracey and Julia Emond- 

Parkin 

Megan G. Fates 

Heather N. and Andrew B. 

Feland 

Peter S. Fellenz 

Dawn Fenton-Masakowski 

Allen W. and Yda C. Filiberti 

Brian Finn 

Daniel Foley 

Joy Foley 

William Foley 

Suzanne K. Ford 

Lester Forgit 

Brian R. & Carla D. Forts 

Paula P. Frame 

Michael F. Gagan 

Charlie Gallagher 

Joan Gallagher 

Michael Gardner 

Mary Lu Garrow 

Joanne Geneva 

Audrey Georgules 

Barry and Joan Gerhardt 

Elizabeth Getchell-O’Brien 

Kristen M. Giangrande 

John and Alice Giaquinto 

Edward Gilmartin 

Terri and Bob Girouard 

Jennifer L. and Jeffrey L. 

Glick 

Michael Gonynor 

Gary R. and Jacqueline A. 

Gothing 

Kevin Gould 

Larissa Green 

Mary A. Green 

Nancy J. and Benjamin A. 

Greene 

Kathleen Greeno 

Kelly Greenwood 

Ellen M. Gregus 

David Gustafson 

Don Guyton 

Kyle Haden 

Susan F. Halacy 

Elizabeth P. Hale 

Malcolm Halliday and 

Thomas Rosiello 

Renee Hamel 

Paul G. and Lorna B. 

Hammarstrom 

Terrie J. Hanna 

Douglas J. Hannam 

Barry and Chris Hanshaw 

Dean and Carole Harris 

Nancy D. Hawley 

Laureen C. and Henry J. 

Hayes III 

Thomas Head 

Arabella, Karen and Scott 

Hedlund 

David S. Hill 

Deborah Harmon Hines 

Robert J. Hogan 

Edward H. Hudson Jr. 

Kathryn Zingg Hunter and 

James P. Hunter 

Joanne Moninski Irish 

James L. Jardine 

Albert C. and Nancy A. 

Johnson 

Dean F. Johnson 

Donnal Johnson 

Joanna G. Johnson 

Kristin L. Joyce 

Heather Kamyck 

Joelle Kanshepolsky and 

Andrew Gotshalk 

Brian C. and Lorna J. Keane 

David Keeler 

Kathleen L. and Donald W. 

Kelley Jr. 

Colleen A. Kelly 

Karen Kemp 

Maria C. Gorsuch-Kennedy 

and Khoa Kennedy 

Megan Kennedy 

Michael Kennedy 

Owen W. Kennedy 

Lorri M. Kenney 

Pamela Keogh 

Margaret J. Klimaski 

Kevin M. and Caprice A. 

Kopka 

Jill Kozaczka 

Barbara H. Krackhardt 

Andrea M. Krensky 

David Krom 

Anna Kwiatkowska 

Joan and Paul LaCava 

Carol E. and Christos E. Lalos 

Frances E. Langille 

Sandy Lashin-Curewitz 

Ann M. and Marcel A. 

LeClair 

Denise LeFave 

Lillian M. Lefebvre 

Stephen LeFemine 

Colleen M. Leone 

Jean Lidquist Grady 

Otto R. and Ulrike R. Lies 

Nicole Limoges 

Christina and Michael 

Lochhead 

Lisa Lombardo 

Kenneth Lovering and Paul 

Papierski 

Monica Escobar Lowell 

Kenneth T. Lundquist 

Luvak, Inc. 

Beverly E. MacCollom 

Mariusz and Katarzyna 

Macko 

Thomas A. Marchand 

Magdalena P. Margelony 

Mary R. Markey 

Patricia Martel 

Cherie Martin 

Dan Masakowski 

Charles D. Mason 

Benjamin and Diane 

Massouh 

Janet Dee Mathieu 

Mary Ellen Matthew 

Doretta S. and John A. 

Mayer Jr. 

Justin and Heather A. 

Maykel 

Christine M. McCarthy 

Gail McCarthy 

Ellyn McCormick 

Wendy McCurley 

Michael C. McFarland 

Brian F. McGrail 

Carol McMahon 

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Contributors 

Michael McNamee 

Ogretta V. McNeil 

Paul McNeil 

Sean McShea 

Madeline and Robert F. 

McTague Jr. 

Michele S. McTiernan 

Bernadette Meade 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. 

Mecca 

Ruthann Melancon 

John Menslage 

Jessica J. Merriam 

Christopher Merrill 

Renee Michelson 

Robin H. Millea 

Anne and James J. 

Milliard 

Richard Monette 

Landscaping and 

Construction 

Louis Monfreda 

Peter W. and Emilie A. 

Moran 

Elizabeth Morin 

Cathryn L. Morse 

Matthew C. and Marie D. 

Morse 

Kerry Mulcahy 

Rachel Murphy 

Laura H. Myers 

Caitlin Navin 

John K. and Mary D. Navin 

Skip and Lynda Nelson 

Ann Nichols 

Marcia Norbeck 

Thomas R. and Patricia B. 

Nye 

Eleanor M. O’Connor 

Katharine Odell 

Jean Olsson 

Jesse Pack 

Valerie Pedone 

Karen A. and Anthony J. 

Penta 

Susan J. Penterson 

Elinor J. and Richard R. 

Pentland 

Rebecca Perry 

Nancy L. Pettinelli 

Rene H. Picard 

Lisa A. Piehler 

Robert F. and Carole E. 

Pietro 

Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher 

Dean and Liz Polnerow 

Christopher M. Pope and 

Norma D. Shaw 

Arnold H. Pulda 

Kathy and Robert Pulda 

Peter A. and Anne M. 

Quinn 

Timothy A. Rassias 

Chrissy Remian 

Rennie Family 

Gary Richard 

Robin Richard 

James and Nancy Ridick 

Jeannine M. Riendeau 

Rich Rigney 

Marie Ritacco 

Jamila Rivers and Family 

Donni and Dave Rodman 

Kathleen D. Romasco 

Maria Rosado 

Liz Rosinha 

Ann M. and David W. 

Rossow 

Herbert F. and Janice 

Rothschild 

Steven Rothschild 

Joseph N. and Susan H. 

Rountree 

Allen and Ruth Rubin 

Angela Saccoccio 

Benjamin and Giancarlo 

Saluti 

Anthony J. and Susan J. 

Sanders 

Beth A Sansoucy 

Stephen P. and Barbara S. 

Sargent 

Nancy Sawyer 

Steven D. and Gail G. 

Scherzer 

Michael Schwartz 

Laura Scully 

Keith and Nicole 

Sebastyanski 

Brian Seery 

Theresa-Marie Senecal 

Daniel and Joan Shanahan 

Joanne M. Shannon 

Carl M. Sharpe 

Kevin and Catherine Shaw 

Dennis Shea Jr. 

Virginia M. Sheehan 

Betty and Ed Shuman 

Suzanne Rice Simoncini and 

Alan R. Simoncini 

Lowerre and Edward 

Simsarian 


Richard P. Smith 

Robert L. and Paula A. Smith 

Anne M. Spellane 

Edna P. Spencer 

Sheila M. St. Cyr 

Glenn N. and Marjorie E. 

Stacy 

Paul F. Stapinski 

Jeff Staples 

David B. and Nina T. 

Steinberg 

Jay Stranieri 

Marcelle A. Stuart 

Thomas Sullivan 

Ann H. Sweetman and John 

M. Cruz Jr. 

Jeanette A. Thomas 

Susan Thomas 

Patricia L. Thompson 

Ellen Titus 

Jeff Titus 

Rich Toomey 

Stephen R. Toomey 

Scott E. Tourtellot 

Tuyet Tran 

Lawrence M. Turner 

Jean Urbanowski 

Raija Vaisanen 

Patrick and Kevin Valentine 

Elaine C. Valk 

Karen E. Vallaro 

Paul A. and Margaret M. 

Venditti 

Nancy J. Visgatis 

David Vitols 

Joan Wackell 

Erika Davis Wade and Wyatt 

R. Wade 

Robert W. Welch 

David and Arlene Wheeler 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. 

Wheeler Sr. 

Barbara A. Wrenn 

Richard and Alexandria 

Xenos 

Linda J. Zalieckas 

George Zinkus 

Eva Zucker 

GIFTS IN HONOR OF 

Sr. Constance Bayeur 

Lynn Bent 

Nancy Carron 

Meida & Leonard Chottner 

Jexa Soleil Edinberg 

John Jeppson 

Honee Hess and Philip 

Magnusson 

Norrback Avenue School 

Staff 

Kathy Pulda 

Martin Richman 

Erica Sjostedt 

Beatrice Socha 

Sarah Stone 

Eleanor Tremblay 

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF 

Tim Armstrong 

Kathryn G. Bergin 

Margaret V. Bilske 

Leila Borhani 

Michael Connors 

Lorraine Crepeau 

Ronald J. Denault 

Raymond DiMuzio 

Jeffrey Edinberg 

Jay Gannon 

Elsie Gonyea 

Dr. Joseph and Helen 

Grande 

Anne Stanley Jones 

Henry Junnila 

Joseph T. McGuirk 

Gwendolyn Oikle 

Edmund V.L. Olson Jr. 

Phiddy O’Malley 

Arthur Palley 

Gary (Papi) Rivera 

Ruth Ross 

Barbara Marks Rothschild 

Dorice M. Schumacher 

John P. Sheehan 

Reynold J. Sjostedt 

Lucille Smith 

Khazma Soffan 

Carl Sundquist 

Anthony W. Thurston 

Jay Weiner 

Leonard J. White 

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 

Each year, community members create Named Funds, 

broadening the depth of our services in the region. 

Donors can start a Named Fund with a gift or pledge of 

$10,000 or more. These are the 18 new Named Funds 

established in 2006. 

Bruce S. Bennett Fund 

for Community Journalism 

Bruce S. Bennett retired in March 2006 

after 34 years at the Worcester Telegram & 

Gazette, which, as publisher for 14 years, he 

guided to financial and editorial excellence. 

Selected several times as “newspaper of the year” by the New 

England Newspaper Association, the newspaper under his 

leadership also opened a new production plant in Millbury 

and created its Web site, Telegram.com. In honor of Bruce’s 

long and distinguished career, this fund will encourage young 

people in the region to explore the profession of journalism. 

Community Ministries Fund 

Many people in Worcester turn to 

their congregations for social services. 

Established by the Worcester Area 

Mission Society and Worcester Area 

United Methodists, this fund will provide 

supplementary financial support to congregations currently 

sponsoring social ministries and offer seed funding to those 

that are launching such programs. 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford 

Endowment Fund for the 

Pearl L. Crawford Memorial Library 

Hugh “Buzz” and Harriet Crawford 

established this fund for the library in 

their home town. Originally the Dudley 

Free Public Library, the building was renamed to honor Hugh’s 

mother, Pearl Longley Crawford, a dedicated member of the 

library Board of Trustees, who worked tirelessly to build this 

lasting community resource. 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund 

Lorraine and Chauncey Crepeau lived a modest life in the 

Burncoat section of Worcester even after Lorraine received an 

inheritance from a cousin. Wishing to continue their lifelong 

tradition of philanthropy, the couple created a fund to support 

the mitigation, treatment or cure of such diseases as lung 

cancer, arthritis and dementia. 


Scholarship Fund 

Holden residents Richard and Carol Dymek 

created their scholarship fund to benefit 

graduating seniors of Wachusett Regional 

High School. Its renewable scholarships will 

award students with financial need as well as the conviction, 

drive and intellectual ability to do well at college. 

Joseph D. Early Scholarship Fund 

Established for graduating high school 

seniors in Worcester, this fund honors 

Joseph D. Early’s 18 years of service in 

the U.S. House of Representatives and his 

strong commitment to the community. 

This scholarship will be awarded to a student with financial 

need and demonstrated academic ability. 

Janet Alden Carrick Memorial Fund for 

the East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 

Janet Carrick was an enthusiastic golfer, 

excellent bridge player and a licensed 

private pilot. As a volunteer, she was leader 

of a Girl Scout troop, activity coordinator at 

the International Center in Worcester, and a money manager at 

the Age Center of Worcester Area. This permanently endowed 

fund honors Janet’s vibrant spirit and her dedication to helping 

others by supporting the Evergreen Cemetery in East Douglas. 

The Elm Park Center for Early 

Childhood Education Scholarship Fund 

This permanently endowed fund will 

support the charitable and educational 

purposes of the Elm Park Center for Early 

Childhood Education. 

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New Funds 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold 

Joy of Music Fund 

The Joy of Music Program provides a solid 

foundation in music and movement to 

preschoolers, children and adults. The fund 

created by Norma and Saul Feingold will 

help cover course fees of students with financial need. 

First Congregational Parish, 

Unitarian Fund 

An anonymous donor created this 

designated fund to support the operation of 

the First Congregational Parish Unitarian 

church in Petersham, Massachusetts. 

First Unitarian Church Fund 

Endowment committee members created 

this fund to support the operating budget 

of the First Unitarian Church of Worcester 

and is intended to receive gifts from other 

congregants. 

Patricia Fisher Fund 

Patricia Fisher created this designated 

fund to support St. Joseph’s Indian School 

in South Dakota, an institution that 

embodies the core values of love and service 

that guided the ministry of Father Leo 

John Dehon, S.C.J. 

The Grynsel Educational 

Scholarship Fund 

Cecelia Grynsel established this fund to 

provide annual college scholarships to 

youth who are active participants in Holy 

Angels Parish, Upton, or St. Luke the 

Evangelist Church, Westborough. 

Leonard F. Leamy Scholarship Fund 

This fund honors Leonard F. Leamy’s 

lifelong career in education. A graduate 

of North High School and Holy Cross 

College, Leonard served in the Air Force 

during World War II and then worked in 

local public schools for almost 50 years as both a mathematics 

teacher and administrator. In 1983, he retired as assistant 

principal of North High. This scholarship will benefit 

graduating seniors from North High who are planning to 

major in mathematics in college. 

Matthew 25 – 

Fred and Louise Enman Fund 

Rev. Fred M. Enman S.J. executive director 

and co-founder of Matthew 25, honors the 

memory of his parents with this fund. Its 

grants will support construction of homes 

for low-income families through Matthew 25, a nonprofit that 

engages the community in transforming abandoned properties 

into quality, affordable homes for those in great need. 

Pomfret Community School Arts Fund 

When Betty Hale won the first “Cow Flop” 

raffle sponsored by the Pomfret Lions Club 

she used her winnings to create this fund, 

which will support programs that enhance 

education in the visual and performing arts 

at the Pomfret Community School. 

Rural Cemetery Fund 

Founded in 1838, Worcester’s Rural 

Cemetery today spans 40 acres that 

encompass 9,000 family-owned plots, 

gardens, and more than 650 trees, 

including old and rare specimens. 

This agency fund will help the Cemetery maintain its 

grounds in perpetuity. 

Donna R.C. and John E. Sansoucy Fund 

Donna and John Sansoucy have created 

this donor advised fund to organize their 

philanthropic interests through 

the Foundation. 


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Named Funds 

Discretionary and Field of Interest Funds 

Since 1975, generous individuals, families and organizations have used the 

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

Foundation uses the income from these funds to make grants that support 

organizations and purposes defined by the donor. 

Fund types: 

• Discretionary and field of interest 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, 2006. Some balances have been omitted at donor request. 

Robert and Mary S. Cushman Fund 

(1978) $408,686 

Richard C. Daniels Fund (2001) 

$741,703 

Anna S. and Warren G. Davis Fund 

(1998) $14,696 

Jean B. and Gilbert S. Davis Fund (1994) 

$37,330 

Rosemary Davis Environmental 

Preservation Fund (2001) $60,225 

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

$15,062 

Andrew N. Ahlfors and Helmi E. 

Ahlfors Fund (2002) $288,215 

Lois Anne Memorial Fund (1993) 

$35,057 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund (1986) 

$15,141 

Fund for the Arts and Humanities 

(1993) $338,719 


Education Fund (1986) 

The Auburn Foundation (2002) 

Nils Bjork Memorial Fund (1992) 

$41,405 

Robert W. Booth Fund in Memory of 

George F. Booth (1988) $9,659,896 


Fund (1987) $200,698 

Bowditch & Dewey Fund (1989) 

$206,693 

Robert S. and Helen A. Bowditch Fund 

(1990) $69,664 

Cancer Care and Research Fund (1991) 

$20,322 

John Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey 

Fund (1996) $15,338 

Central Massachusetts Health 

Standards Fund (1990) $155,463 

Children’s Christmas Fund (1991) 

$18,335 

Child Wellness Fund (2001) 

$11,840 

Elva E. and John J. Chisholm Fund 

(1989) $6,254,534 

Barbara E. and William E. Christensen 

Fund (1998) $62,987 

Community Ministries Fund (2006) 

$10,678 NEW 

Dr. Harold M. Constantian Fund (1997) 

$14,219 

Fairman C. Cowan Fund (1995) 

$59,614 

Lorraine Crepeau Fund (2006) 

$531,551 NEW 

Eliza D. and Cora J.D. Dodge Fund 

(1985) $6,735,836 

Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Fund 

(1983) $121,841 

EMC Community Fund (2000) 

$44,337 

Fairlawn Foundation Fund (1991) 

$10,101,781 

Fallon/OrNda Community Health 

Fund (1996) $5,497,752 

Charles H. Farnum Fund (2003) 

$1,382,934 

Marion Stoddard Fletcher Fund (1992) 

$1,635,794 

Founders Fund (1983) $483,761 

Samuel Frank Charitable Fund (1993) 

$410,816 

Esther and Howard G. Freeman Fund 

(1984) $68,365 

Friends of Learning in Killingly Fund 

(1998) $86,182 

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Named Funds 


Garfield Berry Fund (1998) 

$11,139 

Ragnhild L. Gersdorf Fund (1994) 

$58,072 

GLBT Partnership Fund (2005) 

$88,620 

Haskell and Ina Gordon Fund (1980) 

$25,068 

Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Fund 

(1982) $267,550 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for Youth (2001) 

$68,162 

Margery M. and O. Vincent Gustafson 

Fund (1980) $83,507 

Greater Worcester Community 

Scholarship Fund: Ruth and John Adam 

Founders (2000) $4,102,231 

Greater Worcester Jaycees Fund (1997) 

$40,690 


(1982) $166,989 


Human Services Fund (1992) $1,490,516 

Rosemary Marble Harris Fund (2001) 

$25,242 

Orville Harrold Fund (2005) 

$369,578 

Bradley C. Higgins Fund (1982) 

$177,769 

Harriet Miller Hight Education Fund 

with the Association of Colored Peoples 

(1982) $59,131 

The Robert M. and Carolyn G. Hyde 

Fund (1998) $47,139 

Jeppson Memorial Fund (1976) 

$1,434,820 

Jiji’s Fund (1999) $18,765 

Albert R. and Carolyn Jones Fund 

(1995) $214,130 

John F. and Reyna Keenan Fund (1994) 

$18,199 


Nesbit Memorial Fund (1984) $662,546 

Nancy and Michael Leavitt Fund (1984) 

$5,093 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund (1997) 

$1,224,814 

Main South Fund (1999) 

$43,502 

Frances F. Mansfield Fund (1996) 

$28,245 

Barbara S. Massey Fund (2000) 

$943,569 

Micah Housing Corporation Fund 

(1981) $18,059 

James J. and Patricia A. Moynihan Fund 

(2003) $118,256 

Marc Needleman Memorial Fund 

(2000) $9,404 

Organization Assistance Fund (1996) 

$135,889 

Partnership Fund (1990) 

$240,093 


(2004) $19,044 

Marlene and David Persky Fund (1997) 

$54,027 

Ann J. and Richard Prouty Fund (1988) 

$427,347 

Providence & Worcester Railroad 

Company Fund (1991) $73,562 

Renaissance Award Fund (2004) 

$142,596 

Melvin and Martha Rosenblatt Fund 

(1985) $70,069 

Saint Vincent Healthcare Fund (1999) 

$172,703 

Corporators Audrey Klein-Leach 

and Brendan Donahue serve on 

the Water and Land Stewardship 

Committee. 


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Named Funds 


Norman L. and Dorothy A. Sharfman 

Fund (2004) $2,418,838 

Sumner Lee Sharfman Fund (1984) 

$90,826 

Shepherd Knapp School Fund (1979) 

$711,035 

Alice C.A. Sibley Fund (2004) 

$645,320 

H. Arthur Smith Fund (1986) 

$441,382 

Spag’s Supply Fund (1986) 

$37,934 

Harry G. Stoddard Fund (1992) 

$1,023,699 

Estelle M. Sullivan Fund (2003) 

$186,093 

Robert J. and Anne C. Whipple Fund 

(1997) $9,452 

Irving N. and Annabel Wolfson Fund 

(1998) $11,611 

Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs 

Association Fund (1999) $20,607 

Worcester Credit Bureau Fund (1992) 

$1,614,977 

Worcester Executives Association 

- Dana DeAngelis McDonald Fund 

(2000) $7,058 

Youth For Community Improvement 

Endowment Fund (2002) $13,913 

Youth Opportunity Fund (1981) 

$970,535 

Gilbert H. Sundberg Fund (1987) 

$32,388 

D. Russell and Atsye S. Taft Fund (1992) 

$830,914 

Joseph A. Tosoni Fund (2002) 

$694,848 

Tree Fund (2000) $8,538 

Corinne Charron Turner Fund (1986) 

$22,379 

UniBank September 11th Emergency 

Personnel Education Fund (2002) 

$29,695 

Water and Land Stewardship Fund 

(2000) $305,084 

Curtis G. Watkins Education Fund 

(1995) $22,662 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wetzel Fund 

(1983) $361,201 

Speakers at the Annual Meeting included (from left) Ken Crater of 

Community Harvest; Emily Ferrara and Rodney Glasgow, co-chairs of 

the GLBT Partnership; Renaissance Award recipient Linda Cavaioli; 

and Harry Dewey, a founding incorporator of the Foundation. 

At its 31st Annual Meeting, the Foundation presented the 

second annual Renaissance Award to Linda Cavaioli, executive 

director of the YWCA of Central Massachusetts. The award 

recognizes exemplary nonprofit leadership. 

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Named Funds 

Donor Advised Funds 

Argitis Family Fund (2004) 

$46,735 

Isabel K. Arms Fund (2005) 

$41,686 


Fund (1987) $205,260 

Bozenhard Charitable Fund (2005) 

$32,214 

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Budnitz Fund 

(1995) $35,649 

The Douglas P. Butler Fund (1998) 

$17,058 

Marcia Butzel Fund (2001) 

William R. and Janet A. Carrick Fund 

(1998) $28,347 

Wynne L. Chase Fund (1998) 

$206,865 

Maureen Logan Coghlin Fund (2001) 

Herbert B. and Jayne Cohan Fund 

(2000) $31,034 

Paul E. Cohan Fund (2000) 

$29,779 


(2004) $918,795 

Elizabeth A. Culhane Memorial Fund 

(2000) $12,490 

Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund (1999) 

Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund (2000) 

$2,826,405 


Memorial Fund (2002) $13,645 

Gene J. DeFeudis Fund (1991) 

$132,406 

Mary C. DeFeudis Fund (1991) 

$238,556 


(1993) $35,226 

Martha L. and William P. Densmore 

Fund (1999) $93,087 


(1994) $127,873 


(2001) $12,208 

Carolyn Knight Dik Fund (1998) 

$19,938 

Ross and Lisa Dik Fund (1993) 

$15,853 

Barbara M. and Irving James Donahue 

Jr. Fund (1993) $15,486 


Erikson Fund (1996) $34,435 


(1998) $275,790 

Finnish Heritage Foundation Fund 

(1991) $14,811 


Kilroy, M.D. Fund (1998) $6,221 

Phyllis and Stuart Freilich Charitable 

Foundation Fund (1999) $99,662 


Alexander Fund For Nursing Education 

and Research (1999) $47,665 

Margaret A. and Ralph H. Gowetz Fund 

(1990) $39,850 

Lois B. and Robert F. Green Fund (2001) 

$15,521 


(1986) $222,364 

Newell and Betty Hale Fund (2001) 

$2,002,110 

Joseph F. and Claire L. Halvey Fund 

(2002) $6,974 


(1982) $156,014 

Harris Family Fund (2001) 

$12,135 

Frances M. Herron Fund (1997) 

$88,278 

Ruthann Melançon, principal 

of Elm Park Community School, 

welcomes participants in the fourth 

annual Donor Insights Tour, entitled 

“Homelessness and Families: Sites and 

Solutions.” The group visited services 

and programs throughout the city, 

including Elm Park, which serves a 

number of homeless children. 


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Named Funds 

Donor Advised Funds 

Ann D. and Louis C. Iandoli Fund 

(1986) 

Gertrude Alice Johnson Fund (2002) 

$81,368 

W. David and Lee Norton Kelly Family 

Fund (2002) $17,778 

Kesseli and Morse Company Fund 

(1998) $11,435 

Winifred Meany Killay and Matthew 

Meany Memorial Fund (2003) 

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

$18,544 

George and Anna Krikorian Family 

Fund (1994) $272,519 

Lionel M. and Cynthia E. Lamoureux 

Fund (2000) $13,073 

The LaVigne Family Fund (1992) 

Anne A. Levine Fund (1995) $15,508 


Advised Fund (2004) $49,130 

Lisi-Greene Fund (2004) $9,861 

Konstantina B. Lukes Fund (1986) 

$7,872 

MacLean Family Fund (2004) $28,937 

Sandy C. Marks Jr. Biomedical 

Education Fund (2003) $21,804 

Marla Maykel Fund (2001) $58,369 

Charles H. McDonald Memorial 

Foundation (2005) $30,251 

C. Jean and Myles McDonough Fund 

(1988) $8,798 


Donor Advised Fund (2003) $20,025 

John M. Nelson Fund (1990) $184,436 

Ernest Osterman Family Fund (2004) 

Pakachoag Church Outreach Ministry 

Fund (1999) $69,272 

Arthur M. Pappas and Martha R. 

Pappas Donor Advised Foundation 

(2002) 

Pelletz Family Fund (2003) $62,331 

Town of Petersham Fund (1984) 

$147,123 

The Pyle Fund (1986) $571,968 

Quota International of Worcester Fund 

(1998) $13,334 

Paul and Fay Rossley Fund (1995) 

$167,753 

Donna R. C. and John E. Sansoucy Fund 

(2006) $10,010 NEW 


(1997) $11,331 

Seven Hills Youth Fund (1995) 

$10,569 

Charles E. Soule Paul Revere Insurance 

Group Centennial Fund (1995) 

$67,792 

Candi Tiarks Cancer Research Fund 

(1996) $11,346 


(2000) $19,415 

Margaret W. and Richard P. Traina 

Fund (1999) $14,402 

Trust in Kids Fund (1987) 

$71,018 

Amos E. and Ann Laura Wasgatt Fund 

(1997) $34,003 

Todd H. and Charlotte A. Wetzel Fund 

(1992) $26,476 


(1999) $100,475 

WTAG Christmas For Children Fund 

(2000) $102,269 

Teacher Lisa Siegmund, recipient of 

2006 FOLK Fund grant 

Lisa Siegmund, a second-grade teacher 

at Killingly Memorial School in Killingly, 

Connecticut, received a $300 grant 

from the Friends of Learning in Killingly 

(FOLK) Fund to support her learning 

activity entitled “Whooo’s for Dinner?” 

The interactive project is based on a 

story of an owl and its eating habits. 

Established by 1966 graduates of 

Killingly High School to nurture 

creativity in the town’s five public 

schools, the FOLK Fund has awarded 

more than 40 grants since 2000. 

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Named Funds 

Designated and Agency Funds 

DESIGNATED FUNDS 


(1977) $137,525 

Clarence S. Arms Family Fund (1986) 

$15,137 

Elizabeth Trumbull Barton Fund (2004) 

$333,837 

Barbara Allen Booth Fund (2001) 

$130,079 

Robert W. Booth Fund for the 

Worcester Historical Museum (2002) 

$528,708 

Bosler Humane Society Fund (1986) 

$54,666 


Fund (2000) $10,948 


(1987) $266,719 

John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund 

(2003) $13,866 

Central Massachusetts Disaster Relief 

Residue Trust Fund (1980) $80,521 

Chesson Family Fund (1991) $18,439 

Charles P. Ciaffone and Rose B. 

Ciaffone Fund (2005) $31,722 

Martha A. Cowan Fund (1987) $52,105 

Hugh W. and Harriet K. Crawford 

Endowment Fund for the Pearl L. 

Crawford Memorial Library (2006) 

$367,942 NEW 

Ethel S. Cunningham Fund (1987) 

$117,907 

Directors and Corporators Fund (1984) 

$581,606 

Douglas Center Cemetery Preservation 

Fund (1999) $15,579 

East Brookfield Youth/Dynamy Fund 

(2004) $51,611 

Marjorie G. and Elmer E. Ellison Jr. Fund 

(2001) $15,207 

Norma and Saul F. Feingold Joy of Music 

Fund (2006) $3,489 NEW 

Shirley Feldman Fund (2005) $16,943 

First Congregational Parish, Unitarian 


First Unitarian Church Fund (2006) 

$9,968 NEW 

Patricia Fisher Fund (2006) 

$34,793 NEW 

Newell Hale Memorial Fund (2003) 

$23,538 

Ginette Harrison, M.D. Memorial Fund 

(2001) $99,665 

Hendricks House Preservation Fund 

(1999) $136,830 

Honee A. Hess Partnership With 

Children Fund (1996) $24,554 

Robert G. and Eliza C. Hess Fund (1979) 

$107,988 

Holden Council on Aging/Senior Center 

Fund (2003) $11,811 

Jeppson Memorial Fund (1976) 

$2,349,608 

Marcia R. Katter Memorial Fund (2001) 

$80,544 

Lawrence M. and Augusta L. Keeler Fund 

(1997) $79,511 

Paul J. and Dorothy B. Kervick Fund 

(1996) $28,330 

Peter J. and Sophie Kosky Fund (1988) 

$54,302 

Max H. and Eloise A. Kuhner Memorial 

Fund (2005) $822,485 

John W. Lund Fund (1993) $171,274 

Frances F. Mansfield Fund (1996) $84,286 

Sonia Werblin Masterman Fund (2001) 

$15,044 

Howard J. and Dorothy R. McGuinness 

Fund (2004) $42,377 

Edward P. Miner and Dauphinais Park 


Vasiliky Strates Moschos Memorial Fund 

(2002) $18,026 

Rani P. and Haribabu Muddana, M.D. 

Fund (2001) $39,234 


Fund (1999) $77,743 

Norcross Heritage Fund (2004) $13,134 


Pettit Jr. Fund (1996) $31,456 

Paul M. Pezzella Fund in Memory 

of Patsy and Theresa Pezzella (1999) 

$19,398 

Pomfret Community School Arts Fund 


John A. Rauth Fund (2001) $30,018 

Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Fund (1993) 

$662,189 


(1987) $38,649 

Marvin Richmond Fund (1998) $56,924 

Chapin Riley Fund (2000) $386,257 

Katharine Higgins Riley Fund (1991) 

$283,194 

Rogers-Kennedy Memorial Fund (2003) 

$12,861 


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Named Funds 

Designated and Agency Funds 

Saul A. Seder Fund (1991) $17,383 

H. Arthur Smith Fund (1986) $442,416 

Khazma A. Soffan Memorial Fund 

(2000) $64,708 


(2001) $12,843 

Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund 

(1978) $108,817 

Harold Davis Woodbury Fund (1987) 

$52,168 

Worcester Art Museum Booth Family 

Fund for Education and Outreach (1999) 

$2,279,687 


Educational Collaborative Fund (2002) 

$14,271 

Worcester Engineering Society Fund 

(1989) $24,067 

Worcester Historical Museum Robert 

W. Booth Fund for Salisbury Mansion 

(1995) $468,046 

AGENCY FUNDS 

African Heritage Institute Fund (1997) 

$5,640 


Massachusetts Fund (2000) $13,965 

Auburn Youth and Family Services 


Father Miguel Bafaro Fund (1998) 

$7,971 

Barre Players Endowment Fund (1997) 

$9,518 

Janet Alden Carrick Memorial Fund for 

the East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 


Choose Worcester Fund (2005) $111,684 

Douglas Historical Society Fund (2000) 

$95,463 

Dynamy Fund (1997) $37,417 

East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery 

Company Fund and Wallen Memorial 

Trust (2005) $322,222 

The Elm Park Center for Early 

Childhood Education Scholarship Fund 


Emmanuel Baptist Church Endowment 

Fund (1994) $28,860 

Lois S. Feldman Fund (1990) $26,921 

First Congregational Church of 

Douglas Endowment Fund (1999) 

$39,229 

Friendly House Fund (2000) $17,120 

Friends of Gale Free Library 110th 


Friends of Northbridge Elders Fund 

(1997) $49,336 

Julie Chase Fuller Endowment Fund for 

Mechanics Hall (1989) $659,305 

Great Brook Valley Health Center Fund 

(1984) $483,517 

Greater Worcester Land Trust Fund 

(1988) $55,171 

Roberta Gunn Fund for Board 

Development (2003) $14,867 

Matthew 25 Fund (1997) $164,606 

Millbury Public Library Endowment 

Fund (1991) $95,345 

National Memorial Trust Fund (1990) 

$14,091 

Rural Cemetery Fund (2006) 

$2,098,616 NEW 

South Worcester Neighborhood Center 

Growth Fund (1985) $57,398 

Tatnuck Brook Watershed Fund (1996) 

$4,315 

Touchstone Community School Fund 

(2005) $307,579 


Fund (1987) $3,572,732 

Worcester County Law Library Trust 

Fund (1998) $740,804 

Worcester County Poetry Association 

Founders Fund (2002) $21,648 

Worcester County Poetry Association’s 

Worcester Review Fund (2000) $85,600 

Worcester Historical Museum Fund 

(2002) $1,892,165 


Fund (1989) $76,966 

Worcester Public Library Fund (1992) 

$29,053 

Worcester Area Association for the 

Education of Young Children Fund 

(1998) $16,602 

Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc. Fund 

(1987) $518,333 

Big Brothers /Big Sisters Mentoring 

Fund (1999) $54,137 

Blackstone Valley Chamber of 

Commerce Education Foundation Fund 

(2005) $48,700 

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Joy of Music Program Beveridge and 

Frances Webster Endowment Fund 

(2000) $37,426 

Lincoln Village Tenants Association 

Fund (1997) $4,518 


Named Funds 

Scholarship Funds 

More than 650 applications were 

received in spring 2006 from area 

residents seeking support for higher 

learning. In all, $462,285 was 

distributed through 337 awards, 

with students attending 113 colleges, 

universities and technical schools 

throughout the nation. Scholarship 

funds are listed with year established, 

market value, number of awards, and 

combined total scholarship amount 

awarded in the year. 

Adolfo Arrastia Beacon of Light 

Scholarship Fund (2005) $20,321 

one award - $500 

Helen P. Arsenault Memorial 


one award - $1,000 

Auburn Woman’s Club Scholarship 

Fund (2000) $32,371 

two awards - $1,000 

AVID North Scholarship (2004) $5,683 


Dennis Elroy Barry Memorial 


Belmont Street Community School 



Loretta J. Belval Scholarship Fund 

(2002) $42,149 


Bruce S. Bennett Fund for Community 

Journalism (2006) $15,096 NEW 

Mary and John Buckley Memorial 

Education Fund (1998) $24,996 

two awards - $950 

Carrick Foundation Scholarship (2000) 

five awards - $15,000 

Charlton Parent Teacher Organization 



Commonwealth Gas Employees’ Credit 

Union Scholarship (2003) $14,599 

eight awards - $13,800 

Mary Connolly Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1999) $9,741 


Cutler Associates, Inc. Scholarship 

(Melvin S. Cutler Fund) (1986) $7,679 

four awards - $6,000 

December 3rd Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$1,542,063 

seventeen awards - $46,500 

Santo J. and Ellen M. DiDonato 

Memorial Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$247,261 


John and Fran Duke Scholarship Fund 

(2004) $8,910 


Richard and Carol Dymek Scholarship 


Joseph D. Early Scholarship Fund 


Jeffrey S. Edinberg Memorial 



Elm Park Community School 




Fairlawn Foundation Robert S. Schedin 

Scholarship for Health Studies (1991) 


Mary R. Fedeli Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2002) $67,421 


Anita and Nathaniel A. Feingold 



Norma and Saul Feingold Fund (1983) 

$20,084 


Finnish American Social Club 

Scholarship (1998) 


Gerald A. Fogarty Memorial 

Scholarship (1998) 


Earl P. Fontaine Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2003) $15,046 

Janet Fraser Scholarship Fund (1999) 

$261,922 


John F. Freeland Memorial Fund (2005) 

$22,956 

Friends of Rutland Heights Hospital 

Permanent Fund Scholarship (1993) 

$64,693 


Judge William Garbose Memorial 

Scholarship (1998) $51,447 

three awards - $3,000 

Derek Gaudette Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1995) $31,431 


General Scholarship Fund (1990) 

$234,715 

nine awards - $9,500 

Matthew Gignac Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1999) $15,852 


Robert P. Goulet Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1998) $8,344 


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Named Funds 


Grantee Agency Scholarship (1996) 


Greg’s Grant Foundation Memorial 

Scholarship (1997) $185,396 


The Grynsel Educational Scholarship 


Emil Haddad Jazz Scholarship Fund 

(2004) $24,916 


Joseph F. and Claire L. Halvey 



Maureen Henrickson Memorial 



Debbie Anne Johnson Memorial 



Jenica L. Junnila Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2000) $16,706 


Deborah A. Kaufman Scholarship Fund 

(1990) $20,048 





Keeping the Dream Alive Scholarship 

(1982) four awards - $2,500 

Leonard F. Leamy Scholarship Fund 



Leicester Samaritan Nursing 

Association Fund Scholarship (1996) 

$39,734 


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Leicester Savings Bank Fund 

Scholarship (1997) five awards - $5,000 

Mark MacPherson Lightbown 


$127,554 


Lincoln Village Tenant Association 



Mary Falby Logan and Francis Logan Jr. 



Lunenburg Opportunity Fund (1999) 

$264,036 


Lieutenant James “Jay” Lyons III 


$114,890 


Magee Family Education Fund (2003) 

$26,674 

Magee Family Scholarship for UMass 

Amherst (2004) $24,224 


Frances F. Mansfield Fund Scholarship 

(1996) $29,621 





Anthony E. Mickunas Memorial 



Middlesex Savings Bank Scholarship 

(2005) twenty-four awards - $28,000 

Michael Minty Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1988) $24,719 

four awards - $932 

Constantine Mina and Vasiliky Strates 

Moschos Scholarship Fund (2005) 

$17,246 

Anne Carey Murphy Memorial 



Nichols Academy Scholarship Fund 

(2001) $72,265 


Nichols Academy Fels Scholarship Fund 

(2001) $107,859 


Arnold and Sylvia Nylund Scholarship 

Fund (2001) $12,288 


Sarah Daniels Pettit and William 

O. Pettit Jr. Fund Scholarship (1996) 

$72,019 


Richard W. Pierce Fund Scholarship 

(1985) $911,127 

twenty awards - $34,150 

Arthur J. Remillard Jr. Scholarship 

Fund (2001) $132,831 


Barbara Marks Rothschild Arts & 

Education Scholarship Fund (2004) 

$16,322 


Ida and Murray Rotman Scholarship 

Fund (1985) $129,656 

nine awards - $4,500 

Andrew Sala Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1998) $68,487 


Herbert D. Sherwin Memorial 




Named Funds 


William J. Short Scholarship Fund 

(2002) $60,034 


Alexander G. Simonatis Scholarship 

Fund (2004) $523,991 


John J. Simpson Jr. Memorial Fund 

(1993) $4,687 


Arthur J. Smith and Dorothy G. Smith 



Steelman Expository Writing 



Sylvia Gafvert Stubblebine Scholarship 

Fund (1989) $57,756 


Swedish National Federation Fund 



Tahanto Regional High School 



Paul E. Tarkiainen Art Award Fund 

(1995) $34,708 


Carmen Tobin Nursing Scholarship 

Fund (1995) $63,665 


Walker Magnetics Scholarship Fund 

(1982) $34,290 


Reginald Washburn Scholarship (1990) 


Webster Square Business Association 


Leroy Weiner Scholarship Fund (2000) 

$63,663 


Paul J. Westberg Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2000) $12,116 


Mary Olive Wood Scholarship Fund 

(1992) $1,159,922 

fourteen awards - $14,000 

Worcester Latino Coalition Scholarship 

Fund (1999) $13,459 

Worcester Swedish Charitable 

Association Scholarship Fund (2001) 

$86,660 


Worcester Woman’s Club Scholarship 

Fund (1999) $116,431 


Kathleen Terry Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (2005) $27,246 


Sumner B. Tilton Memorial Scholarship 

Fund (1985) $2,182,637 

twenty-nine awards - $90,500 

Laurie C. Tinsley Scholarship Fund 

(2002) $145,702 

thirty-seven awards - $20,000 

Tobin Family Fund (1999) $19,495 



The Grafton/Wachusett Lakers, Peewee 1 team 

The Grafton/Wachusett Lakers are among the Central 

Massachusetts youth hockey teams that receive support 

from the Christopher J. Paskell Memorial Fund and the John 

Carter “High Five” Youth Hockey Fund. Grants totaling more 

than $7,000 have helped youth hockey teams in the region 

defray registration fees of players in financial need. 

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Committees 

APPOINTED COMMITTEES 

Asset Development 

Committee 

Mark P. Bilotta 

John H. Budd 


Ross K. Dik 


Saul F. Feingold 

Warner S. Fletcher 

Gerald L. Gaudette III 

Dorista J. Goldsberry 

Dennis F. Gorman, chair 

Warren K. Palley 

Cynthia N. Pitcher 




Audit Committee 


David M. Brunelle 

Ross K. Dik 


Peter H. Levine, chair 

Distribution Committee 

Sara Trillo Adams, chair 

Brian M. Chandley 

Bettina M. Cullina 

Richard P. Cusson 

Gerald M. Gates 

Kevin R. Kearney 

Martha R. Pappas 

Investment Committee 



James E. Collins 

Dix F. Davis, chair 

Ross K. Dik 


Abraham W. Haddad 


William F. McCarron, Prime 

Buchholz & Associates 

Nominating Committee 

Ross K. Dik 




Nancy H. Sala 

R. Joseph Salois, chair 

Roberta R. Schaefer 

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Nonprofit Support Center 

Advisory Committee 


Ellen S. Dunlap, chair 

Tim Garvin 


Ann T. Lisi 


Stephen M. Pitcher 

Kent dur Russell 

Richard P. Traina 


James S. Zuberbuhler 

GRANTMAKING 

COMMITTEES AND 

VOLUNTEERS 

Auburn Foundation 


Richard Anger 

Patricia Bukoski 

Charles O’Connor 

Arthur M. Pappas 


Susan Pappas 

Thomas Turco 

Fairlawn Foundation 

Trustees 

Mary Aleksiewicz 

Robert Anderson 

Margareta Berg 

Karl Bjork, chair 

John Duggan, MD 

N. Lynn Eckhert, MD 

Shelley Schedin Hall 

Robert Lian 

Fallon\OrNda Community 

Health Fund Advisory 

Committee 


Dix F. Davis 

Johanna Lolax 

Henry L. Ferguson 


Rhian Gregory 

Gary Segal 

Friends of Learning in 

Killingly (FOLK) Advisory 

Committee 

Janice Ahola-Sidaway 

Walter Anderson III 

Ronald Aubin 

Ann Klein Bryan 

Christopher M. Burke 

Patricia R. Burke 

Judith Johns Elzholz 

Susan Rees Jones 

Ralph 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 

Janice Wippert Williams 

GLBT Partnership 

Cindy Aiken 

Jenn Britt-Kelly 

Ross Dik 

Laura Farnsworth 

Emily Ferrara, co-chair 

Mary Fletcher 

Rodney Glasgow, co-chair 

Anne Hoffmann 

Judith Kirk 

Paul Leone 

Peter Levine, honorary chair 

Kathy Linton 

Christina Lombardo 

Ron Macon 

Jesse Pack 

Stephen Reynolds 

Kent Russell 

Carol Seager 

Stacy Serwecki 

Judy Thompson 

Mary B. Grogan Fund for 

Youth Advisory Committee 

Peter F. Keenan Jr. 

Elaine Loehmann 

Mary Lou Mulhane 

Jeppson Memorial Fund 

for Brookfield Advisory 

Committee 

Jim Allen 

Amy Law 

Christine McManus 

Brian Rossetti 

Leicester Savings Bank Fund 


Marjorie Cooper 

Steve Corley 

Paul Fontaine, chair 

Karl Gumpright 

Cynthia Lapointe 

Robert Leroux 

James O’Donnell 

Paul Rossley 

Outreach & Evaluation 

Volunteers 


Pamela K. Boisvert 


Bettina Cullina 

Dix F. Davis 

William P. Densmore 

Henry B. Dewey 

Ross K. Dik 


Mary F. Fletcher 

John R. Ford 

Susan G. Gately 

James Gennaro 

Kevin R. Kearney 


Joyce R. Kressler 

John W. Lund 

Lynne Man 

Mary H. Melville 



Vincent J. Osterman 

Linda Carlson Romano 


Paul F. Schlaikjer 


Jay S. Sherwin 

Edward D. Simsarian 

Robert Thomas 

Tuyet Tran 

Marian Wilson 

Michael Wronski 

Scholarship Selection 

Volunteers 

Marion J. Aldrich 

James Allen 

Carolyn Ambrose 

John Andreoli 

Kathleen Aslanian 

Ray Auger 

Caroline Ayres 

Peter Bacchiocchi 

Lind Barron 


Committees 

Jim Barys 

Bill Beando 

Mary Belsito 

Jean Bembridge 

Terry Bennett 

Mark Bilotta 

Maureen Binienda 

Loukia Bitzas 

Ben Bodu 

Pam Boisvert 

Tony D. Bona 

Janice D. Bona 

Jackie Bonneau 

Sally Bowditch 

Thomas Bowes 

Cynthia Boyd 

Roberta Briggs 


Carol Bryngelson 

Dennis Budd 

John Budd 

Pat Bukowski 

Anne Marie Busler 

Lynn Butler 

Denise Calderwood 

Phillip N. Callahan 

Patricia Canali 

Ann Carlson 


Winifield S. Carrick 

Lee Carrick Dominry 

Linda Chadwick 

Maureen Ciccone 

Barbara Clancy 

Marguerite J. Clifford 

Robert Clifford 

Michael Cloutier 

Sonja Collins 

Kerry Conaghan 

Kevin Connolly 

Marjorie Cooper 

Darlene Cortes 

Benjamin Craver 

Jeff Creamer 

Kim Cutler 

Paul Dans 

Dan de la Torre 

Cindy Derrane 

Nancy Desautels 

Robert Deso 

Diane DiLeo 

Nancy DiPilato 

Shirley Doane 


Andrea Driscoll 

Teresa Drummey 

Janice Ducharme 

Doris Dudley 

John Duke 

Frances Duke 

Nancy Dutton 

Joanne Westberg Duval 

Arnold Edinberg 

Phyllis Edinberg 

Kathleen Ekblom 

Robert Evans 

Bill Fallon 

Ed Fedeli, Jr. 

Joan Ferguson 

Jim Finnigan 

Allen Fletcher 

Paul Fontaine 

Mark Forgues 

Marilyn Fraser 

Karen Gagliastre 

Ed Gardella 

Susan Gately 

Gerald Gates 

Rodney Glasgow 

Jackie Gothing 

Marc Grady 

Michael Grandone 

Joel Greene 

Ellen Gugel 

Michael Hachey 

David Hackenson 

Karen Hackett 

Shelley Schedin Hall 

Claire Halvey 

Rich Hebson 

Frances Hoey 

Deb Hopkins 

Eleanor F. Houbre 

Craigin Howland 

Walter Hughes 


Steve Jackson 

Martha Johnson 

Nancy Johnson 

Ann Junnila 

Wayne Junnila 

Kevin Kearney 


Steve Kwederis 

Karen Lang 

Cynthia LaPointe 

Robert Layne 

William Leaver 

Lilian LeFebvre 

Chris Liazos 

Virginia Lilley 

Ann Lisi 


Elvis Lopez 

Monica Lowell 

William Luby 

Christine Lucey-Meagher 

Ines Lucier 

Rosemary Luddy 

Stephen Lynch 

Kathy Lyons 

Elizabeth MacAllister 

Beverly MacCollom 

Dale Magee 

Donata Martin 

Judi Masters 

Marina Matusek 

Sandy Mayrand 

Marty McDonald 

Brian McDonough 

John McFadden 

Robin McGrath 

Sally McKenna 

Deborah McLaughlin 

Peter McMorrow 

Mary McNamara 

Stephen Medaus 

Deb Medeiros 

Chris Mehne 

Margaret Mehringer 

Chris Meline 

Thomas Miller 


Paul Mitus 

Ann Molloy 

Chris Monaghan 

Bruce Mozinski 

Peg Naylor 

Cheryl Nelson 

Dam Nguyen 

Erin Nosek 

Sean O’Connor 

James O’Donnell 

Donald Oliveria 

Kevin O’Sullivan 

Deborah Parlin 

John Patraitis 

Paula Pelaggi 

Janelle Person 

Tim Pitney 

Richard Pyle 

Gail Randall 

Cynthia M.T. Rielley 

Richard Rigney 

Rilliam Riley 

Maria Rosado 


Jeff Rothschild 

Ida Rotman 

Pamela Rousseau 

Edward Ruggeri 

Judy Rutelonis 

Brenda Safford 

Linda Salem Pervier 

Bob Salvatelli 

Damian Sarrette 

Brian Savory 

Rebecca Scheien 

Richard Scott 

Joan Scribner 

Amy Scully 

Josie Shagwert 

Jay Sherwin 

William C. Short 

Aviva Shutter 

Ronald K. Springer 

Jennifer St. John 

Joseph Stolberg 

Virginia Swain 

Beth Sylvia 

Cynthia Taylor 

Marcia Terry 

David Terry 

Charlie Thompson 

David Tinsley 

Jeff Titus 

Polly Traina 

Rob Traver 

Kelly Unger 

Nicole E. Valentine 

Dorothea van Fechtmann 

Jackie Vemtriglia 

Thomas M. Ward 

Douglas Weeks 

Kevin Wells 

Ken Westberg 

Todd Wetzel 

Joan Whitney 

Katherine Wieland 

Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon 

E. Thomas Willett 

Barbara Wrenn 

Ted Zawada 

Charlotte Zax 

Water and Land Stewardship 

Fund Advisory Committee 

Henry Beth 

Laura Brownell 


Allen Fletcher 


Mary Melville 

Wyatt Wade 

Donna Williams 

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Committees & Corporators 

GRANTMAKING 

COMMITTEES AND 

VOLUNTEERS (continued) 

Youth for Community 

Improvement Members 

Alice Athy 

Jacqueline Carey 

Maria Jose Carranza 

Carolyn P. Chandley 

Katherine Cortes 

Tracy Doan 

Joseph Donahue 

Natasha Hopkins 

Alex Meyer 

Neil Ngondi 

Fatima Rivera 

Daniel Rodriguez 

Jeffrey Rothschild 

Jessica Sadick 

Rosemary Smith 

Avae Thomas 

Marcus Thompson 

Nhi Tran 

CORPORATORS 

Lawrence J. Abramoff 

Robert C. Achorn 


Robert S. Adler 

Bruce C. Anderson 

James A. Andreoli 

John T. Andreoli 

Wallace D. Andrews 

Michael P. Angelini 

Robert V. Antonucci 




Bruce S. Bennett 

Rosamond R. Bennett 

Dennis Berkey 

Sarah Garfield Berry 

Henry W. Beth 


Maurice J. Boisvert 

Pamela K. Boisvert 

James Bonds 

George F. Booth II 

Sarah Ann Bowditch 

Cushing C. Bozenhard 

Christopher W. Bramley 

Michael D. Brockelman 

Laura E. Bronwell 


Phillip D. Brown 

David M. Brunelle 

John H. Budd 


Jennifer Davis Carey 

Ann E. Carlson 

Nancy M. Carlson 

Deborah D. Cary 

Linda A. Cavaioli 

Harriette L. Chandler 


Harold R. Chesson 

Joy C. Child 

Elaine M. Ciborowski 


J. Christopher Collins 

James E. Collins 

P. Kevin Condron 

Charles P. Conroy 

Anthony M. Consigli 

Martha Allis Cowan 

Katie Curtin-Mestre 

Iliana D’Limas 

Dix F. Davis 

Laurel A. Davis 

Daniel de la Torre 

Richard W. Dearborn 

Gene J. DeFeudis 

James F. Delehaunty 

William P. Densmore 

Henry B. Dewey 

Morgan B. Dewey 

Ross K. Dik 

Brendan T. Donahue 

James C. Donnelly 

Alexander E. Drapos* 

George L. Dresser 

Dorothy A. Dudley 

Francis X. Dufault 

Ellen S. Dunlap 

David M. Dunn 

William R. Durgin 

N. Lynn Eckhert 

Frederick H. Eppinger 


Walter H. Ettinger 

Barbara Elliott Fargo 

Nabil M. Farooq 

Richard J. Fates 

Saul F. Feingold 

Zoila T. Feldman 

Peter S. Fellenz 

Scott Fenton 


Emily R. Ferrara 

Allen W. Fletcher 

Mary F. 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 

Gerry M. Gates 

Gerald L. Gaudette III 

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 

John Herron 

Honee A. Hess 

John E. Hodgson 

Richard P. Houlihan 


M Howard Jacobson 

Robert E. Jennings 

Leonard W. Johnson 


David A. Jordan 

Maureen M. Kelleher 

James B. Kenary III * 

Richard B. Kennedy 

Robert M. Kennedy 

Mary E. Kett 

Jean A. King 


Barbara C. Kohin 

Joyce R. Kressler 

Frances E. Langille 

John P. Lauring 

Thomas P. LaVigne 

Thuha T. Le 

Jenique A. LeBlond 

Paul Leone 

Peter H. Levine 


Robert J. Lewis 

Joseph Lian 

Robert G. Lian 

Stephen B. Loring 


Rosemary Luddy 

John W. Lund 

Stacey D. Luster 

Baltej S. Maini 

Donata J. Martin 

Deborah E. Mathews 

C. Jean McDonough 

Michael C. McFarland 

Cynthia M. McMullen 

Christopher G. Mehne 

Donald R. Melville 

Mary H. Melville 

Barbara W. Merritt 


Ann K. Molloy 

Charles F. Monahan 


Maureen F. Moorehouse 

Rita A. Moran 

Barrett Morgan 

Gail M. Morgan 


James J. Moynihan 

John J. Moynihan* 

Moira Moynihan-Manoog 


Timothy P. Murray 

Laura H. Myers 

Robert Z. Nemeth 

John G. O’Brien 

Andrew B. O’Donnell 

Vincent F. O’Rourke 

Kevin O’Sullivan 

Vincent J. Osterman 

Warren K. Palley 


James F. Paulhus 

Thoru Pederson 

Judith M. Pemstein 

R. Norman Peters 

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Corporators 


Paul M. Pezzella 

Lisa A. Piehler 

Cynthia N. Pitcher 

John W. Polanowicz 

Christine M. Proffitt 

Richard Prouty 

Raymond Quinlan 

Candace A. Race 

Lawrence M. Raymond 

Scott R. Reisinger 

Arthur J. Remillard 

Mary C. Ritter 

Maria L. Rosado 

Melvin M. Rosenblatt 


Paul R. Rossley 

Barry S. Rotman 

Nancy H. Sala 

Joseph Salois 

Anthony J. Salvidio 

Ediberto Santiago 

Ralph F. Sbrogna 


Paul F. Schlaikjer 

Paul F. Scully 



Jay S. Sherwin 

John F. Shoro 

Philip O. Shwachman 

Shirley S. Siff 

Edward D. Simsarian 

John E. Smithhisler 

John Spillane 

Nanette J. St. Pierre-Locke 

Peter R. Stanton 

Gregory R. Steffon 

Alan Stoll 

Polly A. Tatum 

George W. Tetler III 

Robert L. Thomas 



E. Paul Tinsley 

Margaret W. Traina 

Richard P. Traina 

Tuyet Tran 

Michael P. Tsotsis 


Wyatt R. Wade 

James E. Wallace 


James A. Welu 

Meridith D. Wesby 

Todd H. Wetzel 

Harry T. Whitin 

Timothy P. Wickstrom 

Jack L. Wolfson 

David K. Woodbury 

Janice B. Yost 

Marita Zuraitis 

* Deceased 

John P. Castagnetti Memorial Fund 

Steven Gould and his prize-winning Golden Campine rooster 

Steven Gould received the Champion Continental award at 

the 2006 Boston Poultry Exposition. Held on the Spencer 

Fairgrounds in October, the Exposition is the first and 

oldest poultry show in America. Since 2003, the John P. 

Castagnetti Memorial Fund has awarded annual prizes to 

adult and youth participants in the Exposition to honor John, 

an avid poultry breeder. 


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Statements of Financial Position 

December 31, 2006 and 2005 

ASSETS 

Cash 

$ 

2006 

1,073,697 

$ 

2005 

1,508,818 

Accounts receivable 

8,648 

13,360 

Prepaid expenses 

23,370 

16,519 

Pledges receivable 

65,140 

66,865 

Other receivable 

- 

635,233 

Investments 

120,551,385 

103,437,638 

Split interest agreements: 

Net investments held in trust by others 

1,619,610 

1,568,792 

Net interest in charitable remainder trust 

137,109 

129,178 

Net interest in charitable gift annuity 

476,193 

375,842 

Cash value of life insurance 

3,866 

3,661 

Property held for investment 

565,000 

565,000 

Notes receivable 

22,737 

25,685 

Property and equipment, net 

76,055 

67,324 

Total assets 

$ 

124,622,810 

$ 

108,413,915 

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 

Distributions payable 

$ 

2,363,524 

$ 

1,747,650 

Accounts payable 

13,894 

20,216 

Accrued expenses 

31,333 

29,500 

Funds held as agency endowments 

8,989,158 

5,944,938 

Total liabilities 

11,397,909 

7,742,304 

Net assets: 

Unrestricted 

997,088 

778,038 

Temporarily restricted 

39,359,636 

31,200,450 

Permanently restricted 

72,868,177 

68,693,123 

Total net assets 

113,224,901 

100,671,611 

Total liabilities and net assets 

$ 

124,622,810 

$ 108,413,915 

Audits of Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s financial 

statements as of, and for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 

2005, were conducted by Stowe & Degon. A complete copy of 

the audited financial statements may be obtained by calling the 

Foundation at 508.755.0980. 

54 Greater Worcester Community Foundation Annual Report 2006

Statements of Activities 

Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 

2006 2005 

Revenue, gains, and 

other support: 

Unrestricted 

Temporarily 

Restricted 

Permanently 

Restricted Total Unrestricted 

Temporarily 

Restricted 

Permanently 

Restricted 

Total 

Total net investment return 

$ 70,734 

$14,675,937 

$ - 

$14,746,671 

$ 19,455 

$ 5,775,882 

$ - 

$ 5,795,337 

Less: Investment return for 

agency endowments 

- 

(1,045,264) 

- 

(1,045,264) 

- 

(397,079) 

- 

(397,079) 

Net investment return 

70,734 

13,630,673 

- 

13,701,407 

19,455 

5,378,803 

- 

5,398,258 

Total gifts and donations 

52,735 

3,132,292 

4,223,180 

7,408,207 

160,629 

2,970,624 

360,608 

3,491,861 

Less: Gifts and donations 

for agency endowments 

- 

(2,058,334) 

(211,000) 

(2,269,334) 

- 

(595,153) 

(1,600) 

(596,753) 

Gifts and donations 

52,735 

1,073,958 

4,012,180 

5,138,873 

160,629 

2,375,471 

359,008 

2,895,108 

Change in split interest 

agreements 

Other support 

Satisfaction of purpose 

restrictions 

- 

101,758 

6,545,445 

- 

- 

(6,545,445) 

162,874 

- 

- 

162,874 

101,758 

- 

- 

34,592 

4,717,812 

- 

21,382 

(4,717,812) 

(14,512) 

- 

- 

(14,512) 

55,974 

- 

Total 

6,770,672 

8,159,186 

4,175,054 

19,104,912 

4,932,488 

3,057,844 

344,496 

8,334,828 

Expenses: 

Total Distributions 

5,775,138 

- 

- 

5,775,138 

4,154,748 

- 

- 

4,154,748 

Less: Distributions for 

agency endowments 

(235,564) 

- 

- 

(235,564) 

(346,204) 

- 

- 

(346,204) 

Distributions 

5,539,574 

- 

- 

5,539,574 

3,808,544 

- 

- 

3,808,544 

Other 

Administrative 

29,323 

982,725 

- 

- 

- 

- 

29,323 

982,725 

33,029 

910,002 

- 

- 

- 

- 

33,029 

910,002 

Total 

6,551,622 

- 

- 

6,551,622 

4,751,575 

- 

- 

4,751,575 

Change in net assets 

219,050 

8,159,186 

4,175,054 

12,553,290 

180,913 

3,057,844 

344,496 

3,583,253 

Net assets, beginning of year 

778,038 

31,200,450 

68,693,123 

100,671,611 

597,125 

28,142,606 

68,348,627 

97,088,358 

Net assets, end of year 

$ 997,088 

$39,359,636 

$72,868,177 

$113,224,901 

$ 778,038 

$31,200,450 

$68,693,123 

$100,671,611 


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Board of Directors and Staff 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Ross K. Dik, president 

President 

Knight - Dik Insurance Agency 

James Collins, vice president 

Executive Vice President/Treasurer 

Clark University 

Dix Davis, treasurer 

Allmerica (retired) 

Ellen Dunlap, clerk 

President 

American Antiquarian Society 

Daniel de la Torre, officer at-large 

Community Relations and Admissions 


Warner Fletcher, officer at-large 

Attorney 

Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, P.C. 

Peter Levine, officer at-large 

President Emeritus 

Memorial Health Care 


Director 

Latino Mental Health Project 

Pamela Boisvert 

Vice President 

Colleges of Worcester Consortium 

Gerald (Lee) Gaudette III 

President 

Gaudette Insurance Agency, Inc. 

Dennis Gorman 

Attorney 

Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, P.C. 

Mary Kett 

Senior Vice President 

Smith Barney 


Partner 

Mirick O’Connell DeMallie & Lougee 

Frederic Mulligan 

President 

Cutler Associates 

Martha Pappas 

Community Volunteer 

Paul Rossley 

Allmerica (retired) 

Joseph Salois 

President 

Atlas Distributing, Inc. 

Roberta Schaefer 

Executive Director 


Robert Thomas 



Empowerment Center 

Carlton Watson 



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 

Cynthia M.T. Rielley, ext. 104 

Donor Services Officer 

crielley@greaterworcester.org 

Kelly A. O’Connor, ext. 112 

Donor Services Officer 

koconnor@greaterworcester.org 

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 

Pamela Keogh, CPA, ext. 103 

Director of Finance & Administration 

pkeogh@greaterworcester.org 

Joanne M. Reegan, ext. 102 

Finance Assistant 

jreegan@greaterworcester.org 

Diane Simonelli , ext. 114 

Grants Manager 

dsimonelli@greaterworcester.org 

Jasmine Vasquez Okutoro, ext. 100 

Administrative Assistant 

jvokutoro@greaterworcester.org 

PROGRAMS 

Lois A. Smith, ext. 107 

Senior Program Officer 

lsmith@greaterworcester.org 

Joe Wiinikka-Lydon, ext. 109 

Program Officer 

joewl@greaterworcester.org 

Gail T. Randall, ext. 101 

Special Projects Officer 

grandall@greaterworcester.org 

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On the cover: 

Teens dance at a New Year’s celebration hosted by the Southeast Asian Coalition 

and the Worcester Senior Center. Guests of all ages enjoyed an afternoon that 

featured lion dancers, traditional Vietnamese songs and cuisine. 

Annual Report Production Credits 

All photography by Dan Vaillancourt unless otherwise indicated: 

Inside cover Chess and basketball at Boys and Girls Club of Worcester, Patrick O’Connor 

P 6 Apple blossoms, Ingrid Mach 

P 8 Youth at Boys and Girls Club of Worcester, Patrick O’Connor 

P 9 Two dogs, Alex Brosa 

P 10 Graduates of the class of 2006, Courtesy of The Nativity School of Worcester 

P 11 City Hall, Worcester, Linda Chadwick 

P 12 Waterfall, Rob Zeleniak 

P 14 Sailboat on Lake Quinsigamond, Courtesy of John Mullaney 

P 20 Masquerade guests, Courtesy of Keith and Al Toney 

P 38, 39 Bruce S. Bennett and Joseph D. Early, Courtesy of the Worcester Telegram 

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

P 41, 43 Linda Chadwick 

P 44 Kerry Conaghan 

P 53 Courtesy of Jon Lowell 

P 53 Courtesy of the Boston Poultry Exposition 

Writer Susan Saccoccia 

Editor Linda Chadwick 

Graphics Atomic Design, Rob Zeleniak and Ingrid Mach 

Printer AM Lithography Corporation

Greater Worcester Community Foundation 

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Worcester, Massachusetts 01608.1738 

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