Family Promise Metrowest 2020 Annual Report

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REPORT 

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Annual Report 2020 

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DEAR FRIENDS, 

Looking back at 2020, we will remember a year of defining moments, a time that required 

thoughtful decisions to ensure the health and sustainability of our families. Every day we 

were confronted with new struggles, yet together we created solutions that averted crisis 

and kept our families whole. 

As you read this report, you will gain a better understanding of what our families faced 

last year, and the resilience and strength they required to achieve success. You will 

also learn how we addressed emerging needs and made changes as an organization, 

moving families into hotel rooms, increasing direct subsidies, and providing remote case 

management. Despite everything, our families never lost their motivation to change their 

lives and with support, moved forward through our programs to reach their goals. 

In 2020 we supported 50 families, 147 individuals with 89 children—more than ever in our 

history. 

Last September, we began to look toward the future and launched our next strategic 

plan. Over the next four months we met with over 100 stakeholders, sharing ideas, 

discussing strategy, and creating building blocks for our future. The result is a thoughtful 

blueprint to move us forward, using what we have learned to enhance our programs, 

build partnerships, and strengthen our ties to the community. 

Thank you all for taking this journey with us over the past year; we accomplished so much 

together. Your compassion, generosity, and commitment to our families kept us afloat, 

providing a compass to lead us out of the storm and into a brighter future. 

With deep appreciation, 

Sue Crossley 

Executive Director 

Carol Virshbo 

Chair, Board of Directors 

2 Family Promise Metrowest

OUR STORY 

Family Promise Metrowest’s 

mission is to transform the 

lives of families with children 

who are facing homelessness 

by mobilizing a diverse 

community to provide 

shelter, education, and 

comprehensive support. 

When family homelessness in the Metrowest region 

began steadily rising in the early 2000s, this alarming 

trend caught the attention of members of Wellesley 

Village Church and Christ Lutheran Church in Natick. 

In researching ways to help, they learned about 

Family Promise, an organization in New Jersey that 

was housing families facing homelessness in local 

congregations. They quickly realized this model of 

support could work here, bringing congregations of 

all faiths together to address the crisis. Over the next 

five years they laid the groundwork to create a Family 

Promise affiliate, and in 2008, their dream took root. 

Family Promise Metrowest opened its doors on a 

chilly October evening with the welcoming of a 

single mother and her five children into shelter. 

We are now one of over 200 Family Promise affiliates 

across the country, and as of December 2020, we’ve 

supported 266 families including almost 500 children 

that were facing homelessness. Our approach is 

simple: by providing encouragement, guidance, and 

the resources to reach their goals, we help motivated, 

hard-working families move out of poverty and into 

stable, sustainable homes. 

Historically, our host congregations provided 

temporary shelter by converting their classrooms 

into bedrooms for three to four weeks a year. With 

the help of additional volunteers from our support 

congregations and the community at large, they 

also provided meals, companionship, and overnight 

staffing. Simply put, our shelter would not have 

existed without them. Last year, due to COVID, we 

moved our families into a hotel to provide shelter 

while keeping everyone safe. And after a long 

planning process, we’ve decided to adjust our shelter 

model and transition to a permanent home next 

year—one where congregations and volunteers will 

continue to play an instrumental role. 

In addition to shelter, we also offer the SAIL program 

(Sustaining Achievements for Independent Living), 

which supports families exiting shelter for one year, 

and our LIFE program (Local Initiative for Family 

Empowerment), which helps families avoid eviction 

and shelter entry by providing subsidies for rent in 

arrears and case management to build long-term 

sustainability. Lastly, all families are supported by the 

Steps to Success program, which offers educational 

and career-building opportunities to help parents 

increase their income and build a brighter, more 

stable future. 

Our staff provide intensive support to help our 

families access community resources, secure stable 

employment and childcare, create a sustainable 

budget, and set long-term goals to address the root 

causes of their housing insecurity. When our hardworking 

families and passionate volunteers, staff, and 

donors come together, lives are changed permanently. 

Embraced by a community of people committed 

to their well-being and progress, our families are 

empowered to envision a new future, and then given 

the tools and time to bring those dreams to life. ♦ 


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OUR IMPACT: 2020 

Our Families 

14 

12 

24 

50 

FAMILIES SERVED 

IN SHELTER 


IN SAIL PROGRAM 


IN LIFE PROGRAM 

TOTAL FAMILIES 

SERVED 

INDIVIDUALS SERVED WHO IDENTIFIED AS: 

49 

percent 

10 

percent 

2 

percent 

SINGLE-PARENT 

84% FAMILIES 

58 89 

ADULTS 

SERVED 

CHILDREN 

SERVED 

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CAUCASIAN ASIAN 

31 

percent 

8 

percent 

HISPANIC OR LATINO MULTI-RACIAL 

AVERAGE AGE 

OF CHILDREN 6 

YEARS 

OLD 

AVERAGE AGE 

OF ADULTS 34 

YEARS 

OLD 

TOTAL NUMBER OF 

NEW REFERRALS 256 

AVERAGE DAYS 

IN SHELTER 167 

LIFE Program 

7graduate 

families 

100 

percent 

remained in 

permanent housing 

at program 

graduation 

71% 

OF GRADUATE 

FAMILIES INCREASED 

THEIR INCOME 

Steps to Success Program 

74 

percent 

of graduate 

families increased 

their income while 

in our program 

48% 

OF FAMILIES IN OUR PROGRAMS 

HAD A MEMBER PURSUING 

FURTHER EDUCATION 

8 in 

family members 

were enrolled 

college in 2020

Shelter Program 

Health 

67 

percent 

of families secured primary care 

doctors for every family member 

Finances 

60 

percent 

78 

percent 

$$$$$$$ 

of families reached 

their savings goal 

of families reduced 

their overall debt 

Childcare 

100 

percent 

of families with 

preschool children 

secured daycare 

100 

percent 

of families addressed outstanding 

physical or mental health needs 

of uninsured families 

secured affordable 

health insurance plans 

Housing 

80 

percent 

OF FAMILIES 

MOVED FROM 

SHELTER INTO 

AFFORDABLE 

COMMUNITY 

HOUSING 

100 

percent 

of families with 

school-age children 

secured after-school 

and vacation 

programming 

SAIL Program 

100 

percent 

of graduate 

families reached 

their debt 

reduction goal 

100 

percent 

of families assumed 

full responsiblity for 

rent at program 

graduation 

100% 

100 

REMAINED IN 

percent 

PERMANENT HOUSING AT 

PROGRAM GRADUATION 

Donation Drives

FAMILY HIGHLIGHT 

Our Day Center is typically a flurry of activity, with families, staff, and volunteers buzzing 

in and out of the building, going about our busy lives of work and family. When the 

pandemic took root last year and our staff began working remotely, we all missed this 

energy terribly. But even more poignant, as families entered and graduated from our 

programs, many of us never even got the chance to meet them. However, school and 

workplace shutdowns gave families more time to (virtually) connect with our program 

coordinator Stephanie—a small blessing amid so many losses—so she always had plenty of 

updates to inspire us. We’d like to share some of these stories with you... 

Last summer, Stephanie found herself working 

with a remarkable group of women. “There was 

something different about these families,” she told 

us, “They all demonstrated potential from the start.” 

When families come into our shelter program, we 

know they’re ready to work hard—it’s a requirement 

for program acceptance—but it often takes a few 

weeks to get organized. This was not the case for 

these women. They didn’t need a safe place to land, 

they needed a springboard. 

Melinda and her daughter lost their home last 

summer after her rent was raised and she was 

furloughed from her job. They moved in with 

her mother, but the crowded conditions were 

unsustainable. When she called us looking for help, 

although she had no housing or job, she was still 

in school, pursuing a degree in health sciences. We 

brought them into shelter right away, recognizing 

that her determination to continue with her studies 

despite all else was a sure sign of motivation. 

During her shelter stay, she not only stayed on track 

with her studies, earning As and Bs in all her courses, 

she also renewed her driver’s license, purchased a 

car, and paid off her school tuition balance using 

her unemployment and stimulus payments. When 

asked how she was able to stay so focused, she 

replied, “This wasn’t my first time in shelter. However, 

this was the first time I had a case manager to uplift 

me. My mindset became empowered. The program 

gives you your first stepping stone so you can fly.” 

Melinda and her daughter are now living in our 

Bacon Street home, and she’s on track to graduate 

this fall and begin nursing school next spring. 

Chantal was working full-time at the VA last 

summer when her mother died and the house they 

shared went into foreclosure. Despite the upheaval 

of losing her mother and her home, she held onto 

her job and kept her daughter on-track with online 

school. This was our first sign that Chantal wasn’t 

going to let anything get in the way of her progress. 


network congregations and Cynthia jumped at 

the chance. Back in safe housing, she began a 

new job while continuing to study. She sent us 

an email recently, sharing what motivated her 

and helped her achieve so many goals so quickly: 

“This program believed in me and saw the 

potential and drive I had buried after so many 

years of struggling. This program will change 

your life in ways you could never imagine, but 

only if you are willing to show up and put the 

effort in.” 

Once settled in shelter, she got right to work. As 

she told us, “Family Promise gave me a stable 

place to focus on my goals and not worry about 

where I was going to lay my head from day to 

day.” She immediately mapped out a plan to earn 

her GED, worked with a nutritionist to improve 

her family’s diet, and advocated for a raise at 

work so she could save more money. She also 

started searching for additional community 

resources that could get them back into housing 

even more quickly. And sure enough, before 

long she secured a housing subsidy through an 

organization in Boston, paving her family’s way 

back into their own home. 

Cynthia has now finished her certification 

course and is scheduled to take her licensing 

exam this month. She has big plans as she 

looks toward the future for herself and her son: 

opening her own training studio. But in the 

meantime, she’s achieved her greatest wish: “I 

have regained my fire so that I am able to lead 

by example for my son.” 

All of these women are incredible examples 

of how to lead yourself through crisis. Their 

determination in the face of daunting odds and 

a swirling pandemic is remarkable. We can’t wait 

to see the change they will continue to create in 

the coming years. ♦ 

Although she didn’t need a housing subsidy 

from us, Chantal still wanted to enter our SAIL 

program so she could continue receiving our 

support and encouragement as she works 

toward her long-term goals. 

When Cynthia called us at the end of last 

summer, the home where she’d lived with her 

son had recently burned down, along with 

all their possessions. They’d been staying in a 

hotel, but the expense was overwhelming— 

they needed somewhere else to live while they 

mapped out their next steps. She’d previously 

worked as a personal trainer, but her license had 

expired. Within weeks of entering the program, 

she began a relicensing course to get back to the 

career she loved. 

Shortly after entering shelter, an opportunity 

arose to rent an apartment owned by one of our 

The photographs illustrating this story were taken 

during a family photography day this April—the 

first time we were able to safely gather with our 

families in over a year. 


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OUR CONGREGATIONS 

The Family Promise Metrowest model of providing shelter engages 

a network of 52 local congregations in addressing the issue of family 

homelessness. Representing the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian faiths, this 

diverse community plays a central role in providing support to our families. 

In our original model, host congregations provided shelter by converting 

their classrooms to bedrooms, while support congregations and a network 

of volunteers prepared meals and offered overnight companionship. 

However, in March 2020, COVID-related safety concerns required us to 

move the families into a hotel where they could safely isolate. Despite the 

closure of our rotational shelter, our congregations continued to support 

our families, providing groceries and gift cards for necessities instead of 

beds and home-cooked meals. And amid uncertainty about how COVID 

might impact their congregations’ financial health, they continued to 

provide monetary support for our programs. In short, their commitment 

to our families was undaunted. 

During this pause in our normal operations, we took time to evaluate 

the shelter program’s strengths and weaknesses to map out a plan for 

the future. Based on meetings with coordinators and clergy, in addition 

to interviews with families, staff, and board members, we decided to transition from the rotational shelter to a 

permanent shelter site. This fixed-site model, which has been adopted by many other Family Promise Affiliates, 

will alleviate the stress of shifting locations for families and enable them to dedicate more time to working toward 

their goals. This new model will also lighten the commitment for many of our congregations, shifting the focus 

away from housing our guests and toward new volunteering roles that directly engage with the families. Our 

congregations will remain essential to the Shelter program, providing support and encouragement, connecting 

our families to the community, and offering their compassion and expertise. 

This review process confirmed what we have always known: that our congregations are led by empathetic, 

passionate, and flexible individuals who are committed to finding creative ways to provide dignity-centered 

spaces to serve our families. They are an essential component of our efforts to solve family homelessness, and we 

are deeply grateful for their ongoing commitment. 

For a list of the 52 host and support congregations that make up our network of support for our families, please 

visit our website at: familypromisemetrowest.org/congregations. ♦ 

Partnering with Family Promise is a fully 

embodied mission. We are doing something 

with our bodies, not just feeling and thinking 

about the problem. Seeing that we could do 

this moved our congregation from a mindset 

of scarcity to a mindset of abundance. 

— Rev. Nathan Detering, 

Unitarian Universalist Area Church, 

Sherborn 

Various faith communities work together 

toward one goal through Family Promise. 

Connecting to other congregations is one 

of the greatest strengths of the Family 

Promise model. 

— Alison Galley, FPM Coordinator, 

First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 

Medfield 


OUR VOLUNTEERS 

As we say so often, Family Promise Metrowest would not exist without 

our volunteers. They are the very core of the “community of support” that 

welcomes and sustains families coming into shelter, and their expertise 

powers numerous initiatives across our organization, from our tutoring 

services to our event planning. 

When we paused all volunteering activities last spring to keep our 

supporters and families safe, the loss of the enthusiasm and energy that 

all of them brought to our organization was palpable. So we worked hard 

to identify family and organizational needs that volunteers could continue 

to fulfill remotely, or safely in-person. Some of these needs were the same 

as ever: moving support for families exiting shelter or deliveries of donated 

groceries. But some were new: children needing help with the transition 

to online learning, families needing furnishings with the closure of the 

furniture banks, and fundraising events that needed to be completely 

reinvented. We also wanted to find new ways to remind our families that 

even when separated by the pandemic, a whole community was still 

rallying for them. 

And rally they did! The National Charity League Wellesley Chapter hosted 

a furnishings drive to collect donations to outfit new homes. Countless 

volunteers created summer fun bags, school supply backpacks, winter 

clothing bags, and holiday meal baskets for families across all our 

programs. And we launched an online tutoring program to help kids with 

academic and organizational needs, pairing 12 tutors with 14 students in 

the first semester of operation. 

The transformation of our Keep the Promise gala into an online concert 

and auction never could have happened without the tireless event 

volunteers who helped plan the all-new event, promote the raffle, create 

gift baskets, and coordinate auction item pick-ups. Volunteers also helped 

with our Savers FunDrive event, unloading cars and packing a truck with 

donations to raise program funding. 

We would also like to thank the scores of volunteers who reached out over 

the course of last year to help in any way we needed. Although we weren’t 

able to call on many of you, your readiness to support us through this 

challenging year lifted our spirits. As we’ve shared, with the shifting of our 

shelter model to a permanent site, our volunteer roles will be changing 

going forward. But we know that with this change will come many new 

opportunities to share your skills and enthusiasm with us—so stay tuned! ♦ 

“I love being a witness to the success and dedication of the 

families who come through the program. It is life-affirming to 

be a part of people changing their lives!” 

— Layne Clune, Day Center volunteer 


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RECOGNITIONS 

In 2018, we launched the “Cindy Lombardo Volunteer 

Award,” named for a dedicated FPM volunteer and 

member of Temple Shir Tikva. This award is given 

annually to a volunteer, nominated by our families, 

who fulfills and honors Cindy’s incredible model of 

warmth and welcome. 

Our 2020 Cindy Lombardo Volunteer Award 

recipient was Barbara Ward. Barbara has been a 

volunteer with Family Promise for many years as a 

Coordinator for St. Andrews Church in Framingham, 

one of our host congregations. She was a tireless 

presence every host week, setting up bedrooms, 

bringing dinners, and staying overnight—whatever 

was needed to support the families. Barbara also 

served as a weekend van driver for us for several 

years—an unfailing presence every Sunday morning. 

The families nominated Barbara for her compassion 

and sincerity, which she has shared with so many 

families across the years. 

Barbara receives the 2020 Cindy Lombardo Volunteer Award 

from Andre Lamontagne, our 2019 recipient. 

In 2019, we initiated the “Family Promise Metrowest 

Legacy Award” to recognize a person in our 

community whose commitment and contributions 

to our mission will have a lasting impact on our 

organization and the families we serve. 

In 2020, this award was given to Judy Mongiardo. 

Judy has been with us from the very beginning, 

Judy receives the 2020 Family Promise Metrowest Legacy 

Award from Bob Murray, our 2019 recipient, and our Executive 

Director Sue Crossley. 

playing every conceivable role in the history of our 

organization. As a member of Wellesley Village 

Church, she introduced the Family Promise model 

to a group of people from her congregation and the 

community who were concerned about the increase 

in family homelessness in the Metrowest area. Over 

the next five years she worked diligently with others 

to recruit congregations and raise funds, and then 

joined our first Board of Directors. 

As the organization grew, Judy left the board and 

became our Network Coordinator, acting as a 

liaison with the congregations and our growing 

team of volunteers. Judy was an ambassador for 

Family Promise Metrowest, sharing her passion for 

our mission and inspiring others throughout the 

community. Judy retired in 2019 yet her impact 

on our organization and the families we serve will 

continue for generations to come. 

To grant these awards, we asked the prior year’s 

recipients to gather outdoors with us on a crisp fall 

day and surprise our unexpecting recipients. 

Andre Lamontagne, our 2019 Cindy Lombardo 

Award recipient, presented Barbara with her award; 

Bob Murray, last year’s Legacy Award recipient, was 

with us to honor Judy. Congratulations to both of 

these women for their extraordinary contributions 

to our work. ♦ 


OUR EVENTS 

Just about everything at Family Promise Metrowest was reimagined 

in 2020, and our events were no different. When our Day Center was 

closed on March 13, our walkathon was only three weeks away, but to 

keep all of our supporters safe, we cancelled this much-anticipated 

event. However, our need for the funding that it typically generated 

wasn’t cancelled. So over the next few days we transformed this inperson 

event into an online “Campaign for Hope” and appealed to all of 

our registered walkers and teams to keep fundraising, while reaching 

out to the broader community about our need for funding. In the end, 

this virtual campaign surpassed our goal for the walkathon by 60%, 

bringing in $260,000 to fulfill our budget and meet the emerging 

needs of our families. 

Just a month later, we were faced with our next difficult decision: 

whether to begin planning for our second major fundraiser of the year, 

our “Keep the Promise” gala. The trajectory of the virus was uncertain 

at this point, but the potential risk was great enough that we called 

off this event too. So once again, we got to work. Our event committee 

began brainstorming ideas and reaching out to volunteers, and we 

ultimately created a three-part, all-virtual “Keeping the Promise” 

celebration. The main event: an online holiday concert bookended with 

our first-ever cash raffle (with a $5,000 grand prize) and an extensive 

online auction, featuring dozens of elaborate, themed gift baskets. 

Assembling the program for the online concert involved one of our 

most extensive outreach efforts ever, casting a net to the very edges 

of our community to find musicians eager to submit their recordings 

for the program. In the end, our line-up was incredible: the concert 

featured seventeen artists and groups including national performers 

like Livingston Taylor, James Montgomery, Ellis Paul, and Phil Stacey, 

and local favorites such as Ali Haber, Stacey Peasley, and two Natick 

High School a cappella groups. 

On the evening of the concert, as a nor’easter swirled outside, WROR 

radio personality Lauren Falcone, Executive Director Sue Crossley, and 

program graduate Jackie Rodriguez took the stage at Amazing Things 

Art Center in Framingham, while hundreds of registered guests settled 

into their couches at home to enjoy the live-streamed show on their 

TVs and laptops. In addition to the musical program, the show featured 

family stories from program alumni that highlighted their resilience 

amidst an unfathomably challenging year. In the end, the concert was 

streamed more than 1,100 times on YouTube and the concert, raffle, 

and auction raised over $177,00. This was more than enough to match 

our budgeted need, but just as important, the event brought us all 

together for a night of celebration when we needed it most. 

In the end, this year of reimagined events, as challenging as the 

process was, has opened new channels for connection and inclusion 

with our community—ideas that will inform future programs and 

initiatives as we continue to look for ways to inspire, create, and 

celebrate in the future. ♦ 


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DONOR HIGHLIGHT 

passion got me thinking, “We could do that. This is a 

way to help level the playing field.” 

So, when one of the apartments that Andy and I 

rent out became available, I contacted Sue to see 

if an FPM family could rent it. In fact, there was a 

family that needed to move because their landlord 

was raising the rent. If we lowered our rent to what 

they could afford, they’d be able to move in. This 

was our opportunity. As landlords, we were uniquely 

positioned to be catalysts for change. 

The story always starts with a family needing a home. 

This was the story of my husband Andy’s family as 

refugees from Vietnam in 1975, when a caring family 

in Florida welcomed them into their own home. 

And this is the story of all our families, at one time 

or another, when someone gave us a break—be it a 

job, credit, or simply the benefit of the doubt that we 

would work as hard as it took. 

I had volunteered for FPM as an overnight host at St. 

Paul’s Church in Natick with my family for about ten 

years—a passion that also led to service on the FPM 

Board. During board meetings, Executive Director 

Sue Crossley often said that if we truly want to live in 

diverse communities, we need to make affordable 

housing a priority. As a rental property owner, her 

The staff made it an easy decision. We didn’t need to 

go through a laborious vetting process, because the 

prospective tenant had already been working with 

FPM in the SAIL program. She’d been meeting her 

financial sustainability goals with support from the 

program coordinator, who had basically done the 

screening homework for us. As someone raised by a 

single mother, it felt like a perfect match to support a 

single-parent family facing homelessness. 

We’re so grateful to have this lively family in our 

community and to watch them thrive. If I could leave 

you with one thought, it would be this: one person’s 

pinch can be another person’s privilege. In other 

words, if you find yourself with spare income, you can 

turn that into the privilege of serving a family in their 

time of need. 

— Maureen Nguyen, Former Board Member 

In 2020, we had 2 private donors, 2 congregations, and 1 landlord 

directly subsidizing or reducing rent for 5 of our families. 

This generosity ensured that 9 children had a safe, sustainable 

place to call home. 


COMMUNITY 

PARTNERS 

Over the years, one area of development that has grown 

considerably is the funding received from community 

groups, grants, and foundations. In 2020, we had a record 

year of 37 grants received totaling over $314,000. While all of 

these donors are deeply appreciated and listed at the end of 

this report, we wanted to share a few highlights from 2020. 

In March of last year when we made the decision to move 

our families into a hotel, we took a leap of faith with the hope 

that our community would provide the support we needed to 

take on an additional $10,000 per month to provide food and 

housing for our families in shelter. At the time we thought 

it would be for a few weeks or so, never imagining that we 

would extend these expenses through the end of the year. 

As the weeks turned into months and there was no end in 

sight, the additional expenses were somewhat daunting, and 

we began to carefully evaluate the feasibility of keeping our 

families in hotel rooms indefinitely. 

Yet we underestimated the compassion of our community. 

Once the word was out that our families were in a hotel, our 

community partners responded with a generosity that was 

unsurpassed. We began receiving phone calls and emails 

stating that they understood the challenges we were facing, 

and they started sending donations to ensure our families had 

a safe place to live. 

Within months we received $122,395 of unsolicited funds 

from our community partners including Digital Federal 

Credit Union, Eastern Bank, Foundation for MetroWest, 

Hopkinton Country Club Charitable Foundation, MetroWest 

Health Foundation, Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation, 

Parmenter Foundation, Sudbury Foundation, and the 

Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club. We also received a 

generous grant from a new donor, the Weezie Foundation, 

that recognized our emergency needs and generously 

donated unrestricted funds to be applied at our discretion. 

We will always be grateful to our community partners for their 

financial support last year, which ensured the health and 

safety of our families. Yet it was their kindness and caring for 

others that we will never forget in the years to come. ♦ 


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OUR FINANCIALS 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 12/31/2020 12/31/2019 

ASSETS 

LIABILITIES 

NET ASSETS 

Cash $880,968 $362,688 

Other current assets $98,314 $87,795 

Property and equipment, net $1,366,310 $1,399,760 

Total other assets $3,306 $4,906 

TOTAL ASSETS $2,348,898 $1,855,149 

Current liabilities $72,801 $42,485 

TOTAL LIABILITIES $72,801 $42,485 

Net assets without donor restrictions $2,199,043 $1,721,180 

Net assets with donor restrictions $77,054 $91,484 

TOTAL NET ASSETS $2,276,097 $1,812,664 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $2,348,898 $1,855,149 

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 12/31/2020 12/31/2019 

SUPPORT AND REVENUE 

Gifts, grants, and contributions $960,849 $635,662 

Fundraising events $445,571 $313,877 

Donated goods and services $56,861 $23,794 

Interest income $474 $983 

Miscellaneous income $2,800 $22,683 

TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $1,466,555 $996,999 

EXPENSES 

Program Services $660,004 $499,068 

Management and General $166,744 $145,119 

Fundraising and Community Outreach $176,374 $131,356 

TOTAL EXPENSES $1,003,122 $775,543 

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 

Changes in net assets without donor restrictions $477,863 $478,596 

Changes in net assets with donor restrictions $(14,430) $(257,140) 

TOTAL CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $463,433 $221,456 


OUR DONORS 

$50,000+ 

The Weezie Foundation 

$20,000–$49,999 

Robert & Janet Brack 

Cummings Foundation 

Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation 

Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation 

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Wellesley * 

Cecilia Stone 

TJX Foundation 

Jay & Carol Virshbo ** 

$10,000-$19,999 

Maria Chase 

Kelli & Chris Connors 

Digital Federal Credit Union 

Foundation for MetroWest 

Margaret Gallerani 

Katherine & William Green 

Jen Grinnell & Chris Gardner 

The Merra-Molloy Family * 

MetroWest Health Foundation 

Joan & Bob Murray 

Parmenter Foundation 

Kate & Tom Piemonte 

Daniel Pozen & Heather Garni 

Johanna Ross 

Sanofi Genzyme 

The Sudbury Foundation 

Wellesley Congregational Church 

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 

Mercy Wheeler 

Anonymous (1) 

$5,000-$9,999 

Roger & Karen Andrews 

Douglas Atamian & Annelise Fortier 

Joan Benzie 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Wayne & Veronica Bloom 

Michael & Adrianne Canning * 

D. Mitchell & Cynthia D. Coddington 

Congregational Church of Needham 

Douglas & Sue Crossley * 

Robert & Harriett Hallagan * 

Clifford Hayden & Kim M. Nicols 

Gardner Hendrie & Karen Johansen 

Highrock Covenant Church 

Home Market Foods 

The Hong Family 

Hopkinton Country Club Charitable 

Foundation 

Brad & Lisa Kimler 

John & Susan Kirk * 

Jack & Alison Langsdorf 

Dennis Lombardo 

Marilyn & Robert Marlette 

Cathryn Marshall & Mark Lorson 

John & Laraine Marthinsen 

Metrowest Women’s Fund 

Marc & Sandee Molinsky ** 

MutualOne Charitable Foundation 

National Charity League, LLC 

Needham Bank 

Andy & Maureen Nguyen ** 

Ildiko & Kevin Nielsen 

R.W. Holmes Realty Company, Inc. 

Barbara & Edward Scolnick 

Paula Ness Speers & Mark Speers * 

Tom & Nicole Teich 

Temple Beth Elohim 

The Bear Foundation 

The MathWorks, Inc. 

The Village Bank 

Steve & Melissa Webber ** 

Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club 

$1,000-$4,999 

Reuben & Christine Ackerman 

Syed H. Nawab, PhD & Ghazala Alam, MD * 

Jacqueline Allen ** 

Donna M. Richer 

Howard & Leslie Appleby 

Frank & Susan Armo 

Asset Strategy Advisors 

Bank of America Charitable Foundation 

Stephanie Barber 

Amy & Keith Barnett 

Ed & Iris Bassin 

Blackey Family Foundation 

Irene Bloomstein 

Holly & Richard Bonomo 

Jeffrey Kinney & Rebecca Bourret 

Joanna Brach 

Brookline Bank 

Charles Brown 

Barbara Buell 

Fred & Barbara Bunger ** 

Elizabeth Cameron 

Patricia Carr 

Timothy & Diana Carroll * 

Jeff & Anne Carter 

Mary Chowdhury 

Christ Lutheran Church 

Catherine Chung 

Eugene Clark 

Michael & Layne Clune 

Randall Colaizzi 

Jennifer Collins 

Tim & Jessie Collins 

Audrey Colson 

Ruth Colson 

Common Street Spiritual Center 

Commonwealth Charitable Fund 

Commonwealth Financial Network 

Christopher Connolly 

Carol & Ken Conway 

Chantal & Christophe Coudray 

Mary Crabbe 

Cynthia Crino ** 

Kyle & Lindsay Crossley 

Gene & Gay Crowley 

Charlie & Amanda Curtis 

Heather D. Curtis 

Melinda Davies 

DCU for Kids 

Angela DeBarros ** 

Donna Doody 

Robert & Marilyn Ellsworth 

Rebecca Epstein 

Martin & Jackie Everett 

Federated Church of Ashland 

Vance Fernandez 

First Church Natick, UCC 

First Congregational Church of Holliston 

First Parish Wayland 

Elaine Fiske 

Framingham Country Club Charitable 

Foundation 

Framingham Rotary Club 

Framingham Union Aid Association, Inc. 

Mike & Beth Frary 

Lucia Frenkel 

Sam Galambos ** 

Angela Gerrard 

David Getchonis ** 

Greater Boston Real Estate Board 

Foundation 

Karen & Jeff Greene 

Alison Guzman 

Mitchell & Sylvia Haber 

J. Wade & Heidi Harper 

Yolanda Harris 

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 

Gardi & Bruce Hauck 

Michael & Catherine Healy 

Hilding & Jane Hedberg 

Highland Street Foundation 

Roger Holmes 

Hope Hotchkiss & John Shea 

Howard Brothers Builders, Inc. 

Enoch Huang ** 

Mildred Hutchinson 

Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland 

Annual Report 2020 15

John Everett & Sons Funeral Home 

Kevin & Shari Johnson 

JW Johnson Charitable Trust 

Susan Kane 

Arline & Nick Kardasis 

Niall Keating 

Jeb Keiper 

The Keith Family ** 

David King 

Rod & Dagmar Klinger 

Pamela & Bob Koskovich 

Tom & Anna Lally 

Andre Lamontagne 

Phillip & Marjorie Langsdorf 

Peter & Evelyn Liffiton 

Laura Lilly 

Harold & Edith Lohr 

Tiffany Lund 

Lutheran Church of Framingham 

Isabel M. Lyndon 

Roderick & Joy MacLeod * 

Paul Marecek 

Lynn & Alan Marks 

Joanne Marshall 

Massachusetts Association of Realtors 

Cara McCauley Lorion 

Kelly & Matthew McCormack 

Michael McMahon 

Joe & Dee Meaney 

Catherine Meyer 

David & Andrea Meyers 

Middlesex Savings Bank 

Jeff & Karen Miller * 

Elaine Mittell & Douglas Poutasse 

Mohan Veena Consulting, Inc. 

Jay Mudd 

Seta Nazarian 

Mary Ruth Negro 

New England Waterproofing, Inc. 

Newton Highlands Congregational 

Church 

NorthStar Insurance Services, Inc. ** 

Laura O’Brien 

Laurie & David Otten 

Randy & Caren Parker 

Dean & Stacey Peasley ** 

Sarah & Edward Pena 

Judith Placek 

Russell & Mary Pollard * 

Russell & Mary Pollard * 

Robert Redus 

Elaine Reisman 

Reliant MSO, LLC 

Kenneth Rendell & Shirley McNerney 

David & Tammy Retalic 

The Riaz Family 

Yvonne Richard 

Dwight & Margaret B. Robinson 

Rubicon Builders 

Leo Ryan & Patty Magill 

Savers TVI, Inc. 

Curtis Schubert 

Carl Schumann 

Sandra Selvey & Paula Kane 

Kate Shamon-Rushford 

Donna & Bob Simek 

Ron & Linda Smith 

Ryan & Tracy Sockalosky ** 

Andrew & Alison Sonderfan 

Laurene Sperling 

St. John Lutheran Church 

Jeffrey & Valerie Stark 

Elizabeth & Adam Stavisky ** 

Barbara & Arthur Stock 

Stonegate, LLC 

Sudbury United Methodist Church 

Ernie & Candace Sutcliffe 

David & Jennifer Talmadge 

The Altamira Foundation 

The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations 

The Chandler Group 

The Dover Church 

The Pilgrim Church 

The Presbyterian Church in Sudbury 

Sarah & Stephen Tipton 

TJX Companies 

Tracy Boehme Realty Group 

28Freight, LLC | TruckCourier | Marks 

Logistics 

Unitarian Universalist Area Church 

UU Society of Wellesley Hills 

Eleanor Verrette 

Village Churchwomen of the Wellesley 

Congregational Church 

Wells Fargo 

Robert Willett & Rebecca Parkhill 

Laura Woollett 

DCU for Kids and DCU have supported Family 

Promise Metrowest as we see the strides being 

made to provide change and growth for children and 

families battling homelessness. Having corporate and 

community support is essential to making a positive 

and lasting impact on those struggling to maintain 

shelter, employment, food, and education. 

— Maureen Spaulding, Foundation & Purchasing 

Manager, Digital Federal Credit Union / DCU for Kids 

Richard & Maureen Wooster * 

Richard & Maureen Wooster * 

Anne & Rob Young ** 

Stan & Ellen Zagajeski * 

Anonymous (2) 

$500-$999 

Barbara Allen 

David Allen 

Marlene Allen 

Reema Alshirawi 

Diane & Tom Anderson 

Avidia Bank Charitable Foundation 

AVO Fence & Supply 

B/Spoke 

Marcy & Edward Bailey-Adams 

Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC 

Julie & Michael Bailit 

Jill Baker 

Nicholas & Alison Balster 

Jonathan Barry ** 

Linda & Seth Bauer 

Terri & Doug Beckerman 

Tom Berryman & Joan Ellersick 

Diane & Chester Black 

Tracy Boehme 

Pamela Broderick 

John & Carole Brodrick 

Kevin & Kim Canning 

Melissa Carella 

Phillip & Julie Carson 

Joseph & Phyllis Chartor 

Robert Chizmadia ** 

Sarah Coates 

Thomas & Lisa Colby 

Paul Connolly 

Janet Correia 

Debra Cox 

Greg Daneault ** 

Valerie & Peter Daniel 

Michael & Klarina Donoghue 

Julie & John Dowd 

Embrace Home Loans 

ERA KEY Realty 

Theodore & Leslie Finn 

First Baptist Church in Framingham 

Shannah & Brian Frambes 

Debbie & Dom Friscino 

Connie Fukudome 

Katharine Gibson & Walter Champion 

Richard Gooding 

Larry & Sherry Guzman 

John & Susan Haley 

Serena & Brent Hall 

Beverly Hardy ** 

James Hartman & Karen Flathers 

Tarah Hirschey 

Hoffman Insurance Services, Inc. 

Bernard & Barbara Horan 

Joanna Horobin 

The House Family 

Emily Hunnewell 

David & Ann Ingram 

Patrecia & William Jackson ** 

Caroline Johnson Hodge 

Dan & Margaret Jones 

Michael Kane 

Nora Keefe 


Maria Kempner 

Susie Kennan 

Adnan Khalid 

Max Klau 

Christine Lam & Mark J. Chistolini 

Susan Lankton-Rivas 

Jill Lenhardt 

LePain Associates 

Leah Levy 

Danforth Advisors, LLC 

Stuart Lubin 

David Lubner 

Stephen Maire 

Laura & Richard Malnight 

Molly Manning 

Elizabeth Mcclendon 

Andrea McDonald 

Lindsay & Jimmy McGuinness 

Joyce McKeown 

Mark & Carole McNamee 

Joyce & Roger McNeil 

Memorial Congregational Church UCC 

Mitsubishi Electric Train Cooling and 

Heating 

Mobilis 

Judy & James Mongiardo 

John & Paula Moran 

Melissa Murphy 

Cynthia Myles 

Jim & Dorothy Nail 

Nealon & Nealon 

Lori Newman & Ben Supnik 

Wendy & Adam Newman 

Megan Nunez & Benjamin Lane 

Dana Pope 

John & Ina Portnoy 

Amy Prigmore 

Mary Prosnitz 

Elisabeth Reynolds 

Erik Rij 

Roche Bros., Inc. 

Kristin Romine 

Rotary Club of Natick 

David & Liza Ruether 

Colleen Sadin 

Mary Alice Sallah ** 

Scott, Kate, & Steve Salley 

Juliet Seaberg 

Daniel & Kerry Seaman ** 

Carol Sedewitz 

Carol & Howard Seplowitz 

Loren Shapiro ** 

Carol Shedd 

Lecia Shronce * 

Cynthia Sibold 

Ann Skipper 

Smith, Sullivan & Brown, P.C. 

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 

St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church 

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 

Allen & Margaret Steere 

Jackee & Neil Stigliano 

Fareena Sultan 

Lucy Sur 

Cean Tan 

Kelly Taylor 

The Tobin School 

The Walking Company 

Needham Bank supports Family Promise because 

we share the same mission: building communities, 

being there during challenging times, utilizing 

diverse resources to create solutions, and 

supporting families throughout life changes. 

— Delisa Joseph, VP CRA Officer, Needham Bank 

Thrivent Choice 

Foss Tighe & Linda Colby 

Rosalia & Sal Tocco 

Catherine Tomey 

Sarah & Christopher Toomey 

Linda Trent 

Carey Valli 

Elaine Vildzius 

Catherine Volic 

Brenda Waber 

Gary & Kathleen Walker 

Anne Weaver 

Wegmans Food Markets 

Ann Houston Wiedie & Keith Hartt 

Miss Woo 

Gordon & Janice Woodbine 

John Worrall & Cynthia Bakon 

Frederick Wright 

Angela Zachery ** 

Julie & Aram Zadow 

James & Barbara Zebrowski 

Shaohong Zhang ** 

Anonymous (3) 

$100-$499 

Farah Abbas 

Anne Aisenberg 

Caroline Akins 

Alison Albers 

Lois Alexander 

Joanne Alfieri 

Donna Allen 

Laurie Allen 

Scott Allen 

Jeff Allstadt 

Barbara Ambos 

American Endowment Foundation 

Ron & Barbara Anderson 

Steve Anderson 

Steven Anderson 

Alisa & Thomas Andrews 

William Andrews 

Elizabeth Ann Angell 

Eman & Essam Ansari 

Sarah Arcese 

Asvita Arjun 

Shua Khan Arshad 

Jill Ashley 

Betty Aucoin 

The Auler Family 

Maureen Austin 

Emmanuel Badoo 

Eileen Bailey 

Jocylyn Bailin & Jeff Alexander 

Fatima Bajwa 

Chris Baker 

Marcia & Max Baker 

Mariela Baker 

Cathleen Balcom 

Deborah & John Baldwin 

Jay & Erica Ball 

Aijaz & Saadia Baloch 

Paul & Sally Banderet 

Heather Banting 

Michelle & Timothy Barrett 

Jane Barrow 

Joan Barsamian 

Sarah Barton 

Susan Basta 

Elizabeth Bates-Cellucci 

Susan Bathon 

Vickie Batka 

Christie Baxter 

Maggie Baxter 

Bay State Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 

Susan Bayard 

Beth Bean 

Rachel Beattie 

Edward & Diane Bedrosian 

Juliana Belding 

Joanne O’Neil & Upton Bell 

Katherine Belmont 

Molly Benisch 

Beth Benjamin 

Michael Benoit ** 

Donald Benovitz & Martha Fagan 

Carole Berkowitz 

Jennifer Bethel 

Fred Beyroutey 

Masooma Bhaiwala 

Lisa Bhatt 

Renagene Bickel 

Paul Bigwood 

Edie & Curt Blodgett 

Karen Blumenfeld & Andrew Nierenberg 

Bobby’s Auto Service, Inc. 

Nischal Bommareddy 

Gregory Boucher 

Kate Boucher 

Andra Bowditch 

C. I. Bowyer 

Camilla Boyce 

Deborah Boyce 

Barbara Boykin 

Eileen Brackenbury 


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Family Promise 

Metrowest is a muchneeded 

organization 

for so many families. 

We want to give back 

to the community 

and Family Promise 

Metrowest provides the 

exact service that we 

wanted to be involved 

with. We sell homes and 

feel everyone deserves 

a place to live and call 

home. 

— Bill & Beth Chandler, 

The Chandler Group 

Kristin & Jeff Bradach 

Stacy Bradford 

Elizabeth Brady 

Martha Brantigan-Stowell & 

Christopher Stowell 

Nancy Braun 

Wilfred & Ruth Breden 

Leslie Breen 

Florian Briem 

Ronald & Roxanne Broadbent 

Irma & Jayson Brodie 

Mary Bromfield 

Carol & Paul Brown 

Carrie Brown 

Hugo Brown ** 

Kristen Brown ** 

Lisa Brown 

Paula Brown 

Robert & Michelle Brown 

Molly Bruni 

Erin Bryan 

Janet Buchwald & Joel Moskowitz 

Gary & Carol Bukuras 

Linda Burgoon 

Jerry Burke 

Danny Burkeman 

Roberta Burns 

Joe & Jean Bussichella 

Julie Byrne 

Mary & Chris Canavan 

John & Bev Canning 

N. Carroll 

Christopher & Phoebe Carter 

Jennifer Cashman 

Amy Catlin 

Rosa & David Caulfield 

Janice Cavanagh 

Jean Chadbourne 

The Chan Family 

Cynthia Chapline 

Charles River Rotary Club 

Amy & Donald Chase 

Nibedita Chattopadhyay 

Shumaila Chaudhary 

David & Bridget Chiaruttini 

Barbara Chinetti 

Abbas & Vazira Chipty 

Nancy Chmielinski 

Daria Cho 

Rebecca Cho 

Christ the King Lutheran Church 

Andrea & Bryan Clancy 

David & Susan Clapham 

Mila Clark 

Suzanne Clement 

Margaret Close 

Phillip Closuit 

Joseph & Allison Cocuzzo 

Kevin Cohane 

Lauren Cohen 

Deborah Cole 

Linda & Stephen Collins 

Darlene Colonna 

Pat Conaway 

James & Audra A. Connolly 

Joanne & Jim Connolly 

Sue Connolly 

AnneMarie Connors 

Diane & Stephen Conway 

Rita Corey 

JBG Corp. 

Ali Corton 

Christine Costello 

Sue & Donald Cotton 

Lino Covarrubias 

Kathryn Craib 

Helen Crary 

Jodi Crimmins 

Margaret Cross 

CSL International 

Alexander Cullen 

Sarah Currie 

Lori Curry 

Betsey Cutler 

Jo-Ellen Cymmer 

Marisa Dad 

Karen Dale 

John Dalessandro & Marianne Swenson 

Frances Daneault 

Jennifer & Steven Dannin 

Karen Dasey 

Barry S. David 

Scott & Lori Davis 

Kathleen Farley & Sharyn Davis 

Adam Dehner 

Ashley Delahunty 

Toni Jean DeLorenzo 

Josephine DeMaso 

Kristen & Edward Dennison 

Ashley Denton 

Anne Marie Desmond 

Lisa Deveau 

Rick & Dana Devereux 

Swetha Dhanireddy 

Willard & Amanda Dickerson 

Jill Dietz 

Barbara DiMento 

David Dirks 

Victor Divine 

Emily Doerr 

Lois & Paul Doerr 

Ed & Susan Doherty 

Kristin Donahue 

Nancy Donahue 

Maya Donoghue ** 

Andre Dostie 

Dover Mothers’ Association 

George & Janet Drummey 

Joseph & Pamela Dudish 

Jeanette Duncklee 

Pamela Dunham 

Laila Dunphy 

Tanya & Pierre Dupont 

Martha Dutton 

Vani Duvuuri 

Maureen Eagan 

David Edelglass 

Lisa Edgecomb 

Eric & Courtney Edman 

Meridith Edmonds 

Amanda & Randall Elkin 

Pauline Elkin 

Jonathan Ellman 

Diane Engel 

Eva Engelmann 

ERA Key Charitable Organization, Inc. 

Mary Erickson 

Carol Esbig 

Dania Esterman 

Christina Evans 

Susan Evans 

Laurie Ewald 

Fair & Yeager Insurance Agency 

Annelise Fair 

Eric Falcone 

David & Anne Farber 

Christine Farley 

Lauren Fawell 

Dennis & Anne Feen 

Maura Feheley 

Hillary Ferrazzi 

Deirdre & Robert Festa 

Nancy Fewell 

Tammy Fields 

First Baptist Church in Needham 

First Church of Christ, Scientist 

First Parish in Framingham Unitarian 

Universalist 

First Parish of Sudbury 

Kenneth Fishman & Lisa Wendell 

Fisk Memorial United Methodist Church 

Barbara & Neal Fitzpatrick 

David & Phyllis Fitzpatrick 

Fritz Fleischmann 

Carolee & Steve Fogg 

Susie Fontaine 

Rosalind Forber 

John Foreman 

Bernard & Kathleen Forletta 

Patricia & Stephen Fountain 

Caroline Fox 

Framingham Friends Meeting 


Stephen Franks 

Katie & Michael Frassinelli 

Jamie Freidhof 

Martha Frigoletto 

Sheila & Don Friswell 

Carol & Howard Frutkoff 

Carrie Fuchs 

Lisa Fusaro 

Cathy Gallagher 

Jen Gandel 

Emily Gardner 

Susan & Matthew Gardner 

Dale & Robyn Garth 

Geoffrey Gass ** 

William & Joan Gay 

Kathryn Gebski 

David & Pat Gentes 

Chris & John Gentry 

Stephen & Carol Geremia 

Raafia Gheewala 

Kerry Gibson 

Pam & Bob Gibson 

Susan Gibson 

Beth Gifford 

Trudy Gilarde 

Janice & Ray Gilkes 

Beth Gillece-Castro 

Denise Girardin 

Girl Scouts of Eastern MA 

Ellen Gitelman 

Jeanne Given 

Glen Glater 

Jeffrey & Janet Glidden 

Carol Gloff 

Sian Godwin 

Martha & David Gold 

Marshall Goldberg 

Stacey Goodale 

Peter S. & Nancy Goodall 

Lisa & Thomas Goran 

Abby Gordon 

Kathleen & Gary Goshgarian 

George Gotsis 

Lynn & Philip Gotwals 

Janice Gould 

Timm & Kathleen Gould 

Bonnie Gouveia 

Marjorie Gove 

Sidonie Granadillo 

Grant & Pottackal, PC 

Jacqueline Grant 

Pamela Green 

Glenn Greenberg ** 

Kathleen Greer 

Kevin Greer 

Maryellen Griffin 

William Miniscalco & Sarah Guilford 

Carolyn Guttilla 

Chris Haberkorn 

Richard Haberkorn 

Hamilton Hackney 

Paul & Claire Haggerty 

Alia Haider 

Rebecca Hajjar 

Luke Halberstadt 

Thomas Halchuk 

Deborah Hall 

Elizabeth Hall 

Helen Hamel 

Sara Hanna 

Katharine Hanson 

Charlene Harrow 

Deborah Harrow 

Charmaine Hartnett 

Deborah Hastings 

Jaclyn Hatala-Matthes 

Kathleen Hauck 

Gerry & Dale Hava 

Kelly Hayner 

Karen Head 

Elizabeth Heiden 

Helen’s Handbags 

Janice Henderson 

Donald & Beth Henrich 

Carol Herman 

Joshua Herzig-Marx 

Clinton & Linda Heyd 

The Heyden Family 

Michael Hill & Christine DeVelis-Hill 

Lawrence & Nancy Hines 

Peter Hoffmann 

Leo Hogan 

Margaret Holland 

Anne Holloway 

Garry & Elaine Holmes 

HOPE Sudbury 

Jere & Kimberley Hornung 

Barry Horwitz 

Jack House 

Lisa Howe 

Sonja Huie 

Richard Hunter 

Michael Hurley ** 

Richard & Robin Hurst 

Sohail Husain 

Judith Hyatt 

Grace Idzal 

Marney & George Ives 

Edward Tomey & Maich Gardner 

Jon Jaboolian 

Briana Jackson 

Katie Jackson 

Cynthia & Jeffrey Jacobs 

Marc & Joanne Jacobs 

Carol Jankowski 

Joseph & Carol Jankowski 

Deanna Jantzen 

Ronald L. Jantzen 

Howard & Cherine Janzen 

Jill & Paul Jeter 

Main Street Jewelry Grapevine, LLC 

Melissa Johannes 

Bruce Johnson 

Susan Johnson 

Tamara Johnson 

Gail Johnston 

Joanne Jones 

Karen Joseph 

Paul & Lena Joseph 

Madhavi Kamakoti 

Andrea Kane 

Doris Louise Kane 

Beverly Kapustiak 

Jessica Kapustiak 

Susan Karelitz 

Victoria Karian 

Brad Karrfalt 

Sarah Lyn Kashou 

Constance Kaufman 

Kathy & John Kaufmann 

Janine Kayser 

Laura Kazanjian 

Nazik Kazimi 

Jeannine & Nathan Keedy 

Grace Keeney 

Mary Grace Kelemanik & Lorraine Horgan 

Bill & Lois Kelly 

James Kelly 

Alyssa Kence 

Dorothy Kennedy 

Kenneth W. Van Blarcom, Auctionneer– 

Appraiser 

John & Patricia Kenney 

Mary Kenney 

Caitlin Ketner ** 

Kate & Armen Khachaturian 

Afroz Khan 

Amarah Khan 

Masarath Khan 

Niggo & Khalid Khan 

A. Karim & Sajida Y. Khudairi 

Ata Kiapour 

Lynn Kim 

Christine King 

Janet King 

Linda King 

Christine Kingsbury 

Kathleen & Eric Kirleis 

Julie & James Kittler 

Julie Koeninger 

Judith & Tom Kokinda 

Denice Koljonen 

Christine Konys 

We are honored to support Family Promise MetroWest 

because of the impactful work they do to assist hardworking 

people who are at a struggle point in their lives. 

FPM prepares individuals to become self-sufficient so 

they may take care of their families with pride. 

— Annelise & Doug Atamian, Donors 


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The Metrowest Women’s 

Fund is proud to support 

the educational dreams 

of women and girls at 

risk of homelessness. 

The excellent work of 

Family Promise makes 

this possible. 

— Rachel Sagan & 

Rebecca Parkhill, 

Co-Founders, Metrowest 

Women’s Fund 

Lucie Kooyoomjian 

Carol Kosicki 

Cyndi Koss 

Naimesh Kotadia 

Anne Kottler 

Dolores Krasner 

Donald Kraus 

Sonja & Kurt Kreh 

Nisha Kurian ** 

Jennifer Kurz 

Melissa LaBarge 

Sarah Labrie 

Crystalle Lacouture 

Philip Ladd 

William Ladd 

Lance LaFave 

Marci Landis 

Kathleen Lang 

Phyllis Larschan 

Rolf & Celeste Larson 

Amy Law 

Kathleen Lawlor 

Rose Lawrence 

Liane Leahy 

Norm LeBel 

Lauren Leber 

Carolyn Lee 

Roxy & Dix Leeson 

Clark, Valarie, & Nicole Lefavour ** 

Beverly & Mark Lenci 

Tracy Lenehan 

Kathy Lentini 

Paula Less 

Brigitte Leu 

Janet & David Levesque 

Leslie Levine 

Theresa Levinson 

Nancy & Barry Levy 

Andrea Lewis 

Dino Liberti 

Jean Linke 

Kiki Loccisano 

Jennifer Looper 

Trudilyne Lord 

Jackie Loren 

Barbara Lorenzen 

Kerry Loughborough 

Louise Condon Realty, Inc. 

Amy Lousararian 

Donna Low 

Leslie Lowe 

Peter & Linda Lull 

Paul & Marilyn Luongo 

Christin Luttrell 

Anne Lysaght 

Carolyn MacGregor 

Marilyn MacIlvane 

Ann MacKay 

Timothy & Rebecca MacLachlan 

Marcia & Rod MacLeod 

Kathy Madfis 

Mary Mahoney 

Jennifer Maiona 

Naheed Malik 

Ruth & Russel Mallett 

Sue Mandell 

Ron Manganiello 

Carol Manna 

Karishma Manzur 

Mona Marimow 

Rachel Marks 

Richard & Lauren Marks 

Michele Marotta 

Jacob & Elizabeth Martin 

Jennifer Martin 

Karen Martin 

Samantha Martin 

Susan & Steve Mascioli 

Jane Materazzo & Greg Kennan 

Robert & Ronda Matson 

Kristin Mawhinney 

Michelle May 

Linda Mazzola 

Maureen Mccaffrey & Jim Lillie 

Sean McCarthy 

Myles & Alison McCormick 

Kirsten & Lane McDonough 

Frank & Tracy McGrath 

Amy McGregor-Radin 

Katie McKay 

Chana McMillen 

Ed & Sheila McShane 

Joseph Meaney 

Marilyn Medler 

Elizabeth Meindl 

Hal Merrick 

Al & Susan Merson 

Jim Merullo & Amy Harris 

James & Jill Metcalf 

Melinda Milberg 

Amy Miller 

David Miller 

Jan Miller 

Bill Mills-Curran 

Mark & Sara Milone 

Marge Mitchell 

Patricia Mitchell 

Tarra Mitchell 

Cathy Molkenbur-Newman 

Joanna Mongiardo-Coogan 

Elizabeth Montemayor 

Diane Montgomery 

Whitney Mooney 

Peter Moore 

Kelly Morales 

Jennifer Moran 

Mario & Seeme Moreira 

Dayanna Moreno 

Marcia Morin 

Michael Morrissey ** 

Jennifer Moshe 

Sandy Moskowitz & Susan Wilcove 

Janet Moyer Bronstein 

Elizabeth Mubarek 

Regina Mullen 

Helen Murphy 

Greg Young & Lori Murphy 

Martha Murray 

Lina Musayev 

Donald & Susan Mykrantz 

John Myles 

Keiya Myles 

Margaret Naeser 

Sue Naja 

Huma Najam 

Natick Sports & Racquet Club, Inc. 

Kira Nelson 

Allison Nelson-Eliot & Adam Tierney-Eliot 

Richelle Nessralla 

Arden Nguyen 

Sage Nguyen 

Mary Jo Nispel 

Judith Nitsch 

Jonathan Noel 

John O’Shea 

Karen Oakley 

Debbie O’Brien 

Kellye O’Brien 

Margaret O’Brien 

Anne O’Connell 

Young Oh 

David & Christina Oliver 

Richard & Lin Olsen 

Tracey O’Rourke 

Joshua & Jeanne W. Ostroff 

Anne O’Toole 

Benjamin Otte 

Yasmine Ouweijan 

Mark Owen 

Evan & Miho Owens 

David & Linda Palm 

Bradley & Lisa Palmer ** 

Everett & Kyla P’an 

Yan Pan 

Nana Paresh 

Tricia Parmele 

Janice Parsons 

Ryan Payne 

Sandy Pease 

Stephanie Peck 

Laurence Perlmutter 

Judy Peters 

Olivia Petrasch 

Mary Petrini 

Patricia Phelan 

Dorothy & James Phillips 

Jackie & Eric Pierce 

*Contributor to our “A Place to Call Home” capital campaign. 


Kenneth Pierce 

Amy Podolsky 

Alice Polley 

Julie Porter & John Griffith 

Judith Post 

Katherine Potter 

Cynthia Previdi 

Naomi Price 

Elyse Purbaugh 

Ashley Quates 

Gary Rabideau 

Jill Rabideau 

Judith Radley 

Ganesh Ramachandran & Smitha 

Radhakrishnan 

Gwyn & Robert Ramage 

Susan & Henry Rauch 

John & Sara Raveret 

Judy Ravindra 

Syed & Tahera Razvi 

Deborah Redding-Sampson 

Mahitha & Uma Reddy 

Pooja Reddy 

Shruti Reddy 

Carrie Reepmeyer 

Dianne & Dianne Rees 

Paul & Ann Regan 

Marcia Reinstein 

Jason and Helen Rennie ** 

Thomas & Kim Reohr 

Walter Reuning 

Barbara Reynolds 

Meredith Reynolds 

Tracey & Amir Reza 

Deborah Riester & George Bargamian 

Chris Riffle 

Karen & Ron Riggert 

Frederic Ripley & Sharon Kirby 

Paul & Patrica Riseman 

Phillip Risinger 

Lisa & Rick Rizoli 

Marjorie Roberson 

Cornelia Clark Roberts 

Jim & Ruth Roberts 

Philip Roberts & Gail Weston-Roberts 

Lisa & Peter Roblin 

Marjorie Rochon 

Jane H. & Carl Roddy 

Susan Rodman 

Lynn & Pedro Rodriguez 

Brian Roessler 

Jaime Rogers 

Lydia Rogers 

Margaret Rolph 

Lorien Romito 

Beth Rosen 

Marissa & Brook Rosenbaum 

Carl Rosenblatt 

Mikal Rosendahl 

Jean Rosseau 

Jessica Rubinstein 

Steven & Gail Ruether 

Melissa & Jon Rutherford 

Jennifer Sabatini 

Helen & Bob Sagan 

Melissa Sagendorph 

Evan Saks 

Nadia & Carl Salerno 

Noor Salman ** 

Carol & Roy Salvi 

Kevin & Mary Salvi 

Briton & Emory Sanders 

Jeffrey Saperstone 

Agni Sarmnoite 

Sassamon Trace Golf Course 

Tedd Saunders 

Debra Sayre 

Mary Schaefer 

Lynn Scheller 

John & Lily Schlafer 

Karl Schlemmer 

Andrei Schor 

John Schorum 

Amy Schraut ** 

George S. Schutte 

Lisa Schwarzwald 

John Scibetta 

Donna Scott 

Talia Seavey 

Chelsea Sebastian 

Shana Seidenberg 

William Serjak & Betsy Blackmer 

Paul Shackford 

Robin & Afroze Shaikh 

Jenna Sharkawy 

Andi Shaw 

Zahra Sheikh 

Elizabeth Sherwood 

Kate & Raleigh Shoemaker Jr. 

Sara Siciliano 

Irshad & Nafisa Sideeka 

Marvin & Joan Siflinger 

Joyce Simon 

Dustin & Nikki Simone 

Sisco Berluti, Inc. 

Michael Slattery 

Susanne Smart 

Donald & Sybil Smith 

Erika & Jaime Smith 

Richard & Wendy Smith 

Sandra Smith 

Debra Socia 

Marc Soloway 

Amy Sommer 

Trudy & Stephen Sonis 

Rosemary & Dave Sortor 

Liz Sower 

Sara Spalding 

Lynda Sperry & William Wiberg 

Naren Srinivasan 

Beverly & Larry St. Clair 

Robert St. Germain & Roberta Jackson 

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 

Erinn Staley ** 

Jessica Stanton 

Candace Steingisser 

Tammy Steinman 

Linda Stepzinski 

Randi Sterrn ** 

Diane Stevens 

Erroll & Karen Stevens 

Sylvia Stevens 

Joyce & Geoffrey Stewart 

Pamela & Craig Stirrat 

Wayne & Anita Stolle 

Diane Stone 

Lyndsy Stopa ** 

Steve & Laurie Strout 

Katherine Sullivan 

Weslie Surman 

David & Elizabeth Sutcliffe 

Julie Sutherland 

Bonnie Swart 

Ann-Marie Sweeney 

Kirsten Sweet 

Michelle Syed 

Mary & Jay Sylva 

Arthur & Marianne Talis 

Elizabeth Tangerini 

Reva Tankle & John McArthur 

Jared Tardy 

Diane Tarlin 

Janet Tarlin 

Kalyan Tatavarti 

Gail Teach 

Rachael Tearle 

Amee Tejani 

Chris & Anne Ten Eyck 

Jane Thompson 

Amy Till 

Bruce & Debbie Tofias 

Kristine Tomey 

Joyce Toomre 

Scott Tougas 

Thomas & Janis Townsend 

Elyse Trockman 

Family Promise Metrowest provides an array of 

services and supports that can truly change the 

trajectory of families facing homelessness. They 

are flexible and creative and, most of all, they run an 

organization immersed in kindness and compassion 

that treats everyone with dignity and respect. 

— Marilyn Martino, Executive Director, 

The Sudbury Foundation 


2017 

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Allison Turner 

United Methodist Women 

United Methodist Women of Fisk 

Memorial UMC 

Christina Van Dyke 

Anne VanArsdell 

Phil Vance & Deb Crossley 

Angela Vanderslice 

Kris & Michael Vanin 

Christine Velyvis 

Joy Vemula 

Jeanette Vernon 

Neetha Vuppala 

Gerald & Margery Wadness 

Michael Wadness 

Janet & Dominic Walsh 

Nancy Walton 

Susan & Jim Walton 

Aimee Wang 

Barbara Ward 

Natalie Warren 

Lisa Watanabe 

Mike & Pam Webb 

Michael Webber 

Daniel & Kristine Weddle 

Karen Weierman 

Jennifer Weiner 

Joe & Mary Anne Weiss 

Susan Weiss 

Fran Weisse 

Christine Weithman 

Liz Welburn 

Heidi Wesolowski 

Christine West 

Susan Westmoreland 

Pamela Wetherbee 

Dana White 

Kathleen White 

Anna Whiting 

Joan & Bob Whitman 

Steven & Edith Whitney 

Al Wiegman 

Heidi Wiesel 

Jane & Jack Wiggin 

Gil Williams & Susanne Rheault 

Brianna Wilson-Byrne 

Craig & Chris Winterfeldt 

Mark Wirling ** 

William & Lauren Wirth 

Greg Withers 

Robin Wolk 

Halina Wong 

Jodi Wood 

John E. Wornham Charitable Gift Fund 

Polly Broman Wright 

Beth Wyers 

Barbara Yates 

Michael & Ronda Yeomans 

Mark Yerkes 

Robin Young 

The Yunus Family 

Janet Zambuto 

Raymond Zambuto 

Britta Zecher 

Farhana Zia 

Catherine Zimmerman 

Jeffrey Zonderman 

Anonymous (15) 

Pro-Bono Service Donors 

Goulston & Storrs PC 

MediaBoss 

Painter’s Pride 

Perpetuart 

Matching Gift Companies 

AAFCPAs 

Abrams Capital Management, LLC 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals 

Amica Mutual Insurance 

Arbella Insurance Foundation 

AstraZeneca 

Bank of America 

CNA Insurance Companies, Inc. 

Dell Technologies 

The GE Foundation 

Google 

Great-West Financial 

Guardian Life Insurance Company of 

America 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation 

Knowing that our family is helping empower others 

to make positive changes in their lives is gratifying 

and leaves us hopeful that if everyone makes 

the effort to support one another—no matter in 

big or small ways—our world will be a much more 

equitable place. 

— Chris & Kelli Connors, Donors 

I support Family 

Promise because the 

work they do helping 

families is crucial to the 

wellbeing of our world. 

— Mercy Wheeler, 

Donor 

Intel Foundation 

John Hancock 

JPMorgan Chase 

Liberty Mutual 

Mass Mutual 

McKesson 

MFS Gives 

Microsoft 

NVIDIA 

Oracle 

Pfizer 

Sanofi US Services, Inc. 

State Street Foundation, Inc. 

TripAdvisor 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals 

VMware Foundation 

Walmart 

Wellington Management Company, LLP 

Wells Fargo 

We also extend our gratitude to the 895 

additional donors who gave under $100 

in 2020. We are grateful for each one 

of you. 

While every effort has been made to 

ensure the accuracy of this list, we 

apologize for any errors or omissions. 

Please contact us at admin@ 

familypromisemetrowest.org 

with corrections. 

* 2020 contributor to our “A Place to 

Call Home” capital campaign. 

** Donation includes matching 

corporate gift. 


Our Staff 

Susan Crossley, Executive Director 

Carole Brodrick, Director of Development 

Amanda Elkin, Assistant Director 

Eliz Portal, LIFE Program Coordinator 

Stephanie Di Dio, Shelter Program Coordinator 

Paula Brown, Outreach & Network Coordinator 

Kathy Rodman, Family Program Assistant 

Bianca Hudson, Administrative Assistant 

Tamara Nevens, Finance Coordinator 

Sharon Mann, Van Driver 

The resilience and 

tenacity of our families 

is incredibly inspiring. 

I love helping them 

create lasting and 

generational changes! 

— Kathy, Family 

Program Assistant 

Our Board 

Carol Virshbo, Chair 

Kelli Connors, Vice Chair 

Dan Seaman, Treasurer 

Heather A. Connolly, Clerk 

Emmanuel Badoo 

Karen Patterson Greene 

Harriett Hallagan 

Delisa Joseph 

Jeffrey Kinney 

Dayanna Moreno, Esq. 

Jason Rutherford 

Thomas Teich 

We would like to thank Donna Richer, Yusuf Kalule, Maureen Nguyen, Tammy Retalic, and Maureen Wooster 

who all retired from our board in 2020 and 2021. These valuable members all played essential roles in guiding 

and supporting FPM over the last few years. We are deeply grateful for their lasting impacts on our organization 

and the families we serve. 


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Contact Us: 

6 Mulligan Street, Natick, MA 01760 

508-318-4820 

www.familypromisemetrowest.org 

info@familypromisemetrowest.org 

Connect with Us: 

facebook.com/familypromisemetrowest 

instagram.com/familypromisemetrowest 

twitter.com/fpmetrowest 

linkedin.com/company/family-promise-metrowest 

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