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The
RHODE ISLAND
FOUNDATION
2 0 0 9 Y E A R B O O K
PERMANENT S TAT E W I D E COMMUNITY
PHILANTHROPY I M PA C T LEADERSHIP
CONTENTS
2 HIGHLIGHTS
Gifts exceed $44 million
Grants exceed $27 million
Generous donors establish 57 new funds
6 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND
THE CHAIRMAN
Taking the long view, investing in
Rhode Island
8 A FITTING TRIBUTE
The George Graboys Leadership Fund
honors venerated director and chairman
8 CHAMPIONING PUBLIC EDUCATION
10 CAPACITY BUILDING TAKES OFF
The Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
celebrates one year with an endowment
of its own
12 CHARTING THE COURSE FOR A
HEALTHIER RHODE ISLAND
A $20 million endowment for primary care
14 SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS
The Black Philanthropy Initiative and
Equity Action focus on social justice and
equity for all Rhode Islanders
16 2008 GRANT PROGRAMS OVERVIEW
18 2008 GRANTEES
Your support strengthened 1,312 nonprofit
organizations
32 VOLUNTEER ADVISORS
379 Rhode Islanders help us invest wisely
36 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT GIVING
38 PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS
57 new endowments bring total to
1,140 stories of generosity
79 1916 SOCIETY MEMBERS
More than 200 individuals and families
plan to leave their legacy
82 FINANCIALS
Weathering 2008's financial storms, the
Foundation maintains its position as one
of the largest in the nation
84 OUR BOARD
86 OUR STAFF
The Rhode Island Foundation
works to build a better Rhode Island
as a philanthropic resource . . .
for people, communities,
organizations and programs.
OUR MISSION
WHAT WE DO: WHAT WE VALUE:
We evaluate community issues Transparency
and make strategic grants.
Inclusiveness
We promote and build Innovation
effective philanthropy.
Collaboration
We steward permanent endowments,
Partnerships
honoring donor intent and current needs.
And most of all
We build the strengths and
capacity of the nonprofit sector.
. . . Community
We provide leadership to and a forum
for civil dialogue on important issues. THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION
We grow our endowment through Since 1916 . . . connecting private
disciplined and quality investments. philanthropy to the public good
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Thomas Payne
2008
HIGHLIGHTS
OF YOUR
COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION
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2008 was an historic year PERMANENT PHILANTHROPY
x Established 57 new, permanent endowments, bringing the
on many fronts, as the total at the Foundation to 1,140 (see pp. 38-78 for stories
Foundation welcomed a new of our newest partners in philanthropy)
x Accepted more than $44 million in charitable gifts, the
president and chief executive second-highest amount received in one year in the
officer and elected a new Foundation’s 93-year history
x Accepted endowments of 10 area nonprofits, ensuring their
chairman. Grantmaking
long-term financial stability and increasing the total number
reached record-breaking of organizational endowment funds to 136
levels -- more than $27 million STATEWIDE IMPACT
x Broke previous Foundation grantmaking records by distributing
invested in Rhode Island --
more than $27 million in grants to more than 1,300
and new gifts and funds organizations statewide
exceeded $44 million. We x Leveraged more than $200,000 in grant dollars by co-funding
important projects with Foundation donor advisors
also prepared to launch a new x Through the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence, offered 20
website detailing our goals of developmental workshops and sector convenings that drew 524
staff members and 215 board members of 354 organizations.
permanent philanthropy,
x Distributed $500,000 in an emergency community grant to help
community leadership, and Rhode Islanders with food, shelter, and heating costs in the
midst of the state’s severe economic downturn
statewide impact.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
x Established, with a $20 million gift from Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Rhode Island, the Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island, a
permanent endowment to increase access to quality primary care
x Launched a million dollar campaign for the Black Philanthropy
Initiative, a permanent endowment at the Foundation devoted
to causes and issues affecting Black Rhode Islanders
x Convened the first annual Rhode Island Charter Public School
Conference for more than 200 charter public school teachers,
Participants in the first annual Rhode Island administrators, support staff, board members and parents to
Charter Public School Conference, March share best practices
2008.
x Appointed Neil D. Steinberg as the Foundation’s fourth
Opposite page: Volunteer fire stokers dressed president and chief executive officer after a national search
in black feed the flames during WaterFire, the
public arts event that has transformed the
spanning six months
summer scene in downtown Providence.
Highlights
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Faces of philanthropy
We are pleased to introduce you to a few of our treasured partners, donors who are investing in
Rhode Island with The Rhode Island Foundation. We invite you to experience their compelling video
stories by visiting our website, www.rifoundation.org.
Raymond and Brenda Bolster are proud Rhode Islanders
and deeply committed to their South County community. They
enthusiastically contribute their time, energy, and financial resources
to many local causes. To facilitate their philanthropy, they established
a donor advised fund at the Foundation and joined The 1916 Society
(see page 79). Brenda and Raymond talk about the rewards of giving
back in their video story on our website.
George M. Sage, founder of the Bonanza Bus Company, was
philanthropic throughout his life and planned a legacy of giving. He
created the George M. and Barbara H. Sage Fund at the Foundation
upon his death and named his children as advisors to the fund. His
daughter Anne Sage talks about her father's legacy and her own
approach to philanthropy in her video story on our website.
Upon learning of the Conservation Stewardship Collaborative (CSC)
Endowment, established in 2007 by Hank and Peggy Sharpe, and the
resulting challenge match established by an anonymous donor, Ed
and Linda Wood decided to issue their own challenge to benefit the
Hopkinton Land Trust and the CSC. The result: contributions are
leveraged 4:1 for land stewardship in Rhode Island. Ed describes the
inspiration behind his creative philanthropy in his video story on our
website.
These are challenging and changing times for all Rhode Islanders.
But taking the long view, in the Foundation’s 93rd year, we remain
optimistic. We will come out of this economic downturn. And the
Highlights, Continued
Foundation will find new ways to continue fulfilling its mission,
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Mary Beth Meehan
A Community MusicWorks student violinist reflects for a moment
during a performance at Dexter Training Grounds in Providence.
thanks in no small part to the wonderful Rhode Islanders engaging in
philanthropy for the greatest good of the community, “notwithstanding
the constantly changing conditions of human life.”
Highlights, Continued
DAVID M. HIRSCH, Chairman and
NEIL D. STEINBERG, President and Chief Executive Officer
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LETTER FROM
THE PRESIDENT
AND THE CHAIRMAN
TAKING THE LONG VIEW, continued to place their trust in the
INVESTING IN RHODE ISLAND community foundation model of
permanent philanthropy, despite a
gainst a backdrop of stunning downturn in the financial
A sweeping national
change and an historic
presidential election,
2008 was a year of
new beginnings at Rhode Island’s
only community foundation. In its
92nd year, the Foundation welcomed
markets that left much of the nation
reeling, we maintained our position
as one of the largest community
foundations in the United States by
asset size. Like all endowments,
ours suffered losses in the short
term, but we are proud of our
its fourth president and chief 10-year investment performance
executive officer. And George and feel confident in our long-term
Graboys, who served the Foundation investment strategies (see page 82
with distinction as a director for a for a detailed look at our 2008
decade and as chairman for the last financials).
three years, passed the mantle of partnership, the Rhode Island The largest fund to be established
leadership to a new chairman. The League of Charter Schools, and in 2008 was the Fund for a Healthy
Foundation owes a debt of gratitude other innovative efforts, and our Rhode Island, a $20 million dollar
to George, who also served the increasing role as a champion for endowment that will be directed
Foundation as acting president quality public education can certainly toward increasing access and
for the last seven months of his be counted among George’s great affordability of primary care and
chairmanship. The George Graboys legacies. medications to all Rhode Islanders.
Leadership Fund, established by Tempered by sobering economic Healthcare has long been a priority
the board of directors in his honor news for our nation and our state, investment area of the Foundation;
(see story page 8), permanently the Foundation’s own financial the Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island
commemorates his countless outlook remained cautiously will help us to further advance the
contributions. We salute George optimistic. Our investments in the systemic changes in healthcare so
for accepting a new challenge as community through grantmaking critical to the future of our state.
chairman of the University of Rhode exceeded $27 million for the first We invite you to learn more about
Island Foundation, a reflection of time in our history. We accepted the Fund in these pages.
his unerring commitment to public more than $44 million in new gifts, We take seriously our responsibility
education in our state. The a figure we have achieved only once to serve a broad cross-section of
Foundation’s significant ongoing before. Thanks to hundreds of Rhode Islanders, as the state’s only
investment in the URI/Central Falls generous Rhode Islanders who community foundation. Witnessing
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the difficulties faced by so many sustainability of these organizations significant total of $3,155,853.24.
Rhode Island residents in the wake of through activities that extend our Despite this impressive record of
unprecedented unemployment and a reach beyond grantmaking. In 2008 public service, some of the state’s
crushing housing foreclosure crisis, our Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence public-minded citizens may not be
we felt impelled to take action. So, (INE) set the wheels in motion for aware of how effective such a
in December, partnering with three several targeted programs, including community trust is as an instrument
trusted agencies that provide an educational series for board for public or private philanthropy. The
statewide, direct services – the members sponsored by Fidelity Rhode Island Foundation operates on
Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Investments. The INE also selected the theory, ‘That gifts for charitable
Crossroads Rhode Island, and the twelve executive directors to purposes can be more effectively
Salvation Army Good Neighbor Energy participate as Foundation Fellows, a administered and the income more
Fund – the Foundation contributed yearlong opportunity for rejuvenation, effectively distributed if such gifts
$500,000 that would otherwise have renewal, and self-exploration. are combined in a common fund; and
been reinvested in our permanent Our investments in Rhode Island that the people of Rhode Island may
endowment to ensure that individuals would not be possible without the feel assured that their bounty shall
and families would be able to get generosity of our donors who invest be applied in such ways as shall be
through the winter with adequate along with us. We have continued found, from time to time, to be for
food, shelter, and heating assistance. the tradition of placing these heroes the greatest good of the community
This emergency community grant at the heart of our yearbook, where notwithstanding the constantly
represented a departure for the you can read their touching and changing conditions of human life.’”
Foundation from our customary inspirational stories. Common These are challenging and
investments in Rhode Island. In fact threads seem to emerge each year: changing times for all Rhode
we are committed to a long-term love for Rhode Island, desire to leave Islanders. But taking the long view,
strategy shaped by priorities in six a lasting legacy, and determination in the Foundation’s 93rd year, we
key sectors: education, healthcare, to return something meaningful to remain optimistic. We will come out
human services, community and the community. of this economic downturn. And the
economic development, arts and And common threads have run Foundation will find new ways to
culture, and the environment. Through through the Foundation’s history. continue fulfilling its mission, thanks
a variety of grants programs over the Even as we consider the economic in no small part to the wonderful
years, the Foundation has funded and social challenges ahead, we Rhode Islanders engaging in
innovative projects like AS220 and renew the commitment to our philanthropy for the greatest good
the Knowledge Economy, seeded fundamental principles of community of the community, “notwithstanding
critical research arms like Rhode leadership, statewide impact, and the constantly changing conditions
Island Kids Count, and supported permanent philanthropy. of human life.”
organizations with statewide reach In 1966, as the Foundation We thank you for your continued
like Grow Smart Rhode Island. We commemorated its 50th anniversary, confidence in your community
regularly convene leaders in every board chairman John Nicholas Brown foundation.
sector to explore common interests wrote these words:
and share best practices. Included in “This has been a year to
the yearbook is a complete listing of celebrate, for in 1966 the Rhode
DAVID M. HIRSCH
our 2008 grantees – our treasured Island Foundation completed its first
Chairman
partners in envisioning and half century. Since 1922 grants by
implementing change for the better the Foundation to hundreds of the
in our state. state’s health, welfare, cultural,
The Foundation has long been educational, and recreational NEIL D. STEINBERG
committed to strengthening and activities have amounted, with President and Chief Executive Officer
building the capacity and financial marked increased each year, to the
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A Fitting The language establishing the fund is as follows:
Whereas, for the past decade he has given
extraordinary service as director and chairman,
Tribute and whereas he far exceeded his chairman’s
responsibilities by brilliantly executing the role of
acting chief executive officer for a period of seven
months, we do hereby irrevocably establish at The
HONORING EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP Rhode Island Foundation an unrestricted fund in
honor of outgoing chairman George Graboys, for
s he stepped off the Foundation’s board of
charitable purposes in accordance with the Articles
directors after a decade of distinguished
A service, George Graboys was surprised by a
of Incorporation of the Foundation.
The fund shall be known as The George Graboys
farewell gift from his fellow board members.
Leadership Fund of The Rhode Island Foundation,
Noting that it would be difficult to imagine the board table
commemorating his leadership as a champion of the
without George at the head, and citing George’s “wonderful
Foundation.
facilitation skills and his on-target observations that have
Annual distributions from the Fund as determined
advanced many discussions to the highest level,” Chairman-
by the Foundation’s spending rule in effect at that
elect David Hirsch praised George for his compassion and his
time shall be made subject to the approval of the
absolute commitment to doing the right thing. “He has not
Foundation’s board of directors.
only been our chairman,” said David, “but our compass,
Signed with deepest gratitude this 11th day of
keeping the Foundation on course and reminding us of our
December 2008
accountability to Rhode Island.”
To honor George’s lasting contributions to the Foundation, Underscoring the high esteem in which they hold
the board of directors announced that they had established George, every single member of the board generously
The George Graboys Leadership Fund, an unrestricted fund contributed to the new fund. David stated emphatically,
that will help the Foundation to continue investing in causes “George, you leave a legacy of greatness at The Rhode
and issues close to George’s heart. Island Foundation.”
Courtesy of the University of Rhode Island
Championing
Public Education
The Foundation’s significant ongoing
investment in the URI/Central Falls
partnership, the Rhode Island League of
Charter Schools, and other innovative
efforts are in no small part due to George's
longstanding commitment and determination
to improve public education in Rhode Island.
Pictured at right are Central Falls High
School students participating in the Pathways
program, pairing URI undergraduate and
graduate student tutors with high school
students, helping to prepare them for college.
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“It feels good to help”
Lois W. and George Graboys Family Fund
eorge and Lois Graboys have given back to the community
throughout their adult lives. Countless charitable acts for
G numerous nonprofits, including leading dozens of fundraising
campaigns for worthy organizations during the past 30 years,
have shaped the Graboys’ philanthropic legacy.
Their new donor advised fund at the Foundation will afford them the
opportunity to respond to the community needs they see as critical.
“We truly feel that if others are hurting, we hurt,” says Lois. “And to be
honest, there is a selfish component to our giving; it feels good to help.”
As immediate past chairman of the Foundation, George, who served as
acting president from November 2007 through August 2008, is in a unique
“If you assume the position to judge the organization. “If you assume the responsibility of
stewardship for an organization, you have to believe in it and be willing to
responsibility of
contribute yourself. And the Foundation has always impressed me as a
stewardship for an powerful vehicle for giving, unlike any other in the state. Its impact, reach,
and ability to enhance the well-being of Rhode Islanders is without parallel.”
organization, you Married for 50 years, proud parents of three grown children and
have to believe in it grandparents of five, the Graboys have enjoyed rewarding careers. Lois,
a visual artist, art therapist, and art reviewer for many years in Rhode
and be willing to Island, continues to paint and now teaches art to senior citizens close to
their home in nearby Massachusetts. George retired in 1992 as president,
contribute yourself. chairman, and chief executive officer of Citizens Bank. He served as chair
of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education from 1995 to
The Foundation’s
1998 and was the state’s acting commissioner of higher education in 1996.
impact, reach, and Natives of Fall River, Massachusetts, George and Lois raised their family
in Barrington, where they lived for 40 years. They still feel strong ties to
ability to enhance Rhode Island and especially value their affiliation with the University of
Rhode Island, where George taught in the College of Business, and where
the well-being of
they have established a scholarship endowment for minority students.
Rhode Islanders is George also now serves as chairman of the URI Foundation, a position that
cements his lifelong commitment to public education. “Public universities
without parallel.” are a vital resource for the community,” he notes. “In that way, the work of
the URI Foundation and The Rhode Island Foundation is quite similar.”
The Graboys’ passion for service is mirrored in the paths their children
have taken. One son is a major overseeing the Juvenile Division in the
Montgomery, Alabama, police department. Another runs a health care
consulting business that donates a portion of its earnings and its employees’
time to provide healthcare for underserved populations. And their daughter,
an ordained rabbi, is a social worker for at-risk youth in Baltimore.
“We have been blessed,” Lois reflects, “and one of our greatest
blessings is that our children feel strongly about helping others. It’s a
responsibility we all share.”
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In fact, education has been a prevalent theme of their
philanthropic lives. Both were active fundraisers for the
Wheeler School, where their three children, Andrew, Jeffrey,
and Jamie attended. David served as co-chairman of
Capacity Wheeler’s Centennial Fund and Hope served as a trustee.
They have been avid supporters as well of Community
Preparatory School in Providence, admiring the school’s
Building commitment to preparing minority and low-income students
from Providence for challenging high school environments.
Takes Off Jewish causes also have captured their philanthropic imagi-
nation. David is past president and campaign chairman of
the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island, past vice president
of the state’s Jewish Community Center, and past national
vice-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal. Hope has led
Imagining a sustainable sector: fundraising efforts for the Alperin Schechter School and
The Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence Fund Jewish Community Day School, whose board she has
served, and has taught swimming at the Jewish Community
Center for three decades. She also has
he fortune cookie David
T
been a board member at several other
Hirsch opened in organizations, including Community
September 1965 declared, Preparatory School and the Jewish
“He who has hope has Federation of Rhode Island.
everything.” At the time, In the early days of their marriage,
David was a student at Harvard the Hirsches lived in Cambridge for a
Business School, occasionally dating year, as David started a career in the
a junior at Simmons College, Hope fastener business that would eventually
Alperin. The fortune was prescient: just land him in the position of chairman
two years later, in December 1967, the and chief executive officer of
two were wed and Hope has continued Vertex Distribution in Attleboro,
to spur them on to great adventures. Massachusetts. Hope worked at a high tech company doing
David and Hope Hirsch are no strangers to the research in thermionics. Soon after, they moved to Hope’s
Foundation, of course. David has been a director since hometown of Providence, raising their family in the shadow
2003 and chairman since January 2009; Hope’s brother, of Brown’s Marvel Gymnasium. Hope embarked on her vol-
Melvin Alperin, is a former director and chairman. The unteer career, becoming known as the consummate teacher
Alperin Hirsch Family Fund, established in 1995, provides for fundraisers, explaining, “Teaching people how to ask for
scholarships to students of Pawtucket’s Shea High money comes naturally to me. When I see an organization –
School, supports Rhode Island for Community & Justice like the Jewish Day School, for instance – that needs
(David is a former trustee), and supplements the Rhode fundraising help, I say, ‘Give me a day to work on it,’ and I
Island Scholarship Assistance Fund at the Foundation. start conceiving a plan that volunteers can put into action.”
And they are certainly no strangers to philanthropy. Loyal So how did these two philanthropists, so enthusiastically
alumni of their respective alma maters, Rensselaer involved in education, social justice, and Jewish causes,
Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Simmons College, they have decide to start a new endowment for the Initiative for
established named scholarships at both institutions to Nonprofit Excellence (INE) at the Foundation? David
help deserving students fulfill their educational potential. reflects, “I liked this project from the beginning because of
David is a trustee of RPI, chairman of its advancement its focus on Rhode Island nonprofits – the organizations
committee, and former national chairman of its annual that deliver so many important services in the state.
fund, and Hope is a Simmons College trustee. Strengthening these critical institutions will have a ripple
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effect. To the extent that we can empower them to fulfill intentionally complement our ongoing grantmaking, and to
their missions even more effectively, we can be a better find out what’s working so we can do more of it.”
community.” Hope adds, “This just seemed like such a David was emphatic about establishing this new fund
logical place to put some money to work.” without the Hirsch name attached. “Hope and I plan to add
The Hirsches also see INE as very much tied into their to the fund every year. As the INE becomes more well known
interest in education. “INE is at its core about education,” and the Foundation is able to publicize the results of its
says David. “And not only about teaching nonprofits new innovative efforts to help Rhode Island nonprofits achieve
approaches to persistent challenges. The board was financial sustainability, our wish is that other Rhode
behind this project because of the learning opportunities it Islanders will see this as a viable focus for their philanthropy
offers the Foundation through a built-in evaluation element. and will contribute to the fund, so it can grow into a true
The INE allows us to deliberately, thoughtfully, and endowment for the INE.”
Responding to “unusually challenging times,”
Foundation launches Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
ill Pfitzenmayer, director of really just getting started,” notes Jill. • Participation in Spanish immersion
J the Initiative for Nonprofit
Excellence (INE), reflects on
a year of design, creation,
and implementation:
“There was an immediate need for
Jill proudly points out that under the
auspices of the INE, the Foundation
has revived the popular Fellows pro-
gram, which has sponsored more than
100 nonprofit executive directors since
classes in the Dominican Republic
• Travel to South Africa to study
Black storytelling
As the INE enters its second year,
Foundation President and CEO Neil
the programs and services we offer its inception in 2000. “Energized lead- Steinberg is enthusiastic about the
through the INE,” says Jill, who came ership is a critical ingredient to any role it can play in extending the
to the Foundation from Child & Family organization’s suc-
Services of Newport, where as vice cess,” says Jill.
president for organizational quality and Fellows, pictured
training she had designed and directed here, receive up
a capacity-building pilot project for to a $10,000
human services agencies. “We found stipend from the
that for almost all of our workshops Foundation, and
and convenings there was a waiting design their own
list. And this was even before the path of renewal,
economic crisis hit.” with the goal of
From the Fidelity Investments Board enhancing or
Development Program, to sector setting a new direction for their Foundation’s reach. “One of our most
convenings that afford executive leadership abilities. A sample of important charges is to be responsive
directors and others the opportunity to 2009 Fellows activities includes: and adaptive to the needs of the
share best practices, to organizational • Development of a bilingual school sector, especially in these unusually
development workshops focusing in rural Honduras challenging times,” says Neil. “INE
on specific topic areas like planned • Participation in executive education represents a significant investment for
giving, financial management, and programs sponsored by Harvard us, and we are committed to ensuring
communications, the INE has touched University’s John F. Kennedy School its relevance for our partners in the
more than 500 board and staff of Government community, now and into the future.”
members of nonprofit organizations in • Participation in the Americans for
its first year of operation. “And we are the Arts Conference in Seattle
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Charting the Course for
a Healthier Rhode Island
Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island, “a catalyst
for change,” to focus on primary care
hen the Foundation received $20 million as a within the healthcare world for a number of reasons. It
result of a settlement between the U.S. provides the best form of preventive care, recognizing and
W Attorney and Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode
Island, it was charged with establishing a
treating conditions at the earliest opportunity. It coordinates
all care for patients, helping them to navigate the system
fund “for supporting projects that are designed and intend- and precluding duplication of expensive testing and other
ed to have the greatest impact on the provision of quality services, especially for patients with chronic conditions like
and affordable healthcare diabetes and asthma.
services in Rhode Island.” Access to affordable primary
Several months of intensive care allows patients to see their
research and consultation health care providers on a regu-
with professionals and com- lar basis, thereby avoiding delays
munity stakeholders led the in treatment. Rhode Island
Foundation to conclude that Health Insurance Commissioner
primary care would be the Christopher Koller, who was
logical focus of the fund’s interviewed as part of the
grantmaking and other Foundation’s decision-making
resources. Primary care has process, pointed out, “Gaps in
also become a key priority primary care lead to patients
of the national healthcare utilizing the state’s emergency
reform agenda. Celebrating the grand opening of the Rhode Island rooms as their source for pri-
“Primary care fits well with Free Clinic's pharmacy, which offers 50 common mary care, driving up the costs
generic drugs – for free – to its patients.
the Foundation’s overarching of healthcare for everyone.”
strategic goals of addressing (Left to right) Lynne Urbani, chief executive officer The Fund for a Healthy Rhode
of the clinic; Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts,
issues at their root cause and Foundation Vice President for Grant Programs Owen Island (FFHRI) will direct
facilitating systemic change,” Heleen, and Stephanie Chafee, co-founder of the resources to develop a robust
noted President Neil Steinberg, Rhode Island Free Clinic and Foundation director. system of primary care that
adding, “This is a health care provides all Rhode Islanders with
arena where the Foundation affordable and readily accessible
can have immediate impact on the greatest number of health services – at times and locations that meet the
Rhode Islanders, consistent with the Fund’s charter.” needs of working families. Grants of $70,000 - $750,000
So, what is primary care and why does it matter? will fund one-to-three year projects to promote innovations in
Primary care is the “medical home” for a patient, ideally direct services, access to affordable medications, and pub-
providing continuity and a central point of connection with an lic outreach and awareness programs that engage all Rhode
ever more complex medical care system. Family physicians, Islanders. Owen Heleen, the Foundation’s vice president for
pediatricians, internists, nurse practitioners, mental health grant programs, is encouraged by the number and quality of
workers, case managers and others who work with them applications for FFHRI’s first round of grants. “We received
provide primary care. 47 applications,” he noted. “They represent really creative
Primary care has taken on an increasingly important role ideas about how to deliver primary care differently and to
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extend its reach and impact to all Rhode Islanders.” Program to be funded with 25 percent of the available grant-
Developing a system of affordable, accessible primary making dollars from FFHRI, and available for all primary care
care will not be possible without an adequate supply of care- medical professionals including physicians, nurses, nurse
givers, of course. And Rhode Island is feeling the serious practitioners, mental health workers, case workers and
effects of a nationwide shortage of primary care physicians others. This program will be administered by the Rhode
and other healthcare workers. A 2008 study by the Journal Island Student Loan Authority and will be funded in partner-
of the American Medical Association found that only two ship with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and the
percent of students graduating from medical school plan Rhode Island Medical Society. The Foundation is in active
to practice primary care. President Obama recently noted, discussions with other potential funding partners.
"We're not producing enough primary care physicians. The “There is no silver bullet,” says Owen, who has overseen
costs of medical education are so high that people feel that the Foundation’s grants in healthcare for nearly a decade.
they've got to specialize." New doctors typically owe more “But the Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island – through strategic
than $140,000 in loans when they graduate. To help grantmaking, loan forgiveness, and collaborative initiatives –
address this critical issue, in July 2009, the Foundation will can be a catalyst for change. The rewards will be tangible as
announce the creation of a Primary Care Loan Forgiveness we become a healthier state.”
Lessons Learned: state’s Oral Health Commission are low, making it making difficult to
resulted in the emergence of a diverse attract dentists and other oral health
Achieving High Impact group of leaders who met regularly to professionals to practice here. In
in the Health Sector exchange information and to support 2004, we supported St. Joseph
The Rhode Island Foundation has one another. Hospital in developing a pediatric den-
invested significantly in healthcare Study the fiscal incentives in the tal residency program in collaboration
during the past 15 years. Here, we system. Almost none of us want to go with Lutheran Medical Center in New
share critical ingredients for achieving to a nursing home. Still, our system York City. Working through teleconfer-
impact with these investments: is structured in ways that provide ence links to provide conferencing
Use all of the tools in the toolbox. incentives to fill nursing home beds. with supervisors at Lutheran, the
• Wise investments through In 2005, the Foundation supported program has proven the value of
responsive and pro-active grants the development of PACE (Program creatively responding to the shortage
• Attracting investments from of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly), of pediatric dentists in the state.
national funders administered by CareLink. PACE takes Achieving sustainability is essential.
• Providing advice and technical a blended Medicare/Medicaid rate and Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s Draw a
assistance to grantees provides services that allow frail, low- Breath program, an innovative school-
• Convening organizations around income elders to live at home for as linked asthma education program for
common themes long as they’d like. Because it is children and parents, is a case study
• Fostering long-term conversations fiscally “at risk” to pay for any adverse in the value of sustainability. We
with policymakers health events that affect its members, asked ourselves at the beginning,
Foundation investments in develop- PACE is motivated to provide any kind “What are we creating here and for
ing a system of dental services for of service its members require to lead whom does it have value?” After years
low-income children involved a variety healthy lives at home. When the fiscal of conversations, insurers now reim-
of different kinds of grants during a incentives of programs parallel the burse Draw a Breath for its classes
10-year period. Partnerships with two ways individuals wish to receive because they see powerful results in
programs of the Robert Wood Johnson services, everyone wins. terms that affect their bottom-line –
Foundation brought $2.5 million in new The healthcare workforce matters. dramatically reduced emergency room
resources to Rhode Island. Facilitation Rhode Island does not have a dental visits for the children they cover.
of a “common table” in the form of the school, and our reimbursement rates
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Special Campaigns
BPI initially will focus its strategic grantmaking on
A new model for economic sustainability and the Black family. Notes
Judge Clifton, “Our community cannot thrive if our
philanthropy in families continue to struggle with basic needs. BPI is
Rhode Island’s committed to supporting organizations that address
this critical issue.”
Black community Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated campaign
committee, BPI has raised $250,000 toward a $1
Conceived and led by several of Rhode Island’s million goal, to be matched dollar for dollar by the
prominent Black leaders, the Black Philanthropy Foundation through December 2010.
Initiative (BPI) is an historic new field of interest fund
at the Foundation, building an endowment for Black
BPI STEERING COMMITTEE
causes.
Judge Edward C. Clifton, Co-Chair
Linda Newton, Co-Chair
Michael Van Leesten, Co-Chair
CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP
George Graboys, Honorary Chair
Linda Newton, Co-Chair
Walter Stone, Co-Chair
Campaign Committee Members
Manny Barrows
Frederick K. Butler
Steven Craddock
Antonio DaSilva
Jason Fowler
Pictured here are BPI’s campaign co-chairs: Walter
Toni Green
Stone, former Foundation director and chairman of
Melissa Husband
the criminal law group at Adler, Pollack & Sheehan PC
Gertrude Jones
and Linda Newton, vice president for diversity and
Beverly Ledbetter
community relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Darron Lopes
Rhode Island; along with BPI Steering Committee Lloyd Monroe
Co-Chair Edward C. Clifton, associate justice, Rhode Keith Stokes
Island Superior Court. Rev. Dr. Jeffery Williams
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THE MILLION DOLLAR
CHALLENGE CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE
The Honorable David Cicilline, Honorary Chair
Sally Lapides, Chair
Committee members
Guy Abelson
Curt Columbus
Donna D'Aloia, MA
Edythe M. DeMarco, CFP,CRPC
James DeRentis
Joyce Dolbec, MA
Christine Edmonds & Phyllis Arffa
Renee Evangelista, Esq.
Michael Evora
Jim Fortier
Justice for all The Honorable Gordon D. Fox
Ann-Marie Harrington
The million dollar campaign for Equity Action, the Stephen Hourahan
Foundation’s field of interest fund for sexual orientation Lise Iwon, Esq.
and gender identity, will be completed by the end of Peg Langhammer
Janette Talento Ley
March 2011. Every dollar raised up to $500,000 will
W. Lynn McKinney
be matched by the Foundation. Nancy Markham, CRS
Since 2004, the Fund, which was seeded by a grant The Honorable Edwin Pacheco
from the National Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Benjamin Paster, Esq.
Partnership, a national foundation now known as Louis Raymond
Funders for Gay and Lesbian Issues, has made grants The Honorable Elizabeth Roberts
Marc Streisand
of more than $340,000 to nonprofit organizations that
Susan Symonds
break down barriers of prejudice and inequity. Joe Wilson, Jr.
Alex Zima
EQUITY ACTION ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Sally Ann Hay, Co-Chair
W. Lynn McKinney, Co-Chair
Guy Abelson
Judith Anderson
Ken Fish
Susan Gershkoff
Alexis M.Gorriarán
Eric Gould
Carlos Hernandez
Peter Hocking
Pictured here at the May 2008 campaign kickoff Martha Holt
are Providence Mayor David Cicilline, honorary cam- Janet Isserlis
paign chair, and Residential Properties President Sally Barbara Margolis
Lapides, campaign chair. On that occasion, Sally Angela Mazaris
Ted Ngo
declared, “I will absolutely not be able to put my head
Daniel Scott, III
down on the pillow until we are all treated equally, we
Jen Smith
are all recognized for our diversity and people judge Arthi Sundaresh
us by the quality of who we are inside, not what we Maria Tocco
look like, who we pray to, who we love.”
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AN OVERVIEW OF
RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION
2008 GRANT
PROGRAMS
In 2008, The Rhode Island
Foundation distributed more
than $27 million to more than
1,300 nonprofit organizations
across Rhode Island, and beyond.
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“ATTAINING VIBRANT COMMUNITIES” is the
umbrella term for the Foundation’s discretionary
grantmaking. Vibrant communities are diverse and
inclusive places where individuals are supported and
encouraged to realize their personal and collective
potential; where opportunities and services are
available and distributed equitably; where physical
and natural assets and infrastructure are preserved
and maintained; and where cultural, economic,
educational, and political centers reflect and
respond to the needs of all people. Vibrant
communities are places where leaders are fostered
and where organizations are strong, where people
of all generations and backgrounds want to live.
They are the home for collaboration and innovation,
participation, and a deep sense of belonging.
THE FULL RANGE OF FOUNDATION
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
rantees were identified by the
G Foundation’s staff and board of
directors, and recommended by
donor advisors, designated in wills or
STRATEGY GRANTS – focus on innovative
models and proven programs; policy, advocacy,
and systems reform; organizational and leadership
development
trust documents. SMALL GRANTS – awarded monthly for planning,
technical assistance, pilot projects; grants up to
Most Foundation discretionary grants — $7,500
through “Attaining Vibrant Communities” PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS –
— advance our goal of creating systemic, for nonprofit staff to attend – or even invent –
workshops, conferences, etc.; grants up to $1,000
long-term change for the better in
BASIC HUMAN NEEDS – awarded monthly for
Rhode Island. Most donor advised and
food, clothing, shelter, etc.; grants up to $5,000
designated grants were for general per organization per year
support of an admired nonprofit
SCHOLARSHIPS – financial assistance for
organization. educational opportunities through nearly 150
scholarship funds
The Foundation invites you to read about
NEWPORT COUNTY FUND – funding for projects
our grantees in much greater detail at that serve the six communities of Newport County
Overview of Grant Programs
www.rifoundation.org. EQUITY ACTION – funding for organizations that
serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer, and questioning communities
Please visit the Foundation’s website at
www.rifoundation.org to learn more about
each of these programs.
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THE
RHODE ISLAND
FOUNDATION
2008
GRANTEES
Your support strengthened
1,312 nonprofit organizations
throughout Rhode Island
(and beyond)
Frank Mullin
As part of FirstWorks “Season of Silk Road” educational outreach
program, students from the Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the
Performing and Visual Arts in Pawtucket enjoy musical
interpretations of Eastern and Western classics, performed
by master pipa player Yang Wei of the Silk Road Ensemble.
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A complete alphabetical list
that includes all donor advised,
designated, and discretionary
grantees, 2008.
A
A New Leaf
A Wish Come True
Crossroads RI
Academy for Eating Disorders (IL)
ACLU Foundation of RI
Action Based Enterprises
Action on Smoking & Health (DC)
Adopt A Doctor
Adoption RI A Crossroads Rhode Island case
advocate speaks with his clients.
African Alliance of RI
Crossroads RI is the largest homeless B
AIDS Care Ocean State
service organization in the state,
AIDS Project RI offering services in crisis intervention, Judge Baker Children's Center (MA)
Albany College of Pharmacy (NY) housing, and vocational services. Baltimore Museum of Art (MD)
Albright College (PA) Baptist Home of RI
All Children's Theatre Ensemble Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities Barrington Christian Academy
Alliance for a Livable Newport for Children (MA) Barrington Congregational Church
Alliance for Better Long Term Care Animal Medical Center (NY) Barrington Presbyterian Church
Aloha Foundation (VT) Animal Rescue League of Southern Barrington Preservation Society
ALS Association, RI Chapter RI Barrington Tap-In
Alternative Educational Programming Animals Depend on People Too Barton Center for Diabetes
American Cancer Society Anna Maria College (MA) Education (MA)
American Cancer Society - Central Anti-Defamation League - Boston Basilica Our Lady of Perpetual Help-
New England Region (MA) (MA) Mission (MA)
American Cancer Society - New Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Bayside Family Healthcare
England Division (MA) Living Bayside Family YMCA
American Civil Liberties Union Appalachian Trail Conservancy (WV) Beacon Project (ME)
Foundation (NY) Applied Research Center (CA) Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
American Friends of Hospice of the Aquidneck Land Trust Association
Upper Galilee Arc of Blackstone Valley Bel Canto Scholarship Fund
American Friends of Magen David Arc of Northern Bristol County (MA) Beneficent Congregational Church
Adom (NY) Arnold Mills United Methodist Best Friends Animal Society (UT)
American Friends of Neot Kedumim Church Bethany Home of RI
(NY) Arthritis Foundation, Southern New Beyond Our Walls
American Heart Association (MA) England Chapter Big Brothers of RI
American Heart Association (TX) Arts & Business Council of RI Big Sisters of RI
American Indian Graduate Center AS220 Big Tree Boating (ME)
(NM) Asbury United Methodist Church Bishop Hendricken High School
American International College (MA) Ashaway Elementary School Bishop Stang High School (MA)
American Jewish World Service (NY) Asheville School (NC) Blackstone Academy Charter
American Legion Riverside Post #10 Ashoka (VA) School
American Legion Warren Post #11 Association of Fundraising Blackstone Parks Conservancy
2008 Grantees, Continued
American Lung Association of RI Professionals - RI Chapter Blackstone River Theatre
American Parkinson Disease Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Blackstone Valley Community Action
Association Orthodox Church Program
American Red Cross of RI Attleboro Scholarship Foundation Blackstone Valley Community
American Technion Society (MA) (MA) Health Care
American University (DC) Audubon Society of RI Blackstone Valley Emergency Food
Amherst College (MA) Autism Project of RI Center
Amos House Autism Society of America (MD) Blackstone Valley Historical Society
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C
Cambodian Arts and Scholarship
Foundation (ME)
Camp JORI
Camp Ruggles
Camp Street Ministries
Cancer Research Institute (NY)
Capital City Community Centers
Care (GA)
CareLink
Carelink Pace Organization
Caring Canines (MA)
Paul Cuffee School
Caritas
Carolina Day School (NC)
Carroll Center for the Blind (MA)
Carter Center (GA)
Castleton State College (VT)
Catholic Charity Fund Appeal
Students at Paul Cuffee School
Brain Tumor Society (MA) Catholic Diocese of Providence
enjoy favorite books in the
library. Paul Cuffee School is a Brandeis University (MA) Cedarville University (OH)
maritime charter school for Bridgewater State College (MA) Center for Environmental &
Providence public schoolchildren Bristol Art Museum Sustainability Education/Florida
from kindergarten through the Bristol Community College (MA) Gulf Coast University (FL)
eighth grade. Bristol Good Neighbors Center for Hope (CT)
Bristol Historical & Preservation Center for Reproductive Rights (NY)
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Society Center for Women & Enterprise
Blessed Sacrament Rectory Brookline Arts Center (MA) Center to Advance Minority
Blessing Way Brookline Foundation (MA) Participation
Blithewold Brookline High School 21st Century Central Baptist Church
Block Island Conservancy Fund (MA) Central Congregational Church
Block Island Early Learning Center Brookline High School PTO (MA) Central Falls Free Public Library
Block Island Health Services Brooklyn College Foundation (NY) Central Falls School Department
B'nai B'rith International (DC) Chad Brown Health Center Central High School
Borders Farm Preservation Brown Fox Point Early Childhood Centro Cultural Andino
Born To Be Wild Nature Center Education Center Centro Internacional de
Boston College (MA) Brown Hillel Foundation Capacitacion Integral
Boston Ronald McDonald House (MA) Katie Brown Educational Program Cerebral Palsy Council of Greater
Boston Symphony Orchestra (MA) (MA) New Bedford (MA)
Boston University (MA) Moses Brown School Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center
Boston University, WBUR (MA) Brown University - Annenberg Hattie Ide Chaffee Home
Bowdoin College (ME) Institute for School Reform Chamber Education Foundation
Boy Scouts of America - Brown University Medical School Channel 13 - WNET (NY)
Narragansett Council Brown University - Sports Chariho Area Career and Technical
Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland- Foundation Center
Lincoln Brown University - Howard R. Chariho Middle School
Boys & Girls Club of East Swearer Center for Public Service Chariho Regional High School
Providence Brown University Chariho School Department
2008 Grantees, Continued
Boys & Girls Club of Newport Brownell Library Chariho-Westerly Animal Rescue
County Brunswick School (CT) League
Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket Bryant University Charlestown Elementary School
Boys & Girls Club of Providence Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Chewonki Foundation (ME)
Boys and Girls Harbor (NY) (DC) Child and Family Services of
Bradford Jonnycake Center John P. Burke Memorial Fund Newport County
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital Burrillville High School Childhood Lead Action Project
Bradley Hospital Foundation Butler Hospital Children's Day School (CT)
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Children's Defense Fund (DC) COLAGE (CA)
Children's Friend and Service Colby College (ME)
Children's Hospital Corporation (MA) College Crusade of RI
Children's Hospital Foundation (CA) College of Saint Rose (NY)
Children's Memorial Foundation (IL) College of the Holy Cross (MA)
Children's Rights (NY) College of Wooster (OH)
Children's Support League of the Columbia University (NY)
East Bay (CA) Committee for the Great Salt Pond
Children's Theatre of Maine (ME) Common Cause Education Fund
China Adoption With Love (MA) Common Fence Music
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Community Affairs Vicariate
(CT) Community Church of Providence
Chopin Club Community College of RI
D
Chorus of Westerly Community Foundation of the Florida
Christ Church Keys (FL) Da Vinci Center for Community
Christ Church Dark Harbor (ME) Community Fund of Darien (CT) Progress
Christ Church Pomfret (CT) Community Housing Land Trust of RI Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (MA)
Christ Lutheran Church (MO) Community Mediation Center of RI Dance Exchange (MD)
Christian Children's Fund (VA) Community MusicWorks Dante Society
Christian Power House Ministry Community Preparatory School Darien Explorer Post 53 (CT)
Church Community Housing Community School Association (MO) Darien Library (CT)
Corporation Community Synagogue (NY) Dartmouth College (NH)
Church of St. Michael the Archangel Community Teamwork (MA) Davisville Free Library Association
Church of the Epiphany East Community Works Day One
Providence Compass School Dedham Country Day School (MA)
Church of the Epiphany Meal Site Compassion International (CO) Dedham Food Pantry (MA)
Church of the Transfiguration Comprehensive Community Action Deerfield Academy (MA)
Cistercian Abbey of Spencer (MA) Program Delray Beach Chorale (FL)
Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of Concerts at the Point (MA) Delray Beach Public Library (FL)
Barrington Concord Boys & Girls Club (NH) Developmental Pathways (CO)
Citizens' Scholarship Foundation Congregation Beth-El (CT) Diabetes Foundation of RI
Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of Congregation B'Nai Shalom (MA) Diocese of Providence
Scituate Congregation Sharah Zedek Direct Action for Rights & Equality
Citizens' Scholarship of America Connecticut College (CT) Disabled American Veterans
City Academy (MO) Connecting For Children & Families Charitable Service Trust (KY)
City of Central Falls Conservation Law Foundation (MA) Doctors Without Borders (NY)
City of East Providence Corinna's Angels/FightSMA Domestic Abuse Shelter (FL)
City of Providence Corliss Institute Domestic Violence Resource Center
City of Providence Parks Cornerstone Adult Services of South County
Department Corporation for Supportive Housing Dominican American National
City of Warwick Courageous Sailing Center (MA) Roundtable (DC)
City Year RI Courthouse Center for the Arts Domus (CT)
Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy Cradles to Crayons (MA) Doorways (MA)
(VA) Cranston High School East Dorcas Place Adult and Family
Clark Memorial Library Cranston School Department Learning Center
Clark University (MA) Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Down Syndrome Society of RI
Classical High School Alumni America (NY) Drama League of New York (NY)
2008 Grantees, Continued
Association Cross Mills Public Library Frosty Drew Nature Center
Classical High School Crossroads RI Drexel University (PA)
Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic Paul Cuffee School Drexel University College of
Coalition for Buzzards Bay (MA) Cumberland High School Medicine (PA)
Coastal Community Foundation of Cumberland Hill Elementary School Ducks Unlimited (MA)
South Carolina (SC) Curry College (MA) Bradford L. Dunn Institute for
Cocumscussoc Association Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, MA/RI Learning Differences
Coffee Kids (NM) Chapter (MA) dZi Foundation (CO)
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Local schoolteachers and students
improvise with members of Yo-Yo Ma's
Silk Road Ensemble at a FirstWorks
educational workshop. FirstWorks
brings world-class regional, national,
and international arts programming
into communities across the state.
E
Frank Mullin
Eaglebrook School (MA)
Earth Island Institute (CA)
Earthjustice (CA)
East Bay Center
East Bay Community Action Program Pictured (left to right) Michael Fitzgerald, Hope High School music teacher, Maria Bilyeau,
East Bay Educational Collaborative Central Falls High School music teacher, Jeremiah Zarty, Gilbert Stuart Middle School
student, Shane Shanahan, Silk Road Ensemble (percussion), Mark Suter, Silk Road Ensemble
East Coast Greenway Alliance
(percussion), Sandeep Dass, Silk Road Ensemble (tabla), and English teacher Peter Boland,
East Greenwich Business & Beacon Charter School High School for the Arts, Woonsocket
Professional Women's Club
East Greenwich School Department Michael J. Fox Foundation for
F
East Providence High School Parkinson's Research (NY)
East Providence Public Library Fairfield County Foundation Fund for Fox Chase Cancer Center (PA)
East Smithfield Public Library Women and Girls (CT) Fox Point Neighborhood Association
Easter Seals RI Fairfield University (CT) Free Wheelchair Mission (CA)
Eastern Connecticut State University FairVote (MD) Friars of the Atonement (NY)
(CT) Families First RI Friends of Ballard Park
Eastern Star Foundation of RI Families for Effective Autism Friends of Barrington Public Library
Edgewood Congregational Church Treatment of RI Friends of Barrington Senior Center
Edgewood Sailing School Family & Children's Agency (CT) Friends of Brownell Library
Edison State College (FL) Family Resources Community Action Friends of Foley
Education Alliance Family Service of RI Friends of Jamestown Library
Education Partnership Jennifer Fante Foundation (NY) Friends of Linden Place
Educational Center for the Arts & Farm Fresh RI Friends of Little Compton Nursing
Sciences Feinstein High School for Association
Elon University (NC) Community Service Friends of Monroe County Library of
Emerson College (MA) Fellowship Health Resources Key West (FL)
Emmanuel College (MA) Festival Ballet/Providence Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Energy Consumers Alliance of New FINCA International (DC) Friends of Rochambeau Branch
England (MA) First Baptist Church (IL) Friends of Rogers Free Library
English for Action First Baptist Church in America Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse
English-Speaking Union Boston First Baptist Church in Wickford Friends of South Ferry Church
Branch (MA) First Baptist Church of Bristol Association
Entertainment Industry Foundation First Baptist Church of Pawtucket Friends of the Hingham Public
(CA) First Church of Christ Scientist Library (MA)
Environment Council of RI Education First Congregational Church Friends of the Middletown Public
Fund First Unitarian Church of Providence Library
Environment Northeast (ME) FirstWorks Friends of the Music Mansion
Environmental Defense Incorporated Michael H. Flanagan Foundation Friends of the RI School for the Deaf
2008 Grantees, Continued
(NY) Flickers Arts Collaborative Friends of the St. Louis Art Museum
Environmental Resource Center (ID) Florida Keys Assisted Care Coalition (MO)
Episcopal Charities of RI (FL) Friends of Tiverton Libraries
Episcopal Diocese of Navajoland (NM) Florida Keys Audubon Society (FL) Friends Way - Families Reaching Into
Episcopal Diocese of RI Flower Power Each New Day
Everett Dance Theatre Flying Kites Friends Without a Border (NY)
Exeter Fire Department Foote School Association (CT) Fuerza Laboral
Exeter Public Library Ali Forney Center (NY) Fund for Community Progress
Exeter-West Greenwich High School FosteringArts.org FusionWorks
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Fort Adams, located off the coast of Newport, is the
largest historic fortification in the United States.
Family Day, above, affords Rhode Islanders of all
Fort Adams
ages a chance to enjoy the views.
G H
GAIA Vaccine Foundation Habitat for Humanity International (GA) Holy Name of Jesus Parish
Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre Habitat for Humanity of RI Holy Spirit Catholic Church (SC)
Garvin Memorial School Habitat for Humanity of West Bay & Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Northern RI (CT)
Defenders (MA) Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Holy Trinity Monastery (NY)
Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Hale Reservation (MA) Home and Hospice Care of RI
Resource Foundation HAMAATSA (NM) Homefront Health Care
Genesis Center Harmony Hill School Homes for Our Troops (MA)
Georgiaville Baptist Church Harmony Lodge Scholarship Fund Homestart (MA)
Gilda's Club Westchester (NY) Harris House (MO) Homestead Group
Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Harvest Community Church Hope Alzheimer's Center
(FL) HeadsUp Hope Associates
Girl Scouts of RI Healing Co-Operative Hope Happens (MO)
Girls Friendly Society of RI Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (NY) Hope High School
Glocester Heritage Society Heifer Project International (AR) Hope High School – Arts
God's Creatures Ministry (NJ) Hermon-Dekalb Central School (NY) Hope High School-Leadership
Golf Foundation of RI Herreshoff Marine Museum John Hope Settlement House
Good Neighbor Energy Fund Donna Hicken Foundation (FL) HopeFound (MA)
Gordon College (MA) Hillel Foundation at the University of RI Johns Hopkins Hospital (MD)
Gordon School Hingham Education Foundation (MA) Hospice by the Sea (FL)
Grace Church in Providence Hingham Interfaith Food Pantry (MA) Hospice Care of RI
Grace Fellowship Church (MA) Hispanic Heritage Committee of RI Hotchkiss School (CT)
Greater Providence Chamber Hispanics in Philanthropy (CA) House of Hope Community
Foundation Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Development Corporation
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus (NH) Housing Action Coalition of RI
Green Mountain College (VT) Hive Archive Housing Network of RI
2008 Grantees, Continued
Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center Hmong United Association of RI Humane Association of
(MA) Hobart and William Smith Colleges Northwestern RI
Greenville Public Library (NY) Humane Farming Association (CA)
Greenwich Adult Day Care (CT) Hofstra University (NY) Humane Society of the United
Vartan Gregorian Elementary School Holocaust Education and Resource States (VT)
Groden Center Center of RI Humane Society of the United
Groundwork Providence Holy Childhood Association (NY) States (DC)
Grow Smart RI Holy Ghost Church St. Vincent de Hunter College Foundation (NY)
Guiding Eyes for the Blind (NY) Paul Society Husson College (ME)
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The International
I House of Rhode
Island on Stimson
Iglesia Vision Evangelica Avenue in
Indian River Habitat for Humanity (FL) Providence.
Indian River Memorial Hospital (FL)
Indiana University Foundation (IN)
Initiative to Educate Afghan Women
IN-SIGHT
Institute for the Study and Practice
of Nonviolence
Inter-American Health Alliance (NC)
International Charter School
International Fund for Animal
Welfare (MA) International House
International House of RI of Rhode Island
International Institute of RI students gather for
International Tennis Hall of Fame a special event.
International Yacht Restoration
All photos: International House of Rhode Island
School
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (NY)
Isaac Foundation (WA)
Island Free Library
Islesboro Community Center (ME)
Islesboro Community Fund (ME)
Islesboro Islands Trust (ME)
J International House
of Rhode Island
Jamestown Arts Center
students and
Jamestown Community Chorus families enjoy a
Jamestown Education Foundation Halloween party.
Jamestown Historical Society
Jamestown Philomenian Library International House of Rhode Island is a community-based center that facilitates
Jewish Community Center of RI the orientation of international newcomers to Rhode Island. English as a Second
Jewish Community Day School of RI Language (ESL) classes and private tutoring are offered, along with social events
Jewish Family Service that encourage sharing among cultures.
Jewish Federation of Eastern
K
Connecticut (CT) Key West Kritter Patrol (FL)
Jewish Federation of RI Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Key West Maritime Historical Society
Jewish National Fund Keren Corporation (MA) (FL)
Kayemeth LeIsrael (MA) Kent County ARC/J. Arthur Trudeau Key West Symphony Orchestra (FL)
Jewish Seniors Agency Memorial Center Kids First
2008 Grantees, Continued
Johnson & Wales University Kent Hospital Edward King House Senior Center
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale Kent Hospital Foundation Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Joslin Community Development Kenyon College (OH) Community Center
Corporation Key West Botanical Garden Society (FL) King's Daughters & Sons
Joslin Diabetes Center (MA) Key West Council on the Arts (FL) Kingston Congregational Church
Jupiter Medical Center (FL) Key West Film Society (FL) Kingston Free Library
Juvenile Diabetes Research Key West Harry S. Truman Kingston Improvement Association
Foundation International (NY) Foundation (FL) Raymond F. Kravis Center for Art (FL)
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Meldvack Corporation
Memorial and Library Association of
Westerly
Memorial Hospital of RI
L M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
La Salle University (PA) MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Center (NY)
LaFarge Heritage Foundation of Driving) Mental Health Association
Newport James Madison Education Fund (DC) Mental Health Consumer Advocates
Lahey Clinic Foundation (MA) MaGown-Roberts Memorial Fund of RI
Lake Forest College (IL) James L. Maher Regional Center Merrimack College (MA)
LaMoille Community Food Share Maine Handicapped Skiing (ME) Merton College Charitable
(VT) Maine Media Workshops (ME) Corporation (NJ)
Land Trust of Darien (CT) Maine Public Broadcasting Network Metropolitan Regional Career and
Landmark Medical Center (ME) Technical Center
Langworthy Public Library Make a Difference Foundation Metropolitan School (MO)
Laradon (CO) Make-A-Wish Foundation of America Miami Rescue Mission (FL)
LaSalle Academy (AZ) Middlebury College (VT)
Latino Commission on AIDS (NY) Make-A-Wish Foundation of RI Middletown School Department
Latino Dollars for Scholars Making It Possible to End Milk Fund
Foundation of RI Homelessness (NJ) Miriam Hospital Foundation
Laurelmead Employee Education Manatee Children's Services (FL) Miss Porter's School (CT)
Fund Manhattanville College (NY) Missionary Sisters of the Society of
Learning Community Charter School Marathon Wild Bird Center (FL) Mary (MA)
Lehigh University (PA) March of Dimes, RI Chapter Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
Leominster High School Alumni Mariannhill Mission Society (MI) Monadnock Conservancy (NH)
Scholarship Fund (MA) Marion Institute (MA) Moran Prairie Elementary School
Lesley University (MA) George Mark Children's House (CA) Parent Teachers Group (WA)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Martha's Vineyard Preservation Morristown Centennial Library
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Trust (MA) Association (VT)
Maryland Chapter (MD) Mary House Ministry Morristown Historical Society (VT)
Lifespan/RI Hospital Mary Institute (MO) Mosaico Community Development
Lincoln Housing Authority Masonic Grand Lodge Charities of RI Corporation
Lincoln School Massachusetts Audubon Society (MA) Mount Holyoke College (MA)
Lincoln Senior High School Massachusetts College of Art and Mount Holyoke College Alumnae
Literacy Volunteers of Design (MA) Annual Fund (CT)
Massachusetts (MA) Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Mount Hope High School
Literacy Volunteers of RI (MA) Mount Hope Neighborhood
Little Compton Assistance Massachusetts General Hospital (MA) Association
Association Massachusetts Society for the Mount Hope Trust in Bristol
Little Compton Community Center Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MA) Mount Ida College (MA)
Corporation Masters School - Dobbs (NY) Mount Pleasant High School
Little Compton Education Mathewson Street United Methodist Mount St. Charles Academy
Foundation Church Mount Vernon Ladies Association of
Little Compton Historical Society MAZON (CA) the Union (VA)
Little Compton Village Improvement McAuley Corporation Museum of Modern Art (NY)
Society McAuley House Museum of Primitive Art & Culture
Little Sisters of the Poor McAuley Ministries Museum of Science, Boston (MA)
2008 Grantees, Continued
Lloyd Center for the Environment (MA) Ronald McDonald House of Music School of the RI
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Providence Philharmonic
Looking Upwards Mead School for Human Musica Dolce Chamber Orchestra
Low Country Food Bank (SC) Development (CT) Musica Maris
Lown Cardiovascular Research Meals on Wheels of RI My Turn (MA)
Foundation (MA) Medical Missionaries of Mary (NY) Myron Francis Elementary School
Lucy's Hearth Medicine Waters Conservancy (NJ) Mystic Marinelife Aquarium (CT)
Lung Cancer Alliance (DC) Meeting Street Center Mystic Seaport Museum (CT)
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N
Nantucket Cottage Hospital (MA)
Narrow River Preservation
Association
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Narrows Center for the Arts (MA)
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) (MD)
National Association of Anorexia
Nervosa and Associated Disorders
(IL)
National Center for Victims of Crime
(DC)
National Council on Public History
(IN)
National Eating Disorders New York Shakespeare Festival (NY) Shoppers select produce at the
Association (WA) New York University (NY) Neighborhood Pantry Express, a
program of the Rhode Island
National Lung Cancer Partnership Newman Congregational Church
Community Food Bank that delivers
(WI) Newport Art Museum
fresh produce throughout the state.
National Military Family Association Newport Community School
(VA) Newport Historical Society
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Newport Hospital
(MA) Newport Hospital Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Newport Performing Arts Center
RI Chapter Newport Public Education
National Neighborhood Day Foundation
National Opinion Research Center at Newport Public Library
O
the University of Chicago (IL) Newton Country Day School of the
National Parkinson Foundation (FL) Sacred Heart (MA) Oak Lawn Community Baptist
National Society of The Colonial Nickerson Community Center Church
Dames of America of RI Nine Lives of Norton Feline Rescue Oasis International
National Wildlife Federation (VA) Shelter (MA) Ocean Community YMCA
Nativity School of Worcester (MA) Norman Bird Sanctuary Ocean Opportunity
Natural Resources Defense Council North Attleboro High School (MA) Ocean Project
(NY) North Carolina State University (NC) Ocean State Action Fund
Nature Conservancy North End Crime Watch and Ocean State Center for Independent
Naval War College Foundation Community Development Living
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley North Haven Academy (CT) Oglala Lakota College (SD)
New College School (MO) North Kingstown Free Library Ohio University (OH)
New England Equine Rescues North Kingstown Senior High School Ohio University-College of Fine Arts
New England Grassroots North Providence High School (OH)
Environment Fund (VT) North Smithfield Family Welfare Old Slater Mill Association
New England Institute of Technology Society Old York Historical Society (ME)
New England Legal Foundation (MA) North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Oliver Ames High School (MA)
New England Municipal Clerks Service Olneyville Housing Corporation
Institute & Academy (CT) North Smithfield High School Opera Providence
New England School of Photography North Smithfield School Department Operation Blessing International (VA)
2008 Grantees, Continued
(MA) Northeastern University (MA) Operation Smile (VA)
New England Wireless and Steam Northfield Mount Hermon School (MA) Opportunities Unlimited
Museum Northwest Community Health Care Options for Working Parents
New Hope Chapel Bernard F. Norton School Order of Friars Minor
New Israel Fund (DC) Norwalk Community-Technical Our Lady of the Rosary Food Pantry
New Life Worship Center College Foundation (CT) Our Sister's School (MA)
New Milford High School (CT) Norwalk Land Trust (CT) Out and About (VT)
New Urban Arts Norwich Free Academy (CT) Oxfam-America (MA)
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Jesse Banks III
Youth participate in a variety of
artistic development workshops as
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society Providence Children's Museum
part of New Urban Arts, a nation-
Philabundance (PA) Providence City Arts for Youth
ally recognized interdisciplinary
arts studio for high school students Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors Providence Clubhouse Development
and emerging artists in Providence. (MI) Group
Pilgrim High School Providence College
Pine Point School (CT) Providence College Alumni
P
Pine Street Inn (MA) Association
Pacific Institute for Research and Planned Parenthood Federation of Providence Community Health
Evaluation America (NY) Centers
Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL) Planned Parenthood League of Providence Country Day School
Paper Bag Players (NY) Massachusetts (MA) Providence Hebrew Day School
Paralyzed Veterans of America (DC) Planned Parenthood of RI Providence Human Relations
Parents, Families, Friends of Pleasant Street Baptist Church Commission
Lesbians & Gays Plymouth State University (NH) Providence Journal Santa Fund
PARI Independent Living Center Pomfret School (CT) Providence Journal Summertime
Paris Junior College (TX) Ponaganset High School Fund
Park School of Baltimore (MD) Portland Museum of Art (ME) Providence Latin American Film
Parkinson's Disease Foundation Portsmouth High School Festival
(NY) Portsmouth United Methodist Providence Plan
Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center Church Providence Preservation Society
(CT) Potter League for Animals Providence Public Library
PawsWatch Cat Rescue Preservation Society of Newport Providence Revolving Fund
Pawtucket Armory Association County Providence School Department
Pawtucket Congregational Church Prevent Child Abuse-RI Providence Singers
Pawtucket School Department Princeton University (NJ) Providence Youth Student
Frannie Peabody Center (ME) Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas Movement
Peace Dale Neighborhood Problem Pregnancy of Providence PTA RI Congress of Parents and
Revitalization Committee Progreso Latino Teachers - Coventry
PEF Israel Endowment Funds (NY) Project Aware (MA) PTA RI Congress of Parents &
Pelham Education Foundation (NY) Project Bread (MA) Teachers
William Penn Charter School (PA) Project Hope (VA) PUENTE
2008 Grantees, Continued
Pennsylvania State University Project Outreach Puerto Rican Culture and Festival
Financial Aid Office (PA) Providence After School Alliance Puerto Rican Institute for the Arts
People for the American Way Providence Animal Rescue League and Advocacy
Foundation (DC) Providence Art Club Punahou School (HI)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Providence Athenaeum Putnam Indian Field School (CT)
Animals (VA) Providence Black Repertory
Q
Perishable Theatre Company
Person-to-Person (CT) Providence Center Quinnipiac University (CT)
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R S
RI KIDS COUNT
Reach Out and Read/RI RI League of Charter Schools Sacred Heart University (CT)
Real Goods Solar Living Institute (CA) RI Lions Children's Cancer Fund Saginaw Valley State University (MI)
Re-Focus RI Lions Sight Foundation Sail Newport
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) RI Medical Society Foundation Sakonnet Preservation Association
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO) RI Natural History Survey Salisbury School (CT)
Rett Syndrome Research Foundation RI Organizing Project Salisbury University (MD)
(OH) RI Parent Information Network Salt Ponds Coalition
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring RI PBS Foundation Salvation Army - Charleston (SC)
Education (RISE) RI Philharmonic Salvation Army - Pawtucket Corps
RI Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial RI Pride Salvation Army - Providence
Commission RI Public Health Association Salvation Army - Providence Childcare
RI Alliance for Arts Education RI Public Radio Center
RI Arts Foundation at Newport RI Rainbow Girls Foundation Salvation Army - RI
RI Association of Conservation RI Reds Heritage Society Salvation Army - Waltham Corps (MA)
Districts RI Resource Conservation & Salve Regina University
RI Association of Realtors Development Council Samaritans
RI Black Storytellers RI School for the Deaf San Miguel School
RI Breastfeeding Coalition RI School of Design Sanibel-Captiva Conservation
RI Center Assisting Those in Need RI School of Design Museum Foundation (FL)
RI Center for Agricultural Promotion RI Society of CPAs Sargent Rehabilitation Center
and Education RI Society for Prevention of Cruelty Save a Pet Society (MA)
RI Center For School Leadership to Animals Save Bristol Harbor
RI Chamber Music Concerts RI State Council of Churches Save the Bay
RI Citizens for the Arts RI State Grange Foundation Save the Children (CT)
RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence RI State House Restoration Society Saving Sight RI
RI Coalition for Minority Investment RI State Law Library Scandinavian Home
RI Coalition for the Homeless RI Tree Council Solomon Schechter Academy of New
RI College RI Veterinary Medical Association London County (CT)
RI College Foundation RI Wild Plant Society School for Little Children (IL)
RI Community Food Bank RI Zoological Society School One
RI Council for the Humanities Richmond Elementary School Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (MA)
RI Council of Community Mental Rippleffect (ME) Scituate High School
Health Organizations River Arts of Morrisville (VT) Seamen's Church Institute of Newport
RI Council of Resource Providers Riverfront Recapture (CT) 2nd Story Theatre
RI Council on Alcoholism Riverpoint Congregational Church Seekonk Land Conservation Trust (MA)
RI Dental Association Riverside Theater (FL) SelfHelp Community Services (NY)
RI Department of Environmental Riverwood Mental Health Services Serve RI
Management Rivier College (NH) Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis (MO)
RI Family Shelter RIVMA Companion Animal Shakespeare's Head Association
RI for Community & Justice Foundation Shape Up RI
RI Foster Parents Association Roaring Brook Watershed Shea Senior High School
RI Foundation of Dentistry for the Association Shriners Hospital for Children (FL)
Handicapped Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) Shriners Hospital for Crippled
RI Free Clinic Rocky Hill School Children (FL)
RI Health Center Association Roger Williams Medical Center Sierra Club Foundation (CA)
2008 Grantees, Continued
RI Historical Society Roger Williams National Memorial Sierra Club RI Chapter
RI Historical Society Library Roger Williams University Sippican Lands Trust (MA)
RI Hospital Roger Williams University School of Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
RI Hospital Foundation Law Skate For Joy
RI Interscholastic League Rogers Free Library Skidmore College (NY)
RI Jobs with Justice Rogers High School Smile Train (NY)
RI Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Rosie's Place (MA) Smith College (MA)
Financial Literacy RYSE School Orlando R. Smith Trust
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Smithfield High School St. George's School
Smithfield Housing Authority St. James Episcopal Church at
Social Venture Partners RI Woonsocket
Socio-Economic Development Center St. John the Baptist Ukrainian
for Southeast Asians Catholic Church (MA)
Sojourner House St. Johns Lodge, Number One
Sophia Academy Providence
Sophia Project (CA) St. Joseph Health Services of RI
South County Art Association St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty
South County Community Action Care & Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
Ana Vargas
South County Garden Club of RI St. Joseph School of Nursing
South County Habitat for Humanity St. Joseph's College of Maine (ME)
South County Hospital Healthcare St. Jude Children's Research
System Hospital (TN)
South County Museum St. Lawrence University (NY) Clients of the Welcome Back Center,
South Kingstown CARES St. Louis Educational Television a program at Dorcas Place that helps
South Kingstown Chamber of Commission (MO) non-native English speakers earn
Commerce St. Louis Zoo Friends Association (MO) the necessary credentials to join the
South Kingstown Land Trust St. Luke's Community Services (CT) healthcare workforce at their full
capacity – and ease the healthcare
South Kingstown Public Library St. Luke's Episcopal Church (CT)
worker shortage – in the Ocean
South Kingstown School Department St. Mark's Episcopal Church
State. The Center, providing
South Providence Neighborhood St. Martin de Porres Church School immigrant professionals with
Ministries (SC) preparation for certification and
South Shore Conservatory (MA) St. Martin's Episcopal Church licensure, professional development
South Shore Habitat for Humanity (MA) St. Mary Church and English language assistance, is
Southcoast Health System (MA) St. Mary of the Bay Catholic Church one of seven nationwide.
Southeast Regional Reading Council St. Mary School
(MA) St. Mary's Home for Children St. Vincent de Paul - Our Lady Queen
Southern California Institute of St. Matthew School of Martyrs
Architecture (CA) St. Matthew's Episcopal Church St. Vincent de Paul Society -
Southern New England Forest St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal St. Anthony Church
Consortium Church (FL) St. Vincent de Paul - St. Charles
Southern New Hampshire University St. Michael School (MA) Borromeo Church
(NH) St. Michael's Church St. Vincent de Paul Society -
Southern Poverty Law Center (AL) St. Michael's Country Day School St. Eugene Church Conference
Southern RI Collaborative St. Paul Lutheran Church St. Vincent de Paul Society -
Southside Community Land Trust St. Paul the Apostle Church St. Joseph Church Conference
Special Olympics RI St. Paul's Church St. Vincent de Paul Society -
Spokane Humane Society (WA) St. Paul's Church (United Methodist) St. Phillip Church Conference
Springfield College (MA) St. Paul's Episcopal Church (FL) St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
SSTARBIRTH St. Peter's by the Sea St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Alban's Episcopal Church St. Pius X Church Stand Up for Animals
St. Alexander Church St. Pius X School Station Fire Memorial Foundation
St. Andrew's School St. Raphael Academy Steel Yard
St. Anselm College (NH) St. Rose of Lima School Steere House
St. Barnabas Church St. Stephen's Church Stonehill College (MA)
St. Bernard Church St. Teresa School Stonington Free Library (CT)
2008 Grantees, Continued
St. Catherine's School Foundation (VA) St. Thomas Episcopal Church Stonington High School (CT)
St. Cecilia School St. Timothy's School (MD) Stonington Housing Authority (CT)
St. Christopher's School (VA) St. Vincent de Paul - Emergency Food Stowe Land Trust (VT)
St. Edwards Food Center Center Gilbert Stuart Memorial
St. Elizabeth Community St. Vincent de Paul Society - Jesus Student Conservation Association (NH)
St. Francis Chapel and City Saviour Studio in A School Association (NY)
Ministry Center St. Vincent de Paul - Our Lady of Suffolk University (MA)
St. Francis House (MA) Good Help Conference Suffolk University Law School (MA)
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Rhode Island KIDS COUNT provides
critical information to inspire dialogue
on children’s issues and promote
advocacy and action. The annual
Factbook tracks the progress of
63 indicators, across five areas of
child well-being.
U
UNAP Education Fund
Union of Concerned Scientists (MA)
United Cerebral Palsy of RI
United Church of Christ RI
Conference
United Congregational Church
United Methodist Elder Care
United Moes Chitim Fund of Greater
Providence
United Pentecostal Church (NH)
United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum (DC)
T
United Way of Greater St. Louis (MO)
Tabor Academy (MA) Town of Foster United Way of RI
Tall Ships RI Town of Glocester Unity College (ME)
Taming Asthma Program Town of Hopkinton University of Arizona Foundation (AZ)
Tampa Bay Sports Commission (FL) Town of Jamestown University of British Columbia
Tannerhill Town of Lincoln Housing Authority University of Connecticut (CT)
Tanzanian Children's Fund (ME) Town of Little Compton University of Delaware (DE)
Tavern Hall Preservation Society Town of Morristown (VT) University of Hartford (CT)
Tech ACCESS of RI Town of Narragansett University of Massachusetts-
Temple Agudas Achim (MA) Town of New Shoreham Amherst (MA)
Temple Beth David (MA) Town of North Kingstown University of Massachusetts-
Temple Beth-El Town of Scituate Dartmouth (MA)
Temple Emanuel Town of Tiverton University of Miami (FL)
Temple Israel (NJ) Town of West Greenwich University of Missouri Alumni
Temple University (PA) Town of West Warwick Association (MO)
Textron Chamber of Commerce Town of Westerly University of New Hampshire-
Academy Trees for the Future (MD) Durham (NH)
Thompson Island Outward Bound Trident United Way (SC) University of Notre Dame (IN)
Education Center (MA) Trinity College (CT) University of Rhode Island
Thundermist Health Center Trinity Repertory Company University of Rhode Island
Tilton School (NH) Trinity Restoration Foundation
Tiverton High School Tri-Town Community Action Program University of San Diego (CA)
Tiverton Land Trust Sam and Christine Trophia Butterfly University of South Carolina
2008 Grantees, Continued
Tockwotton Home Research and Education Center (FL) Educational Foundation (SC)
Toll Gate High School Trust for Public Land (MA) University of Tampa (FL)
Tolman Senior High School Trustees of Columbia University - University of Vermont (VT)
Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum City of New York (NY) University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Tomorrow Fund Trustees of Reservations (MA) Urban Collaborative Accelerated
Touro Synagogue Foundation Barbara Tufts Cooperative Preschool Program
Town of Bristol Turning Around Ministries Urban League of RI
Town of Brookline (MA) Turning Pointe Therapeutic Riding USS Mass Memorial Committee (MA)
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V
Westport Land Conservation Trust
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (MA)
Foundation Westport River Watershed Alliance
Villanova University (PA) (MA)
Visiting Nurse Association of WGBH Educational Foundation (MA)
Southeastern Massachusetts (MA) WGBH Leadership Circle (MA)
Visiting Nurse Service of Greater RI Whatcom Volunteer Center (WA)
Young Voices
Visiting Nurse Services of Newport Wheeler School
and Bristol Counties Wheeler School - Providence
VNA of RI Summerbridge
VNS Home Health Services Stanford White Casino Theatre
Volunteer Services for Animals White Sisters/Daughters of the Holy
Volunteer Services for Animals- Spirit
Warwick Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of
Volunteers in Providence Schools RI
Wildlife Rescue of the Florida Keys
W
(FL)
Wabash College (IN) George Wiley Center
Warwick Police Department Emma Willard School (NY)
Young Voices
Warwick Public Library Willett Free Library
Warwick Public Schools Williams College (MA)
Washington County Adult Learning Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center
Center Founders Society (FL)
Washington County Community Winthrop University (SC) Participants in Young Voices advocate
Development Corporation Wolf School for youth issues through testifying at
Washington County Regional Womanade (MA) State House hearings, meeting with
Planning Council WomanKind (FL) high-level government officials, and
sitting on a variety of boards and
Washington Park Community Center Women & Infants' Development
commissions. Advocates complete
Washington Square Services Foundation
a seven-month Leadership
Watch Hill Improvement Society Women & Infants' Hospital Transformation Academy where they
WaterFire Providence Women's Action for New Directions learn advanced research, public
Weekapaug Chapel Society Education Fund (MA) speaking, and debating skills.
Weekapaug Foundation for Women's Center of Jacksonville (FL)
Conservation Women's Center of RI
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Welcome House of South County Women's Development Corporation
Wellesley College (MA) Women's Fund of RI Xena Fund of the Florida Keys (FL)
Wells College (NY) Women's Health & Education Fund
Y
WESPAC Foundation (NY) Women's Prison Association (NY)
West Broadway Neighborhood Women's Resource Center of Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation (CT)
Association Newport Yale University (CT)
West End Community Center Wood River Health Services Yeshiva University (NY)
West Warwick Assistance Agency Woodbury Union Presbyterian YMCA - Newman (MA)
Westbay Community Action Church YMCA of Greater Providence
Westerly Area Rest Meals - WARM Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed YMCA of Greater Woonsocket
Westerly College Club Association YMCA of Pawtucket
Westerly High School Woonasquatucket River Watershed York Public Library Association (ME)
Westerly Hospital Council Young Voices
2008 Grantees, Continued
Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Woonsocket School Department Youth In Action
Westerly Land Trust Worcester State College (MA) Youth Pride
Westerly Public Library World Jewish Congress Foundation YWCA of Greater RI
Westerly Public Schools (FL) YWCA of Northern RI
Western Washington University World Vision (WA)
Z
Foundation (WA) World War II Memorial Commission
Westminster Senior Center of RI Lenny Zakim Fund (MA)
Westminster Unitarian Church World Wildlife Fund (DC) Zero to Three (DC)
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379 Rhode Islanders served on
Foundation committees to help
guide our governance, investment
and grantmaking decisions. We
deeply appreciate their expertise
and dedication.
Denis Tangney Jr.
VOLUNTEER
ADVISORS
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The following is a list of board committees and advisory groups for Foundation initiatives:
BLACK PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE NEWPORT COUNTY FUND ADVISORY
CAMPAIGN AND STEERING COMMITTEES COMMITTEE
See page 14 Paul Hogan (chair), Cheryl L. Abney, Abigail
Brooks, Peter S. Damon, Rev. Richard
EQUITY ACTION ADVISORY COUNCIL DenUyl, Jr., Elizabeth Finn, David S.
See page 15 Gordon, William Humphrey, Jr., Katherine
Irving, Mary C. Johnstone, William F. Lucey,
EQUITY ACTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE III, Leland R. Merrill, Jr., Emily J. Murphy,
See page 15 Esq., Arthur Sampson, Barbara Strasser,
William E. West, James L. Wright
FINANCE COMMITTEE
REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS BUDGETS, PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
POLICIES, AND BENEFIT PACKAGES REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS POLICIES AND
Cynthia S. Reed (chair), Lorne Adrain, OUTREACH TO THE STATE’S PROFESSIONAL,
Peter S. Damon, Charles T. Francis, LEGAL, AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Kenneth N. Kermes, Bradford B. Kopp, A. Max Kohlenberg, (chair), Mary F. Bernard,
David M. Hirsch (ex officio), Leon Boghossian, Michael J. Chazan, Joanne
Neil D. Steinberg (ex officio) M. Daly, Richard J. Gladney, Lillian Magee
Lloyd, William A. Maloney, Jason P. Marshall,
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Emily J. Murphy, Stephen O'Neill, William
REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS INVESTMENT L. Palmisciano, Jean Saylor, John M.
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENT POLICIES Stamp, David J. Syner, Robert Tingle, Jr.,
M. Anne Szostak (chair), Lorne Adrain, Robert E. Victor
Frederick K. Butler, Jerrold N. Dorfman,
Charles P. Lee, Mary Lovejoy, Nancy Mayer,
Benjamin G. Paster, Esq., David M. Hirsch
(ex officio), Neil D. Steinberg (ex officio)
GIFT PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP
COMMITTEE
REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS DEVELOPMENT
POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Hon. Maureen McKenna Goldberg (chair),
Gilbert Conover, Peter S. Damon, Mark E.
Felag, Patricia J. Flanagan, M.D., Vera I.
Gierke, Rev. Anne Grant, Margaret G.
Leeson, Benjamin G. Paster, Esq., Phoebe
Salten, Eric R.C. Smith, Walter R. Stone,
Esq., David M. Hirsch (ex officio), Neil D.
Steinberg (ex officio)
Opposite page: The Old Jamestown Windmill,
built in 1787, has been preserved by the
Jamestown Historical Society since 1912.
Volunteer Advisors
The organization renewed its commitment to
the historic landmark in 2006 by establishing
the Jamestown Historical Society Windmill
Endowment Fund at the Foundation.
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We are grateful to these volunteers, who served the Foundation as advisors on scholarship
and other committee advised funds.
Joseph Accetturo Robert Cooke Astrid Fowler
Anthony Affigne Marsha Corcoran Scott Fowler
Michael Akkaoui Nancy Corkery Rupert Friday
Kathleen Alperin Sue Coughlin Philip Friend
Melvin Alperin Isabel Coyle John Fusaro
Patty Alperin David Craig Lewis Gaffett
Daryl Anderson David Crandall Nat Gaffett
Jane Anthony Glenn Creamer Angel Garcia
Anthony Antoch Anne Cruso David Gardner
Luis Aponte Joanne Daly Marie Ghazal
Roxanne Archibald James D’Ambra Betty Gilbert
Martha Armstrong Robert DeBlois Cynthia Goldsmith
Karen Asher Donald DeCiccio Nancy Greenaway
Peter August Sandra DelSesto Roger Greene
Toby Ayers Sharon DeLuca David Gregg
Emily Bagwill Donna DeLucia Charlene Grimo
Renee Bailey Penelope Dennehy Margot Grosvenor
Peter Bancroft Nicholas DePetrillo Denise Guernon
Dante Bellini, Jr. John Desmarais Robert Guernon
Margaret Biszko Joseph DesRoches Joan Haas
Gary Block C. Rick Devin Stephanie Hagopian
Wendie Brennan Anita DeWitt Gail Hall
Sherilyn Brown Barbara Dickinson Lois Hamblet
Wendy Bucci Esther Diggins Leonard Hanson
Megan Burke Sarah Dinklage Linda Hanson
Ana Cabrera Thomas DiPaola Daniel Harrop, III
Eddy Callahan Mark Doherty H. Dennis Heinz
Patricia Campellone Mary Donnelly Robert Hicks
Ronald Caniglia David Doskow Robert Hoffman
Elaine Capobianco Michael Doyle Jane Holdredge
Gail Carney Gail Dromgoole Cathy Holmstrom
Nancy Carrioulo Beth Eckel Roberta Hopkins
Joseph Celico Benjamin Edwards Pat Howe
Catherine Channell Marilyn Edwards Shirley Howe
Charlotte Church Robert Edwards, Jr. Miriam C. Inocencio
Volunteer Advisors, continued
Susan Church Betty Faella John Jacobsen
Michael Coan Gloria Fairbanks Theodore Jakubowski
Jennifer Coccio Philomena Fayanjuola Deborah Johnson
Charles Cofone Anthony Ferraro Tony Johnson
Janet Coit Timothy Flanigan Victoria Johnson
Clarkson Collins Brian Fleming Kathleen Kelly
Carol Comforti Mary Flynn Beverly Kenney
Jay Conway Francyne Fontaine Neil Kiely
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Dan King G. Scott Nebergall Randall Steere
Judy King Gretchen Needham Joanne Stengel
Albert Klyberg Dana Newbrook James Stevenson
Curtis Koren Linda Newton Joyce Stevos
Jay Lacouture Maureen Nolan Samuel Streit
Brian Larkin Molly O’Neill Charlotte Strong
Marion Leddy Anne Ott Lawrence Taft
Peter Lewiss John Palumbo David Tedeschi
Melissa Lipa Elaine Perry Warren Teixeira
Christopher Little Shelley Perry John Terry
Darren Lopes Marie Petrarca Judith Terry
Edward Lowe Blake Phelan Brian Thorp
Michael Lynch Michele Phelan Louis Toro
Maureen Maigret Cynthia Pires Judith Tucker
Malcolm Makin Donna Policastro Michael Ursillo
Ralph Malafronte Janice Primiano Brian Van Houwe
Carol Malysz Robert Reichley Charlie Vandemoer
Robin Marek Susan Reise Ruth Vann
Marta Martinez Roberta Richman Elizabeth Vargas
Lauren Matarese Philip Rivers Deborah Ventresca
Estise Mauran Nancy Roberts Zhanna Volynskaya
Robert May Mary Roda A.T. Wall
Joshua McClure Olivia Rodrigues Thomas Walsh
Bethany McGill Elinor Rosevear Carol Wardwell
Richard McGuinn Antonio Sánchez Darren Warren
Leslie McKnight Patricia Sanford Beth Watson
Holly McLear Eugene Santos John Weaver
Mary McMahon Jay Schachne Shanna Wells
Ruth Meierowitz Howard Schachter Walter Wilks
Angelo Mendillo Henry Schwarzback John Williams, III
Debbie Messner Alfred Sculco Rosemary Wilson
Charlotte Metcalf Maria Serbst Paul Wright
Pauline Metcalf Zahir Shaikh Otis Wyatt, Jr.
William Metz Michael Shields James Wyman
Janet Miech Els Shine Amy Young
David Milner Raymond Simone Carol Young
Ginger Milner Robert Sirhal Cornel Young, Sr.
Adrian Mitchell Mary Alice Smith Arthur Zarella
Volunteer Advisors, continued
James Mitchell Richard Smith Melvin Zurier
Maureen Moakley Robert Smith
Thomas Monahan Mary Ann Sorrentino
Terri Ann Moreira Lillian Sparfven
Marilyn Gurney Moy Catherine Sparks
Kevin Murphy Kerrie Spier
Floyd Narcisse Barbara Staples
Lorraine Natale Gwenn Stearn
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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT GIVING
THROUGH
THE RHODE ISLAND
FOUNDATION
Q. HOW DOES IT WORK? Q. WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR
A. You set up a fund at the Foundation GIVING OPTION?
with an irrevocable gift. You choose A. We offer several choices (see list of
the fund’s name and its purpose, fund types, facing page). Based
which the Foundation will execute on your needs and interests, we can
in perpetuity. help you decide if it is appropriate to
establish a fund now, through your
Q. WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION’S will, or through other planned giving
INVESTMENT POLICY? strategies. Many donors begin funds
A. The Foundation invests your gift during their lifetimes, then add to
as part of our endowment pool. the funds upon their deaths.
Because the value of our assets is The Foundation introduced donor
considerable, the Foundation attracts advised funds in the 1970s. They
some of the country’s top-performing have become extremely popular. With
money managers. We aim to protect a donor advised fund, you stay
and grow the principal of your gift. actively involved as a philanthropist
Our growth target each year is infla- and each year recommend how to
tion plus 6%. But that is a minimum. distribute grants from your fund.
The returns beyond grants and fees
are added to the fund you established.
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Q. HOW DOES THE RHODE ISLAND Q. DO I HAVE TO GIVE CASH?
FOUNDATION DIFFER FROM A. Almost any asset of appreciated
COMMERCIAL CHARITABLE value can be transferred to the
GIFT FUNDS?
Foundation; we will convert it into
A. These funds are similar in some
cash. Many donors give appreciated
respects to the Foundation's donor
securities (stock that has risen in
advised funds: you give money,
value) to maximize their tax benefits.
and you get a tax advantage. But
You also can earmark IRAs or
there are important differences.
pensions to the Foundation. Or even
Commercial gift funds confine
purchase life insurance that names
themselves to simple due diligence,
The Rhode Island Foundation as the
assuring that a charity is IRS-compli-
beneficiary.
ant. The Rhode Island Foundation TYPES OF ENDOWMENTS
offers extensive research services to Q. HOW DO I GET MORE UNRESTRICTED leaves the
its donors, to help you find just the INFORMATION? choice of grantee to the
right charities. If you tell us, for A. Contact the Development Foundation. The Fund for
instance, that you want to do some- Department at (401) 274-4564, Rhode Island is our general
unrestricted fund.
thing about teen pregnancy, we'll check out the "Donors" section at
help you identify the state’s most www.rifoundation.org, and/or request
FIELD OF INTEREST recommends
innovative, most successful program your free copy of Creating Your
an area of interest, e.g. the
to invest in. In fact, we invite donors Legacy at The Rhode Island environment or geographic
to co-fund projects with us to extend Foundation: A Guide for Donors. region, and directs the
the reach of our discretionary grant- Foundation to make grants
making dollars even further in Rhode Q. IF I'M INTERESTED BUT CAN'T
to related projects. In 2007,
AFFORD TO ESTABLISH A FUND
Island. the Foundation's board of
NOW WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
Maybe the biggest difference is directors established a new
A. You can name the Foundation in your
this: The Rhode Island Foundation is field of interest fund to
will or trust to receive a portion of
in business to help the community. stretch the giving power of
your estate when you're gone. Or, our many scholarship funds,
Commercial gift funds are in
you can choose a giving vehicle that The Rhode Island
business primarily to manage
will continue to pay you or a loved Scholarship Assistance Fund.
money and profit from fees.
one income for the rest of your life,
creating an endowment fund here DESIGNATED identifies a
Q. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
“IN PERPETUITY”? after death. particular nonprofit
organization for perpetual
A. Forever. If you set up a fund now
Q. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM support.
to benefit the XYZ Library, the
AMOUNT I CAN GIVE TO ESTAB-
Foundation will continue to make LISH A NAMED FUND? DONOR ADVISED enables a
Frequently Asked Questions About Giving
grants to that organization as long A. In most cases, our minimum is living donor and successors
as it exists. If it ceases to exist, the $10,000. to recommend different
Foundation will apply the fund to the grantees.
closest similar organization.
ORGANIZATIONAL ENDOWMENT
enables a nonprofit
organization to establish its
endowment at the Foundation
to take advantage of pooled
investments and greater
security.
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THE
PERMANENT
ENDOWMENTS OF
THE RHODE ISLAND
FOUNDATION
As of December 31, 2008, The following is a list of the endowments
at The Rhode Island Foundation with
generous Rhode Islanders a balance of at least $10,000 or, if
established before 1995, a balance of
had established the 1,140 at least $5,000.
permanent endowments listed Unr “unrestricted:” donor left the grant to
the Foundation’s discretion
here, growing the Foundation's FoI “field of interest:” donor requested
the endowment’s income be directed
assets to nearly $455 million. toward a specific issue or area for
grants
Each endowment has a story DA “donor advised:” donors are still
actively involved in annual grantmaking
behind it, a purpose
All other funds were designated to benefit
before it. Together, these the organization listed.
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Avalon Fund and at the University of Rhode Island. JoEllen credits her
Arthur Fiorenzano and grandparents with her desire to help others. “I feel I was
JoEllen Quaglietta have fortunate to have supportive grandparents to help us, but
spent their entire lives in the at times it was a struggle,” she recalls of being raised by
Ocean State. He grew up in a single mother.
Cranston, graduated from Through this donor advised fund, the couple intends to
Cranston High School West, focus on needs in Newport County and specifically those
and continued his education in their hometown of Jamestown. “Whenever we travel,
at the University of Rhode we always look forward to coming home to Jamestown,”
Island. She grew up in Arthur explains. Their interests include community servic-
Smithfield, graduated from Smithfield High School and es for families in need, volunteer services, and
then Providence College. Narragansett Bay.
They both opted to stay and work in Rhode Island after And they hope to pass along their belief in giving back
college as well. With his late father, Frank, Arthur estab- to Arthur’s children, Andrew and Faith. “It is a great feel-
lished FAF, Inc., a jewelry manufacturer located in ing helping others, and we are happy we can give back,”
Smithfield. “Over the years, we have had the privilege of JoEllen says.
working with a great group of people, most of them
Rhode Island natives,” he says. JoEllen has worked at
FAF for many years and currently is vice president of
product development.
The couple long has given back to the community,
something they both learned from their families. Arthur’s
parents established scholarship funds at the Foundation
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Mark and Kathleen Alperin Fund Edward R. Anderson CLU
Children (2000) (DA) (1997) (DA) Scholarship Trust (1986)
for scholarships to URI College of Business
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Patty and Melvin G. Alperin Fund Administration students
Community Leadership (1997) (1995) (DA)
(DA) Hugold B. and Barbara A.
Patty & Melvin Alperin First Anderson Fund (1989)
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Special Generation Scholarship Fund for the Asbury United Methodist Church
Olympics (1998) (DA) (1998) (FoI)
for scholarships to children whose parents Hugold and Berndt and Jane
Ross and Mary Aiello Fund (1979) did not graduate from college Anderson Fund (2001)
(Unr) for the Common Cause Education Fund
Amaranth of RI Diabetes Fund
Louise M. Aldrich Fund (1987) (2007) James G. Angell Fund (1994) (FoI)
for the National Arthritis Foundation for disadvantaged persons
for Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, the
Louise M. Aldrich Fund (2006) Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Anonymous (1967)
(FoI) Oxford, MA, and Hasbro Children's to support Westerly Hospital
Endowment Funds List 2008
for the care of needy children Hospital, Providence, RI
Anonymous (1981) (DA)
Allen Family Fund (2006) (DA) American Legion Stark-Parker
Post #21 Fund (2005) Anonymous (1986) (DA)
Alperin Hirsch Family Fund for the Boys and Girls State program
(1995) Anonymous (1987)
Margaret A. Ames and Robert S. to support the Chorus of Westerly
for the United Way of Rhode Island,
Community Care Fund, to Shea Senior High Ames Fund (1996) (DA) Anonymous (1988) (DA)
School for a scholarship, and to the Rhode
Anne W. Anderson Fund (1996) Anonymous (1992) (Unr)
Island Scholarship Assistance Fund
(Unr)
Anonymous (1994) (DA)
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Victor Blanco The attorneys, through their firms, Corley Taveras, LLP
Memorial and the Kaplan/Bond Group, established this scholarship
Scholarship Fund fund following an out-of-court settlement. “This recog-
From the age of 12, nizes the uniqueness and special nature of the family,”
Victor Blanco was a fish- explains Attorney Taveras of this fund that is designated
erman. In his native El for Latino Dollars for Scholars Foundation of Rhode
Salvador, he fished in the Island for scholarships.
waters off Nicaragua and Mrs. Blanco continues, “Because Victor didn’t have an
Costa Rica. After immi- education himself” – his schooling ended when he was
grating to the United States in 1993 and settling in just 14 – “education was important to him and he really
Providence with his wife and their daughter, he found wanted our daughters to get good educations. He would
work on one of the biggest lobster boats in Point Judith. go to their schools to find out how they were doing and
In May of 2007, the boat encountered strong winds would insist they do their best.”
and high waves. Victor was hit by a lobster trap and fell The oldest daughter, Zuleyma, will graduate from
overboard. Efforts to rescue the 37-year-old – and to Central High School this year and has applied to college.
recover his body – were unsuccessful. Her younger sisters, Maria and Kenia, are in the 10th
“He dedicated himself to working. Fishing was his and 8th grades at Hope High School and Nathanael
life…his career,” explains Alba Blanco of her late husband. Greene Middle School, respectively.
“Fishing is a very dangerous profession. We lose more The Blanco girls have grown up knowing of the value
people, per capita, to fishing than any other profession,” their father placed on their schooling. This memorial
notes Attorney Angel Taveras who, with Attorney Thomas scholarship fund will forever enable other Latino students
Bond, represented the Blanco family in a claim against to learn about Victor Blanco and to continue their educa-
the boat owner. tions in his name.
Anonymous (1994) (FoI) Anonymous (2006) (DA) Aquidneck Land Trust Merritt
to assist persons in need of food or
Anonymous (2006) (DA) Neighborhood Fund (2004)
shelter, persons from other countries who for the Land Trust’s community-based
come to the U.S. for specialized medical Anonymous (2006) projects
treatment, and/or for advanced medical for the support of the Elizabeth Buffum
education for health professionals Chace House, Warwick
Ronald D. Araujo Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2004)
Anonymous (1996) (DA) Anonymous (2006) for scholarships from Tolman High School
for Little Compton Assistance Association and Johnson & Wales University
Anonymous (1997)
and Little Compton Citizen's Scholarship
to support St. Thomas Aquinas Priory at James E. Arcaro Fund (1995) (DA)
Foundation
Providence College
Emily J. Anthony Fund (1931) (Unr) Rhea Archambault Memorial
Anonymous (1997) (DA) Fund (1987) (FoI)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Anonymous (1998) (DA) Emily J. Anthony Fund (1931) for awards to outstanding Providence
(FoI) police officers
Anonymous (1999) (DA) to benefit the inhabitants of Richmond
and Exeter Archive, Document, Display and
Anonymous (2000) Dissemination Fund (1986) (DA)
Anonymous (2004) Chad Antoch Memorial Fund
(1996) (DA) Artists Development Fund (1987)
to benefit the Westerly Hospital, High
(DA)
School, and Library Aptaker Family Fund (2004) (FoI)
for the health needs of low-income children Arts in Academics Fund (2004)
Anonymous (2004) (DA)
(FoI)
Anonymous (2005) (DA) Aquidneck Island Fund (2003) for educational projects that integrate arts
(FoI) into core academic subjects
Anonymous (2005) (FoI) to benefit Aquidneck Island nonprofits and
for use by the Newport County Fund people
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Block Island serve at least in part,” says Mr. Record. “In the past we
Conservancy Inc. were in the fortunate position of not having to turn down
Stewardship any project. Now we have to be more discerning – focus-
Endowment Fund ing on available, undeveloped land that is important for
Established in 1972, the conservation purposes, attainable, and affordable.”
Block Island Conservancy The Conservancy recently ran a successful campaign
(BIC) sprang up in response to purchase a conservation easement on a section of
to the threat of development Mitchell Farm, “We raised $750,000 over the course of
of a large piece of oceanfront property known as about a year,” notes Mr. Record. “Through mailings and
Rodman’s Hollow, on the south side of the Island. When social events hosted by various concerned residents we
they learned that developers planned to build private made an impassioned, convincing appeal.”
houses on this pristine land, a small group of Island resi- Mr. Record points out that the organization’s steward-
dents came together and formed the organization that ship responsibilities increase with the amount of land
evolved into BIC. Four years later the group had raised acquired. “It’s one thing to own a piece of property and
sufficient funds to purchase Rodman’s Hollow. have to maintain it, but with conservation easements
“Our most successful campaigns have involved stakehold- there is the added challenge of ensuring that the current
ers from across the Island, both permanent and non-per- owner of the land honors the terms of the easement. It
manent residents,” notes Stephen Record, BIC president. may require a significant investment of time and human
“We purchased the Hodge Property along with the town, resources.”
the Block Island Land Trust, and The Nature Conservancy. This endowment at the Foundation will help BIC fund
Our biggest projects have been joint ventures.” routine maintenance. As it grows, the fund will serve as
More than forty percent of the Island is conserved as a cushion against “more serious stewardship expenses
open space. “There is some particularly beautiful as yet we cannot anticipate today.”
undeveloped property that all of us would like to con-
Asbury United Methodist Church Martha Cross Baker Fund (1960) Stratton Scholarship Fund (2005)
Fund (1993) for St. Andrew’s School and St. Mary’s for the organization’s scholarships
for the Church Home for Children
Barrington Congregational Church
Hugh D. Auchincloss III Fund Charles C. Balch Fund (1963) Fund (1990)
(2006) (DA) for the East Providence Public Library for Barrington Congregational Church
Karl Augenstein Memorial Fund F. Remington Ballou Scholarship Barrington District Nursing
(1989) (FoI) Fund (2003) Association Fund (1989) (FoI)
for scholarships in the field of jewelry for scholarships for School One for the well-being of Barrington residents
making Jennie M. Ballou Fund (1946) William Walter Batchelder Fund
Jim and Karin Aukerman Fund (Unr) (1954) (Unr)
(2006) (DA)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Hildred F. Bamforth Fund (1992) Victor & Gussie Baxt Fund (2006)
5 Avalon Fund (2008) (DA) (FoI) (DA)
to support child welfare agencies
Vaughn Avedisian Helping Hand Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Fund
Fund (2005) (DA) Frederick H., William, & (1998) (FOI)
Frederick H. Banspach Memorial Scholarships for spouses and/or legal
Vaughn Avedisian Memorial Fund Fund (1997) dependents of workers insured by the
(2003) (DA) for the Rhode Island Organizing Project and Company who were killed, permanently
Bach Organ Scholarship Fund the Providence Plan for activities in disabled or temporarily disabled in
(1985) (FoI) Olneyville compensable industrial accidents or who
for scholarships for organ and keyboard meet specific criteria
Barrington Christian Academy
students and for the professional Endowment Fund (1993) Sara G. Beckwith Fund (1990)
development of church organists for the Barrington Christian Academy for Rhode Island Hospital
Marion Brown Baker Fund (2002) Barrington Christian Academy-
(Unr)
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Andrew Bell Scholarship Fund Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Olive C.P. Brittan Memorial
(2004) Island Community Health Fund Scholarship (2001)
for scholarships from the Urban League of (2005) (DA) for scholarships to Lincoln High School
Rhode Island graduates
Raymond J. and Brenda B. Bolster
Thomas L. and Kathryn D. Community Fund (2005) (DA) Helen E.B. Bromley Memorial
Bendheim Family Fund (2006) Scholarship (2001)
(DA) Bonnet-Eymard Family Fund for scholarships to Attleboro High School
(2007) (DA) graduates
Frederick J. Benson Scholarship
Fund (1975) (FoI) Larry and Jean Bonoff Fund Abbie A. Brougham Memorial
for scholarships to Block Island residents (2007) (DA) Fund (1988) (FoI)
Daniel R. Borah Fund (2005) (DA) for the maintenance, care, and welfare of
Alvin Benjamin Berg Fund (2002) animals
for First Baptist Church, Ottawa, Illinois 5 Emilie Luiza Borda Charitable
Fund (2008) Fern Brown Memorial Fund
Zabel Yaghjian Berg Fund (2001) (1995)
for Big Sisters of Rhode Island for a number of organizations (see story,
page 43.) for RI Meals on Wheels
Marion Berlin and Kara Berlin- Georgia A. Brown Fund (1991)
Gallo Family Fund (2006) (DA) Borders Farm Endowment Fund
(2004) (DA) (FoI)
Berry Family Fund (1971) (Unr) for organizations helping children and
Bosworth Fund (1999) (DA) needy elderly people
Thomas Beswick Fund (1960)
(Unr) Edward M. Botelle Memorial H. Martin Brown Memorial Fund
Library Fund (1989) (1998)
Blackall Fund (1986) to the State Law Librarian for the purchase for the Central Congregational Church
for the United Way of Rhode Island of books, supplements and periodicals for
the Edward M. Botelle Library, McGrath James P. Brown, Jr., and the Greta
Blackall Fund (1986) (DA)
Judicial Complex P. Brown Fund (1982)
Blackburn Family Fund (2004) toward beautification of Brown University
for St. Luke’s Church, East Greenwich Family of Eugene M. Boutiette campus
Fund (1979) (Unr)
George T. Blackburn and Susan Jean Margaret Young Brown Fund
H. Blackburn Fund (2004) (FoI) Richard M. Bowen Fund (1927) (2006) (DA)
for Rhode Island’s needy to Groundwork Providence for the Rhode
Island Fruit Growers Association Jeffrey A. and Barbara Horovitz
Black Philanthropy Fund (2007) Brown Fund (2004) (DA)
(FoI) Mary A. Boylan Memorial Fund
for the needs and aspirations of Blacks in (1997) (DA) Walter G. Brown Fund (1964)
Rhode Island guided by representatives of (Unr)
Boys & Girls Club of Newport
the state's Black community Fund (2002) William Horace Brown Memorial
5 Victor Blanco Memorial for the organization Fund (2004) (DA)
Scholarship Fund (2008) Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket C. Warren and Anne D. Bubier
to Latino Dollars for Scholars Foundation of Funds (2002-2005) Fund (1989) (FoI)
RI for scholarships for individual progams of the Club for the acquisition, preservation and
Alice W. Bliss Memorial Fund maintenance of open space
Mae L. Bradley Fund (2006) (Unr)
(1981) (FoI) C. Warren Bubier Fund (2001)
for medical research Carol A. and Robert H. Breslin, Jr. to benefit the Boy Scouts of America—
Fund (2004) (DA) Narragansett Council
Block Island Conservancy/ Eric
Jess Spirer Fund (2004) Alma Brewster Fund (1978) (Unr) Alfred Buckley Fund (1977) (Unr)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for maintenance of Conservancy land on Roberta H. Bridenbaugh Fund
West Side Road
Helen H. Buckley Fund (2003)
(1996) (Unr) (Unr)
5 Block Island Conservancy Inc. Harriet M. Briggs Memorial Fund
Stewardship Endowment Fund Marjorie W. and George B.
(1978) Bullock, Jr. Fund (2001) (DA)
(2008) for scholarships for residents of East
for the support of Block Island Providence David P. Bulman Memorial
Conservancy Inc. Scholarship Fund (2005)
Bristol Children’s Home Fund for scholarships to Oliver Ames High
Block Island Fund (1994) (DA) (1967) (FoI) School (Easton, MA) graduates
Block Island Medical Center for scholarships for Bristol residents and to
Endowment Fund (2008) charitable organizations Dr. Alex M. Burgess Memorial
for support of Block Island Health Services Fund (1974) (Unr)
Bristol Female Charitable Society
Inc. Fund (2003) (FoI) Burke Bryant Family Fund (2001)
for the organization as it distributes charity (DA)
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Emilie Luiza Borda mother and stepfather, a cousin, Tom Bell, who was
Charitable Fund always a favorite of Emy Lou, invited her to come to
Virginia Scott of Spartanburg, South Carolina, one of Missouri to live with his family. So, for the last three
the only surviving family members of Emilie Luiza Borda, decades of her life, Emy Lou reveled in the companion-
who died in August, 2008, recalls of her first cousin, ship of a large family that she had never known before.
“‘Emy Lou,’ as we all knew her, was born to Emilie Bell She worshipped at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church,
Borda and Wenceslao Borda on August 25, 1925. As a looked forward to an occasional lunch at McDonald’s and
member of a philanthropic family, it was only natural for enjoyed listening to Lawrence Welk music. A most loyal
her to continue that tradition during her lifetime. Two friend and fun loving lady, she took great pleasure in
older brothers, Bill and Joseph, died at early ages; Bill in seeing her cousins’ children and grandchildren grow up
an automobile accident in the early 1940s, and Joe in around her.
World War II. Her father died when Emy Lou was a young It pleased us all to know that Emy Lou’s life was one
girl and she became a constant companion to her moth- of satisfaction knowing that she had been able to make
er. Although they lived in New York, Arizona, Florida and contributions to many of our favorite charities in Rhode
Missouri, Rhode Island was always home, and they Island through The Rhode Island Foundation. The Fund
returned every summer to Narragansett and South will be used to help the following organizations: the
County. Emy Lou’s grandfather, Louis F. Bell, built South South County Ambulance and Rescue Corps Fund; South
County Hospital, where Emy Lou was one of the first County Hospital; the American Cancer Society, Southeast
patients! Having attended Elmhurst Academy in New England Region; the American Heart Association, RI
Providence, Emy Lou developed a great love for the Chapter; the Arthritis Foundation, Southeast New England
church and for the nuns who taught and befriended her. Chapter; In-Sight; Meeting Street Center; and Lifespan's
After her mother re-married, they moved to Arizona, RISE clinic and Hasbro TB clinic.
then on to St. Petersburg. Following the deaths of her
John P. Burke Memorial Fund Jane Brownell Cady Fund Richard N. Carr Memorial
(2005) (2002)(FoI) Scholarship Fund (1996)
for the fund to benefit Little Compton for St. Gregory the Great Church
John P. Burke Memorial Fund/ John C. Cahill Memorial Fund Beverly E. Carr Fund in Memory
Joseph J. Sprague Sr. Memorial (1997) of Manola & Arthur Merrill and
Scholarship (2005) for Community Preparatory School Estella & Edwin Hartley (2000)
for the organization
CANE Child Development Center (DA)
John P. Burke Memorial Fund/ Fund (2005) Richard N. and Beverly E. Carr
RI State Seniors’ Golf Association for the organization Fund (2000) (DA)
Scholarship (2005) Ruth A. Capron Fund (1991) (Unr)
for the organization
Marion M. Carstens Fund in
Anthony and Attilia E. Caran Memory of Janice E. Mutty (2002)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes Fund for the Retarded (2007) (FoI) (Unr)
Scholarship Fund (1991) (FoI) to help mentally retarded/developmentally
for scholarships Charles H. Carswell Fund (1980)
disabled individuals (Unr)
Virginia B. Butler Fund (1978) Donald and Suzanne Carcieri
(FoI) Christine & David Carter Fund
Fund (1998) (DA) (2007) (DA)
for the support of educational programs
relating to humane treatment of animals Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Florence P. Case Fund (1967)
Fund (1994) (DA) (Unr)
Button Hole Fund (2004)
for the youth golf course Carpenter Fund (1927) (Unr) Grace D. and Lloyd A. Case Fund
Edith T. Cabot Fund (1966) Carpenter Fund (1927) (2006)
for Memorial Hospital for research for six organizations for scholarships to residents of Little
Compton
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Community in the heart of the neighborhood, CMW was an instant hit.
MusicWorks Years later, CMW acquired a storefront in the neighbor-
Fund hood where young people can see and hear musicians
“It is so powerful rehearsing as they walk home from school.
to learn again and Lessons on string instruments tell only part of the story.
again that if you Once a month CMW families attend local concerts to gain
give kids enough of further exposure to the worldwide community of music. On
a platform they are Friday evenings, students play chamber music and enjoy
incredible leaders,” remarks Community MusicWorks themed group discussions focusing on solutions they can
Executive Director Sebastian Ruth, reflecting on the bring as musicians to global problems. On occasion they
twelve-year journey that brought his organization from the share international potluck suppers representing the diver-
germ of an idea to a thriving center for music education. sity of their heritage. Ruth notes, “Over the last couple of
Ruth, who studied transformative education models at years activities have been more student-led. After
Brown and earned a fellowship from the University’s Hurricane Katrina students organized a Youth Salon con-
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service to start cert to collect donations of cash and school supplies for
Community MusicWorks (CMW), adds, “Putting students Katrina victims. Last year they collaborated with Youth
at the center of being civically engaged artists allows United for Global Action and Awareness. CMW is creating
them to find their voice, to think about their role in the young activists through music.”
city and in the world. We teach music as a vehicle for Commenting on CMW’s longevity, Ruth says, “I wasn’t
social change.” doing this to start a nonprofit organization. I was going to
Serendipity influenced the organization’s early success. be a teacher and a musician. I did not understand ‘three-
The West End Community Center, in search of a music pro- year funding.’” With this organizational endowment at the
gram, gave CMW a chance. And as the sounds of chamber Foundation, Ruth and his board of directors look opti-
music drifted from the open doors of this welcoming center mistically to the future.
Cataract Fire Company #2 Holly Charette Scholarship Fund Church House Fund (1958) (FoI)
Scholarship Fund (1974) (FoI) (2007) toward assistance for needy persons
for scholarships for Warwick residents to Cranston High School East & Coventry
Montie Ciarlo Memorial
High School for scholarships
Samuel M. Cate Fund (2001) Scholarship Fund (2005)
for the Visiting Nurse Association, the Chariho Community Innovative for a scholarship from Charles E. Shea
Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Projects Fund (2003) Senior High
Brown University, and the Providence Art to benefit the Chariho schools
Club
Anita Cinq-Mars Fund (2002)
Anne Elizabeth Chase Fund (1976) for students attending St. Cecilia’s Parish
Allison N. Cathro Fund (1997) (FoI) and School
(Unr) for research in cerebral accidents Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund
Margaret Chace Scholarship Fund Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan (1987) (FoI)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
(1999) Fund for the Wheeler School for fellowships in arts education training
for Tiverton High School students pursuing (1978) Harriet A. F. Claflin Fund (1990)
music careers for the Wheeler School for the Central Congregational Church
Charles V. Chapin Fellowship Chopin Club Scholarship Fund Arnold V. and Jane K. Clair Fund
Fund (1968) (FoI) (2003) (1991) (FoI)
for research on contagious diseases for the organization to support South Kingstown institutions
Roger B. Chapman Scholarship Choquette Family Fund (1995) B. Jae Clanton Scholarship Fund
Fund (2007) (DA) of the Urban League of RI (1990)
to Chariho Regional High School for
Carl W. Christiansen Scholarship for scholarships
scholarships
Fund (1974) Gilbert J. Clappin, Jr. Memorial
to the RI Society of CPAs for scholarships Fund (2005) (FoI)
for cardiac research in Rhode Island
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Conrad-Nestor A graduate of Moses Brown and Brown University, he
Scholarship earned his master’s and medical degrees from Boston
Fund University. “It was a great career. You’d get paid in lob-
Two old fashioned sters or clams. We didn’t turn anyone down…The most
country doctors – with important thing in practicing medicine is what’s best for
more than 75 years the patient.”
on staff at South Dr. Nestor, “a linchpin of the South County medical com-
County Hospital (SCH) between them – are honored munity for more than four decades” according to his
through this scholarship fund for family members of September 1992 Providence Journal obituary, served on
Hospital employees. The fund, a tribute to Dr. Robert the SCH staff from 1946 until his retirement four decades
Conrad and the late Dr. Thomas Nestor, was established later. It further notes, “Dr. Nestor, a surgeon and family
at the Hospital in 1999 by Dr. David Chronley, a South doctor, was widely admired for his skill in the operating
County pediatrician who was mentored by each of the room, for his formidable schedule that included making
Fund’s namesakes; it was transferred to the Foundation in house calls until he retired in late 1986, and for his com-
2008 with significant additional funding from Dr. Conrad. passion in calming the anxieties of the people he treated.”
Dr. Conrad, a member of the Hospital medical staff for A graduate of Providence College and the University of
35 years, served as both chief of surgery and chief of Maryland Medical School, he served in the Army’s 511th
staff prior to his retirement in 2000. “He was relentless in Parachute Infantry during World War II, earning the Silver
improving the hospital,” according to Rick Moffitt, PA, who and Bronze Stars for his service.
worked with Dr. Conrad for 18 years. Among his achieve- Although two dedicated physicians no longer are at
ments at the Hospital are the first FAA-approved hospital- South County Hospital, their names – and their service to
based heli-pad in the state, the first hospital rescue radio others – will continue through this permanent endowment
system in the state, and South County Hospital’s first ICU. for college scholarships.
George P. Clark and Vera J. Clark Arnold B. and Madelyn Collins 5 Conrad-Nestor Scholarship
Fund (1999) Fund (2000) Fund (2008)
for scholarships for Chariho High School for Memorial Hospital and Lincoln High to South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI for
students School scholarships "The Conrad-Nestor Scholarship"
Clark Memorial Library Charles A. Collis Fund (1991) (DA) Conservation Stewardship
Endowment Fund (1999) 5 Community MusicWorks Fund Collaborative Fund (2007)
for the library for long-term protection and stewardship of
(2008) terrestrial, aquatic, coastal, estuarine and
Clark-Lyon Fund (1990) for Community MusicWorks
marine areas in RI
for South County Hospital
Community Preparatory School Constant Memorial Fund (1999)
Classical High School Alumni Endowment Fund (1988) (FoI)
Association Scholarship Fund for scholarships
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for scholarships for Aquidneck Island
(1991) Nina H. Congdon Fund (1976) residents studying art or music
for scholarships to graduates of Classical
High
(Unr) Charles Nourse Cook and Mary C.
Congdon Fund for the Benefit of Cook Fund (1938)
Edward F. Clement Memorial
Fund (1999) (FoI) Grace Church in Providence for Woonsocket YMCA, Public Health
(2003) Nursing Association, Universalist Society of
for disadvantaged Providence children Young Men, Day Nursery and Children’s
Barbara and Cary Coen Family Congdon Fund in Honor of The Home, or general Protestant charitable
Fund (2004) (DA) Congdon & Carpenter Company work
(1790-1987) (1969) (Unr)
Daniel Brian Cohen Scholarship Christiane Corbat Art and Healing
Fund (2007) Ann F. and Robert B. Conner Fund (2006) (DA)
to Toll Gate High School for scholarships to Fund (1995) (DA)
graduating seniors to attend 4 year
colleges/universities
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Paul Cuffee School/ In the summer of 2008, the school received one of only
Rosalind C. Wiggins three worldwide Coretta Scott King review book grants,
Fund adding 140 books to the collection.
“She was a lifelong crusader for “We wanted to be sure this was a living collection,”
everyone’s rights, but particularly notes Professor Cobb, who has followed in his mother’s
for the rights of African Americans,” footsteps at Cuffee. Emeritus professor of marine biology
says Stan Cobb, remembering his at URI, he sees natural connections between the only
late mother Rosalind “Posy” Cobb maritime charter school in the state and the University.
Wiggins, whose books by and about African Americans He recently arranged for two graduate student interns in
form the core of the first named collection in Paul Cuffee ichthyology to teach a unit on codfish to the sixth grade.
School’s library. “I think I hear her every day,” says Professor Cobb of
It was an easy choice for Mrs. Wiggins’ four children to his late mother, who lived her last years at Laurelmead
donate the books to Paul Cuffee, a Providence charter and recruited many residents as Cuffee volunteers. “This
school their mother adopted and that, in turn, embraced is something that was so ingrained in her I can imagine
her. In fact, Mrs. Wiggins was the school’s first Paul she would say, ‘Of course, dear, that is what you should
Cuffee Day speaker. Cuffee, an early 19th century be doing.’”
Quaker and Black merchant, was the subject of Mrs. Cuffee Development Director Julia Karahalis explains
Wiggins 1996 book, Captain Paul Cuffe's Logs and why the Fund has a home at the Foundation. “Our donors
Letters, 1808-1817: A Black Quaker's 'Voice from within value your reputation,” she notes. “Your outstanding
the Veil’. An artist, teacher, and social activist, Mrs. fund management, stewardship, and presence in the
Wiggins discovered Paul Cuffee while working as archivist community were all factors we considered when bringing
for the Rhode Island Black Historical Society. the Fund here.”
The Fund already has had a multiplier effect at Cuffee.
John & Lori Anne Corbishley Mark & Sandra Crevier Fund Anne and Peter Damon Fund for
Fund (1996) (DA) (2007) (DA) Newport County (2006) (FoI)
for use by the Newport County Fund
John and Lori Anne Corbishley A. T. Cross Scholarship Fund
Memorial Garden Fund (2005) (1987) (FoI) Marquise d’Andigne Fund (1932)
to support St. Michael’s Church for its for scholarships to sons and daughters of (FoI)
memorial garden A.T. Cross employees support for the incurably ill
Corliss Fund (1991) Mary C. Crowell Fund (1976) William N. and Dorothy Q. Davis
for support of The Corliss Institute for Providence Boys’ Clubs, In-Sight, and Fund (2003)
American Lung Association of RI for the Davisville Free Library
Corning Glass Works Scholarship
Fund (1974) (FoI) 5 Paul Cuffee School/Rosalind Walter L. and Edna N. Davol
for scholarships for students of Blackstone C. Wiggins Fund (2008) Fund (1993) (Unr)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Valley high schools to Paul Cuffee School for books, CDs, and
DVDs by and about African Americans Walter L. and Edna N. Davol
Leroy P. Cox Trust (1992) (Unr) Fund (1988)
Helena Cullen Fund (2006) for the United Way of Rhode Island for
Horace and Reverend E. Naomi for scholarships for St. Michael School, services in East Providence
Craig Scholarship Fund (2000) Hudson, MA
(FoI) Edna N. Davol Fund (1989)
for middle and junior high school children 5 Cumberland Land Trust to The Newman Congregational Church, the
to attend independent or parochial schools Endowment Fund (2008) Newman YMCA, UWRI, and St. Elizabeth’s
for Cumberland Land Trust Home
Mary Lou Crandall Fund (2006)
(FoI) Lillian Cumming Streetscape DeAngelis Family Fund (1978)
for the care of and prevention of cruelty to Fund (1988) (DA) for the Wheeler School
animals in Westerly
Curtin Family Fund (2003) (DA) John A. and Elsa J. DeAngelis
Fund (2005) (DA)
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Cumberland water supply boards.
Land Trust “The most logical way for local people to fund land
Endowment Fund acquisition and stewardship is through an endowment,”
According to the states Joe Pailthorpe, treasurer of the land trust board.
Cumberland Land Trust He and a core group of other donors contributed the
website, Otis Smith Farm initial funds to establish this permanent endowment and
Preserve “protects 55-plus acres of scenic landscape and have embarked on a campaign to raise additional funds.
road frontage…and is significant for its biologically diverse “Every opportunity I get, I recruit (for members and sup-
array of wild plants considered rare in Rhode Island.” porters). I promote the land trust based on my passion
High Rock Farm is comprised of “69 acres of protected and knowledge,” Pailthorpe explains.
property (that) boasts a diverse habitat of open fields, “Development that reduces open space directly
upland forest, and a large wetland system supporting 14 impacts the quality and availability of clean air and water.
rare species of plants.” Reservoirs and public wells depend on clean surface and
The farm and preserve are just two of 17 properties groundwater that is sustained only by an adequate supply
totaling 340 acres currently protected by the Cumberland of forest and wetlands,” Pailthorpe says, noting that
Land Trust. Incorporated in 1989, the land trust is an many properties protected by the trust include brooks,
all-volunteer nonprofit organization with goals of signifi- streams, and wetlands that flow directly into the reser-
cantly increasing its land acquisition and stewardship. voir system, protecting drinking water not only for
Included in the “vision plan” is the creation of continuous Cumberland, but also for Pawtucket and Central Falls.
protected open space that runs from the Monastery “We want our future generations to enjoy a healthy
Grounds to Diamond Hill State Park, a distance of four environment balanced with smart growth. Investing in the
miles (approximately 2,400 acres). This vision of open Cumberland Land Trust at the Foundation is an invest-
space includes properties owned by the town and two ment in the future,” Pailthorpe concludes.
James Philip Deery Fund (1987) DeRabbanan Fund (1989) (DA) Jeremiah Dexter Family Fund
for Alfred M. Williams Memorial Fund
Clementina DeRocco Memorial (1998)
for the Rhode Island Historical Society and
Margaret Deery Fund (1987) Fund (1985) the Rhode Island School of Design to
for support of The Rhode Island School for Westerly Public Library and Ocean
maintain an historical collection
for the Deaf Community YMCA
Allene deKotzebue Fund (1953) Dibble Memorial Fund (1990) (FoI)
Norman A. DesLauriers Memorial to benefit the physically or mentally
(Unr) Fund (1993) handicapped
for Hospice Care of RI
Anthony and Grace Del Vecchio Dr. Bruno DiClemente
Endowment Fund (2006) (FoI) David and Elaine DeSousa Family Scholarship Fund (2001)
to assist with the expenses of post-high Fund (2006) (DA) for scholarships to Classical High School
school education
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Developmentally Disabled and students
Beatrice S. Demers Fund (2007) Retarded Special Needs Fund in Directors Fund (2000) (Unr)
(FoI) memory of Louise A. Shuster
to provide annual support for The Beatrice S. (1991) (DA) Doc Fund (2003) (DA)
Demers Foreign Language Fellows Porgram
Claudia and Mary Howe DeWolf Edgar M. Docherty Memorial
Giovanni deNicola & Dora Fund (1991) (FoI) Fund (2001)
DeAmicis Memorial Fund (2003) for libraries For the First Church of Christ Scientist,
(DA) Providence, RI and the Masonic Grand
Olive B. DeWolf Fund in Memory Lodge Charities of Rhode Island, Inc.
Delta Dental of Rhode Island of Paul Churchill DeWolf (1990)
Fund (2005) (DA) Charles and Marilyn Doebler
(Unr) Fund (2004)
Densmore Scholarship Fund for St. Martin’s Church, Providence
(1993) Atheneum, and Providence Country Day
for scholarships for Stonington High School School
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Gregory Dubuc Memorial became an independent company in 1992. He held the
Scholarship Fund position of Vice President of Actuarial & Underwriting
The stories abound at Delta during his 15 year career with the dental insurer.
Dental of Rhode Island about This scholarship fund, to assist Holy Cross students
Gregory Dubuc, a 15-year employee from Rhode Island or southeastern Massachusetts
who died in August 2007 at age 52 majoring in mathematics or economics, is one of three
following a fall at his home. There’s tributes Delta Dental has made in Mr. Dubuc’s memory.
the Halloween party where he The company also constructed a memorial garden and
showed up as the Cat in the Hat, his unerring ability to dedicated its board room in his memory.
recall facts and statistics, and the office rivalry between “We’ve tried to hire people who would make their
graduates of local colleges, with Mr. Dubuc staunchly career here and not just a stop along the way. Greg
supporting his beloved Holy Cross. probably was the best example of that,” Mr. Nagle
“Greg was a truly brilliant person who could take com- concludes.
plex problems and come up with very creative solutions. The plaque in the company’s boardroom aptly
I can’t think of anyone who has made a greater impact on describes this extraordinary man:
our company, and he was a great friend to everyone here,” Gregory L. Dubuc
explains Joseph A. Nagle, Delta Dental president & CEO. Colleague, mentor, friend.
He added, “He was also a very devoted family man; it was His intelligence and analytical skills awed us.
clear to everyone that his wife Marie and their daughters, His creative approach to problem solving
Tarah and Kelsey, were the center of his life.” was the cornerstone of our success.
A 1977 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross with His quirky, irreverent sense of humor made us smile.
a degree in both math and economics, Mr. Dubuc was His work ethic was legendary.
one of the first senior executives hired when Delta Dental His legacy will be with us always.
Sylvia G. Donnelly Fund (1988) 5 Gregory Dubuc Memorial J.D. Edsal Scholarship Fund
(Unr) Scholarship Fund (2008) (1981) (FoI)
for scholarships for RI or Southeastern scholarships to study film making,
Dorcas Place Partners for Massachusetts students majoring in television and advertising
Learning Fund (1999) mathematics or economics at College of
for the Dorcas Place Parent Literacy Center the Holy Cross
Patricia W. Edwards Memorial
Art Fund (1989) (FoI)
David Spalding Douglas Fund Sheila A. Duffy Fund (1997) (FoI) scholarships for high school students
(1999) (FoI) for the VNA of Rhode Island to train studying painting
for organizations serving the mentally ill hospice nurses
Henry P. & Priscilla B. Eldredge
Douglas A. and Charlotte H. Dow Estate of Ruth Duggan (1991) (Unr) Fund (2004)
Fund (1994) (FoI) for Kent Hospital
for disadvantaged persons Edward Leon Duhamel
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Scholarship Fund (1991) (FoI) Henry P. & Priscilla B. Eldredge
Downcity Partnership Inc. Fund scholarships for dependants of Westerly Fund (2004)
(2000) Freemasons for the United Way of Rhode Island
supporting organization to revitalize the
Downcity neighborhood of Providence Ali Dunn-Packer Memorial Fund Priscilla B. & Henry P. Eldredge
(2002) (DA) Fund (2004)
Elizabeth M. Drapala Memorial for St. Luke’s Church
Scholarship Fund (2002) East Greenwich Education
for scholarships to Shea High School Endowment Fund (2003) Priscilla Bateson Eldredge ’40 -
graduates to benefit East Greenwich schools Middlebury College Fund (1997)
Grace M. Eastwood Fund for for the college
Frosty Drew Nature Center Fund
(1985) (DA) North Kingstown Free Library Elmwood Church-Congregational
for Frosty Drew Nature Center (2007) Christian Fund (1955)
for the Library for Rhode Island Congregational
Conference
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English-Speaking Union Boston 5 Jack Fireman, D.O. Scholarship Maria A. Forte-Tocco Scholarship
Branch Educational Endowment Fund (2007) Fund (2002)
(2007) for scholarship assistance for RI students for scholarships to North Providence and
for the organization's educational programs at the University of New England College of Cumberland high school graduates
Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME or
Equity Action (2003) (FoI) Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Anne R. & Harold M. Foster
for the state’s LGBTQ communities Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Memorial Fund (2004)
for the New England Steam and Wireless
ETCO, Inc. Fund (1988) (Unr) Frederick J. Fish, Jr. Fund (1998) Museum
Evangelista Family Fund (2000) (Unr)
Foundation for Health Fund
(DA) Hyman and Mollie Fishbein Fund (2006) (FoI)
Linda Fain Family Fund in (1996) for activities and nonprofits to improve
Memory of Beatrice and Archie for Miriam Hospital health and welfare
Fain (2001) (DA) John R. Fitton Memorial Fund Alan Fox Fund for the Music
Effie R. Fairley Fund (1992) (1988) (DA) School of the Rhode Island
for the Mathewson Street United Methodist Colonel Ed Fitzgerald Philharmonic Orchestra (2001)
Church for the Music School
Scholarship Fund (2005)
Matthew J. Fandetti Memorial for a scholarship from Portsmouth High Miriam G. Frank Fund (2000) (FoI)
Fund (2002) School for the treatment of emotionally disturbed
for scholarships to students attending New youth
Kevin A. Fitzgerald Memorial
England Institute of Technology 5 Eva and Boris Frankfurt Fund
Scholarship Fund (1989)
John David Fanning Memorial for scholarships to students in St. (2008) (FOI)
Fund (1985) (DA) Michael’s Parish for the care of the elderly suffering from
incurable illnesses both physical and
Farnham Fund (1999) (FoI) Mary L. Flanigan Fund (1987) mental
for the support of education and libraries for nine named organizations
George R. Frankovich Scholarship
Feibelman Family Fund (1988) James A. and Elizabeth K.
Fund (1996) (FoI)
(DA) Fletcher Fund (1993) (Unr) for scholarships in the field of jewelry
Feinstein High Keith Johnson James A. and Elizabeth K. making
Scholarship Fund (1995) Fletcher Fund (1987) Alexander E. and Alice M. Fraser
scholarship for Feinstein High senior for nine named organizations
Fund (1972) (FoI)
Louis Feinstein Endowment Fund Flower Power Inc. Fund (2005) to benefit children in Cranston
(1994) for the organization
Aldo Freda Scholarship Fund
for the Hope Alzheimers Center George P. and Anna M. Flynn (1997) (FoI)
Mark and Adela Felag Fund Scholarship Fund (1998) for scholarships for legislative pages
(2004) (DA) for Saint Mary’s of the Bay for
Marion Baker Freeman Fund
scholarships
Harold C. and May Noel Field (1963) (FoI)
Fund (1968) (Unr) Sarah F. and Gerald J. Fogarty for rehabilitation services for the
Fund (2006) handicapped
Harold J. Field Fund (1994) for Lincoln School, Providence
for the Greater Providence YMCA, RI Mimi and Peter Freeman Fund
Hospital, and the American Cancer Society Sarah Adams Fogg & Henry (2003) (DA)
Meader Fogg Fund (1992) (Unr) Robert E. Freeman Downcity
Janet I. & H. James Field, Jr.
Fund (2004) (DA) Lois Hamilton Fontaine Fund (1992) (DA)
Scholarship Fund of the Westerly Fruit Hill Women’s Clubs
Richard M. and Janice H. Field
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
College Club, Inc. (1997) Scholarship Fund (1982)
Fund (1995) (DA) for Westerly College Club for scholarships
for scholarships to graduates of North
Noel M. Field, Jr. Family Fund Forer Family Fund (1999) (DA) Providence High School
(1999) (DA)
Katherine and Hilbert Forsberg Albert H. Fuchs Trust (1995)
Fifth Ward Memorial Fund (1962) Music Fund (2006) for Mt. St. Charles Academy of Woonsocket
for the Boys and Girls Club of Newport for scholarships to St. Michael's Country
County for musical activities Ellen R. Fuglister Fund (1991)
Day School, Newport
(Unr)
Frank and Anne Fiorenzano 5 Fort Adams Preservation Fund
Scholarship Fund (2002) Fund for Community Progress
(2008) Endowment Fund in memory of
to benefit the Golf Foundation for Fort Adams Trust Inc., Newport
Joseph R. Vanni (1993)
to support the Fund for Community
Progress
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Jack Fireman, D.O. himself, ‘If this patient were a close member of my family,
Scholarship Fund how would I want them treated?’” Ms. Fireman continues.
Jack Fireman studied engineer- In addition to working as a family practitioner for 26
ing, business and marketing, and years, Dr. Fireman was a member and president of the RI
was a pharmacist for several Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, which
years before he returned to honored him with its “Man of the Year” award. He was a
school to prepare for what his member of the RI Board of Medical Licensure and
daughter, Marjorie Fireman, Discipline, served on the Lieutenant Governor’s
refers to as “his perfect career.” Commission on Physician Insurance Issues, and wrote a
She explains that her father was in his late thirties, medical column for the local newspaper.
and at that time, many medical schools were not accept- He also became involved with the University of New
ing older students. Undeterred, he applied to – and was England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) in
accepted at – the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Biddeford, ME, serving on its admissions and
Medicine (PCOM). “He had been out of school for so long recruitment committee and developing what his daughter
and he had to work harder to make up for the years, but says was “a close relationship.”
he successfully completed the program and excelled in Of his alma mater, she notes, “He felt forever grateful
the medical profession,” she shares. to Philadelphia for giving him a chance. He was a very
He graduated in 1970, had offers to practice in differ- loyal person, and had a genuine appreciation for the
ent parts of the country, but chose Rhode Island. He education of osteopathic doctors.”
joined Post Road Medical Associates, a practice started This scholarship fund, designated for PCOM and
by fellow PCOM graduates. UNECOM, will assist Rhode Islanders who are pursuing
“He loved Rhode Island, and he completely loved osteopathic medicine, with a preference for those
medicine. He was an amazing doctor. He would always ask devoted to family practice.
Fund for Grace Church (1980) Madeline P. Gamble Fund (1987) GFWC Women’s Club of South
for the Church (Unr) County Scholarship Fund (2000)
Fund for Greater Providence Richard A. Gamelin, Jr. Memorial (FoI)
for continuing education of female
YMCA (2003) Fund (2003) (DA) Washington County residents
for the YMCA
Howard F. and Olga B. Gardiner Richard and Vera Gierke Family
5 Fund for a Healthy Rhode Fund (2000)
Island (2008) (FOI) Fund (2005) (DA)
for Rainbow Girls, DeMolay, and Shriners
for projects designed and intended to Hospital Lottie G., William E., and Ruth M.
have the greatest impact on quality and Gilmore Memorial Fund (1981)
affordable health care services in RI Edna B. Gardner Fund (1981)
to improve public parks in Providence
(see story page 12.) for six organizations
Edward and Jeannette Gatta Ginger Creek Charitable Fund
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Fund for Rhode Island (1916) (2004) (DA)
(Unr) Memorial Fund (2001) (DA)
the Foundation’s general interest fund Dominic Gencarelli Family Trust Girls Friendly Society of Rhode
Fund (1988) Island Fund (1987)
Stanley and Florence Gairloch for support of the Society
Fund (1982) to Providence College for scholarships for
for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island graduates of Westerly High Richard J. Gladney Charitable
and the Meeting Street Center Peter and Melinda Gerard & Loti Endowment Fund (2004) (DA)
Ira S. and Anna Galkin Fund Falk Family Fund (2006) (DA) Gladys Fund (2002) (DA)
(1977) (DA) Nancy H. Gewirtz Fund for the Dennis Emory Glass Fund (2006)
Ronald Vernon Gallo Family Fund Poverty Institute (2005) (DA)
(1994) (DA) for the organization
5 Glocester Heritage Society
Endowment Fund (2008)
for Glocester Heritage Society
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Fort Adams of Natural Resources Management for the RI Department
Preservation of Environmental Management (DEM).
Fund The Fort Adams Trust was founded in 1994 to partner
Fort Adams Trust with the state to operate the Fort as a public historic site
is looking to the and to seek funding for restoration. Nearly $6 million for
future to preserve restoration has been raised to date from public and pri-
the past. The non- vate sources. The Trust supports itself through tours
profit group established this permanent endowment to and special events such as living history weekends,
help fund ever-increasing operating and maintenance rentals of the facility, annual appeals, and membership.
costs at the 185-year-old Fort and surrounding property. The Fort hosts the annual Newport Folk and Jazz
“Fort Adams is one of the most significant historic Festivals produced by George Wein, and it is the pro-
sites in Rhode Island and is the largest and most com- ceeds from the festivals that have enabled the Trust to
plex structure of its type in the country,” explains Eric establish this fund.
Hertfelder, executive director of Fort Adams Trust. Significant restoration projects have included the North
Situated at the entrance to Newport harbor, a site con- Casements (with exhibits from the Naval War College
sidered critical for coastal defense, Fort Adams was built Museum), an overnight barracks in the Officers Quarters,
between 1824 and 1857. It housed soldiers and protect- and a Redoubt (a small fort outside the main fort), the
ed Narragansett Bay from 1824 to 1950. latter to be completed this year.
The Fort was acquired by the state in 1965 when it Noting the historic, recreational, and tourist/economic
became Fort Adams State Park. “Although the Fort is significance of the 80-acre site, Hertfelder and
incredibly well built, it has been a challenge to stabilize Mouradjian agree: “There has been huge progress at the
or maintain a property of this magnitude with available site, and there still are huge opportunities. The future is
resources,” states Larry Mouradjian, associate director very promising.”
Robert H.I. Goddard Fund (1994) Cynthia C. Goodwin Memorial 5 Lois W. and George Graboys
(Unr) Fund (1976) Family Fund (2008) (DA)
for the Wood River Health Center (see story page 9.)
Robert H.I. Goddard Fund/St.
Elizabeth Home (1978) Gordon Fund (1996) Grace Fellowship Church
to benefit St. Elizabeth’s Home to benefit Gordon School Memorial Fund (2007)
Charles Goss Memorial Fund for the general operating expenses of the
Darius Lee Goff and Paula Dodge
Grace Fellowship Church, Plainville, MA and
Goff Fund (1981) (1995)
congregation
for workshop facilities for the blind to support cancer research at Roger
Williams Medical Center Gracie Annabelle Fund for the
Carleton Goff Fund (1999)
for the Providence Art Club Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant Arts (2002) (DA)
Program Fund (2007) Barbi N. Gracie Fund (1994) (DA)
David M. Golden Memorial Fund
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
to the Rhode Island Natural History Survey
(1999) for the support of education on the Grandparents Guild Fund (1987)
for scholarships to Classical High School conservation of Rhode Island native plants for support of the Providence Children’s
seniors who are the first generation in their Museum
families to attend college Goulet Family Fund (2003)
to benefit the Society for the Propagation Graves Fund (2005) (DA)
Golden Einhorn Family Fund of the Faith, Diocese of Providence, for the Doris Green Fund (2005) (Unr)
(1999) (DA) use of the Holy Child Association
Annie Aylsworth Greene Fund
Henry Gonsalves Family Fund 5 George Graboys Leadership (1967) (Fol)
(1999) (DA) Fund (2008) (Unr) for scholarships
Professor and Mrs. Elliot R. (see story page 8.)
Greene Cemetery Fund (1989)
Goodman Fund (1991) (FoI) for the maintenance of the Greene Historic
for food, shelter and medical assistance Cemetery
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Eva and Boris assignor to Pacific Mills in Boston, obtained a patent for
Frankfurt Fund a textile treatment. He later was a chemist for American
Between them, Dr. Boris Hoechst. Mrs. Frankfurt was a librarian from 1945 to
Frankfurt and his wife, Eva, 1970, retiring from Brown University.
lived in Russia, Germany, The couple moved to Duncaster, a retirement communi-
Switzerland, Sweden, and ty in Bloomfield, CT in 1984. “They were known for walk-
several northeastern U.S. ing everywhere. They would walk up Duncaster Road and
cities. It was Rhode Island, along the way stop and talk with the neighbors. All the
however, the couple’s home for 35 years, which they neighbors knew them,” explains Jean Kendall, an employ-
chose to honor through their estate plan. This permanent ee who assisted and befriended Mrs. Frankfurt in her
endowment will forever assist with “the care of the later years. Dr. Frankfurt died in 1995.
elderly suffering from incurable illnesses both physical Mrs. Kendall knows of the Frankfurts’ early days from
and mental.” conversations with Mrs. Frankfurt and from stories the
Dr. Frankfurt was born in Kiev, Russia in 1903 and elderly woman wrote. “She was quite a writer,” Mrs.
moved with his family to Berlin, Germany in 1921. He Kendall relates, leafing through three books of such sto-
earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in Basle, Switzerland. Eva ries that Mrs. Frankfurt’s friend and a Duncaster Road
(Alexander) Frankfurt was born and educated in Berlin. neighbor, Lois Hager, retyped for her on a computer.
The couple married there in 1938, and immediately went “Writing to others and about others was a very important
to live in Sweden where Dr. Frankfurt’s work as a part of her life,” Mrs. Kendall continues, noting that Mrs.
chemist took them. Frankfurt corresponded with more than a dozen friends
They immigrated to the United States in 1941, settling around the country until her death in February, 2008 at
in New York City before moving to Rhode Island. An inter- age 94.
net search reveals that in 1945 Dr. Frankfurt, as an
Nancy Carolyn Greene Rosa Anne Grosvenor Fund (1942) Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Endowment Fund (2007) (DA) (FoI) Gwinner Fund for Economic
Greenhalgh Charitable Fund
for the support of RI organizations Development (2001) (FoI)
and institutions engaged in humane
(1971) (Unr) educational work or in the prevention of Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Gregson Foundation (2002) (DA) cruelty to children and to animals and/or Gwinner Fund for Education
to assist in the support of hospitals and (2001) (FoI)
Gregson Fund (1975) (Unr) other charitable institutions in Rhode Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Griffiths Family Fund (1999) (Unr) Island, excepting the Rhode Island
Gwinner Charitable Fund (2001)
Hospital.
William Grimshaw Fund (2002) (Unr)
(DA) Gudoian Family Fund (2005) (DA)
Barbara S. Gwynne Shakespeare’s
Madeline Guida Memorial Fund Head Garden Fund (1995)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Christine T. Grinavic Adventurer's
Fund (2007) (2007) for maintenance of the Garden
to supplement the income for the Michael for support of St. Jude's Children's
Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Ann W. Hack Memorial Fund
P. Metcalf Memorial Fund awards, for (1996)
scholarships and grants to promote growth Lynn M. Gunzberg Fund (2002) for the Woonsocket YMCA
through travel for Planned Parenthood to prevent teen
pregnancy Mrs. Jeannette Hamilton Hadley
Bessie Grossman Memorial Fund Fund (1981)
(1966) (Unr) Florence Kennan Gurney Fund for the John Hope Settlement House
Herschel and Suzanne Grossman (1972) (Unr)
Carolyn B. Haffenreffer
Fund for Assisting Immigrants Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E. Endowment Fund for the
(1995) (DA) Gwinner Fund (2001) Providence Preservation Society
for scholarships to three colleges and for (1986)
Kent Hospital for the Society
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Glocester Heritage shares the organization’s accomplishments through the
Society Endowment years, including the restoration of its headquarters, the
Fund 1813 Job Armstrong Store at 1181 Putnam Pike on
The Glocester Heritage Society Chepachet’s Main Street.
was established “to identify, “This was the largest of 13 dry goods and grocery
acquire, hold, arrange, restore, stores in Chepachet in the early 1800s. Of course
maintain, and preserve for posterity buildings, tracts of they’re all gone now, but back then old trading centers
land and objects of historical, educational, architectural, like Chepachet were the ‘hub of the wheel’ with folks
cultural, and other similar interests of outstanding value coming to town to trade from communities a day’s travel
within the Town of Glocester, RI.” At the same time, away,” Ms. Kent explains.
members of the 42-year-old Society are working to pre- Among other notable projects was the restoration of
serve something else: the organization itself. the 1867 Evans School House, numerous historic hous-
“Rose LaVoie (past GHS president) initiated and insist- es saved from demolition, and the Society’s current
ed on the importance of this endowment,” says Edna undertaking, the restoration of the Dr. Reuben Mason
Kent, the Society’s current president. “Our members House at 1043 Putnam Pike in Chepachet. The Society
agree that we need this income (that the endowment will intends to create a Dorr Rebellion Museum within the
generate) to help maintain our buildings.” 1747 Mason House to commemorate the effort led by
The income will supplement membership fees and Thomas Dorr in 1842 to extend voting rights to every
fundraising events that run the gamut from house and free man in Rhode Island. At the time, voting was limited
garden tours to plant and food sales, and from Heritage to land owners.
Day to Peddlers’ Faire and Candlelight Shopping, all of “Glocester is an old town. There is so much history
which support the Society’s work. here…and we’ve had some wonderful support to help
Leafing through the yellowed pages of a decades-old preserve it,” Ms. Kent says, concluding with the hope
scrapbook, Ms. Kent, a founding member of the Society, that the momentum will continue.
Haffenreffer Family Fund (1987) Chester W. Ham Memorial Fund Harriet Kean Harrington Fund
supporting organization (2008) (Unr) (1998) (DA)
Haffenreffer Seaconnet Point William S. Hamilton Fund (2005) Ernest A. Harris Memorial Fund
Fund (1988) (DA) for need based scholarships at Hermon- (1999) (Unr)
Dekalb Central School, Brown University to
Arnold H. Hahn, Jr. Memorial be given in the name of Matthew Hamilton, 5 Dr. Daniel S. and Dorothy J.
Fund (2005) Rhode Island College, and Community Harrop Fund (2008) (DA)
to support St. Patrick Church Mary House College of Rhode Island
Ministry for its annual holiday meal Louise Hartwell Fund (1978)
ministries Hemingway Hamlin Fund (1993) to support St. Elizabeth Home and Meeting
(Unr) Street Center
Mary Kimball Hail Fund (2004)
to Friends of the Music Mansion Hemingway Hamlin Family Fund Harvard Business School
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
(1993) Association of Southeastern New
Thomas B. and Virginia Ann England (HBSA-SNE) Fund (2004)
for six organizations
Haire Memorial Fund (1991) (DA)
for the Little Compton Nursing Association Raleigh Alexis Hamlin Fund
(2004) (DA) Warren and Elizabeth Haskell
Haire Family Fund (2003) (FoI) Memorial Fund (1984)
to support three issues: employment of Roland Hammond Fund (1979) for the Rhode Island Arthritis Foundation,
the blind and others with disabilities, (Unr) In-Sight, and Eastern Star (O.E.S.) Home of
coronary artery disease, and allergy
Percy A. Harden Fund (1953) (Unr) Rhode Island
research
Rachel R. Harper and Philip R. Elizabeth Haskell Fund (1984)
Halkyard Family Fund (2000) for Order of Rainbow for Girls, RI Assembly
(DA) Harper Fund (2000) (FoI)
to support the protection and improvement Danielle and Michael Haxton
Lawrence L. Hall Fund (1996) of the environment and to improve the Family Fund (2006) (DA)
for Courthouse Center for the Arts lives of women and children in need
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5 Alice D. Hayes Fund (2008) (Unr) Governor Stephen Hopkins House Paul W. Hunger Memorial Fund
Caroline Hazard Fund (1977) Capital Expenditure Fund (2000) (2000) (DA)
for the Gilbert Stuart Memorial Governor Stephen Hopkins House Dorothy H.W. Hunt Fund (1971)
Peyton R. Hazard Fund (1964) Endowment Fund (2000) (FoI)
for upkeep of the House to promote interracial relationships
(FoI)
support for services in Jamestown & 5 Hopkinton Land Trust Dorothy H.W. Hunt-Clarence H.
Newport Conservation Stewardship Philbrick Fund (1971)
Thomas P. Hazard Fund (1982) Endowment (2008) to the Urban League for scholarships
(FoI) to the Town of Hopkinton for stewardship
Harrison Barrows Huntoon Fund
for charitable needs relating to South of land owned or managed by Hopkinton
Land Trust
(1991) (DA)
Kingstown
Albert E. Horton Fund (1968) Phyllis Huston Fund (2005)
Healing Ribbons Fund (2004) (DA) for The Fund for Urban Collaborative
(Unr) Accelerated Program in Providence(UCAP)
Henry Heffernan Fund (1998)
(Unr) Hough Family Fund (2007) (DA) Emanuel Iacoletti and Harriet K.
Lucille A. Moore Hennessey Fund Florrimon Howe Trusts (1992) Iacoletti Fund (2003) (Unr)
(2002) (Unr) Fanny T. Ingalls Fund (1973)
for youth activities at First Baptist Church, Anne King Howe Fund (1963) (Unr)
Pawtucket for cancer activities at RI Hospital
George A & Evelyn M. Ingleby
Frank T. and Isabelle Oram Cornelia Howell Fund in Memory Fund (1995)
Hertell Fund (1971) (Unr) of Helen Howell & Fred A. Otis for 11 organizations
Kenneth N. & Judith Brand Hill (1989) (Unr) 5 Initiative for Nonprofit
Fund for Grace Church in Cornelia Howell Fund in Memory Excellence Fund (2008)
Providence (1996) of Helen Howell and Fred A. Otis for the Rhode Island Foundation's Initiative
for the church (1989) for Nonprofit Excellence (see story page 10.)
Hinckley, Allen and Snyder Fund to five named agencies Interfaith Health Care Ministries
(2003) (DA) Howland Family Foundation Endowment Fund (1998)
(1985) (DA) for IHCM
Barry and Kathleen Hittner Fund
(2002) (DA) Alice M. Howland Fund (1944) 5 International House of Rhode
Andrew R. Hoban Memorial (FoI) Island - Rooke Fund (2008)
for education for the International House of Rhode Island
Scholarship Fund (2004)
for North Kingstown students attending URI Alice M. Howland Fund (1944) Joyce Ioanes Mental Health
Gilbert and Olga Hoffman Fund for Hope Association Memorial Fund (2007) (DA)
(2006) Allen H. Howland Fund (1978) Brian R. Irvine Fund (1997) (FoI)
for St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic for the Greater Providence YMCA for scholarships and health care
Church, Fall River
Allen and Katharine Howland- David C. Isenberg Family Fund
Louise A. Hoge Fund in Memory Gammell Family Fund (2003) (DA) (2007) (DA)
of Wallace W. Hoge (1990) (Unr)
Janet Howland and Jay Gorud Island Free Library Endowment
Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Family Fund (2003) (DA) Fund (2003)
Island Endowment Fund (1993) for the library
for Home and Hospice Care John and Carol Howland Family
Fund (2003) (DA) Israel-Frumson Family Fund
Ann Hood Fund for Creative (2005) (DA)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Writing (2006) (DA) Peter Howland Family Fund
(2003) (DA) Harry Itchkawich Memorial
Edith R. Hood Fund (1968) (Unr) Scholarship Fund (1998)
Howland Swan Fund (2006) (DA) for Westerly High School scholarships
Hope Alzheimer’s Center
Endowment Fund (2005) Katharine F. Hubbard and Barbara P. Jackson Fund (1980)
for the organization Josephine H. Williams Fund (Unr)
(1959)
Herbert E. Hopkins Fund (1980) for the RI Chapter American Cancer Society Benjamin M. Jackson Fund (1945)
(FoI) and United Way of Rhode Island (Unr)
for health care, medical research and
environmental protection Buell W. Hudson Memorial Fund S. Lee Jackson and Dorothy M.
(1979) (Unr) Jackson Fund (1976) (Unr)
Herbert E. Hopkins Fund (1980)
(FoI) Hudson Family Fund (2001) (FoI) Madeleine C. Jackson Fund (1979)
for medical research for northern Rhode Island, with an (Unr)
emphasis on health care
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Dr. Daniel S. and parents. Mrs. Harrop died in 2008.
Dorothy J. Harrop Dr. and Mrs. Harrop maintained strong ties to the
Fund Ocean State even after moving to Florida, socializing with
Rhode Islanders born and longtime Rhode Island friends who also retired to Naples.
bred, Daniel and Dorothy Dr. Harrop, III, one of five siblings raised by their par-
Harrop were lifelong philanthro- ents in West Warwick, where the elder Dr. Harrop prac-
pists determined that their ticed family medicine for 42 years in the house where he
grandchildren would learn the was born, recalls accompanying his father on rounds at
value of charitable giving. They established this donor Kent County Memorial Hospital Sunday mornings after
advised fund at the Foundation to “teach the grandchil- mass. “Dad, who studied physical diagnosis in Vienna
dren to honor the family’s commitment to charity,” after World War II, was considered a top diagnostician at
according to their eldest son, Dr. Daniel S. Harrop, III. the hospital. I will never forget his array of stetho-
“Mom and dad saw this as a way for the next generation scopes!” Mrs. Harrop ran her husband’s practice and
to remain close, by together choosing organizations to was an active volunteer with the Hospital auxiliary.
assist. They deliberately did not dictate the recipients.” Education was strongly emphasized in their home.
A Providence College graduate, Daniel Harrop, Jr. “They were insistent that we not work except during sum-
received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson mers – when you were going to school you were expected
University in Philadelphia. He met Dorothy Harrop in to concentrate on your studies,” notes Dr. Harrop, who
1951, at the Veterans Medical Center, where he directed along with his sister Dr. Pamela Harrop followed in their
the general medical unit and she was ward secretary. father’s footsteps. Both Dr. Harrop and his brother,
Married nearly 50 years when Dr. Harrop died in 2002, Kevin, a local architect, attended Bishop Hendricken High
they retired to Naples, Florida in 1992. Two daughters, School, where today, a state-of-the-art theater bears the
Susan and Deborah, moved to Florida to be near their Harrop name.
Jamestown Community Fund Jasper Fund for the Care and Robert and Margaret McColl
(2001) (FoI) Rescue of Animals (2000) (DA) Johnson Fellowship Fund (2003)
to benefit activities in the town
JDM Fund (1998) (FoI)
for fellowships in literature, music
Jamestown Fund for the for scholarships for Rhode Island School
composition, and visual arts
Performing Arts (1983) (FoI) for the Deaf students
for performing arts in Jamestown
Ellen M. Jecoy Memorial Fund Johnston Lions Armand Muto
Jamestown Historical Society (2002) Scholarship Fund (1985) (FoI)
for scholarships to residents of Johnston
Endowment Fund (2007) for St. Bernard’s Church in North
to the Society to collect, preserve, and Kingstown Jonnycake Center Fund (2005)
share with others the heritage of for the Peace Dale organization
Mary M. Jennings Fund(1996)
Jamestown
(DA) Elsie I. Jordan Fund (2006)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Jamestown Historical Society for the Central Baptist Church of Westerly
Anna E. Johnson Fund (1978)
Mary R. Miner Archives Fund Michael and Jane Joukowsky
(FoI)
(2007) toward services for the elderly and Fund (2001) (DA)
for care and management of the Society's
incurably ill
manuscripts/books etc. Herbert Kaplan Fund for the
Elizabeth Arnold Johnson Historic Association of Fundraising
Jamestown Historical Society
Trust (2004) (DA) Professionals, RI Chapter (1996)
Windmill Endowment Fund
for professional advancement scholarships
(2006) Robert and Margaret McColl
for the maintenance, preservation, and Johnson Fund (2003) Peter Kaplan Memorial Fund for
operation of the Old Jamestown Windmill for Steere House, the Scandinavian Home, Gordon School (1996)
the MacColl Studio of Electronic Music at for the school
Jamestown Philomenian Library Brown, Smith College, Hospice Care of
Endowment Fund (1996) Rhode Island, and the Little Compton
for the library Nursing Association
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Alice D. Hayes Fund time of her death, her nearest relative was Arthur
Born in Augusta, ME, Alice Dawson, a first cousin, twice removed. “She was more
D. Hayes was stationed like a great aunt,” he explains of the woman he refers to
throughout the country during as “very independent…with a very independent life.
her 30-year career in the US “She had a good sense of humor and was really just
Navy. According to Rebecca amazing. She lived in a third story walk-up until she was
Book, whose late mother 92,” he shares.
attended Wheelock College Her Navy service, from 1942 to 1972, resulted in
with Miss Hayes in the early 1930s, Miss Hayes worked numerous commendations which, according to her
as a “Rosie the Riveter” at a base in Hawaii during World Providence Journal obituary, included the American
War II and later served as social secretary to a rear Theatre, WWII Victory, Asiatic-Pacific, National Defense
admiral in Virginia. Among her numerous other posts, Service, and seven Good Conduct Medals.
she was stationed at Rhode Island’s Naval Air Station “I think she made a good life for herself,” Mr. Dawson
Quonset Point during the 1960s. notes, with Mrs. Book recalling her love of the theatre,
Of that time, Mrs. Book recalls, “She let me drive her knitting, cats, and reading. “She had a very active mind
car when I was just learning to drive. She always named and was fiercely independent. She didn’t need a man to
her cars. That one was Black Beauty.” make life complete for her. She was very capable…And
She remembers, too, times her family spent summer she loved Rhode Island.”
vacations at the Hayes’ summer house on Lake It is her love for Rhode Island which will forever be
Cobbosseecontee near Augusta. “She had a lot of happy honored through this unrestricted fund.
memories there,” Mrs. Book explains.
Having never married, Miss Hayes, who died in May
2007 at age 100, left no direct descendents. At the
Peter Kaplan Memorial Fund for Amelia M. and Minnie E. Kelley Daniel A. and Jennifer R. King
Trinity Rep (1997) Fund (1983) (Unr) Fund (2008) (DA)
to benefit Trinity Rep
Ellen Williams Kenerson Judith Alperin King and Timothy
Karibian Family Fund (2000) Memorial Fund (1968) (FoI) King Fund (2000) (DA)
(Unr) for the betterment of children and youths
Martin Luther King Jr.
Richard Katzoff Fund (1990) (DA) Sylvia & Frederick Kenner Fund Scholarship Endowment Fund
Stephen M. Kaufman Memorial (1996) (Unr) (2001)
for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charitable
Fund (1999) (DA) Kiernan-Fallon Fund (1993)
Scholarship Golf Fund for scholarships
for Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas for
John H. and Alberta C. Kazanjian scholarships King’s Daughters and Sons
Fund (2003) (FoI)
Scholarship Fund (1978)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for nonprofit organizations located in and Jennie M. Kiernan Fund (1984)
for post-secondary scholarships
serving Newport (FoI)
Lester B. and Linda D. Keats
for scholarships to students of Blackstone Joseph J. and Lillian A. Kirby
Valley high schools Fund (1998) (DA)
Fund (1991) (DA)
Mari Killilea Memorial Paul and Nancy Klotz Community
Peter M. Keefe Junior Golf Scholarship Fund (1988)
Memorial Fund (2002) Fund (2004) (DA)
to the Urban Collaborative Accelerated
for junior golf at Button Hole Golf Program to award a scholarship Paul and Nancy Klotz Fund (1979)
Margaret H. C. Keiler Memorial (Unr)
John B. & Ruth L. Kilton Fund
Fund in Memory of Edmund H. (1997) (FoI) Susie Brown Kochhan Memorial
Keiler (1992) to assist children, the elderly, and animals Music Fund (1999)
for Grace Church for the First Baptist Church, Wickford,
Horace A. and S. Ella Kimball music program
Edward D. Keith Fund (1949) (Unr) Fund (1944) (Unr)
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Hopkinton At the same time, the couple issued a challenge of
Land Trust their own: their foundation will match qualified gifts to
Conservation the CSC for which the donor has designated Hopkinton
Stewardship Land Trust for the CSC challenge match. The Wood’s
Endowment match will be made to the CSC and they will designate
At a meeting last
Hopkinton Land Trust as recipient of the CSC match.
fall of The Nature
With this series of matches, a donor’s original gift is mul-
Conservancy, Edward Wood learned of the establishment
tiplied four-fold.
of the Conservation Stewardship Collaborative (CSC)
“I thought it was a good way to leverage foundation
Endowment at The Rhode Island Foundation and the
money. I’m thinking foundation stuff all the time and
resulting challenge match issued by an anonymous
leveraging funds is always on my mind,” says Wood, who
donor. “During the meeting,” explains the Conservancy
currently works as special advisor to the chairman of the
board member, “I started doodling some ideas and real-
Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative.
ized there was a real opportunity to leverage small dona-
Wood earlier held numerous positions in Rhode Island,
tions into a significant amount of money. By the end of
including five years as director of the Department of
the meeting, I knew I wanted to do something for the
Environmental Management. “The land trust movement is
Hopkinton Land Trust. It just clicked with me.”
very important across the country and especially in
The “something” the Hopkinton Land Trust member
Rhode Island. And in Hopkinton, people long have been
and his wife, Linda, did was make a contribution through
concerned with retaining forests and open space.”
their private foundation, the Brightman Hill Charitable
Speaking of the Borderlands project on the Rhode
Fund, to the CSC endowment. They directed that the
Island/Connecticut border, he notes proudly, “We
match be used to establish this fund for the stewardship
(Hopkinton) are part of the largest continuous area of
of land owned or managed by the Hopkinton Land Trust.
forested land between Boston and Washington, DC.”
Korean War Memorial Fund Ella M. Lapham Fund (1933) (Unr) Louis Leone Fund (1998)
(2004) Alice W. Larchar Fund (1981) (Unr)
for Westerly Hospital and United Cerebral
for the perpetual upkeep of the Memorial Palsy for Westerly area children
Laurans Fund (1979) (Unr) Irving M. and Pauline L. Leven
Krause Family Fund (1994) (DA)
Jerrold L. and Barbara S. Lavine Fund (2001)
Katherine Bryer Krueger Fund
Philanthropic Fund (2003) (DA) to support the educational efforts of the
(1991) Rhode Island Audubon Society
for Rhode Island College for music major Isabelle Lawrence Fund (1992)
scholarships (FoI) Irving H. Levin Fund (2007)
to benefit libraries to provide camp scholarships to needy or
Ladies Auxiliary of the Bristol underprivileged children at Camp JORI,
Volunteer Fire Department Fund 5 Lawrence, Allen, Singleteary YMCA of Pawtucket, and San Miguel
(1982) (FoI) Scholarship Fund (2008) (FOI)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
School
for scholarships for children of Bristol for scholarships for seniors at either Hope
firefighters High School or Central High School Frederick N. and Carol J. Levinger
Fund (2003) (DA)
A. Lloyd Lagerquist Fund (2003) 5 Letcher Family Fund (2008)
for Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Boy (DA) 5 Mario M. Libutti Memorial
Scouts of America – Narragansett Council, Fund (2008)
Boys & Girls Club of East Providence, and
Alvina Legere Fund (2004) (FoI) for scholarships at Brown University, Bryant
to benefit Rhode Island’s sight-impaired College, or URI
Nature Conservancy
Bruce Lang Good Government Robert H. Lenth Scholarship Alice Gertrude Lothrop Lincoln
Fund of RI (2006) (DA) Fund (1998) Fund (1959)
for scholarships for Ponaganset High for five Woonsocket agencies
Langevin Family Trust (1990) (DA) School
Marjorie H. and Clinton J. Lind
Harold A. Lanphear Fund (1977) Barbara M. Leonard Fund (1986) Memorial Fund (2001) (Unr)
(Unr) (DA)
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International House the windows would not open!” She recalls that at her
of Rhode Island – first board meeting a hat was passed to help pay the
Rooke Fund electric bill. Her Christmas gift one year from Sandy was
When Robert L. Rooke, an enlarged paved parking lot.
an early limited partner of During her tenure as board chair from 1986 to 2008
Merrill Lynch, saw how hard Mrs. McCulloch led fundraising efforts that raised almost
his daughter, Dotty McCulloch, was working to help one half million dollars from foundations and many others
advance a community center for international visitors to committed to IHRI and the restoration of the historic house.
Rhode Island, he surprised her by donating the funds to Today international visitors, primarily graduate students,
complete the purchase of the International House of faculty members, and their families from Brown, RISD, and
Rhode Island’s (IHRI) current home on Stimson Avenue Johnson & Wales from upwards of 90 foreign countries
in Providence from Brown University in 1986. Later by make constant use of IHRI programs and resources.
bequests he and his wife created a permanent endow- More than 200 volunteers assist new visitors with advice
ment subsequently added to by Dotty and her husband, on housing, access to social services, transportation, and
Norman “Sandy” McCulloch (former chairman of The more. A host family program links students with local
Rhode Island Foundation board of directors), to provide families and IHRI offers ESL and foreign language classes,
operating support in perpetuity to the organization. The pot-luck lunches, ethnic-themed dinners and lectures, field
Rooke fund bears witness to Mr. Rooke’s commitment trips, and a grand Thanksgiving dinner.
to sharing his investment success with others through Mrs. McCulloch notes, “Our goal is to foster
philanthropy. international understanding and friendship. It works
But purchasing the house was just the beginning. Mrs. both ways – visitors return to their countries with a
McCulloch describes a state of “terrible disrepair” and warmer appreciation of their stay in RI, and we gain
exclaims, “One chimney blew down to the parking lot and greater appreciation of their traditions.”
Linden Place Endowment Fund Little Compton Playground Fund Edith S.S. Loebs Fund (1981) (DA)
(2003) (1988) R.M. Logan Hospice Fund (2005)
for the organization for the playground
(DA)
Frederick Lippitt Memorial Fund Little Compton United
James J. Longolucco Scholarship
(2006) Congregational Church Fund
Fund (1995)
for the First Unitarian Church of Providence (1981) for scholarships for Westerly High seniors
for maintenance of the church
Frederick Lippitt Endowment/
George W. Lothrop Fund (1970)
Woonasquatucket River Little Compton United
(FoI)
Watershed (2005) Congregational Church Fund for services benefitting North Smithfield
for the Woonasquatucket River Watershed (2007) and Woonsocket
Council for maintenance of the church's building
Lovett Fund (1979)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Lippitt Hill Tutorial Founders Royal Little Memorial Fund for the Wheeler School
Fund (1988) (1994) (FoI)
for Volunteers in Providence Schools for nonprofits in South County Michael F. Lovett Scholarship
Fund (1994)
Lucy Lippitt Fund (1961) (Unr) Stanley & Martha Livingston for scholarships for North Smithfield High
Mary Ann Lippitt Memorial Fund Fund (1997) (DA) School graduates
(2007) Annie Mary Livsey Fund (1987) Edgar J. Lownes Memorial Fund
to the First Unitarian Church of Providence to the town of West Warwick to help defray (1955) (Unr)
for the maintenance of or acquisitions for the costs of maintaining the buildings that
the church building or grounds house the former Crompton Library so long Raymond J. Loynds Memorial
Arthur B. and Martha B. Lisle as said building(s) house the Annie Mary Fund (2004)
Livsey Room and provide library, historical to Cumberland High School for
Fund (1968) (FoI) and/or educational programs scholarships
for charities that serve the people of
Warwick
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Lawrence, Allen, When the Episcopal Diocese no longer needed it, Mr.
Singleteary Lawrence explains of the founders, “They pooled their
Scholarship Fund money and bought it with their own funds.”
“Just give it to the Arthur Lawrence worked for 25 years as a mechanic at
kids…let’s do some good Electric Boat. He and his wife, Ruby, have lived in the
with this money,” Charles same house in Providence’s south side for more than 60
Lawrence remembers his years. Mac Allen is the Lawrence’s son-in-law. He and his
grandfather, Arthur wife, Dorothy, moved to South Carolina in the 1980s. Lila
Lawrence, saying of the proceeds from the now demol- “Mother” Singleteary lived across the street from the
ished Church of God in Jesus Christ which the elder Lawrence family. “She was the glue holding the church
Lawrence founded in 1952 with Mac Allen and Lila together,” Charles Lawrence recalls. She died in 1991 at
Singleteary. age 93.
Located at 900 Eddy Street in Providence’s south end, “With her death, the congregation getting older, and
the church had an active congregation for three decades. people moving away, the church just couldn’t survive,” he
“The church is a big part of the Black community. It adds continues.
a real sense of community,” Charles Lawrence explains, The Eddy Street church closed its doors and the building
recalling that his aunts were in the choir and that the fell into disrepair; it was demolished in 2006. Although
church would attract “a couple of hundred people on a sad about the demise of the church, the younger Lawrence
Sunday morning.” notes with pride the significance of this permanent scholar-
Built in 1888 by renowned architect William R. Walker ship fund for graduating seniors and graduates of
– whose granddaughter, the late Helen Walker Raleigh, Providence’s Hope and Central high schools. “This puts
established several endowments at the Foundation – the the Lawrence name on something great and gives my
building originally was home to Christ Episcopal Church. grandfather a wonderful legacy,” he concludes.
Fordyce Remsen Lozier & Mary William M. and Louise Barr Thomas H. Maren-Leon and
Williams Horr Lozier Fund (1993) Mackenzie Fund (1975) (Unr) Barbara Goldstein Fund (2006)
(FoI) James and Jean Schofield Madden (DA)
scholarships for Sigma Chi fraternity
Family Fund (2000) (DA) Attilio Margarita Memorial
Edna P. Lumb Fund (1967) (Unr) Scholarship Fund (2001)
Sally Wing Madeira Memorial
for Shea High School seniors
Edward G. Lund Fund (1993) Fund (1988) (FoI)
for The First Unitarian Church of Providence for programs assisting women and children Alita C. Marks Endowment Fund
Maria Lyssikatos Scholarship Virginia T. Madeira Fund (1982) (2005) (FoI)
for literacy and adult education
Fund (2007) for the United Way of Rhode Island
to the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
Elizabeth Ann Magee Memorial Barry A. Marks Fund for RI
for scholarships Council for the Humanities (1984)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Fund (1964)
Cynthia M. Macarchuk Donor for the Council
to the RI Council of Resource Providers for
Advised Fund (2008) (DA) scholarships for state wards Martland Selby Bell Choir Fund
Mary K. and Norman A. MacColl MaGown Roberts Endowment (2002)
for the Bell Choir of Woodbury Union
Fund (1967) (Unr) Fund (1999)
Presbyterian in Warwick
for scholarships for RI Air National
MacColl Benevolent Fund (1973) Guardsmen and their families Mary A. Mason Fund (1971) (FoI)
(Unr) for underprivileged children
Gustaf T. Malmstead Fund (1996)
Commander Michael MacDonald for five organizations Stanley H. Mason Fund (1979)
Fund (1982) (FoI) to benefit the Providence Animal Rescue
toward programs for boys Mandell Family Fund (2006) (DA)
League
Ronald K. and Kati C. Machtley Michael Marcogliese Scholarship
Fund (2007) (DA) Fund (1989) (FoI)
for scholarships in the jewelry field
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Letcher Family Fund Chair of the Mission Board of Kingston Congregational
Kingston residents Stephen and Bettina (Tina) Letcher Church, Tina participated in a Habitat for Humanity in
have philanthropic interests as close to home as the Mexico trip, and traveled to Russia during the cold war
Kingston Chamber Music Festival and as far away as as a “peace emissary” through the Rhode Island
Chiapas, Mexico, where her church is sponsoring a Conference of the United Church of Christ. Stephen and
shelter for indigenous street children. Their volunteer Tina also journeyed to Belarus with the now-defunct
activities follow the same local/global pattern. Bridges for Peace, and more recently they visited
Stephen is a mentor and on the board of South Chiapas in Mexico through Elderhostel.
Kingstown CARES, a group that helps the school system Born and raised in Illinois, Stephen taught physics at
connect resources for students’ educational success. the University of Rhode Island for 40 years, retiring in
“It’s important because all these kids (in the program) 2003. Tina, born and raised in Rochester, NY, worked
are needy for one reason or another, usually because of at the Providence Public Library, edited the Northeast
family problems,” he explains. Journal, earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of
He also is a founding board member and treasurer of Rhode Island, and taught creative writing at URI and at
the 20-year-old Kingston Chamber Music Festival. “It the Adult Correctional Institute before joining WCALC.
takes quite a bit of time, but it’s a valuable community The Letchers have two grown children, Ben and Abby,
resource,” he notes. and three grandchildren.
Tina is a volunteer tutor for the Washington County Through this donor advised fund, they will be able to
Adult Learning Center (WCALC), where she worked for support both their local interests and US-based
more than a decade. “It was getting so sad. I felt I did nonprofits that address their international concerns.
as much social work as English language teaching,” she
says, referring to the problems of immigrants in the
population the Center serves.
Rose Grinnell Matteson Audubon Marian S. McAuslan & Frederic T. Mary E. McCulloch Fund (1989)
Society of RI Fund (2008) McAuslan Endowment Fund for the International House of Rhode Island
to the Audubon Society of RI for (2006) Gloria McDonald Fund (1996)
maintenance of Fisherville Brook and for the American Heart Association,
Wildlife Refuge and Touisset Marsh
(FoI)
American Cancer Society, National
for services to current or former female
Parkinson Foundation, and South County
Rose Grinnell Matteson Fund prison inmates
Hospital Health Care System
(1966) (Unr) Gloria McDonald Fund for St.
5 Charles E. and Agnes J.
Rose Grinnell Matteson/Exeter Mary’s Church (2003)
McCarthy Memorial Scholarship
Fund (1990) for St. Mary's Church, Cranston
for the town’s fire fighting and rescue and
Fund (2008)
for scholarships at Rogers High School J. Irving McDowell Fund (1995)
library services
for the Brown University Division of Biology
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Duncan H. and Louise Safe Arthur McCartney Fund (1965) & Medicine
Mauran Fund (1986) (DA) (Unr)
Joseph T. and Rose P. McHale
Edmund and Janet Mauro Button Ted McConnon Scholarship Fund Fund (1988) (DA)
Hole Scholarship Fund (2004) (1999)
for scholarships to graduates of Tolman Thomas P. and Katherine A.
for children’s scholarships for Button
High School McHale Fund (1990) (DA)
Hole’s golf programs
Norman E. and Dorothy R. Anna Louise McInerney Fund
Cheryl Smith Mayhew Westerly
McCulloch Fund (1994) (FoI) (1982)
High School Athletic Scholarship for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth
for education
(2005) Orchestra, the Young People’s Symphony of
for an athletic scholarship from the school Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. and RI, and the Providence Business and
Maxwell Mays Fund (1999) (DA) Dorothy Rooke McCulloch Fund Professional Women’s Club
for St. John's Church (2008)
for St. John's Church, Barrington
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Washington Oaks/Reverend J. Harold Monroe, Jr. Scholarship Major Jeremiah P. Murphy
McIntire Fund (2004) (FoI) Fund (1993) Scholarship Fund (2006) (FoI)
for youth needs for North Smithfield School Department for for scholarships for children of active,
scholarships retired or deceased Providence police
H. Stanford McLeod Fund (1993) officers
(Unr) Heidi Keller Moon Fund (2001)
(DA) Catherine T. Murray Scholarship
McQue Fund (2005) (DA) Fund (1994)
Moore Fund (1998) (Unr)
Bishop Russell J. McVinney Fund for the Ocean State Center for
for the Poor (1988) Moore Fund (1998) Independent Living
for the Catholic Diocese of Providence for for St. Thomas Church and Greenville
Museum of Primitive Art and
the needy Public Library
Culture Fund (1998)
Gladys and Raymond W. Mellor Nora Wood Moore Memorial for the museum
Fund (1983) Scholarship Fund (2004) Museum of Primitive Art and
for the Greater Providence YMCA, the for scholarships to Tiverton High School
graduates
Culture/Wallace Campbell III
Church of the Transfiguration, Cranston,
and the Edgewood-Pawtuxet Food Closet
Endowment Fund (2005)
Alice L. Moran Fund (1956) (Unr) for the organization
Gladys and Raymond W. Mellor Mary Morello Fund (2006) (DA) Musica Dolce Endowment Fund
Fund (1987)
for multiple organizations Al Morro Classical Varsity Club (2006)
Scholarship Fund (1965) for the organization
Joseph B. Merrick Fund (1987) for scholarships for male and female
to purchase books for Cranston libraries
Colin Myers Memorial Fund
scholar athletes at Classical (2004) (DA)
Merrylegs Fund (1988) (FoI) Al Morro Fund for Academic and
toward horseback riding for Emma L. Myrick Memorial Fund
physically/mentally handicapped persons
Athletic Excellence (1986) (1938)
for outstanding student athletes at for the RI Society for the Prevention of
Alice Butts Metcalf Fund (1945) Classical, Mt. Pleasant, and Central high Cruelty to Children, RI Society for
for Rhode Island School of Design for schools, and at Boston College, and for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Family
scholarships Blessed Sacrament Rectory Welfare Society and the Providence
Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Fund Al Morro Awards Fund (1997) Community Fund
(1959) (Unr) for recognition awards for Classical High John C. Myrick Fund (1997)
School students and staff for Providence College
Jesse H. Metcalf Fund (1916) (Unr)
Judy Morse Fund (1990) Narragansett Public Library
Michael P. Metcalf Memorial Fund for URI to support the RI School
(1989) (FoI) Endowment Fund (1996)
Psychology Association for the Library
for scholarships and grants to promote
personal growth through travel 5 Lestor F. Morse and Beatrice R. Narrow River Preservation
Morse Memorial Fund (2008) Association/John Elder Dick
Friends of the Middletown Public for Easter Seal Society of Rhode Island
Library Endowment Fund (2003) Endowment Fund (2004)
for the Library Rev. Phyllis Morse Memorial Fund for the Association
(1992) Narrow River Preservation
John Manchester Miller Fund for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for
(1998) Association/ Carl W. Otto
seminarians’ education
for St. John’s Lodge No. 1, F&A.M. Endowment Fund (2007)
Stanley T. and Grace W. Moskwa for the Association
Jean Smith Mills Memorial Fund Fund (1999) (FoI)
(2006) Dorothy D. Nelle Fund (1994)
to support the training of medical
for Central Baptist Church of Westerly (Unr)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
professionals
Arthur and Martha Milot Fund Mount Hope Farm Endowment Jane S. Nelson Fund (1994) (DA)
(1990) Fund (2007) Bernard and Doris Nemtzow Fund
for the United Way of Rhode Island to support the Mount Hope Trust in Bristol (2007)
Mitchell Family Fund (1985) (DA) Mullaney Fund (1997) to Touro Synagogue Foundation, for the
Slom Scholarship, Child and Family
MJSA Education Foundation for Classical High School and Holy Name
Services of Newport County, James L.
Scholarship Fund (1989) (FoI) School graduates
Maher Center, and Newport Hospital
for scholarships in the jewelry field Mullen Family Fund (2001) (DA)
Jeraline N. Nerney Fund (2001)
Nasra and Abdullah Mogayzel and 5 Ellen S. Murphy Memorial (FoI)
Sons Fund (2007) Fund (2008) (DA) to assist public libraries
to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for the
Children's Center for Cystic Fibrosis
research and development
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Mario M. Libutti a cabinet maker and Erminia, a homemaker. Mr. Libutti
Memorial Fund attended public schools in Providence.
Recipients of scholarships from “He was a go-getter from a young age,” Ms. Franklin
the Mario M. Libutti Memorial Fund – says, detailing his early jobs as a teenage bicycle messen-
students attending Brown University, ger for Western Union, at Narragansett Race Track, and at
Bryant University, and the University a gas station before he entered the construction business.
of Rhode Island – will have an oppor- “Mario built just under 300 homes in Rhode Island,
tunity the fund’s namesake never mostly in the North Providence and Johnston area,” Ms.
had, the chance to obtain a college education. Franklin notes. One of those homes was built 52 years ago
“Mario thought education was important because he for Attorney Tallo’s mother-in-law, the attorney explains.
felt all people should have the opportunity to explore as In 1966, Mr. Libutti founded Town Asphalt Corporation
many fields as possible…to expand their horizons,” says in Johnston, a business he led until his retirement in
Richard C. Tallo, Esq., whom Mr. Libutti referred to in his 2002. “Mario was an extremely hardworking and consci-
will as “my lifelong friend and attorney.” entious businessman. He was keenly aware of things
Doris J. Franklin, Mr. Libutti’s companion for the 24 happening in the business community and was able to
years prior to his death in February, 2008 at age 87, benefit from them. He was an astute and savvy busi-
explains that as one of six children of immigrant parents, nessman,” Attorney Tallo recalls.
higher education was never a possibility for him. “He Mr. Libutti was an avid golfer and boater, and partici-
wanted to give this opportunity to those who had the pated in courses offered by the nonprofit United States
talent, but not the financial resources, to attend those Power Squadrons on boating, advanced piloting, and
schools,” Ms. Franklin shares. celestial navigation. He and Ms. Franklin traveled exten-
Born in Providence, Mr. Libutti was the son of Clorindo sively, including trips to England, Spain, Portugal,
and Erminia Libutti, both Italian immigrants. Clorindo was Switzerland, Canada, and Italy.
TGHS ’82 Renee Tetreault Newell Albert E. and Florence W. Newton North Kingstown Free Library
9/11 Scholarship Fund (2001) Fund (1973) (FoI) Corporation Second Century Fund
for a memorial scholarship from Toll Gate for scholarships to Rhode Island students (2008)
High School studying nursing to the North Kingstown Free Library for
capital projects and special projects in the
New England Wireless and Steam Alice Newton Fund (1984) (FoI)
area of children's services, technology, and
Museum Fund (2000) for research on cancer, stroke and heart
the library's local history collection.
for the Museum disease
Irene Nicholas Fund (2007) North Providence High School
Frederick J. & Ruth P. Newman
to The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Scholarship for Special
Fund (2005) (DA)
Norwich, CT, The Westerly Pawcatuck Opportunity (2006)
Selma and Arthur Newman Fund YMCA, The Watch Hill Improvement Society, for North Providence High School special
(2000) and the Westerly Hospital needs students to attend college
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for a scholarship for a Pawtucket resident
William Nicholas Scholarship North Smithfield Ambulance and
studying for a Masters Degree in social
work at Rhode Island College Fund (1999) Rescue Association Fund (2003)
for graduating seniors at Stonington (CT) (FoI)
Newport County Fund (2002) (FoI) High School to support charitable programs in North
for activities and organizations throughout Smithfield
Newport County Emily Nicholson Fund (1997)
(Unr) North Smithfield – Class of 1971
Newport Harbor Corporation Memorial Scholarship Fund
Fund (1983) (DA) North Kingstown Free Library (2004)
Corporation Fund (1996) for scholarships for North Smithfield High
Newport Public Library for the library
Endowment Fund (2004) School graduates
for the Library NSCDARI Endowment Fund
(2000)
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Charles E. and Agnes with cancer, Agnes showed great love and concern for
J. McCarthy Memorial others until the very end of her life. She was always so
Scholarship Fund strong. She was a source of inspiration.”
Charles and Agnes McCarthy Charles “Charlie” McCarthy was born in Newport in
and their daughter Danielle all 1946. He was a well-known master plumber in the
were born and raised in Newport, and all graduated from Newport area who not only knew his trade well, but also
Rogers High School. Now the family is giving back to their taught others along the way. He owned and operated the
alma mater. C.E. McCarthy Plumbing & Heating Company for more
Charles and Danielle established this scholarship fund than 20 years until 1998. He was a graduate of Rogers
in memory of Agnes after she lost her battle to cancer in High School, Class of 1966, and a member of the
2006. “My Mom didn’t have a lot of opportunities. She Plumber’s Association.
wanted me to have them growing up and now, through Mrs. Ward states, “Charlie is remembered for his
this scholarship fund, we’ll be giving opportunities for tough exterior, but good heart. He showed much courage
higher education to others,” Danielle Ward explains. in the final months of his life battling illness.” After he
Agnes (Gilman) McCarthy was born in Newport in 1955. passed away in August 2008, Danielle renamed this fund
She attended Newport public schools, graduating from to honor both of her parents.
Rogers in 1973. She then went to work at the US Naval “They were fabulous parents,” Mrs. Ward concludes of
War College in civil service and later at the Newport Naval the couple she’d like to see remembered “for their char-
Hospital where she advanced to the position of profession- acter and spirit.” This fund is a fitting tribute for a couple
al affairs coordinator with responsibility for the credential- whose names forever will be associated with scholar-
ing of naval doctors at Newport Hospital. ships for students at their long-ago alma mater.
Friends and family remember Agnes’ service and gen-
erous spirit. Mrs. Ward shares, “Even during her fight
NSCDARI Reinvestment Fund Daniel Patrick O’Neil Memorial Charlotte Orlowski-Eicher
(2000) Fund (2007) Memorial Fund (2005)
for the National Society of the Colonial to Lincoln High School for students in band for Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts,
Dames of America or chorus who have a passion and RI LISC Child Care Facilities Fund, and
commitment to music Sophia Academy
5 NSG Education Fund in Memory
of Ellen S. Murphy (2008) (FOI) Nick O’Neill Scholarship Fund for 5 Bernard and Henrietta O'Rourke
for the Newport County Fund for its grant All Children’s Theater (2004) Scholarship Fund (2008)(FOI)
making program for funding in the area of for the Theater for scholarships for Lincoln residents
education
Open Doors of Rhode Island, Inc., Naomi and Viola Osterman Fund
Bob and Terry Nugent Family Charitable Fund (1979) (1998)
Foundation (1992) (DA) for assistance to nursing home residents for the United Way of Rhode Island
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Robert C. Nyman Fund (1997) Ophelia Fund (2004) (DA) Joseph O’Neill Ott Fund (1994)
(DA) Walter M. Oppenheim Fund (1998) (FoI)
to preserve historical documents and
Virginia W. Nyman Fund (2005) (FoI) records
(DA) for scholarships in the jewelry field
Emily H. Paine Fund (1977) (Unr)
Oak Lawn Community Baptist Emma and Ely Oppenheimer
Church Living Memorial Fund Fund (1997) Julius and Jesse Richmond
(1987) for United Way of Rhode Island for low- Palmer Fund (1968)
for support of the church income Jewish causes and other charities to support the Beneficient Congregational
Church, Providence; Kent Hospital;
Marian G. O’Donnell Fund (1977) Mary and Pat O’Regan Fund RI Hospital and the United Way
(FoI) (1992)
for Newport to Rhode Island College for the Mary and Mary V. Palmer Memorial Fund
Pat O’Regan Scholarship (1970)
The Oliver Fund (2008) (DA) for the Senior Citizens Center in Newport
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Lester F. Morse & Beatrice R. Morse Beatrice (Birtwistle) Morse was born in Providence in
Memorial Fund 1899 and lived in Cranston most of her life. She was a
When Elizabeth Wyman, only child of Lester F. and member of the Elmwood Club, Edgewood Women’s Club,
Beatrice R. Morse, did her estate planning, she honored Auburn Library Club, and Church of the Transfiguration,
her parents’ memories with a permanent endowment to according to her November 1976 Providence Journal
support Easter Seals Rhode Island. obituary.
Born in Warwick in 1893, Lester Morse spent his Kenneth Birtwistle, whose grandfather was Mrs.
entire professional career at Gorham Manufacturing Morse’s brother, has only vague memories of the
Company, an association that spanned 57 years. Morses. But within the family documents, he uncovered
Beginning in 1910, he climbed the corporate ladder to a citation that Mrs. Morse received from the Department
accountant, assistant treasurer, treasurer, and vice of War, Office of the Chief of Ordinance, noting that she
president, as well as director of the corporation – had “faithfully served” from September 13, 1917
including terms as its secretary, treasurer, and vice through January 29, 1919. No additional details of her
president. He retired from the Providence-based silver service are known.
manufacturer in 1959, but continued as a director until a Nor is it known, by either Mr. Birtwistle or Easter Seals
year before his July 1968 death at age 74. Rhode Island, why that organization was designated as
According to his Providence Journal obituary, Mr. Morse the beneficiary of this endowment. “Lester may have
was a member of the Turks Head Club, Rhode Island been familiar with it through his work with Gorham or it
Country Club, and Harmony Lodge AF & M, Cranston, may have been one of Betty’s pet charities,” Mr.
where he was a 32nd degree Mason. He also was a Birtwistle surmises.
director of Cranston’s William H. Hall Library, Smith Hill
Girls Club, and the Jewelers Board of Trade, the latter
including a term as president during his 22-year tenure.
Nellie G. Parent Fund (1966) (Unr) Pawtucket East High School Class Annie T. Perrin Fund (1956) (Unr)
John Raymond Parker, Jr. of ‘42 Scholarship Fund (1987) Donald I. Perry Fund (1996) (FOI)
for scholarships for graduating seniors of
Memorial Scholarship Fund Tolman High School
to support organizations that maintain free
(1995) sites of historical, architectual, geological,
for a music scholarship at Rogers High Pawtucket East High School Class or ecological interest
School, Newport of ‘48 Scholarship Fund (1993) Petroleum Trust Fund (1964)
for scholarships to Tolman High School for scholarships at URI
Phebe Parker Fund (1959) (FoI) graduates
for heart or cancer research Esther S. Phillips Fund (1987)
Calvin Pearson Habitat for (FoI)
R. Elizabeth Parker Fund (2006)
Humanity Fund (2006) for diabetes research
(Unr) to support South County Habitat for
Madeline V. Parks Fund (1961) Rick Phipps Memorial Fund
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Humanity
for the Providence District Nursing (2004)
Carol Pellegrino Scholarship to the RI Association of Realtors for a
Association
Fund (1999) lecture series
Parris Family Fund (2001) (DA) for private music lessons for students at
Tollgate High School Nicholas Everett & Ann O.
Partnership Foundation Fund Picchione Fund (1995)
(2001) (DA) Art Pelosi Fund (1993) (FoI) for the RISD Museum of Art, the
to assist young musicians with their
Billy L. and June O. Patton Fund musical development
Providence Preservation Society and the RI
(1986) (DA) Historical Society
Charlotte I. Penn Fund (1993) Pickard Family Fund (2007) (DA)
Patton Family Fund (1983) (Unr) for Rhode Island for Community and Justice
Bessie D. Paul Fund (1981) (Unr) Wells M. Pile and Marguerite
George W. and Sarah L. Penny
Ofria Pile Fund (2005) (DA)
Fund (1978)
for the Greater Providence YMCA
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Ellen S. Murphy Fund County Fund, Ellen spent untold hours encouraging and
The Foundation lost one of its own in advising organizations dedicated to creating quality edu-
2008, Ellen S. Murphy, the coordinator of cational and out of school programs for the region’s
the Newport County Fund, the first regional most at-risk population: its youth. With Ellen’s guidance,
fund set up by the Foundation. Newport the Newport County Fund made significant grants to
was at the center of Ellen’s full and rewarding life. Her organizations serving Newport County, including
husband, Arthur, was stationed there in the Navy in Newport’s Martin Luther King Community Center, the
1962, and these newlyweds – who had met while sailing Jamestown Teen Center, and Tiverton’s community arts
– decided to put down roots in the City by the Sea. Years center. Human services programs also benefited from
later, Ellen, whose career reflected her many and diverse Ellen’s compassionate and sage advice. Foundation
talents, would be known by many as the unofficial mayor colleagues fondly remember her as a vibrant, caring
of Newport. Arthur commenting on Ellen’s popularity in colleague whose smile truly lit up the room.
the City said, “If you walked from West Broadway to “Ellen and I believed the true purpose of our lives was
Ocean Drive, Ellen would know everyone along the way.” to raise our three children to be contributors to society and
It would have been easy for Ellen, who had worked for to instill in them proper values,” notes Arthur, who adds,
President Kennedy’s campaign and led the conversion of “We complimented ourselves on our success.” Their three
Newport’s Eisenhower House into a splendid setting for children will be the donor advisors of Ellen’s fund.
weddings and conventions, to spend most of her time Ellen was dedicated to the growth of the Newport
with family and friends, traveling, golfing, and caring for County Fund, which she considered a perfect paradigm
her seven beloved grandchildren who eagerly anticipated for local philanthropy, and her family is confident that this
their “Nana time.” While she did take enormous pleasure fund will honor Ellen’s memory by addressing issues that
in family life, she also devoted herself to the under- mattered most to her, such as the advancement of
served and underprivileged residents of Newport County. women, quality public education, and broad access to the
As the first coordinator of the Foundation’s Newport arts for residents of Newport County.
Maria E. Pinheiro Memorial Franklin H. Pond Family Fund Roger E. Potter Fund for The
Scholarship Fund (2004) (DA) (2007) Rhode Island Historical Society
for scholarships at East Providence High
Franklin H. Pond Fund (2006) (1995)
School for the Society
to Citizen's Scholarship Foundation and
William Billy Pityer Memorial Little Compton Assistance Association Roger E. Potter Fund (1995)
Scholarship Fund (1999) Lawrence Poole, Jr. Scholarship for the Cocumscussoc Association Gilbert
for scholarships for Westerly High School Stuart Memorial, and Newport and Rhode
seniors pursuing culinary arts or
Fund (2004) Island historical societies
for scholarships at Scituate High School
emergency services
Mary LeMoine Potter Fund (1940)
Albert R. Plant Fund (1958) (Unr) Pope John XXIII Chair in
(FoI)
Ecumenical Theology Fund (1988) for charitable institutions in Kingston
Pocassetlands Stewardship Fund for scholarships and faculty grants in
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
(2007) religion and the humanities Thomas A. Potter Fund (2004)
to the Town of Tiverton for stewardship of
Potter Family Fund (2004) (DA) (Unr)
publicly accessible open space
Charles A. Potter Fund (1975) Lori A. Poulin Memorial Fund
Ponaganset Education Foundation (2004)
Fund (2007) (Unr)
to Tolman High School and Manatee
to support public school educational Charles A. Potter Fund (1975) Children’s Services
programs, projects, activities, and services for RI Hospital
in the Foster-Glocester Regional School Charles T. Pratt Fund (1938) (Unr)
Earlene and Albert Potter
District Preston Family Fund (2002) (DA)
Scholarship Fund (2001)
Barbara J. Pond Fund (2007) for an African-American to attend Lincoln Providence Center/Charles E.
to the Little Compton Village Improvement School in Providence Maynard Fund for the Future
Society, The Brownell Library, and Best (2001)
Friends Animal Society, Kanab, UT for the Center
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Providence Center School/Charles Helen Walker Raleigh Youth Fund Rhode Island Charities Trust
E. Maynard Fund for the Future (2006) (1991)
(2004) for the Boys & Girls Club of Providence, for the support of the United Way of
for the School Boy Scouts of America – Narragansett Rhode Island
Council, and Girl Scouts of Rhode Island
Providence Central Lions Fund Rhode Island Commission on
(1993) James C. Raleigh Memorial Fund Women/Freda H. Goldman
for The Sight Foundation, Cancer in (2006) Education Awards Fund (1997)
Children, and Salvation Army Day Care for the Providence Athenaeum (FoI)
Raleigh-Providence Tree Care for scholarships for non-traditional students
Providence Council of Parents
and Teachers Scholarship Fund Trust Fund (1998) Rhode Island Council for the
(1926) for the Providence Parks Department to Humanities Endowment Fund
to the Providence School Department for preserve Providence trees (2005)
scholarships Rallis Conover Fund (2005) (DA) for the organization
Providence Country Day School Raven Fund (1999) (DA) Rhode Island Council for the
Endowments (2002) Humanities/Tom Roberts
for the school RDW Group, Inc. Minority Humanities Ingenuity Prize Fund
Scholarship Fund for (2005)
Providence High School Communications (2000) (FoI)
Scholarship Fund (1922) for the organization’s annual prize for
to support local minority students who are creative achivement
to the Providence School Department for pursuing degrees in the communications
scholarships field Rhode Island Foundation
Providence Jewelers Club Employee Fund (1993) (FoI)
Edith Reall Memorial Scholarship to improve the lives of Rhode Islanders
Foundation (1986) (FoI) Fund (1992)
for community organizations to provide scholarships to graduates of Rhode Island Legal Services
Providence Plantations Club North Providence High School Endowment Fund (2006)
Memorial (1970) for the organization
John J. Redding Fund (2003) (FoI)
to the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island for emergency food programs in Coventry, Rhode Island Meals on Wheels
Providence Plantations Club Warwick and West Warwick Memorial Fund (1981)
Memorial Fund (1970) for Meals on Wheels
Redgate Camp Davis Fund (1995)
for the Anne Crosby Emery Alumnae for the Providence Boys & Girls Club’s Rhode Island Medical Society End
Fellowship Fund at Brown University Camp Davis Polio Fund (1966) (FoI)
Providence Preservation Society Alice M. Remington Scholarship for polio victims
Fund (2005) Fund (1984) Rhode Island Medical Society
for the organization for scholarships for outstanding math Medical Purpose Fund (1966) (DA)
students at Burrillville High School medical society advised
Providence Singers Wachner Fund
for New Music (2006) Barbara Reynolds Memorial Rhode Island Rose Award Fund
for the creation and/or performance of Scholarship Fund (2001) (FoI) (1985) (DA)
new music for scholarships to inner city students who
are single parents Rhode Island Scholarship
Providence Technical High School Assistance Fund (2007) (FoI)
Athletic Field Scholarship (1940) Madeline Reynolds Memorial to provide scholarship support to needy
for George F. Weston Scholarships Fund (1969) (Unr) Rhode Island residents
Mary C. and Joseph E. Pucci Fund Rhode Island Advertising Club Rhode Island School for the
(1999) Fund (1979) Deaf/John Spellman Scholarship
to the Hospital Auxiliary, to St. Pius X for Providence Public Library for Fund (1989)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
School, and to the Memorial and Library advertising, marketing, and to the Parent-Teacher League to be used
Association of Westerly communications materials for the educational needs of the hearing
Sally Alves Rainville Fund (2007) Rhode Island Arts Fund (1985) impaired
(DA) (FoI) Rhode Island Supreme Court
for support of small and minority arts Historical Society Fund (1998)
Helen Walker Raleigh Animal
organizations (FoI)
Fund (2006) (FoI)
for services pertaining to animal welfare Rhode Island Association of for support of court-related historical
Former Legislators Scholarship activities
Helen Walker Raleigh Tree Care
Trust Fund (1995) (DA) Fund (1996) (FoI) Rhode Island Tree Stewards
for scholarships to youths performing Endowment Fund (2001)
Helen Walker Raleigh Vision community service for the Rhode Island Tree Council’s Tree
Fund (2006) (FoI) Stewards Program
for vision research
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NSG Education Fund in easy to get our group with its many opinions to agree on
Memory of Ellen S. Murphy designated charities, but Ellen – diplomatically and
When Caroline Slee, president of the graciously – managed to steer us in the right direction.”
Newport Showhouse Guild (NSG) learned Kelly smiles. “Ellen had a gift for making everyone feel
of the sudden death of Ellen Murphy, coordinator of the heard.”
Foundation’s Newport County Fund, last January, she And when the group decided to adjust its charter to
knew immediately that the Guild would want to honor move beyond Newport County charities, Ellen was there.
Ellen’s memory. And when she and other board members “She facilitated our decision to contribute to the
became aware of the memorial fund that Ellen’s family Washington County Coalition for Children,” says Slee.
had established at the Foundation, they decided that an “Ellen stated it simply: ‘Let’s get back to helping
NSG fund in Ellen’s name was the perfect tribute. people!’”
“Ellen gave the Guild its start,” notes Slee. The Guild considered Ellen as a guiding light, even
“Eisenhower House, which Ellen served as executive when she was no longer on the board. “Her vision of
director, was the very first showhouse. She had the idea ‘charity by design’ became our watchword.” notes Slee.
to restore the house to its original glory, open its doors With this endowment at the Foundation, to be
to the public, and donate the proceeds to charity. And administered by the Newport County Fund, the NSG
since that time, we have focused on our mission to raise hopes to carry on Ellen’s legacy of caring and her
funds for Newport County charities by producing designer commitment to education as a means of creating
showhouses that involve the entire community.” opportunities, for children and adults. “Ellen will be
Adds Molly McShane Kelly, a fellow NSG board remembered long after we’re gone,” says Slee. “We hope
member, “We all had great respect for Ellen. She was so the Guild can continue adding to the Fund well into the
helpful in generating ideas for the organizations that future.”
would benefit from the showhouses. It wasn’t always
Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Richard J. and Barbara L. Ernest and Mary A. Ritchie
Association (RIVMA) Companion Richmond Fund (1996) (DA) Memorial Fund (1995) (DA)
Animal Fund (2007) Richard J. and Barbara L. Paula M. Rivard Memorial Fund
to provide veterinary care for low-income
pet owners
Richmond Designated Fund (2005)
(1996) for Middlesex Interfaith Partners with
Rhode Island Zoological Society to benefit 17 nonprofit organizations Homeless, for Amandla Crossing
Fund (1986) Transitional Housing
for Roger Williams Park Zoo conservation
Richard J. Richmond Fund (2003)
(FoI) Riverwood Endowment Fund
and education efforts
to benefit Westerly, RI and Pawcatuck, CT (2005)
RIBA/Dagata Scholarship Fund for the Riverwood Mental Health Service
(1997) Ray Rickman Fund for African
Doctors (2007) Gwennie Anne Robbins Memorial
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for a scholarship program at New England
Institute of Technology, URI, and RISD for the support of Adopt a Doctor, Inc. Fund (1994)
for the Visiting Nurse Services of Newport
Eileen Julie and Brittany Jaye Marcia and Robert Riesman Fund
(1997) (DA) Dr. Robert F. Roberti Scholarship
Richardson Memorial Fund (2005)
Fund (1992) (DA)
(DA) Harry Vandall Rigner Memorial
Fund (1979) Elizabeth Robinson Fund (1959)
Edythe K. & Jane E. Richmond
for the Rhode Island School of Design (Unr)
Memorial Cancer Fund (1998)
(FoI) Henry M. and Jan E. Rines Fund Selma Pilavin Robinson
for cancer research (1998) (DA) Endowment Fund (1992)
for Rhode Island for Community and Justice
John M. Richmond Fund (1953) RISE Conservation Fund (1997)
(Unr) (FoI) Familia Rodriguez Fund (2002)
for energy conservation (DA)
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Bernard and O’Rourke had in fact, inspired him to become a teacher.
Henrietta O’Rourke Outside of the classroom, Mrs. O’Rourke was a devot-
Scholarship Fund ed wife, daughter, and sister. “They had a beautiful mar-
Establishing this fund for the riage,” says Mrs. Mignone of Bernie and Henrietta.
support of post-secondary educa- “Every Friday he would present her with a rose. And she
tion for residents of Lincoln always referred to him as, ‘My Bernie.’” Mrs. Mignone
demonstrating financial need was adds with a smile, “He always let her have her own way.”
not something Henrietta O’Rourke When Bernie died in 1976, Mrs. O’Rourke continued their
shared broadly. “She was an tradition of renting a beach house every June, first in
intensely private person,” says her longtime best friend, Jamestown and then in Narragansett, where she enjoyed
Catherine Mignone, who met Mrs. O’Rourke when both visits with Catherine Mignone. “She packed everything
were teaching at the Esmond Elementary School in into her car,” Mrs. Mignone laughs, remembering her
Smithfield. well-organized and self-sufficient friend. “Even when she
Born in Lincoln in 1917, Mrs. O’Rourke, a lifelong resi- was well into her 80s, she still took everything with her.”
dent, “knew everyone in town,” continues Mrs. Mignone. And, comfortable in her solitude, she often stayed up
“She loved the people, especially her students. She was well into the night to gaze at a full moon over the water.
happy to see them become successful. That means so Mrs. O’Rourke, true to her independent nature, was
much when you are a teacher.” quite deliberate in establishing her legacy at the
“Quite strict,” according to Mrs. Mignone, Mrs. Foundation, according to attorney Stanley Kanter.
O’Rourke was also beloved by her pupils and their par- “Henrietta stated emphatically that she wanted to give
ents at both the Esmond and the Fairlawn schools. At children an opportunity through education,” says Mr.
Mrs. O’Rourke’s funeral service in February 2008, a for- Kanter. “She was as clear and confident about her estate
mer student confided to Mrs. Mignone that Mrs. plan as she was about everything else in her life.”
Roger Williams Chair in Edward J. and Virginia M. S. Stephen’s Church Music Fund
Thomistic Philosophy Fund (1988) Routhier Nursing Scholarship (1999)
for scholarships in religion and the Fund (2003) (FoI) for the church’s music program
humanities for nursing scholarships
Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse
Friends of Rogers Free Library Cheryl A. Ruggiero Scholarship Fund (1985)
Children’s Endowment Fund (1987) Fund (2004) for support of the Sakonnet Point
for the Library for scholarships for women pursuing Lighthouse
careers in public accounting
Rose and Aaron Roitman Fund Sakonnet Point Lighthouse -
(1982) Ruhl Family Fund (2004) (DA) Income Reinvestment Fund (1985)
for Planned Parenthood of RI for support of the Sakonnet Point
Dr. Joseph L.C. and Mary P. Ruisi Lighthouse
Aaron Roitman Fund for Chamber Fund (1999) (DA)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Music (1982) (FoI) Salten Family Fund (2007) (DA)
for chamber music in Rhode Island
Tom Russell Scholarship Fund
(1989) 5 Norton E. Salk Scholarship
Rosenberg and Kohorn Fund for graduating seniors of Hope High School Fund (2008)
(2001) (DA) support of AIA Rhode Island Architectural
Rose M. Russo Fund (2007)(DA) Forum, to be awarded as "The Norton E.
Rougas-Quinn Family Fund (2006)
George M. and Barbara H. Sage Salk Scholarship" for the study of
(DA) architecture
Fund (2007) (DA)
Edward J. and Virginia M. Andrew & Frances Salvadore
Saul B. Saila Fellowship Fund
Routhier Fund (2002) (DA) Scholarship Fund (1989) (FoI)
(2007)
Edward J. and Virginia M. for the support of Wood-Pawcatuck for scholarships in the jewelry field
Routhier Nursing Faculty Watershed Assocation Samaritans Fund (2006)
Endowment Fund (2003) (FoI) Saint Cabrini Fund (2004) (DA) for the organization
to support training for nurses
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Norton E. Salk centers, office buildings, and private residences, includ-
Scholarship Fund ing the A.T. Cross Headquarters, Southern New England
“Nortonisms” is the term Linda School of Law, Western Hills Middle School, and a wing
Heckman coined to describe char- of the Rhode Island Veterans’ Home. The last five years
acteristics of her late father, of his practice were devoted primarily to pro bono work,
Norton E. Salk. “He was quick to including design of the Jewish War Veterans’ Memorial
offer advice and was an endless and consulting to Sophia Academy.
source of valuable information. He said, ‘You won’t know His children note that Mr. Salk also shared his enthusi-
everything. Knowledge is knowing where to look for it.’” asm for the profession by devoting time to professional
Her brother, Howard Salk, continues, “Dad was always organizations, including serving as president of the
looking forward to what tomorrow would bring. He always Rhode Island chapter of the Construction Specifications
said, ‘Never, ever regret what you’ve done. Only regret Institute, and by mentoring architectural students, includ-
what you haven’t done.” ing his daughter.
Norton Salk was a doer throughout his lifetime. A life- “I remember visiting projects and seeing his work. I
long Rhode Island resident, he graduated from Classical was in awe,” she shares, noting that she especially
High School, attended Brown University for one year, enjoyed working with him. “When faced with a challenging
joined the U.S. Army Corps, and served in the Corps of project, my father said to me, ‘Design is a problem wait-
Engineers. While in the Corps, he spent time in Italy and ing to be solved.’”
developed a great admiration of and passion for classical Norton Salk will continue to nurture architecture stu-
architecture. It led, following his return to the states and dents through this scholarship fund, designated for the
graduation from the University of Michigan, to a 55-year AIA Rhode Island Architectural Forum and to be used to
career as an architect. assist students majoring in architecture at accredited
Mr. Salk designed schools, nursing homes, shopping Rhode Island schools.
Juanita Sanchez Community Fund Savage and Luther Family Fund 5 R. Gordon and Patricia C. Scott
(1992) (FoI) (1998) (DA) Fund (2008) (FOI)
to benefit the Latino community for non-profit organizations located in
George and Naomi Sawyer Washington County, RI
Bridget Sanetti Memorial Memorial Fund (1991)
Scholarship Fund (2003) for four named agencies Gertrude P. Scruggs Memorial
for scholarships to the Hillside Alternative Fund (1999) (FoI)
School in Woonsocket
Dr. Edmund A. Sayer Fund (1987) for scholarships to Hispanic, Native
to Drexel University for medical school
American, or African-American students
Sapinsley Family Foundation scholarships for Rhode Island residents
(1970) Seaberg-Sleicher Memorial Fund
5 Minna Schachter Fund (2008)
for the Rhode Island College Foundation
for the YWCA of Greater RI for equipment
(2007)
to The First Baptist Church of Wickford
Nancy Sarah Fund for Women or programs for children and secondarily
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
(2006) (DA) for women Benjamin Seabury Fund (1954)
Schmiedling Orlando Patient- (Unr)
Francis B. Sargent MD Fund
(1995) Focused Nursing Fund (2005) (DA) Otto and Gertrude K. Seidner
for the Sargent Rehabilitation Center Fannie M. Schrack Fund (1928) Fund (1987)
for four designated agencies
Jacqueline Gage Sarles Memorial (Unr)
Fund (1968) Mary and Michael Schwartz Fund Lance Corporal Matthew K. Serio
for the Barrington Citizens’ Scholarship
(1999) (DA) Football Scholarship Fund (2005)
Foundation for a scholarship from North Providence
Roger G. Scott Memorial Fund High School
Deputy Assistant Chief Anthony V.
(1996) (DA) Neil and Jean Severance Family
Sauro Award Endowment Fund
(1991) (FoI) Fund (2007) (DA)
for a yearly award to a Providence
firefighter
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Minna Schachter Fund community at large as well as those of specific groups.
Minna Schachter, according to her cousin, Hope Diane Newman, executive director of the YWCA of
Alperin Hirsch, was a bit of an enigma. Even after receiv- Greater Rhode Island in Central Falls, fortuitously
ing an inheritance from Ms. Schachter’s estate, Mrs. reached out to Mrs. Hirsch about their serious need for
Hirsch, whose mother was a first cousin of Ms. support and Mrs. Hirsch decided, “We can make a match
Schachter’s mother, was unable to learn much of sub- here.” Minna Shachter’s name will indeed live on, as the
stance about her relative, whom she never knew. Fund in her name is used to purchase equipment for the
“She was invited to our wedding,” shares Mrs. Hirsch, Y’s children’s and women’s programs.
“but did not attend.” According to Mrs. Hirsch, Minna
was a factory worker in a facility that produced maternity
clothes. She lived in Queens, New York. “I felt this was
not really my money,” says Mrs. Hirsch, who established
this fund at the Foundation along with her husband,
Foundation Board Chairman David Hirsch [see story,
page 10, on the Hirsch’s Initiative for Nonprofit
Excellence Fund]. “So, I decided to do something with
the funds that would allow her name to live on, and that
would help women and children.”
A community champion and longtime hands-on volun-
teer for a diverse group of local nonprofit organizations,
including Community Prep, the Jewish Community Center,
Temple Emanu-El, and the Wheeler School, Mrs. Hirsh
has always kept her ears tuned to the needs of the
Ruth E. Shailer Fund (1997) Phebe McAlpine Shepard Fund in Simchi-Levi Charitable Fund
for new books at Warwick public libraries Memory of John Shepard II, (2007) (DA)
Eve Widgoff Shapiro Fund (2003) Edward B. and Phebe W. Aline J. Simoens Memorial Fund
(Unr) McAlpine (1986) (Unr) (1994) (FoI)
Ellen D. Sharpe Fund (1954) (FOI) Edwin F. Sherman Fund (1972) for pre-school aged underprivileged children
for support of CARE
for the poor and/or nursing in Providence Peter H. Simoens Memorial Fund
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Street Tree Alfred Sherrard Fund (2006) (FoI) (1994) (FoI)
for direct service and relief to the as above
Endowment Fund (1988) (DA)
underserved poor and homeless
to sustain and enhance street trees in Godfrey B. Simonds Memorial
Providence Shippee Family Fund (2006) Fund (1926)
for a scholarship for Scituate High School for four agencies
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Street Tree
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Endowment — Brown University Leonard J. Sholes Fund (2008) Walter Simpson Fund (1966) (Unr)
Fund (1989) (FoI) (Unr)
for planting street trees and landscaping at
Elizabeth Hope Singsen and
Brown University
Shramek Fund (2005) (DA) Edward L. Singsen Fund (1982)
for maintenance of the Little Compton
Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund for Ilon Sillman/Sara Andrews
United Congregational Church steeple
the United Way (1998) Endowment Fund (1997)
for the United Way of Rhode Island
for Chariho Westerly Animal Rescue League Theodore R. Sizer Fund for
Silver Family Fund (2001) (DA) Educational Reform (1998)
William H. Sheehan Memorial for professional development at Hope High
Fund (1999) (DA) Milton J. Silverman Endowment School
Fund (1993) Skinner Family Charitable Fund
for Home and Hospice Care of Rhode
Island
(2006) (DA)
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R. Gordon and Gordon Scott, a native of Syracuse, NY, who had earned
Patricia C. Scott both undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard
Fund University before serving in the Army. The couple resided
“They always had ties in Wakefield but moved to Providence where he pursued
with South County and his legal career with Greenough, Lyman & Cross before
lived most of their mar- joining Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner and specializing in
ried life in Wakefield. estate planning. “He was a very, very intelligent and
They were very giving respectable man who found escape sailing in his boat,
people who loved South County,” explains Tracey Barber the "We'll Sea" which was changed to "We Saw" upon
of Gordon and Patricia Scott, whom she assisted for marriage,” Ms. Barber recalls.
more than 20 years. Through their will, the Scotts estab- Their lives changed abruptly when Mrs. Scott suffered
lished this permanent fund to support nonprofit organiza- an aneurysm at age 41. The couple returned to South
tions in Washington County. County and, at her husband's suggestion, Mrs. Scott
Born in Providence, Patricia (Champlin) Scott moved to enrolled at the Saunderstown Weaving School where her
New York City after high school to study acting at the artistic talent was rediscovered. She learned to weave
Rehearsal Club. “She didn’t want to be an actress. She tapestries with one hand, replicating whimsical designs
just wanted a free place to live in New York,” says Ms. she first created on paper, Ms. Barber explains.
Barber, noting that Mrs. Scott later worked as an artist "The Scotts should be remembered for lives well lived.
for NorCross Cards, then as a designer/decorator for Although they never had children, they had many animals
Design Centers Interiors. She returned home to marry, that were loved and pampered," Ms Barber concludes.
earned degrees in interior design and architecture from Mr. Scott died in 1999 at age 86; Mrs. Scott in 2007 at
Rhode Island School of Design, and became an architect. age 83.
It was shortly after World War II when she married R.
Abby M.B. Slade Memorial Fund John W. Smith Fund (1981) (Unr) Soloveitzik/Rhode Island for
(1960) Nathaniel W. and Mabel C. Smith Community and Justice Fund
for Providence School Department for
Fund (2007) (1992)
scholarships for the organization
to South Kingstown Public Library for
Florence M. Smart Fund (1976) purchase of library materials Harold B. Soloveitzik/American
(Unr) Friends of Smithfield Rotary Association of University Women
Eugenia Smetisko Fund (2002) Scholarship Fund (2004) Fund (1992)
for the Museum of Russian History, for scholarships at Smithfield High School for the AAUW
Jordansville, NY Harold B. Soloveitzik Fund (1986)
Smith’s Castle Fund (1998)
Charles Morris and Ruth H. T. for the property (Unr)
Smith Fund (2001) Dianne B. Snyder Memorial Fund Lewis D. Sorrentino Fund (2004)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for Grace Church (DA)
(2002)
Dorothy Hackney Smith Fund for scholarships to seniors at Bishop Stang Lily and Catello Sorrentino
(1980) (FoI) who plan to study elementary/secondary Memorial Scholarship Fund
toward cancer care, heart ailments, education and become teachers
(1978) (FoI)
blindness and mental illness
Social Venture Partners - RI Fund for scholarships to undergraduate students
Eric and Peggy Smith Family (2000) (DA) over 25
Fund (2001) (DA) Socio-Economic Development Edith B. Soule Fund (1999) (Unr)
George E. Smith Fund (1964) (Unr) Center for Southeast Asians South County Ambulance and
Jack & Patricia Smith Fund Endowment Fund (2001) Rescue Corps (2002) (FoI)
for the organization to support health, mental health, and
(2002) (FoI)
for Aquidneck Island and to Hadassah for social service programs of non-profit
its hospital in Israel charities in South Kingstown and
Narragansett
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Steinberg-Shao plus year track record – in connecting philanthropists
Family Fund with the needs of the community.”
Together since meeting For most of his career, Neil was a banker, rising to the
in a Brown University dormi- position of chairman and chief executive officer of Fleet
tory in April 1974, Eugenia Bank Rhode Island. Prior to arriving at the Foundation he
(Genie) Shao and Neil led the most successful fundraising campaign in Brown’s
Steinberg were married in 1982 and have lived in the history. Genie, who has taught aerobics for more than 20
same house in Pawtucket since 1985. years, volunteered in the Pawtucket Public Schools
Loyal supporters of their alma mater, especially its attended by their sons Jason and Eric, now both in their
sports teams – Neil ran track and Genie was a gymnast 20s, and has been on the board of the International
– the Steinberg-Shaos have been active Rhode Island phi- Institute of Rhode Island since 2003.
lanthropists for more than 25 years, giving largely Each can clearly recall an inspiration for their philan-
through the United Way, as well as to specific organiza- thropy. “My parents scrimped to send money home to
tions. China,” says Genie. “And, in his later years, my father
“This is our first legacy gift,” notes Neil, who was created an endowment at Purple Mountain Observatory
named president and chief executive officer of The in China.” Neil notes, “Throughout my career, I was influ-
Rhode Island Foundation in May of 2008. Adds Genie, enced by mentors who understood their responsibility to
“We’ve always given for more immediate, grassroots be involved and contribute to the community. They led by
needs, but at this stage in our lives we also appreciate example.”
the idea of giving for the long term.” Neil notes that they Neil concludes, “We recognize how fortunate we are to
are confident in the Foundation’s ability to direct the live in a state where it is possible for individuals to have
fund’s best use in Rhode Island. “We feel very comfort- a significant impact on the greater community, both per-
able relying on the Foundation’s expertise – and its 90- sonally and philanthropically.”
South County Garden Club of Dennis E. Stark Fund (2000) (DA) Morgan L. Stone Memorial Fund for
RI/Margaret Dunbar Fund (2004) Station Nightclub Fire Children’s Arts and Humanities (2000) (FoI)
for the Garden Club to benefit the arts
Fund (2004)
South County Museum to benefit families of victims and survivors Stone Bridge Volunteer Fire
Endowment Fund (1996) of the Station Nightclub fire Department Scholarship Fund
for the Museum
Station Nightclub Fire Children's (1991) (FoI)
for scholarships for residents of Tiverton
South County Museum Rhode Scholarship Fund (2004) (FoI)
Island Red Endowment Fund for scholarships to children of Station Henry A. Street Fund (1956)
(2004) Nightclub fire victims and survivors for three agencies
for the care of Rhode Island Reds at the Henry A. Stearns Fund (1977) John O. Strom, MD Memorial
Museum
(Unr) Fund (2008) (FOI)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
South Kingstown Education Cameron Duke Stebbins Memorial for medical research
Foundation Fund (2003) Fund (2001) (DA) Sylvia Street Fund in Memory of
for educational programs and activities in
the South Kingstown public schools 5 Steinberg-Shao Family Fund Ruth Ely (1981)
for the Providence Athenaeum
Spartina Fund (2007) (DA) (2008) (Unr)
5 Sturges Fund for Grace Church
James L. Spears Charitable Fund 5 William Laverne Stillman and
(2008)
(2005) (FoI) Elizabeth C. Stillman (Class of for Grace Church, Providence
for environmental issues in Newport '33) Scholarship Fund (2008)
County for graduating seniors at Westerly High William J. and Judith D. Struck
School Fund (2005) (DA)
Staples Family Fund (1986) (FoI)
to provide food and shelter and to combat Robert N. and Corinne P. Stoecker Success by Six Endowment Fund
illiteracy Fund (1984) (1990) (DA)
for the St. Elizabeth Home for Kids First
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William Laverne ment of the former Cottrell Company, later the Harris
Stillman and Corporation, in Pawcatuck.
Elizabeth C. Ms. Lamphere’s father also worked at Cottrell, and it
Stillman (Class of was at company outings at Ocean Beach that friendships
’33) Scholarship were formed between the families. Ms. Lamphere
Fund
remembers the events fondly, noting, “You could eat all
“No one would ever know
day long and then go on all the rides.”
what old age was with
Ms. Stillman married her husband, William Laverne, in
Bette,” exclaims longtime
1950. Born in Stonington, he was a machine operator at
friend Susie Lamphere of
Bostitch for 30 years and was active in the Pawcatuck and
Elizabeth Stillman, who died in December 2006 at age
Franklin Masonic Lodges. The Stillmans were active at the
91. The ladies were half of a close-knit foursome of
Westerly Senior Citizens Center, where he founded the
friends that also included Barbara Nugent and the late
Senior Song Birds Chorus, as well as at Pawcatuck Seventh
Dorcas Van Horn, the latter whom Ms. Stillman grew up
Day Baptist Church. Mr. Stillman died in 1988 at age 70.
with in Westerly.
“Laverne used to be Santa Claus at the church. He
“We had a blast, the four of us. We used to play cards
had a very deep ‘ho ho ho’. And Bette was always beside
and it would take Bette so long, but she won every time.
him. They were a very devoted couple…and pillars of the
We used to throw our cards,” Ms. Nugent says, laughing
town,” Ms. Lamphere reminisces, adding “She was a
at the memory of the woman she describes as “a sweet,
very giving person, but she did it very quietly.”
lovely lady.”
That quiet giving continues through this endowment.
Elizabeth “Bette” (Clark) Stillman was born in Westerly
Designated for Ms. Stillman’s alma mater, Westerly High
in 1915. She graduated from Westerly High School in
School, the fund will provide scholarships in the couple’s
1933 and continued her education at Lasell College in
names forever.
Auburndale, MA. She then worked in the payroll depart-
Sullivan Family Fund (1996) (DA) Helen E. Talcott Fund (1930) (Unr) Hope L. Thornton Fund (2001)
to support Rhode Island and Kent
Alice Sullivan Memorial Fund David D. Tarnapol Scholarship Hospitals and several animal shelters
(2004) Fund (2006)
for scholarships from the RI Interscholastic for Westerly High School and Stonington Thorp Family Scholarship Fund
League High School, CT for scholarships (2006)
for North Attleboro High School for
Thomas F. Sullivan Memorial Martin L. and Charlotte H. Tarpy scholarships
Fund (2007) (Unr) Fund (2000)
for the Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club James E. Tiernan Memorial Fund
Bruce and Marjorie Sundlun (2005) (DA)
Scholarship Fund (1990) (FoI) Melissa and Peter Tassinari Fund
for scholarships for single parents (2003) (DA) Albert Harris Tillinghast Fund
returning to school (1949) (Unr)
C. George Taylor Fund (1999)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Helen E. Swanson Fund (2003) for religious education at First Unitarian Tishman Golden Family Fund
(DA) Church, Providence (2003) (DA)
Miss Swinburne Fund (2002) (FoI) Michael E. Tellier Scholarship Tiverton Land Trust Fund (2000)
to support scholarships and charitable Fund (2004) for the Land Trust
programs and services for women and girls for the Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland-
in Newport County Lincoln
Peter and Sunny Toulmin Fund
(1986)
Richard W. Szumita Memorial Rupert C. Thompson Fund (1987) for the United Way of Rhode Island
Scholarship Fund (2001) (Unr)
for scholarships to Lincoln High School
Geraldine Tower Education Fund
students
Rupert C. Thompson Fund (1987) (2002)
(DA) to provide scholarships at Rocky Hill
Hope and Roland Talbot Fund School, St. George’s School, and Moses
(1979) (DA) Brown School
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Sturges Fund World War II. He was cofounder of New England Tap
for Grace Company of Norwood, MA, where he was chief executive
Church officer until his 1993 retirement.
In a 2000 inter- His wife, Alice (Ellsworth) Sturges, was raised in
view with the Boston and later lived in New York. The couple met dur-
Foundation, the late ing a summer visit she made to Rhode Island. She
John P. Sturges worked for Steuben in New York and for 20 years was
shared a childhood part owner of Ms, a now-closed gift shop on Providence’s
memory of his East Side.
weekly church attendance. “I remember going to Grace The couple raised five sons together, including three
Church in one of my grandmother’s buggies. You couldn’t from her prior marriage, and was active in the communi-
really see anything but the coachman’s pants, but every ty. He served for 30 years on the board of the Providence
once in a while he’d slump over a bit, and my grandmoth- Rescue League, was president of Bannister Care Nursing
er would poke him with her parasol.” Center, was a member and president of the Hope Club,
Mr. Sturges remained a loyal supporter and congregant and was a member of the Agawam Hunt Club. A lifelong
until his death in 2001 at age 88. His support, and that member of Grace Church, he served as treasurer and
of his wife, Alice, included the establishment of a pooled senior warden. Mrs. Sturges was active in the church, as
income fund to benefit the church. Following Mrs. well as with Meals on Wheels and the Rhode Island
Sturges’ death last fall at age 94, this Fund was created School of Design. Her Providence Journal obituary notes
at the Foundation, as the couple had instructed 28 years that a party she hosted for RISD was featured in Life
earlier. Magazine.
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Mr. Sturges was a
1936 graduate of Yale University and a Navy veteran of
Christopher Townsend-Child and Memorial Fund (2004); Tilles 5 United Italian American Inc.
Family Services of Newport Family Endowment Fund (2005); Scholarship Fund (2008) (FOI)
County Fund (2007) Stephen Hamblett Memorial Fund for scholarships to RI residents
for general support (2006) United Way/Boss Family Fund for
for the theatre
Christopher Townsend-Newport Learning Opportunities (1995)
Public Library Fund (2007) Raymond H. Trott Scholarship United Way of Rhode Island Fund
for general support Fund (1980) (1995)
for scholarships in the banking field
Agnes Meade Tramonti Memorial for the United Way of Rhode Island
Scholarship Fund (1998) Troy Fund (1979) (FoI) United Way of Rhode Island
for scholarships at Cranston High School for underprivileged youth
East
Endowment Fund (1990)
Barbara M. Tufts Memorial Fund for general support
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Foundation for Trinity Repertory (2002) United Welfare Committee Fund
Company General Endowment for the Barbara M. Tufts Cooperative
(1982) (FoI)
Fund (2001) Preschool, East Greenwich
to benefit handicapped children
supporting organization
Frances S. and Stuart K. Tuttle
Universal Homes, Inc. Fund
Includes: Buff & Johnnie Chace Fund (1998)
(1978) (Unr)
Endowment Fund (2004); Doris for the Central Congregational Church
Duke Endowment Fund (2001); Twin River Charitable Fund Urban League of RI Scholarship
Oskar Eustis Endowment Fund for (2006) (DA) Fund (2004)
New Play Development (2005); Ed for scholarships from the Urban League of
Hall Memorial Fund (1991); John UBS Rhode Island Fund (2004) Rhode Island
& Yvette Harpootian Fund (2005); (DA) Anne Utter Fund for the
Richard Kavanaugh Memorial United Builders Supply Company Performing Arts (2006) (DA)
Fund (2001); Elaine Rakatansky Inc. Fund (1980) (Unr)
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United Italian American Inc. student fulfill his or her potential, that’s a great thing,” Dr.
Scholarship Fund Leone continues, recalling a previous recipient, one of five
Three decades ago, a small group of Rhode Islanders children whose father was disabled, and whose mother
joined forces “to highlight and give visibility to Italian- worked a blue collar job. Valedictorian of her high school
American men and women who had been successful in class, she later became a doctor.
their professional careers,” explains Dr. Anthony Leone, a Interest in UNITAM has waned in recent years, “as
former president of the United Italian-Americans (UNITAM). people went off doing different things,” Dr. Leone
The nonprofit organization also promoted Italian-American concedes. The remaining members of the group – including
culture and awarded annual scholarships. its current president, Vincent Vespia, chief of police in
In its early days, UNITAM was loosely affiliated with South Kingstown; Richard Colardo, chair of the annual golf
the National Italian American Foundation, based in tournament and a retired business executive; and Dr. Phil
Washington, DC. Dr. Leone proudly remembers when the Zarlengo, retired associate commissioner of elementary-
Foundation honored Claiborne Pell, and he and others secondary education in Rhode Island – considered how
were invited to a reception at the White House hosted by best to distribute the inactive organization’s assets.
Rosalynn Carter. “We couldn’t do our founders and our donors any better
Of UNITAM’s focus on scholarships, Dr. Leone, retired service than to put the money into The Rhode Island
associate commissioner of the Board of Governors for Foundation,” Dr. Leone says of the decision to establish
Higher Education, says, “We need to think about and help this scholarship fund “for Rhode Island residents with
the next generation. Educational assistance…it has to financial need who wish to attend a two- or four-year
happen.” For many years, the group held an annual golf college or university…based on merit as evidenced by
tournament, the proceeds of which allowed them “to honor superior achievement and leadership in school and/or
the best of the best for their academic achievements. community.”
“It’s really an investment. If a scholarship can help a
Jessie G. Valleau Fund (1967) Dr. Stanley Van Wagner Memorial Volunteer Services for Animals
(Unr) Scholarship Fund (1987) Humane Education Fund (2007)
for North Kingstown Senior High School for to support the organization's humane
Valley Resources Fund in honor of scholarships education programs
Charles Goss, Eleanor McMahon,
& Melvin Alperin (1993) Doctor Domenic A. Vavala Volunteer Services for Animals-
for Rhode Island for Community and Justice Charitable Fund (2006) Warwick-Humane Education
for Paralyzed Veterans of America, St. Mary Fund (2008)
Van Degna Family Fund (1998) School, St. Jude Children's Research for the Warwick chapter's humane
(DA) Hospital, and Guiding Eyes for the Blind education programs
Willard Boulette Van Houten and Venard Fund (1988) Frederick & Rosamond
Margaret Lippiatt Van Houten for the Catholic Diocese of Providence vonSteinwehr Fund (1998) (Unr)
Fund (1991) (FoI)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for seniors’ programs, health education William A. Viall Fund (1939) Evelyn Pierce Vories Fund (1983)
and education (Unr) for support of the Hattie Ide Chaffee Home
and Sophia Little Home
Louis J. Van Orden Fund (1990) Alice Viola Fund (1998) (DA)
for support of Sojourner House Vogel, Califano, Dimase, Irene Vose Fund (2006)
for Central Baptist Church of Westerly,
Margaret Hanley Van Orden Fund Iannuccilli Fund (2001) (DA) Town of Westerly, and Westerly Hospital
(2007) (FoI) Nondas Hurst Voll Fund (2006)
for literacy, education, and/or youth who Wadleigh Family Fund (2005)
for the Fund for Community Progress
are at risk of not completing high school (DA)
Volunteer Center for Rhode Island
Margaret Hanley Van Orden Waite-Menson Fund (2007) (DA)
Endowment Fund (2005)
Scholarship Fund (2007) for the organization Mattie A. Walcott Fund (1999)
to Hope High School for scholarships for East Smithfield and Greenville public
libraries
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Harold B. Werner Fund member of both Touro Synagogue and Beth Shalom.
Remembering his uncle, Income from Mr. Werner’s fund at the Foundation will be
Harold Werner, who died in April used for charitable and education purposes with prefer-
2008 at the age of 87, attorney ence to organizations or institutions in Newport County,
Jim Tobak of Providence notes, where Mr. Werner lived his entire life, and spent his first
“Harold would be embarrassed 83 years in the house where he was born.
we were having this conversation,” and adds wryly, “He Another favorite charity was the Potter League for
wouldn’t want you to write three words about him, let Animals. Mr. Tobak smiles, remembering Mr. Werner’s
alone three hundred.” love of animals. “The store had an ‘open dog policy.’
Mr. Werner, longtime proprietor of Potter & Company, Harold gave the dogs a far more enthusiastic greeting
Newport’s oldest continuously operating family-owned than he did the customers!” While he was a private man,
clothing store, was, despite a curmudgeonly affect, “the he was a public figure of sorts, as generations of
sweetest man I ever knew,” says his nephew, who also Newporters frequented Potter & Company, not only to
remembers Mr. Werner’s “tremendous sense of empa- shop but also to visit with Mr. Werner.
thy,” and points out that, “Harold could not say ‘no’ to Mr. Werner’s loyalty and sense of responsibility were
anyone.” Mr. Werner was a surrogate father to Mr. Tobak legend. He cared for his mother her entire life, and con-
and his sister Helen, whose own father died when they tinued to pay the weekly salary of one of his longtime
were very young children. employees well after she had retired.
A quiet philanthropist throughout his lifetime, Mr. Eulogizing his uncle, Mr. Tobak recalled the story of Mr.
Werner gave generously to causes in Newport, including Werner’s birth. “The doctor charged my grandmother
Newport Hospital, the Newport Boys & Girls Club, and $2.50 to deliver Harold. She complained (good natured-
the Preservation Society of Newport County. He also sup- ly), but I can now say without reservation, it was the best
ported the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island and was a $2.50 our family ever spent.”
John and Mary Wall Fund for Marjorie A. Ward Fund (2005) (FoI) Martha W. Watt Fund (1973) (Unr)
Grace Church (1990) to aid nonprofit organizations on Aquidneck
Webb Moscovitch Family Fund
for Grace Church, Providence Island
(2005) (DA)
John and Mary Wall Fund for the Harriet P. and Isabella M.
Wardwell Fund (1942) (FoI) Genevieve C. Weeks Fund (2002)
United Way (1985)
for the United Way of Rhode Island for services to Bristol (Unr)
Kevin B. Walsh Memorial Harriet P. and Isabella M. Genevieve C. Weeks Fund for the
Scholarship Fund (2005) Wardwell Fund (1942) United Way (2002)
for the Bristol Female Charitable Society for the United Way
for scholarships to Westerly High School
graduates attending URI
Simon W. Wardwell Fund (1978) Hans C. and Anna Weimar Fund
Lily Walsh Fund (2001) (Unr) for Slater Mill Historic Site (1995)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
for the First Unitarian Church of
M. Martha Walsh Fund (1997) (FoI) Lucy M. Warren Fund (1947) Providence, Hospice Care of RI, and the
for scholarships to provide personal growth for the Tockwotton Home Salvation Army
through special projects
Robert W. Warren Fund (1989) Dawn, Gregg, and Leland
Alice Ward Fund (1991) for the Tockwotton Home Weingeroff Animal Fund (2005)
for St. Andrew’s School and St. Mary’s (FoI)
Warwick Public Library
Home for Children for the humane treatment of animals
Endowment Fund (1999)
Alice Ward Fund (1993) to purchase books Howard S. and Elaine S. Weiss
to the Alice Ward Scholarship Fund, the
Water Works 4 Women Fund Fund (1991) (Unr)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Shriners
Hospitals for Crippled Children (2002) Herbert J. Wells Fund (1970) (Unr)
for the Women & Infants Development
Julia P. Ward Fund (1966) (Unr) Foundation for breast cancer research
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Judge Marjorie decisions. Fairness was my guiding principle.”
Yashar Charitable Judge Yashar also has been decisive about her philan-
Fund thropy. Supporting her alma maters, Dana Hall School
Philanthropy comes nat- and Wellesley College, as well as Phillips Academy,
urally to retired Rhode Andover, where her three children graduated cum laude,
Island Traffic Tribunal allows Judge Yashar to extend educational opportunities
Judge Marjorie Yashar. She to underprivileged students. And together with her former
followed the example of her father, a “dynamic and pow- husband, she endowed the popular “Evening of Jewish
erful person,” who staunchly supported Jewish causes Renaissance,” now in its 8th year, which attracted more
and was a business and community leader. than 500 attendees last year.
This mother of three successful grown children – a An enthusiastic world traveler, Judge Yashar has
physician, an attorney, and a business entrepreneur – already taken oldest granddaughter Sarah to Italy and the
was influenced by her own mother. After the birth of her Galapagos, where they snorkeled together. She notes, “I
first child, Marjorie considered leaving Boston University love to experience places through Sarah’s eyes as she
Law School. “Don’t you dare,” admonished her mother, sees them for the first time.”
“You have such a good brain, you have to put it to good Women’s causes also are dear to Judge Yashar’s
use.” Heeding that advice, Marjorie completed her heart. She is excited about using the flexibility of her
degree – becoming the subject of an article in the Foundation fund to assist deserving Rhode Island organi-
Providence Journal headlined, “43 men and a wife to be zations that demonstrate great need.
sworn in as members of the RI Bar” – and went on to “We lived the American dream,” she points out. “We
enjoy a long and rewarding career. “I loved being a were lucky enough, that with hard work and some talent
judge,” she states emphatically. “It was a great fit for we were able to transcend our relatively modest circum-
me, because I always trusted myself to make the right stances. It’s a privilege to be able to give back.”
5 Harold B. Werner Fund (2008) Westminster Unitarian Church Mary E. Wilcox Fund (2007) (Unr)
(FOI) Fund (1998) Virginia A. Wilcox Fund (1990)
for charitable and education purposes in for the church
Newport County
(DA)
Wexler Family Fund in Memory
Phil West Spirit of Common Cause Wildlife Conservation Fund (1966)
of Edmund, William, Rose, &
Rhode Island Fund (2006) (FoI)
Benjamin Wexler (1980) for preservation of wildlife and natural
for the organization for 11 organizations
areas
Westerly Cancer Fund (2006) Miriam Weyker Thanatological
for the Westerly Hospital Cancer
Leonarda S. Winiarski Fund
Fund (1989) (2005)
Committee for URI for training to aid the terminally ill
for 10 organizations
Westerly Education Endowment Erskine N. White, Jr. and Eileen Gertrude L. Wolf Class of 1902
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
Fund (2001) L. White Fund (1995) (FoI)
to support public school related Fund (1987)
for education for disadvantaged young
educational programs, activities, and for Brown University Medical School for
people
services in Westerly cancer research
Maureen A. and Christopher D. Ruth and W. Irving Wolf, Jr.
Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Fund White Memorial Fund (2001) (DA)
(1992) Family Fund (2005) (DA)
support of the Auxiliary scholarship fund Whitehall Museum House Capital Women Ending Hunger Fund
Expenditure Fund (2000) (2006)
Westerly Lions Club Scholarship
Fund (2005) Whitehall Museum House for the RI Community Food Bank's initiative
for a scholarship from the school Endowment Fund (2000) Women’s Advertising Club of
for the House
Westminster Senior Center Fund Rhode Island Fund (1994) (FoI)
(1994) Wilbur Fund (1984) (FoI) for scholarships in related field
for the center to benefit inhabitants of Little Compton
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Jason Ellis Young another path, certification courses in alcohol and drug
Memorial Fund abuse treatment through DATA (Drug Awareness and
“He packed a lot into his Training Administration) of Rhode Island. His training
life,” Peter and Patricia Young prepared him for work as a substance abuse counselor
agree of their son, Jason. with young males at Corkery House and later as a unit
Born in Warwick, Jason manager for individuals undergoing detoxification at
attended Rocky Hill School, SSTAR of Rhode Island.
followed by East Greenwich Peter Young recalls how different Jason – with his love
High School. He played soccer, was active in theater, and of poetry, music, and the arts – was from his older
achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest award in brother, Christopher, now a certified financial analyst in
the Boy Scouts of America. Although his parents indicate Washington, DC, noting, “They were entirely different
he was a good student – participating in the gifted guys, but they were so tight, so close to each other.”
program – “He was more creative. He always had an Helping others came naturally to Jason, his parents
interest in music, was an avid reader, and did a lot of believe. “Scouting promotes a lot of that. It really plants
painting and writing, especially poetry. We figured that the seed,” Pat Young explains. She recalls the time
was his path,” his mother shares. Jason rescued a baby owl after it fell out of a tree and
That creative path took Jason to Emerson College how he volunteered at the East Greenwich Animal Rescue
where he earned a degree in film studies. While at the League.
Boston school, he wrote, directed and acted in social Jason died in 2002 at age 31. The Youngs see this
issue dramas. But the job market following his donor advised fund as a means of continuing his legacy
graduation wasn’t good. He considered a teaching career of helping others.
and spent a summer as a writing instructor at Hankuk
University of Foreign Studies in Korea before pursuing
Women’s Fund of Rhode Island Ora E. Wry Fund (2007) (DA) Sergeant Cornel Young Jr.
(2000) Harrison Yaghjian Fund (2000) Scholarship Fund (2000) (FoI)
for the organization for scholarships for students from certain
for the Newman Congregational Church in
Providence schools
Mrs. Kenneth F. Wood Fund Rumford
(1935) (Unr) Harry Yaghjian Trust Fund (1997) YWCA of Northern Rhode Island
for Blackstone Valley Chapter, RI Endowment Fund (1990)
Woodcock Charitable Fund (2000) for the YWCA
(DA) Association for Retarded Citizens
Dr. James J. Yashar Charitable Laura Mason Zeisler Fund (1997)
Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1946) (DA)
(Unr) Family Fund (2007) (DA)
5 Judge Marjorie Yashar Jonathan Marc Zimmering
Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1946) Memorial Fund (1989) (DA)
Charitable Fund (2008) (DA)
Endowment Funds List 2008, Continued
(FoI)
for health care organizations engaged in James A. Young Fund (1974) Coleman B. Zimmerman
caring for incurables for the E. Providence Boys Club and the Memorial Fund (1993) (DA)
Marilynne Graboys Wool Loyalty Chapter of DeMolay of Riverside Zitella Gallo Fund (2003) (DA)
Scholarship Fund (2000) (FoI) 5 Jason Ellis Young Memorial Kimberly and John
to send low income women to law school Fund (2008) (DA) Zwetchkenbaum Family Fund
John J. and Eleanor Q. Wrenn Mary A. Young Fund (1990) (2007) (DA)
Memorial Fund (2001) (DA) for the Tockwotten Home
Kit Wright Fund for Jamestown Mary A. Young Cancer Fund
(1979) (2005) (FoI)
for the betterment of the residents of for cancer research or the care of cancer
Jamestown patients
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THE 1916
SOCIETY
OF THE
RHODE ISLAND
FOUNDATION
Commemorating the year of
the Foundation’s founding,
The 1916 Society honors
individuals, families, and
others who have told us of
their plans to leave a legacy
through the Foundation in
the future.
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1916 Society Members Howard P. and Nancy Fisher Chudacoff Dennis Glass & Tanya Trinkaus Glass
If you are not a member of Mayor David N. Cicilline Richard M.C. Glenn, III &
The 1916 Society, but have Mary Goodyear Glenn
arranged to establish or add Marcia Clayton & William A. Maloney
to an existing endowment in John W. and Lillian Clegg Lola Goldberg
the future, we hope you will Carol Golden & Stuart Einhorn
Sidney Clifford Jr.
join, too.
Barbara Cobb Lillian Golden
Anonymous (43)
Madelyn Collins Eleanor J. Goldstein
William & Amabel Allen
Reverend and Mrs. Thomas Conboy, Jr. Donna Marie Goodrich
Patty & Melvin Alperin
Robert B. & Ann F. Conner Geoffrey Gordon
Hugold B. Anderson
John Corbishley Joya Weld Granbery-Hoyt
Noreen Andreoli
Michael & Kelly Cummings Frederick R. Griffiths
Peri Ann Aptaker &
Anthony & Christine D’Acchioli Mary Grinavic
Robert A. Lieberman
Christine E. Dahlin Helen E. & Stanley H. Grossman
Barbara & Doug Ashby
Peter S. and Anne Damon Hope R. Gustafson
Hugh D. Auchincloss, III
Sophie F. Danforth Kathleen Hagan
James & Karin Aukerman
Viola M. Dascoli John E. & Janet S. Hall
George and Petrina Babcock
John C. Davis Ralph E. Hanson
Marilyn Baker
Gloria E. Del Papa David F. & Karen R. Haskell
Robert L.G. & Ruth L. Batchelor
Anthony & Grace Del Vecchio Natalie B. Havens
Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. Baxt
John G. and Elizabeth A. De Primo Karin Hebb
Zabel Yaghjian Berg
James DeRentis Larry J. Hirsch
Milton C. & Julia Bickford
David and Elaine DeSousa Phyllis M. Huston
Mr. F. Steele Blackall, III
Giampiero & Leslie P. DiManna David C. Isenberg
Susan Marsh Blackburn
Dr. Dorothy F. Donnelly, Ph.D. Elaine Jacques
Raymond & Brenda Bolster, II
Kenneth J. Dorney C. Peter Jencks
Robert E. & Ann M. Borah
Maura Dowling Nancy W. Jencks
Karen S. Borger
David A. Duffy Mary M. Jennings
Mary T. Botelle
Wayne K. & Bernice C. Durfee Carl G. & Kathryn A. Johnson
Mrs. Sandra C. Bristol-Irvine
John L. Dyer V. Rolf Johnson
Jane Ann Brown
Violet Eklof Constance B.E. & Richard B. Jordan
Jeffrey A. Brown &
Barbara Horovitz Brown Catherine English Kevin E. Jordan, PhD
Joseph N. Brown Sanford M. & Beverly A. Fern Simone P. Joyaux & Tom Ahern
Steve J. Caminis Robert M. Fitton John V. Kean
Paul C. & Patricia B. Carlson Robert H. Forrest Stephanie Tower Keating
Richard F. Carolan Harold M. Foster Lester B. & Linda D. Keats
Annette R. Carpenter Mary Frappier Frederick S. Kenney
Harold J. Kushner
The 1916 Society
Kimberly Charbonneau Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Freeman
Samuel & Esther Chester Ronald V. & Andrea M. Gallo Arthur & Eva Landy
Edith G. Chisholm Arlene Golden Gilbert James R. Langevin
Paul & Elizabeth Choquette Richard J. Gladney Sally Lapides
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Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Laurans Mary Ann Podolak Ralph C. & Joyce L. Vossler
Patricia Lawlor, PhD Loretta R. & Lawrence Poole, Sr. John W. & Mary S. Wall
Margaret Goddard Leeson Frances L. M. Porter Howard S. & Elaine S. Weiss
Barbara M. Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Alfred K. Potter, II Edward W. Whelan
Stephen V. & Bettina H. Letcher Joseph E. Pucci Virginia A. Wilcox
Anne D. "Nancy" Littlefield Donna-Jean Rainville Margaret H. Williamson
Stanley & Martha Livingston Cynthia & Walter Reed Winthrop B. Wilson
Carolyn G. Longolucco Frances Waterhouse Richmond Edith B. Wislocki
Deirdre V. Lovecky Marcia S. Riesman Kenneth & Dorothy Woodcock
William & Susan Macy Pablo & Diane Rodriguez Laura Mason Zeisler
William & Mary Ann Makepeace Herman H. Rose
Bhikhaji M. Maneckji Geraldine J. Roszkowski
Barbara Margolis Deborah Ruggiero
Alita C. Marks Sanford & Marian Sachs
Deborah J. Marro Albert M. & Ilse I. Schaler
Maxwell Mays Barry & Elizabeth Schiller
David McCahan, Jr. Norma Jean Schmieding
Norman E. & Dorothy R. McCulloch Paul & Barbara Schurman
Kathleen McKeough Michael E. & Mary Schwartz
William Lynn McKinney & Dr. & Mrs. Sarkis M. Shaghalian
Ronald D. Margolin Edwin F. & Martha Sherman, Jr.
Gladys Miller Cheryl Silva-Feeney
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Milot Kathleen A. Simons
Heidi Keller Moon M. Patricia & George L. Sisson
Mary Morello Sara Rose-Slate & Donald H. Slate
Elizabeth T. Mullaney Lillian Sparfven
Ruth Mullen James L. Spears
Jane S. Nelson Dennis E. Stark
Joan M. O’Connor Walter R. Stone
Judith Oliveira William J. & Judith D. Struck
Ruth Oppenheim Peter A. & Janice W. Sullivan
Anne N. Ott James K. Sunshine
Elizabeth S. Palter, Ph.D. Meredith P. Swan & Kinnaird Howland
Thomas G. & Mary E. Parris Clinton M. Tompkinson
The 1916 Society, continued
Billy L. & June O. Patton Christine Townsend
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Perry, Jr. Doris M. Tucker
W.E. Phillips Louis J. Van Orden
Ann O. Picchione Doctor Domenic A. Vavala
Wells M. Pile & Marguerite Ofria Pile Alice Viola
Richard & Patricia Plotkin
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investment philosophy, including a 5.9% spending limit,
2008 FINANCIALS to ensure that our endowment grows in perpetuity. Any
investment return earned over the spending limit is added
In 2008, despite a national economic to principal, thus increasing the size of the endowment to
combat inflation and overcome cyclical down markets.
downturn, the Foundation remained And 2008 can certainly be described as a cyclical down
market -- one of the most challenging years for investors in
competitive, accepting more than recent history. Endowment managers at universities and
colleges nationwide reported drops in value of up to
$44 million in new gifts and funds. 40 percent; community foundations were not immune
he Rhode Island Foundation employs from the effect of an economy that spiraled downward in
T long-term investment strategies and sound
financial principles to ensure that the
philanthropic contributions entrusted to
us last forever. We also serve the larger
community, requiring us now, more than ever, to
maximize our available grantmaking dollars.
The Foundation has diversified asset allocations (see
the last two quarters.
The Foundation saw its endowment lose approximately
27 percent in value. We are proud, however, that our
10-year average investment return of 5.8 percent, is nearly
double the national community foundation average.
What is even more important: thanks to the Foundation's
16-quarter trailing average policy that applies to both
chart, this page) and sets high performance standards investments and grantmaking, we were able to distribute
for investment managers. During the past decade, the more than $27 million in the community in 2008 -- a record
Foundation has increased the proportion of equity breaking grantmaking number. More than 1,300 organizations
investments and has expanded its portfolio to include received grants from the Foundation. We are committed to
emerging markets, alternative investments, and global monitoring our operating expenses to ensure the greatest
fixed income assets. Index funds comprised more than possible investment in Rhode Island.
35 percent of the Foundation’s portfolio in 2008. Charts on this page illustrate 2008 gifts and grantmaking
The Foundation is committed to a “total return” by fund category.
5% 3% 5.6%
5%
25% 20%
22% 37.5%
22.1%
5% 15% 53%
10%
4% 17%
4% 17% 29.8%
TA R G E T
ASSET A L L O C AT I O N GIFTS BY FUND TYPE GRANTS BY FUND TYPE
Large Cap Domestic . . . . . . . . . 20% Discretionary . . . . . . . $23, 219,287 Discretionary . . . . . . . . $10,203,433
Mid Cap Domestic . . . . . . . . . . 15% Designated . . . . . . . . . . . 7,555,377 Designated . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,089,716
Small Cap Domestic . . . . . . . . . . 4% Donor Advised . . . . . . . . . 9,598,590 Donor Advised . . . . . . . . . 6,012,777
International Equity . . . . . . . . . . 17% Deferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,429,555 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,352,640
2008 Financials
Emerging Market Equity . . . . . . . . 4% Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362,990 Supporting Org . . . . . . . . .1,532,104
Domestic Fixed Income . . . . . . . 10% Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,165,799 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,190,670
Global Fixed Income . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
Alternative Investments . . . . . . . 25%
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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. Full financial statements are available upon request.
Form 990s, when they are complete, will be available at www.rifoundation.org.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION UNAUDITED 2008 2007
ASSETS
Cash $ 613,745 $ 505,914
Accrued investment income receivable 785,530 654,460
Investments, at fair value 409,156,839 561,070,249
Other assets 11,362,392 10,949,877
Other receivables 17,636,562 20,724,896
Fixed assets 5,336,599 5,264,591
Promissory notes receivable 10,719,542 10,742,924
TOTAL ASSETS $455,611,209 $609,912,911
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 1,002,119 $ 1,134,252
Grants payable 2,574,674 5,543,314
Charitable trusts 5,533,617 5,476,442
Liability for funds held as agency endowments 17,842,074 22,689,656
TOTAL LIABILITIES 26,952,484 34,843,664
NET ASSETS 428,658,725 575,069,247
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $455,611,209 $609,912,911
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES UNAUDITED 2008 2007
OPERATING REVENUES
Spending rate and grant income distributions $32,056,692 $30,448,705
Royalties and other income 2,364,892 2,544,322
Contributions for current use 2,805,214 2,825,769
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES 37,226,798 35,818,796
OPERATING EXPENSES
Net grants appropriated 26,038,529 23,857,390
Expenses related to administration, depreciation, and other 6,432,837 6,236,311
TOTAL OPERATING GRANTS AND EXPENSES 32,471,366 30,093,701
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS 4,755,432 5,725,095
NON-OPERATING REVENUES
Contributions for long-term investment 38,629,514 31,683,931
Reinvested investment income and gains (181,574,435) 21,332,024
Change in value of investments held in trust (8,101,423) 2,521,531
Discount on promissory note receivable - 205,025
Net assets released from restrictions (119,610) 70,614
TOTAL NON-OPERATING REVENUES (151,165,954) 55,813,125
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS (146,410,522) 61,538,220
2008 Financials
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 575,069,247 513,531,027
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $428,658,725 $575,069,247
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serves on the boards of the Harvard Business
Board of School Alumni Association, Big Picture Learning,
and the Business Innovation Factory. After
B.S. in nursing from Boston University and
her M.B.A with a concentration in health
care management from the University of
Directors receiving his M.B.A from Harvard in 1983,
Lorne worked on several entrepreneurial ven-
Connecticut. She holds an honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters from the University of Rhode
tures before establishing a financial services Island.
Thirteen community leaders practice in Providence in affiliation with
direct the Foundation; Northwestern Mutual Life, which honored him in CYNTHIA GARCÍA
each may serve up to two 1998 with its Community Service Award as the COLL, PH.D.
nation’s Most Exceptional Volunteer. Lorne
five-year terms. received the Foundation’s “Inspiring Partner”
Elected by the board
of directors in 2003
award in 2005 and was the 2007 recipient of
DAVID M.
Leadership Rhode Island’s David E. Sweet
HIRSCH, Cynthia García Coll
Leadership Award.
Chairman successfully combines a
Chairman since career of both
FREDERICK K. academics and activism. A professor of
January 2009; BUTLER
elected by the board education, psychology, and pediatrics at Brown
of directors in 2003 Elected by the board University, her current curriculum vitae boasts
of directors in 2008 more than 30 pages of publications,
Rhode Island philanthropist David Hirsch began presentations, and grants in her chosen fields.
Frederick Butler is vice She has been associated with universities from
his term as chairman in January 2009. With a
president business Venezuela and her native Puerto Rico to
bachelor of electrical engineering from
ethics and corporate Harvard, and is the editor of Developmental
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, followed by an
secretary of Textron. A native of Erie, PA, he Psychology, a major journal in her field.
M.B.A from Harvard, he held key positions with
has been at Textron since 1980, starting as a Cynthia’s current scholarship focuses on the
Simplex Wire and Cable and Columbia
staff attorney and quickly moving to more sen- immigrant paradox as it is evidenced in US
Electronic Cable before joining Pawtucket
ior legal positions within the corporation includ- immigrant groups. She is working to uncover
Fasteners Inc LLC, now Vertex Distribution, a
ing group general council Financial Services, the contextual characteristics and processes
subsidiary of DXP Enterprises, a NASDAQ listed
vice president, and secretary. He assumed his that support (or undermine) physical and
company, where he has been chairman and
current position in 1997. He holds his bache- mental health, educational, and behavioral
chief executive officer since 1972. He is past
lor’s degree from Harvard University and his outcomes of first, second, and third generation
associate chairman of the National Fastener
J.D. from Harvard Law School. Chairman of the youth. Cynthia is a recipient of Progreso
Distributors Association. David is a trustee of
Providence Foundation and president of the Latino’s Leadership in Health Award and in
Rensselaer, chair of its advancement commit-
board of trustees of the innovative arts organi- 2007 was named one of the top 100 most
tee, and former national chair of its annual
zation FirstWorks, Fred, a noted civic leader in influential Latinos in the US by Hispanic
fund. His involvement in Jewish affairs is con-
the state, also is a member of the boards of Business. Cynthia is primary author of
siderable: as past president and campaign
directors of the Textron/Chamber of Commerce Immigrant Stories: Ethnicity and Academics in
chairman of the Jewish Federation of Rhode
Public Charter School and United Way of Rhode Middle Childhood, published in 2009 by Oxford
Island, as past vice president of the state’s
Island. Fred is a commissioner of the Rhode University Press.
Jewish Community Center, and as past national
Island Ethics Commission, trustee of St. Joseph
vice-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal. He
also has been chairman of the Miriam Hospital
Health Services of Rhode Island, and trustee of PETER S.
Foundation and co-chairman of the Wheeler
Salve Regina University. He serves as DAMON
Foundation secretary. Elected by the board
School Centennial Fund, as well as a trustee of
Rhode Island for Community and Justice and a of directors in 2001
member of the Providence Police Academy
STEPHANIE
Board. David is a director of Citizens Bank of
DANFORTH Peter Damon, past
Rhode Island and Connecticut. He and his wife,
CHAFEE president and a current
Hope Alperin Hirsch, are holders of three Elected by the board director of BankNewport
endowments at the Foundation. of directors in 2008 and Ocean Point Financial Partners, also is a
trustee of the Preservation Society of Newport
LORNE Stephanie Chafee County and a director of The Damon Company.
ADRAIN founded the Rhode Peter is a director of Andera, Inc., of
Island Free Clinic in South Providence, which Providence and a member of the audit
Elected by the board
provides primary and preventative medical care committee of Salve Regina University.
of directors in 2009
to uninsured individuals. She is co-founder of Previously, he served as chairman of Child and
Women Ending Hunger, which partners with the Family Services of Newport County and on the
Lorne Adrain is founder
Rhode Island Community Food Bank to find boards of Grow Smart RI and of several other
of National Neighbor-
innovative ways to alleviate hunger. One of the local community and charitable organizations.
hood Day and co-
first registered nurses in Rhode Island to Peter is a resident of Middletown and attended
founder of Social Venture Partners of Rhode
administer exclusively to people infected with Phillips Academy, Amherst College, and Rutgers
Island (SVPRI). Author of four books, including
HIV/AIDS through the Brown University AIDS University’s Stonier Graduate School of
The Most Important Thing I Know (royalties
program in the late 1980s, Stephanie also
Board of Directors
from all of his books are donated to charities Banking. He serves on the Foundation’s gift
advocated for people with AIDS through her planning & stewardship Committee, and on the
through three endowments at the Foundation,
affiliation with Sunrise House, which provides advisory board of the Newport County Fund.
where he holds five named funds), he is past
individuals infected with AIDS a permanent Peter is chairman of the Foundation's
chairman of the Rhode Island Special Olympics
home. She has served on the boards of Miriam nominating committee.
and of the University of Rhode Island (URI)
Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and Rhode
Alumni Association. Lorne is a member of the
Island Hospital Foundation, and the Rhode
URI College of Business Advisory Council, and
Island Zoological Society. Stephanie earned her
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PATRICIA J. cally improve Bryant University’s facilities, aca- Council. She received her J.D. from
FLANAGAN, M.D. demic programs, residential campus life, and Northeastern University and is a member of the
Appointed by the technology, resulting in its becoming a universi- Rhode Island and Massachusetts Bars. Cynthia
United Way of Rhode ty in August 2004. President Machtley, a recog- chairs the Foundation’s finance committee.
Island in 2005 nized community and business leader, is presi-
dent of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure M. ANNE
With a professional Council and sits on several corporate and non- SZOSTAK
focus on “the dynamics profit boards. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Elected by the board
of adolescent motherhood,” Dr. Flanagan is Academy, he served on active duty in the U.S. of directors in 2006
director of the Teens with Tots Clinic at Hasbro Navy and retired as a captain from the U.S.
Children’s Hospital, which provides nursing, Naval Reserves in 1995 after 25 years of serv- Anne Szostak, President
social services, and medical services to 300 ice. President Machtley, who earned his law and CEO of Szostak
mothers age 16 and under and their babies, degree from Suffolk University, was a United Partners, LLC, is a
following their lives for up to five years. She is States Congressman for Rhode Island from management consultant and executive coach
the medical director of Out Patient Services at 1988 to 1996. He has been married to Kati who advises senior leaders on governance,
Hasbro Children’s Hospital and an associate Machtley for 36 years. talent, and succession issues. Prior to founding
professor of pediatrics at Brown Medical School. her own company, Anne spent 31 years with
Born in Warwick, Dr. Flanagan earned an under- BENJAMIN G. Fleet/Boston Financial Group (now Bank of
graduate degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, PASTER, ESQ. America) before retiring in 2004 as a corporate
NY, and her doctor of medicine from the State Appointed by the executive vice president. Among the highlights
University of New York, Buffalo. She is active governor and elected of her banking career were terms as chairman,
with the Healthy Teen Network, serving as by the board of chief executive officer, and president of Fleet
president from 2000 to 2003. Locally, her directors in 2007 Bank Rhode Island and Fleet Bank of Maine.
extensive community involvement includes board Currently, she serves as chairman of the board
membership of the Rhode Island Medical Legal Benjamin G. Paster, principal of Paster & of Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode
Partnership for Children and helping found the Harpootian, Ltd., is actively involved in philan- Island, and as a governor of the Boys and Girls
Statewide Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. thropic endeavors both professionally and per- Clubs of America. Additionally, she serves on
sonally. Past president of the Estate Planning the boards of publicly held and privately owned
THE HONORABLE Council of Rhode Island, he frequently lectures companies. Anne grew up in Rhode Island and
MAUREEN to professional and consumer audiences on the graduated from Colby College in Maine. She is
MCKENNA subject of estate, tax, and philanthropic plan- the recipient of many awards and five honorary
GOLDBERG ning. He is a fellow and state chair of the degrees. Anne chairs the Foundation's
Appointed by the Chief American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. investment committee. She and her husband,
Justice of the Supreme Mr. Paster, who has advised many Rhode Island Michael, live in Providence.
Court in 2003 charitable organizations on planned giving,
chaired the Miriam Hospital Foundation for five NEIL D.
Justice Goldberg has devoted virtually her entire years and continues to serve on its board of STEINBERG,
professional career to public service, including trustees. Educated at the Wharton School, with President & Chief
serving as the Supreme Court’s Acting Chief law degrees from Cambridge University and Yale Executive Officer
Justice this term. Before she joined the Supreme Law School, he has taught at Yale, Cambridge, Ex-officio
Court in 1997, she was a justice of the Superior and Bryant Universities. He served on the
Court and an assistant attorney general before Foundation’s Professional Advisory Council (PAC) Neil came to the
that, interrupted only by practicing privately from from 2003-2005, and as its chair in 2006. Foundation from Brown
1985-1990. She is or has been co-chairwoman University, his alma mater, where he served for
of the Supreme Court Committee on the Future CYNTHIA S. four years as vice president of development
of the Courts, the Law Day Committee, and REED and director of the most successful fundraising
chairwoman of the Supreme Court Indigent Elected by the board campaign in the University’s history. For three
Defense Task Force. Justice Goldberg was of directors in 2007 decades prior to joining Brown, Neil worked for
former chair of the board of trustees of her alma FleetBoston Financial, where he rose to the
mater, St. Mary Academy Bay View, which Cynthia Reed is position of chairman and chief executive officer
she continues to serve as a trustee, and is a president and chief of Fleet Bank Rhode Island. A community
member of the board of Phoenix Houses of New executive officer of LTR leader who has frequently answered the call to
England. She was named “Citizen of the Year” Holdings, LLC, a privately-owned firm providing service, Neil is on the advisory committee of
by the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association, strategic consulting services to new and United Way of Rhode Island and the advisory
and was the 2005 recipient of the Ada Sawyer established companies. Previously, she was board of the Greater Providence Chamber of
Award from the Rhode Island Women’s Bar senior vice president and general counsel of Commerce. He also serves as a director of the
Association. Maureen chairs the Foundation's Hasbro, Inc., and earlier was with Edwards Providence Foundation. He is a former director
gift planning & stewardship committee. Angell in Providence. She is an angel investor of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council,
and founding member of the Cherrystone Angel the Providence Performing Arts Center, and the
THE HONORABLE Group in Providence. Cynthia currently is a Urban League. Neil was named Hispanic
RONALD K. director of Delta Dental of Rhode Island, the American Chamber of Commerce Corporate
MACHTLEY Slater Technology Fund, the East-Side/Mount
Board of Directors
Leader of the Year in 2004, and was inducted
Elected by the board Hope YMCA, and Women & Infants Hospital, into the Brown University Hall of Fame in 2007.
of directors in 2007 where she is secretary and chair of the
compensation committee. She is an adjunct
Ronald K. Machtley was faculty member in Bryant University’s Legal
named the seventh Studies department. Cynthia graduated from
president of then Bryant College in June 1996. Wellesley College as a Wellesley Scholar and is
He is credited with having the vision to dramati- a member of Wellesley’s Business Leadership
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Current Staff
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Denise M. Jenkins COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING,
Neil D. Steinberg Grant Programs Officer & SPECIAL PROJECTS
President & CEO Daniel Kertzner Melanie Coon
Carol A. Perry Grant Programs Officer Vice President for Communications,
Executive Assistant to the President Alex McCray Marketing, & Special Projects
Grant Programs Associate Jean E. Cohoon
Inés Merchán Senior Communications Officer
DEVELOPMENT
Grant Programs Associate Jamie Hull
Carol Golden
Wanda Miglus Communications Assistant
Executive Vice President
& Chief Development Officer Grant Programs Associate Jessica Rutledge
Jennifer Pereira Special Projects Officer
Kimberly M. Butler
Vice President for Gift Planning Grant Programs Officer
& Stewardship Elaine Saccoccia PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Joyce M. Botelho Secretary Member Years Served
Philanthropy Officer,
Charles V. Chapin 1917-1927
Newport County Fund INITIATIVE FOR NONPROFIT William P. France 1917-1928
Marie Esposito EXCELLENCE Mary B. Steedman 1917-1929
Development Officer Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D. William L. Hodgman 1917-1935
Pamela Tesler Howitt Director Henry D. Sharpe 1917-1951
Stewardship Manager Albert D. Mead 1929-1933
Candice De Los Reyes
John Nicholas Brown 1930-1972
Alison Jackson Administrative Assistant
Walter A. Edwards 1933-1964
Stewardship Associate
Percival de St. Aubin 1933-1940
Zeldy Lyman FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION G. Maurice Congdon 1935-1961
Gift Planning Officer Alfred K. Potter 1936
Michael Jenkinson
Libby W. Monahan Senior Vice President for Arthur H. Ruggles 1940-1958
Funds Administrator Finance & Administration/CFO Thomas P. Hazard 1951-1963
Paula O’Brien Margaret Kelly 1958-1965,
Louis Capracotta, III
Stewardship Secretary 1970-1973
Facilities Manager
G. William Miller 1963-1977
Lauren Paola Raymond J. DeCosta Bancroft Littlefield 1964-1989
Secretary Staff Accountant Joseph J. Baker 1966-1970
James S. Sanzi, Esq. Maeghen Denis Andrew M. Hunt 1972-1987
Gift Planning Officer Receptionist Norman M. Fain 1972-1987
Pauline M. Turenne Frank Licht 1973-1987
Kathleen Malin
Assistant to the Executive Vice Erskine N. White, Jr. 1977-1986
Director of Information Technology
President Patricia H. Blackall 1972-1990
Jeanine Marshall Robert H.I. Goddard 1960-1994
Facilities Coordinator William H. Heisler III 1987-1996
GRANT PROGRAMS Carol Jean Maurice Paul J. Choquette, Jr. 1987-1997
Owen Heleen Database Administrator Edward L. Maggiacomo 1987-1997
Vice President for Grant Programs Jennifer Reid B. Jae Clanton 1989-1998
Current Staff & Past Board Members
Anna Cano-Morales Controller Melvin Alperin 1987-1999
Associate Vice President for Grant Ann Conner 1991-2000
Diane Rodgers Norman E. McCulloch 1994-2002
Programs Office Manager Florence K. Murray 1998-2002
Adrian C. Bonéy Bill Smith Ruth Simmons 2002
Grant Programs Officer Maintenance Technician John W. Wall 1994-2004
Tina Donate Pablo Rodriguez M.D. 1994-2005
Grants Administrator Margaret G. Leeson 1997-2006
HUMAN RESOURCES
Beverly A. Guay Elizabeth Z. Chace 1998-2006
Nancy Routhier Ronald V. Gallo, ex officio 1993-2007
Administrative Assistant
Human Resources Director Walter R. Stone, Esq. 1998-2007
Carol J. Grant 2002-2008
George Graboys 1999-2008
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Greenwood Associates
PRINTER:
The Signature Group
EDITOR:
Melanie Coon
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Jean Cohoon and Jessica Rutledge
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT:
Jamie Hull
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