w om e n ’s f u n d of w e s t e r n m a s s a c h u s e t ts
WOMEN’S FUND
OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AWARDING GRANTS IN OUR FOUR COUNTIES SINCE 1998
TOTALING MORE THAN $1.8 MILLION
IMPACTING 75,000 WOMEN AND GIRLS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011–2012
Valerie Bonatakis
Director of Constituent Relations
Elms College
Carol Campbell
President/CEO
Chicopee Industrial Contractors
Kathy Cardinale
President
Cardinale Design
Sara Crawley
Consultant
Blackbaud
Regina Curtis
Executive Director of Resource Development &
GCC Foundation, Greenfield Community College
Kate Kane
Managing Director
Springfield Group – NMFN
Carla Lee
Social Worker
CT Dept of Children and Families
Linda Marchesani
vice president/clerk
Manager of Workplace Learning & Development
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sue Monks
Community Philanthropist
Anne Paradis
Chief Executive Officer
MicroTek, Inc.
Ronda Parish
Attorney
The Law Office of Ronda G. Parish, PG
Jill Paul
Consultant
Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation
Shonda Pettiford
president
Assistant Director, Commonwealth Honors College
University of Massachusetts
Michelle Theroux
Anne Weiss
Anne Weiss Consulting
Marlena Willis
Outreach Program Director
Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center
OUR MISSION
The Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts advances
social change to create economic and social equality for
women and girls in western Massachusetts through
grantmaking and strategic initiatives in the areas of:
Educational access and success
Economic justice
Safety and freedom from violence
ANNUAL REPORT 2011–2012
WE BELIEVE IN YOU.
HERE ARE OUR RESOURCES,
OUR MONEY, OUR
KNOWLEDGE, OUR WISDOM,
AND OUR HANDS TO HELP.
DEAR FRIENDS,
We believe in you. Our Board alumna Maria Sirois spoke these words
in our 10th anniversary video, and they are even more meaningful five
years later.
Kate Kane
Board President
Carla Oleska
Chief Executive Officer
We believe in our grantee partners and the tireless work they do and the
services they provide. Their work to advance the lives of women and
girls has produced phenomenal results: from educational success to
financial literacy to developing the courage to leave an abusive situation,
women’s lives have been changed dramatically. And as we know, when
women’s lives are changed so are the lives of their families.
We believe in the most underutilized resource in this country: women’s
leadership. Our Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact is
now in its third year. The results are in, and it is a tremendous success.
The Institute has created a growing network of women leaders across the
four counties of western Massachusetts. It is also creating a bridge with
the eastern region of the state.
We believe in the power of linking arms with women of the world. This
year we participated in a U.S. State Department exchange with women
from Brazil. As one of the host sites, we had guests for two weeks last
spring and in turn sent one of our interns to Brazil in July. We are now
in the second round of hosting, and we know that new opportunities
will continue for strengthening these relationships.
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts Staff
Julie Kumble, Director of Grants and Programs
Julie Holt, Office Manager
Claudia Pazmany, Director of Development
You, our donors believe in the mission of WFWM. You support our
annual fund; you establish legacy gifts to ensure this mission continues;
you attend our events to join in celebrating our impact.
Carla Oleska, Chief Executive Officer
Julie-Anne Stebbins, Corporate Liaison
Interns
Cynthia Staniszewski, Mount Holyoke College Community Based
Learning (CBL) Media and Communications Fellow
You, our volunteers believe in the work that happens behind the
scenes. From our Board of Directors to our event committees to our
professional development workshop providers, all of you share your time
and expertise with grace and generosity of spirit. The work couldn’t be
done without your hands.
Gabriella Jannotta, UMass Undergraduate Intern
We believe in you, and we thank you for your support, your time, your
efforts, your tenacity and your grace. As you will see in the following
pages—when we connect our donors, volunteers, grantees and women’s
leadership—everyone in our four counties benefits!
With our deep gratitude,
Kate Kane
Board President
Carla Oleska
Chief Executive Officer
2011
ANNUAL
CELEBRATION
Come as you are party!
Our Annual Celebration at the Log Cabin! In the face of the
October storm, we all decided that we needed to have
something to move us beyond our woes. Over 350 area guests
responded to Carla Oleska’s email:
The Log Cabin has power! The heat is on; the food is hot, the
coffee is fresh, and the bar is open. So yes, we will indeed gather
for our Annual Celebration on Wednesday as planned!
And that is just what we did! Our Mistress of Ceremonies
Kathy LeMay helped us welcome Jennifer Buffett, President
and Co-Chair of the New York based NoVo Foundation, a
renowned voice for women and girls across the globe. And we
honored our Ripple Effect Award recipients for 2012: Nikki
Perez of the Jump Start Program, Holyoke and Lauren PayneRiley of Railroad Street Youth Project, Great Barrington.
GRANTEE
PARTNERS
The Women’s Fund is proud to partner with sixteen grantee organizations
this year to advance social change. These organizations were chosen because
of their work to engage members of our communities in dialogue and action
and to ensure that people who are typically disregarded have a seat at the
decision-making table. They were selected for funding because not only
do they offer excellent social services, but they also work to change the
systems that support social injustice. We’re especially pleased that of our
sixteen grantees, six are organizations that are new recipients of a Women’s
Fund grant.
We need organizations like the WFWM to be talking about gender based
inequity, mobilizing forces for change, and to gather the resources to
fund the services and programs we need – so thank you Women’s Fund!
—Janis Broderick, Elizabeth Freeman Center
The WFWM pays attention to where the real needs are. WFWM is
aligned with volunteers, supporters, activists, and their board to get to
know its grantees; it makes the link between donors and grantees.
—Jane Burke, Flying Cloud Institute
The WFWM is approachable, and has a wonderful understanding of
women’s needs.
—Dena Calvanese, Gray House
Educational Access and
Success Grants
BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY, Policy Grant:
Berkshire County Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative (B)
BRAYTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Program
Grant: Girl Power at Brayton (B)
COMMUNITY ACTION, Program Grant:
Mothers on the Move-The Family Learning (F)
Economic Justice Grants
CASA LATINA, Program Grant: Mujer Project
(H)
LGBT COALITION OF WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS, Policy Grant:
Diversity Heroes Project (B, F, H, HR)
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW
ENGLAND, Program Grant: Women’s Fund/
MicroTek Inc. Partner Grant, Economic
Advancement for Refugee Women (H)
THE GRAY HOUSE, Program Grant: Community
Education Support Program (H)
APPLICATIONS BY COUNTY
FUNDED
Berkshire
Franklin
Hampden
Hamshire
25%
25%
37%
33%
projects serving
multiple counties
34%
AWARDS BY COUNTY
Safety and Freedom from Violence
GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FOUNDATION, Policy Grant: Franklin County
Women’s Success Project (F)
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, Program Grant:
Cambias Mentoring Program (H)
MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE, Program Grant:
Bridge Women to Women (W2W) Project and
Mujeres Latinas (B)
NEARI JUMP-START, Program Grant: Women’s
Fund/Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Partner Grant, Women’s Group Program (H)
FUNDS AWARDED
ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER, Program
and Policy Grant: Advocacy, Relief and
Empowerment Program (B, F, H, HR)
(primarily Berkshire)
PRISON BIRTH PROJECT, Policy Grant:
Coalition to Pass Bill HB2234 Against
Shackling During Prison Births (B, F, H, HR)
KEY: B=BERKSHIRE COUNTY
F=FRANKLIN COUNTY
H=HAMPDEN COUNTY
HR=HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
Berkshire
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
$17,500
$5,000
$19,000
$6,000
projects serving
multiple counties
$52,500
Total
$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF
MASSACHUSETTS, Program Grant: Seamos
Honestos: Educating and Supporting Latino
Parents as the Primary Sexuality Educators of
their Children (H)
TREEHOUSE FOUNDATION, Policy Grant: Hear
Our Voices III (HR, H, F)
VOICES FROM INSIDE, Operating Support
Grant (H)
Having the WFWM as a partner has an impact on two generations when
working with mothers and their children.
—Allen Fowler, Community Action
The results are in!
LIPPI participants and alumni are stepping up their leadership in politics, civic
committees, and on boards.
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
12 women ran for elected office
Member, Greenfield School Committee and
initiator of Community Outreach committee
Member, Springfield School Committee Member,
Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire team leaders for
senate and presidential campaigns
Successful adoption of state legislative
amendment proposed by LIPPI participant
Participant, Yale Women’s Campaign School
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Member, Young Professionals Society of Greater
Springfield Board of Directors
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of
Women; Great Barrington Housing Authority;
Agawam Housing Authority (2012 Chair)
Fundraising Committee member, Multi-Cultural
Bridge Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Member, Greater Springfield Senior Task Force
Founder and head, the Alliance of Black
Professionals
Member, Puerto Rican and Latino Leadership
Council
Vice President, Publicity and Education,
local Toastmasters chapter
Member, North End Organizing Network,
Springfield
Board member, Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine Society of MA
Co-chair, town Finance Committee
Promotion to Holyoke Police Force Captain
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Organizer of an effort to bring supportive
services to families of foster children
First tenant elected to the board of her
housing development
Principle organizer of 1,000 Hoodies for Trayvon
Martin march, Springfield
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
FRANKLIN COUNTY
HAMPDEN COUNTY
HAMSHIRE COUNTY
LIPPI Participants 2011–2012
Pauline Dongala
Michelle Loubert
Estervina Pimentel
Cheryl Dukes
Amy Podlenski
Ellen Marie Spring
Tahira Amatul-Wadud
Camille Butterfield Elliott
Michele Crochetiere
Marie Destry Sibley
Jillian Duclos
Denise Duguay
Ruth Giles
Monica Larssen
Julia Ortiz
Denise Salgado
Maria Elsie Sanchez
Laurie Williams
Sarah Barr
Janet Caswell
Dominique Cruz-Soth
Liz Friedman
Toni Hochstadt
Kerry Homstead
Suong Ives
Bonnie MacCracken
Vanessa Martinez
Phyllis Marie McCourt
Maureen McGuinness
Cindy Ouellette
Claudia Pazmany
Tiffany Shute
Beth Spong
Cynthia Staniszewski
Jasmin Torrejon
2011–2012
PARTICIPANTS
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
FOR
POLITICAL & PUBLIC IMPACT
35 women were accepted into LIPPI this year, participating in what
is fast becoming known as the women’s leadership training program
in the region. Through a year-long program, LIPPI equips women to
become civic and professional leaders, to impact policy on the local,
state and national levels, and to seek and hold on to elected positions.
Focusing on areas such as policy-making, campaign management,
fundraising, board leadership, and running for office, LIPPI gives
women the tools, confidence and contacts they need to become
political and professional leaders. By training women in the nuts and
bolts of all these skills, we aim to advance social change for a more
equitable and just society.
I think LIPPI gets it that we need to have a new paradigm shift for
civic leadership and women have to be more than just conveners at
the table, we have to be social, transformational leaders.
—Camille Butterfield Elliot
LIPPI wasn’t just a gift; it was a stimulus package for me. It rekindled
my confidence. It gave me a sense of camaraderie and belonging
with women and it sanctioned the pursuit of power.
—Ellen Spring
WE ARE EACH
OTHER’S BEST
RESOURCE
WFWM Goes Global
This year, the Women’s Fund partnered with the Amherstbased organization, the Institute for Training and Development, through a U.S. State Department-funded program
focusing on cultural and leadership exchange between
Brazilian and American women. As one of the partnering
organizations, the Women’s Fund hosted two Brazilian
women in April for two weeks and in July, our Mount
Holyoke College intern Cynthia Staniszewski travelled to
Brazil for a deep learning experience and exchange.
Brazilian participants with local trainers at the LIPPI training
session on campaign organizing. Left to right: Manoela Wendler
Fernandes; Julie Hooks, Director of Institute for Training and
Development; Rosangela Cristina De Souza O’Neil; Elizabeth Silver,
Mary Clare Higgins, LIPPI trainers; Julia Gladis Lacerda Arruda;
Valeria De Cassia Lopes; Nara Regina Franco De andrade; Haydee
Lamberty Rodriguez (2010 LIPPI graduate)
The exchange is being repeated this fall and into 2013, this
time exploring ways to offer aspects of our Leadership
Institute (LIPPI) to our new partners. And we have much to
learn from a country that has elected their first woman
president! We know that women’s issues transcend culture
and geography, and this prestigious partnership has allowed
us to explore those issues deeply . . . while making wonderful
new friends!
What I learned was that in the United States and Brazil, providing training is essential in improving women's
self-esteem and confidence and for raising the next generation of boys and girls to see parity as a norm. We
are each other’s best resource—I saw many incredible role models who were building awareness, drafting
and supporting policy and creating systemic change with few resources.
—Cynthia Staniszewski, Mount Holyoke College Fellow
Individual Donors
July 1, 2011–June 30, 2012
The work of the Women’s Fund cannot be accomplished without this broad base of support from across our four counties.
Anonymous (7)
Dorcas and Stephen Abell
Mara Acel-Green
Norma Adler and Susan Torrey
Susan Alston
Kay Althoff
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud
Ron Ancrum
Elizabeth Anema and Betsy Johnson
Marie Angelides
Anne Apkin
Nancy August
Mollie Babize and Mary Quigley
Jessica Bacal
Lee Badgett
Nancy Bair
Karen Barnes
Mary Barringer
Kathy Barron
Gina Barry
Claire Bateman
Jean Beard
Carolyn Benson and Connie Baugh
Tina and Michael Berins
Joyce Berkman
Olivia Bernard
Channing and Marie Bete, Jr.
Dennis Bidwell and Mary Ann Kelly
Deborah Blume
Linda Boborodea
Jessica Bobrowski
Barbara Bodzin and Larry Farber
Meredith and James Boone
Monica Borgatti
Vivian Bresnitz
Michelle Bugbee
Regina Burgio
Jane and Lawrence Burke
Sarah Buttenweiser and
Hosea Baskin
Theresa Cain and Rose Evans
Colleen Cameron
Carol Campbell
Patricia Canavan
Rebecca Caplice
Kathy Cardinale
Gail Cariddi
Sara Carlson
Valerie Caro
Tracy Carroll and Jen Herrmann
Leida Cartagena
Jaymie and Michael Chernoff
Carol Christ
Ileana Cintron
Michelle Clarkin and
Marlene Eicholtz
Fredrika Clement
Elsa Cline
Susan Clopton and John Levine
Mary Ann Cofrin
Sara Cohen and Jim Kessler
Jessica Collins
Patricia Collins and Michael Cohen
Suzette Fontaine Collins
Anne and Charles Connington
Carol Constant
Patricia and Timothy Crane
Sally Crawford and Jane Porter
Sara Crawley
Cheri Cross
Margo Culley
Carole Cunningham
Sylvia Cuomo
Karen D. Curran
Annette and Dean Cycon
Valerie Dahl
Elizabeth Daly and Barbara Dunn
Sharon Davenport
Michelle Depelteau
Florence and Peter DeRose
Kelly and Charlie DeRose
Maria Desmarais
L. Alexandra Dest
Kerry Dietz
Rebecca Dimino
Elizabeth Dineen
Michele and George Ditomassi
Lori Divine-Hudson
Mariah Dixon-Wheeler
Dianne and Paul Doherty
Kathy Donnellan
Sandra Doucett
Anne and Henry Drapalski
Carol Drexler
Wraye Dugundji and
Sheryl Derderian
Denise Dukette
Shirley Edgerton
Lee Edwards
Linda Edwards
Ruth Elcan
Kristen Elechko
Camille Butterfield Elliott
Jean Erlbaum
Laurie Estes and Brenda Wolfe*
Ann Ferguson
Michelle Fournier
Katherine Francis
Leslie Smith Frank
Elizabeth Friedman
Sally Fuller
Jonna Gaberman and
Bruce Wintman
Amy Gazin-Schwartz
Becky George
Janine Giles
Cynthia Ginsburg
Gwen Glass and Mary Tuttle*
Gina Golash
Kathy Goos and Barry Werth
Susan Gordon
Cleo Gorman and Ron Ackerman
Sara Gould
Beth Green
Amy Greenbaum
Joan Greenfield
Frederick Griffiths
Sally Griggs
Jennifer Guldi and Sally Hajjar
Jan Hackman
Mary S. Hale
Daphne Hall and Stephen
Vincent Hall
Patricia Hamilton
Shane Hammond and Dan Kelleher
Donna Harlan
Anne Harrison and Laurie Priest
Alane Hartley
Gerry and James Harvey
Wil Hastings
Donna Hatch
Rebecca Hedgecock
Kathryn and Royster Hedgepeth
Jenny and Adam Hersch
Eliza Hewat
Christie Higuera
Roberta Hillenberg-Gang and
David Gang
Sherrill Hogen
Julie Holt
Kerry Homstead
Jack Hornor
Mary Hulbert and Annie Morehouse
Mary Hunt-O’Connor
Marjorie Hutter
Nancy and Joseph Hutter
Regina (Jeannie) Hutter
Amy Jamrog and Kim Cook
Carol Jenkins
Peter Jessop and Maureen Humpage
Deborah and Rexford Joffray
Jeannie Jones
Vera and Chester Kalm
Kate Kane
Ticia Kane
Carol and Brad Katz
Jacqueline and George Keady
Judith Kennedy
Kathleen Keough
Susan Kimball Halpern
Carol Kinsley
Janet Klausner-Wise and
Jeremy Wise
Elizabeth Knight
Kathleen Knowles ssj
Deborah Koch
Lucille Kolish
Judith Koretz
Lynn Korza
Estate of Ruth Krauss c/o
Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
Gretchen Krull
Julie Kumble
Anne Kusiak
Stephanie Labrie
Nicole LaChapelle
Helen Ladd
Jennifer Ladd
Susan B. Lantz
Carol Laplante
Janet Laprade
Rita Lara
Wendy Laurin and Jeffrey Konowitch
Karen Laverdiere
Ellen Leahy Pile
Carol Leary
Ronnie Leavitt
LaWanza Lett-Brewington
Kristin Leutz
Claudia Levin
Penny Levin
Ginnie Levine
Steven Botkin and Joan Levy
Patricia Lee Lewis and Don Wukasch
Darlene Libiszewski
Sally Livingston
Eleanor Lord
Karen Lord and Matthew Leighton
Elizabeth Loughran
M.J. Maccardini
Judith Machanik
Susan and Alfred Magee
Stacey Mageira
Anne Marie Mallon
Dr. Barbara Mandell
Elena Mansour
Marilyn and Todd Marchant
Linda Marchesani
Susan Mareneck
Michella Marino
Michele Marotta
Madelaine Marquez
Ivy Marsh
Marguerite R. Martin
Vanessa Martinez and Jamie Locklar
York and Buffy Mayo
Phyllis Marie McCourt
Maureen McGuinness
Betsey McKearnan
Joan McNally
Felicia Mednick
Maureen Mikuszewski
Julia Miller Nobumori
Sarah and Hugh Mitchell
Sue and Bill Monks
Thea Montanez
Sarah Morin and Andree Demay
Anna Morrison
Anne Moore
Mary Jo Murphy
Paula Murphy and Deb Burkhalter
Merry Nasser
Kristi Nelson
Valerie Nelson
Dorothy Nemetz and John Todd
Diane and Jane Nevinsmith
Robyn Ann Newhouse
Barbara Newman
Anne Nugent
Elizabeth Odell
Mary Olberding
Kim O’Leary
Carla Oleska
Norma Oleska
Magui O’Neill
Julia Ortiz
Jenny Papageorge
Anne Paradis and
Mary Jane Canavan
Jennifer Paris
Suzanne Parker
Teresa Parker
Christine Parrish and Suzanne Smith
Dorothy Patterson
Jill Paul and Barbara Bilz
Claudia Pazmany
Gail Pederzoli Dunn
Judge Gail Perlman
Lynn Peterfreund
Lorna Peterson
Cheryl Pettiford
Shonda Pettiford
Morey Phippen
Sally Pick
Emily and John Pietras
Jackie and David Pleet
Lori Polep
Betty Rae and Martin Poppo
Barbara Quinn
Susan Quinn
Leigh Rae
Lisa Ranghelli
Andrea Raphael
Sherill Redmon
Nancy Reiche and Thomas Kane
Cornelia and Wallis Reid
Marjorie Reid
Barbara Reinhold
Karen Remmler
Larry Repanes
Martha Richards
Kathy and Alan Robbins
Rep. Mary S. Rogeness
Dolores Root
Maria Rosario
Joan Rosenbaum
Margot Rowland
Gloria Russell
Jessica Saalfield and Kristen Elechko
Dr. Marcia Savage and Carol Sica
Burd Schlessinger
Carolyn Schreiner and Mag Carra
Cecelia Scott and Astrid Lindstrom
Linda Scott and Rebecca Sherer
Tuti Scott
Jan Seward
Doris Shallcross
Margarita Shannon
Kathleen Sharkey
Angela Shartrand
Rebecca Sherer
Elizabeth Silver
Jean Simmons
Shirley Simolari
Wendy and John Sinton
Maria Sirois
Linda Slakey
Suzanne Slater and Judy Dixon
Alyssa Smith
Martha Smith
Susan Smith
Betty Snow
Shoshana Sokoloff M.D.
Judith Solsken
Cynthia Sommer and Andrew Balder
Sandra Southwick
Catherine Spath and
Kate Kruckemeyer
Tania Spear
Elizabeth Spong
Diana Spurgin
Elizabeth and Eric Stahl
Cynthia Staniszewski
Julie-Anne and Grant Stebbins
Marie Stebbins
Janice Stefanacci
Diane Steingart
Cheryl Stevens
Pamela Stobierski
Rep. Ellen Story
Lorna Strassler
Toni Strassler
Maureen Sullivan
Susan Sullivan
Joanne Sunshower
M.A. Swedlund
Alice Swift
Jessica Sylvester
Melissa Tefft
Michelle Theroux
Peggy Thieriot
Susan Tombs
Ketesah Trudeau
Lori Tuominen
Laurel Turk
Susan Tyler
Nancy and Bruce Urbschat
Rev John Vaughn
Elaine Vega
Anja Waechter-Bourbeau
Margaret Walker
Phebe Wallace
Susan Webb
Anne Weiss
Susan Weiss
Nancy Wheeler
Wendy Wilde
Marlena Willis
Joan Wilson
Lucy Wilson Benson
Marianne Winters and Karan Parkin
Virginia Wolf
Karen Woltjen Hines
Marilyn Woodman
Cate Woolner
Angela Wright
Barbara Young and Eric Weber
Elizabeth Young
Pamela Young
Valerie Young
Katie Zobel
Jeffrey and Kelly Zuzolo
Linda Zwiren and Frances Soto
*deceased
IN HONOR OF
America Alers vda Velez
Pauline Dongala
Sarah Dudzic
Mary Gigliotti
Beth Green
Martha Greene
Julie Holt
Marjorie Hutter
Lauren Knowles
Julie Kumble
Michele Marotta
Carla Oleska
Jill Paul
Ruth E. Pederzoli
Leah Russin
Shirl Simolari
Pat Summitt
Title IX
Patricia VandenBerg
2012 LIPPI Cohort
WFWM Staff My wonderful team!
IN MEMORY OF
Harold and Rosalind Butterfield
Michelle Marie Cunningham
Patricia DeLosa
Joan Hastings
Anna and Joseph Koretz
Nancy Jacobs Latrenz
Anthony Oleska
Shanti Shapiro
Carlos Vega
Brenda Wolfe (13)
Leadership Institute for Political
and Public Impact (LIPPI)
LIPPI SUPPORT
Community Foundation of
Western Massachusetts
Irene E. and George A. Davis
Foundation
Two West Foundation
Elizabeth Wright Fund.
LIPPI SCHOLARSHIP
Anonymous (1)
Pauline Dongala
Cheryl Dukes
Camille Butterfield Elliott
Ruth Giles
Michelle Loubert
Phyllis Marie McCourt
Julia Ortiz
JOAN’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
My joy in the scale and scope of our vision is immense.
—Joan Hastings, Board Alumna
A LEGACY SOCIETY IS BORN
In November 2010 we lost Joan Hastings, board alumna and long-time supporter who is credited with writing the first
check to the Fund. Joan hoped to stir in women what was stirred in her by supporting the Women’s Fund—that a
community of caring, intelligent, diverse women, interested in providing opportunities for others and for each other can
do it! In this spirit we have chosen to name our legacy society Joan’s Circle of Friends. Thank you Joan.
In April 2012 a gathering of board, board alumnae and early supporters was held to launch Joan’s Circle of Friends.
We thank Michele Megas-Ditomassi and her husband George for hosting this warm gathering. We proudly introduce
our first Joan’s Circle of Friends who have made the support of women and girls a priority in their legacy planning:
Anonymous (1)
Elizabeth Anema
Jean Beard
Carol Campbell
Susan Clopton & John Levine
Michele Megas Ditomassi
Dianne Doherty
Wil Hastings
Amy Jamrog & Kim Cook
Cindy Johnson
Susan Lantz
Eleanor Lord
Susan Lowenstein Kitchell
Sue Monks
Carla Oleska
Anne Paradis & Mary Jane Canavan
Jill Paul
Julie Pokela
CREATING A LEGACY? Want to respond to your voice in social justice for women and girls? Join Joan’s Circle of
Friends. For assistance with your legacy planning please contact: Claudia Pazmany, Director of Development,
[email protected], (413) 629-0087 ext. 14.
Redefining What’s Possible: 300 GIVING $3,000 OVER 3 YEARS!
Join our march to our March 14 celebration of
our 15th anniversary and pledge your financial
support to fuel our work and provide solid footing
for women and girls as we progress for our next
fifteen. What we can do collectively as a group
is provide a deeper level of support that this
Fund can use to build the future for women and
girls here at home.
Learn more about our Redefining What’s Possible
campaign at www.womensfund.net/give/give.htm.
Ready to redefine what is possible with us? Women
are already pledging. To make YOUR pledge, please
contact: Claudia Pazmany, Director of Development,
[email protected] or (413) 529-0087 ext.14.
FINANCIAL
REPORT
Revenue
2% GRANTS RECEIVED
7% INVESTMENT
12% EVENTS
-4% NET UNREALIZED AND REALIZED
GAINS (LOSES) ON INVESTMENTS
Statement of Financial Position
June 30, 2012
ASSETS
Cash, term deposits, and cash equivalents
Pledges receivable, net
Investments, at market value
Property and equipment, net
Other
Total assets
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
Accrued payroll, taxes and benefits
Accrued expenses
Funds held for others
Total liabilities
83% INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
$98,738
$221,651
$2,513,126
$1,340
$47,715
$2,882,570
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total net assets
$1,926,982
$355,013
$588,168
$2,870,163
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
$2,882,570
THANK YOU to our
committee volunteers
for their extraordinary
leadership commitment
to the Women’s Fund.
Expenses
$4,000
$4,371
$1,059
$2,977
$12,407
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Shonda Pettiford, President
Kate Kane, VP/President Elect
Carol Campbell, Clerk
Michelle Theroux
Anne Weiss
FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Suzette Fontaine Collins, Chair
Tricia Canavan
Denise Dukette
Carol Katz
Michelle Theroux
Pamela Zagorski
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Suzette Fontaine Collins, Chair
Regina Curtis
Vikki Lenhart
Mary Lewonchuk
Louise Nicholas
Judith Williams
21% FUNDRAISING
6% OPERATING
73% GRANTMAKING AND PROGRAMS
GOVERNANCE/NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
Valerie Bonatakis
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Carol Campbell, Chair
Jill Paul, Chair
Michelle Megas Ditomassi,
Honorary Chair, Hampden County
Vivian Bresnitz
Amy Nee
Micky Sanderson
Jackie Keady
Sara Crawley
Linda Marchesani
Ronda Parish
Shirley Simolari
Anne Weiss
MARKETING COMMITTEE
Kathy Cardinale, Chair
Linda Edwards
Holly Mott
Cynthia Staniszweski
Judith Williams
Karen Woltjen Hines
CORPORATE COMMITTEE
Anne Paradis, Chair
Hannah Butler
Carol Campbell
Michelle Depelteau
Allison Ebner
Kate Kane
Jennifer Parker-Williams
Erica Pellegrino
GRANTMAKING COMMITTEE
Sue Monks, Chair
Leida Cartagena
Becky George
Christie Higuera
Elena Mansour
Lisa Rangheli
Denise Salgado
Layla Taylor
Corporate Partners:
ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT
The Women’s Fund is honored to have the support of local organizations
who believe in the investment of women and girls.
Adams & Ruxton
Health New England
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Holyoke Community College
Angels Rest Retreat
Insurance Center of New England
Arbella Insurance Group Charitable
Integrity Dev. & Construction, Inc.
Foundation, Inc.
Corporate Underwriters:
Keyes and Donnellan, P.C.
Barrington Foundation Inc.
The Law Office of Ronda G. Parish, PG
Cardinale Design
Lenox
CardPay
Marcus Printing
Cavalier Management Corp
Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
Chicopee Industrial Contractors, Inc.
MicroTek, Inc.
Chicopee Savings Bank
Nicholas LaPier, CPA
Citizens Charitable Foundation
NMFN - The Jamrog Group
Coldwell Banker Upton-Massamont
NMFN - The Springfield Group
Realtors
People’s United Bank
Collaborative for Educational Services
Professional Business Services
Crawley Family Foundation
Roberto’s/Sylvester’s Restaurant
DeJordy, Dugre, Croteau and Co.
Safe Passage
Deliso Financial and Insurance Services
Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, PC
Dietz & Co. Architects
Sisters of St. Joseph
Duke Insurance
Smith College
Eileen Fisher
Socha Signs
Elms College Campus Ministry
Springfield Tech. Comm. College
Friends of Amherst Recreation
Steve’s Sugar Shack
GE Foundation
Susan A. Weiss, CPA
Gravity Switch
Union Institute and University
Greenfield Savings Bank
United Bank
Hart & Patterson Financial
Westfield Bank
Services
. . . when we connect our donors,
volunteers, grantees and women’s
leadership—everyone in our four
counties benefits!
—CARLA OLESKA, CEO
116 Pleasant Street
Suite 358
Easthampton, MA 01027
S AV E - T H E - D AT E
COME CELEBRATE OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY
March 14, 2013
MassMutual Center, Springfield
Standing On Her Shoulders
Join us for the first “Standing On Her Shoulders”
Award presentation honoring 16 outstanding
trailblazers from across our four counties. Look for
your invitation in the mail and get all 15th
anniversary updates at www.womensfund.net.
Join us as we shine a spotlight on these bold and inspiring lives marked by significant accomplishments—efforts that not only
benefitted diverse women and girls, but also played a critical role in bringing about broader social change!”
—CARLA OLESKA, CEO WOMEN'S FUND