The Rhode Island Foundation
2009 Annual Report
The Rhode Island Foundation
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The
Rhode
Island
Foundation
2009 Annual Report
Table of Contents
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LETTER FROM THE
CHAIRMAN AND
THE PRESIDENT
5
SIX KEY SECTORS OF
INVESTMENT
6
EDUCATION
10 HEALTH
14 ARTS AND CULTURE
18 COMMUNITY AND
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
45 PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS
Each of the 1,178
endowments at the
Foundation has a story
behind it, a purpose before it
88 1916 SOCIETY MEMBERS
More than 250 individuals
and families plan to leave
their legacy
90 FINANCIALS
Increasing investments in
the community and inspiring
additional philanthropy
37
35
92 OUR BOARD
94 VOLUNTEERS
26 HUMAN SERVICES
22
40 FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING
42 FOUNDATION CAMPAIGNS
IN 2009
30
29
14
96 OUR STAFF
30 2009 DONOR-DIRECTED
GRANTS
Generous donors supported
organizations through donor
advised or designated funds
40
28
27
26
25
24
23
39
38
36
22 ENVIRONMENT
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13
11
9
32
33
17
12
8
31
34
18
19
15
20
21
10
Cover photos clockwise
(beginning at top left):
Olneyville Housing Corporation
Salt Ponds Coalition
FirstWorks (photo by Frank Mullin)
Paul Cuffee School
International Institute of Rhode Island
Providence Community Health Centers
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4
5
6
2
1
7
31. Adrian C. Bonéy
32. Zeldy Lyman
33. Diane Rodgers
34. Jill Pfitzenmayer
35. Michael Jenkinson
36. Marie Esposito
37. Denise M. Jenkins
38. Owen Heleen
39. Kimberly Butler*
40. James S. Sanzi
Absent from photograph:
Beverly A. Guay
Libby Monahan
Bryant Phillips
11. Jeanine Marshall
12. Joyce M. Botelho
13. Louis Capracotta, III
14. Carol Jean Maurice*
15. Carol Perry*
16. Elaine Saccoccia
17. Tina Donate
18. Raymond J. DeCosta
19. Jamie E. Hull
20. Kathleen Malin
21. Nancy Routhier
22. Inés Merchán
23. Kerrie Bennett
24. Jean E. Cohoon
25. Jessica David
26. Jennifer Reid
27. Pamela Tesler Howitt
28. Daniel Kertzner
29. Neil D. Steinberg
30. Jennifer Pereira
*No longer employed at
the Foundation
Current Staff
1. Paula O’Brien
2. Lauren Paola
3. Alison Jackson
4. Anna Cano-Morales
5. Candice De Los Reyes
6. Pauline M. Turenne
7. Carol Golden
8. Maeghen Denis
9. Bill Smith
10. Melanie Coon
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Our Mission
The Rhode Island Foundation is a proactive community
and philanthropic leader dedicated to meeting
the needs of the people of Rhode Island.
To Advance This Mission We:
Actively inspire philanthropy and increase
permanent resources for the state of Rhode
Island
Create maximum positive impact through our
grantmaking, outreach and other investments
in the community
Provide leadership and a forum for dialogue
on critical community issues
Catalyze positive change and develop
solutions to longstanding challenges in
collaboration with individual, business,
government, and community partners
]
Letter from
the Chairman
and the President
outward, to the communities we
serve, fellow Rhode Islanders who
entrust us with their legacies, and
the many partners who work with us
to address the state’s most pressing
challenges and, in the words of our
mission, to meet the needs of the
people of Rhode Island.
Where did our
exploration lead us?
n January 2010, we met
with leaders of the other
largest community
foundations in the United
States. From New York to
Chicago to San Francisco, common
themes and challenges emerged.
At the top of everyone’s list was
this critical question: how does a
community foundation measure the
impact of its work in the community?
The Rhode Island Foundation, at
94 years and counting, is determined
to answer this question. In fact, we
undertook a reflective journey in
2009 that led us to plant the notion
of impact squarely in the midst of
our newly stated strategic direction
and focus.
Our journey involved looking
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First, in response to thoughtful
feedback from our nonprofit partners,
we have focused and streamlined our
grant policies and practices to more
quickly and effectively respond to the
needs of these hardworking
organizations on the ground. This is a
critical step at a critical time for our
state and nation.
Second, we have moved to a more
proactive fundraising model, to
inspire philanthropy and to build
additional permanent philanthropic
capital so that we may continue to
increase our grant investments in
Rhode Island, again, in response to
increased needs and to address the
issues of the day. At the heart of
this report you will read the moving
stories of the generous donors who
have established funds at the
Foundation in the past year. We are
honored that they have placed their
trust in us.
Third, we have renewed our
commitment to making strategic,
thoughtful grants in six sectors:
education, health, arts and culture,
economic and community
development, environment, and
human services, with a special
focus on signature initiatives in
public education and primary
healthcare, incorporating policy
advocacy, fundraising, and
leadership to leverage additional
activities that will create positive
change.
Consider what an attractive
business climate our state would
offer if we boasted a stellar system
of public education – one where
dedicated teachers effectively
prepare eager young minds for higher
education and the jobs of the future.
Who would not wish to live in a state
where there is universal access to
primary care, widely acknowledged in
the national healthcare reform debate
to be the key to lowering costs,
reducing emergency room visits, and
controlling chronic conditions like
diabetes and asthma? We believe
“The stories of our grantees, community partners in every
sense, animate the Foundation’s work and point up the
power of philanthropy in developing smart solutions to
entrenched problems. Their passion, dedication, and
innovative ideas improve the lives of all Rhode Islanders.”
that focusing increased Foundation
resources in these two areas will help
to leverage additional, necessary
support, not only from Rhode Island
partners, but also from national
funders. And we have already begun
to see results from our initial
investments, as is evidenced in the
stories found here on Teach For
America and Rapid Access Rhode
Island. At the Foundation, we
anticipate the day when we can post
signs welcoming people to our state,
reading: “Rhode Island: Home of the
Nation’s Best Public Schools” and,
“Rhode Island: Home of the Nation’s
Best Primary Healthcare.” We look
forward to reporting progress on both
of these important fronts in the years
to come.
And finally, as we said at the
outset, we are determined to
measure, learn from, and share the
impact of our efforts in every sector
in order to better serve Rhode
Island. While it is true that the
Foundation made grants of more
than $27 million in 2009, and that
we invested more than $240 million
in Rhode Island in the past decade,
these statistics are meaningless
unless we also endeavor to measure
the ways in which our investments
have catalyzed positive change,
answering the question, what do
these investments mean to the
people of Rhode Island? We are
committed to measuring and
reporting the impact of our
community investments and believe
this is just as important as
measuring and reporting the returns
on our financial investments.
We have embraced this set of
strategies to guide our actions and
our approach as we look forward to
our 100th anniversary in 2016. But
we cannot do it alone. Partnerships –
with individuals, organizations, and
sectors – will be instrumental to any
success we individually or collectively
achieve with our philanthropy.
Together, we can lead boldly by
taking chances, bridging differences,
facilitating difficult conversations and
opening doors for the greater good of
the community. We can encourage
innovation, disseminate knowledge
and convene and coordinate others
to focus on the state’s highest
priorities. The stories found here of
our grantees, community partners in
every sense, animate the
Foundation’s work and point up the
power of philanthropy in developing
smart solutions to entrenched
problems. Their passion, dedication,
and innovative ideas improve the
lives of all Rhode Islanders.
This is truly a good to
great opportunity.
Rhode Island’s largest and most
comprehensive funder of nonprofit
organizations achieving greater
impact; attracting additional
philanthropic dollars to provide
sustainable funding and support
specific strategic priorities while
raising a more prominent, visible
voice to champion solutions to the
most pressing issues of the day.
With our collective efforts to meet
the needs of the people of Rhode
Island, the smallest state will
become the greatest state.
DAVID M. HIRSCH
Chairman
NEIL D. STEINBERG
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Overview of
2009 Grant
Programs
The full range of Foundation grant opportunities
in 2009 included:
Strategy grants, which support projects that address
significant community challenges, strive for lasting impact,
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s the largest and most comprehensive
and serve disadvantaged Rhode Islanders in the six
funder in the state, the Foundation is
sectors noted on facing page
committed to creating maximum positive
Small grants for planning, technical assistance, and
impact through grants, outreach, and other
pilot projects
investments in the community. In 2009 we
made grants of more than $27 million to more than one
thousand organizations.
Grants fall into two broad categories: discretionary grants
Professional development grants for staff of
nonprofit organizations to participate in professional
development opportunities*
made at the direction of Foundation staff and directors; and
Basic human needs grants for organizations
grants recommended by our donors through donor advised or
providing food, clothing, housing, prescription, and utility
designated funds. Our 2009 discretionary grants are listed in
assistance
the features on pages 6-29; 2009 donor-directed grants are
listed on pages 30-39.
Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island
grants to
improve primary health care services and delivery
Discretionary grants fund organizations and projects in six
sectors: education, health, human services, arts and culture,
Newport County Fund grants for organizations
environment, and community and economic development,
serving the six communities of Newport County
with a clear area of focus within each sector. Our financial
Equity Action grants for organizations serving the
report on pages 90-91 illustrates total 2009 grants by
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and
sector and by fund type.
questioning communities of Rhode Island**
In all of our grantmaking, we are determined to measure
and learn from the impact of our investments, and to
communicate that impact more broadly. To that end the
Foundation’s first impact report, describing results achieved
by our grantees, will appear in 2010.
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Scholarships
providing financial assistance for
educational opportunities through more than 150
scholarship funds
*Program discontinued in 2010
**See page 43 for more on Equity Action
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The
Rhode Isalnd
Foundation
The Foundation is pleased to partner
with organizations that invest in
communities across Rhode Island.
Education
Health
Through Foundation-directed grants,
Arts and Culture
representing 43% of our grantmaking
in 2009, the Foundation invests in
the following key sectors.
Community and
Economic
Development
Environment
Human
Services
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Education
The Foundation is committed to
reducing the number of students
dropping out of school and increasing
the number of high school graduates
who go on to post-secondary education
or job training programs.
Our principal target areas in
education are:
Efforts focused on middle school
and high school retention –
programs and supports that
motivate young people to learn,
to reach graduation and to seek
further education opportunities
Investments in charter schools and
specialty schools where best
practices can be learned and shared
with larger schools and districts
Programs addressing professional
development and peer support for
Teach For America:
Coming in 2010 to a school near you
s a senior at Princeton
University, Wendy Kopp had a
vision of an America where all
students had equal – and equally
wonderful – educational opportunities.
She turned that vision into Teach For
America, a program that for the past
two decades has placed the nation’s
top college graduates as teachers in
urban and rural schools with lowincome and minority students. Teach
For America is a success story by any
standards, with a proven track record
of student achievement in its 35
cities and regions nationwide. Rhode
Island has been selected number 36
in that national roster.
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educational leaders
Teach For America is a proven
national program that will expand into
Rhode Island in the fall of 2010 with
30 new teachers. The Foundation is
proud to have played a part in bringing
this innovative group to our state.
Strategic Priorities:
Effective grantmaking
for maximum impact
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Abundant studies document the national program’s effectiveness:
“Other things being equal, disadvantaged students taught by TFA
teachers would be better off than they would be in the absence of TFA”
(Urban Institute); “Teach For America corps members’ students make
more progress in both reading and math than would typically be
expected in a year.” (Mathematica Policy Research Institute)
And at the individual classroom level: “In my own 8th grade
classroom, more than 50% of my students started the beginning of the
year proficient at 7th grade reading and writing levels. At the end of the
school year, all but one of my students achieved proficient or higher on
the 8th grade English Language Arts exam.”
This “finding” is from Heather Tow-Yick, who taught middle school in
the South Bronx through TFA and earlier this year was named executive
– Denise Jenkins,
grant programs officer
Brown University Class of 2010 graduate
Drew Madden will join the Teach For
America corps of teachers in June 2010.
Here, Drew listens as TFA's expansion
into Rhode Island is announced at the
Foundation in February 2010.
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director of Teach For America – Rhode Island. A Rhode Island native,
she graduated from Moses Brown School and Brown University before
joining TFA.
Of her decision to join the national corps of teachers, Tow-Yick
shares, “Eliminating the gap between kids growing up in low income
communities and the kids who grow up in more affluent communities is
the most important work of my generation. (Through TFA) I gained a
deep conviction that all kids have the potential to learn, if given the
opportunity.”
“Transformative” is how Chris Kaleel, TFA vice president for new site
development, describes his experience as a TFA classroom teacher in
Phoenix. “It was all about the kids’ achievements. I was personally
involved in my kids’ lives, their families, and their communities. At the
end of the day, you realize all students have the capacity to succeed.”
It is that opportunity – the “potential to learn” and “capacity to
succeed” – that students in the Providence Public School District and
Democracy Prep Blackstone Valley will have this fall when 30 TFA
teachers (20 in Providence and 10 at Democracy Prep) begin their
assignments.
Much of the credit for bringing TFA to the Ocean State belongs to
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist who has made improving
teacher quality her mission. At the public event where TFA’s expansion
to Rhode Island was announced, held in February at The Rhode Island
Foundation, Commissioner Gist stated, “The single most important
factor in the education of our students is the effectiveness of our
teachers. That’s why my highest priority for Rhode Island is ensuring
that every student has excellent teachers. For that to happen, we have
to expand the variety of pathways into the teaching profession by
attracting outstanding programs like Teach For America to Rhode
Island. I’m confident that Teach For America will provide us with
“Teach For America will
bring a breath of fresh
air to our schools. The
excitement and energy
these new teachers – our
brightest and best college
graduates – will bring
with them, supplement
the many good teachers
we have in our Rhode
Island schools. Teach For
America’s proven track
record is well aligned
with the Foundation’s
goal in education of
reducing the number of
students who drop out
of school.”
Stuart Milne
Stuart Milne
Rhode Island
Commissioner of
Elementary and
Secondary Education
Deborah Gist at the
February 2010
announcement of
Teach For America's
expansion into Rhode
Island. Gist stated
emphatically, "The
single most important factor in the
education of our students is the effectiveness of our teachers."
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Stuart Milne
2009 Foundation-
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Foundation Chairman
David M. Hirsch in
conversation with
Rhode Island Teach
For America Executive
Director Heather TowYick, herself a veteran
of the TFA teaching
corp. The Rhode Island
corps of teachers
begins orientation in
June 2010.
wonderful, talented teachers and leaders for years to come.”
TFA has made a minimum three-year commitment to Rhode Island,
pledging to add 30 teachers each year. The organization chose Rhode
Island based on the state’s “compelling vision of how the
organization’s presence will help to close student achievement gaps;
the existence of a feasible alternate route to teacher certification; the
commitment by local partners to place a critical mass of corps
members across the range of subject areas and grade levels; and
community support that will enable Teach For America to fund the new
site in a sustainable way.”
The Rhode Island Foundation spearheaded the drive for community
support for TFA, contributing $300,000 and leading the effort to raise
the balance of the $2.7 million required funding over three years. The
goal was reached in six weeks, thanks to an enthusiastic response
from local individual and corporate philanthropists, many of whom
met Wendy Kopp when she visited Rhode Island in November, 2009.
(A complete list of donors is on page 44.)
Denise Jenkins, grant programs officer at the Foundation, says,
“Teach For America will bring a breath of fresh air to our schools. The
excitement and energy these new teachers – our brightest and best
college graduates – will bring with them, supplement the many good
teachers we have in our Rhode Island schools. Teach For America’s
proven track record is well aligned with the Foundation’s goal in
education of reducing the number of students who drop out of school.”
Adds Foundation President and CEO Neil D. Steinberg, “All Rhode
Island schoolchildren deserve a high-quality education. Their future
success – and the future success of our state – depends on it. For two
decades, Teach For America teachers have led students in low-income
communities nationwide to dramatic improvements in their academic
achievement. This approach works. We are honored to have played a
part in bringing Teach For America to Rhode Island.”
For more information, www.teachforamerica.org
Albany College of Pharmacy*
American University*
Arizona State University*
Ashaway Elementary School
Assumption College*
Berklee College of Music*
Blackstone Academy Charter
School Inc.
Boston College*
Boys & Girls Club of Newport
County
Brandeis University*
Bristol Community College*
Brown Fox Point Early
Childhood Education Center
Brown University*
Brown University
Bryant University*
Castleton State College*
Cedarville University*
Chariho Area Career and
Technical Center
Chariho Middle School
Chariho Regional High School
Charlestown Elementary School
Child and Family Services of
Newport County
City Year Rhode Island
Clark University*
College Crusade of Rhode
Island
College of the Holy Cross*
Community 2000 Education
Foundation
Community College of Rhode
Island*
Community Preparatory
School*
Compass School
Connecting For Children &
Families, Inc.
Cranston School Department
Cumberland School
Department
Curry College*
Drexel University*
Dunn's Corner Elementary
School
East Bay Community Action
Program
directed grants in education
Middletown School
Department
Minneapolis Community and
Technical College*
Mount Holyoke College*
Mount Ida College*
Mount St. Charles Academy
Museum of Primitive Art &
Culture
My Turn Rhode Island
National Association of
Hispanic Nurses
National School Leaders
Network, Inc.
NeighborWorks Blackstone
River Valley
New England Institute of
Technology*
New York University*
Newport Art Museum
Newport Community School
Newport Public Education
Foundation
North Carolina State
University*
North Smithfield High School*
Olneyville Neighborhood
Association
Pace University*
Palm Beach Atlantic
University*
Prevent Child Abuse-Rhode
Island
Providence After School
Alliance
Providence Animal Rescue
League
Providence College*
Providence Community Library
Providence Plan
Providence School Department
Quinnipiac University*
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute*
Rhode Island Campus
Compact
Rhode Island Center For
School Leadership
Rhode Island College*
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rhode Island Instructional
Leadership Academy
Rhode Island League of
Charter Schools
Rhode Island Mayoral
Academies
Rhode Island Scholarship
Alliance, Inc.
Rhode Island School of
Design*
Rhode Island Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals
Rhode Island Student Loan
Authority
Richmond Elementary School
Rochester Institute of
Technology*
Sacred Heart University*
Saginaw Valley State
University*
Salvation Army - Rhode Island
State Office
Salve Regina University*
Save The Bay
Sensational Child, Inc.
Simmons College*
Sophia Academy
South Kingstown School
Department
Southern Methodist
University*
Southern New Hampshire
University*
Southside Community Land
Trust
St. Andrew's School
St. Anselm College*
St. Elizabeth Manor East Bay
Daycare
St. Joseph School of Nursing*
Star Kids Scholarship Program
Stonehill College*
Suffolk University*
Tall Ships Rhode Island
Temple University*
Textron Chamber of
Commerce Academy
TSETSE Gallery*
Tomaquag Indian Memorial
Museum
Town of Jamestown
Traveling Theatre
Trinity Restoration, Inc.
TSETSE Gallery*
Tufts University*
University of Arizona*
University of California at
Davis*
University of Connecticut*
University of Delaware*
University of Idaho*
University of Maryland College
Park*
University of MassachusettsAmherst*
University of MassachusettsDartmouth*
University of Miami*
University of Notre Dame*
University of Rhode Island*
University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
Foundation
University of Tampa*
University of Ulster*
Up with School Arts
Urban Collaborative
Accelerated Program
Visiting Nurse Services of
Newport and Bristol Counties
Volunteers in Providence
Schools
George Washington University*
Westerly Education
Endowment Fund
Westerly Public Schools
Wheaton College*
Wheeler School
Wheeler School - Providence
Summerbridge
Williams College*
Roger Williams University*
Wolf School, Inc.
Women's Center of Rhode
Island
Worcester State College*
Young Voices
*Indicates organization received
a grant for scholarships
Strategic Priorities, Education
Emmanuel College*
English for Action
Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle
School PTSA
Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University*
Foster-Glocester Regional
School District
Franciscan University of
Steubenville*
Gemological Institute of
America*
Generation Citizen
Genesis Center
Golf Foundation of Rhode
Island
Gordon College*
Great Schools Partnership, Inc.
Greene School
Guilford College*
Harmony Hill School
Highlander Charter School
Hofstra University*
Hope Valley Elementary School
Jamestown Philomenian
Library
Johnson & Wales University*
Kaleidoscope Theatre
Kingston Free Library
La Salle University*
Latino Dollars for Scholars
Foundation of Rhode Island
Leadership Rhode Island
Learning Community Charter
School, Inc.
Lesley University*
LINKS
Little Compton Historical
Society
Manhattanville College*
Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Education Fund
Massachusetts College of Art
and Design*
Mathewson Street United
Methodist Church
Metropolitan Regional Career
and Technical Center
MGH Institute of Health
Professions*
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Health
The Foundation promotes the
development of a successful and
effective system of primary care and
works to increase the access,
affordability, and quality of primary
care for Rhode Island citizens.
Our principal target areas in health
are:
Programs focused on expansion of
health insurance coverage, so that
Rapid Access Rhode Island:
Increasing access to primary care
t’s Saturday afternoon. Your
toddler is cranky and crying due
to a sore, red throat. Your
pediatrician’s office is closed for the
weekend. Do you wait until Monday
to call the pediatrician or do you take
your child to the emergency room?
Residents of Central Falls, Pawtucket,
and Providence now have another
option: Rapid Access Rhode Island.
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everyone can afford primary care
Efforts to positively change the way
the system pays for primary care
Efforts that integrate oral health
and mental health into primary care
Programs that improve primary care
management of chronic conditions
An innovative partnership between Providence Community Health
Centers, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care, and The Providence
Center, Rapid Access Rhode Island is designed to increase access to
primary care services through increased evening and weekend hours,
the co-location of behavioral health and primary care services, and
expanded services to patients.
The lack of access to primary care – in locations and during hours
that are convenient to working people and families – often results in
patients seeking care in emergency departments, often at considerably
greater costs than care delivered in a primary care setting. The
Both Rapid Access Rhode Island
and the loan forgiveness program
described in these pages are direct
Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island
outgrowths of our Fund for a Healthy
Supports the Foundation’s work in primary care by:
Rhode Island, the driving force behind
Making primary care services available where and when
our work in primary care.
people can use them
Making affordable medications available in connection
with primary care
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Effective grantmaking
for maximum impact
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Increasing awareness and education about the
importance of primary care and taking personal
responsibility for healthcare behaviors
Providence Community Health Centers
National Association of Community Health Centers
estimates that nationally more than $18 billion could
be saved annually if avoidable visits to emergency
rooms were redirected to a primary care setting like a
health center.
Blackstone Valley Community Health Center (BVCHC)
has provided extended hours at its medical office at
42 Park Place in Pawtucket since January. “What we’re
seeing pretty consistently so far are the symptomatic
visits you’d expect,” says Jerald Fingerut, M.D.,
medical director, citing such ailments as sore
throats, headaches, abdominal pain, and the need
for medication refills.
BVCHC, which is marketing its increased hours as
Express Health Care, served an average of seven
patients per week in January during its evening and
Saturday hours; an average of 15 per week in February;
and an average of nearly
17 per week in March.
“I think we’re seeing a
reasonable number of
people at this stage of
the project. A good
percentage of our
patients know to call
here first, but we’re also
seeing new patients. And
we’re seeing more and
more uninsured people.
We anticipate that with
fuller weekend hours,
we’ll see a larger
increase in our
numbers,” states Ray
Lavoie, executive director
of BVCHC, of the plan to
add Sunday hours.
– Owen Heleen,
“Our biggest hurdle has
vice president for grant programs
been in recruiting
physicians to staff
weekends and evenings,” Dr. Fingerut notes of the need for doctors with
backgrounds in areas such as family practice or emergency medicine.
“There absolutely are not enough primary care physicians,” he stresses.
BVCHC and Providence Community Health Centers will tackle the other
“Primary care is
critically important in
providing preventive
health services, in
coordinating all of a
patient’s medical
care, and in reducing
inappropriate – and
vastly more expensive
– emergency room
usage.”
A young patient of the Providence Community
Health Centers is one of hundreds of Rhode
Islanders who benefit from the services of
Rapid Access Rhode Island, an innovative
program supported by the Foundation's Fund
for a Healthy Rhode Island.
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goals of this new project in the coming months
by partnering with The Providence Center to
provide on-site behavioral health services at
the community health centers and by
establishing two Rapid Access Rhode Island
Health Clinics in their service areas where all
primary care services, as well as on-site
radiology, diagnostic testing, and behavioral
health care, will be available.
Owen Heleen, vice president for grant
programs at the Foundation, says, “This
project absolutely addresses our key goals in
health by increasing access to primary health
care for Rhode Islanders and by integrating it
with behavioral health services. Primary care
is critically important in providing preventive
health services, in coordinating all of a
patient’s medical care, and in reducing
inappropriate – and vastly more expensive –
emergency room usage.”
For more information, www.blackstonechc.org.
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Loan forgiveness:
Addressing Rhode Island’s
shortage of primary care
physicians
hen she was in junior high,
Kimberly Dodd – one of
four inaugural physicians
selected for the new Rhode Island
Primary Care Loan Forgiveness
Program – witnessed a school janitor
having a heart attack. “From there, I
started to think about going into
medicine,” she shares.
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Raised in Riverside, one of three children of working class parents,
she was part of a large extended family “who all lived within three
miles of each other…until one uncle made a break for Garden City,”
she explains, laughing.
Dr. Dodd earned undergraduate degrees from Boston University and
Rhode Island College, in economics and biology, respectively, before
enrolling in the Boston University School of Medicine. She graduated in
2002, and then served a residency and fellowship in her chosen field,
geriatrics.
“Through my experiences with my own grandparents, I know firsthand
the challenges facing families who care for frail elders in Rhode Island.
I believe that my training as a geriatrician will allow me to provide
primary care for an underserved population and to assist those who
care for elders to navigate a complex medical system. It is my hope
that as a primary care physician in geriatric medicine, I will be able to
help my patients age with the dignity and grace to which every
individual is entitled,” Dr. Dodd noted on her application.
Earlier this year, Dr. Dodd received an appointment to Memorial
Hospital of Rhode Island where her days are filled with patients in the
geriatrics clinic, conducting geriatric assessments, serving on nursing
home and home care panels, and teaching residents. Of the fast-paced
environment, she says simply, “That’s what we train for.”
“This is a wonderful opportunity – the position at Memorial, coming
back to Rhode Island, and getting the loan
relief is just tremendous,” Dr. Dodd
concludes.
The loan forgiveness program was created
in 2009 when a coalition of local
organizations – The Rhode Island Foundation,
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island,
and the Rhode Island Medical Society –
joined forces to address the state’s shortage
of primary care physicians and other
professionals. The Rhode Island Student
Loan Authority administers the program free
of charge.
Nationally and locally there is a shortage
of primary care physicians. A report issued
by the American College of Physicians noted,
“Primary care, the backbone of the nation’s
health care system, is at grave risk of
collapse.” A 2008 study by the Journal of the
“This is a wonderful
opportunity – the
position at Memorial,
coming back to Rhode
Island, and getting the
loan relief is just
tremendous.”
– Kimberly Dodd, M.D.
Cezarina Jackson
2009 Foundation-directed grants in health
Loan forgiveness recipient Dr. Kimberly Dodd
with a patient at Memorial Hospital in
Pawtucket. “I believe that my training as a
geriatrician will allow me to provide primary
care for an underserved population,” says
Dr. Dodd.
Providence Community Health
Centers, Inc.
Psychological Centers, Inc.
Quality Partners of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Brain and Spine
Tumor Foundation, Inc
Rhode Island Free Clinic
Rhode Island Health Center
Association
Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation
Rhode Island Parent Information
Network
Rhode Island Public Health
Rhode Island Quality Institute
Rhode Island State Nurses
Association
Riverwood Mental Health Services
Shape Up Rhode Island
Sojourner House
Taming Asthma Program
Thundermist Health Center
Tri-Town Community Action
Program
Turning Around Ministries, Inc.
University of Rhode Island
Visiting Nurse Services of
Newport and Bristol Counties
VNA of Rhode Island
VNS Home Health Services
Washington Square Services
Corporation
WellOne
Women & Infants Hospital
Wood River Health Services
YMCA of Greater Providence
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American Medical Association found that only
two percent of students graduating from
medical school plan to practice primary care.
Currently, 66,000 Rhode Islanders are
without primary care physicians or facilities.
“Dr. Dodd exemplifies the ideal candidate
for the loan forgiveness program. She is
committed to primary care and, having been
raised in Rhode Island and having family
here, was eager to return ‘home.’ And like
most medical school graduates, she has a
significant loan burden that the program can
help address,” explains Owen Heleen, vice
president for grant programs at the
Foundation. “We’re delighted that we were
able to launch this program as part of our
Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island, and that we
have attracted both wonderful funding
partners and outstanding applicants. This is
just the beginning of what we hope will be a
sustainable resource for primary care
professionals in Rhode Island.”
AIDS Care Ocean State
American College of PhysiciansRhode Island Chapter
Autism Project of Rhode Island
Bayside Family YMCA
Chad Brown Health Center
Brown University
CareLink, Inc.
Center for Hispanic Policy and
Advocacy
Childhood Lead Action Project
Coastal Medical, Inc.
Cornerstone Adult Services, Inc.
East Bay Center
East Bay Community Action
Program
Family Service of Rhode Island
Foundation Fighting Blindness,
Inc.
Greenlock Therapeutic Riding
Center, Inc.
Homefront Health Care
Hospital Association of Rhode
Island
IN-SIGHT
Kent Center for Human &
Organizational Development
Kent County ARC/J. Arthur
Trudeau Memorial Center
Kent County Memorial Hospital
Kent Hospital Foundation
Latino Public Radio
Lifespan Community Health
Services
Lifespan/Rhode Island Hospital
Ronald McDonald House of
Providence, Inc.
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
Molar Express
Newport County Community
Mental Health Center
Planned Parenthood of Southern
New England
Providence Clubhouse
Development Group
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FirstWorks: “Boundarybreaking”strategy in action
Arts and Culture
The Foundation focuses on ensuring
the vitality of the arts sector and
increasing participation in the arts.
Our principal target areas in arts
and culture are:
Efforts that foster artistic and
operational collaboration within the
sector and result in efficiencies
Efforts to deepen, expand, and
diversify audiences for artistic and
cultural presentations
Programs that support art making
with youth in public schools and
community settings
Stories of two of our grantees –
FirstWorks and Island Moving
Company – capture our work in the
arts at the ground level.
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ow does an organization
transition from being the
sponsor of an annual,
one-night festival to a producer of
community-building, year-round arts
programs?
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In the case of FirstWorks, which traces its origin back to the 1985
launch of First Night Providence, it has been through planning,
planning, and more planning.
“At the start of the millennium, we asked ourselves how we could
move toward spreading out our work throughout the year. It was a big
period of evaluation and conversation,” recalls Kathleen Pletcher,
executive artistic director of FirstWorks and previous artistic director of
First Night Providence.
FirstWorks was launched in 2004 in collaboration with Providence’s
Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism, “as a vehicle to build
community, reach underserved audiences, and present extraordinary
arts programs that elevate Providence’s national profile.”
The evaluation and conversation about the organization’s work
continued and, in 2007, leaders at FirstWorks began a formal strategic
planning process. With support from the Foundation each of the past
three years, FirstWorks has strengthened its fundraising capacity,
extended its reach statewide, and moved to a year-round format.
“Our strategic planning has changed how we think, how we approach
things, and how we learn from other organizations. Partnerships
underlie everything we do. These are relationships, not transactions,”
states Pletcher, noting FirstWorks’ connection with the Veterans
Memorial Auditorium (VMA) Foundation, which has provided a venue for
FirstWorks.
“For us, having a strategic plan – and support for our strategic plan –
means we don’t have to be as reactive as some organizations may
need to be. We’re much more proactive,” says Lydia Breckon,
FirstWorks’ development director.
“We’re very focused on where we’re going and in providing first
experiences of one kind or another,” Pletcher agrees. FirstWorks
defines “first experiences” in three ways: premiering significant new
performance works, providing first experiences for children, and
Frank Mullin
developing new audiences.
Last year, FirstWorks connected art with audiences
through 54 unique arts events, enabled nearly 300
performers to take to the stage in 25 “boundarybreaking and genre-redefining” performances, and
expanded its arts learning program to reach 875
students in schools throughout the state.
It also was a year for increased community
partnerships, both locally and internationally, the latter
with the Taiwan Cultural Council, which partnered with
FirstWorks for the New England premiere of HORSE,
Taiwan’s first all-male dance troupe.
Pletcher notes the importance of building
bridges – with partner organizations, with diverse
audiences, with a myriad of supporters. With one
bridge already taking the group to Taiwan, one can only imagine where
the strategic plan will take them next!
Daniel Kertzner, grant programs officer at the Foundation, adds,
“One of the arts sector priorities is fostering collaboration. By building
robust partnerships, FirstWorks is demonstrating the exciting
programmatic and organizational benefits that collaborative efforts
provide.”
For more information, www.first-works.org.
Frank Mullin
Cirque Mechanics headlined the FirstWorks
Festival 2009. Here, a performer works the
German Wheel. FirstWorks enriched the
lives of 875 students in Rhode Island
schools in 2009 through innovative
performances like this one.
– Lydia Breckon,
development director, FirstWorks
Angkor Dance Troupe's June 2009 performance at RISD's Chace Center
Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium was part of FirstWorks' annual arts programming. Here, dancers perform "Swva Pol," the Cambodian Monkey Dance.
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“For us, having a
strategic plan – and
support for our
strategic plan –
means we don’t have
to be as reactive as
some organizations
may need to be.
We’re much more
proactive.”
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Island Moving Company:
Engaging students through dance
isualize “wildly galloping.”
Now add a class of third
graders to the picture.
What do you have? An innovative
classroom program offered by
Island Moving Company with
support from the Foundation.
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Dominique Alfandre, the dance company’s executive director,
explains that parts of speech are just one example of what can be
taught to schoolchildren through dance. “This is a different kind of
learning, and the students don’t even know they’re learning. There’s a
certain relaxation that comes with this,” she explains.
“We create movement – both literal and abstract – that expresses
the phrases the students have written. There are so many ways to
engage students. These activities become a real creative conversation,” continues Miki Ohlsen, the dance company’s artistic director.
Island Moving Company in Newport County’s only resident professional
performing company, has worked in the schools for 15 years.
Alfandre cites numerous ways the programs meet challenges in the
elementary schools: Dance and movement are powerful tools in the fight
against obesity; teachers can utilize dance to underscore curricular
themes and teach to educational standards; the company’s dancers are
caring adults filling a gap in some students’ lives; and the programs are
inclusive, allowing every child to participate regardless of ability.
Working through schools’ physical education classes, Island Moving
Company’s creative movement classes explore choreographic elements, including rhythm, patterns, and levels.
“Out of this a very remarkable thing happened. One of the little boys
said to us, ‘How do you do this? I really want to do this,’” Alfandre
shares.
The boy’s inquiry led to the development of a class – currently comprised of six boys and four girls – that meets Fridays after school, with
the students walking from the nearby Cranston Calvert School to Island
Moving Company’s studio on Charles Street in Newport.
The company’s 2010 school program includes second, third, and/or
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Boys hold first position in an Island Moving
Company class in Newport. The Company's
school programs, "embrace diverse learning
styles and foster creative thinking in young
people," according to Foundation Grant
Programs Officer Daniel Kertzner.
fourth grade classes in all six communities in
Newport County, as well as residencies at
Moses Brown School in Providence and St.
Michael’s School in Newport.
In addition to funding from both the
Foundation and the Foundation’s Newport
County Fund, Island Moving Company’s
school programs are supported by Citizens
Bank Foundation, North Family Trust, Ocean
State Charities Trust, and Rhode Island State
Council on the Arts.
2009 Foundation-directed grants
in arts and culture
Students who have participated in the
programs offer these reflections:
“I liked this dance
class because you had to
memorize things, and
were very physical and
unique. And because we
had to use our brain.”
– Richard, 2nd grade
“Thank you for
showing me your
creative show…I did
not like ballet before
but you changed my
mind.”
– Shawn, 3rd grade
Newport International Film
Festival, Inc.
Old Slater Mill Association
Opera Providence
Pawtucket Armory Association
Perishable Theatre
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society
Portsmouth Arts Guild
Preservation Society of Newport
County
Preserve Rhode Island
Providence Athenaeum
Providence City Arts for Youth,
Inc.
Providence Community Library
Providence Economic
Development Partnership
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Rhode Island Black Storytellers
Rhode Island Chamber Music
Concerts
Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island Council for the
Humanities
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rhode Island PBS Foundation
Rhode Island Public Radio
Rhode Island School of Design
Museum
Rhode Island State Council on the
Arts
RiverzEdge Arts Project
Sakonnet Arts Network Inc.
South County Art Association
Town of Little Compton
Vermont Arts Exchange
VSA Arts of Rhode Island
WaterFire Providence
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Daniel Kertzner, grant programs officer,
conveys, “These responses show how
programs like this really embrace diverse
learning styles and foster creative thinking in
young people – something corporate leaders
have identified as important for the future of
our workforce. By providing early arts learning
experiences to students around the state,
this program also increases access to the
arts by establishing an important foundation
for future involvement with the arts among
participating students. It also aligns with our
sector priorities."
For more information,
www.islandmovingco.org
Adopt A Doctor, Inc.
Arts & Business Council of Rhode
Island
AS220
Bristol Historical & Preservation
Society
Brown University - Rites and
Reason Theatre
Charlestown Historical Society
Common Fence Music
Community MusicWorks
Mr. Matthew D. Derby, MacColl
Johnson Fellow
Educational Center for the Arts &
Science
Fantasy Works Youth Theater Inc.
Festival Ballet/Providence
FirstWorks
Flickers Arts Collaborative
FosteringArts.org
Friends of Jamestown Philomenian
Public Library
Friends of Linden Place
Friends of the Jane Pickens
Theater
Gallery Night Providence
Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre
Herreshoff Marine Museum
Hive Archive
Island Moving Company
Jamestown Community Chorus
Jamestown Education Foundation,
Inc.
Ms. Marie Myung-Ok Lee,
MacColl Johnson Fellow
Little Compton Historical Society
Mathewson Street United
Methodist Church
Dr. Christine E. Montross,
MacColl Johnson Fellow
Music on the Hill, Inc
New Urban Arts
Newport Art Museum
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Community
and Economic
Development
The Foundation’s key goals in this
sector are to increase affordable
housing options in the state and to
increase the number of Rhode
Islanders ready to enter the workforce.
Our principal target areas in community
and economic development are:
Efforts to increase the availability
of affordable housing, providing
ample rental and homeownership
units
Olneyville Housing Corporation:
Revitalizing one of Providence’s
poorest neighborhoods
riving through Olneyville,
Frank Shea, executive
director of Olneyville
Housing Corporation (OHC), points
out properties the 22-year-old
organization has rehabilitated,
noting one that was purchased by
a young couple expecting twins,
another that is home to a single
mother and her children, yet another
that is occupied by recent college
graduates.
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Efforts focused on job training and
readiness that address the
workforce needs of employers and
employees
Stories of Olneyville Housing
Corporation and the Welcome Back
Center at Dorcas Place capture the
spirit of our partnerships in community
and economic development and are
examples of philanthropy in action.
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Shea is quick to acknowledge that housing is only one element
of the revitalization of one of Providence’s oldest and poorest
neighborhoods. He drives to a formerly abandoned area along the
Woonasquatucket River – adjacent to the 51 units of OHC-developed
affordable housing – that now features a park, playground, and bike
path, then points out various social service agencies and businesses
that provide needed services for neighborhood residents.
“This has been our most dramatic success,” Shea says proudly of
the neighborhood transformation that resulted in an 80% decrease in
crime and a shift from absentee landlords to owner occupied homes.
But extreme fluctuations in the housing market have challenged
OHC’s work. “We had this huge number of foreclosures that was
threatening the other work we’d done in the neighborhood. The area
right around William D’Abate Elementary School has been intensely
affected,” Shea explains.
In 2007, OHC applied to the Foundation for support of its Olneyville
Foreclosure Intervention Initiative, an effort to stabilize neighborhoods
through comprehensive intervention strategies. The Foundation has
supported the initiative for each of the past three years.
“Foundation grants have allowed us to have the staff capacity to look
at 70 houses and to get the 10 we’re working on now. The Foundation
also has supported the collaborative work we’re doing with
organizations in the neighborhood,” Shea states, noting that the
Olneyville Collaborative now includes 23 organizations working together
for social, economic, environmental, and community change.
Brent Kermen, principal at William D’Abate, sees the direct impact of
OHC’s work. “The string of five consecutive foreclosed and abandoned
properties directly across the street from our elementary school is now
down to two, thanks to OHC. They have conducted community cleanups
in collaboration with other community agencies, making for cleaner
streets and a stronger sense of community.”
OHC works closely with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation
(LISC) which not only serves as a traditional lender, but also is
providing capacity-building support through such efforts as the recently-
Olneyville Housing Corporation
launched “Our Neighborhoods: Invest. Build.
Believe.” (Since its 1991 establishment in
Rhode Island, LISC has received significant
support from The Rhode Island Foundation.)
This program’s neighborhood approach
builds upon a philosophy Shea has practiced
for years. “Involving the community,” Shea
says, “provides value-added for an
organization such as ours.”
Adrian Bonéy, grant programs officer at the
Foundation, remarks, “Olneyville Housing works
in a collaborative fashion with Community
Housing Land Trust and West Elmwood Housing
Development Corporation (both of which also
received 2009 Foundation funding) to acquire
and increase affordable housing stock in 14
neighborhoods affected by foreclosure in the
metropolitan region. Our funding recognizes this
collaborative approach to the foreclosure work
and OHC’s demonstrated leadership in
community development.”
For more information, www.olneyville.org
– Frank Shea,
executive director,
Olneyville Housing Corporation
63 Aleppo Street in 2001, top, and after
Olneyville Housing Corporation (OHC)
and its partners developed this formerly
blighted, now thriving neighborhood as
part of the Riverside Gateway project,
completed in 2007. The Foundation is a
significant funder of OHC's important
community development work.
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“Foundation grants
have allowed us to
have the staff capacity
to look at 70 houses
and to get the 10 we’re
working on now.”
Olneyville Housing Corporation
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Rhode Island Welcome Back Center:
‘The community has opened its arms’
cheila Chagas was a licensed
practical nurse in her native
Brazil. When she came to
Rhode Island in April of 2009, she
was unable to continue in her chosen
profession since she could not speak
English, a necessity for taking the
required licensing exam. So Chagas
obtained work as a housekeeper in
a hotel.
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“It was a job. I’m a single mother with two kids. I needed to pay my
bills. But I wanted to work in nursing again,” she explains.
Enter the Rhode Island Welcome Back Center (RIWBC) at Dorcas
Place, a program that provides immigrant professionals who earned
their credentials outside of the US with licensure/certification and
language assistance necessary to help them return to the medical
profession. The Foundation is one of several organizations that
provided the Welcome Back Center with its initial funding.
RIWBC, which is modeled after the San Francisco Welcome Back
Center, opened in June 2008. “The need to instruct foreign-trained
professionals has always existed in the community. People require
guidance and orientation to learn about licensing procedures,” says
Manuela Raposo, director of RIWBC and a physician trained in the
Dominican Republic. She adds that ESL classes, targeted for health
care professionals, also are critical for many participants.
Among RIWBC’s clientele are physicians, nurses, physical therapists,
social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, lab technicians, and
dentists. The center currently serves 182 individuals from 53 countries.
Many services are provided in partnership with other community
organizations. Certified nursing assistant (CNA) courses, for example,
are offered to RIWBC participants at no charge through Homefront
Health Care and the Rhode Island Free Clinic provides “shadowing”
opportunities.
“Everything is coming together. The
community has opened its arms to the
program,” Raposo says, noting too the
support of the program’s 42-member
advisory council that includes leaders from
area businesses, hospitals, and professional
associations.
The various licensing processes can take
several years, especially for individuals who
first must learn English, but already three
professionals have passed licensing exams,
four are working as CNAs, and two social
workers – one of whom is now studying
toward her MSW -- are working as AmeriCorps
volunteers in local schools.
Chagas is among the success stories. She
has taken ESL classes, as well as CNA
classes through Homefront. Having passed
the required state test, she currently has a
position as a CNA. But she continues to
strive toward her goal: to attain her
certification to once again work as a licensed
practical nurse.
“I don’t know how to thank them,” she
says of the staff at RIWBC. “They did so
much for me – and they still do.”
Adrian Bonéy, grant programs officer at the
Foundation, states, “The program is aligned
with the Foundation’s sector focus related to
job training and has links with a number of
healthcare job training programs. The
program has been supported by and
continues to seek funding from local and
national funders.”
For more information,
www.dorcasplace.org/programs/
riwelcomeback.html
Ana Vargas
Welcome Back Center students
prepare intensively for licensing
exams that will put them on the
road toward employment in the
health care professions. The
Foundation was a lead funder
of the Center, modeled after a
similar program in San
Francisco.
2009 Foundation-directed grants in community and economic development
Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island
Housing Network of Rhode Island
International Yacht Restoration School
Kingston Improvement Association
Laotian Association of Rhode Island
Latino Public Radio
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Marriage Equality Rhode Island Education
Fund
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Mount Hope Neighborhood Association,
Inc.
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
Olneyville Housing Corporation
Pawtucket Armory Association
Pawtucket Citizens Development
Corporation
Progreso Latino, Inc.
Providence Foundation
Providence Plan
Rhode Island Center for Law and Public
Policy
Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
Rhode Island College Foundation
Rhode Island Green Building Council
Rhode Island Rural Development Council
Rhode Island Society of Certified Public
Accountants
Saint Antoine Residence
Social Venture Partners Rhode Island
SWAP (Stop Wasting Abandoned Property)
Tech Collective
Tiverton Library Foundation, Inc.
Trinity Restoration, Inc.
UNAP Education Fund
Union of Liberian Professionals in the
Americas
University of Rhode Island Foundation
Washington County Community
Development Corporation
Washington County Regional Planning
Council
West Elmwood Housing Development
Corp.
Westerly Area Rest Meals - WARM Inc.
Women's Development Corp.
Workforce Strategy Center, Inc.
Youth Institute for Empowerment &
Leadership Development
Strategic Priorities, Community and Economic Development
Amos House
Aquidneck Island Planning Commission
ARC of Northern Bristol County, Inc.
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Centro Internacional de Capacitacion
Integral
Church Community Housing Corp.
City of Newport
Community Housing Land Trust of Rhode
Island, Inc.
Comprehensive Community Action
(CCAP)
Corporation for Supportive Housing-New
England Program
Crossroads Rhode Island
Direct Action for Rights & Equality
Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning
Center, Inc
East Bay Community Action Program
Friends of Tiverton Libraries
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Genesis Center
Grow Smart Rhode Island
House of Hope Community Development
Corporation
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Salt Ponds Coalition: Monitoring and
protecting a regional treasure
Environment
hey’re home to scallops,
oysters, flounder, eels, and
blue crabs and provide habitat
for migratory fish such as bluefish
and striped bass, as well as
waterfowl and shore birds.
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The Foundation is committed to
maximizing the conservation,
restoration and stewardship of Rhode
Island’s natural resources and
supporting local opportunities to
address climate change.
Our principal target areas in the
environment are:
“They” are the string of nine salt ponds located along the southern
coast of Rhode Island, from Watch Hill on the Connecticut line to Point
Judith to the east. Considered vital to Rhode Island’s tourism and
fisheries industries, the ponds are monitored by the Salt Ponds
Coalition (SPC), the oldest continuously operating volunteer waterquality monitoring program in the country.
Established in 1985 and supported by the Foundation since 2002,
SPC focuses in three areas. The first is conducting and testing water
samples, performing quality analysis, and developing a science-based
understanding of threats to the salt ponds, especially from bacterial
pollution and excessive nutrients. From May through October, a corps
of 16 to 20 volunteers collects water samples and performs tests at
25 stations throughout the ponds. Watershed Watch at the University
Efforts that advance environmental
stewardship and strengthen the
sector’s capacity to protect and
restore Rhode Island’s natural
resources through policy advocacy
and programming
Efforts to promote energy
conservation, renewable energy,
local agriculture, and efficient
public transit
The Salt Ponds Coalition (SPC) monitors the quality of the water in the
nine salt ponds along Rhode Island's southern coast through rigorous
collection and testing of samples at 25 stations.
Both the Salt Ponds Coalition and
the Coalition for Transportation
Choices are leading organizations in
these critical focus areas,
demonstrating the power of
partnerships in creating positive
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Mark Bullinger
change.
“The Coalition’s
efforts are aligned
with our priority in
the environment
sector of promoting
the protection,
restoration, and
stewardship of our
natural resources.”
Mark Bullinger
– Jennifer Pereira,
grant programs officer
Guided kayak trips along the salt ponds
bolster statewide appreciation for this
amazing natural resource. The Coalition's
efforts fit well with the Foundation's priorities in the environmental sector.
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of Rhode Island conducts the water analysis. Of the ponds’ health,
Mark Bullinger, SPC executive director, says, “It’s an ongoing battle –
some areas are getting better, some areas are declining.”
Public outreach and education is the coalition’s second area of
focus. Guided kayak trips are, Bullinger states, “wonderful outings –
part recreational and partly a way to get people out on the ponds. You
can’t be out there and not come away with a new appreciation for this
natural resource.” Schoolchildren participate in “salt pond safaris” at
Ninigret Pond, collecting animal samples and learning how they can
help keep the ponds healthy. SPC also works with local and state
policymakers. “We’re bringing people together and we’re educating
them,” says Art Ganz, president of the SPC board of directors.
The coalition’s third focus area is restoration and habitat protection.
For the past two years, they have worked with The Nature Conservancy,
Save The Bay, and the Department of Environmental Management on
a shellfish restoration project. “Having lots of shellfish in the ponds is
truly beneficial,” notes Bullinger, explaining that shellfish filter and
clean the water.
The group’s habitat protection advocacy has included successful
opposition to development on Bill’s Island in Quonochontaug Pond, as
well as to filling in Mud Cove on Ninigret Pond for a proposed boat ramp.
“During the past 25 years, we’ve built up a reputation to the point
we’re listened to and we’re respected,” concludes Ganz.
Jennifer Pereira, grant programs officer at the Foundation, explains,
“The Salt Ponds Coalition has demonstrated progress in building its
membership base, developing strategic partnerships, and promoting
awareness of the importance of restoring and protecting these critical
Rhode Island resources. The Coalition’s efforts are aligned with our
priority in the environment sector of promoting the protection,
restoration, and stewardship of our natural resources.”
For more information: www.saltpondscoalition.org
Mark Bullinger
SPC's public
outreach and
education
programs are a
critical element
of its mission to
preserve the
ponds for
generations to
come. Here,
schoolchildren
participate in a
"Salt Pond
Safari."
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fter successfully tackling a
major issue, an ad-hoc group
often disbands, satisfied that
its work is complete. Not so for the
Coalition for Water Security (CWS),
formed in 2005 with Foundation
support.
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Believing it had established the necessary structures and political
momentum to ensure effective management of Rhode Island’s water
sources into the future, rather than retire, the group decided to refocus
its efforts. Thus was born the Coalition for Transportation Choices, a
partnership of more than 30 leading advocacy groups advancing economic, social, and environmental interests.
“We always saw this group identifying a particular issue with the end
goal of greater collaboration and a stronger environmental voice. CWS
accomplished goals in a way none of our
individual organizations would have been
able to accomplish alone,” explains
Sheila Dormody, Rhode Island director,
Clean Water Action.
So, when water security was on solid
footing, the group collectively identified
the next significant environmental issue,
shifted gears and now is focused on
improving Rhode Island’s public transit
system. This includes making
communities more pedestrian and bikerfriendly, and advocating for funding to
support its transportation goals.
“We need to sustain, maintain, and
expand public transportation services. Our
goal is to create a culture, a mindset, that
the private vehicle isn’t the only
transportation option,” says Jim Celenza,
director, Rhode Island Committee on
Occupational Safety & Health.
Another coalition representative, Jerry
Elmer, staff attorney, Conservation Law
Foundation, cites the 508,000 private
vehicles registered in Rhode Island and the
6,096,000,000 miles traveled each year. “As
a coalition, we’re looking for a more stable
“There clearly is a
hunger for choices of
how to get someplace in
this state without using
a car. We’re working to
create a more cohesive
voice for that.”
– Jim Amspacher,
director, Sustainable Rhode Island,
Apeiron Institute
Coalition for Transportation Choices
Coalition for Transportation Choices:
How BEST to get around Rhode Island
Coalition for Transportation Choices
Coalition for Transportation Choices
2009 Foundationdirected grants in
environment
Apeiron Institute for Sustainable
Living
Aquidneck Island Planning
Commission
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Childhood Lead Action Project
Clean Water Fund
Conservation Law Foundation
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Environment Council of Rhode
Island Education Fund
Environment Northeast
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Friends of the Jane Pickens
Theater
Friends of the Moshassuck
Narrow River Preservation
Association
Nature Conservancy
New England Grassroots
Environment Fund
Rhode Island Natural History
Survey
Rhode Island State Conservation
Committee
Sakonnet Preservation Association
Salt Ponds Coalition
Save The Bay
Sierra Club Foundation
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
South Kingstown Land Trust, Inc.
Southside Community Land Trust
Third Sector New England
Town of Bristol
Town of Hopkinton
University of Rhode Island
Foundation
George Wiley Center
Woonasquatucket River Watershed
Council
Strategic Priorities, Environment
and sustainable source of
income for transportation. We
need a funding stream that
doesn’t pit RIPTA (Rhode Island
Public Transit Authority) against
Rhode Island DOT (Department
of Transportation),” he says,
emphasizing the need both for
expanded public transportation
and for maintaining existing
roads and bridges. “One of our
tasks is to create the political
environment to make this
happen,” Elmer says.
Indeed, advocacy is a major
Exploring a more sustainable
component of the coalition’s
funding stream for Rhode Island
work. Abel Collins, program
Public Transit Authority
manager of the Rhode Island
(RIPTA) is a priority for the
Chapter of the Sierra Club, says
Coalition for Transportation
Choices, a Foundationthe group is working to build
supported partnership.
awareness among members of
the legislature, business, and the general public. The coalition’s 2010
legislative agenda involves supporting investments in transportation
choices and creating the Rhode Island Transportation Trust Fund,
researching incentives for
reducing vehicle miles traveled,
and supporting passage of
federal legislation to support
state transportation projects.
“There clearly is a hunger for
choices of how to get someplace
in this state without using a car.
We’re working to create a more
cohesive voice for that,” states
Jim Amspacher, director, Sustainable Rhode Island, Apeiron Institute.
Jennifer Pereira, grant programs officer at the Foundation, notes,
“The Foundation’s investment in the Coalition for Water Security has
led to significant advancements in water management policy for Rhode
Island, as well as stronger partnerships, trust, and enhanced facility for
collaboration among the environmental organizations in the state.
Supporting this project both furthers priorities in the environment
sector and continues efforts to maximize the efficiency of its nonprofit
organizations.”
For more information, www.rictc.org
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BrightStars: Where “quality matters”
in child care and early learning
programs
Human Services
The Foundation works to strengthen
the continuum of care for at-risk
children, youth in crisis, and teen
parents.
Our principal target areas in human
services are:
Programs that utilize evidencebased practices tailored to meet
the needs of target populations as
outlined above
Efforts to develop systems,
policies and advocacy to improve
overall well-being outcomes for
children
BrightStars, a national program now
established in Rhode Island under the
aegis of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
with support from the Foundation,
provides an example of philanthropy’s
role in instituting best practices for the
public good.
Strategic Priorities:
Effective grantmaking
for maximum impact
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dam energetically shows
visitors around his classroom
at the Brown/Fox Point Early
Childhood Education Center in
Providence. He moves quickly from
the reading area where moments
earlier he was engaged in a book
about a pigeon driving a bus, to the
building blocks center, to the back
of the classroom where he and his
classmates are growing plants in
small, individual containers. Adam
proudly points out that his plant is
the biggest.
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Adam’s guests are visiting his classroom to learn about BrightStars,
a national quality rating and improvement system for child care and
early learning programs that Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, the state’s
venerable expert on issues concerning children, brought to Rhode
Island in 2009 with financial support from the Foundation.
Leanne Barrett, policy analyst at KIDS COUNT, explains that
BrightStars is a research-based approach to measurement that rates
providers across six quality domains: child’s daily experience, teaching
and learning, staff-child ratio and group size, family communication and
involvement, staff qualifications, and program management.
“From the beginning, providers were eager to cooperate. They saw
participation in BrightStars as a way to distinguish their programs,”
Barrett states.
One of those providers is Chris Amirault, executive director of the
center Adam attends, Brown/Fox Point. “We decided we really stand for
quality and that it was important to be one of the first to participate in
Brown/Fox Point
At the Brown/Fox Point Early Childhood
Education Center, young students get a
head start on learning in a "four-star"
environment, monitored by BrightStars, a
national quality rating and approval
system brought to Rhode Island in 2009
with funding from the Foundation.
“From the beginning,
providers were eager
to cooperate. They
saw participation in
BrightStars as a way
to distinguish their
programs.”
– Leanne Barrett,
policy analyst,
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Strategic Priorities, Human Services
a statewide program devoted to
providing kids with the best
education and care they can
receive,” Amirault explains, adding
that it also contributes to the “trust
factor” so important to parents
seeking child care services.
In Rhode Island, BrightStars is
managed by the Rhode Island
Association for the Education of
Young Children (RIAEYC). Tammy
Camillo, director of BrightStars, says
that in the past parents have not
been able to learn much about a
child care center. “I can easily
access information that helps me
decide what kind of vacuum cleaner
to buy,” says Camillo, adding, “but it
is tough to find that kind of detail
about child care centers.”
KIDS COUNT, RIAEYC, and the 35 programs licensed by the
Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) participating in
BrightStars are determined to fill the information gap while also
improving the quality of child care.
“A child care center with only one star may well be better than a
center that’s not participating in BrightStars. Participation in itself is a
sign of quality. The one-star center is thinking about how it can do
things better,” Amirault says. (Brown/Fox Point is a four-star center and
is working to earn a five-star rating.)
Camillo agrees, stating, “What’s important to us is that any provider
that comes in is doing so voluntarily. That center already is light years
ahead of one that isn’t willing to go through the program. Centers do
this because they care about quality.”
A BrightStars pamphlet for families explains, “High quality child care
and early learning programs provide a safe and nurturing environment
while promoting the physical, emotional, and intellectual development
of young children.”
Along with the Foundation’s support, BrightStars in Rhode Island has
received funding from United Way of Rhode Island, Nellie Mae
Foundation, and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services.
Other partner agencies include DCYF, the Rhode Island Department of
Health, the Rhode Island Department of Education, and various state
associations for providers. Another partner is the Frank Porter Graham
Center at the University of North Carolina, “responsible for analyzing
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Brown/Fox Point
2009 Foundation-directed
Brown/Fox Point students learn in a safe and nurturing environment.
"We decided we really stand for quality," notes Center Executive
Director Chris Amirault.
Strategic Priorities, Human Services
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the data and making recommendations to ensure BrightStars measures
are reliable, valid, efficient, and effective at measuring program
quality.”
In 2010, BrightStars is working toward enrolling 50 programs, after
which it will expand marketing efforts to parents. In 2011, the quality
rating system intends to grow from its current services for center and
family-based providers to also include providers of before and afterschool child care services.
“We feel that BrightStars is an extremely helpful way for us to take a
look at the areas we can be proud of and areas we can improve. We’ve
used the program to do that and to move forward,” states Amirault.
Anna Cano-Morales, associate vice president for grant programs at
the Foundation, comments, “The work being done through BrightStars
is aligned with the human services priority to support the development
of effective and efficient systems that look at best practices and
positive outcomes for children and youth. This project also has the
potential for statewide impact as well as to leverage state and federal
funding to Rhode Island to improve current child care programs.”
For more information, www.brightstars.org
ALS Association, Rhode Island Chapter
American Red Cross of Rhode Island
Amos House*
Amos House
Barrington Tap-In, Inc.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks*
Berean Baptist Church
Blackstone Valley Community Action
Program, Inc.
Blackstone Valley Emergency Food Center
Blessed Sacrament Rectory*
Blessing Way*
Block Island Early Learning Center
Boys & Girls Club of Newport County
Boys Town New England, Inc.
Bradford Jonnycake Center of Westerly
Bristol Good Neighbors, Inc.
Katie Brown Educational Program
Camp Ruggles
Ms. Jeanne-Marie Campbell
Capital City Community Centers*
Caritas, Inc.
Cathedral of Life Christian Assembly
Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy
Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center
Chamber Education Foundation
Channel One/Ralph J. Holden Community
Center
Child and Family Services of Newport
County
Children's Friend and Service*
Children's Friend and Service
Christian Power House Ministry*
Church of St. Michael the Archangel
Connecting For Children & Families, Inc.
Cookie Place, Inc.
Crossroads Rhode Island*
Crossroads Rhode Island
Da Vinci Center for Community Progress Inc.
Diocese of Providence-Office of Community
Services
East Bay Center
East Bay Community Action Program
East Bay Food Pantry
Emergency Food Pantry of the First Baptist
Church of Pawtucket
Progreso Latino, Inc.
Project Outreach
Providence Community Action
Providence Plan
Providence Police Department
Providence Youth Student Movement
Rhode Island Center Assisting Those in
Need (R.I.C.A.N.)
Rhode Island Center for Law and
Public Policy
Rhode Island Coalition for the
Homeless
Rhode Island College Foundation
Rhode Island Community Action
Association
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Rhode Island Family Shelter*
Rhode Island Foster Parents Association
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Rhode Island Parent Information Network
Rhode Island Pride
Saint Elizabeth Community
Salvation Army - Rhode Island State Office
Sojourner House
South County Community Action, Inc.*
South Providence Neighborhood Ministries
Southern Rhode Island Volunteers
St. James Episcopal Church at Woonsocket
St. Michael's Church
St. Vincent de Paul - Emergency Food
Center*
St. Vincent de Paul - Our Lady Queen of
Martyrs*
St. Vincent de Paul - St. Bartholomew's
St. Vincent de Paul - St. Charles Borromeo
Church
St. Vincent de Paul - St. Mary of the Bay*
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry*
St. Vincent de Paul Society*
St. Vincent de Paul Society - St. Anthony
Church*
State of Rhode Island Department of Labor
and Training
Taming Asthma Program
Tannerhill, Inc
Tech ACCESS of Rhode Island
Tides Family Services
Students experience firsthand the joys of
cooking as part of their "four-star" education
at Brown/Fox Point. The Foundation is a
lead funder of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT,
which was instrumental in bringing
BrightStars to Rhode Island.
Town of Foster
Town of Glocester*
Tri-Town Community Action Program*
Turning Around Ministries, Inc.*
Turning Around Ministries, Inc.
Vietnam Era Veterans Association
Violet Hill Club Association
WE LEARN (Women Expanding LiteracyEducation Action Resource Network
West End Community Center*
Westbay Community Action, Inc.*
Westerly Area Rest Meals - WARM Inc.*
Westerly Area Rest Meals - WARM Inc.
Weybosset Street Community Center
Whitmarsh Corporation
Women's Center of Rhode Island*
Women's Center of Rhode Island
Women's Fund of Rhode Island
Women's Resource Center of Newport
Youth In Action, Inc.
Youth Pride, Inc.
YWCA of Greater Rhode Island
YWCA of Northern Rhode Island
*Indicates organization received basic human
needs grant
Strategic Priorities, Human Services
Ezekiel Charitable Ministries
Families First Rhode Island
Family Resources Community Action*
Family Service of Rhode Island
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Federal Hill House Association
First Baptist Church of Bristol
First Congregational Church
Friends of Barrington Senior Center
Fuerza Laboral
Fund for Community Progress
Genesis Center
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Hispanics in Philanthropy
House of Hope Community Development
Corporation
John Hope Settlement House
Institute for the Study and Practice of
Nonviolence
International Institute of Rhode Island, Inc.
Jewish Family Service
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale
Kent County ARC/J. Arthur Trudeau
Memorial Center
Edward King House Senior Center
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community
Center
Lincoln Housing Authority
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Lucy's Hearth
McAuley Ministries
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
Mental Health Association
Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode
Island, Inc.
New Hope Chapel
Newport Public Schools
Nickerson Community Center
NRI Community Services
Ocean Community YMCA
Ocean State Center for Independent Living*
OpenDoors
Opportunities Unlimited, Inc.
Options for Working Families
PARI Independent Living Center
Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation
Brown/Fox Point
grants in human services
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The Rhode Island Foundation
2009
Donor-Directed
Grants
These organizations received grants
recommended by our generous donors
through donor advised or designated funds.
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Abington Friends School (PA)
ACLU Foundation of Rhode Island
Action on Smoking & Health (DC)
Adopt A Doctor
Adoption Rhode Island
Agamenticus Yacht Club (ME)
AIA Rhode Island Architectural Forum
AIDS Care Ocean State
AIDS Project Rhode Island
Albright College (PA)
All Children's Theatre Ensemble
All Stars Project (NY)
Aloha Foundation (VT)
ALS Association Rhode Island Chapter
American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society, New England
Division (MA)
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
(NY)
American Diabetes Association (NY)
American Friends of Hospice of the Upper
Galilee
American Heart Association
American Indian Graduate Center (NM)
American Legion Riverside Post #10
American Lung Association of New
England
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American Parkinson Disease Association
(NY)
American Red Cross, National
Headquarters (DC)
American Red Cross of Rhode Island
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
(DC)
American Technion Society (MA)
Americans for the Arts (DC)
Oliver Ames High School (MA)
Amherst College (MA)
Amnesty International USA (NY)
Amos House
Larz Anderson Auto Museum (MA)
Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for
Children (MA)
Animal Rescue League of Southern
Rhode Island
Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living
Aquidneck Land Trust
Arc of Blackstone Valley
Arc of Northern Bristol County
Armenian Students Association
Arnold Mills United Methodist Church
Arthritis Foundation, Southern New
England Chapter
AS220
Asbury United Methodist Church
Asheville School (NC)
Association of Former Students of Texas
A & M University (TX)
Association of Fundraising Professionals Rhode Island Chapter
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek
Orthodox Church
Attleboro Scholarship Foundation (MA)
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Aurea
Autism Project of Rhode Island
Autism Speaks (NJ)
B
Babson College (MA)
Baby2Baby (CA)
Judge Baker Children's Center (MA)
Baptist Home of Rhode Island
Bard College (NY)
Barrier Island Free Clinic (SC)
Barrington Boosters Club
Barrington Christian Academy
Barrington Congregational Church
Barrington Presbyterian Church
Barton Center for Diabetes Education (MA)
Basilica Our Lady of Perpetual HelpMission (MA)
Bayside Family YMCA
Beacon Project (ME)
'because He lives' Ministries
Beneficent Congregational Church
Best Friends Animal Society (UT)
Bethany Home of Rhode Island
Bethesda Lutheran Communities (CO)
Beyond Our Walls
Big Brothers of Rhode Island
Big Sisters of Rhode Island
Big Tree Boating (ME)
Bishop Hendricken High School
Bishop John A Marshall School (VT)
Bishop Stang High School (MA)
Blessed Sacrament Rectory
Blithewold
Blue Card (NY)
B'nai B'rith International (DC)
Borders Farm Preservation
Boston College (MA)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (MA)
Boston University School of Medicine (MA)
Bourne Society for Historic Preservation
(MA)
Bowdoin College (ME)
Boy Scouts of America - Narragansett
Council
Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland-Lincoln
Boys & Girls Club of East Providence
Boys & Girls Club of Meriden (CT)
Boys & Girls Club of Newport County
Children's Defense Fund (DC)
Children's Friend and Service
Children's Hospital Corporation (MA)
Children's Hospital Foundation (CA)
Children's Hospital Foundation (PA)
Children's Rights (NY)
Children's Shelter of Blackstone Valley
Children's Support League of the East Bay
(CA)
Children's Wish Group of Rhode Island
Chopin Club
Chorus of Westerly
Christ Church
Christ Church Dark Harbor (ME)
Christ Church Pomfret (CT)
Christ Lutheran Church (MO)
Church of St. Michael the Archangel
Church of the Epiphany East Providence
Church of the Good Shepherd
Church of the Transfiguration
Cistercian Abbey of Spencer (MA)
Citizens Scholarship Foundation
Citizens Scholarship Foundation of
Barrington
Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of
Scituate
Citizens Scholarship of America - East
Providence
City Academy (MO)
City Year Rhode Island
Clark Memorial Library
Classical High Alumni Association
Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket
Boys & Girls Club of Providence
Boys & Girls Club of Warwick
Boys & Girls Club of Woonsocket
Boys and Girls Harbor (NY)
Bradford Jonnycake Center of Westerly
Bradley Hospital Foundation
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital
Brady Center to Prevent Hand Gun
Violence (DC)
Brandeis University (MA)
Bristol Historical & Preservation Society
Brookline Arts Center (MA)
Brookline Foundation (MA)
Brookline High School 21st Century Fund
(MA)
Brown Hillel Foundation
Brown University
Moses Brown School
Brownell Library
Bryant University
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (DC)
John P. Burke Memorial Fund
Burrillville High School
Butler Hospital
Alfred Raymond, a student in the Amos House Carpentry Training Program,
helps reconstruct a wrap-around front porch at a private residence. For the past
two years, the Foundation has supported this 13-week job training program that
provides both classroom and hands-on construction experience and leads to
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) certification.
2009 Grantees, Continued
Calacirya Foundation (GA)
Cambodian Arts and Scholarship
Foundation (ME)
Camp JORI
Camp Tohkomeupog Alumni Association
(MA)
Cancer Research Institute (NY)
Care (GA)
Carmelite Monastery
Carter Center (GA)
Catholic Charity Fund Appeal
Catholic Relief Services (MD)
Center for Environmental & Sustainability
Education/FGCU (FL)
Center for Hope (CT)
Center for Investigative Reporting (CA)
Center for Reproductive Rights (NY)
Central Asia Institute (MT)
Central Baptist Church
Central Congregational Church
Central High School
Hattie Ide Chaffee Home
Challenged Athletes Foundation (CA)
Chamber Education Foundation
Channel 13 - WNET (NY)
Chariho Regional High School
Chariho-Westerly Animal Rescue League
Chewonki Foundation (ME)
Chief Washakie Foundation (WY)
Child and Family Services of Newport
County
Linda Watkins
C
Classical High School
Coalition for Buzzards Bay (MA)
Cocumscussoc Association
Coffee Kids (NM)
College of the Holy Cross (MA)
College School (MO)
Colt-Andrews School
Columbia University (NY)
Common Cause Education Fund
Community Affairs Vicariate
Community Boating Center (MA)
Community College of Rhode Island
Community Foundation of the Florida
Keys (FL)
Community Fund of Darien (CT)
Community MusicWorks
Community Preparatory School
Community School Association (MO)
Compassion International (CO)
Comprehensive Community Action (CCAP)
Concerts at the Point (MA)
Congregation Beth-El (CT)
Congregation Sharah Zedek
Connecticut College (CT)
Connecticut Food Bank (CT)
Connecting For Children & Families
Conservation Law Foundation (MA)
Corliss Institute
Cornerstone Adult Services, Inc.
Courthouse Center for the Arts
Coventry High School
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Bryan Ferguson
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The Foundation long has supported Children’s Friend and Service in its mission to promote
the well-being and healthy development of our state’s most vulnerable children. Last year,
the Providence-based organization received Foundation funding for improving language
development and communication skills of children from birth to age five. Here, a volunteer
helps children in a Head Start class make cookies.
Cranston High School East
Cranston School Department
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
(MA)
Cross Mills Public Library
Crossroads Rhode Island
Paul Cuffee School
Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra Beach (FL)
Cumberland High School
Cumberland Land Trust
Curtis School (CA)
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2009 Grantees, Continued
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Dante Society
Darien Community Association (CT)
Darien Explorer Post 53 (CT)
Darien Library (CT)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Dartmouth Friends of the Elderly (MA)
Davisville Free Library Association
Day One
Dedham Country Day School (MA)
Deerfield Academy (MA)
Delray Beach Chorale (FL)
Delray Beach Public Library (FL)
Denver Hospice (CO)
Developmental Pathways (CO)
Diocese of Providence
Doctors Without Borders (NY)
Domestic Abuse Shelter (FL)
Domestic Violence Resource Center of
South County
Domus (CT)
Doorways (MA)
Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning
Center
Frosty Drew Nature Center
Drew School (CA)
Drexel University College of Medicine (PA)
Ducks Unlimited (MA)
Bradford L. Dunn Institute for Learning
Differences
dZi Foundation (CO)
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Eaglebrook School (MA)
East Bay Community Action Program
East Greenwich Business & Professional
Women's Club
East Greenwich School Department
East Providence High School
East Providence Public Library
East Smithfield Public Library
Easter Seals Rhode Island
Eastern Star Foundation of Rhode Island
Edgewood Congregational
Elephant Sanctuary (TN)
Enfield Loaves and Fishes (CT)
English-Speaking Union Boston Branch
(MA)
Environmental Defense Incorporated (NY)
Environmental Resource Center (ID)
Episcopal Charities of Rhode Island
Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
Exeter Fire Department
Exeter Public Library
Exeter-West Greenwich High School
Fairfield County Community Foundation
(CT)
Fairfield County Foundation Fund for
Women and Girls (CT)
Family Resources Community Action
Family Service of Rhode Island
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (MA)
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Feinstein High School for Community
Service
Felician Sisters: Our Lady of the Angels
Province (CT)
Fessenden School (MA)
Festival Ballet/Providence
FA International (DC)
First Baptist Church (IL)
First Baptist Church in America
First Baptist Church in Wickford
First Baptist Church of Pawtucket
First Church of Christ Scientist
First Unitarian Church of Providence
Florida Keys Audubon Society (FL)
Flower Power
FOCUS (VA)
Foote School Association (CT)
Forest Park School
Fort Adams Trust
Fox Chase Cancer Center (PA)
Friars of the Atonement (NY)
Friendly Kitchen (NH)
Friends of Attleboro Animal Shelter (MA)
Friends of Brownell Library
Friends of Children (CT)
Friends of the Hingham Public Library
(MA)
Friends of Linden Place
Friends of Little Compton Nursing
Association
Friends of Monroe County Library of Key
West (FL)
Friends of MorseLife (FL)
Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse
Friends of the Music Mansion
Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of
Rhode Island
Friends of the Palm Springs Animal
Shelter (CA)
Friends of the Public Garden (MA)
Friends of the Rhode Island School for the
Deaf
Friends of the St. Louis Art Museum (MO)
Friends Way - Families Reaching Into Each
New Day
Fund for Community Progress
Fund for UCAP
Habitat for Humanity International (GA)
Habitat for Humanity of Rhode Island
Habitat for Humanity of West Bay &
Northern Rhode Island
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Hale Reservation (MA)
Half the Sky Foundation (CA)
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation (CT)
Dana Hall School (MA)
Miss Hall's School (MA)
Hallworth House
Hamilton College (NY)
Hamilton House
Harmony Lodge Scholarship Fund
Harris House (MO)
Harvard Business School Association of
Southern New England
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Head-Royce School (CA)
Heifer Project International (AZ)
Hermon-Dekalb Central School (NY)
Herreshoff Marine Museum
HERS Breast Cancer Foundation (CA)
High Atlas Foundation (NY)
Highlander Charter School
Hingham Interfaith Food Pantry (MA)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
Holocaust Education and Resource
Center of Rhode Island
Holton Arms School (MD)
Holy Childhood Association (NY)
Holy Name of Jesus Parish
Holy Spirit Catholic Church (SC)
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (CT)
Holy Trinity Monastery (NY)
Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island
Hope Alzheimer's Center
Hope Associates
Hope Happens (MO)
Hope High School
Hope High School - Arts
Hope High School - Leadership
John Hope Settlement House
HopeFound (MA)
Johns Hopkins Hospital (MD)
Horse Play
Hospice By the Sea (FL)
Hospice Care of Rhode Island
Humane Association - Northwestern
Rhode Island
Humane Society of Jamestown
Humane Society of the United States (VT)
Cornerstone Adult Services
H
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource
Foundation
Georgiaville Baptist Church
GFWC Women's Club of South County
Gilda's Club Westchester (NY)
Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida (FL)
Girl Scouts of Connecticut (CT)
Girl Scouts of Rhode Island
Girls Friendly Society of Rhode Island
Girls Town Jerusalem-Bayit Lepleitot (NY)
Global Pediatric Alliance/SEE (CA)
Glocester Heritage Society
Golf Foundation of Rhode Island
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation (CT)
Gordon College (MA)
Gordon School
Grace Church in Providence
Grace Fellowship Church (MA)
Greater Boston Legal Services (MA)
Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation (CT)
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus
Greene Public Library
Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center (MA)
Greenville Public Library
Groden Center
Groundwork Providence
Grow Smart Rhode Island
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation (NY)
Guiding Eyes for the Blind (NY)
Cornerstone Adult Services provides programs for frail elders and adults with disabilities. With Foundation support, the
Warwick-based agency is working with primary care physicians in the West Bay to
develop an improved model of medical care
for persons with chronic conditions. Here,
Dr. Charles Cronin and Sue Harrison, RN,
nurse case manager (right), talk with
patient Ruth Le Sieur.
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Impact a Hero (OH)
Indian River Habitat for Humanity (FL)
Indian River Memorial Hospital (FL)
Animal Welfare
Seven special funds at the
Foundation award grants for the
humane treatment and protection
of animals. Receiving funds in
2009 were the following:
Animal Rescue League of Southern
Rhode Island
Bristol Animal Shelter
Foster Parrots, Ltd.
Friends of the North Kingstown Dog
Pound
Humane Society of Jamestown, Inc.
Kent Animal Shelter
Mobile Animal Safety Initiative, Inc.
National Education for Assistance Dog
Services, Inc.
Newport Community School
Norman Bird Sanctuary
North Kingstown Animal Protection
League, Inc.
Ocean State Animal Coalition
PawsWatch Cat Rescue
Pawtucket Animal Shelter
Placing Paws
Potter League for Animals
Providence After School Alliance
Providence Animal Rescue League
Rhode Island Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
Rhode Island Veterinary Medical
Association
Rhode Island Zoological Society
RIVMA Companion Animal
Foundation
Santana Center for Equine Education
and Outreach
Stand Up for Animals
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of
Rhode Island
2009 Grantees, Continued
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Initiative to Educate Afghan Women
IN-SIGHT
Institute for the Study and Practice of
Nonviolence
Inter-American Health Alliance (NC)
International Charter School
International House of Rhode Island
International Institute of Rhode Island
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Iowa State University Foundation (IA)
Isha Foundation (TN)
Island Free Library
Island Moving Company
Islesboro Affordable Property (ME)
Islesboro Community Center (ME)
Islesboro Community Fund (ME)
Islesboro Islands Trust (ME)
The Foundation announced an
emergency community grant of
$450,000 to the Rhode Island
Community Food Bank,
Salvation Army Good
Neighbor Energy Fund, and
state Community Action Programs
(CAPs) in December 2009.
Foundation President & CEO Neil D.
J
Steinberg noted, “Thanks to the
Jamestown Emergency Medical Services
Jamestown Fire Department
Jamestown Historical Society
Jamestown Medical Fund
Jamestown Philomenian Library
Jewish Community Center of Rhode Island
Jewish Community Day School of Rhode
Island
Jewish Family Service
Jewish Federation of Eastern
Connecticut (CT)
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach (FL)
Jewish Federation of Rhode Island
Jewish Seniors Agency
Johnson & Wales University
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale
Joslin Diabetes Center (MA)
Junior Achievement of Rhode Island
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
International (NY)
generosity of hundreds of Rhode
K
2009 Grantees, Continued
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Emergency
Community Grant
Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action
Corps (MA)
Kent County ARC/J. Arthur Trudeau
Memorial Center
Kent Hospital Foundation
Kenyon College (OH)
Key West Botanical Garden Society (FL)
Key West Council on the Arts (FL)
Key West Film Society (FL)
Key West Symphony Orchestra (FL)
Kids First
Kimball Union Academy (NH)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community
Center
Edward King House Senior Center
King's Daughters & Sons - Rhode Island
Branch
Kingston Chamber Music Festival
Islanders with permanent funds at
the Foundation, we are uniquely
positioned to make these emergency
dollars available for food, rent,
shelter, heating assistance, and
critical prescription medication basics we believe all Rhode
Islanders should not have to do
At the Food Bank for the
announcement (left to right), Major
David Dunham, Salvation Army;
David M. Hirsch, Foundation
chairman; Neil D. Steinberg; Ben
Lessing, executive director, Family
Resources Community Action; Michael
Ryan, regional president of National
Grid and chairman, Salvation Army
"Warm Thy Neighbor" campaign;
Joanne McGunagle, president of the
Rhode Island Community Action
Association (RICAA) and executive
director of Comprehensive Community
Action; Paula McFarland, executive
director of RICAA; and Andrew Schiff,
chief executive officer, Rhode Island
Community Food Bank.
without.”
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Lamoille Community Food Share (VT)
Land Trust of Darien (CT)
Landmark Medical Center
Latino Dollars for Scholars Foundation of
Rhode Island
Latino Public Radio
Laurel House (CT)
League for the Advancement of New
England Story Telling (MA)
Let's Get Ready (NY)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Rhode
Island
Lifespan
Lincoln School
Lincoln Senior High School
Little Compton Assistance Association
Little Compton Community Center
Corporation
Little Compton Education Foundation
Little Compton Historical Society
Little Compton Village Improvement
Society
Little Compton Volunteer Fire Department
Little Sisters of the Poor
Lloyd Center for the Environment (MA)
Loaves and Fishes Ministries (CT)
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Low Country Food Bank (SC)
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
(MA)
Lucy's Hearth
M
MaGown-Roberts Memorial Fund
James L. Maher Regional Center
Maine Handicapped Skiing (ME)
Maine Public Broadcasting Network (ME)
Make a Difference Foundation
Make A Wish Foundation of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Making It Possible to End Homelessness
(NJ)
Manatee Children's Services (FL)
Manton Avenue Project
Mariannhill Mission Society (MI)
Marion Art Center (MA)
Mariposa Center
George Mark Children's House (CA)
Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust (MA)
N
North Smithfield School Department
Northeastern University (MA)
Northfield Mount Hermon School (MA)
Norwalk Community -Technical College
Foundation (CT)
Norwalk Land Trust (CT)
NRI Community Services
O
Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church
Ocean Community YMCA
Ocean State Action Fund
Ocean State Center for Independent
Living
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Theatre Company
Ocean Tides
Ohio University - College of Fine Arts (OH)
Old Slater Mill Association
Opera New England of Northeastern
Connecticut (CT)
Operation Blessing International (VA)
Order of Friars Minor/Province Most Holy
Name
Our Father Lutheran Church (CO)
Our Lady of Mercy Communty Outreach
Services (SC)
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Narrow River Preservation Association
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 Eating Disorders Association (WA)
National Lung Cancer Partnership (WI)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (MA)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Rhode Island Chapter
National Neighborhood Day
National Parkinson Foundation (FL)
National Reyes Syndrome Foundation (OH)
National Society of The Colonial
Dames of America of Rhode Island
National Transplant Assistance Fund
(NTAF) (PA)
National Wildlife Federation (VA)
Nativity School of Worcester (MA)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NY)
Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy (VA)
New Canaan Country School (CT)
New College School (MO)
New England Amateur Skating Foundation
New England Institute of Technology
New England Legal Foundation (MA)
New England Municipal Clerks Institute &
Academy (CT)
New England Wireless and Steam
Museum
New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NH)
New Milford High School (CT)
New Urban Arts
New York Shakespeare Festival (NY)
Newman Congregational Church
Newport Art Museum
Newport Historical Society
Newport Hospital
Newport Hospital Foundation
Newport Music Festival
Newport Public Education Foundation
Newport Public Library
Newton Country Day School of the Sacred
Heart (MA)
Norman Bird Sanctuary
North Attleboro High School (MA)
North Kingstown Free Library
North Kingstown Senior High School
North Kingstown - Exeter Animal
Protection League
North Providence High School
North Smithfield Family Welfare Society
North Smithfield High School
North Smithfield Public Library
Chef Educators Jen, Alex and Monica
dish out samples of three applesauce
recipes to Wintertime Farmers Market
customers. The Foundation is
supporting an innovative partnership
between Farm Fresh and the Rhode
Island Training School, whereby a
line of preserved foods featuring
ingredients from local farmers are
produced at the Training School
kitchen facility by youth in the
Training School and youth on
probation/parole, and sold at local
stores, farmers markets, schools,
hospitals, and similar institutions. This
program aligns with our focus both in
the environment and community and
economic development.
2009 Grantees, Continued
Mary House Ministry
Mary Institute and Country Day School (MO)
Masonic Grand Lodge Charities of Rhode
Island
Massachusetts General Hospital (MA)
Massachusetts Hospital Research &
Educational Association (MA)
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals (MA)
Mathewson Street United Methodist
Church
MAZON (CA)
McAuley House
Ronald McDonald House of Providence
Mead School for Human Development (CT)
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
Medical Foundation of North Carolina (NC)
Medical Missionaries of Mary (NY)
Meeting Street Center
Memorial and Library Association of
Westerly
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Mental Health Association in River County
(FL)
Merton College Charitable Corporation (NJ)
Metropolitan School (MO)
Middlebury College (VT)
Middletown Historical Society
Milk Fund
Milton Academy (MA)
Miriam Hospital Foundation
Miriam's Kitchen (DC)
Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary
(MA)
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
Mixed Magic Theater & Cultural Events
Monadnock Conservancy (NH)
Moran Prairie Elementary School Parent
Teachers Group (WA)
Morristown Centennial Library Association
(VT)
Mosaico Community Development
Corporation
Mount Holyoke College (MA)
Mount Hope Learning Center
Mount Hope Trust in Bristol
Mount Pleasant High School
Mount St. Charles Academy
Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory
(ME)
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Rhode Island
Museum of Primitive Art & Culture
Museum of Yachting
Music School of the Rhode Island
Philharmonic
Musica Dolce Chamber Orchestra
Musica Maris
My Turn
Mystic Seaport Museum (CT)
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2009 Grantees, Continued
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Paralyzed Veterans of America (DC)
Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center (CT)
PawsWatch Cat Rescue
Pawtucket Armory Association
Pawtucket School Department
Frannie Peabody Center (ME)
Pelham Education Foundation (NY)
William Penn Charter School (PA)
People for Puget Sound (WA)
People for the American Way Foundation
(DC)
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (VA)
Person-to-Person (CT)
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society
Philabundance (PA)
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine (PA)
Philadelphia Praise Center (PA)
Pilgrim High School
Pine Point School (CT)
Pine Street Inn (MA)
Pink Ribbon Symposium (FL)
Planned Parenthood Federation of
America (NY)
Planned Parenthood of Indiana (IN)
Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island
Planned Parenthood of Southern New
England
Pomfret School (CT)
Ponaganset High School
Portland Museum of Art (ME)
Portsmouth Arts Guild
Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth United Methodist Church
Potter League for Animals
Poverty Institute
Preservation Society of Newport County
Preserve Rhode Island
Princeton University (NJ)
Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas
Problem Pregnancy of Providence
Progreso Latino
Project Aware (MA)
Project Bread (MA)
Project Hope (VA)
Providence After School Alliance
Providence Animal Rescue League
Providence Art Club
Providence Athenaeum
Providence Center
Providence Children's Museum
Providence Church of Christ
Providence College
Providence College Alumni Association
Providence Community Health Centers
Providence Community Health Centers
P
Dr. Lonnie Thomas performs a routine well baby check. The Providence
Community Health Centers are a lead participant in Rapid Access Rhode Island,
a program designed to increase access to primary care services where and when
they are needed, supported through the Foundation’s Fund for a Healthy Rhode
Island (see page 10).
Providence Community Library
Providence Country Day School
Providence Hebrew Day School
Providence Journal Santa Fund
Providence Journal Summertime Fund
Providence Parks Department
Providence Police Department
Providence Preservation Society
Providence Public Library
Providence Revolving Fund
Providence School Department
Providence Singers
Providence Toursim Fund
Prudence Conservancy
R
Real Goods Solar Living Institute (CA)
Rebuilding Together
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO)
Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (OH)
Rhode Island Arts Foundation at Newport
Rhode Island Association of Realtors
Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
Rhode Island College Foundation
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Rhode Island Council of Resource
Providers
Rhode Island Department of
Transportation
Rhode Island Family Shelter
Rhode Island for Community & Justice
Rhode Island Foster Parents Association
Rhode Island Foundation of Dentistry for
the Handicapped
Rhode Island Free Clinic
Rhode Island Good Neighbor Energy Fund
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation
Rhode Island Interscholastic League
Rhode Island Jumpstart Coalition for
Personal Financial Literacy
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Rhode Island Legal Services
Rhode Island Lions Children's Cancer Fund
Rhode Island Lions Sight Foundation
Rhode Island Medical Society Foundation
Rhode Island Natural History Survey
Rhode Island Nurses Institute
Rhode Island Organizing Project
Rhode Island Parent Information Network
Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition
Foundation
Rhode Island Philharmonic
Rhode Island Public Radio
S
St. Johns Lodge, Number One Providence
St. Johnsbury Academy (VT)
St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode
Island
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (TN)
St. Lawrence University (NY)
St. Louis Educational Television
Commission (MO)
St. Louis Zoo Friends Association (MO)
St. Luke's Community Services (CT)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Mark Church/St. Vincent de Paul
Food Pantry
St. Mark's Cathedral (WA)
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Martin de Porres Church School (SC)
St. Martin's Episcopal Church
St. Mary Church
St. Mary of the Bay Catholic Church
St. Mary School
St. Mary's Academy - Bay View
St. Mary's Home for Children
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal
Church (FL)
St. Michael School (MA)
St. Michael's Church
St. Michael's Country Day School
The Foundation, a longtime supporter
of New Urban Arts, has funded its
Arts Mentoring Fellowship program
that brings together youth and
emerging artists and perpetuates the
organization’s creative model of youth
development, which aligns with the
Foundation’s focus in both education
and the arts.
St. Paul's Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Pius X School
St. Raphael Academy
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
St. Thomas More Church
Stadium Theater Foundation
2009 Grantees, Continued
S. Stephen's Church
Sail Newport
Sakonnet Preservation Association
Salesian Missions (NY)
Salisbury School (CT)
Salt Ponds Coalition
Salvation Army - Charleston (SC)
Salvation Army - Pawtucket Corps
Salvation Army - Providence
Salvation Army - Providence Childcare
Center
Salvation Army - Rhode Island
Salvation Army - Waltham Corps (MA)
Salve Regina University
Samaritans
San Miguel School
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
(FL)
Santa Barbara Foundation (CA)
Sargent Rehabilitation Center
Save a Pet Society (MA)
Save The Bay
Save the Children (CT)
Saving Sight Rhode Island
Scandinavian Home
Solomon Schechter Academy of New
London County (CT)
School One
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (MA)
Scituate High School
Seamen's Church Institute of Newport
2nd Story Theatre
Seekonk Land Conservation Trust (MA)
Seekonk Library Trust (MA)
Serve Rhode Island
Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis (MO)
Shakespeare's Head Association
Shea Senior High School
Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist
Church
Shriners Hospital for Children (FL)
Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (FL)
Sigma Chi Foundation (IL)
Skagitonians Preserve Farmland (WA)
Skate For Joy
Skidmore College (NY)
Smith College (MA)
Smithfield High School
Smithfield Preservation Society
Social Venture Partners Rhode Island
Socio-Economic Development Center for
Southeast Asians
Sojourner House
Sophia Academy
South County Garden Club of Rhode Island
South County Hospital Healthcare System
South County Museum
South Kingstown CARES
South Kingstown Land Trust
South Kingstown Public Library
South Providence Neighborhood
Ministries
Southeast Regional Reading
Council (MA)
Southern Poverty Law Center
(AL)
Southside Community Land
Trust
Special Olympics Rhode Island
Spokane Humane Society (WA)
Spruce Street Nursery School (MA)
St. Adalbert Church Center
St. Alexander Church
St. Andrew's School
St. Barnabas Church
St. Bernard Church
St. Catherine's School Foundation (VA)
St. Cecilia School
St. Christopher's School (VA)
St. Elizabeth Community
St. Francis Chapel and City Ministry Center
St. Francis House (MA)
St. George's School
St. James Lutheran Church
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic
Church (MA)
St. John's Episcopal Church
Jason Yoon
Rhode Island Rainbow Girls Foundation
Rhode Island Reds Heritage Society
Rhode Island Rescue Ministries
Rhode Island School for the Deaf
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
Rhode Island Society of CPAs
Rhode Island State Council of Churches
Rhode Island State Law Library
Rhode Island Tree Council
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society
Rhode Island Zoological Society
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education
(RISE)
Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School
River Arts of Morrisville (VT)
Riverwood Mental Health Services
RIVMA Companion Animal Foundation
Rocky Hill School
Roger Williams Medical Center
Roger Williams National Memorial
Rogers Free Library
Rogers High School
Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary (MT)
Rosie's Place (MA)
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Stand Up for Animals
Star Kids Scholarship Program
Steere House Nursing & Rehabilitation
Center
Stonington Free Library (CT)
Stonington High School (CT)
Stonington Housing Authority (CT)
Gilbert Stuart Memorial
Sturdy Memorial Hospital (MA)
T
2009 Grantees, Continued
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Tabor Academy (MA)
Tall Ships Rhode Island
Tanzanian Children's Fund (ME)
Temple Beth David (FL)
Temple Beth-El
Temple Emanuel
Temple Habonim
Temple Judea (FL)
Thayer Academy (MA)
Therapeutic Riding at Breezy Hill (MA)
Thundermist Health Center
Tilton School (NH)
Tiverton High School
Tiverton Land Trust
Tockwotton Home
Toll Gate High School
Tolman Senior High School
Tomorrow Fund
W
Warwick Public Library
Warwick Public Schools
Washington National Cathedral (DC)
Watch Hill Improvement Society
WaterFire Providence
Wediko Children's Services (MA)
Weekapaug Chapel Society
Welcome House of South County
Wellesley College (MA)
Wells College (NY)
West Warwick High School
West Warwick Wizards Awards Association
Westbay Community Action
Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy (CT)
Westerly Area Rest Meals - WARM
Westerly College Club
Westerly High School
Westerly Hospital
Westerly Hospital Auxiliary
Westerly Public Library
Westerly Public Schools
U
United Animal Friends (AZ)
United Cerebral Palsy of Rhode Island
United Church of Christ Rhode Island
Conference
United Congregational Church
United Methodist Elder Care
United Moes Chitim Fund of Greater
Providence
United Pentecostal Church (NH)
United Way of Greater St. Louis (MO)
United Way of Rhode Island
University of Arizona Foundation (AZ)
University of California Berkeley
Foundation (CA)
University of California San Diego (CA)
University of Missouri Alumni Association
(MO)
University of New England (ME)
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island Foundation
University of South Carolina Educational
Foundation (SC)
Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program
Urban Impact Foundation (PA)
Urban League of Rhode Island
USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee
(MA)
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Varnum Continentals
Visiting Nurse Assciation of Kent County
Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Rhode
Island
Mark Bullinger
The Providence Center
A child stretches during The
Providence Center’s Fit2Bhealthy
childhood obesity program, a
weekly group therapy session for
parents and children. Healthy
snacks, conversation about
nutrition, and exercise
are featured in this Foundationfunded program designed to
fight childhood obesity through
nutrition education and exercise.
Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and
Bristol Counties
Vitas Hospice Charitable Foundation (FL)
VNA Health Care (CT)
VNA of Rhode Island
VNA of Southeastern Massachusetts (MA)
Volunteer Services for Animals
Volunteer Services for Animals - Warwick
Volunteers in Providence Schools
Touro Synagogue Foundation
Town of Bristol
Town of Brookline (MA)
Town of Charlestown
Town of Hopkinton
Town of Little Compton
Town of Narragansett
Town of New Shoreham
Town of Richmond
Town of South Windsor (CT)
Town of Tiverton
Town of West Warwick
Town of Westerly
Trees for the Future (MD)
Trident United Way (SC)
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Repertory Company
Tri-Town YMCA (CT)
Sam and Christine Trophia Butterfly
Research and Education Center (FL)
Trust for Public Land (MA)
Trustees of Reservations (MA)
Barbara Tufts Cooperative Preschool
A lead educator at Salt Ponds
Coalition shares a close up look at a
pipefish with a young girl during a
summer Salt Pond Safari. Groups
travel to a small beach on the pond
where they pull a 30-foot seine net
through the shallow water and up
onto the beach, sift through the net,
and transfer the creatures found to an
aquarium tank, to be identified and
discussed before their release. The
Coalition’s work is a perfect fit with
the Foundation’s focus on stewardship
of Rhode Island’s natural resources.
Western Washington University Foundation
(WA)
Westminster Senior Center
Westminster Unitarian Church
Westport Land Conservation Trust (MA)
Westport River Watershed Alliance (MA)
WGBH Educational Foundation (MA)
What Cheer Art Company
Wheeler School
Wheeler School - Providence Summerbridge
White Sisters/Daughters of the Holy Spirit
Whitfield School (MO)
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of
Rhode Island
George Wiley Center
Emma Willard School (NY)
Willett Free Library
Williams College (MA)
Winslow Farm Animals Awareness (MA)
Wisconsin Community Shares (WI)
Wolf School
Womanade (MA)
WomanKind (FL)
Women & Infants Development
Foundation
Women & Infants Hospital
Women's Action for New Directions
Education Fund (MA)
Women's Center of Rhode Island
Women's Fund of Rhode Island
Women's Funding Alliance (WA)
Women's Health & Education Fund
Women's Prison Association (NY)
Wood River Health Services
Woodbury Union Presbyterian Church
Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
World Vision (WA)
X
Xena Fund of the Florida Keys (FL)
Our donors, our partners:
one family's legacy in Rhode Island
“
W
hen education
the Pickard family to think about
fails, and kids
projects to support, they gravitated
do not have
toward programs that mirrored the
the math and
work their mother, Marjorie Olson
reading skills to perform basic
Pickard, had found so rewarding in
functions, it is a personal
the East Greenwich public schools.
catastrophe for them,” notes estate
The Pickards are pioneers in the
planning attorney Dana Pickard, a
Foundation’s co-funding efforts,
partner based in Edwards Angell
which involve bringing worthwhile
Palmer & Dodge’s West Palm Beach
projects to the attention of donors.
offices, who is involved with literacy
Says Carol Golden, executive vice
efforts in the Palm Beach County,
president and chief development
Florida schools. Dana and his four
officer, “Through co-funding, our
siblings are successor advisors to a
donors have heroically enabled us to
fund established by their father,
stretch our grant dollars much
prominent Rhode Island attorney
further at a time when the need is
and community leader Robert F.
increasing in Rhode Island.” In
Pickard, who was one of nine
particular, the Pickards have
original members of the state’s
supported the Providence After
Board of Regents. When he
School Alliance, City Year Rhode
established this fund, Robert
Island, Volunteers in Providence
Pickard spoke frankly about his
Schools, and the URI Central Falls
intention to do something for
Academy.
students in Rhode Island’s public
schools.
And his children have followed
Notes Dana Pickard, “We really
appreciated the Foundation vetting
these programs for us; we know that
educational approaches don’t
“One of the reasons my father
always succeed, and we rely on the
Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation (CT)
Yale University (CT)
Year Up
YMCA - Newman (MA)
YMCA of Greater Providence
YMCA of Greater Woonsocket
YMCA of Pawtucket
York Public Library Association (ME)
Young Life Greater Spokane (WA)
Young Voices
Youth In Action
Youth Pride
YWCA of Greater Rhode Island
YWCA of Northern Rhode Island
wanted to create the fund was to
Foundation’s expertise in evaluating
honor my mother’s memory,” notes
projects.”
Dana Pickard, who continues, “She
Of their involvement in co-funding,
was a typical post World War II wife
Dana Pickard says of his family, “We
and mother who raised five children;
look forward to participating for
later, she served as a classroom
many years to come. This is exactly
teacher’s aide in East Greenwich.
what my father hoped would happen
She saw firsthand the value added
– that his five kids would consult
to the classroom when teachers
and work together to carry on his
have additional assistance and
and our mother’s legacy in Rhode
students receive individual
Island.”
attention.” When the time came for
2009 Grantees, Continued
through on their father’s wishes.
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Frequently
Asked
Questions
Q. What is the most popular giving option?
A. We offer several choices (see list of fund types,
facing page). Based on your needs and interests, we
can help you decide if it is appropriate to establish a
fund now, through your will, or through other planned
giving strategies. Many donors begin funds during
their lifetimes, then add to the funds upon their deaths.
The Foundation introduced donor advised funds in
the 1970s. They have become extremely popular. With
about giving through
a donor advised fund, you stay actively involved as a
The Rhode Island Foundation
distribute grants from your fund.
philanthropist and each year recommend how to
Q. How does The Rhode Island Foundation
differ from commercial charitable gift
funds?
A. These funds are similar in some respects to the
Q. How does it work?
A. You set up a fund at the Foundation with an
Foundation's donor advised funds: you give money,
and you get a tax advantage. But there are important
irrevocable gift. You choose the fund’s name and its
differences. Commercial gift funds confine themselves
purpose, which the Foundation will execute in
to simple due diligence, assuring that a charity is IRS-
perpetuity.
compliant. The Rhode Island Foundation offers
extensive research services to its donors, to help you
Q. What do you mean by “in perpetuity”?
A. Forever. If you set up a fund now to benefit the XYZ
that you want to help address the challenge of teen
Library, the Foundation will continue to make grants
pregnancy, we'll help you identify the state’s most
to that organization as long as it exists. If it ceases
innovative, most successful program to invest in. In
to exist, the Foundation will apply the fund to the
fact, we invite donors to co-fund projects with us to
closest similar organization.
extend the reach of our discretionary grantmaking
Q. What is the Foundation’s investment
policy?
A. The Foundation invests your gift as part of our
endowment pool. Because the value of our assets is
considerable, the Foundation attracts some of the
country’s top-performing money managers. We aim to
protect and grow the principal of your gift. Our growth
target each year is inflation plus 5%. But that is a
minimum. The returns beyond grants and fees are
added to the fund you established.
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find just the right charities. If you tell us, for instance,
dollars even further in Rhode Island. (see story,
page 39)
Q. Do I have to give cash?
A. Almost any asset of appreciated value can be transferred to the Foundation; we will convert it into cash.
Many donors give appreciated securities (stock that
has risen in value) to maximize their tax benefits. You
also can earmark IRAs or pensions to the Foundation.
Or even purchase life insurance that names The
Rhode Island Foundation as the beneficiary.
Types of Endowments
UNRESTRICTED leaves the choice of
grantee to the Foundation. The Fund
for Rhode Island is our general
unrestricted fund.
Q. What is the minimum amount I can give
to establish a named fund?
A. In most cases, our minimum is $10,000.
Q. If I’m interested but don’t feel I can afford
to establish a fund now, what are my
options?
A. You can make a gift in any amount to any existing
fund at the Foundation, including our Fund for Rhode
Island from which we make grants to the state's most
pressing needs. You can also name the Foundation in
FIELD OF INTEREST recommends an area
of interest, e.g. the environment or
geographic region, and directs the
Foundation to make grants to related
projects. We are particularly interested
in funds for public education and
primary health care, our two special
initiatives.
DESIGNATED identifies a particular
nonprofit organization, or several, for
perpetual support.
DONOR ADVISED enables a living donor
and successors to recommend
different grantees both in Rhode Island
and elsewhere.
your will or trust to receive a portion of your estate
when you're gone. Or, you can choose a giving vehicle
that will provide a lifetime income to you or a loved
one, and then create an endowment fund here after
death.
4564, check out the "Donors" section at
www.rifoundation.org, and/or request your free copy
of Creating Your Legacy at The Rhode Island
Foundation: A Guide for Donors.
Frequently Asked Questions About Giving
Q. How do I get more information?
A. Contact the development department at (401) 274-
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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Foundation
campaigns in
2009
Armeather Gibbs and Linda Newton chat at a reception
hosted by the Young Professional Outreach Committee of
the Black Philanthropy Initiative to raise funds and
awareness.
Black Philanthropy Initiative
Raymonde Charles
Brian and Lorraine Lalli
n 2005, a group of Black leaders met with
Shawn Christian, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Langer
representatives from the Foundation to discuss
Hon. Edward C. and
Audrey A. Clifton
Alex McCray
Katherine D. and
Reid W. Coleman
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne J.
Montague, Sr.
Katherine Conte
Shemika L. Moore
Steven Craddock
Nellie Mae Foundation
Antonio DaSilva
Linda H. and Charles Newton
Joanne Debrah
Wayne and Debbie Peacock
and emerging needs well into the future. Thus was born
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dellicker
Carolyn Pemberton
the Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI), a field of interest
Emilio Dorcely and Stephanie
Larrieux
Ann M. Porto, Psy.D.
I
their vision for a thriving Black community in
Rhode Island. Acknowledging that the challenges
facing Black Rhode Islanders were both
formidable and well-entrenched over many decades, they
sought a solution that would be responsive to changing
fund held at the Foundation.
T'Sey-Haye M. Preaster
A dedicated group of volunteers, including BPI Steering
Priscilla and Herry Eskridge
Dr. Glenn S. Prescod
Committee Co-chairs Judge Edward Clifton and Linda
Joseph Fernandez and
Emily A. Maranjian
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Ricci
Newton, and Campaign Committee Co-chairs Walter Stone
Jason M. Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sax
and Linda Newton, have provided leadership and support.
Christine Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Roland H. Snead
Global View Communications,
Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Sperling
They have worked tirelessly to launch an initial fundraising
campaign, determine strategic priorities, and recruit
Toni and Frederick Green
Walter R. Stone
community support. We are grateful to the following 2009
Michael Grupp
Keeva Terry
donors who understand the significance and permanent
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Hanlon
Hon. O. Rogeriee Thompson
value of this important community fund.
Michael M. and Tonya Harris
Darrell Thorpe
Geneva Urquhart
Marcus D. Allen
Bank of America
Samuel H. Havens and
Dr. Audrey Kupchan
Amica Companies Foundation
Emanuel E. Barrows
Shomari and Melissa Husband
Rev. Dr. Donald and
Debra Anderson
Lelani Bonner
Shirley A. Jeffreys
Carrie Bridges
Kevin and Gertrude Jones
Anonymous Donor
Fred and Joyce Butler
Dwayne Keys
Saira Aquino
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Maureen E. McKenna
Dr. Karl and Doris Stephens
Melvin Veasley
Equity Action
ince awarding its first grants in 2004, Equity
Jon-Paul Couture
Action has invested more than $450,000 in
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. D.
Croft
S
programs and projects that support and
promote justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ)
Seth R. Daley
John D. DaPonte Mental
Health Therapy, Inc.
Elda M. Dawber and
Mariellen Langworthy
Rhode Islanders.
Two integral groups of volunteers have supported the
Jewish Federation of
Rhode Island
Rosalyn C. Johnson and
Linda Ciolfi
Mr. and Mrs. Kraig D. Jordan
Simone P. Joyaux and
Tom Ahern
J. Philip Kane
Deborah DeBare
Margaret Kane
Dr. Anne DeGroot and
Deb Norman
David Karoff and
Barbara Hunger
Cicilline, and the advisory council, co-chaired by Lynn
Roland DiOrio and
Robert Paquette
Phyllis Kay and
Richard Donelly
McKinney and Sally Ann Hay. Thank you to these
Gregory J. DiStefano
Jeffrey Kerkhoff
extraordinary volunteers and to all our donors who
Joseph R. DiStefano
Mr. and Mrs. David I. Kertzer
initiated or sustained their commitment to Equity Action
Tina Donate
Michael Lapides
in 2009.
Doris S. and Bruce Donovan
Karen R. Ellsworth
Sally E. Lapides and
Arthur P. Solomon
Embolden Design, Inc.
Richard H. Lefebvre
Marie E. Esposito
Deborah Linnell
Michael Evora and
Sean Nolan
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lott
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
Farmer, III
Leslie A. Margolin and
Joanna Horsfall
Hon. Frank Ferri and
Tony Caparco
Nancy Markham
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fine
Fred and Linda Franklin
Edward H. McAllister and
John R. Rumery, Jr.
Friends of Equity Action
Alex McCray
Alex Gorriarán
Dale and Linda McKinney
David B. Green and
Myrth York
Megan McKinney
fund’s growth and impact–the campaign committee
chaired by Sally Lapides with Honorary Chair Mayor David
Charles Greenwood
Among attendees of the Trinity Repertory hosted LGBT
Night to benefit Equity Action were Mark Connelly, J.C.
Standish, Sally Lapides, and Providence Mayor David
Cicilline.
Stephen J. Gumbley
Louis Hafken, M.D. and
Lee Ann Johnston
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Malin
Evangelia Mazaris
William Lynn McKinney and
Ronald D. Margolin
Mercer & George Attorneys at
Law, LLC
Jone Pasha Morrison
Marjorie Moskol and
Catherine M. Gorman
Guy Abelson
Patricia Burbank
Thomas M. Hammond and
Tony Lanciano
Anonymous Donor
Fred and Joyce Butler
Susan E. Hartblay
Jason E. Archambault
Edward B. Cabral
Vicky Hathaway
NAMES Project Rhode Island AIDS Memorial Quilt
Wendy Baker and
Judy McDonnell
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Caparelli
Sally Ann Hay
Ronald K. Nelson
Joseph A. Caprara, Jr.
Peter Hayes
Ian L. Barnacle
Elizabeth and Malcolm G.
Chace
David O'Brien and
Craig Berry
Melinda M. Hill
Roger Belisle
Stephen Berenson and
Brian McEleney
John C. Chamberlin
Denniss L. Berganza
City Kitty Veterinary
Care for Cats
The Berren Law Firm
Scott P. Clark
Bogh AV Productions
Cynthia K. Clay
Lizabeth Bourret
Marc Cohen
Barbara E. Brittingham
Mark D. Connolly
Charles Owens
Andrew and Judy Hoffman
Martha Holt and
Patricia Castle
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A.
Pacheco
Pelletier & Clark LLC
Mary D. Housley
Perception Jewelry
Dean and Evelyn Hu-DeHart
Janet Isserlis
C. B. Peters and
Bette L. Erickson
Joan M. Isserlis
William and Virginia Prichett
Jill and Bob Jaffe
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Deatrice M. Ramos
Trish Sitcoske
Louis Raymond
Robert Ready
Julie Shelton Smith and
Polly Franchot
Roberta Richman
Joshua Solomon
Kenneth C. Rickler, M.D.
Barbara Stewart and
Patricia Fallon
Anita Robertson
Jonathan Stone
Deborah I. Rose
Patricia L. Sanetti
Hazel Temple and
Dave Whalen
Judy Scarfpin
Michael P. Vignogna
Neil R. Schriever and
David P. Blackman
Paul and Barbara Schurman
Paula Vogel and
Professor Anne FaustoSterling
Beth Schuyler
Ed Webb III
Dr. Daniel M. Scott and
James E. Schlageter
Christopher J. Whirlow
Adam Seed
Dianna Shaw
Elizabeth J. Wilson and
Christine Thompson
John Wormley and
Ronald K. Fark
Eric Shorr
Mr. and Mrs. Einar R.
Siqueland
Equity Action supporters Jodi Glass
and Marcia Blair were among
attendees of the 2009 Foundationhosted appreciation event.
Youth's Friends Association Inc.
Teach For America
T
he vision of the following individuals,
corporations, and foundations for Rhode
Island’s schoolchildren and their belief in
the critical work of Teach For America
made it possible for The Rhode Island
Foundation to raise the $2.7 million needed over three
years to bring this innovative program to Rhode Island.
We are grateful for their partnership and support. For
more information on Teach For America, please see the
feature story on pages 6-8.
The Carter Family Trust, John
and Letitia Carter, Trustees
Robert J. and Mary D. Higgins
McAdams Charitable
Foundation, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman E. McCulloch, Jr.,
Trustees
Samuel M. Mencoff
Pacifica Foundation, Joan
Wernig Sorensen and E.
Paul Sorensen, Trustees
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Susan and David Hibbitt
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP
Edwards Angell Palmer &
Dodge
Suzanne and Terrence Murray
Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary
Education Deborah Gist, Foundation President and CEO
Neil D. Steinberg, and generous Teach For America
supporters Letitia and John Carter listen intently at the
February 2010 announcement that Teach For America is
expanding to Rhode Island.
Elizabeth and Malcolm G.
Chace
Bernard V. Buonanno, Jr.
Todd M. Reed
Fidelity Investments
James J. Skefffington
Richard A. Sherman
Alan G. Hassenfeld
Susan and Habib Y. Gorgi
V. Duncan Johnson
Patricia A. Sullivan
Richard L. Bready
Marie J. Langlois
Douglas G. Gray
Michael L. Newquist
Bank of America
Christopher D. Graham
Paul M. Mahoney, Jr.
Laura N. Wilkinson
Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr.
Deming E. Sherman
Peter J. Barrett
The Rhode Island Foundation
Permanent
Endowments
As of December 31, 2009, generous Rhode
Islanders had established the 1,178 permanent
endowments listed here, growing the Foundation's
assets to more than $520 million. In 2009, gifts
to the Foundation totaled more than $9 million.
Each endowment has a story behind it, a purpose
before it. Together, these endowments reflect the
collective philanthropy of our many communities.
The following is a list of the
endowments at The Rhode
Island Foundation with a
balance of at least $10,000
or, if established before 1995,
a balance of at least $5,000.
Funds with descriptions
are designated for the
organizations or fields
of interest indicated.
All other funds are either
unrestricted or donor advised.
Funds appearing for the first
time in the Foundation Annual
Report are in red.
Those with a ★ have a profile
in this book.
To create your family’s legacy,
contact the Development
Department at (401) 2744564.
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The Lorraine S. Bliss,
Lewis I. Gross, Sophia S.
Gross and Rosetta L.
Horowitz Memorial Fund
Lorraine Bliss, a resident of
Providence for 81 years, moved
here with her parents, Benjamin and
Ida, shortly after her birth in 1927.
Her father, Benjamin Bliss, founded
the Benjamin Bliss Furniture Store;
a related branch of the Bliss family
owns the Warwick Mall.
According to good friend Ruth
Winograd, Ms. Bliss, known as
Rainie, enjoyed a happy childhood.
“Rainie always loved to dine in fine
restaurants,” notes Ms. Winograd.
other East Siders, rotating houses
every week. “Rainie was quiet and
very ladylike,” according to Ms.
Winograd. “But she also loved people and had a tight-knit circle of
friends.” That sentiment is echoed
by Ruby Hebert, a staff member at
the Jewish Community Center of
Rhode Island, where Ms. Bliss volunteered after her retirement.
“Whatever needed doing, Rainie
was there,” remembers Ms. Hebert.
“She helped everyone in every way
possible.” Ms. Hebert notes that
among the many projects Ms. Bliss
tackled was a database initiative
that involved a tremendous amount
of time, effort, and patience.
This fund at the Foundation, “for
support of Jewish community charitable organizations located in and serving the Greater Providence area,” is
a permanent expression of Lorraine
Bliss’s commitment to these institutions, which she so actively supported during her lifetime.
Endowment Funds List 2009
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Children
(2000)
Patty and Melvin G. Alperin Fund
(1995)
Edward R. Anderson CLU
Scholarship Trust (1986)
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for
Community Leadership (1997)
Patty & Melvin Alperin First
Generation Scholarship Fund
(1998)
for scholarships to URI College of
Business Administration students
Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Special
Olympics (1998)
Ross and Mary Aiello Fund (1979)
Louise M. Aldrich Fund (1987)
for the National Arthritis Foundation
Louise M. Aldrich Fund (2006)
for the care of needy children
Allen Family Fund (2006)
Alperin Hirsch Family Fund (1995)
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“She would recount stories of
Sunday dinners growing up, when her
parents would take her to the Indian
Room in the Narragansett Hotel after
Sunday School at Temple Emanu-El.”
Also according to Ms. Winograd, as
an adult Ms. Bliss regretted that the
custom of dressing up for dinner,
popular in her youth, had gone out
of fashion. A graduate of Hope High
School, Ms. Bliss went on to attend
Pembroke College, where she studied sociology, earning her degree in
1949. She worked for the State of
Rhode Island, for Brown, and in the
library of the University of Rhode
Island College of Continuing
Education in Providence.
Ms. Winograd knew Ms. Bliss for
over 40 years. They traveled together to Bermuda, to Atlantic City, and
on occasion they took advantage of
URI-organized bus trips to historic
spots like West Point. And they
enjoyed a longstanding Monday
night Mahjongg game with several
for scholarships to children whose parents
did not graduate from college
Hugold B. and Barbara A.
Anderson Fund (1989)
for the Asbury United Methodist Church
Amaranth of RI Diabetes Fund
(2007)
Hugold and Berndt and Jane
Anderson Fund (2001)
for Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA,
the Barton Center for Diabetes Education,
Oxford, MA, and Hasbro Children's
Hospital, Providence, RI
for the Common Cause Education Fund
American Legion Stark-Parker
Post #21 Fund (2005)
James G. Angell Fund (1994)
for disadvantaged persons
Anonymous (1967)
to support Westerly Hospital
for the United Way of Rhode Island,
Community Care Fund, to Shea Senior
High School for a scholarship, and to the
Rhode Island Scholarship Assistance Fund
for the Boys and Girls State program
Anonymous (1981)
Margaret A. Ames and Robert S.
Ames Fund (1996)
Anonymous (1986)
Mark and Kathleen Alperin Fund
(1997)
Anne W. Anderson Fund (1996)
to support the Chorus of Westerly
Anonymous (1987)
Anonymous (1988)
Bowen Haven Fund
The late Natalie Havens chose to
honor both sides of her family –
Pawtucket residents since the late
1800s – through this designated
fund. In a 2005 interview with the
Foundation, Miss Havens shared
that her maternal grandfather,
Nathan Bowen, owned a hay and
grain business and her paternal
grandfather, Frank L. Havens, operated a wholesale meat and grocery
business in the city. (In naming this
fund, Miss Havens explained that
the original family name was
Haven, but that her grandmother
thought it sounded better with an
“s” on the end.)
Miss Havens’ father, Fred Elmer
Havens, was assistant treasurer at
Hope Webbing, a Pawtucket-based
manufacturer of narrow woven and
braided fabrics and which, in the
early 1900s was recognized as the
largest mill of its kind in the country. Miss Havens’ mother, Ruth
(Bowen) Havens, worked in her
father’s hay and grain business
before she married and later was a
stay-at-home mother to Miss
Havens and her younger brother
Richard, who now also is
deceased.
She recalled an era when
Pawtucket had a bustling downtown
business district. “At Christmas
time, you had to walk in the
streets,” she explained, rattling off
the names of long-departed stores
including Woolworth, Kresge, and
Grant’s.
Miss Havens graduated from the
former Pawtucket High School (now
Tolman High School), followed by
Mt. Holyoke College in South
Hadley, MA. She entered the advertising field, working first as secretary to the advertising director at
the Providence Journal before being
employed by Rhode Island advertising agencies – Loutitt Agency (later
H.C. & Loutitt, then Horton Church
& Goff) and the Williams Company,
which was bought out by Holmes
Boucher, from which she retired at
age 72. She died in May, 2009 at
age 91.
Three organizations Miss Havens
and her family supported are beneficiaries of this fund: Salvation
Army of Pawtucket, Boston Shriners
Hospital to honor her grandfathers
and father who all were Shriners,
and Mt. Holyoke College, for scholarships to assist students with
financial need.
Anonymous (2004)
Anonymous (1994)
Anonymous (2005)
Chad Antoch Memorial Fund
(1996)
Anonymous (1994)
Anonymous (2005)
Aptaker Family Fund (2004)
to assist persons in need of food or
shelter, persons from other countries who
come to the U.S. for specialized medical
treatment, and/or for advanced medical
education for health professionals
Anonymous (2005)
Anonymous (1996)
Anonymous (1997)
to support St. Thomas Aquinas Priory at
Providence College
Anonymous (1997)
Anonymous (1998)
Anonymous (1999)
Anonymous (2000)
Anonymous (2004)
to benefit the Westerly Hospital, High
School, and Library
for use by the Newport County Fund
Anonymous (2006)
Anonymous (2006)
Anonymous (2006)
Anonymous (2006)
for the support of the Elizabeth Buffum
Chace House, Warwick
Anonymous (2006)
for Little Compton Assistance Association
and Little Compton Citizen's Scholarship
Foundation
Emily J. Anthony Fund (1931)
Emily J. Anthony Fund (1931)
to benefit the inhabitants of Richmond
and Exeter
for the health needs of low-income
children
Aquidneck Island Fund (2003)
to benefit Aquidneck Island nonprofits and
people
Aquidneck Land Trust Merritt
Neighborhood Fund (2004)
for the Land Trust’s community-based
projects
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Anonymous (1992)
Ronald D. Araujo Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2004)
for scholarships from Tolman High School
and Johnson & Wales University
James E. Arcaro Fund (1995)
Rhea Archambault Memorial Fund
(1987)
to the City of Providence for the benefit of
the Police Department
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Archive, Document, Display and
Dissemination Fund (1986)
Barrington Congregational Church
Fund (1990)
Alice W. Bliss Memorial Fund
(1981)
Artists Development Fund (1987)
for Barrington Congregational Church
for medical research
Barrington District Nursing
Association Fund (1989)
for the well-being of Barrington residents
★ Lorraine S. Bliss, Lewis I. Gross,
Sophia S. Gross, and Rosetta L.
Horowitz Memorial Fund (2009)
William Walter Batchelder Fund
(1954)
for support of Jewish community
charitable organizations located in and
serving Greater Providence
Arts in Academics Fund (2004)
for educational projects that integrate arts
into core academic subjects
Asbury United Methodist Church
Fund (1993)
for the Church
Victor & Gussie Baxt Fund (2006)
Hugh D. Auchincloss III Fund
(2006)
Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Fund
(1998)
Karl Augenstein Memorial Fund
(1989)
Scholarships for spouses and/or legal
dependents of workers insured by the
Company who were killed, permanently
disabled or temporarily disabled in
compensable industrial accidents or who
meet specific criteria
for scholarships in the field of jewelry
making
Jim and Karin Aukerman Fund
(2006)
for maintenance of Conservancy land on
West Side Road
Block Island Conservancy Inc.
Stewardship Endowment Fund
(2008)
for the support of Block Island
Conservancy Inc.
Avalon Fund (2008)
for Rhode Island Hospital
Block Island Fund (1994)
Vaughn Avedisian Helping Hand
Fund (2005)
Andrew Bell Scholarship Fund
(2004)
Block Island Medical Center
Endowment Fund (2008)
Vaughn Avedisian Memorial Fund
(2003)
Bach Organ Scholarship Fund
(1985)
for scholarships from the Urban League of
Rhode Island
for support of Block Island Health
Services Inc.
Thomas L. and Kathryn D.
Bendheim Family Fund (2006)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode
Island Community Health Fund
(2005)
to an organ student, or a prospective
organ student, majoring in music who
shows both promise of becoming a good
musician and the need for financial
assistance
Frederick J. Benson Scholarship
Fund (1975)
for First Baptist Church, Ottawa, Illinois
Bonnet-Eymard Family Fund
(2007)
Marion Brown Baker Fund (2002)
Zabel Yaghjian Berg Fund (2001)
Larry and Jean Bonoff Fund (2007)
Martha Cross Baker Fund (1960)
for Big Sisters of Rhode Island
for St. Andrew’s School and St. Mary’s
Home for Children
Daniel R. Borah Fund (2005)
Marion Berlin and Kara BerlinGallo Family Fund (2006)
Charles C. Balch Fund (1963)
for scholarships to Block Island residents
Alvin Benjamin Berg Fund (2002)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Berry Family Fund (1971)
Raymond J. and Brenda B. Bolster
Community Fund (2005)
Emilie Luiza Borda Charitable
Fund (2008)
for scholarships for School One
for the United Way of Rhode Island
Jennie M. Ballou Fund (1946)
Blackall Fund (1986)
Hildred F. Bamforth Fund (1992)
Blackburn Family Fund (2004)
to support child welfare agencies
for St. Luke’s Church, East Greenwich
to the South County Ambulance and
Rescue Corps Fund; South County
Hospital; American Cancer Society,
Southeast New England Region; American
Heart Association, RI Chapter; the
Arthritis Foundation, Southeast New
England Chapter; In-Sight; Meeting Street
Center; and Lifespan's RISE clinic and
Hasbro TB clinic
Frederick H., William, & Frederick
H. Banspach Memorial Fund (1997)
George T. Blackburn and Susan H.
Blackburn Fund (2004)
Borders Farm Endowment Fund
(2004)
for the Rhode Island Organizing Project
and the Providence Plan for activities in
Olneyville
for Rhode Island’s needy
Bosworth Fund (1999)
Black Philanthropy Fund (2007)
Edward M. Botelle Memorial
Library Fund (1989)
for the East Providence Public Library
F. Remington Ballou Scholarship
Fund (2003)
Barrington Christian Academy
Endowment Fund (1993)
for the Barrington Christian Academy
Barrington Christian AcademyStratton Scholarship Fund (2005)
for the organization’s scholarships
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Sara G. Beckwith Fund (1990)
Block Island Conservancy/ Eric
Jess Spirer Fund (2004)
Thomas Beswick Fund (1960)
Blackall Fund (1986)
for the needs and aspirations of Blacks in
Rhode Island guided by representatives of
the state's Black community
Victor Blanco Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2008)
to Latino Dollars for Scholars Foundation
of RI for scholarships
to the State Law Librarian for the
purchase of books, supplements and
periodicals for the Edward M. Botelle
Library, McGrath Judicial Complex
Family of Eugene M. Boutiette
Fund (1979)
Bristol Historical &
Preservation Society
Helene L. Tessler Fund
For more than three decades,
Helene Tessler served the Bristol
Historical and Preservation Society
in roles that included curator, librarian, and president/member of its
board of directors. Mrs. Tessler, who
died in 1997, had requested that
the proceeds from the sale of her
house be given to the Society. Last
year, the Society transferred the
funds to the Foundation to establish
this endowment for the support,
development, and operation of the
organization’s library and archives.
“Helene understood what we
had,” Derwent Riding, current president of the Bristol Historical and
Preservation Society, says of her
predecessor’s commitment to the
preservation of the town’s historic
buildings, as well as to developing
the Society’s collections and
researching family genealogies.
Helene (Lee) Tessler was raised
in Bristol, the daughter of the thenprincipal of Colt Memorial High
School. After attending both the
University of Rhode Island and Tufts
University, she pursued a career in
publishing and public relations. She
returned to Bristol in 1965 and
began her long tenure with the
Society.
Long-time friend Bonnie Warren
recalls Helene telling how she and
Mike (Helene’s husband) came back
to town driving a baby blue Cadillac
with the top down. “She had wonderful spirit,” Ms. Warren notes.
Alma Brewster Fund (1978)
for the Salvation Army, Pawtucket, Rhode
Island; Boston Shriners Hospital, Boston,
MA; and Mount Holyoke College, South
Hadley, MA, for scholarships to assist
students with financial need
Roberta H. Bridenbaugh Fund
(1996)
Richard M. Bowen Fund (1927)
for scholarships for residents of East
Providence
to Groundwork Providence for the Rhode
Island Fruit Growers Association
Mary A. Boylan Memorial Fund
(1997)
Boys & Girls Club of Newport Fund
(2002)
for the organization
Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket
Funds (2002-2005)
for individual progams of the Club
Mae L. Bradley Fund (2006)
Carol A. and Robert H. Breslin, Jr.
Fund (2004)
Harriet M. Briggs Memorial Fund
(1978)
Bristol Children’s Home Fund
(1967)
for scholarships for Bristol residents and
to charitable organizations
Bristol Female Charitable Society
Fund (2003)
for the organization as it distributes
charity
★ Bristol Historical & Preservation
Society Helene L. Tessler Fund
(2009)
for the development and operation of
library and archives
Olive C.P. Brittan Memorial
Scholarship (2001)
for scholarships to Lincoln High School
graduates
Helen E.B. Bromley Memorial
Scholarship (2001)
for scholarships to Attleboro High School
graduates
Abbie A. Brougham Memorial Fund
(1988)
for the maintenance, care, and welfare of
animals
Fern Brown Memorial Fund (1995)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
★ Bowen Haven Fund (2009)
It was a spirit she applied to
preservation work: she is credited
with leading the rescue of the
Bristol Jail, now the Society’s headquarters and museum; initiating the
establishment of both Coggeshall
Farm Museum and Friends of Linden
Place; and initiating the historic
plaque program in Bristol.
“Historic preservation was an
interest Helene had all her life,”
says Ray Battcher, who is carrying
on Mrs. Tessler’s work with the
Society. “A friend and mentor, she
taught me deed research.”
In 1996, she was awarded the
Antoinette F. Downing Volunteer
Service Award by the Rhode Island
Historical Preservation & Heritage
Commission. The award recognized
Mrs. Tessler as “an exemplary volunteer whose scholarship, wisdom,
humor, political acumen, and selfless generosity have manifestly
enhanced the historic character of
Bristol.”
for RI Meals on Wheels
Georgia A. Brown Fund (1991)
for organizations helping children and
needy elderly people
H. Martin Brown Memorial Fund
(1998)
for the Central Congregational Church
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The Bubba Fund
Named both for a handmade pillow bestowed upon the donor’s
daughter at birth by her great aunt
that was subsequently appropriated
and named by the donor’s son
when he was a baby, and for the
family’s beloved dog, a mutt rescued from an Asheville, North
Carolina, shelter and pictured here,
the Bubba Fund is an expression of
this family’s deep belief in giving
back to the community.
Of the pillow, the donor, who
wishes to remain anonymous,
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
James P. Brown, Jr., and the Greta
P. Brown Fund (1982)
toward beautification of Brown University
campus
Jean Margaret Young Brown Fund
(2006)
Jeffrey A. and Barbara Horovitz
Brown Fund (2004)
Walter G. Brown Fund (1964)
William Horace Brown Memorial
Fund (2004)
★ Bubba Fund (2009)
C. Warren and Anne D. Bubier
Fund (1989)
for the acquisition, preservation and
maintenance of open space
C. Warren Bubier Fund (2001)
to benefit the Boy Scouts of America—
Narragansett Council
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notes that her son carried it until
he was school age. “I used to be
accused of interesting accessorizing when I carried Bubba with me.
The cover for the little humpty
dumpty pillow was remade about
five times, and the inside was
replaced once, but, like a wooden
boat being restored, as long as any
of it was original, it was the same
Bubba.”
An original in her own right, with
deep roots in Newport, the donor
established this fund at the
Foundation because, in her words,
“My children and I have the ability –
and as we see it, the responsibility
– to make a difference through our
good fortune.” She states with
pride that her daughter and son
have followed in her footsteps, volunteering their time and their
resources to organizations that
matter to them, especially in the
areas of environmental conservation and education, open space
Alfred Buckley Fund (1977)
Helen H. Buckley Fund (2003)
Marjorie W. and George B. Bullock,
Jr. Fund (2001)
David P. Bulman Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2005)
for scholarships to Oliver Ames High
School (Easton, MA) graduates
Dr. Alex M. Burgess Memorial
Fund (1974)
issues, affordable housing and
human rights. “Our areas of interest overlap,” shares the donor, who
adds, “I don’t know exactly how we
will direct our giving through the
fund but we are looking for an area
or two where we can make an
impact, and possibly where the
Foundation is seeking a partnership.”
Today, in her new home in
Montana, the donor has realized
her childhood dream. “I have horses. I am doing some writing. I can
hike and kayak when I like. And I
can easily visit Yellowstone, one of
the most beautiful spots in the
world.” She also volunteers with an
organization building sustainable
housing on American Indian reservations, with a domestic abuse program, and as an instructor of therapeutic riding at an organization providing recreation and rehabilitation
opportunities for individuals with
physical and cognitive disabilities.
John P. Burke Memorial Fund/
RI State Seniors’ Golf Association
Scholarship (2005)
for the organization
James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes
Scholarship Fund (1991)
for scholarships
Virginia B. Butler Fund (1978)
for the support of educational programs
relating to humane treatment of animals
Button Hole Fund (2004)
Burke Bryant Family Fund (2001)
for the youth golf course
John P. Burke Memorial Fund
(2005)
Edith T. Cabot Fund (1966)
for the fund
Jane Brownell Cady Fund (2002)
John P. Burke Memorial Fund/
Joseph J. Sprague Sr. Memorial
Scholarship (2005)
to benefit Little Compton
for the organization
for Community Preparatory School
for Memorial Hospital for research
John C. Cahill Memorial Fund
(1997)
The Arthur H. Carr Fund
Janice Carr
Williams was
just 18 when
her father,
Arthur H. Carr,
died in 1941,
but she shares
vivid memories
of his life. “He was very active in
the community and gave generously,” Mrs. Williams recalls. “The community respected him because he
brought much-needed work to Bristol
during the depression. And his
employees became his friends.”
Arthur Carr, whose family dates
back to pre-colonial days in Rhode
Island – ancestor Caleb Carr was
governor of Rhode Island in the
1600s – was a Rhode Island School
of Design-educated industrial
designer who developed a method
of producing rubber thread that revolutionized the foundation garment
for the organization
Ruth A. Capron Fund (1991)
Anthony and Attilia E. Caran Fund
for the Retarded (2007)
to help mentally retarded/developmentally
disabled individuals
Donald and Suzanne Carcieri Fund
(1998)
Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson
Fund (1994)
H. Carr Trust’s assets ensuring its
decades of growth.
“We have salt water running
through our veins,” declares Janice.
“The landscape on Aquidneck Island
means a lot to us,” states Shawen.
Underscoring this point, the sisters
proudly point out that their mother
still paints watercolor scenes,
recently winning the curator’s prize
at a juried show of the Art League
of Rhode Island. Shawen and Holly
have been nature lovers and sailors
all their lives. The family was an
early and strong advocate for the
Audubon Society of Rhode Island,
Preserve Rhode Island, Save The
Bay, and Prudence Conservancy.
Notes Holly, “We like to be strategic
and now seems like the time to
shore up smaller, more local organizations. We have an amicable agreement about what we want to accomplish with our giving.” Holly concludes, “It’s from the heart.”
Beverly E. Carr Fund in Memory of
Manola & Arthur Merrill and
Estella & Edwin Hartley (2000)
Cataract Fire Company #2
Scholarship Fund (1974)
Richard N. and Beverly E. Carr
Fund (2000)
Samuel M. Cate Fund (2001)
for scholarships for Warwick residents
Virginia Carson Memorial
Scholarship (2009)
for the Visiting Nurse Association, the
Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of
Brown University, and the Providence Art
Club
to graduates or prospective graduates of
Hope High School
Allison N. Cathro Fund (1997)
Marion M. Carstens Fund in
Memory of Janice E. Mutty (2002)
Margaret Chace Scholarship Fund
(1999)
Charles H. Carswell Fund (1980)
for Tiverton High School students pursuing
music careers
Christine & David Carter Fund
(2007)
Charles V. Chapin Fellowship Fund
(1968)
for six organizations
Florence P. Case Fund (1967)
for research on contagious diseases
★ Arthur H. Carr Fund (2009)
Grace D. and Lloyd A. Case Fund
(2006)
Roger B. Chapman Scholarship
Fund (2007)
Carpenter Fund (1927)
Carpenter Fund (1927)
Richard N. Carr Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1996)
for St. Gregory the Great Church
for scholarships to residents of Little
Compton
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
CANE Child Development Center
Fund (2005)
industry. Carr Manufacturing, known
for Fulflex rubber, was a tremendously successful company that did
business both in the U.S. and
abroad. The Arthur H. Carr Trust,
which was established in 1959 after
the company was sold, has supported causes close to his family’s
heart ever since, including environmental conservation and historic
preservation.
Following Mr. Carr’s death, Mrs.
Williams and her mother, Ethel T.
Carr, who died in 1974 at the age of
92, continued to live on the family
property in Bristol where Mrs.
Williams remains today. She and
daughters Holly and Shawen
Williams, who descend directly from
Roger Williams through their father,
Dudley A. Williams, are enthusiastic
about the possibilities of carrying on
the legacy of the Trust through the
Foundation. Previously and from its
inception, Mr. Williams played an
integral role in managing the Arthur
to Chariho Regional High School for
scholarships
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The Community
Preparatory School
Flexible Endowment
Fund
The impetus for
this flexible endowment at the
Foundation came
from former
Foundation director
John Wall, who has been involved
with Community Preparatory School
(Community Prep) since its founding 25 years ago. A longtime supporter of both the School and the
Foundation, John was eager to
bring the two together and so this
fund was established in honor of
the school’s 25th anniversary.
Community Prep, which serves
culturally and economically diverse
students in grades 3-8, is a shining
star in Rhode Island’s education
universe. Only 12 percent of its
students pay full tuition. An additional 12 percent pay half; 16 per-
cent pay a quarter, and 60 percent
pay just a minimal amount. Head
of School Dan Corley notes, “This
school is the bridge between where
students are now, and where they
are going – competitive college
prep programs like Moses Brown,
Wheeler, and Classical High (One
of Community Prep’s measures of
academic quality is how many are
accepted into Classical; in 2009,
100 percent of eighth graders were
accepted; citywide, the average
acceptance is 30 percent).
In 1983, Dan, along with his
Brown University roommate Robert
Hahn, envisioned a school for
underserved inner-city children.
Their dream to help these students
get on track and stay on track
became a reality in 1984, when the
school opened at the John Hope
Settlement House with 25 students. Today, Community Prep
boasts 150 students and operates
out of several school-owned build-
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Holly Charette Scholarship Fund
(2007)
Church House Fund (1958)
to Cranston High School East & Coventry
High School for scholarships
Montie Ciarlo Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2005)
Chariho Community Innovative
Projects Fund (2003)
for a scholarship from Charles E. Shea
Senior High
to benefit the Chariho schools
Anita Cinq-Mars Fund (2002)
Anne Elizabeth Chase Fund (1976)
for research in cerebral accidents
for students attending St. Cecilia’s Parish
and School
Clark Memorial Library
Endowment Fund (1999)
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan Fund
for the Wheeler School (1978)
Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund
(1987)
for the library
for the Wheeler School
for fellowships in arts education training
for South County Hospital
Chopin Club Scholarship Fund
(2003)
Harriet A. F. Claflin Fund (1990)
for the organization
Arnold V. and Jane K. Clair Fund
(1991)
Classical High School Alumni
Association Scholarship Fund
(1991)
Choquette Family Fund (1995)
Carl W. Christiansen Scholarship
Fund (1974)
to the RI Society of CPAs for scholarships
toward assistance for needy persons
for the Central Congregational Church
Gilbert J. Clappin, Jr. Memorial
Fund (2005)
for cardiac research in Rhode Island
George P. Clark and Vera J. Clark
Fund (1999)
for scholarships for Chariho High School
students
Clark-Lyon Fund (1990)
to support South Kingstown institutions
for scholarships to graduates of
Classical High
B. Jae Clanton Scholarship Fund
of the Urban League of RI (1990)
Edward F. Clement Memorial Fund
(1999)
for scholarships
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ings. Annually, the school raises
more than $1 million for scholarships, and a sizeable permanent
endowment helps ensure the academic excellence for which the
school has become renowned.
Dan notes, “Our record speaks
for itself. With dedicated teachers –
more than half have been here for
more than a decade – and a goalsetting process involving students,
parents, and teachers, we create
an environment that fosters student achievement.” John adds, “It
is so rewarding to be involved with
this place – there have been
remarkable changes over a quarter
of a century.” While “we don’t have
any millionaire alumni yet,” says
Dan, a group of alumni have begun
to actively organize. Several alumni, including one of Dan’s sons,
now work at Community Prep.
Dan continues to dream big. “Next
up for us is a gym and a field.”
for disadvantaged Providence children
Cox Charities
New England Fund
This new corporate advised fund
established by Cox Communications
will continue more than a century of
charitable giving inspired by company founder James Cox, who, notes
Senior Vice President and General
Manager Paul Cronin, “believed in
leaving the communities where we
work a better place than when we
started. All the way back to its
roots, Cox has found myriad ways to
give back. Engagement and involvement in our community is critical to
us. And that seems like a great fit
with the Foundation’s mission in
Rhode Island.”
Both Mr. Cronin and Amy Quinn,
Cox’s director of public relations,
are enthusiastic about the compa-
ny’s philanthropic culture. “Our
employees love to make a difference,” says Ms. Quinn. “Through
our Community Heroes program we
give employees time off to work at
organizations they care about.” The
company’s annual recognition for
Cox Charities Community Grantees
is a favorite event. Pictured here are
Cox representatives and civic leaders congratulating 2010 Grantee the
College Crusade of Rhode Island.
“We are fortunate to be able to
leverage our core business – communications – to help the community,” Mr. Cronin points out. “Through
Public Service Announcements our
grantees tell compelling stories and
connect to a statewide audience.”
Ms. Quinn adds, “The funds we
raise for charitable purposes come
entirely from our vendors and
employees, whose community goals
align with ours.”
In addition to public education,
environmental issues and sustainability are top company concerns.
★ Community Preparatory School
Flexible Endowment Fund (2009)
Daniel Brian Cohen Scholarship
Fund (2007)
for general operating purposes
to Toll Gate High School for scholarships
to graduating seniors to attend 4 year
colleges/universities
Congdon Fund for the Benefit of
Grace Church in Providence (2003)
Arnold B. and Madelyn Collins
Fund (2000)
Congdon Fund in Honor of The
Congdon & Carpenter Company
(1790-1987) (1969)
for Memorial Hospital and Lincoln High
School scholarships
Nina H. Congdon Fund (1976)
Constant Memorial Fund (1999)
for scholarships for Aquidneck Island
residents studying art or music
Charles Nourse Cook and Mary C.
Cook Fund (1938)
for Woonsocket YMCA, Public Health
Nursing Association, Universalist Society
of Young Men, Day Nursery and Children’s
Home, or general Protestant charitable
work
Charles A. Collis Fund (1991)
Ann F. and Robert B. Conner Fund
(1995)
Christiane Corbat Art and Healing
Fund (2006)
Community MusicWorks Fund
(2008)
Conrad-Nestor Scholarship Fund
(2008)
John & Lori Anne Corbishley Fund
(1996)
to South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI for
"The Conrad-Nestor Scholarship"
John & Jane Corbishley Memorial
Garden Fund (2005)
Conservation Stewardship
Collaborative Fund (2007)
to support St. Michael’s Church for its
memorial garden
for long-term protection and stewardship
of terrestrial, aquatic, coastal, estuarine
and marine areas in RI
Corliss Fund (1991)
for Community MusicWorks
Community Preparatory School
Endowment Fund (1988)
for scholarships
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Barbara and Cary Coen Family
Fund (2004)
“From the high efficiency furnaces
that heat the building, to the
mileage per gallon of our corporate
fleet, we are working together to
reduce Cox’s carbon footprint by 20
percent by 2012,” notes Mr. Cronin,
adding, “We also are the only company in Rhode Island that composts
out of its cafeteria.” Ms. Quinn
explains that Save The Bay, two-time
winner of the Cox Conserves
Community Grant, met the company’s criteria perfectly. “With its
focus on middle school after school
education and environmental conservation, Save The Bay addresses
our interests in youth, education,
and the environment.”
Cox Communications, now a
fourth generation family business,
began as a newspaper company and
remains diversified in its holdings,
which include the nation’s largest
car auction concern. Mr. Cronin concludes, “There is a real sense of
continuity here. The Cox family
name is still over the door.”
for support of The Corliss Institute
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Heather and Ronald
Florence Fund
“They went to the theater
incessantly,” Heather Florence says
of her late parents, Elihu and
Marian Schott. “And after my father
died, it wasn’t unusual for my
mother – in one day – to attend a
matinee, go to a lecture, visit
friends, catch an art exhibit and
then attend an evening show. She
just loved theater and art and was
always on the move.
“I think of this fund as a tribute
to her,” Heather explains of the
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Corning Glass Works Scholarship
Fund (1974)
for scholarships for students of
Blackstone Valley high schools
Leroy P. Cox Trust (1992)
★ Cox Charities New England
Fund (2009)
Horace and Reverend E. Naomi
Craig Scholarship Fund (2000)
for middle and junior high school children
to attend independent or parochial schools
Mary Lou Crandall Fund (2006)
balance their entire lives.”
“My mother was always ahead of
her time, in her working life – she
ran her own market research
business – and in her social and
political views. She advocated
women’s rights. I remember when I
was about five, going with her and
holding up banners urging women
to vote. She also was an early
supporter of Planned Parenthood,”
Heather recalls.
“Marian was her own person.
People just didn’t forget her and
now she will continue to make an
impression on those not lucky
enough to have known her. This is
her legacy,” Ronald concludes, as
the couple talks about the local
arts, theatre, and children’s
organizations they intend to
support in her memory.
Mary C. Crowell Fund (1976)
Marquise d’Andigne Fund (1932)
for Providence Boys’ Clubs, In-Sight, and
American Lung Association of RI
support for the incurably ill
Paul Cuffee School/Rosalind
C. Wiggins Fund (2008)
to Paul Cuffee School for books, CDs, and
DVDs by and about African Americans
Helena Cullen Fund (2006)
for scholarships for St. Michael School,
Hudson, MA
Cumberland Land Trust
Endowment Fund (2008)
William N. and Dorothy Q. Davis
Fund (2003)
for the Davisville Free Library
Walter L. and Edna N. Davol Fund
(1993)
Walter L. and Edna N. Davol Fund
(1988)
for the United Way of Rhode Island for
services in East Providence
for Cumberland Land Trust
Edna N. Davol Fund (1989)
Lillian Cumming Streetscape Fund
(1988)
to The Newman Congregational Church,
the Newman YMCA, UWRI, and St.
Elizabeth’s Home
Curtin Family Fund (2003)
DeAngelis Family Fund (1978)
A. T. Cross Scholarship Fund
(1987)
Anne and Peter Damon Fund for
Newport County (2006)
for the Wheeler School
for scholarships to sons and daughters of
A.T. Cross employees
for use by the Newport County Fund
for the care of and prevention of cruelty to
animals in Westerly
Mark & Sandra Crevier Fund
(2007)
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donor advised fund that was
established through her mother’s
estate. “We intend to support the
things that mattered to her – the
arts, music, and theatre, and
projects that help disadvantaged
children. She also relished our
enjoyment of Providence.”
Marian Goldstein Schott,
pictured here, was born in 1919 in
Winnetka, IL and was educated at
nearby Northwestern University
where she earned an
undergraduate degree in
anthropology. She then attended
Howard University for her masters,
after marrying Elihu, a D.C. lawyer,
whom she met on a blind date.
They shared 60 busy and happy
years. Mrs. Schott died in April
2009, at age 89.
Speaking of his late in-laws,
Ronald notes, “Marian was the
flame and the fire, and Elihu was
the sobering force. They were
opposites, but they had a real
John A. and Elsa J. DeAngelis
Fund (2005)
James Philip Deery Fund (1987)
for Alfred M. Williams Memorial Fund
Margaret Deery Fund (1987)
for support of The Rhode Island School
for the Deaf
Allene deKotzebue Fund (1953)
Anthony and Grace Del Vecchio
Endowment Fund (2006)
to assist with the expenses of post-high
school education
Beatrice S. Demers Fund (2007)
to provide annual support for The Beatrice
S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows
Porgram
Giovanni deNicola & Dora
DeAmicis Memorial Fund (2003)
Delta Dental of Rhode Island Fund
(2005)
Edgar M. Docherty Memorial Fund
(2001)
For the First Church of Christ Scientist,
Providence, RI and the Masonic Grand
Lodge Charities of Rhode Island, Inc.
for St. Martin’s Church, Providence
Atheneum, and Providence Country Day
School
Henry P. & Priscilla B. Eldredge
Fund (2004)
Sylvia G. Donnelly Fund (1988)
Dorcas Place Partners for Learning
Fund (1999)
for the Dorcas Place Parent Literacy
Center
David Spalding Douglas Fund
(1999)
for organizations serving the mentally ill
for scholarships for Stonington High
School
for disadvantaged persons
DeRabbanan Fund (1989)
Downcity Partnership Inc. Fund
(2000)
Clementina DeRocco Memorial
Fund (1985)
supporting organization to revitalize the
Downcity neighborhood of Providence
for Westerly Public Library and Ocean
Community YMCA
Elizabeth M. Drapala Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2002)
Norman A. DesLauriers Memorial
Fund (1993)
for scholarships to Shea High School
graduates
for Hospice Care of RI
Frosty Drew Nature Center Fund
(1985)
for Frosty Drew Nature Center
Gregory Dubuc Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2008)
for scholarships for RI or Southeastern
Massachusetts students majoring in
mathematics or economics at College of
the Holy Cross
for libraries
Sheila A. Duffy Fund (1997)
Olive B. DeWolf Fund in Memory of
Paul Churchill DeWolf (1990)
for the VNA of Rhode Island to train
hospice nurses
Jeremiah Dexter Family Fund (1998)
Estate of Ruth Duggan (1991)
for the Rhode Island Historical Society and
the Rhode Island School of Design to
maintain an historical collection
Edward Leon Duhamel
Scholarship Fund (1991)
Dibble Memorial Fund (1990)
to benefit the physically or mentally
handicapped
Dr. Bruno DiClemente Scholarship
Fund (2001)
for scholarships to Classical High School
students
Directors Fund (2000)
Doc Fund (2003)
scholarships for dependants of Westerly
Freemasons
Ali Dunn-Packer Memorial Fund
(2002)
East Greenwich Education
Endowment Fund (2003)
to benefit East Greenwich schools
for Kent Hospital
Henry P. & Priscilla B. Eldredge
Fund (2004)
for the United Way of Rhode Island
Priscilla B. & Henry P. Eldredge
Fund (2004)
for St. Luke’s Church
Priscilla Bateson Eldredge ’40 Middlebury College Fund (1997)
for the college
Elmwood Church-Congregational
Christian Fund (1955)
for Rhode Island Congregational
Conference
English-Speaking Union Boston
Branch Educational Endowment
(2007)
for the organization's educational
programs
Equity Action (2003)
for the state’s LGBTQ communities
ETCO, Inc. Fund (1988)
Evangelista Family Fund (2000)
Linda Fain Family Fund in
Memory of Beatrice and Archie
Fain (2001)
Effie R. Fairley Fund (1992)
for the Mathewson Street United
Methodist Church
Matthew J. Fandetti Memorial
Fund (2002)
for scholarships to students attending
New England Institute of Technology
John David Fanning Memorial
Fund (1985)
Farnham Fund (1999)
for the support of education and libraries
Feibelman Family Fund (1988)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Claudia and Mary Howe DeWolf
Fund (1991)
Patricia W. Edwards Memorial
Art Fund (1989)
scholarships for high school students
studying painting
Douglas A. and Charlotte H. Dow
Fund (1994)
Developmentally Disabled and
Retarded Special Needs Fund in
memory of Louise A. Shuster (1991)
scholarships to study film making,
television and advertising
Charles and Marilyn Doebler Fund
(2004)
Densmore Scholarship Fund (1993)
David and Elaine DeSousa Family
Fund (2006)
J.D. Edsal Scholarship Fund (1981)
Feinstein High Keith Johnson
Scholarship Fund (1995)
scholarship for Feinstein High senior
Grace M. Eastwood Fund for North
Kingstown Free Library (2007)
for the Library
Louis Feinstein Endowment Fund
(1994)
for the Hope Alzheimers Center
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43rd Signal Company
Veterans Association/
Robert L. Grace Fund
In 1967, the 43rd Division was
deactivated by the federal government, but the members of the
World War II Army Signal Company
remained active, first through a veterans association and now through
this endowment that forever will
honor the men of the 43rd Signal
Company and the association’s
founder, Robert L. Grace.
The 43rd Division was established in 1923 and was comprised
of units from throughout New
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Mark and Adela Felag Fund (2004)
Harold C. and May Noel Field Fund
(1968)
Harold J. Field Fund (1994)
for the Greater Providence YMCA, RI
Hospital, and the American Cancer Society
Janet I. & H. James Field, Jr. Fund
(2004)
Richard M. and Janice H. Field
Fund (1995)
James A. and Elizabeth K. Fletcher
Fund (1993)
for scholarship assistance for RI students
at the University of New England College
of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME
or Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
James A. and Elizabeth K. Fletcher
Fund (1987)
Frederick J. Fish, Jr. Fund (1998)
★ Heather and Ronald Florence
Fund (2009)
Flower Power Inc. Fund (2005)
for Miriam Hospital
George P. and Anna M. Flynn
Scholarship Fund (1998)
Fifth Ward Memorial Fund (1962)
Kevin A. Fitzgerald Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1989)
to benefit the Golf Foundation
for nine named organizations
Hyman and Mollie Fishbein Fund
(1996)
John R. Fitton Memorial Fund
(1988)
Frank and Anne Fiorenzano
Scholarship Fund (2002)
final deactivation in 1967.
To enable the veterans to stay in
touch, Robert L. Grace and his
friends from the Signal Company
including Bill Rice, Ed McGrory,
Dave Levin, and Ed Goza formed
the 43rd Signal Company Veterans
Association in 1969. They enjoyed
weekends together, hosting dinner
dances and other activities for
members, their families, and
friends. Robert L. Grace served the
Association as its commander,
treasurer, and newsletter editor. He
died in 2006.
As their numbers continued to
decline, remaining members decided to dissolve the Association. The
money in their treasury and a gift
from Robert L. Grace’s daughter in
his memory were used to establish
this Fund. Through the Fund, the
43rd intends to support veterans’
organizations, reflecting the
Association’s everlasting commitment to those who serve.
Jack Fireman, D.O. Scholarship
Fund (2007)
Noel M. Field, Jr. Family Fund
(1999)
for the Boys and Girls Club of Newport
County for musical activities
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England. Frank D’Allessandro
recalls that he enlisted in the spring
of 1940 during his senior year at
LaSalle Academy. Robert Grace, a
fellow East Providence native who
D’Allessandro knew from their years
at Sacred Heart School, was 16
when he signed up.
The unit was activated in
February, 1941 and deployed in
the fall of 1942 for the South
Pacific. D’Allessandro, however,
had left the unit to attend officer’s
school and later was assigned to
another signal corps.
Of signal corps work, he notes,
“All the units had to have communication back to headquarters. We
strung communications for telephones and radio. It was all they
had in those days.”
The 43rd Signal Company
returned to Rhode Island in
September, 1945. It was re-activated in 1950 with the Korean War
and again in the 1960s before its
for scholarships to students in St.
Michael’s Parish
Mary L. Flanigan Fund (1987)
for nine named organizations
for the organization
for Saint Mary’s of the Bay for
scholarships
Sarah F. and Gerald J. Fogarty
Fund (2006)
for Lincoln School, Providence
Sarah Adams Fogg & Henry
Meader Fogg Fund (1992)
Fredric C. Friedman/
Sheryl A. Jacobson Fund
“Within two generations, our
‘stuff,’ which seems so important,
doesn’t mean a thing to anyone
else,” says Dr. Fredric Friedman.
“Sheryl and I discussed what we
could do that would say, ‘Hey, we
were here!’”
The result is this donor advised
fund Dr. Friedman established following the death of his wife, Dr.
Sheryl Jacobson, in September
2008. He intends to focus on their
shared appreciation for different
cultures through projects that support the development of cross-cultural understanding.
Dr. Friedman was born and
raised in Fall River, MA. He earned
an undergraduate degree at
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME,
followed by a master’s in psychology from California State University,
Long Beach, and a doctorate in
counseling from Boston University.
He moved to Rhode Island in
1977 to take a position as psychologist at the State General Hospital.
He also has an appointment at the
Warren Alpert Medical School at
Brown and worked at Miriam
Hospital before accepting his current position as director of behavioral health at the Rhode Island
Department of Corrections.
Sheryl Alexis Jacobson was born
and raised in Newton, MA. As one
of the first women graduates of
Tufts Dental School, she ran a
pediatric dental clinic in Chelsea
for Massachusetts General
Hospital while serving on the faculty of Harvard Dental School.
She continued her education as a
Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, earning a
master’s degree in management.
Her career took her to ColgatePalmolive Company, then to the
lending department at Bank of
Boston, and finally to running her
own consulting practice.
“Sheryl and I loved to travel. We
were both fascinated with different
cultures and loved music, ranging
from classical to ‘world.’ Locally,
with Rhode Island’s diversity, we
experienced many ethnic festivals,
types of foods, and concerts.
“We liked to travel where people
are different and where languages
other than English are spoken,” Dr.
Friedman says, citing Turkey and
Guatemala as among their favorite
places.
Through this fund, others will
have the opportunity to experience
different cultures and music and to
develop the passion Drs. Friedman
and Jacobson shared.
George R. Frankovich Scholarship
Fund (1996)
for Westerly College Club for scholarships
for the New England Steam and Wireless
Museum
for scholarships in the field of jewelry
making
Forer Family Fund (1999)
Foundation for Health Fund (2006)
Alexander E. and Alice M. Fraser
Fund (1972)
Katherine and Hilbert Forsberg
Music Fund (2006)
for scholarships to St. Michael's Country
Day School, Newport
Fort Adams Preservation Fund
(2008)
for Fort Adams Trust Inc., Newport
Maria A. Forte-Tocco Scholarship
Fund (2002)
for scholarships to North Providence and
Cumberland high school graduates
★ 43rd Signal Company Veterans
Association/Robert L. Grace Fund
(2009)
for activities and nonprofits to improve
health and welfare
to benefit children in Cranston
Alan Fox Fund for the Music
School of the Rhode Island
Philharmonic Orchestra (2001)
Aldo Freda Scholarship Fund
(1997)
for the Music School
Miriam G. Frank Fund (2000)
Marion Baker Freeman Fund
(1963)
for the treatment of emotionally disturbed
youth
for rehabilitation services for the
handicapped
Eva and Boris Frankfurt Fund
(2008)
Mimi and Peter Freeman Fund
(2003)
for the care of the elderly suffering from
incurable illnesses both physical and
mental
Robert E. Freeman Downcity Fund
(1992)
for scholarships for legislative pages
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Anne R. & Harold M. Foster
Memorial Fund (2004)
Lois Hamilton Fontaine
Scholarship Fund of the Westerly
College Club, Inc. (1997)
★ Fredric C. Friedman/Sheryl A.
Jacobson Fund (2009)
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Ensconced in a quiet room in the
Rogers Free Library’s light and airy
new addition, integrated brilliantly
with the building’s original
structure, Elizabeth “Betty” Brito,
president of the Friends of Rogers
Free Library, and chairman of the
Library’s board of trustees,
passionately explains why the
decision was made to establish an
organizational endowment at The
Rhode Island Foundation. “These
funds are precious to the library.
They made it possible for us to
complete this beautiful new space,
and in the future they will allow us
★ Friends of Rogers Free Library
Endowment Fund (2009)
Fund for Greater Providence YMCA
(2003)
Howard F. and Olga B. Gardiner
Fund (2000)
for general operating support of Rogers
Free Library
for the YMCA
for Rainbow Girls, DeMolay, and Shriners
Hospital
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Fruit Hill Women’s Clubs
Scholarship Fund (1982)
Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island
(2008)
for scholarships to graduates of North
Providence High School
for projects designed and intended to
have the greatest impact on quality and
affordable health care services in RI
Albert H. Fuchs Trust (1995)
Fund for Rhode Island (1916)
for Mt. St. Charles Academy of
Woonsocket
the Foundation’s general interest fund
Ellen R. Fuglister Fund (1991)
Fund for Community Progress
Endowment Fund in memory of
Joseph R. Vanni (1993)
to support the Fund for Community
Progress
Fund for Grace Church (1980)
for the Church
★ Thomas E. Furey Fund (2009)
Stanley and Florence Gairloch
Fund (1982)
for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island
and the Meeting Street Center
Ira S. and Anna Galkin Fund
(1977)
Madeline P. Gamble Fund (1987)
Richard A. Gamelin, Jr. Memorial
Fund (2003)
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children’s room was almost
constantly underwater; every time
it rained it was like a tidal wave
inside.” Today, the Library boasts
an entire children’s wing
overlooking magnificent community
green space.
In the years since the Library
received Mr. Shepherd’s gift, Betty
notes that, “the stamina,
endurance and heritage of the
Foundation grew in our esteem.
Nancy Mayer, who serves on the
Friends Endowment Committee,
was a strong advocate, and my
participation in programs offered
through the Initiative for Nonprofit
Excellence furthered our
confidence in the Foundation.”
Betty shares, “We have done
some brainstorming about how we
will allocate the endowment funds
and we plan to survey the
community for their suggestions.
This is the community’s library.”
to continue offering much-needed
programs and services to our
community.”
Joan Prescott, Library director of
20 years, enthusiastically agrees.
“Since October 2008 when we
opened the new addition, the
Library has become a true
community center. It is ‘the place’
to meet, right in the center of town,
for family game nights, concerts,
travelogues, lectures, and
classes.”
Joan and Betty point out that a
generous gift from the estate of
Bristolian philanthropist Alfred
Shepherd seeded the construction
project, which eventually drew
$600,000 in support from the
Bristol community. “The people
embraced us,” shares Joan,
adding, “Even the newspaper
called us a community asset.”
Remembering the Library’s
former 6500 square foot space,
Joan points out that, “The
The Friends of
Rogers Free Library
Endowment Fund
Edna B. Gardner Fund (1981)
for six organizations
Edward and Jeannette Gatta
Memorial Fund (2001)
Dominic Gencarelli Family Trust
Fund (1988)
to Providence College for scholarships for
graduates of Westerly High
Peter and Melinda Gerard & Loti
Falk Family Fund (2006)
Nancy H. Gewirtz Fund for the
Poverty Institute (2005)
for the organization
Thomas E. Furey Fund
Thomas Furey has a keen
interest in children with special
needs, especially those with
autism. “Even a child with a ‘mild’
form of autism doesn’t necessarily
have an obvious trait (indicating he
has a disability). You think he’s not
sociable, but he’s not able to
socialize,” Mr. Furey explains. “A
recent study found that one out of
100 children have some form of
autism – previously it was thought
to be one in 150 – so it appears
that an epidemic proportion is
being reached, and there is a need
for awareness.”
Raised in Pawtucket, Mr. Furey is
a 1977 graduate of Pawtucket
West (now Shea) High School. One
of five children, he recalls his
parents being involved in their
children’s activities, especially
sports. He continued his education
at the Community College of Rhode
for continuing education of female
Washington County residents
Richard and Vera Gierke Family
Fund (2005)
Lottie G., William E., and Ruth M.
Gilmore Memorial Fund (1981)
Gladys Fund (2002)
The Glass Family Fund (2006)
autism and eagerly shares details.
“It’s not always the money you
give, but what you can do to
promote awareness,” Mr. Furey
believes.
David M. Golden Memorial Fund
(1999)
★ Roger O. Glaude Memorial Fund
(2009)
for scholarships to Classical High School
seniors who are the first generation in
their families to attend college
Glocester Heritage Society
Endowment Fund (2008)
Golden Einhorn Family Fund
(1999)
for Glocester Heritage Society
to improve public parks in Providence
Robert H.I. Goddard Fund (1994)
Henry Gonsalves Family Fund
(1999)
Ginger Creek Charitable Fund
(2004)
Robert H.I. Goddard Fund/St.
Elizabeth Home (1978)
Professor and Mrs. Elliot R.
Goodman Fund (1991)
to benefit St. Elizabeth’s Home
for food, shelter and medical assistance
Darius Lee Goff and Paula Dodge
Goff Fund (1981)
Cynthia C. Goodwin Memorial
Fund (1976)
for workshop facilities for the blind
for the Wood River Health Center
Carleton Goff Fund (1999)
Gordon Fund (1996)
for the Providence Art Club
to benefit Gordon School
★ Eric Ginsberg Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2009)
for East Bridgewater High School, East
Bridgewater, MA to provide scholarships
Girls Friendly Society of Rhode
Island Fund (1987)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
GFWC Women’s Club of South
County Scholarship Fund (2000)
Island and Rhode Island College,
the latter where he earned a
bachelor of science degree in
business administration in 1983.
Noting “the job market was
horrible,” he went to work as a
roofer. Five years later, the
company closed. “I had the
opportunity to start out on my own.
I picked up their accounts and their
employees,” Mr. Furey says.
Providence-based Furey Roofing
and Construction, which does
primarily commercial work, now
employs 25 to 30 people.
Through this fund, Mr. Furey
hopes to assist children with
special needs. “My hope is to get
involved with organizations that
offer activities that can help these
children enjoy life despite their
afflictions,” he explains, noting an
organization that provides surfing
lessons to children with
disabilities.
He has done some research on
for support of the Society
Richard J. Gladney Charitable
Endowment Fund (2004)
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Charles Goss Memorial Fund
(1995)
to support cancer research at Roger
Williams Medical Center
Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant
Program Fund (2007)
to the Rhode Island Natural History Survey
for the support of education on the
conservation of Rhode Island native plants
Goulet Family Fund (2003)
to benefit the Society for the Propagation
of the Faith, Diocese of Providence, for
the use of the Holy Child Association
George Graboys Leadership Fund
(2008)
Lois W. and George Graboys Family
Fund (2008)
Grace Fellowship Church Memorial
Fund (2007)
for the general operating expenses of the
Grace Fellowship Church, Plainville, MA
and congregation
Gracie Annabelle Fund for the Arts
(2002)
Barbi N. Gracie Fund (1994)
for the support of RI organizations
and institutions engaged in humane
educational work or in the prevention of
cruelty to children and to animals and/or
to assist in the support of hospitals and
other charitable institutions in Rhode
Island.
Gudoian Family Fund (2005)
Madeline Guida Memorial Fund
(2007)
for support of St. Jude's Children's
Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Lynn M. Gunzberg Fund (2002)
for Planned Parenthood to prevent teen
pregnancy
Florence Kennan Gurney Fund
(1972)
Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Gwinner Fund (2001)
for scholarships to three colleges and for
Kent Hospital
Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Gwinner Fund for Economic
Development (2001)
Thomas B. and Virginia Ann Haire
Memorial Fund (1991)
for the Little Compton Nursing Association
Haire Family Fund (2003)
to support three issues: employment of
the blind and others with disabilities,
coronary artery disease, and allergy
research
Halkyard Family Fund (2000)
Lawrence L. Hall Fund (1996)
for Courthouse Center for the Arts
Chester W. Ham Memorial Fund
(2008)
William S. Hamilton Fund (2005)
for need based scholarships at HermonDekalb Central School, Brown University to
be given in the name of Matthew
Hamilton, Rhode Island College, and
Community College of Rhode Island
Hemingway Hamlin Fund (1993)
Hemingway Hamlin Family Fund
(1993)
for six organizations
Raleigh Alexis Hamlin Fund (2004)
Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Gwinner Fund for Education (2001)
Roland Hammond Fund (1979)
Doris Green Fund (2005)
Hans E. Gwinner and Berta E.
Gwinner Charitable Fund (2001)
Rachel R. Harper and Philip R.
Harper Fund (2000)
Annie Aylsworth Greene Fund
(1967) (Fol)
Barbara S. Gwynne Shakespeare’s
Head Garden Fund (1995)
to support the protection and
improvement of the environment and to
improve the lives of women and children
in need
Grandparents Guild Fund (1987)
for support of the Providence Children’s
Museum
for scholarships
Greene Cemetery Fund (1989)
for the maintenance of the Greene Historic
Cemetery
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Nancy Carolyn Greene Endowment
Fund (2007)
Greenhalgh Charitable Fund (1971)
Gregson Foundation (2002)
Gregson Fund (1975)
Griffiths Family Fund (1999)
William Grimshaw Fund (2002)
Christine T. Grinavic Adventurer's
Fund (2007)
to supplement the income for the Michael
P. Metcalf Memorial Fund awards, for
scholarships and grants to promote
growth through travel
Bessie Grossman Memorial Fund
(1966)
Herschel and Suzanne Grossman
Fund for Assisting Immigrants
(1995)
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Rosa Anne Grosvenor Fund (1942)
for maintenance of the Garden
Ann W. Hack Memorial Fund
(1996)
Percy A. Harden Fund (1953)
for the Woonsocket YMCA
Maegan Harpool Memorial Fund
(2009)
Mrs. Jeannette Hamilton Hadley
Fund (1981)
Harriet Kean Harrington Fund
(1998)
for the John Hope Settlement House
Ernest A. Harris Memorial Fund
(1999)
Carolyn B. Haffenreffer Endowment
Fund for the Providence
Preservation Society (1986)
for the Society
Haffenreffer Family Fund (1987)
supporting organization
The Haffenreffer Seaconnet Point
Fund I (1988)
The Haffenreffer Seaconnet Point
Fund II (1988)
Arnold H. Hahn, Jr. Memorial Fund
(2005)
to support St. Patrick Church Mary House
Ministry for its annual holiday meal
ministries
Mary Kimball Hail Fund (2004)
to Friends of the Music Mansion
Dr. Daniel S. and Dorothy J.
Harrop Fund (2008)
Louise Hartwell Fund (1978)
to support St. Elizabeth Home and
Meeting Street Center
Harvard Business School
Association of Southeastern New
England (HBSA-SNE) Fund (2004)
Warren and Elizabeth Haskell
Memorial Fund (1984)
for the Rhode Island Arthritis Foundation,
In-Sight, and Eastern Star (O.E.S.) Home
of Rhode Island
Elizabeth Haskell Fund (1984)
for Order of Rainbow for Girls, RI Assembly
Eric Ginsberg Memorial
Scholarship Fund
“He touched a lot of people
because of his personality. He was
good natured and had a great
sense of humor. He always made
us laugh,” says Cheryl Fischer, of
her son, Eric Ginsberg, who died in
1991 at age 17. “He was
diagnosed with health problems the
day he was born, and was in and
out of the hospital throughout his
short life,” she explains.
Eric was loved by all of his
grandparents, but had a special
bond with his grandfather, Karl
Ginsberg. “Eric was like his
shadow from the time he could
walk. His grandfather took him to
the golf course for lunch, to work
with him, and he even took Eric for
his first hair cut.
“We still think about him all the
time and still miss him. His
birthday and Christmas can be
hard, but the hardest day for me is
Mother’s Day. Eric and his brother,
Matthew, would make cards. And
when you flipped the card over, it
would say Hallmark on the back,”
his mom shares, laughing.
Eric enjoyed traveling with his
family throughout New England, to
Disney World, and to Germany, and
was the manager of a number of
sports teams at Bridgewater High
School.
He passed away during his junior
year, and the family set up a
memorial scholarship fund.
Memorial gifts and proceeds from
golf tournaments planned by his
grandfather and dad at Thorny Lea
Golf Club in Brockton, where Eric
and his grandfather shared many
lunches, allowed the family to
award an annual scholarship
beginning in 1993, the year Eric
would have graduated. The
scholarship fund was transferred to
the Foundation last year.
Designated for East Bridgewater
High School, the scholarship gives
preference to students who intend
to enter the medical field. “Some
of Eric’s doctors and nurses cared
for him from the time he was born
until he passed. They were just
unbelievable. We thought this
would be a fitting tribute,” Ms.
Fischer concludes.
Lucille A. Moore Hennessey Fund
(2002)
Andrew R. Hoban Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2004)
Alice D. Hayes Fund (2008)
for youth activities at First Baptist Church,
Pawtucket
for North Kingstown students attending
URI
★ Robin M. Hergott ('83) Living
Tribute Fund (2009)
Gilbert and Olga Hoffman Fund
(2006)
to Lincoln School to benefit the Upper
School Lambrequins and/or Upper School
hand-bell ringers
for St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic
Church, Fall River
Caroline Hazard Fund (1977)
for the Gilbert Stuart Memorial
Peyton R. Hazard Fund (1964)
support for services in Jamestown &
Newport
Thomas P. Hazard Fund (1982)
for charitable needs relating to South
Kingstown
Healing Ribbons Fund (2004)
Henry Heffernan Fund (1998)
★ Milton S. Heller Charitable Fund
(2009)
for Channel 36, Temple Emanu-El, Baruch
College Fund, and Charles Looff Carousel
at Crescent Park
Frank T. and Isabelle Oram Hertell
Fund (1971)
Kenneth N. & Judith Brand Hill
Fund for Grace Church in
Providence (1996)
Louise A. Hoge Fund in Memory of
Wallace W. Hoge (1990)
Home and Hospice Care of Rhode
Island Endowment Fund (1993)
for Home and Hospice Care
for the church
Ann Hood Fund for Creative
Writing (2006)
Hinckley, Allen and Snyder Fund
(2003)
Edith R. Hood Fund (1968)
Barry and Kathleen Hittner Fund
(2002)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Danielle and Michael Haxton
Family Fund (2006)
Hope Alzheimer’s Center
Endowment Fund (2005)
for the organization
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Roger O. Glaude
Memorial Fund
“When I think of my uncle, I
primarily associate him with the
grand piano,” says Marc R. Glaude
of the late Roger O. Glaude who
died in 2005 at age 72.
“His ability to play the piano was
a God-given gift to Roger. He was
capable of playing the world’s most
complex classical music. If he
could have made a living at it, that
would have been his chosen
profession,” continues Aldor
Glaude, who recalls also what a
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Herbert E. Hopkins Fund (1980)
Anne King Howe Fund (1963)
for health care, medical research and
environmental protection
for cancer activities at RI Hospital
Herbert E. Hopkins Fund (1980)
for medical research
Governor Stephen Hopkins House
Capital Expenditure Fund (2000)
Governor Stephen Hopkins House
Endowment Fund (2000)
Cornelia Howell Fund in Memory
of Helen Howell & Fred A. Otis
(1989)
Cornelia Howell Fund in Memory
of Helen Howell and Fred A. Otis
(1989)
Alice M. Howland Fund (1944)
Hopkinton Land Trust
Conservation Stewardship
Endowment (2008)
for Hope Associates
to the Town of Hopkinton for stewardship
of land owned or managed by Hopkinton
Land Trust
Allen H. Howland Fund (1978)
Hough Family Fund (2007)
Florrimon Howe Trusts (1992)
England in the 1970’s and was the
travel company’s general president
at the time of his death. “He was
the catalyst to the travel
organization’s continued longevity,”
Aldor recalls.
And the business allowed him to
combine his accounting and
musical talents. “He would play
piano on the cruise ships, dressing
up as Liberace and entertaining
the travelers,” Aldor shares.
The family long has wanted to
honor Roger, whom they refer to as
“the adhesive that held the family
together.” Marc looked into
establishing a private foundation,
but his financial planner referred
him to the Foundation as a
resource. “This (donor advised
fund) presented itself as the
simplest and most feasible vehicle.
My uncle would be honored,” he
concludes.
John and Carol Howland Family
Fund (2003)
Peter Howland Family Fund (2003)
Howland Swan Fund (2006)
Katharine F. Hubbard and
Josephine H. Williams Fund (1959)
for the RI Chapter American Cancer
Society and United Way of Rhode Island
to five named agencies
for upkeep of the House
Albert E. Horton Fund (1968)
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practical joker his brother was.
“Roger told me he’d been asked to
play with the Boston Philharmonic.
I went out and told all my friends.
Six months later, I asked him when
he was going to play and he said,
‘You believed me? That was a
joke,’” Aldor says, laughing at the
decades-old story.
Born in Woonsocket in 1933,
Roger Glaude was the oldest of five
children. He attended St. Ann’s
School, followed by Mt. St. Charles.
After graduation, Roger studied to
be a priest for a short time before
being drafted into the Army in
1953.
Following his discharge, he went
to work as a cost accountant for
Provost LeFebvre in Woonsocket
and obtained an accounting degree
from what was then Johnson &
Wales College. He remained with
the company until it relocated to
the south.
He joined Royal Travelers of New
Alice M. Howland Fund (1944)
for Hope Association
Buell W. Hudson Memorial Fund
(1979)
Hudson Family Fund (2001)
for northern Rhode Island, with an
emphasis on health care
for the Greater Providence YMCA
Paul W. Hunger Memorial Fund
(2000)
Allen and Katharine HowlandGammell Family Fund (2003)
Dorothy H.W. Hunt Fund (1971)
Janet Howland and Jay Gorud
Family Fund (2003)
to promote interracial relationships
Milton S. Heller
Charitable Fund
When the late Milton Heller
wanted to memorialize his mother
through charitable provisions in his
will, his cousin and lawyer, Lester
Salter, recommended The Rhode
Island Foundation. “It is ideal for
this situation,” states Mr. Salter,
founder in 1953 of the Providence
law firm now known as Salter
McGowan Sylvia & Leonard, Inc. “I
explained the benefit of an
endowment fund where only the
income is used to support the
things he cared about. This is the
best way to perpetuate his
mother’s memory.”
Milton Heller was born in
Providence in 1923, the only son
of Joseph and Rose (Salter) Heller.
Joseph Heller, an immigrant from
Austria, died when his son was an
infant and Rose Heller moved to
New York where she worked as a
department store salesperson and
raised Milton as a single mother. “I
suspect things were tough. They
were hard times,” Mr. Salter says
of the depression years.
Mr. Heller graduated from City
College of New York (CCNY), now
Baruch College, and served two
years in the Army during World War
II. He was employed as an excise
tax examiner for the State of New
York, but health problems led to a
disability retirement about 1970.
He soon returned to Rhode
Island. “Milton felt Providence was
his hometown. He spent most of
his time studying and investing in
the stock market. He became very
knowledgeable and certainly made
money at it. But he never spent
any money on himself.
“Milton was very fond of music
and enjoyed going to the Music
Mansion. He also had an interest
in children,” Mr. Salter says of his
cousin who died on January 29,
2009.
Mr. Heller named four
organizations to benefit from this
fund: Channel 36 of Rhode Island,
Temple Emanu-El, which he
attended, the Baruch College Fund
of New York City, and the Charles
Looff Carousel at Crescent Park in
East Providence “to subsidize
children’s rides on or about August
17 in honor of my birthday,” he
stated in his will.
Interfaith Health Care Ministries
Endowment Fund (1998)
Harry Itchkawich Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1998)
to the Urban League for scholarships
for IHCM
for Westerly High School scholarships
Harrison Barrows Huntoon Fund
(1991)
International House of Rhode
Island - Rooke Fund (2008)
Barbara P. Jackson Fund (1980)
Phyllis Huston Fund (2005)
for the International House of Rhode
Island
for The Fund for Urban Collaborative
Accelerated Program in Providence(UCAP)
Emanuel Iacoletti and Harriet K.
Iacoletti Fund (2003)
Fanny T. Ingalls Fund (1973)
George A & Evelyn M. Ingleby Fund
(1995)
for 11 organizations
Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
Fund (2008)
for the Rhode Island Foundation's
Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
Joyce Ioanes Mental Health
Memorial Fund (2007)
Brian R. Irvine Fund (1997)
for scholarships and health care
David C. Isenberg Family Fund
(2007)
Island Free Library Endowment
Fund (2003)
for the library
Israel-Frumson Family Fund
(2005)
Benjamin M. Jackson Fund (1945)
S. Lee Jackson and Dorothy M.
Jackson Fund (1976)
Madeleine C. Jackson Fund (1979)
Jamestown Community Fund
(2001)
to benefit activities in the town
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Dorothy H.W. Hunt-Clarence H.
Philbrick Fund (1971)
Jamestown Fund for the
Performing Arts (1983)
for performing arts in Jamestown
Jamestown Historical Society
Endowment Fund (2007)
to the Society to collect, preserve, and
share with others the heritage of
Jamestown
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The Robin M. Hergott
(’83) Living Tribute Fund
The Lincoln School in Providence
boasts a number of talented
musical groups in its upper school,
among them the Lambrequins, an
elite group of singers; on occasion,
the Lambrequins are accompanied
by the performance hand-bell
ringers. Together and apart, they
create a beautiful sound. Roberta
Stockman Ming, mother of Robin
M. Hergott, who was both a ringer
and a singer when she attended
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Jamestown Historical Society Mary
R. Miner Archives Fund (2007)
for care and management of the Society's
manuscripts/books etc.
Jamestown Historical Society
Windmill Endowment Fund (2006)
Lincoln School, the only all-girls
Quaker school in North America,
established this fund at the
Foundation in Robin’s honor, to
benefit both groups and the Upper
School Music Department.
Ms. Ming notes, “Music
enrichment is universal. The magic
of music is a powerful experience;
no one is exempt from its
inspiration, comfort, and joy!”
Robin Hergott comes from a family
truly enriched by music, including
six generations of adult and
children choir members at
Providence’s Central
Congregational Church and a great
grandfather who served as organist
at the First Baptist Church for more
than two decades. Ms. Ming is
proud to have produced a number
of shows and dinner theater
programs through her company,
Front Row Center, Ltd. She is also
extremely proud of Robin, who, she
notes, “benefited in extraordinary
Mary M. Jennings Fund(1996)
Elsie I. Jordan Fund (2006)
Anna E. Johnson Fund (1978)
for the Central Baptist Church of Westerly
for the welfare of the aged and elderly
Michael and Jane Joukowsky Fund
(2001)
Elizabeth Arnold Johnson Historic
Trust (2004)
for the maintenance, preservation, and
operation of the Old Jamestown Windmill
Robert and Margaret McColl
Johnson Fund (2003)
Jamestown Philomenian Library
Endowment Fund (1996)
for Steere House, the Scandinavian Home,
the MacColl Studio of Electronic Music at
Brown, Smith College, Hospice Care of
Rhode Island, and the Little Compton
Nursing Association
for the library
Jasper Fund for the Care and
Rescue of Animals (2000)
JDM Fund (1998)
Robert and Margaret McColl
Johnson Fellowship Fund (2003)
for scholarships for Rhode Island School
for the Deaf students
for fellowships in literature, music
composition, and visual arts
Ellen M. Jecoy Memorial Fund
(2002)
Johnston Lions Armand Muto
Scholarship Fund (1985)
for St. Bernard’s Church in North
Kingstown
for scholarships to residents of Johnston
Jonnycake Center Fund (2005)
for the Peace Dale organization
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ways from the Lincoln School
‘lifetime learning’ experience.”
Robin attended the school from
nursery through grade 12. “In her
early years at Lincoln I was a travel
agent,” says Ms. Ming. “Together
we traveled to the Caribbean,
Bahamas, and Hawaii – all islands
where music is a priority and a
passion.”
The family’s affiliation with
Lincoln extends back more than a
century. Ms. Ming’s great aunt,
Alice Appleton, was the school
nurse for many years. “I am deeply
grateful to Lincoln for the generous
financial aid they provided for
Robin,” notes Ms. Ming, adding, “I
feel blessed at this time to be able
to partner with the Foundation to
give back in recognition of all that
Lincoln did for us.” She concludes,
“This fund is a living and loving
tribute for my daughter.”
Herbert Kaplan Fund for the
Association of Fundraising
Professionals, RI Chapter (1996)
for professional advancement
scholarships
Peter Kaplan Memorial Fund for
Gordon School (1996)
for the school
Peter Kaplan Memorial Fund for
Trinity Rep (1997)
to benefit Trinity Rep
Karibian Family Fund (2000)
Richard Katzoff Fund (1990)
Stephen M. Kaufman Memorial
Fund (1999)
Kingston Hill Gardeners
Fayerweather Grounds
Endowment Fund
The Kingston Hill Gardeners have
maintained the grounds of the
historic Fayerweather House since
the club was established 53 years
ago. Its current members last year
asked, “What would happen if the
club disbanded?”
Although they are a very active,
vital group, club members agreed
they should formulate a plan for
the Kingston landmark to be cared
for in perpetuity. The result is this
permanent endowment “for the
maintenance of the park and
grounds at Fayerweather House.”
Fayerweather House was built in
1820 by George Fayerweather, a
blacksmith in the village of
Kingston. The two-story wooden
building, constructed around a
large stone chimney, was the home
of Fayerweather, his wife, and their
12 children. The building currently
is occupied by the Fayerweather
Craft Guild.
According to the A View of
America website, “Fayerweather
House is surrounded by almost an
acre of park-like grounds featuring
majestic trees, old-fashioned
shrubbery, and garden plantings
typical of the period… It is
maintained by the Kingston Hill
Gardeners.”
The Kingston Hill Gardeners has
kept to its original 1957 by-laws by
limiting the number of members to
25, a practice that allows them to
meet in each other’s homes. In
addition to Fayerweather House,
club members maintain gardens at
the Kingston train station and
around a well near the University of
Rhode Island campus, according to
Kathy Martin, club president. They
also hold an annual plant sale in
conjunction with the Kingston
Village Fair and a tour of members’
gardens and a luncheon each June.
During the holiday season, they
decorate buildings in Kingston with
festive wreaths. Their activities
extend to donating plants to the
public library, field trips, and inviting
speakers to their monthly meetings.
Of the September through June
meetings, Ms. Martin notes, “It’s a
great place to ask questions of
knowledgeable gardeners and to
learn more about what interests
you. The members are a great
group of workers. We always have
people who are willing to help with
projects. And, it’s a great group of
women who enjoy socializing
together.”
Sylvia & Frederick Kenner Fund
(1996)
Judith Alperin King and Timothy
King Fund (2000)
for nonprofit organizations located in and
serving Newport
Kiernan-Fallon Fund (1993)
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship
Endowment Fund (2001)
Lester B. and Linda D. Keats Fund
(1991)
for Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas for
scholarships
Jennie M. Kiernan Fund (1984)
for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charitable
Scholarship Golf Fund for scholarships
Peter M. Keefe Junior Golf
Memorial Fund (2002)
for scholarships to students of Blackstone
Valley high schools
King’s Daughters and Sons
Scholarship Fund (1978)
for junior golf at Button Hole Golf
Mari Killilea Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1988)
for post-secondary scholarships
Margaret H. C. Keiler Memorial
Fund in Memory of Edmund H.
Keiler (1992)
for Grace Church
Edward D. Keith Fund (1949)
Amelia M. and Minnie E. Kelley
Fund (1983)
Ellen Williams Kenerson Memorial
Fund (1968)
for the betterment of children and youths
to the Urban Collaborative Accelerated
Program to award a scholarship
★ Kingston Hill Gardeners
Fayerweather Grounds Endowment
(2009)
John B. & Ruth L. Kilton Fund
(1997)
to assist children, the elderly, and animals
to Kingston Improvement Association for
maintenance of park and grounds at
Fayerweather House
Horace A. and S. Ella Kimball
Fund (1944)
Joseph J. and Lillian A. Kirby Fund
(1998)
Daniel A. and Jennifer R. King
Fund (2008)
Paul and Nancy Klotz Community
Fund (2004)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
John H. and Alberta C. Kazanjian
Fund (2003)
Paul and Nancy Klotz Fund (1979)
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Helen L. LeGendre
Scholarship Fund
Helen LeGendre, a school nurse
in Dedham, MA for 40 years,
valued education – first her own
and later that of others including
her nieces and nephews.
Richard Weber, who with his wife
Donna established this endowment
in his aunt’s memory, explains that
it was when his son, Scott, a
senior at Brown University at the
time, was student teaching that
Miss Legendre first heard of The
Metropolitan Regional Career and
Technical Center (The Met). “My
aunt always asked Scott how he
was doing and how things were
Born in Boston in 1915, Helen
LeGendre was the oldest of four
children and the only one who
attended college. She graduated
from Massachusetts Memorial
Hospital School of Nursing as a
registered nurse in 1937, followed
by studies at Simmons College and
Boston University. At BU, she
earned a Bachelor’s degree in
education from the School of
Nursing (1948) and a Master’s
degree in health education (1952).
In 1944, Miss LeGendre began
working as a school nurse for the
Dedham Public Schools and later
became the supervisor of nursing
in the Dedham Public School
system. She also was an advisor of
the Future Nurses Club at Dedham
High School.
“She was a private person, very
independent, and very generous to
her family,” Richard Weber recalls
of his aunt who died last year at
age 94.
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Susie Brown Kochhan Memorial
Music Fund (1999)
Bruce Lang Good Government
Fund of RI (2006)
★ Helen L. LeGendre Scholarship
Fund (2009)
for the First Baptist Church, Wickford,
music program
Langevin Family Trust (1990)
for Met Dollars For Scholars to a student
with financial need who is graduating from
The Metropolitan Regional Career and
Technical Center
Korean War Memorial Fund (2004)
Harold A. Lanphear Fund (1977)
for the perpetual upkeep of the Memorial
Ella M. Lapham Fund (1933)
Krause Family Fund (1994)
Alice W. Larchar Fund (1981)
Katherine Bryer Krueger Fund
(1991)
Laurans Fund (1979)
for Rhode Island College for music major
scholarships
Ladies Auxiliary of the Bristol
Volunteer Fire Department Fund
(1982)
for scholarships for children of Bristol
firefighters
A. Lloyd Lagerquist Fund (2003)
for Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Boy
Scouts of America – Narragansett Council,
Boys & Girls Club of East Providence, and
Nature Conservancy
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going at The Met,” recalls Mr.
Weber.
Scott’s student teaching
assignment 12 years ago was only
the beginning of the family’s
involvement with the alternative
Providence high school. Scott now
is an advisor there, as is his
brother-in-law Nate Bonneau.
Donna is a speech/language
consultant at the school and
Scott’s sister, Lynda Bonneau,
served an internship at The Met
while working on her Master’s
degree in social work at Smith
College.
The family’s connection to The
Met now includes this permanent
fund in Helen LeGendre’s name
that will support the Met Dollars
for Scholars program. “Enabling
kids to continue their educations
and become productive members
of society…it seems like
something she’d like,” Mr. Weber
says of his late aunt.
Jerrold L. and Barbara S. Lavine
Philanthropic Fund (2003)
Isabelle Lawrence Fund (1992)
Alvina Legere Fund (2004)
to benefit Rhode Island’s sight-impaired
Robert H. Lenth Scholarship Fund
(1998)
for scholarships for Ponaganset High
School
to benefit libraries
Barbara M. Leonard Fund (1986)
Lawrence, Allen, Singleteary
Scholarship Fund (2008)
Louis Leone Fund (1998)
for scholarships for seniors at either Hope
High School or Central High School
for Westerly Hospital and United Cerebral
Palsy for Westerly area children
Letcher Family Fund (2008)
★ Dominick J. Lepore Memorial
Fund I (2009)
to the Newport County Community Mental
Health Center
★ Dominick J. Lepore Memorial
Fund II (2009)
to the Newport County Fund for mental
health, clinical, or preventative of the
population of Newport County
Irving M. and Pauline L. Leven
Fund (2001)
Little Compton United
Congregational Church Fund
(2007)
for maintenance of the church's building
Royal Little Memorial Fund (1994)
for nonprofits in South County
to support the educational efforts of the
Rhode Island Audubon Society
Stanley & Martha Livingston Fund
(1997)
Irving H. Levin Fund (2007)
Annie Mary Livsey Fund (1987)
to provide camp scholarships to needy or
underprivileged children at Camp JORI,
YMCA of Pawtucket, and San Miguel
School
Frederick N. and Carol J. Levinger
Fund (2003)
Mario M. Libutti Memorial Fund
(2008)
for scholarships at Brown University,
Bryant College, or URI
Alice Gertrude Lothrop Lincoln
Fund (1959)
for five Woonsocket agencies
Marjorie H. and Clinton J. Lind
Memorial Fund (2001)
Linden Place Endowment Fund
(2003)
for the organization
Frederick Lippitt Memorial Fund
(2006)
to the town of West Warwick to help
defray the costs of maintaining the
buildings that house the former Crompton
Library so long as said building(s) house
the Annie Mary Livsey Room and provide
library, historical and/or educational
programs
Edith S.S. Loebs Fund (1981)
R.M. Logan Hospice Fund (2005)
Lippitt Hill Tutorial Founders
Fund (1988)
for Volunteers in Providence Schools
Mary Ann Lippitt Memorial Fund
(2007)
to the First Unitarian Church of Providence
for the maintenance of or acquisitions for
the church building or grounds
Arthur B. and Martha B. Lisle Fund
(1968)
for charities that serve the people of
Warwick
Little Compton Playground Fund
(1988)
for the playground
Little Compton United
Congregational Church Fund
(1981)
William M. and Louise Barr
Mackenzie Fund (1975)
★ N. Douglas MacLeod Fund
(2009)
to Junior Achievement of Rhode Island
James and Jean Schofield Madden
Family Fund (2000)
Sally Wing Madeira Memorial
Fund (1988)
for programs assisting women and
children
Virginia T. Madeira Fund (1982)
for scholarships for Westerly High seniors
Elizabeth Ann Magee Memorial
Fund (1964)
George W. Lothrop Fund (1970)
to the RI Council of Resource Providers for
scholarships for state wards
for services benefitting North Smithfield
and Woonsocket
Lovett Fund (1979)
MaGown Roberts Endowment Fund
(1999)
for the Wheeler School
for scholarships for RI Air National
Guardsmen and their families
Michael F. Lovett Scholarship Fund
(1994)
Gustaf T. Malmstead Fund (1996)
for scholarships for North Smithfield High
School graduates
Mandell Family Fund (2006)
Edgar J. Lownes Memorial Fund
(1955)
Michael Marcogliese Scholarship
Fund (1989)
for five organizations
for scholarships in the jewelry field
Raymond J. Loynds Memorial Fund
(2004)
to Cumberland High School for
scholarships
Fordyce Remsen Lozier & Mary
Williams Horr Lozier Fund (1993)
scholarships for Sigma Chi fraternity
Lucy Lippitt Fund (1961)
Ronald K. and Kati C. Machtley
Fund (2007)
Edna P. Lumb Fund (1967)
Edward G. Lund Fund (1993)
Thomas H. Maren-Leon and
Barbara Goldstein Fund (2006)
Attilio Margarita Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2001)
for Shea High School seniors
Alita C. Marks Endowment Fund
(2005)
for literacy and adult education
for The First Unitarian Church of
Providence
Barry A. Marks Fund for RI
Council for the Humanities (1984)
Maria Lyssikatos Scholarship Fund
(2007)
for the Council
to the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
for scholarships
Cynthia M. Macarchuk Donor
Advised Fund (2008)
Mary K. and Norman A. MacColl
Fund (1967)
MacColl Benevolent Fund (1973)
Martland Selby Bell Choir Fund
(2002)
for the Bell Choir of Woodbury Union
Presbyterian in Warwick
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
for the Woonasquatucket River Watershed
Council
toward programs for boys
for the United Way of Rhode Island
James J. Longolucco Scholarship
Fund (1995)
for the First Unitarian Church of Providence
Frederick Lippitt Endowment/
Woonasquatucket River Watershed
(2005)
Commander Michael MacDonald
Fund (1982)
Mary A. Mason Fund (1971)
for underprivileged children
Stanley H. Mason Fund (1979)
to benefit the Providence Animal Rescue
League
for maintenance of the church
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The Dominick J. Lepore
Memorial Fund I
The Dominick J. Lepore
Memorial Fund II
In 1984, a group of forward
thinking community leaders
established the Newport County
Mental Health Trust Fund. The
purpose of the Trust, which came
to be known as the Newport
County Charitable Trust, The
Dominick J. Lepore Fund, was to
help local agencies with the
delivery of a wide array of clinical
mental health services to area
residents. For the purposes of the
long term administration of the
fund, in 2009 the original trust was
dissolved and two new funds were
established at The Rhode Island
Foundation. Named in honor of
Dominick J. Lepore, one of the
original trustees, both funds will
provide continued benefits for
Newport County residents in need
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Rose Grinnell Matteson Audubon
Society of RI Fund (2008)
to the Audubon Society of RI for
maintenance of Fisherville Brook and
Wildlife Refuge and Touisset Marsh
Rose Grinnell Matteson Fund
(1966)
Rose Grinnell Matteson/Exeter
Fund (1990)
Fund II is a field of interest fund to
benefit other charitable
organizations with facilities located
in Newport County that provide
preventive or clinical mental health
services to the local population.
Grants from this fund will be
administered by the Foundation's
Newport County Fund as part of its
competitive small grants program.
James Wright, chair of the NCF
Advisory Committee, welcomed the
news about the Lepore Fund II.
“The addition of this special fund
under the Newport County Fund
umbrella will certainly help us to
expand our grant support to local
programs that provide critical
healthcare services to the
community,” he states.
Cheryl Smith Mayhew Westerly
High School Athletic Scholarship
(2005)
Norman E. and Dorothy R.
McCulloch Fund (1994)
for an athletic scholarship from the school
Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. and
Dorothy Rooke McCulloch Fund for
St. John's Church (2008)
Maxwell Mays Fund (1999)
Marian S. McAuslan & Frederic T.
McAuslan Endowment Fund (2006)
for education
for St. John's Church, Barrington
Mary E. McCulloch Fund (1989)
for the town’s fire fighting and rescue and
library services
for the American Heart Association,
American Cancer Society, National
Parkinson Foundation, and South County
Hospital Health Care System
Duncan H. and Louise Safe
Mauran Fund (1986)
Charles E. and Agnes J. McCarthy
Memorial Scholarship Fund (2008)
for services to current or former female
prison inmates
Edmund and Janet Mauro Button
Hole Scholarship Fund (2004)
for scholarships at Rogers High School
Gloria McDonald Fund for St.
Mary’s Church (2003)
for children’s scholarships for Button
Hole’s golf programs
Ted McConnon Scholarship Fund
(1999)
for St. Mary's Church, Cranston
★ John and Elaine Mayer Fund for
the RI Zoological Society (2009)
for scholarships to graduates of Tolman
High School
for the Brown University Division of Biology
& Medicine
for Roger Williams Park Zoo
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of mental health services.
The Dominick J. Lepore Memorial
Fund I is a designated fund for the
benefit of the Newport County
Community Mental Health Center,
one of the anchor institutions for
behavioral health in Newport
County. It provides comprehensive
community-based mental health
treatment, rehabilitation, and
support services to individuals and
families in all six Newport County
communities. The Center’s adult
programs offer outpatient,
emergency, case management, day
treatment, hospital liaison, and
residential services, as well as a
specialty program for substance
abuse treatment. Programs for
children and adolescents are
designed to provide both
therapeutic services and nonclinical supports in addition to
school based interventions and
supportive family outreach.
The Dominick J. Lepore Memorial
Arthur McCartney Fund (1965)
for the International House of Rhode
Island
Gloria McDonald Fund (1996)
J. Irving McDowell Fund (1995)
N. Douglas MacLeod, Jr.
Fund
N. Douglas MacLeod, Jr.
(“Doug”) came from an
entrepreneurial family. He started
several companies of his own
in Rhode Island: MacLodyne
Corporation and Tubodyne
Company. He was a staunch
supporter of anyone who wanted
to start and run his or her own
business. Two of his daughters
continue to run Tubodyne.
Born in Providence in 1921, Mr.
MacLeod attended Providence
Country Day School, Colby College
and the University of Rhode Island
where he studied engineering and
business administration. He was
vice president and general manager
of Abrasive Machine Tool, a family
business, before starting his own
companies.
Doug’s father, Norman D.
MacLeod, ran Abrasive Machine
Tool Company and also believed
strongly in free enterprise. Norman
became active in trade schools and
then started the Rhode Island
Chapter of Junior Achievement in
1948 and became its first
president. In line with the MacLeod
family ideals, JA’s mission is: “to
educate and inspire young people
to value free enterprise and
understand business and
economics to improve the quality of
their lives.”
Douglas and his brother Bruce
soon became involved in Junior
Achievement through their work at
Abrasive Machine Tool. They were
mentors for young students at the
trade schools. While serving on the
board of JA, Doug helped to take
the JA program into the public
schools. In 1967, he followed in
his father’s footsteps and became
president of Junior Achievement RI,
serving on the board until 2002.
In addition to his involvement
with Junior Achievement (the
designated beneficiary of this
fund), Mr. MacLeod was active with
Big Brothers, the St. Andrews
Society of RI, the Cruising Club of
America, and the Clan MacLeod
Society of America which he helped
found. He died in July 2008 at the
age of 87.
Gladys and Raymond W. Mellor
Fund (1983)
Michael P. Metcalf Memorial Fund
(1989)
Thomas P. and Katherine A.
McHale Fund (1990)
for the Greater Providence YMCA, the
Church of the Transfiguration, Cranston,
and the Edgewood-Pawtuxet Food Closet
for scholarships and grants to promote
personal growth through travel
Anna Louise McInerney Fund
(1982)
Gladys and Raymond W. Mellor
Fund (1987)
for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth
Orchestra, the Young People’s Symphony
of RI, and the Providence Business and
Professional Women’s Club
Washington Oaks/Reverend
McIntire Fund (2004)
for multiple organizations
Joseph B. Merrick Fund (1987)
to purchase books for Cranston libraries
Merrylegs Fund (1988)
for youth needs
toward horseback riding for
physically/mentally handicapped persons
H. Stanford McLeod Fund (1993)
Alice Butts Metcalf Fund (1945)
McQue Fund (2005)
for Rhode Island School of Design for
scholarships
Bishop Russell J. McVinney Fund
for the Poor (1988)
Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Fund
(1959)
for the Catholic Diocese of Providence for
the needy
Jesse H. Metcalf Fund (1916)
Friends of the Middletown Public
Library Endowment Fund (2003)
for the Library
★ Dr. Eric Bradley Miller Fund
(2009)
for Home and Hospice Care of RI for the
care of those in need regardless of
income
John Manchester Miller Fund
(1998)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Joseph T. and Rose P. McHale Fund
(1988)
for St. John’s Lodge No. 1, F&A.M.
Jean Smith Mills Memorial Fund
(2006)
for Central Baptist Church of Westerly
Arthur and Martha Milot Fund
(1990)
for the United Way of Rhode Island
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John and Elaine Mayer
Fund for the Rhode
Island Zoological Society
“We’ve always gone to zoos
wherever we were stationed,”
explains Elaine Mayer. Her husband, John, was in the Navy for 22
years and the couple saw much of
the world. But they’ve called Rhode
Island home for more than 40
years and have chosen to establish
this permanent endowment for general operating support of Roger
Williams Park Zoo.
John Mayer grew up in
Philadelphia and after graduating
from high school at 17 followed in
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Mitchell Family Fund (1985)
★ Robert D. and Mary G. Mitchell
Fund (2009)
MJSA Education Foundation
Scholarship Fund (1989)
Nora Wood Moore Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2004)
for scholarships to Tiverton High School
graduates
Alice L. Moran Fund (1956)
for scholarships in the jewelry field
Mary Morello Fund (2006)
Nasra and Abdullah Mogayzel and
Sons Fund (2007)
Al Morro Classical Varsity Club
Scholarship Fund (1965)
to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for the
Children's Center for Cystic Fibrosis
research and development
for scholarships for male and female
scholar athletes at Classical
J. Harold Monroe, Jr. Scholarship
Fund (1993)
for North Smithfield School Department
for scholarships
Heidi Keller Moon Fund (2001)
Moore Fund (1998)
Moore Fund (1998)
for St. Thomas Church and Greenville
Public Library
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his father’s footsteps by joining the
Navy. The elder Mayer’s enlistment
was during World War I; his son’s
during World War II. John initially
was stationed on the west coast,
where he worked as a machinist’s
mate on boats shuttling men home
after the war ended. “Talk about
a homesick kid,” he says of the
two and a half years he was gone.
He served next in Washington,
DC, where he was assigned to the
Armed Forces Police. He also married his childhood sweetheart,
Elaine (Winzler) Mayer, who had
moved to Philadelphia from her
native New Jersey as a young child.
Two weeks after they married, he
was on an aircraft carrier that took
him around the world. His next
assignment took the young couple
to Newfoundland, where he was in
charge of all machinery at the commissary. Future assignments, when
they were stationed in Newport,
took them to France, Naples, and
Al Morro Fund for Academic and
Athletic Excellence (1986)
for outstanding student athletes at
Classical, Mt. Pleasant, and Central high
schools, and at Boston College, and for
Blessed Sacrament Rectory
Rome, among other locales.
As John advanced in his Navy
career – he retired as a Navy
Senior Chief in 1967 – Elaine pursued her education, studying at
Middlebury (VT) College, University
of Maryland, University of
Pennsylvania, the Sorbonne
University in Paris, and Salve
Regina University. Her degrees
include doctorates in anthropology
and archeology; she has a special
interest in the Mayan Indians as
her mother was a Native American.
Once the Mayers settled in Rhode
Island, Elaine taught French,
English, and anthropology at Salve
Regina for 28 years.
Although retired, the couple
remains active. As Elaine, who’s
now learning Chinese, says,
“There’s always something new
around the corner.”
Judy Morse Fund (1990)
for URI to support the RI School
Psychology Association
Lestor F. Morse and Beatrice R.
Morse Memorial Fund (2008)
for Easter Seal Society of Rhode Island
Rev. Phyllis Morse Memorial Fund
(1992)
for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for
seminarians’ education
Stanley T. and Grace W. Moskwa
Fund (1999)
to support the training of medical
professionals
Mount Hope Farm Endowment
Fund (2007)
Al Morro Awards Fund (1997)
to support the Mount Hope Trust in Bristol
for recognition awards for Classical High
School students and staff
Mullaney Fund (1997)
for Classical High School and Holy Name
School graduates
Mullen Family Fund (2001)
Ellen S. Murphy Memorial Fund
(2008)
Bernard and Doris Nemtzow
Fund (2007)
★ John and Grace Murphy Fund
for Youth (2009)
to Touro Synagogue Foundation, for the
Slom Scholarship, Child and Family
Services of Newport County, James L.
Maher Center, and Newport Hospital
for organizations serving youth in Rhode
Island
Jeraline N. Nerney Fund (2001)
Major Jeremiah P. Murphy
Scholarship Fund (2006)
TGHS ’82 Renee Tetreault Newell
9/11 Scholarship Fund (2001)
for scholarships for children of active,
retired or deceased Providence police
officers
Catherine T. Murray Scholarship
Fund (1994)
for the Ocean State Center for
Independent Living
Museum of Primitive Art and
Culture Fund (1998)
for the museum
Museum of Primitive Art and
Culture/Wallace Campbell III
Endowment Fund (2005)
for the organization
Musica Dolce Endowment Fund
(2006)
for the organization
Colin Myers Memorial Fund (2004)
Emma L. Myrick Memorial Fund
(1938)
for the RI Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, RI Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Family
Welfare Society and the Providence
Community Fund
to assist public libraries
North Kingstown Free Library
Corporation Second Century Fund
(2008)
to the North Kingstown Free Library for
capital projects and special projects in the
area of children's services, technology,
and the library's local history collection.
North Providence High School
Scholarship for Special
Opportunity (2006)
for a memorial scholarship from Toll Gate
High School
for North Providence High School special
needs students to attend college
New England Wireless and Steam
Museum Fund (2000)
North Smithfield Ambulance and
Rescue Association Fund (2003)
for the Museum
Frederick J. & Ruth P. Newman
Fund (2005)
Selma and Arthur Newman Fund
(2000)
for a scholarship for a Pawtucket resident
studying for a Masters Degree in social
work at Rhode Island College
Newport County Fund (2002)
to support charitable programs in North
Smithfield
North Smithfield – Class of 1971
Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004)
for scholarships for North Smithfield High
School graduates
NSCDARI Endowment Fund (2000)
NSCDARI Reinvestment Fund
(2000)
for activities and organizations throughout
Newport County
for the National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America
Newport Harbor Corporation Fund
(1983)
NSG Education Fund in Memory of
Ellen S. Murphy (2008)
Newport Public Library
Endowment Fund (2004)
for the Library
Albert E. and Florence W. Newton
Fund (1973)
for scholarships to Rhode Island students
studying nursing
for the Newport County Fund for its grant
making program for funding in the area of
education
Bob and Terry Nugent Family
Foundation (1992)
Robert C. Nyman Fund (1997)
Virginia W. Nyman Fund (2005)
Alice Newton Fund (1984)
for Providence College
for research on cancer, stroke and heart
disease
Oak Lawn Community Baptist
Church Living Memorial Fund
(1987)
Irene Nicholas Fund (2007)
for support of the church
to The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church,
Norwich, CT, The Westerly Pawcatuck
YMCA, The Watch Hill Improvement
Society, and the Westerly Hospital
Marian G. O’Donnell Fund (1977)
William Nicholas Scholarship
Fund (1999)
Daniel Patrick O’Neil Memorial
Fund (2007)
for graduating seniors at Stonington (CT)
High School
to Lincoln High School for students in
band or chorus who have a passion and
commitment to music
Narragansett Public Library
Endowment Fund (1996)
for the Library
Narrow River Preservation
Association/John Elder Dick
Endowment Fund (2004)
for the Association
★ Narrow River Preservation
Association/Robert Leeson, Jr.
Endowment Fund (2009)
for the Association
Narrow River Preservation
Association/ Carl W. Otto
Endowment Fund (2007)
Emily Nicholson Fund (1997)
North Kingstown Free Library
Corporation Fund (1996)
for Newport
The Oliver Fund (2008)
Nick O’Neill Scholarship Fund for
All Children’s Theater (2004)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
John C. Myrick Fund (1997)
for the Theater
for the library
for the Association
Open Doors of Rhode Island, Inc.,
Charitable Fund (1979)
Dorothy D. Nelle Fund (1994)
for assistance to nursing home residents
Jane S. Nelson Fund (1994)
Ophelia Fund (2004)
Walter M. Oppenheim Fund (1998)
for scholarships in the jewelry field
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Dr. Eric Bradley Miller
Fund
When Joseph Miller, M.D.,
pictured here, looked through The
Rhode Island Foundation’s 2009
Yearbook, he noticed several
things: notably that a good number
of the more than 1,100 funds were
memorials and also that very few
funds honor Hospice. Dr. Miller had
a different idea for his
philanthropy.
Now 88 years old, Dr. Miller is a
first generation American, the son
of Eastern European parents. He
was a practicing physician at
Boston’s Brigham & Women’s
Hospital and taught at Harvard
Medical School for nearly three
decades. He also served as
medical director for Chiquita
Banana and worked with Project
Hope in Guatemala. Since returning
to the States in 1980, he has
served for six years in the New
Hampshire legislature and on the
state’s Health and Human Services
Commission.
He also has been
philanthropically-inclined, with
interests including the arts,
education, the environment, and atrisk members of society. He
decided to honor his two sons,
including Eric, a physician in Rhode
Island, through their local
community foundations. “I want my
legacy of a successful, happy, and
fruitful career to be passed on
through my children,” he states.
Dr. Eric Miller earned his
undergraduate degree at the
University of Michigan and his
medical degree at the University of
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Joseph O’Neill Ott Fund (1994)
Madeline V. Parks Fund (1961)
to preserve historical documents and
records
for the Providence District Nursing
Association
Emily H. Paine Fund (1977)
Parris Family Fund (2001)
Julius and Jesse Richmond Palmer
Fund (1968)
Partnership Foundation Fund
(2001)
Charlotte Orlowski-Eicher
Memorial Fund (2005)
to support the Beneficient Congregational
Church, Providence; Kent Hospital;
RI Hospital and the United Way
Billy L. and June O. Patton Fund
(1986)
for Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts,
RI LISC Child Care Facilities Fund, and
Sophia Academy
Mary V. Palmer Memorial Fund
(1970)
Patton Family Fund (1983)
for the Senior Citizens Center in Newport
Bernard and Henrietta O'Rourke
Scholarship Fund (2008)
Nellie G. Parent Fund (1966)
Pawtucket East High School Class
of ‘42 Scholarship Fund (1987)
Emma and Ely Oppenheimer Fund
(1997)
for United Way of Rhode Island for lowincome Jewish causes and other charities
Mary and Pat O’Regan Fund (1992)
to Rhode Island College for the Mary and
Pat O’Regan Scholarship
for scholarships for Lincoln residents
★ Richard and Sandra Oster
Charitable Fund (2009)
Naomi and Viola Osterman Fund
(1998)
Bessie D. Paul Fund (1981)
John Raymond Parker, Jr.
Memorial Scholarship Fund (1995)
for scholarships for graduating seniors of
Tolman High School
for a music scholarship at Rogers High
School, Newport
Pawtucket East High School Class
of ‘48 Scholarship Fund (1993)
Phebe Parker Fund (1959)
for scholarships to Tolman High School
graduates
for heart or cancer research
for the United Way of Rhode Island
R. Elizabeth Parker Fund (2006)
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Massachusetts Medical School. He
completed his urology training in
Norfolk, VA, and has been a
practicing urologist in Rhode Island
for the past 17 years.
The elder Dr. Miller consulted
with a former Harvard Medical
School colleague to identify the
beneficiary of this designated fund.
“He suggested Hospice, so I
visited. I wanted to ‘feel the cloth’
(a reference to his father’s
profession as a tailor), to meet the
people, and to see what they were
doing. I came away extremely
impressed,” Dr. Miller explains.
“My hope is that many Rhode
Islanders will benefit from this
generous philanthropic gift of my
father,” Dr. Eric Miller states, with
his father concluding, “Eric and I
have shared a profession for many
years. Hospice is common to all
bedside doctors.”
Robert D. and Mary G.
Mitchell Fund
Robert and Mary (Giorno)
Mitchell both were raised in
Westerly and, although his career
took them to Connecticut for nearly
three decades, it was Westerly they
chose to call home again after his
retirement.
“There’s so much need in
Westerly. Bob always was a giving
person, and I want to continue that
by helping people here,” Mrs.
Mitchell says of the donor advised
fund she established following her
husband’s death in November
2008.
Robert Mitchell earned an undergraduate degree from the University
of Rhode Island, served in the
Army during the Korean War, then
attended Stonier Graduate School
of Banking at Rutgers University.
He began his banking career at
Westerly’s Plantations Bank.
While doing business with
Attorney James Longolucco, he met
Mary, who was helping out with
some typing. James already was
dating Mary’s sister, Carolyn, and
soon, the banker and lawyer went
on a double date with the two sisters. James and Carolyn married in
July, l964; Robert and Mary the following month. (Carolyn Longolucco
established a scholarship fund at
the Foundation in 1995 in her husband’s memory.)
Mary had graduated from
Westerly High School as class valedictorian and was awarded a full
scholarship to Bryant College. She
taught business education in the
Petroleum Trust Fund (1964)
to support South County Habitat for
Humanity
Esther S. Phillips Fund (1987)
Carol Pellegrino Scholarship Fund
(1999)
Rick Phipps Memorial Fund (2004)
for private music lessons for students at
Tollgate High School
Art Pelosi Fund (1993)
to assist young musicians with their
musical development
Charlotte I. Penn Fund (1993)
for Rhode Island for Community and Justice
George W. and Sarah L. Penny
Fund (1978)
for the Greater Providence YMCA
Annie T. Perrin Fund (1956)
Donald I. Perry Fund (1996)
to support organizations that maintain
free sites of historical, architectual,
geological, or ecological interest
for scholarships at URI
for diabetes research
to the RI Association of Realtors for a
lecture series
Nicholas Everett & Ann O.
Picchione Fund (1995)
for the RISD Museum of Art, the
Providence Preservation Society and the
RI Historical Society
Pickard Family Fund (2007)
Wells M. Pile and Marguerite Ofria
Pile Fund (2005)
Maria E. Pinheiro Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2004)
for scholarships at East Providence High
School
William Billy Pityer Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1999)
for scholarships for Westerly High School
seniors pursuing culinary arts or
emergency services
Albert R. Plant Fund (1958)
Pocassetlands Stewardship Fund
(2007)
to the Town of Tiverton for stewardship of
publicly accessible open space
Ponaganset Education Foundation
Fund (2007)
to support public school educational
programs, projects, activities, and
services in the Foster-Glocester Regional
School District
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Calvin Pearson Habitat for
Humanity Fund (2006)
Westerly and South Kingstown
schools for 11 years, resigning
when her husband took a job with
Chester Bank & Trust Company in
Chester, CT. He soon was named
president, then president and CEO,
a position he held until his retirement in 1990.
Mary opted to stay home to raise
the couple’s sons, Robert and
Alan. She and her husband were
avid volunteers in Chester, and
later in Westerly through the
Babcock-Smith House, St. Clare’s
Church, Westerly Hospital, Westerly
Public Library, Salvation Army, and
the WARM Shelter.
“Bob always had a soft spot in
his heart for the needy,” Mrs.
Mitchell comments. “It is my sincerest hope that, by the establishment of this fund, the spirit of giving in the Mitchell Family will continue for a long time to come.”
Barbara J. Pond Fund (2007)
to the Little Compton Village Improvement
Society, The Brownell Library, and Best
Friends Animal Society, Kanab, UT
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Franklin H. Pond Family Fund
(2007)
Providence Country Day School
Endowments (2002)
James C. Raleigh Memorial Fund
(2006)
Franklin H. Pond Fund (2006)
for the school
for the Providence Athenaeum
to Citizen's Scholarship Foundation and
Little Compton Assistance Association
Providence Country Day
School/Trustees' Endowment for
the Annual Fund (2009)
Raleigh-Providence Tree Care
Trust Fund (1998)
Lawrence Poole, Jr. Scholarship
Fund (2004)
for the Providence Parks Department to
preserve Providence trees
Providence Country Day School/
Wrestling Coaches Appreciation
Fund (2009)
Rallis Conover Fund (2005)
for scholarships and faculty grants in
religion and the humanities
for support of the school's wrestling
program
for the Salvation Army-Rhode Island State
Office
Potter Family Fund (2004)
Providence High School
Scholarship Fund (1922)
for scholarships at Scituate High School
Pope John XXIII Chair in
Ecumenical Theology Fund (1988)
Charles A. Potter Fund (1975)
Charles A. Potter Fund (1975)
for RI Hospital
to the Providence School Department for
scholarships
Providence Jewelers Club
Foundation (1986)
★ Elueterio, Anna, and Mary
Raponi Memorial Fund (2009)
Raven Fund (1999)
RDW Group, Inc. Minority
Scholarship Fund for
Communications (2000)
for community organizations
to support local minority students who are
pursuing degrees in the communications
field
for an African-American to attend Lincoln
School in Providence
Providence Plantations Club
Memorial (1970)
Roger E. Potter Fund for The
Rhode Island Historical Society
(1995)
to the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island
Edith Reall Memorial Scholarship
Fund (1992)
for the Society
for the Anne Crosby Emery Alumnae
Fellowship Fund at Brown University
Earlene and Albert Potter
Scholarship Fund (2001)
Roger E. Potter Fund (1995)
Providence Plantations Club
Memorial Fund (1970)
to provide scholarships to graduates of
North Providence High School
John J. Redding Fund (2003)
for emergency food programs in Coventry,
Warwick and West Warwick
for the Cocumscussoc Association Gilbert
Stuart Memorial, and Newport and Rhode
Island historical societies
Providence Preservation Society
Fund (2005)
for the organization
for the Providence Boys & Girls Club’s
Camp Davis
Mary LeMoine Potter Fund (1940)
Providence Singers Wachner Fund
for New Music (2006)
★ Lindsay T. Reed Fund for the
East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA (2009)
for the creation and/or performance of
new music
for the Mt. Hope branch of the YMCA of
Greater Providence
Providence Technical High School
Athletic Field Scholarship (1940)
Alice M. Remington Scholarship
Fund (1984)
for George F. Weston Scholarships
for scholarships for outstanding math
students at Burrillville High School
for charitable institutions in Kingston
Thomas A. Potter Fund (2004)
Lori A. Poulin Memorial Fund
(2004)
to Tolman High School and Manatee
Children’s Services
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Charles T. Pratt Fund (1938)
Preston Family Fund (2002)
Providence Center/Charles E.
Maynard Fund for the Future
(2001)
for the Center
Providence Center School/Charles
E. Maynard Fund for the Future
(2004)
for the School
Providence Central Lions Fund
(1993)
for The Sight Foundation, Cancer in
Children, and Salvation Army Day Care
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for support of the school's Annual Fund
Mary C. and Joseph E. Pucci Fund
(1999)
to the Hospital Auxiliary, to St. Pius X
School, and to the Memorial and Library
Association of Westerly
Sally Alves Rainville Fund (2007)
Helen Walker Raleigh Animal Fund
(2006)
Redgate Camp Davis Fund (1995)
Barbara Reynolds Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2001)
for scholarships to inner city students who
are single parents
Madeline Reynolds Memorial Fund
(1969)
for services pertaining to animal welfare
Rhode Island Advertising Club
Fund (1979)
Helen Walker Raleigh Tree Care
Trust Fund (1995)
for Providence Public Library for
advertising, marketing, and
communications materials
Helen Walker Raleigh Vision Fund
(2006)
Rhode Island Arts Fund (1985)
for vision research
Providence Council of Parents and
Teachers Scholarship Fund (1926)
Helen Walker Raleigh Youth Fund
(2006)
to the Providence School Department for
scholarships
for the Boys & Girls Club of Providence,
Boy Scouts of America – Narragansett
Council, and Girl Scouts of Rhode Island
for support of small and minority arts
organizations
Rhode Island Association of
Former Legislators Scholarship
Fund (1996)
for scholarships to youths performing
community service
John and Grace Murphy
Fund for Youth
When honoring John Murphy as
the Foundation’s Inspiring Partner
for 2009 last May, President and
CEO Neil Steinberg noted, “To
John, philanthropy is like
breathing.”
John and Grace Murphy are
quintessential “philanthropists next
door.” The Murphys already hold
two scholarship funds with the
Foundation, both of which provide
much needed assistance to Rhode
Island students. With this fund,
they will focus more broadly on the
needs of Rhode Island’s
for the organization
Rhode Island School for the
Deaf/John Spellman Scholarship
Fund (1989)
Rhode Island Commission on
Women/Freda H. Goldman
Education Awards Fund (1997)
Rhode Island Meals on Wheels
Memorial Fund (1981)
to the Parent-Teacher League to be used
for the educational needs of the hearing
impaired
for scholarships for non-traditional
students
Rhode Island Medical Society End
Polio Fund (1966)
for the support of the United Way of
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Council for the
Humanities Endowment Fund
(2005)
for the organization
Rhode Island Council for the
Humanities/Tom Roberts
Humanities Ingenuity Prize Fund
(2005)
for the organization’s annual prize for
creative achivement
Rhode Island Foundation
Employee Fund (1993)
Rhode Island Legal Services
Endowment Fund (2006)
expected.’ We look to our parents
for guidance even today, and their
giving spirit has had a tremendous
impact on our community
involvement.” Rhode Islanders
Sponsoring Education, St. Joseph’s
Hospital, St. Jude’s Hospital, the
Haitian Project, McAuley House and
San Miguel School are just a few of
the organizations touched by the
Murphy’s collective leadership and
generosity. The Fox Point Boys and
Girls Club, however, holds a special
place in John’s heart. “I grew up at
the Fox Point Boys Club. It was my
extended day care,” he says. “That
is where I learned how to play
basketball and swim, and where I
learned the value of working
together within a diverse
community.” John proudly
proclaims, “Many successful
people came out of that Boys and
Girls Club!” One of those
successful people is our 2009
Inspiring Partner, John Murphy.
for Meals on Wheels
for polio victims
Rhode Island Medical Society
Medical Purpose Fund (1966)
medical society advised
Rhode Island Rose Award Fund
(1985)
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Historical Society Fund (1998)
for support of court-related historical
activities
Rhode Island Tree Stewards
Endowment Fund (2001)
for the Rhode Island Tree Council’s Tree
Stewards Program
Rhode Island Scholarship
Assistance Fund (2007)
Rhode Island Veterinary Medical
Association (RIVMA) Companion
Animal Fund (2007)
to provide scholarship support to needy
Rhode Island residents
to provide veterinary care for low-income
pet owners
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Rhode Island Charities Trust (1991)
underserved youth, one of their
passions.
“Grace and I believe in the
Foundation’s mission,” notes John.
“After we are gone, the funds will
still be there doing good for
others.” John expounded further,
saying, “We’d like to see young
people have a chance to explore
historical and cultural national
treasures they cannot afford to
visit on their own. Our idea is that
disadvantaged kids could travel to
Washington, D.C., Gettysburg, or
New York, to witness firsthand the
museums, national parks, or other
sites that would enrich their lives.”
The Murphys have “instilled a
spirit of philanthropy” in their sons
as well, says Kevin Murphy, who
works alongside his father at Home
Loan Investment Bank, the family
business John started in the mid1970s. “All of us -- Jay, Brian, Dan
and I -- grew up understanding that
‘to whom much is given, much is
to improve the lives of Rhode Islanders
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Narrow River
Preservation
Association/
Robert Leeson, Jr.
Endowment Fund
The Narrow River Preservation
Association (NRPA) now has three
permanent endowments at The
Rhode Island Foundation. The first
two were established through
estate plans. The third fund honors
Robert Leeson, Jr. for his 22 years
on the board of directors of NRPA.
“When Rob retired from the
NRPA, I knew there was no more
wall space in his house for another
plaque,” says Richard Grant,
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Rhode Island Zoological Society
Fund (1986)
Richard J. Richmond Fund (2003)
for Roger Williams Park Zoo conservation
and education efforts
Ray Rickman Fund for African
Doctors (2007)
RIBA/Dagata Scholarship Fund
(1997)
for the support of Adopt a Doctor, Inc.
for a scholarship program at New England
Institute of Technology, URI, and RISD
Eileen Julie and Brittany Jaye
Richardson Memorial Fund (2005)
Edythe K. & Jane E. Richmond
Memorial Cancer Fund (1998)
for cancer research
John M. Richmond Fund (1953)
Richard J. and Barbara L.
Richmond Fund (1996)
Richard J. and Barbara L.
Richmond Designated Fund (1996)
to benefit 17 nonprofit organizations
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President of NRPA. “Instead, I
wondered, ‘What if we were able to
establish an endowment fund in his
honor?’”
Chris Tompkins, a NRPA board
member, and his wife, Katie,
agreed to organize and host a
cocktail party at their home on
Whale Rock Point, at the mouth of
the Narrow River. “The people just
came…and the envelopes piled
up,” Mr. Grant notes of the more
than 100 gifts that, combined with
an initial gift from NRPA,
established this fund at the
Foundation.
Mr. Leeson joined the Narrow
River board in 1986. “I knew help
was needed and I figured I could
give something back to the
environment,” he explains. The
organization’s mission is to
preserve and protect the
environment of the watershed for
all the communities of life.
Mr. Leeson enjoyed a
to benefit Westerly, RI and Pawcatuck, CT
successful career manufacturing
textile machinery and applied the
same dedication with nearly every
aspect of NRPA’s work – from
coordinating phonathons, assisting
in road races, and playing a key
role in obtaining foundation
funding; to judging science fairs,
writing articles on environmental
issues, and presenting Association
concerns to town councils.
“We have our eye on all the
activity in the watershed and Rob
has played a big role in this. I’ve
always looked to him as a guiding
light,” Mr. Grant states.
Mr. Leeson explains, “We need
to make sure the public
understands that we do not want to
stop all development in the
watershed, but rather to do it in a
smart, planned way.” Certainly,
that understanding has grown,
thanks to Robert Leeson’s 22-year
tenure with NRPA.
Paula M. Rivard Memorial Fund
(2005)
Marcia and Robert Riesman Fund
(1997)
to Making It Possible to End Homelessness,
New Brunswick, N.J. for a scholarship(s) to
graduates of Amandla Crossing, Imani Park
or Irayna Court Programs who are enrolled
in a post-high school certificate or college
degree program
Harry Vandall Rigner Memorial
Fund (1979)
Riverwood Endowment Fund
(2005)
for the Rhode Island School of Design
for the Riverwood Mental Health Service
Henry M. and Jan E. Rines Fund
(1998)
Gwennie Anne Robbins Memorial
Fund (1994)
RISE Conservation Fund (1997)
for energy conservation
Ernest and Mary A. Ritchie
Memorial Fund (1995)
for the Visiting Nurse Services of Newport
Dr. Robert F. Roberti Scholarship
Fund (1992)
Elizabeth Robinson Fund (1959)
Selma Pilavin Robinson
Endowment Fund (1992)
for Rhode Island for Community and
Justice
The Richard and Sandra
Oster Charitable Fund
“From the
time I was a
little girl, my
parents
always made
us aware of
giving. The
amount was
never the issue – the act was
always the focus,” reminisces
Sandra Oster of Barrington, who
established this fund at the
Foundation shortly after the death of
her husband, Richard, whom she
describes as “a man with an incredibly generous heart.” Mr. Oster, who
was chairman of the London-based
Cookson Group PLC, leaves a legacy
of community leadership and
inspired philanthropy to his five children, seven grandchildren, and his
beloved Rhode Island.
Sandra was keenly aware of
Richard’s generosity as soon as they
Roger Williams Chair in Thomistic
Philosophy Fund (1988)
for scholarships in religion and the
humanities
Friends of Rogers Free Library
Children’s Endowment Fund (1987)
Edward J. and Virginia M.
Routhier Nursing Faculty
Endowment Fund (2003)
to support training for nurses
Edward J. and Virginia M.
Routhier Nursing Scholarship
Fund (2003)
for the Library
for nursing scholarships
Rose and Aaron Roitman Fund
(1982)
Cheryl A. Ruggiero Scholarship
Fund (2004)
for Planned Parenthood of RI
Aaron Roitman Fund for Chamber
Music (1982)
for chamber music in Rhode Island
Rosenberg and Kohorn Fund
(2001)
Rougas-Quinn Family Fund (2006)
Edward J. and Virginia M.
Routhier Fund (2002)
for scholarships for women pursuing
careers in public accounting
★ Ruggiero/Reinhardt Family Fund
(2009)
Ruhl Family Fund (2004)
Dr. Joseph L.C. and Mary P. Ruisi
Fund (1999)
dear to me. Along with many other
wonderful people, we were able to
bring the Association to a successful place – an achievement in these
difficult times.”
Sandra was drawn to the
Foundation, which is located today
in the offices previously occupied
by Cookson America, for, “its commitment to professional investment
management and to ensuring that
recipient organizations meet rigorous standards.” But most of all,
she states, “I love the idea of unrestricted funds and the ability to
address community needs.”
Sandra concludes, “I believe that
children generally do what they
see. Thanks to Dick’s example and
the lessons we taught them together, our children – and our grandchildren – have a strong sense of ‘giving back.’ It’s my hope that through
this fund at the Foundation, Dick’s
legacy will perpetuate itself for
many years to come.”
Tom Russell Scholarship Fund
(1989)
for graduating seniors of Hope High
School
Rose M. Russo Fund (2007)
George M. and Barbara H. Sage
Fund (2007)
Saul B. Saila Fellowship Fund
(2007)
for the support of Wood-Pawcatuck
Watershed Assocation
Saint Cabrini Fund (2004)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Familia Rodriguez Fund (2002)
married. Decades ago, he donated
the materials as well as the manpower to painting and reconditioning
all the homes on Harriet Street in
South Providence. The list of organizations touched by the Osters is formidable: the Jewish Federation; the
Providence Center; the American
Heart Association (the Richard M.
Oster Gold Heart Award has for 15
years honored individuals who have
demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the Rhode Island community); and the Miriam Hospital, among
others. “If there was a need, Dick
was there – and he believed that
one act of kindness can inspire an
entire community,” says Sandra.
The Diabetes Association also
held a special place in the Oster’s
hearts. “I was diagnosed after my
third child was born, 34 years ago,
with Type 1 Diabetes,” states
Sandra. “I have been insulin
dependent for all these years.
Obviously, that organization is very
S. Stephen’s Church Music Fund
(1999)
for the church’s music program
Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse
Fund (1985)
for support of the Sakonnet Point
Lighthouse
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Elueterio, Anna, and
Mary Raponi
Memorial Fund
Referring to his mother as the
most giving person he has known,
Ralph Raponi explains he wants to
be as giving as she was. He and
his wife, Letty, decided to set up a
memorial fund in honor of his parents and sister to help those in
need.
In 1920, Mr. Raponi’s mother,
Anna Aquino, born in Italy, crossed
the ocean alone at age 16 and
arrived in Providence. Shortly after,
she met Elueterio Raponi, also an
Italian immigrant. They married two
years later and had seven children.
Mary, their third child, died at
the age of six. “It was the
Depression. There were no funds
for medical care or the medicines
of today,” Mr. Raponi explains.
Mr. Raponi’s father worked at
the State House as a boiler maintenance man. His wages were small
for a family of nine, but Ralph says
he never heard his parents complain and his mother shared what
she could with needy friends.
In 1948, his parents’ youngest
child and a friend fell through the
ice in the Providence River. Joseph
Cannon, an electric company
employee, went into the freezing
water and pulled the boys to shore.
Ralph’s brother amazed the doctors at Rhode Island Hospital
because they did not expect him to
live. Joseph Cannon was awarded
the Carnegie Medal for risking his
life. He visited the Raponis many
times. Twenty-three years later,
Ralph’s brother went into a burning
building in Pawtucket and rescued
two people.
Mr. Raponi’s parents became
American citizens and were proud
to have three sons serve their
country. His mother learned to
speak, read, and write in English
because she was now an
American, Mr. Raponi shares.
“Growing up, we were poor but
we had wonderful loving parents. I
feel we were very lucky,” Mr.
Raponi says.
This fund is designated for the
Salvation Army-Rhode Island State
Office. “Whenever there is a disaster, they are there,” says Mr.
Raponi of the recipient of his and
his wife’s generosity.
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Sakonnet Point Lighthouse Income Reinvestment Fund (1985)
Bridget Sanetti Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2003)
Savage and Luther Family Fund
(1998)
for support of the Sakonnet Point
Lighthouse
for scholarships to the Hillside Alternative
School in Woonsocket
Salten Family Fund (2007)
Sapinsley Family Foundation
(1970)
George and Naomi Sawyer
Memorial Fund (1991)
Norton E. Salk Scholarship Fund
(2008)
support of AIA Rhode Island Architectural
Forum, to be awarded as "The Norton E.
Salk Scholarship" for the study of
architecture
for the Rhode Island College Foundation
Nancy Sarah Fund for Women
(2006)
Francis B. Sargent MD Fund (1995)
for the Sargent Rehabilitation Center
Andrew & Frances Salvadore
Scholarship Fund (1989)
for scholarships in the jewelry field
Jacqueline Gage Sarles Memorial
Fund (1968)
Samaritans Fund (2006)
for the Barrington Citizens’ Scholarship
Foundation
for the organization
Juanita Sanchez Community Fund
(1992)
to benefit the Latino community
Deputy Assistant Chief Anthony V.
Sauro Award Endowment Fund
(1991)
to the City of Providence for the benefit of
the Fire Department
for four named agencies
Dr. Edmund A. Sayer Fund (1987)
to Drexel University for medical school
scholarships for Rhode Island residents
Minna Schachter Fund (2008)
for the YWCA of Greater RI for equipment
or programs for children and secondarily
for women
★ Willard and Marjorie Scheibe
Designated Fund (2009)
for the Providence Journal Children's
Holiday Hope Fund, The Providence
Journal Summertime Fund, and the
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale
Schmiedling Orlando PatientFocused Nursing Fund (2005)
Fannie M. Schrack Fund (1928)
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Mary and Michael Schwartz Fund
(1999)
Roger G. Scott Memorial Fund
(1996)
Alfred Sherrard Fund (2006)
for direct service and relief to the
underserved poor and homeless
Shippee Family Fund (2006)
for a scholarship for Scituate High School
R. Gordon and Patricia C. Scott
Fund (2008)
Leonard J. Sholes Fund (2008)
for non-profit organizations located in
Washington County, RI
Shramek Fund (2005)
Gertrude P. Scruggs Memorial
Fund (1999)
for scholarships to Hispanic, Native
American, or African-American students
Seaberg-Sleicher Memorial Fund
(2007)
George E. Smith Fund (1964)
Jack & Patricia Smith Fund (2002)
for Aquidneck Island and to Hadassah for
its hospital in Israel
John W. Smith Fund (1981)
Nathaniel W. and Mabel C. Smith
Fund (2007)
Ilon Sillman/Sara Andrews
Endowment Fund (1997)
to South Kingstown Public Library for
purchase of library materials
for Chariho Westerly Animal Rescue
League
Friends of Smithfield Rotary
Scholarship Fund (2004)
Silver Family Fund (2001)
for scholarships at Smithfield High School
Smith’s Castle Fund (1998)
to The First Baptist Church of Wickford
Milton J. Silverman Endowment
Fund (1993)
Benjamin Seabury Fund (1954)
for Home and Hospice Care of Rhode
Island
Dianne B. Snyder Memorial Fund
(2002)
Otto and Gertrude K. Seidner Fund
(1987)
Simchi-Levi Charitable Fund
(2007)
for scholarships to seniors at Bishop
Stang who plan to study
elementary/secondary education and
become teachers
for four designated agencies
Lance Corporal Matthew K. Serio
Football Scholarship Fund (2005)
for a scholarship from North Providence
High School
Serve Rhode Island Fund for the
Volunteer Center of RI (2005)
Aline J. Simoens Memorial Fund
(1994)
for pre-school aged underprivileged
children
Peter H. Simoens Memorial Fund
(1994)
as above
Ruth E. Shailer Fund (1997)
for new books at Warwick public libraries
Godfrey B. Simonds Memorial
Fund (1926)
for four agencies
Walter Simpson Fund (1966)
Ellen D. Sharpe Fund (1954)
for the poor and/or nursing in Providence
for maintenance of the Little Compton
United Congregational Church steeple
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Street Tree
Endowment Fund (1988)
Theodore R. Sizer Fund for
Educational Reform (1998)
to sustain and enhance street trees in
Providence
for professional development at Hope
High School
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Street Tree
Endowment — Brown University
Fund (1989)
Abby M.B. Slade Memorial Fund
(1960)
Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund for
the United Way (1998)
for Providence School Department for
scholarships
Florence M. Smart Fund (1976)
Eugenia Smetisko Fund (2002)
for the United Way of Rhode Island
for the Museum of Russian History,
Jordansville, NY
William H. Sheehan Memorial
Fund (1999)
Charles Morris and Ruth H. T.
Smith Fund (2001)
Phebe McAlpine Shepard Fund in
Memory of John Shepard II,
Edward B. and Phebe W. McAlpine
(1986)
for Grace Church
Edwin F. Sherman Fund (1972)
for support of CARE
Socio-Economic Development
Center for Southeast Asians
Endowment Fund (2001)
Dorothy Hackney Smith Fund
(1980)
toward cancer care, heart ailments,
blindness and mental illness
Soloveitzik/Rhode Island for
Community and Justice Fund
(1992)
for the organization
Harold B. Soloveitzik/American
Association of University Women
Fund (1992)
for the AAUW
Harold B. Soloveitzik Fund (1986)
Lewis D. Sorrentino Fund (2004)
Lily and Catello Sorrentino
Memorial Scholarship Fund (1978)
for scholarships to undergraduate
students over 25
Edith B. Soule Fund (1999)
South County Ambulance and
Rescue Corps (2002)
to support health, mental health, and
social service programs of non-profit
charities in South Kingstown and
Narragansett
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Eve Widgoff Shapiro Fund (2003)
Elizabeth Hope Singsen and
Edward L. Singsen Fund (1982)
for planting street trees and landscaping
at Brown University
Social Venture Partners - RI Fund
(2000)
for the organization
for the organization
Neil and Jean Severance Family
Fund (2007)
for the property
South County Garden Club of
RI/Margaret Dunbar Fund (2004)
for the Garden Club
South County Museum Endowment
Fund (1996)
for the Museum
Eric and Peggy Smith Family Fund
(2001)
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The Lindsay T. Reed
Fund For The East
Side/Mt. Hope YMCA
Foundation Director Cynthia
Reed, president and CEO of LTR
Holdings, LLC and her husband,
Walter Reed, managing partner at
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge,
pictured here, are proud parents.
In fact, they are so proud of their
daughter, Lindsay, a junior at Brown
University, that they have decided
to establish this fund at the
Foundation in her honor to benefit
the East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA
(ESMHY), which holds a special
place in the Reed family’s hearts.
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South County Museum Rhode
Island Red Endowment Fund
(2004)
for the care of Rhode Island Reds at the
Museum
South Kingstown Education
Foundation Fund (2003)
for educational programs and activities in
the South Kingstown public schools
Spartina Fund (2007)
James L. Spears Charitable Fund
(2005)
for environmental issues in Newport
County
Staples Family Fund (1986)
for Crossroads-Rhode Island and The
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Dennis E. Stark Fund (2000)
The Reeds met when Walter, a
lawyer for Milbank, Tweed, Hadley
& McCloy in New York, and Cynthia,
a lawyer at Edwards & Angell;
represented different parties in a
deal. Unbeknownst to Cynthia,
Walter’s mother had grown up in
Rhode Island; he had worked in
college and law school for Governor
Philip Noel and had always hoped
to return. So, to Cynthia’s surprise,
several months later, Walter joined
Edwards & Angell. “It took the
better part of five years, but we
sealed the deal and married in
1986,” says Walter.
“Lindsay started swimming as a
little girl,” recalls Cynthia. “An
instructor suggested that she might
enjoy swimming year round, and we
felt the ESMHY presented the right
combination of good coaching,
encouragement, spirit and values.”
Adds Walter, “We had no idea when
she started how much the Y would
become a part of our lives.”
Station Nightclub Fire Children's
Scholarship Fund (2004)
for scholarships to children of Station
Nightclub fire victims and survivors
Lindsay swam on the ESMHY team
for nine years, and later for
Wheeler School, going on to help
coach, teach swimming and
lifeguard at the Y. “As any swim
parent can tell you,” smiles
Cynthia, “swimming is unique in
that you can spend ten hours at a
hot, steamy pool in order to see
your child race for three minutes.
For Lindsay, it was about much
more than the swimming. At the Y,
she formed friendships that really
broadened her horizons.”
Lindsay’s involvement in the Y
took on an even greater
significance when she was in high
school, when the ESMHY asked
Lindsay to join the board as its first
youth representative. “Walter and I
have always tried to give back
where we could and we have tried
to encourage Lindsay to do so as
well,” notes Cynthia. Lindsay
naturally followed in the family
tradition of community service –
Stone Bridge Volunteer Fire
Department Scholarship Fund
(1991)
for scholarships for residents of Tiverton
Henry A. Stearns Fund (1977)
Henry A. Street Fund (1956)
Cameron Duke Stebbins Memorial
Fund (2001)
for three agencies
Steinberg-Shao Family Fund (2008)
William Laverne Stillman and
Elizabeth C. Stillman (Class of '33)
Scholarship Fund (2008)
for graduating seniors at Westerly High
School
Robert N. and Corinne P. Stoecker
Fund (1984)
for the St. Elizabeth Home
Morgan L. Stone Memorial Fund
for Arts and Humanities (2000)
to benefit the arts
John O. Strom, MD Memorial Fund
(2008)
for medical research
Sylvia Street Fund in Memory of
Ruth Ely (1981)
for the Providence Athenaeum
Sturges Fund for Grace Church
(2008)
for Grace Church, Providence
William J. and Judith D. Struck
Fund (2005)
Success by Six Endowment Fund
(1990)
for Kids First
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Walter has been a trustee at both
Wheeler and the Preservation
Society of Newport County, and
Cynthia has led the boards of InSight and Adoption Rhode Island,
and currently serves as a director
at Women and Infants Hospital.
The Y thought it might also be
helpful to have a parent involved;
Cynthia became a trustee along
with Lindsay. “The experience of
serving on the board has added
another dimension to our
appreciation and understanding of
what it takes to operate the many
programs the Y offers every day,”
says Cynthia.
She continues, “We had always
known about the Foundation’s
breadth of work in Rhode Island.
Through my involvement with Social
Venture Partners of Rhode Island
(Cynthia is a founder) and now as a
board member, I have been
impressed with the Foundation’s
ability not just to help people
Alice Sullivan Memorial Fund
(2004)
for scholarships from the RI
Interscholastic League
Thomas F. Sullivan Memorial Fund
(2007)
Richard W. Szumita Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2001)
Michael E. Tellier Scholarship
Fund (2004)
for scholarships to Lincoln High School
students
for the Boys & Girls Club of CumberlandLincoln
Hope and Roland Talbot Fund
(1979)
Rupert C. Thompson Fund (1987)
Helen E. Talcott Fund (1930)
Hope L. Thornton Fund (2001)
Rupert C. Thompson Fund (1987)
Bruce and Marjorie Sundlun
Scholarship Fund (1990)
David D. Tarnapol Scholarship
Fund (2006)
to support Rhode Island and Kent
Hospitals and several animal shelters
for scholarships for single parents
returning to school
for Westerly High School and Stonington
High School, CT for scholarships
Thorp Family Scholarship Fund
(2006)
Helen E. Swanson Fund (2003)
Martin L. and Charlotte H. Tarpy
Fund (2000)
for North Attleboro High School for
scholarships
for the Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club
James E. Tiernan Memorial Fund
(2005)
Miss Swinburne Fund (2002)
to support scholarships and charitable
programs and services for women and
girls in Newport County
★ Anne and Michael Szostak Fund
(2009)
Melissa and Peter Tassinari Fund
(2003)
C. George Taylor Fund (1999)
for religious education at First Unitarian
Church, Providence
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Sullivan Family Fund (1996)
realize their own philanthropic
wishes but also its willingness to
continually explore new and
innovative ways to assist the nonprofit sector.”
Adds Walter, “We don’t know
what Lindsay’s future holds, but as
her education in Rhode Island
comes to a close, we wanted to
honor her and the Y by establishing
a fund that would help the Y help
others. We really couldn’t think of
any place other than the
Foundation where we could start
this kind of fund and be assured of
its stewardship well into the future.
It is our hope that with the
Foundation’s assistance, through
the fund, Lindsay will continue to
be actively involved with the Y.”
Albert Harris Tillinghast Fund
(1949)
Tishman Golden Family Fund
(2003)
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Ruggiero/ Reinhardt
Family Fund
Josephine Ruggiero and Helmut
Reinhardt have a long list of
causes that interest them, a list
that is matched only by the
organizations where they volunteer.
“We’ve always been involved in
helping. We want to make a
difference in the lives of other
people,” Dr. Ruggiero states. This
donor advised fund is an extension
of their commitment to assisting
others.
Born and raised in New Haven,
Dr. Ruggiero earned an
undergraduate degree in sociology
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Tiverton Land Trust Fund (2000)
for the Land Trust
Peter and Sunny Toulmin Fund
(1986)
for the United Way of Rhode Island
Geraldine Tower Education Fund
(2002)
to provide scholarships at Rocky Hill
School, St. George’s School, and Moses
Brown School
Christopher Townsend-Child and
Family Services of Newport County
Fund (2007)
for general support
Christopher Townsend-Newport
Public Library Fund (2007)
for general support
Agnes Meade Tramonti Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1998)
for scholarships at Cranston High School
East
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from New Haven’s Albertus
Magnus College before pursuing
both a master’s and doctorate in
sociology from Fordham University
in the Bronx, NY. Upon completing
her education, she joined the
faculty at Providence College where
she has taught in the Sociology
Department for the past 37 years.
Of her upbringing, she shares,
“There was always the attitude of
caring for people beyond
ourselves,” she says, recalling how
her parents provided meals and
shelter to less fortunate people.
Helmut Reinhardt, also the child
of a working father and a stay-athome mother, was raised in
Attleboro. He earned an
undergraduate degree in geology
and education at Marietta College
in Marietta, OH, followed by a
master’s in counseling education
from Rhode Island College.
“He is the rock as far as the
household goes. He stayed home
with the children,” Dr. Ruggiero
says, referring to the three siblings
the couple adopted 15 years ago
from Russia. Mr. Reinhardt has
volunteered at Harvard Pilgrim
Health Care, served as a Court
Appointed Special Advocate, is a
volunteer instructor for AARP’s
driver safety program, and is active
with the Parent Support Network.
The couple also is committed to
the outreach programs at both St.
Anthony Church and St. Edward
Churches. Dr. Ruggiero has served
as a Big Sister. Before adopting,
they were foster parents.
Their philanthropic interests
include at-risk children and poor
women, domestic violence, and
jobs/retraining. “Education is
immensely important. To give other
people the opportunity to make
education their goal in order to
make a better life for themselves is
empowering,” Mr. Reinhardt states.
Foundation for Trinity Repertory
Company General Endowment
Fund (2001)
Raymond H. Trott Scholarship
Fund (1980)
supporting organization
Troy Fund (1979)
Includes: Buff & Johnnie Chace
Endowment Fund (2004); Doris
Duke Endowment Fund (2001);
Oskar Eustis Endowment Fund for
New Play Development (2005); Ed
Hall Memorial Fund (1991); John &
Yvette Harpootian Fund (2005);
Richard Kavanaugh Memorial
Fund (2001); Elaine Rakatansky
Memorial Fund (2004); Tilles
Family Endowment Fund (2005);
Stephen Hamblett Memorial Fund
(2006) Claiborne and Nuala Pell
Fund for Arts Education (2009)
for underprivileged youth
for the theatre
for scholarships in the banking field
Barbara M. Tufts Memorial Fund
(2002)
for the Barbara M. Tufts Cooperative
Preschool, East Greenwich
Frances S. and Stuart K. Tuttle
Fund (1998)
for the Central Congregational Church
Twin River Charitable Fund (2006)
UBS Rhode Island Fund (2004)
United Builders Supply Company
Inc. Fund (1980)
United Italian American Inc.
Scholarship Fund (2008)
for scholarships to RI residents
Willard and Marjorie
Scheibe Designated
Fund
“They were absolutely fantastic
people,” says Dale Atkisson, a
long-time friend and caregiver to
the late Willard and Marjorie
Scheibe. “They were so generous
and loved children, although they
never had any of their own.
Marjorie was great with the neighborhood children. She was always
baking cookies for them.”
Willard Scheibe and Marjorie
(Peterman) Scheibe both were of
United Way of Rhode Island Fund
(1995)
for the United Way of Rhode Island
United Way of Rhode Island
Endowment Fund (1990)
for general support
United Welfare Committee Fund
(1982)
to benefit handicapped children
Universal Homes, Inc. Fund (1978)
Urban League of RI Scholarship
Fund (2004)
for scholarships from the Urban League of
Rhode Island
Anne Utter Fund for the
Performing Arts (2006)
Jessie G. Valleau Fund (1967)
Valley Resources Fund in honor of
Charles Goss, Eleanor McMahon, &
Melvin Alperin (1993)
for Rhode Island for Community and
Justice
he loved to fish, and he loved
to garden.” He died last year at
age 91.
This fund, established through
the Willard Scheibe Trust, will benefit three organizations: the
Providence Journal Summertime
Fund, Providence Journal Santa
Fund, and the Jonnycake Center of
Peace Dale. Mrs. Atkisson believes
Mr. Scheibe named the first two
organizations as a tribute to his
wife of 53 years. “Marjorie especially loved children and anything to
do with children,” notes Mrs.
Atkisson.
Of the Jonnycake Center, she
explains, “It was right around the
corner from where Willard lived. He
was always donating to them.”
Noting that the Jonnycake Center
helps people who don’t have even
the bare essentials for living, Mr.
Atkisson says, “Willard wanted to
be part of that. He always wanted
to care for other people.”
Dr. Stanley Van Wagner Memorial
Scholarship Fund (1987)
for North Kingstown Senior High School
for scholarships
Van Degna Family Fund (1998)
Doctor Domenic A. Vavala
Charitable Fund (2006)
Willard Boulette Van Houten and
Margaret Lippiatt Van Houten
Fund (1991)
for Paralyzed Veterans of America, St.
Mary School, St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital, and Guiding Eyes for
the Blind
for seniors’ programs, health education
and education
Venard Fund (1988)
for the Catholic Diocese of Providence
Louis J. Van Orden Fund (1990)
for support of Sojourner House
Margaret Hanley Van Orden Fund
(2007)
for literacy, education, and/or youth who
are at risk of not completing high school
Margaret Hanley Van Orden
Scholarship Fund (2007)
to Hope High School for scholarships
William A. Viall Fund (1939)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
United Way/Boss Family Fund for
Learning Opportunities (1995)
German descent and met at a
German picnic in Providence. She
graduated from Bryant College and
worked as a secretary at Leesona
Corporation in Warwick. He attended the University of Rhode Island
and worked for the Navy at
Quonset Point, where he was
responsible for the payroll department. After retiring, he operated
Wilmar Real Estate in Warwick for
20 years.
“Willard and Marjorie worked
hard for every penny they had. They
both came from very little,” says
Dale’s husband, Bob Atkisson,
referring to Mrs. Scheibe as “a
very bright lady, very polished, and
active in the community.” Mrs.
Scheibe died in 2000 at age 78.
“Willard became part of our family,” Mr. Atkisson explains, with his
wife adding, “We were very close.
He was really a father to me and I
was a daughter to him. He loved
his sports, especially the Red Sox,
Vinny Animal Welfare Fund (2009)
for humane treatment and protection of
animals
Alice Viola Fund (1998)
Vogel, Califano, Dimase,
Iannuccilli Fund (2001)
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Anne and Michael
Szostak Fund
From left to right: Brooke, Michael,
Anne, and Kate
Even before their days at Colby
College in Maine in the early
1970s, when they were named
woman and man of the junior
class, Anne and Mike Szostak were
active participants in their
communities, understanding the
value of giving back. Establishing
this fund at the Foundation is one
of many expressions of their
longstanding leadership and
philanthropy.
A graduate of Warwick Vets,
Rhode Island. She was also the
first woman to chair the Boys and
Girls Club of America, an
organization she has been
associated with since 1996 and
which she continues to serve as
chair emerita.
Mike, a veteran sports writer for
the Providence Journal whose
Rhode Island career began at the
Woonsocket Call, discovered a
passion for journalism during his
senior year at Colby, as a radio
announcer in Waterville, Maine. He
also points out that due to Anne’s
banking career he held the unusual
distinction of “first male spouse”
on numerous occasions.
For both Szostaks, who now
reside on Providence’s East Side,
family has always been at the
center of their lives. Even with two
demanding careers, Mike points
out, “We put our daughters first
and we juggled schedules to meet
their needs. There was generally
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Nondas Hurst Voll Fund (2006)
Irene Vose Fund (2006)
M. Martha Walsh Fund (1997)
for the Fund for Community Progress
for Central Baptist Church of Westerly,
Town of Westerly, and Westerly Hospital
for scholarships to provide personal
growth through special projects
Wadleigh Family Fund (2005)
Alice Ward Fund (1991)
Waite-Menson Fund (2007)
for St. Andrew’s School and St. Mary’s
Home for Children
Volunteer Services for Animals
Humane Education Fund (2007)
to support the organization's humane
education programs
Volunteer Services for AnimalsWarwick-Humane Education Fund
(2008)
for the Warwick chapter's humane
education programs
Mattie A. Walcott Fund (1999)
for East Smithfield and Greenville public
libraries
John and Mary Wall Fund for
Grace Church (1990)
for Grace Church, Providence
★ Volunteer Services for AnimalsWarwick-Spay/Neuter Fund (2009)
for the Warwick Chapter's Spay/Neuter
Fund
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Anne, a Foundation director since
2006, began her involvement in
civic activities early, as president of
many clubs and a volunteer Candy
Striper. Mike, raised in Methuen,
MA, the oldest of eight children,
notes that community service was
also part of the fabric of his
upbringing, and recalls
spearheading holiday food
collection drives as a youngster.
A trailblazer whose professional
and volunteer career have been
characterized by “firsts,” Anne, who
started as a personnel trainee in
Shepard’s & Gladding’s
department store, where she also
modeled, was, as Mike points out
proudly, the first woman to be
appointed to every position she
held during her 31-year career at
Fleet/Boston Financial Group (now
Bank of America), including
president of Fleet Bank of Maine,
and president, chairman and chief
executive officer of Fleet Bank
John and Mary Wall Fund for the
United Way (1985)
Alice Ward Fund (1993)
to the Alice Ward Scholarship Fund, the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Shriners
Hospitals for Crippled Children
Julia P. Ward Fund (1966)
Marjorie A. Ward Fund (2005)
to aid nonprofit organizations on
Aquidneck Island
for the United Way of Rhode Island
Frederick & Rosamond
vonSteinwehr Fund (1998)
Kevin B. Walsh Memorial
Scholarship Fund (2005)
Evelyn Pierce Vories Fund (1983)
for scholarships to Westerly High School
graduates attending URI
for support of the Hattie Ide Chaffee
Home and Sophia Little Home
Lily Walsh Fund (2001)
Harriet P. and Isabella M.
Wardwell Fund (1942)
for services to Bristol
Harriet P. and Isabella M.
Wardwell Fund (1942)
for the Bristol Female Charitable Society
always a parent at home. And when
we couldn’t be there, our families
were terrifically supportive.”
Their philanthropic interests are
varied but children and young
people are at the top of the list.
Anne’s involvement on a national
level with the Boys and Girls Club
of America and Mike’s leadership
of Providence’s Sophia Academy as
chair of its board of directors, are
just two examples of their
dedication. They also share a
commitment to women’s health,
having just led, together, the
successful Onward Campaign for
Women & Infants Hospital that
raised an unprecedented $23
million for an expansion that
includes state of the art neonatal
and antenatal units. Nature
conservancy and historic
preservation and conservation also
figure prominently in the couple’s
interests. In fact, Mike will be the
next chairman of the board of
for Slater Mill Historic Site
Lucy M. Warren Fund (1947)
for the Tockwotton Home
Robert W. Warren Fund (1989)
for the Tockwotton Home
Warwick Public Library
Endowment Fund (1999)
to purchase books
Water Works 4 Women Fund (2002)
for the Women & Infants Development
Foundation for breast cancer research
Martha W. Watt Fund (1973)
Hans C. and Anna Weimar Fund
(1995)
Phil West Spirit of Common Cause
Rhode Island Fund (2006)
for the First Unitarian Church of
Providence, Hospice Care of RI, and the
Salvation Army
for the organization
Dawn, Gregg, and Leland
Weingeroff Animal Fund (2005)
Westerly Cancer Fund (2006)
for the Westerly Hospital Cancer
Committee
for the humane treatment of animals
Westerly Education Endowment
Fund (2001)
Howard S. and Elaine S. Weiss
Fund (1991)
to support public school related
educational programs, activities, and
services in Westerly
Herbert J. Wells Fund (1970)
Harold B. Werner Scholarship
Fund (2009)
Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Fund
(1992)
support of the Auxiliary scholarship fund
Webb Moscovitch Family Fund
(2005)
to Rogers High School, Newport for boys
and girls who are black and graduate from
Rogers High School
Genevieve C. Weeks Fund (2002)
Harold B. Werner Fund (2008)
for a scholarship from the school
Genevieve C. Weeks Fund for the
United Way (2002)
for charitable and education purposes in
Newport County
Westminster Senior Center Fund
(1994)
for the United Way
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Simon W. Wardwell Fund (1978)
trustees of historic Blithewold, one
of the Szostak’s favorite spots in
Bristol, where they also have a
home.
The Szostaks were clear about
their reason for establishing a
donor advised fund at the
Foundation. “You can count on the
Foundation through thick and thin,”
notes Anne. “This is a place with a
legacy and a history that inspire
confidence.” Anne and Mike hope
that their daughters, Brooke and
Kate, who are already engaged in
the family’s active philanthropy and
community service, will become
involved in the fund.
While she has never been a big
sports fan, it is Anne who
concludes, “We are both team
oriented. Our family unit is a team
and we approach our community
involvement as a team. That’s the
only way we could make it work.”
And make it work they have, to
the great benefit of our state.
Westerly Lions Club Scholarship
Fund (2005)
for the center
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Volunteer Services for
Animals – Warwick
Spay/Neuter Fund
“Your cat will love you for it!”
states a poster promoting
Volunteer Services for Animals’ low
cost spay or neuter program,
further noting, “Not only is it good
for your cat, it’s the law! In Rhode
Island, cats six months of age or
older must be spayed or neutered.”
Despite the law, overpopulation
of companion animals is “a
perpetual problem,” according to
Lesley Doonan, chapter
coordinator, Volunteer Services for
Animals (VSA) – Warwick, and
Joanne Rongo, treasurer of the
Warwick chapter and vice chair and
treasurer of the statewide board.
In an effort to help alleviate the
problem, the Warwick chapter has
established this organizational
endowment, its third at the
Foundation, with the first two
benefitting humane education at
the statewide and Warwick levels,
respectively. Ms. Doonan explains,
“We needed to promote the
awareness program to teach
people, especially children, about
decency and compassion toward
animals. The Warwick chapter has
been advocating for animals for 25
years and has poured hundreds of
thousands of dollars into spay and
neuter. We’ve accomplished so
much and have saved many lives,
but we haven’t stopped the
overpopulation problem.”
Among the Warwick chapter’s
accomplishments are its
successful legislative work that
requires animals coming out of
shelters to be spayed or neutered
within six months, its support of a
referendum for a new animal
shelter in Warwick, and its humane
education programs.
Ms. Doonan and Ms. Rongo
state that a low-cost spay or neuter
for a cat, along with rabies and
distemper shots and tests for
feline leukemia and AIDS, might be
under $100 at a low cost clinic,
but that $300 or more is common;
a dog can be twice that amount
“We contribute toward the costs
for people who can’t afford to
pay,” Ms. Rongo explains, adding,
“We’re a hard-working grassroots
organization, but I’ve always been
concerned that VSA will not be able
to continue to do its good work
without a permanent source of
funding. We’ve chosen to invest in
these endowments at the
Foundation to provide that ongoing
support.”
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Westminster Unitarian Church
Fund (1998)
Whitehall Museum House
Endowment Fund (2000)
Women Ending Hunger Fund
(2006)
for the church
for the House
Wexler Family Fund in Memory
of Edmund, William, Rose, &
Benjamin Wexler (1980)
Wilbur Fund (1984)
for the RI Community Food Bank's
initiative
for 11 organizations
to benefit inhabitants of Little Compton
Mary E. Wilcox Fund (2007)
Virginia A. Wilcox Fund (1990)
Women’s Advertising Club of Rhode
Island Fund (1994)
for scholarships in related field
Wildlife Conservation Fund (1966)
Women’s Fund of Rhode Island
(2000)
for URI for training to aid the terminally ill
for preservation of wildlife and natural
areas
for the organization
Erskine N. White, Jr. and Eileen L.
White Fund (1995)
Leonarda S. Winiarski Fund (2005)
★ Helen Wood Memorial Fund for
Langworthy Public Library (2009)
Miriam Weyker Thanatological
Fund (1989)
for education for disadvantaged young
people
Maureen A. and Christopher D.
White Memorial Fund (2001)
Whitehall Museum House Capital
Expenditure Fund (2000)
for 10 organizations
Gertrude L. Wolf Class of 1902
Fund (1987)
for Brown University Medical School for
cancer research
Ruth and W. Irving Wolf, Jr. Family
Fund (2005)
for the purchase of new works of fiction
Michael J. Woods Fund (2009)
Mrs. Kenneth F. Wood Fund (1935)
Woodcock Charitable Fund (2000)
Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1946)
Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1946)
for health care organizations engaged in
caring for incurables
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Helen Wood Memorial
Fund for Langworthy
Public Library
For more than 80 years, public
libraries played a vital role in the
life of Helen Wood. “It seemed natural when thinking about how to
honor the memory of my mother to
focus on the library,” explains Ed
Wood.
Helen Wood was born in 1915 in
Chafeys Lock, Ontario, where her
father was the grain miller at the
lock on the Rideau Canal. The family moved to Kingston, Ontario, and
it was there that Helen met her
future husband, Angus R. Wood.
James A. Young Fund (1974)
to send low income women to law school
for the E. Providence Boys Club and the
Loyalty Chapter of DeMolay of Riverside
John J. and Eleanor Q. Wrenn
Memorial Fund (2001)
Jason Ellis Young Memorial Fund
(2008)
Kit Wright Fund for Jamestown
(1979)
Mary A. Young Fund (1990)
for the betterment of the residents of
Jamestown
Mary A. Young Cancer Fund (2005)
Ora E. Wry Fund (2007)
Harrison Yaghjian Fund (2000)
for the Newman Congregational Church in
Rumford
Harry Yaghjian Trust Fund (1997)
for the Tockwotten Home
for cancer research or the care of cancer
patients
Sergeant Cornel Young Jr.
Scholarship Fund (2000)
Rhode Island to be near Ed and his
wife Linda. “She fell in love with
Langworthy Library in (Hope Valley),
although they often seemed unable
to keep her supplied with recently
published (fiction) books she had
not previously read. We used to
suggest that we take her occasionally to the Westerly Library that has
a much larger collection. She
always replied, ‘I love my little
library and I am never going anywhere else.’”
Mrs. Wood died last December
at age 94. As “a fitting tribute to
this remarkable woman,” Ed and
Linda established this memorial
fund to enable the Langworthy
Public Library to purchase new
works of fiction.
Coleman B. Zimmerman Memorial
Fund (1993)
Zitella Gallo Fund (2003)
Kimberly and John
Zwetchkenbaum Family Fund
(2007)
Endowment Funds List 2009, Continued
Marilynne Graboys Wool
Scholarship Fund (2000)
Following their marriage, the couple
moved to his hometown of Sault
Ste. Marie in northern Ontario. He
worked for the Canadian government for many years, with his work
taking them to Ottawa, Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, and
London, Ontario. The family – which
had grown to include Ed and his
older brother – immigrated to the
U.S. in 1954.
“My mother was ‘of her times’
and although quite intelligent and
widely read, never admitted to having any desire to be anything but a
mother and housewife. I always
remember her being passionate
about reading. She taught both my
brother and me to also be great
readers, and there was scarcely a
week during our entire childhood
when we did not visit a library
wherever we were and pick out
enough books to last for a week,”
Mr. Wood shares.
In 2002, Mrs. Wood moved to
for scholarships for students from certain
Providence schools
for Blackstone Valley Chapter, RI
Association for Retarded Citizens
YWCA of Northern Rhode Island
Endowment Fund (1990)
Dr. James J. Yashar Charitable
Family Fund (2007)
for the YWCA
Judge Marjorie Yashar Charitable
Fund (2008)
Jonathan Marc Zimmering
Memorial Fund (1989)
Laura Mason Zeisler Fund (1997)
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Barbara Cobb
Madelyn Collins
The 1916 Society
of The Rhode Island
Foundation
Reverend and Mrs. Thomas Conboy, Jr.
Robert B. and Ann F. Conner
Sheila Cooley, Esq. and
Mark J. Fagan, MD *
John Corbishley
Michael and Kelly Cummings
Anthony and Christine D’Acchioli
Commemorating the year of
the Foundation’s founding,
The 1916 Society honors
more then 250 individuals,
families, and others who
have told us of their plans to
Christine E. Dahlin
leave a legacy through the
Foundation in the future.
James DeRentis
Peter S. and Anne Damon
Sophie F. Danforth
John C. Davis
Gloria E. Del Papa
Anthony and Grace Del Vecchio
Charles Denby II, M.D. *
John G. and Elizabeth A. De Primo
David and Elaine DeSousa
Giampiero and Leslie P. DiManna
Dr. Dorothy F. Donnelly, Ph.D.
Kenneth J. Dorney
Maura Dowling
David A. Duffy
1916 Society Members
Susan Marsh Blackburn
Wayne K. and Bernice C. Durfee
If you are not a member of
The 1916 Society, but have
arranged to establish or add
to an existing endowment in the
future, we hope you will join, too.
Raymond and Brenda Bolster, II
John L. Dyer
Robert E. and Ann M. Borah
Violet Eklof
Karen S. Borger
Catherine English
Mrs. Sandra C. Bristol-Irvine
Sanford M. and Beverly A. Fern
Jane Ann Brown
Robert M. Fitton
Jeffrey A. Brown and
Barbara Horovitz Brown
Robert H. Forrest
William and Amabel Allen
Patty and Melvin Alperin
Joseph N. Brown
Mary Frappier
Judith L. Anderson and Marcia Blair *
Steve J. Caminis
Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Freeman
Noreen Andreoli
Paul C. and Patricia B. Carlson
Fredric C. Friedman, Ed.D. *
Peri Ann Aptaker and
Robert A. Lieberman
Richard F. Carolan
Thomas E. Furey *
Annette R. Carpenter
Ronald V. and Andrea M. Gallo
Kimberly Charbonneau
Arlene Golden Gilbert
Samuel and Esther Chester
Richard J. Gladney
Edith G. Chisholm
Dennis Glass and Tanya Trinkaus Glass
Paul and Elizabeth Choquette
Howard P. and Nancy Fisher Chudacoff
Richard M.C. Glenn III and
Mary Goodyear Glenn
Mayor David N. Cicilline
Lola Goldberg
Marcia Clayton and William A. Maloney
Carol Golden and Stuart Einhorn
John W. and Lillian Clegg
Lillian Golden
Sidney Clifford Jr.
Eleanor J. Goldstein
Anonymous (45)
Barbara and Doug Ashby
Hugh D. Auchincloss, III
James and Karin Aukerman
George and Petrina Babcock
Marilyn Baker
The 1916 Society
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Robert L.G. and Ruth L. Batchelor
Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Baxt
Milton C. and Julia Bickford
F. Steele Blackall, III
Harold M. Foster
Donna Marie Goodrich
Bhikhaji M. Maneckji
Barbara A. Rosen *
Geoffrey Gordon
Barbara Margolis
Geraldine J. Roszkowski
Joya Weld Granbery-Hoyt
Alita C. Marks
Deborah Ruggiero
Frederick R. Griffiths
Deborah J. Marro
Sanford and Marian Sachs
Mary Grinavic
David McCahan, Jr.
Albert M. and Ilse I. Schaler
Helen E. and Stanley H. Grossman
Norman E. and Dorothy R. McCulloch
Barry and Elizabeth Schiller
Hope R. Gustafson
Linda McGoldrick *
Norma Jean Schmieding
Kathleen Hagan
Kathleen McKeough
Paul and Barbara Schurman
John E. and Janet S. Hall
Michael E. and Mary Schwartz
Ralph E. Hanson
William Lynn McKinney and
Ronald D. Margolin
David F. Haskell and Karen R. Haskell
Gladys Miller
Edwin F. and Martha Sherman, Jr.
Karin Hebb
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Milot
Cheryl Silva-Feeney
Larry J. Hirsch
Heidi Keller Moon
Kathleen A. Simons
Phyllis M. Huston
Mary Morello
George and M. Patricia Sisson
David C. Isenberg
Elizabeth T. Mullaney
Mary Ann Sorrentino *
Elaine Jacques
Ruth K. Mullen
Lillian Sparfven
C. Peter Jencks
Arthur Murphy *
James L. Spears
Nancy W. Jencks
Jane S. Nelson
Dennis E. Stark
Mary M. Jennings
Joan M. O’Connor
Ford and Elaine Jewer *
Judith Oliveira
Linda A. Steere and
Edward R. DiLuglio*
Carl G. and Kathryn A. Johnson
Ruth Oppenheim
Neil Steinberg and Eugenia Shao *
V. Rolf Johnson
Robert and Lidia Oster *
Walter R. Stone
Constance B.E. and Richard B. Jordan
Anne N. Ott
William J. and Judith D. Struck
Kevin E. Jordan, Ph.D.
Joseph W. Pailthorpe *
Peter A. and Janice W. Sullivan
Simone P. Joyaux and Tom Ahern
Elizabeth S. Palter, Ph.D.
James K. Sunshine
John V. Kean
Thomas G. and Mary E. Parris
Meredith P. Swan and Kinnaird Howland
Stephanie Tower Keating
Billy L. and June O. Patton
Clinton M. Tompkinson
Lester B. and Linda D. Keats
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Perry, Jr.
Christine Townsend
Frederick S. Kenney
W. E. Phillips
Doris M. Tucker
Harold J. Kushner
Ann O. Picchione
Louis J. Van Orden
Arthur and Eva Landy
Wells M. Pile and Marguerite Ofria Pile
Doctor Domenic A. Vavala
James R. Langevin
Richard and Patricia Plotkin
Alice Viola
Sally Lapides
Garry and Virginia Plunkett *
Ralph C. and Joyce L. Vossler
Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Laurans
Mary Ann Podolak
John W. and Mary S. Wall
Patricia Lawlor, Ph.D.
Loretta R. and Lawrence Poole, Sr.
Howard S. and Elaine S. Weiss
Margaret Goddard Leeson
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred K. Potter, II
Edward Whelan
Barbara M. Leonard
Lombard John Pozzi *
Virginia A. Wilcox
Dorothy Leonard *
Donna-Jean Rainville
Margaret H. Williamson
Stephen V. and Bettina H. Letcher
Cynthia and Walter Reed
Winthrop B. Wilson
The Honorable George S. Lima *
Frances Waterhouse Richmond
Edith B. Wislocki
Stanley and Martha Livingston
Derwent Jean Riding *
Kenneth and Dorothy Woodcock
Carolyn G. Longolucco
Marcia S. Riesman
Peter and Patricia Young *
Dr. Deirdre V. Lovecky
James R. Risko *
Laura Mason Zeisler
William and Susan Macy
Frederick and June Rockefeller *
Professor Stanley Zimmering *
William and Mary Ann Makepeace
Pablo and Diane Rodriguez
* Denotes new member
The 1916 Society, continued
Herman H. Rose
Dr. and Mrs. Sarkis M. Shaghalian
89
6.8%
10%
10%
20.5%
43.3%
10%
29.4%
Total Grants by Fund Type
he Foundation’s
goal remains
constant: to
increase our
investments in the community
to meet the needs of the
people of Rhode Island,
and to inspire additional
philanthropy throughout our
state – not to raise dollars
for the sake of boasting a
large endowment.
T
2009 Financials
90
The Rhode Island Foundation
employs long-term investment
strategies and sound financial
principles to ensure not only that the
philanthropic contributions entrusted
to us last forever but also that we
make available the maximum dollars
possible for grantmaking.
A committee of Foundation directors
and community members with expertise
in the field governs our investments.
In addition to its chief financial officer,
the Foundation utilizes an outside
investment consultant. The
Foundation’s asset allocations are
diversified (see chart, this page) and
we set high performance standards
for our investment managers. During
the past decade, the Foundation has
increased the proportion of equity
investments and has expanded its
portfolio to include emerging markets,
alternative investments, and global
fixed income assets. In a strategic
move by the investment committee,
55%
15%
2009
Financials
Target Allocation
Asset
Discretionary . . . . . . . . $11,938,433
Designated . . . . . . . . . . . 8,110,249
Donor Advised . . . . . . . . . 5,650,208
Supporting Orgs . . . . . . . .1,889,723
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,588,613 *
Global Public Equity . . . . . . . . . . 55%
Global Private Equity . . . . . . . . . 10%
Flexible Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Real Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Fixed Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10%
1.7%
5.0%
2.5%
8.0%
10.5%
4.9%
20.2%
28.3%
8.0%
21.0%
15.5%
26.2%
18.0%
19.2%
5.5%
Total Grantmaking by Sector
Arts & Culture . . . . . . . . $2,908,371
Animal Welfare . . . . . . . . . . 689,955
Community & Economic
Development . . . . . . . . . . 2,211,290
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819,811
Environment . . . . . . . . . . .1,517,103
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,298,941
Human Services . . . . . . . 7,786,420
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,356,722
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,588,613 *
5.4%
Foundation-Directed
Grantmaking by Sector
Arts & Culture . . . . . . . . . $949,191
Animal Welfare . . . . . . . . . . 586,145
Community & Economic
Development . . . . . . . . . . 1,847,588
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,157,092
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . .647,877
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128,486
Human Services . . . . . . . 2,415,064
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,990
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,938,433
*Includes organizational endowment grants
real asset allocation increased by five
percent in 2009.
The Foundation is committed to a
“total return” investment philosophy,
including a 5.9% spending limit, to
ensure that our endowment grows
in perpetuity. Any investment return
earned over the spending limit is
added to principal, thus increasing
the size of the endowment to combat
inflation and overcome cyclical down
markets. In 2009, we were pleased to
see our investment performance climb
over 20%, and our endowment once
again top the half-billion mark. We
are also proud of our 15-year annual
investment return of 8.8 percent.
Our investment strategy is designed
to garner results in keeping with our
overarching goals: increasing our
investments in the community and
boosting overall philanthropy throughout
Rhode Island. We also are committed
to carefully managing our operating
expenses, again with the goal of
maximizing our investments in Rhode
Island. We are delighted to report that
thanks to these strategies and to our
16-quarter trailing average policy we
were able to distribute more than $27
million in the community in 2009 – a
record breaking grantmaking number.
Charts on this page illustrate 2009
grants by fund type and by sector.
Selected Financial Information
Years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. 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 2009
2008
ASSETS
Cash
Accrued investment income receivable
Investments, at fair value
Other assets
Other receivables
Fixed assets
Promissory notes receivable
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Grants payable
Charitable trusts
Liability for funds held as agency endowments
TOTAL LIABILITIES
$
805,265
731,830
476,612,637
12,787,118
18,818,604
5,084,996
8,660,113
$523,500,563
$
838,494
3,144,411
6,065,555
21,826,653
$
613,745
785,530
409,010,443
11,362,392
17,636,562
5,336,599
10,719,542
$455,464,813
$
1,002,119
2,574,674
5,533,617
17,842,074
26,952,484
491,625,450
428,512,329
$523,500,563
$455,464,813
UNAUDITED 2009
2008
$31,752,324
2,403,420
756,711
$32,056,692
2,364,892
2,805,214
34,912,455
37,226,798
26,580,037
6,695,201
26,038,529
6,432,837
33,275,238
32,471,366
1,637,217
4,755,432
6,241,602
53,721,814
1,718,514
(206,026)
38,629,514
(181,720,831)
(8,101,423)
(119,610)
TOTAL NON-OPERATING REVENUES
61,475,904
(151,312,350)
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
63,113,121
(146,556,918)
428,512,329
575,069,247
$491,625,450
$428,512,329
NET ASSETS
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES
OPERATING REVENUES
Spending rate and grant income distributions
Royalties and other income
Contributions for current use
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES
OPERATING EXPENSES
Net grants appropriated
Expenses related to administration, depreciation, and other
TOTAL OPERATING GRANTS AND EXPENSES
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
NON-OPERATING REVENUES
Contributions for long-term investment
Reinvested investment income and gains
Change in value of investments held in trust
Discount on promissory note receivable
Net assets released from restrictions
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
2009 Financials
31,875,113
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Board of
Directors
Thirteen community
leaders direct the
Foundation; each may
serve up to two five-year
terms.
DAVID M.
HIRSCH,
Chairman
Chairman since
January 2009;
elected by the board
of directors in 2003
David Hirsch brings both substantial financial
acumen and leadership in civic affairs to the
Foundation, where he has served on the board
of directors since 2003 and as chairman since
2009. David held key positions in the wire and
cable industry before joining Pawtucket
Fasteners LLC, where he has been President
and CEO since 1972. He is past associate
chairman of the National Fastener Distributors
Association. A trustee of his alma mater,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, chairman of
both its advancement and governance committees, and former national chairman of its annual fund, David also is active in Rhode Island
philanthropy. He is past chairman of the Miriam
Hospital Foundation and served as co-chairman
of the Wheeler School Centennial Fund. He also
is past trustee of National Conference for
Community & Justice (now Rhode Island for
Community & Justice). David’s involvement in
Jewish philanthropy is considerable: as past
president and campaign chairman of the Jewish
Federation of Rhode Island, as past vice president of the state’s Jewish Community Center,
and as past national vice-chairman of the
United Jewish Appeal. David is a director of
Citizens Bank of Rhode Island and Connecticut
and a member of the Providence Police
Advisory Board. In addition to his bachelor in
electrical engineering from Rensselaer, he
holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
LORNE
ADRAIN
Board of Directors
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Elected by the board
of directors in 2009
Lorne Adrain is
founder of National
Neighborhood Day
and cofounder of both Citizens for a Better
Providence and Social Venture Partners of Rhode
Island (SVPRI). Author of four books, including
The Most Important Thing I Know (royalties from
all of his books are donated to charities through
three endowments at the Foundation, where he
holds five named funds), he is past chairman of
the Rhode Island Special Olympics and of the
University of Rhode Island (URI) Alumni
Association. Lorne is a member of the URI
College of Business Advisory Council, and serves
on the boards of the Harvard Business School
Alumni Association, Big Picture Learning, and the
Business Innovation Factory. After receiving his
M.B.A. from Harvard in 1983, Lorne worked on
several entrepreneurial ventures before
establishing a financial services practice in
Providence in affiliation with Northwestern
Mutual Life, which honored him in 1998 with its
Community Service Award as the nation’s Most
Exceptional Volunteer. Lorne received the
Foundation’s “Inspiring Partner” award in 2005
and was the 2007 recipient of Leadership Rhode
Island’s David E. Sweet Leadership Award.
FREDERICK K.
BUTLER
Elected by the board
of directors in 2008
Frederick Butler was vice
president business
ethics and corporate secretary of Textron. A native of Erie, PA, he began at
Textron in 1980 and served in various legal and
executive positions. In 1997 he was named vice
president and secretary, a position he held until
his retirement in December 2009. He holds his
bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his
J.D. from Harvard Law School. Chairman of the
Providence Foundation and president of the board
of trustees of the innovative arts organization
FirstWorks, Fred, a noted civic leader in the state,
also is a member of the board of directors of the
United Way of Rhode Island. Fred is a commissioner of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission
and trustee of Salve Regina University. He serves
as Foundation secretary and chairs the
Foundation’s development committee.
STEPHANIE
DANFORTH
CHAFEE
Elected by the board
of directors in 2008
Currently on leave of
absence
Stephanie Chafee founded the Rhode Island Free
Clinic in South Providence, which provides primary
and preventative medical care to uninsured
individuals. She is co-founder of Women Ending
Hunger, which partners with the Rhode Island
Community Food Bank to find innovative ways to
alleviate hunger. One of the first registered
nurses in Rhode Island to administer exclusively
to people infected with HIV/AIDS through the
Brown University AIDS program in the late 1980s,
Stephanie also advocated for people with AIDS
through her affiliation with Sunrise House, which
provides individuals infected with AIDS a
permanent home. She has served on the boards
of Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, and the
Rhode Island Zoological Society. Stephanie
earned her B.S. in nursing from Boston University
and her M.B.A with a concentration in health care
management from the University of Connecticut.
She holds an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
from the University of Rhode Island.
CYNTHIA
GARCÍA COLL,
PH.D.
Elected by the board
of directors in 2003
Cynthia García Coll
successfully combines a
career of both academics and activism. A
professor of education, psychology, and
pediatrics at Brown University, her current
curriculum vitae boasts more than 30 pages of
publications, presentations, and grants in her
chosen fields. She is the editor of
Developmental Psychology, a major journal in
her field. Cynthia's current scholarship focuses
on the immigrant paradox as it is evidenced in
US immigrant groups. She is working to
uncover the contextual characteristics and
processes that support (or undermine) physical
and mental health, educational, and behavioral
outcomes of first, second, and third generation
youth. Cynthia is a recipient of Progreso
Latino's Leadership in Health Award and in
2007 was named one of the top 100 most
influential Latinos in the US by Hispanic
Business. In 2009 she was the recipient of a
lifetime contribution award from the Society for
Research in Child Development. Cynthia is
primary author of Immigrant Stories: Ethnicity
and Academics in Middle Childhood, published
in 2009 by Oxford University Press.
PETER S.
DAMON
Elected by the board
of directors in 2001
Peter Damon, past
president and a current
director of BankNewport
and Ocean Point Financial Partners, also is a
trustee of the Preservation Society of Newport
County and a director of The Damon Company.
Peter is a director of Andera, Inc. of Providence.
Previously, he served as chairman of Child &
Family and on the boards of Grow Smart Rhode
Island and of several other local community and
charitable organizations. Peter is a resident of
Middletown and attended Phillips Academy,
Amherst College, and Rutgers University’s
Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He chairs
the Foundation's investment committee and
serves on its development, audit, and
nominating and corporate governance
committees. He also serves on the advisory
board of the Newport County Fund.
PATRICIA J.
FLANAGAN, M.D.
Appointed by the
United Way of Rhode
Island in 2005
With a professional
focus on “the dynamics
of adolescent motherhood,” Dr. Flanagan is
director of the Teens with Tots Clinic at Hasbro
Children’s Hospital, which provides nursing,
social services, and medical services to 300
mothers age 16 and under and their babies, following their lives for up to five years. She is the
chief of clinical affairs for the department of
pediatrics at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and a
professor of pediatrics at Brown Medical School.
Born in Warwick, Dr. Flanagan earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her
doctor of medicine from the State University of
New York, Buffalo. She is active with the Healthy
Teen Network, serving as president from 2000
to 2003. Locally, her extensive community
involvement includes board membership of the
Rhode Island Medical Legal Partnership for
Children and helping found the Rhode Island
Teen Pregnancy Coalition.
THE HONORABLE
MAUREEN
MCKENNA
GOLDBERG
Appointed by the Chief
Justice of the Supreme
Court in 2003
Justice Goldberg has devoted virtually her entire
professional career to public service, having
served as a justice of the Superior and Supreme
Courts for almost twenty years. She joined the
Supreme Court in 1997, having been appointed
as a justice of the Superior Court in 1990 and
an assistant attorney general before that, interrupted only by practicing privately from 19851990. She is or has been co-chairwoman of the
Supreme Court Committee on the Future of the
Courts, the Law Day Committee, and chairwoman of the Supreme Court Indigent Defense
Task Force. Justice Goldberg was former member and chair of the board of trustees of her
alma mater, St. Mary Academy Bay View, and is
a member of the board of Phoenix Houses of
New England. She was named “Citizen of the
Year” by the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers
Association, and was the 2005 recipient of the
Ada Sawyer Award from the Rhode Island
Women’s Bar Association. Maureen chairs the
Foundation's audit committee.
THE HONORABLE
RONALD K.
MACHTLEY
Ronald K. Machtley
became the seventh
president of Bryant University in June 1996. He
is credited with having the vision to dramatically
improve Bryant University’s facilities, academic
CYNTHIA S.
REED
Elected by the board
of directors in 2007
Cynthia Reed is
president and chief
executive officer of LTR Holdings, LLC, a
privately-owned firm providing strategic consulting
services to new and established companies.
Previously, she was senior vice president and
general counsel of Hasbro, Inc., and earlier was
with Edwards Angell in Providence. She is an
angel investor and founding member of the
Cherrystone Angel Group in Providence. Cynthia
currently is a director of Delta Dental of Rhode
Island, the East-Side/Mount Hope YMCA, and
Women & Infants Hospital, where she is
secretary and chair of the compensation
committee. She is an adjunct faculty member in
Bryant University’s Legal Studies department.
Cynthia graduated from Wellesley College as a
Wellesley Scholar and is a member of
Wellesley’s Business Leadership Council. She
received her J.D. from Northeastern University
and is a member of the Rhode Island and
Massachusetts Bars. Cynthia chairs the
Foundation’s finance committee.
KEITH W.
STOKES
Appointed by the
governor of Rhode
Island in 2010
Keith Stokes is
executive director of the
Rhode Island Economic Development
Corporation. Previously, he served as executive
director of the Newport County Chamber of
Commerce. He serves on the boards of the
Preservation Society of Newport County, of
which he is a vice president; the Quonset
Development Corporation; the Business
Development Corporation of Rhode Island, and
the Touro Synagogue Foundation. He is an
overseer of Roger Williams University, vice chair
of the Newport Redevelopment Agency, and
serves as an advisor to the National Trust for
Historic Preservation. Keith earned an
undergraduate degree from Cornell University
and a master’s degree from the University of
Chicago. He has received numerous honors and
awards, including the United States Small
Business Administration Rhode Island Small
Business Advocate for 1997, the Rhode Island
Council for the Humanities Creative
Achievement in the Humanities Award, Rhode
Island for Community & Justice Community &
Justice Award, and the Omni Development
Corporation Affordable Housing Community
Development & Preservation Award.
M. ANNE
SZOSTAK
Elected by the board
of directors in 2006
Anne Szostak, president
and CEO of Szostak
Partners, LLC, is a
management consultant and executive coach
who advises senior leaders on governance,
talent, and succession issues. Prior to founding
her own company, Anne spent 31 years with
Fleet/Boston Financial Group (now Bank of
America) before retiring in 2004 as a corporate
executive vice president. Among the highlights
of her banking career were terms as chairman,
chief executive officer, and president of Fleet
Bank Rhode Island and Fleet Bank of Maine.
Currently, she is a trustee and the immediate
past chairman of the board of Women &
Infants Hospital in Rhode Island, and is
chairman emeritus and governor of the Boys
and Girls Clubs of America. Additionally, she
serves on the boards of publicly held and
privately owned companies. Anne grew up in
Rhode Island and graduated from Colby College
in Maine. She is the recipient of many awards
and five honorary degrees. She and her
husband, Michael, live in Providence.
NEIL D.
STEINBERG,
President & Chief
Executive Officer
Ex-officio
Neil, appointed as the
Foundation’s fourth
president and chief executive officer in May
2008, came to the Foundation from Brown
University, his alma mater, where he served for
four years as vice president of development and
director of the most successful fundraising
campaign in the University’s history. For three
decades prior to joining Brown, Neil worked for
FleetBoston Financial, where he rose to the
position of chairman and chief executive officer
of Fleet Bank Rhode Island. A community leader
who has frequently answered the call to service,
Neil is on the executive committee of the Rhode
Island Commodores and the advisory board of
the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
He also serves as a director of the Providence
Foundation. He is a former director of the Rhode
Island Public Expenditure Council, the
Providence Performing Arts Center, and the
Urban League, and is a former member of the
advisory committee of United Way of Rhode
Island. Neil was named Hispanic American
Chamber of Commerce Corporate Leader of the
Year in 2004, and was inducted into the Brown
University Hall of Fame in 2007.
Board of Directors
Elected by the board
of directors in 2007
programs, residential campus life, and technology, resulting in its becoming a university in
August 2004. President Machtley, a recognized
community and business leader, is president of
the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and
sits on several corporate and nonprofit boards. A
graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he served
on active duty in the U.S. Navy and retired as a
captain from the U.S. Naval Reserves in 1995
after 25 years of service. President Machtley,
who earned his law degree from Suffolk
University, was a United States Congressman for
Rhode Island from 1988 to 1995. He has been
married to Kati Machtley for 39 years. He chairs
the Foundation's nominating and corporate governance committee.
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Volunteer
Advisors
300 Rhode Islanders served on
Foundation committees to help
guide our governance,
investment and grantmaking
decisions. We deeply appreciate
their expertise and dedication.
Richard J. Gladney, chair
James V. Aukerman
Mary F. Bernard
Leon Boghossian
Joanne M. Daly
W. Robert Kalander, Jr.
John Leary
Lillian Magee Lloyd
William A. Maloney
Joseph R. Marion, III
Jason P. Marshall
Stephen O'Neill
Robert D. Oster
Jean Saylor
David J. Syner
Robert J. Tingle, Jr.
Robert E. Victor
BPI Steering
Committee
Hon. Edward Clifton,
co-chair
Linda Newton, co-chair
The following is a list of
board committees and
advisory groups for
Foundation initiatives:
Audit Committee
Hon. Maureen McKenna
Goldberg, chair
Peter S. Damon
David M. Hirsch, ex-officio
Neil D. Steinberg,
ex-officio
Finance Committee
Cynthia S. Reed, chair
Lorne A. Adrain
Meredith Curren
Peter S. Damon
Mary W.C. Daly
Kenneth N. Kermes
David M. Hirsch, ex-officio
Neil D. Steinberg, ex-officio
Investment Committee
Volunteer Advisors
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Peter S. Damon, chair
Lorne A. Adrain
Frederick K. Butler
Jerrold Dorfman
Charles P. Lee
Mary Lovejoy
Nancy Mayer
Donald Quattrucci
David M. Hirsch, ex-officio
Neil D. Steinberg, ex-officio
Development Committee
Frederick K. Butler, chair
Noreen Andreoli
Karin Aukerman
Gilbert Conover
Peter S. Damon
Mark E. Felag
Patricia J. Flanagan, MD
Linda McGoldrick
Alfred K. Potter, II
Anne F. Sage
Phoebe Salten
Eric R. C. Smith
Walter R. Stone
David M. Hirsch, ex-officio
Neil D. Steinberg,
ex-officio
Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Committee
Hon. Ronald K. Machtley,
chair
Peter S. Damon
Frederick K. Butler
David M. Hirsch, ex-officio
Neil D. Steinberg, ex-officio
Professional Advisory
Council
Reviews and recommends
policies and outreach to the
state’s professional, legal,
and financial advisors
BPI Campaign
Leadership
George Graboys,
honorary chair
Linda Newton, co-chair
Walter R. Stone, co-chair
BPI Campaign
Committee Members
Manny Barrows
Frederick Butler
Steven Craddock
Antonio DaSilva
Jason Fowler
Armeather Gibbs
Melisa Husband
Gertrude Jones
Beverly Ledbetter
Darren Lopes
Keith Stokes
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
Michael Grabo
Carlos Hernandez
Martha Holt
Janet Isserlis
Barbara Margolis
Angela Mazaris
Ted Ngo
Daniel Scott, III
Maria Tocco
Equity Action
Campaign Committee
Hon. David Cicilline,
honorary chair
Sally Lapides, chair
Guy Abelson
Phyllis Arffa
Mark Collolly
Curt Columbus
Donna D’Aloia
Edythe M. De Marco
Jim DeRentis
Joyce Dolbec
Christine Edmonds
Renee Evangelista
Michael Evora
Jim Fortier
Hon. Gordon D. Fox
Ann-Marie Harrington
Stephen Hourahan
Lise Iwon
Peg Langhammer
W. Lynn McKinney
Nancy Markham
Hon. Edwin Pacheco
Louis Raymond
Hon. Elizabeth Roberts
Marc Streisand
Susan Symonds
Joe Wilson, Jr.
Alex Zima
Newport County Fund
Advisory Committee
James Wright, chair
Cheryl L. Abney
Abigail Brooks
Peter S. Damon
Elizabeth Finn
June Gibbs
David S. Gordon
Katherine Irving
Mary C. Johnstone
William F. Lucey, III
Leland R. Merrill, Jr.
Emily Murphy
Arthur Sampson
William E. West
We are grateful to these volunteers, who served the Foundation as advisors on scholarship and other
committee advised funds.
Michael Doyle
Gail Dromgoole
Benjamin Edwards
Marilyn Edwards
Robert Edwards, Jr.
Anne Ejnes
Betty Faella
Gloria Fairbanks
Anthony Ferraro
Timothy Flanigan
Mary Flynn
Francyne Fontaine
Scott Fowler
Rupert Friday
Betty Jane Fusco
Lewis Gaffett
Nat Gaffett
Victor Gaspar
Marie Ghazal
Betty Gilbert
Lori Greenleaf
David Gregg
Margot Grosvenor
Denise Guernon
Robert Guernon
Joan Haas
Lois Hamblet
Leonard Hanson
H. Dennis Heinz
Shirley Hersey
Robert Hicks
Robert Hoffman
Cathy Holmstrom
Roberta Hopkins
John Jacobsen
Theodore Jakubowski
Deborah Johnson
Tony Johnson
Victoria Johnson
Beverly Kenney
Kenneth Kermes
Daniel King
Judy King
Albert Klyberg
Curtis Koren
Mimi Krakoff
Jay Lacouture
Brian Larkin
Marion Leddy
Melissa Lipa
Edward Lowe
Maureen Maigret
Ralph Malafronte
Marta Martinez
Sandy Matook
Estise Mauran
Richard McGuinn
Maureen McKenna
Goldberg
Leslie McKnight
Holly McLear
Cindy Mellor-Neale
Angelo Mendillo
Nancy Mendizabal
Charlotte Metcalf
Pauline Metcalf
William Metz
David Milner
Ginger Milner
Adrian Mitchell
James Mitchell
Maureen Moakley
Kevin Murphy
G. Scott Nebergall
Dana Newbrook
Linda Newton
Maureen Nolan
Lorraine O’Connors
Anne Ott
John Palumbo
Elaine Perry
Marie Petrarca
Blake Phelan
Michele Phelan
Cynthia Pires
Mary Ann Podolak
Donna Policastro
Steve Porter
Frances Prescott
Janice Primiano
Robert Reichley
Susan Reise
Roberta Richman
Philip Rivers
Nancy Roberts
Olivia Rodrigues
Patricia Sanford
Millie Santilli
Jay Schachne
Howard Schachter
Alfred Sculco
Edward Servello
Thomas Sgouros, Sr.
Zahir Shaikh
Michael Shields
Els Shine
Raymond Simone
Robert Sirhal
Richard Smith
Robert Smith
Mary Ann Sorrentino
Lillian Sparfven
Catherine Sparks
Kerrie Spier
Barbara Staples
Gwenn Stearn
Randall Steere
Joyce Stevos
Barbara Strasser
Samuel Streit
Charlotte Strong
Joseph Swift
Lawrence Taft
Warren Teixeira
John Terry
Brian Thorp
Louis Toro
Donna Trinque
Brian Van Houwe
Charlie Vandemoer
Ruth Vann
Elizabeth Vargas
Deborah Ventresca
Zhanna Volynskaya
Thomas Walsh
Carol Wardwell
Alfred Weisberg
Walter Wilks
John Williams, III
Rosemary Wilson
Steve Winsor
Paul Wright
Otis Wyatt, Jr.
James Wyman
Amy Young
Carol Young
Cornel Young, Sr.
Melvin Zurier
Volunteer Advisors
Michael Akkaoui
Kathleen Alperin
Melvin Alperin
Patty Alperin
Jane Anthony
Roxanne Archibald
Perry Ashley
Peter August
Emily Bagwill
Peter Bancroft
Susan Bellaire
Steven Berenback
Margaret Biszko
Wendie Brennan
Sherilyn Brown
Wendy Bucci
Eddy Callahan
Patricia Campellone
Ronald Caniglia
Elaine Capobianco
Tony Carlone
Gail Carney
Nancy Carriuolo
Martha Starkey Castro
Catherine Channell
Susan Church
Robert Civetti
Michael Coan
Jennifer Coccio
Charles Cofone
Janet Coit
Clarkson Collins
Carol Comforti
Jay Conway
Robert Cooke
Nancy Corkery
Michelle Cortes-Harkins
Sue Coughlin
Joan Countryman
Isabel Coyle
David Craig
David Crandall
Dennis Crawley
Joanne Daly
James D’Ambra
Monica Darcy
Robert DeBlois
Sandra DelSesto
Nicholas DePetrillo
John Desmarais
C. Rick Devin
Melissa Devine
Anita DeWitt
Barbara Dickinson
Esther Diggins
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Current
Staff
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Neil D. Steinberg
President & CEO
Lauren Paola
Executive Assistant to the President
Jessica David
Special Projects and Research Officer
DEVELOPMENT
Carol Golden
Executive Vice President
& Chief Development Officer
Joyce M. Botelho
Philanthropy Officer,
Newport County Fund
Marie Esposito
Development Officer
Pamela Tesler Howitt
Donor Services Officer
Alison Jackson
Development Associate
Zeldy Lyman
Donor Services Officer
Paula O’Brien
Administrative Assistant
James S. Sanzi, Esq.
Development Officer
Pauline M. Turenne
Administrative Assistant
Current Staff
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GRANT PROGRAMS
Owen Heleen
Vice President for Grant Programs
Anna Cano-Morales
Associate Vice President for Grant
Programs
Adrian C. Bonéy
Grant Programs Officer
Tina Donate
Grants Administrator
Beverly A. Guay
Administrative Assistant
Denise M. Jenkins
Grant Programs Officer
Daniel Kertzner
Grant Programs Officer
Inés Merchán
Grant Programs Officer
Libby W. Monahan
Funds Administrator
Jennifer Pereira
Grant Programs Officer
Elaine Saccoccia
Administrative Assistant
INITIATIVE FOR NONPROFIT
EXCELLENCE
Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D.
Director of the Initiative for Nonprofit
Excellence
Candice De Los Reyes
Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
Program Associate
COMMUNICATIONS &
MARKETING
Melanie Coon
Vice President for Communications &
Marketing
Kerrie Bennett
Senior Communications Officer
Jean E. Cohoon
Senior Communications Officer
Jamie Hull
Administrative Assistant
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Michael Jenkinson
Senior Vice President for
Finance & Administration/CFO
Louis Capracotta, III
Facilities Manager
Raymond J. DeCosta
Senior Staff Accountant
Maeghen Denis
Administrative Assistant
Kathleen Malin
Director of Technology
Jeanine Marshall
Administrative Assistant
Bryant Phillips
Database Administrator
Jennifer Reid
Controller
Diane Rodgers
Office Manager
Bill Smith
Maintenance Technician
HUMAN RESOURCES
Nancy Routhier
Human Resources Director
PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Member
Charles V. Chapin
William P. France
Mary B. Steedman
William L. Hodgman
Henry D. Sharpe
Albert D. Mead
John Nicholas Brown
Walter A. Edwards
Percival de St. Aubin
G. Maurice Congdon
Alfred K. Potter
Arthur H. Ruggles
Thomas P. Hazard
Margaret Kelly
G. William Miller
Bancroft Littlefield
Joseph J. Baker
Andrew M. Hunt
Norman M. Fain
Frank Licht
Erskine N. White, Jr.
Patricia H. Blackall
Robert H.I. Goddard
William H. Heisler III
Paul J. Choquette, Jr.
Edward L. Maggiacomo
B. Jae Clanton
Melvin Alperin
Ann Conner
Norman E. McCulloch
Florence K. Murray
Ruth Simmons
John W. Wall
Pablo Rodriguez M.D.
Margaret G. Leeson
Elizabeth Z. Chace
Ronald V. Gallo, ex officio
Walter R. Stone, Esq.
Carol J. Grant
George Graboys
Benjamin G. Paster, Esq.
Years Served
1917-1927
1917-1928
1917-1929
1917-1935
1917-1951
1929-1933
1930-1972
1933-1964
1933-1940
1935-1961
1936
1940-1958
1951-1963
1958-1965,
1970-1973
1963-1977
1964-1989
1966-1970
1972-1987
1972-1987
1973-1987
1977-1986
1972-1990
1960-1994
1987-1996
1987-1997
1987-1997
1989-1998
1987-1999
1991-2000
1994-2002
1998-2002
2002
1994-2004
1994-2005
1997-2006
1998-2006
1993-2007
1998-2007
2002-2008
1999-2008
2007-2009
DESIGN:
Greenwood Associates
PRINTER:
Meridian Printing
VICE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING:
Melanie Coon
EDITOR:
Jean Cohoon
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Jamie Hull
Table of Contents
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LETTER FROM THE
CHAIRMAN AND
THE PRESIDENT
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SIX KEY SECTORS OF
INVESTMENT
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EDUCATION
10 HEALTH
14 ARTS AND CULTURE
18 COMMUNITY AND
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
45 PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS
Each of the 1,178
endowments at the
Foundation has a story
behind it, a purpose before it
88 1916 SOCIETY MEMBERS
More than 250 individuals
and families plan to leave
their legacy
90 FINANCIALS
Increasing investments in
the community and inspiring
additional philanthropy
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92 OUR BOARD
94 VOLUNTEERS
26 HUMAN SERVICES
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40 FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING
42 FOUNDATION CAMPAIGNS
IN 2009
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96 OUR STAFF
30 2009 DONOR-DIRECTED
GRANTS
Generous donors supported
organizations through donor
advised or designated funds
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22 ENVIRONMENT
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Cover photos clockwise
(beginning at top left):
Olneyville Housing Corporation
Salt Ponds Coalition
FirstWorks (photo by Frank Mullin)
Paul Cuffee School
International Institute of Rhode Island
Providence Community Health Centers
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31. Adrian C. Bonéy
32. Zeldy Lyman
33. Diane Rodgers
34. Jill Pfitzenmayer
35. Michael Jenkinson
36. Marie Esposito
37. Denise M. Jenkins
38. Owen Heleen
39. Kimberly Butler*
40. James S. Sanzi
Absent from photograph:
Beverly A. Guay
Libby Monahan
Bryant Phillips
11. Jeanine Marshall
12. Joyce M. Botelho
13. Louis Capracotta, III
14. Carol Jean Maurice*
15. Carol Perry*
16. Elaine Saccoccia
17. Tina Donate
18. Raymond J. DeCosta
19. Jamie E. Hull
20. Kathleen Malin
21. Nancy Routhier
22. Inés Merchán
23. Kerrie Bennett
24. Jean E. Cohoon
25. Jessica David
26. Jennifer Reid
27. Pamela Tesler Howitt
28. Daniel Kertzner
29. Neil D. Steinberg
30. Jennifer Pereira
*No longer employed at
the Foundation
Current Staff
1. Paula O’Brien
2. Lauren Paola
3. Alison Jackson
4. Anna Cano-Morales
5. Candice De Los Reyes
6. Pauline M. Turenne
7. Carol Golden
8. Maeghen Denis
9. Bill Smith
10. Melanie Coon
The Rhode Island Foundation
2009 Annual Report
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The
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2009 Annual Report