connecting to the heart of what matters

Fairfield County Community Foundation Annual Report Fiscal 2011 connecting Giving to the backpack program was to the heart: “my birthday present to myself What matters is feeding hungry children . . . ”

The Donor: Dr. Gilbert Rose His Heart: Making sure urban children have enough to eat Dr. Gilbert Rose answered the phone on his No child should head home without enough during weekends birthday and helped change 500 young lives to eat over the weekend His Gift: Joining the Foundation’s giving circle for Connecticut Food Bank’s Kids’ Backpack Program As a fundholder since 1998, Gil was used to getting calls During the school year, more than 170,000 children in from the Foundation about giving opportunities that matched Connecticut – nearly 40,000 in Fairfield County – are eligible The Impact: Giving circle members doubled the number of Bridgeport children whose backpacks are filled with his interests. for free or reduced price meals at school. On Fridays, however, nutritious, child-friendly food on Fridays “We’re forming a giving circle to help Bridgeport children thousands go home to households where there won’t be enough have enough to eat during weekends,” his advisor from the nutritious food for the weekend. Foundation said. “It’s for the Connecticut Food Bank’s Kids’ These children, ages 5 to 11, return to school Monday Backpack Program, and I think you’d enjoy supporting it.” mornings with headaches, dizziness and fatigue that sap “I listened to her explanation and agreed,” said Gil, a concentration and lead to a host of other challenges. psychiatrist and author. “Like many beautiful ideas, this is utter Children who are hungry are more likely to experience simplicity. School children carry home one aspect of a good health problems, miss school, repeat grades, and drop out of life—healthy meals.” high school. They are four times more likely to need mental “I said it was my birthday, and giving to the backpack health counseling, seven times more likely to get into frequent program was my birthday present to myself.” fights, and twelve times more likely to steal. His “habit of generosity” was formed in childhood Kids’ Backpack Program provides nutritious food Gil grew up near Boston with two sisters. “Our parents Connecticut Food Bank’s Kids’ Backpack Program fills instilled in us the habit of generosity,” he said. “My this void by providing children with nutritious food for the philanthropy is based on example, a life of hard work, world weekend—shelf-stable milk, 100-percent juices, whole grain travel—including Iron Curtain countries and primitive cereals, healthy snacks, and child-friendly entrées that can be societies, appreciation for a benevolent country, and gratitude heated in a microwave oven. for a good marriage and family.” Schools identify children who need food. Every Friday, After graduating from Harvard, then medical school, staff discreetly place food into the children’s own backpacks. Gil served in the Army and Air Force. He and his late wife It’s a simple solution that addresses one of the root causes Anne moved to Norwalk in 1955, where he established a of a complex problem. private practice. They raised four children. He now has 14 Now twice as many children have enough food grandchildren. Last year, the Connecticut Food Bank provided weekend food Giving back locally completes a circle to 402 children at 12 Bridgeport schools and 1,700 children at “It’s very gratifying to give back locally,” Gil said. “It completes 70 schools statewide. a circle: I receive, I give. The Foundation knows what I’m Thanks to Foundation giving circle members, this school interested in, and takes care of all of the paperwork. It’s year over 900 Bridgeport children – more than twice as many - effortless.” will head home with healthy food for the weekend. Statewide, the program now includes 109 schools in 16 cities with 2,500 children receiving food.

Thanks to compassionate donors like Dr. Gil Rose, more Bridgeport children leave school on Friday wearing backpacks with nutritious, child-friendly food for the weekend.

www.fccfoundation.org 1 connecting So many people love their town and to the heart: “want to make a lasting difference —Mike Harris , estate planning attorney” What matters is making a difference at home . . . Ivey, Barnum & O’Mara

The Donors: People who call Greenwich home Their Heart: Giving back to the town they love Many want to give back This time, he wasn’t drunk Their Gift: Ensuring their community endowment fund will to the community they love The last time Julie’s husband threw her against a wall, he wasn’t continue addressing needs for generations When attorney Mike Harris meets with clients to discuss drunk. She realized, whether drunk or sober, his abuse was The Impact: Current and unforeseen needs can be addressed their estate planning, he often hears how much they love their escalating and she had to get help. for a dozen generations community. The next day at work, fingers shaking, she called the “So many people love their town and want to make a lasting Greenwich YWCA Domestic Abuse Services 24-hour difference,” Mike said. “They are often motivated to do just hotline. that if they don’t have close relatives.” The dark secret behind closed doors “Additionally, some wealthy parents set a monetary cap for Domestic violence is the second most-investigated crime their children, with the balance going to charity. And those in Greenwich. Income, education, ethnicity, age, gender or who want to leave significant gifts to charity tend to make an marital status offer no protection. Abuse is about power and endowed gift.” control. Endowed gifts make a difference for generations “You’re told you’re the perfect couple,” said Suzanne Endowed gifts can benefit a favorite cause, or the community Adam, director of Greenwich YWCA Domestic Abuse itself, for a dozen generations and more. Services. “But you walk on eggshells to avoid triggering an One woman left a large gift to the Greenwich Endowment attack. You’re made to feel it’s your fault, and if you were just Fund, held at the Fairfield County Community Foundation. better, it will stop. But without intervention, it won’t.” The Fund provides grants to nonprofits that improve the Help is available around the clock quality of life in Greenwich (see pages 24-25 for funds that Help begins as soon as a licensed staff member or trained, benefit other towns and cities in Fairfield County). certified volunteer answers the hotline. The caller’s safety is New needs emerge over time their first priority. Professional counselors are available around One of this year’s grants was to Greenwich YWCA Domestic the clock to assist victims, identify strategies and develop Abuse Services. options for each situation. “Thirty years ago, few would have predicted domestic Thanks to supporters of this program—including disputes would be such a serious problem in Greenwich,” said contributors to the Greenwich Endowment Fund—the Mike. “The Greenwich Endowment Fund is able to address YWCA provides free shelter, supportive and therapeutic needs like this as they emerge.” counseling, and court advocacy. It also works with Greenwich police, clergy and emergency medical responders “The Fairfield County Community Foundation is large and to increase understanding of domestic abuse dynamics. secure, and will be around for a long, long time. I have absolute confidence that the grants will continue to be well made.” “Victims like Julie aren’t alone,” said Suzanne. “There are hundreds, and we’re here to help them.”

A grant from the Greenwich Endowment Fund helps tackle domestic abuse by supporting Greenwich YWCA Domestic Abuse Services. Gifts to a community fund at the Foundation address local needs, even as they change over time.

2 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 3 connecting Live performances unite us to the heart: “through beautiful, uplifting music What matters is keeping the arts alive . . . ”

The Donor: Ron and Renée Noren Their Heart: Enriching the community’s quality of life with live The arts make a community Music helps us make sense of our lives orchestral music a worthwhile place to live Who can resist tearing up over the Star-Spangled Banner, swing Their Gift: Supporting the Greater Bridgeport Symphony for a new generation of audiences “Our youngest son became a classical violinist because of his dancing to Glenn Miller’s In the Mood, or feeling awed by grandfather,” Renée Noren said. Mozart’s Requiem? Their Impact: Helping unite a large, diverse community “My father loved music,” said her husband, Ron Noren. Music is a way we make sense of our lives, express feelings “Since our son was eight, he went to the symphony with my when we have no words, and understand with our hearts what father. They’d play duets on their violins.” we cannot with our minds. Ron and Renée, donor advised fundholders, are both third- When shared, music unites us generation Fairfield County residents who grew up with music- “When you listen to a musical performance, it’s a magical loving parents. They believe the arts are an important part of a experience,” said Benjamin Loeb, executive director of the community’s vitality. Greater Bridgeport Symphony. “The sound is transformed into “A community is more than houses and businesses. What feeling. If the audience can feel the same emotion together, makes a community a worthwhile place to live and work is the there’s no reason why they can’t go out into the community and quality of life—the things that are good for the spirit,” Ron work together.” said. “The arts provide that, especially live music.” “Music also serves as a metaphor for an ideal community— “We sit in the same seats as my parents” diverse people playing different instruments are brought Ron and Renée are long-time supporters of the Greater together to work toward something greater than themselves.” Bridgeport Symphony. Ron served on its board for 17 years. The Greater Bridgeport Symphony has been uniting the “My parents were committed supporters of the Symphony community since 1945. The 2011-12 season celebrates the 40th and bought season tickets every year,” Ron said. “We continue anniversary of its music director and conductor Gustav Meier. to support it. Renée and I are also season subscribers, and sit in “We want more people to experience our concerts” the same seats as my parents.” “This season, we’ve doubled the number of performances Giving back to the community is part of their and cut ticket prices,” said Ben, who is also a conductor and families’ cultures concert pianist. Ron’s grandfather, Rudolph Bannow, co-founded Bridgeport The Greater Bridgeport Symphony’s endowment fund is Machines and felt it was important to give back to the held at the Foundation. Even with an endowment and ticket community that helped him prosper. Renee’s grandfather was sales, it needs the support of patrons, corporations, and circulation manager for the Connecticut Post and served on foundations. many boards of Bridgeport organizations. “Bridgeport without the symphony would be like a place “Greater Bridgeport is a large, diverse community facing without hope,” Ben said. “Art shows people how the world significant challenges,” Renée said. “The Symphony’s live can be better, richer and more meaningful. It connects us to performances unite us through beautiful, uplifting music. what’s possible.” We’re proud to support it.”

Generations of supporters like the Norens allow the Greater Bridgeport Symphony to continue uniting the community with live performances. Music director and conductor Gustav Meier celebrates 40 years of leading the orchestra during its 2011-12 season.

4 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 5 connecting Teachers sow seeds for a to the heart: “brighter future for everyone What matters is investing in brighter futures . . . ”

The Donors: Philip and Frances Ramer Their Heart: Teaching students and challenging them to be They loved each other, their students Students get help shaping their futures their best and their community “Once these children leave our threshold, the neighborhood Their Gift: A bequest to benefit those living in Greater Norwalk In 1948, when Frances Hey walked into the teacher’s lounge calls to them, video games call to them, the TV calls to them,” The Impact: Their gift helped 260 new middle and high school on her second day of school, fellow teacher Philip Ramer took said Dr. Lynne Moore, principal at West Rocks Middle School students participate in the Carver PLUS Campaign, in Norwalk. and expanded it to a second high school in notice. He struck up a conversation, and they married that Norwalk. Now 435 students are getting help to summer. “The longer we can keep them in school, the better become college-ready In 1952, they moved to Norwalk where Frances taught chance we have of extending their education and shaping history and Philip taught mathematics. She taught for 24 their future.” years, first at Center Junior High School, then Norwalk High That’s why Norwalk’s public middle schools and high School. She died in 1993. schools welcome the Carver Foundation’s PLUS Campaign Philip taught at Nathan Hale Middle School for 21 years. to their campuses. He died in 1994, nine months after his wife. Carver helps students become college-ready They had no children of their own. This after-school program includes tutoring in all subjects, “Frances truly loved all children and challenged them science labs, athletics, debate and the arts. Students learn how to the limits of their academic abilities,” said a colleague. to apply to college and for financial aid. School counselors and “Philip’s students always did well when they went to high teachers select students who would most benefit. Nearly 80 school and college.” percent come from single-parent households. Frances and Philip left a gift in their will to benefit The Carver PLUS Campaign works with each school in Norwalk individual partnerships, bringing specific resources to each The Ramer Fund was established at the Foundation with a campus. Last year, Norwalk High School wanted to increase $610,000 bequest from Philip’s estate. students’ global awareness by connecting them to global challenges. The Carver PLUS Campaign partnered students Since 1995, the Ramer Fund has awarded 59 grants with their peers in Sonrisa de Dios, Nicaragua and named the exceeding $485,000 to nonprofit organizations that aid program NicaPhoto. Norwalk children’s education, like the Carver Foundation of Norwalk. All year, students exchanged digital photos, translated stories into each other’s languages, and discussed local issues on Skype. The Ramers will continue to teach Norwalk’s children In August, six students and two adults traveled to Nicaragua to Due to the Foundation’s fiscal stewardship and investment work beside their new friends on community projects. return, the fund balance now exceeds $1 million. Frances and “These kids see a bright future” Philip Ramer will continue to teach Norwalk’s children for dozens of generations. “It’s all about access and opportunity,” said Novelette Peterkin, Carver’s executive director. “Our kids come up with the ambition.” “Frances and Philip were inseparable,” said a friend. “They were avid supporters of Norwalk causes, and were Richard Whitcomb, retired headmaster of St. Luke’s School in proud of their students. Philip grew up on a farm. He used New Canaan, is a Carver PLUS Campaign lead supporter. “These to say that as teachers, they sowed seeds for a brighter future kids begin to believe they are capable of doing so much better,” he for everyone.” said. “They see a bright future.”

Deandre Russell shows his friend Zyaire Sellers how to measure mass and volume and calculate density. Both boys are “Carver kids” and A students. Current and remembered supporters like Philip and Frances Ramer are helping Norwalk students become college-ready.

6 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 7 Fiscal 2011 What matters is you, and Thank You, Susan and Barry $ 12.3 million awarded in grants The Foundation extends deep by the the difference you make gratitude to Susan M. Ross, who, in September 2011, completed 15 Numbers years as president and CEO. Three highlights of her $ 1.4 million brokered for additional grants Thank You, Dear Friend, leadership include awarding $123 Your compassion and generosity are feeding, million in grants, increasing the 2.1% sheltering, healing, educating, job training, guiding, Foundation’s assets from $10 2.0% million to $153 million, and merging 5.6% encouraging and inspiring thousands of neighbors received in contributions throughout Fairfield County. the Foundation with the Greater $ 17.6 million Bridgeport Area Foundation. 18.9% In the last year, you helped us award $12.3 million in grants—a new record. This increased funding was We also thank Barry C. urgently needed by nonprofits, and greatly appreciated by Hawkins, who, in October 2011, 59.7% Contents the families, elders, individuals and children they serve. completed his two years of service $152.9 million in net assets as our board chair. 11.7% In addition, you nearly doubled last year’s giving During his tenure, the 10 New Funds record by contributing $17.6 million for immediate and future giving—an extraordinary 95 percent increase. Foundation completed a research study and report on the recession Grants by Fund Type in Millions Mission 15 Regional These pages present a sample of what your giving is and how local nonprofits were ■ Donor Advised $ 7.3 Initiatives accomplishing. These stories represent the aspiration you affected, began education The Fairfield County Community Foundation promotes philanthropy to build and sustain and we share for making Fairfield County a home where ■ Discretionary $ 1.4 a vital and prosperous community where all have the opportunity to participate and thrive. advocacy, and conducted a ■ Field of Interest $ 2.3 17 Contributors all have the opportunity to participate and thrive. nationwide executive search for our ■ Agency Endowments $ 0.2 As the region’s center of philanthropy, we provide: It has been an honor to serve you and a privilege to new president and CEO. ■ Scholarship $ 0.7 23 Funds ■ Donor Designated $ 0.3 • Personalized philanthropic advisory services and financial stewardship to donors share your philanthropic journey. On behalf of those whose lives you’ve changed—and continue to change— and partners 28 Discretionary Welcome, Juanita and Sheila TOTAL $ 12.3 • Visionary leadership and strategic initiatives to address key regional issues, and we thank you for connecting to the heart of what matters. Grants In October 2011, Juanita T. James Above totals include agency endowments • Grants, counsel and leadership training to local nonprofits became the Foundation’s president 37 Grants Sincerely, and CEO. Juanita brings the experience, 40 Governance, What We Do vision and passion to guide the We help you make a difference in your own backyard and beyond in three ways: Committees Foundation to new heights of serving you and the region. Growth of Grants in Millions 1. When you establish a charitable 2. Tackle key regional issues 42 Advisory Council, Barry C. Hawkins We also welcome long-time and $12. fund with us, you receive through bold leadership and Chair, Board of Directors $12 Professional ardent supporter Sheila A. Perrin as $11.5 3 personalized philanthropic strategic initiatives to improve the 11 Advisors our new board chair. advisory services and financial quality of life for all. 10 She brings extensive Foundation stewardship to make your giving We provide the connective tissue 43 Community knowledge from serving on our 9 meaningful, effective and easy. between the 23 cities and towns that Friends, Staff Susan M. Ross board and numerous committees 8 We listen to your charitable desires, comprise Fairfield County. We bridge President/CEO for 13 years, as well as her own $7 44 Financial 7 and help you create or refine your zip codes and bring together policy

.2 philanthropic expertise as president giving plan. makers, nonprofit leaders, community Highlights 6 of the Perrin Family Foundation. We connect you to local nonprofits leaders, private funders and other 5 accomplishing great things in areas experts to address our region’s most

$4 challenging problems. 4 that matter to you. .1 3 We share our insights and expertise

2 on local issues, and introduce you to 3. Help local nonprofits become like-minded donors. more efficient, effective and

1 $1. $0 sustainable. 0 0 We professionally manage fund 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2011 assets, conduct due diligence, process We provide grants, counsel, and grants to nonprofits in Fairfield professional development to improve County and across the country, and the management and performance of Fairfield County’s nonprofit (left to right): handle all reporting. Barry C. Hawkins, organizations. Susan M. Ross, Juanita T. James and Sheila A. Perrin

8 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 9 You can establish and name a fund at the Foundation, then support your favorite causes anywhere “I didn’t want to have the responsibility or hassle of setting The Higher Ground Fund New Funds in the country (types of funds are described on pages 23-26). In addition, you can give to collective up a separate foundation, and that’s what drew me to the The Higher Ground Fund funds at the Foundation that match your charitable passions, or support our initiatives that tackle Community Foundation,” she said. “The Foundation has a great is Grammy Award-winning We make your charitable regional problems. Anonymous giving is also possible. reputation and a donor advised fund offers a convenient solution musician John Mayer’s second to managing my giving.” giving meaningful, If you already have a charitable passion, we introduce you to corresponding nonprofit donor advised fund with the effective and easy. organizations in Fairfield County. If you don’t, we can help you focus your philanthropy to support Foundation. values important to you. The Eliza Oliver Memorial Scholarship Fund The fund will provide grants Depending on your level of engagement, you’re invited to guided visits of local nonprofits, donor to organizations that serve Jane Elizabeth Oliver, called briefings and special conferences. We advise you about new giving opportunities that match your returning military and their Eliza, was a teacher who interests. In addition, you have access to our research, including program evaluations in your fields families. inspired her students, opened of interest. their eyes to the possibilities You are freed from drafting documents, accounting and reporting requirements. Your in life, and made learning contributions are professionally managed and overseen by the Foundation’s Investment Committee exciting. and Board of Directors. As one fundholder said, “This is smart philanthropy.” Following college, Eliza The Zac and Amanda Zeitlin Fund returned to her alma mater, Rowayton Elementary The Zac and Amanda Zeitlin Family Fund is a donor advised School, where she taught for fund at the Foundation. The Dr. Ellen The McDonald-Wright Family Fund 15 years. She passed away in Hosiosky September 2010 at age 40. Fund The McDonald-Wright Family Fund is a The Outreach Fund donor advised fund. “From the letters we Throughout received from parents and The Outreach Fund is a donor advised fund at the Foundation. her life, Dr. students, it was clear they all Ellen Hosiosky The Safe felt the love and enthusiasm Eliza brought to the classroom,” said Harbor Fund The Colleen Doyle Britt was always her parents, Jane and Bob Ready. “The kinds of moments they Education Fund interested in When Karen had in Eliza’s class will be with them forever.” A resident of Easton for over learning and Royce was In memory of their daughter, and to encourage future 30 years, Colleen Doyle Britt expanding her selling her home, teachers like Eliza, Jane and Bob established the Eliza Oliver raised a family, ran a business boundaries. she wanted to Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Foundation. The scholarship and was a dedicated member put aside some A German will be awarded annually to a senior who attended both of her community. immigrant who came to the U.S. at a young of the proceeds Rowayton Elementary School and Brien McMahon High Colleen operated the age, Ellen focused on her education and career. to benefit those School, and plans to devote his or her life to teaching. most in need. Gregory F. Doyle Funeral Among the first women to graduate from The first scholarship recipient, Lauren Wachnicki, was Home, a business started Coming the Columbia University College of Dental described by her teachers as bright, determined and passionate by her mother and father, from a family Medicine, Ellen became a consummate student about education. and was known for her with a tradition while also serving as a mentor to many women compassionate support and of giving back, Karen knew she had the “She’s the kind of person that Eliza would have taken under entering professional careers in the health field. devotion to the grieving, who opportunity to effect change in her community her wing and mentored as a new teacher,” Eliza’s parents said. Even at age 96, her thirst for new she often referred to as “her and beyond. “Wherever they teach, it’s a fitting legacy to Eliza’s memory that experiences and learning continued. Ellen, this scholarship will help students attend college and become the families.” The Safe Harbor Fund supports human who taught so much to so many, again became kind of teachers that stress the importance and love of learning. She was also actively and social services that “level the playing a student, learning pilates and movement That’s what Eliza really stood for.” involved in the community, field for people who do not have the same therapy from Simona Cipriani of Stamford. supporting and volunteering with Fairfield University, opportunities.” It also funds performing arts The pair quickly became close friends. Brooklawn Country Club and the Devon Beautification Project. programs to nourish the creative force that is so The Grossman Family Fund When Ellen died, Simona and her husband She and her family were parishioners of Notre Dame of Easton important in our lives. Joseph Muscolino were honored to be chosen The Grossman Family Fund is a donor advised fund. It was and St. Ann’s Church in Devon. Having traveled to northern Tanzania with established to improve the lives of low-income children. The as advisors to the Dr. Ellen Hosiosky Fund, When she died in October 2010, Colleen’s family and her church, Karen has witnessed how addressing fund’s grant awards are focused primarily in Connecticut. established at the Foundation through a friends established a fund in her memory. The Colleen Doyle basic needs can make an incredible impact. The bequest. They hope to use the fund to continue Britt Education Fund will support local schools and education church has built four primary school classrooms Ellen’s legacy by supporting and promoting initiatives. education in movement therapy, serving as in a remote Maasai community, helping 180 The Senator ALJ Scanzillo Scholarship Fund mentors and helping others, just as Ellen children get the early foundation they need to go The Senator ALJ Scanzillo Scholarship Fund was established at Particularly important to the family are Saint Gabriel helped them. on for advanced government-funded education the Foundation with a gift from the estate of Joan T. Diedolf. School, Lauralton Hall, Fairfield College Preparatory School and Fairfield University. “It’s not easy to find people at that age who in middle school. The fund will provide scholarships to Bridgeport residents of have the same excitement to keep learning that With this project and her more local Italian descent, helping them pursue a degree in political science “Colleen believed in education. She used to say, ‘There are Ellen did,” said Simona. philanthropy, the Community Foundation is or pre-law at the University of Bridgeport. only two things you can give to a child: love and an education’,” the perfect partner. said her husband, William Britt.

10 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 11 I have always believed that, more than any other community in the United connecting “ States, Fairfield County can be a model of exceptional opportunity and participation—a shining city on the hill, with the eyes of the world upon us.” to the heart: —Susan M. Ross, Easton

New Funds The John and Barbara O’Connor When Barbara died unexpectedly in 1980, The Sheila and Charles Perrin Fund Grants from the fund will be determined by Foundation staff Education Fund John intensified his efforts to help those in and directed to programs and initiatives that make the biggest (continued) need. His volunteer work encompassed a impact. variety of causes, yet time and time again he focused on Bridgeport’s youth. John passed away in 2010. The Dan Levinson Charitable Fund “Mom and Dad knew that many of these kids never dreamed of going to college,” said their eldest son, David. “This fund is the perfect way for us to honor our parents, and keep their energizing spirit alive for deserving kids.”

The Fund for Great Leadership Established by members of the Foundation’s board in honor of Susan M. Ross, President Whether John O’Connor was coaching & CEO from 1996-2011, The Fund for Great Bridgeport youth hockey players at the Leadership is a field of interest fund focused Wonderland of Ice on cold winter mornings or on strengthening community, philanthropic The greatest challenges facing Fairfield County change over his wife Barbara was introducing her children and nonprofit leadership throughout Fairfield time and the future needs of its residents and communities are to great writers or the importance of current County. never certain. events, the two of them were constantly “The strength and health of our Fifty years ago, few would have guessed the lack of affordable teaching. communities is directly tied to the strength housing would be a chief threat to the economic vitality of the After a successful business career, Dan Levinson decided John and Barbara tirelessly urged their eight of the people and organizations tackling the region. Thirty years ago, concern over the health of Long Island to focus his energy, skills and resources on nonprofit work. children and countless other young people to region’s most urgent needs,” Susan said. “By Sound and its watershed was little more than a passing thought. Drawing from his early childhood in New York City in the 60s, work hard and live up to their potential. providing resources, training and support to Ten years ago, unemployment and job re-training were not an where “my mom took us marching on everything,” Dan felt our community, philanthropic and nonprofit issue during a booming financial cycle. Their children established a fund in honor challenged to focus on things that really matter. of John and Barbara to provide mentoring leaders, The Fund for Great Leadership will As an unrestricted fund, the Sheila and Charles Perrin Three years ago, he co-founded Green Village Initiative and scholarships to Bridgeport high school help ensure a strong and vibrant Fairfield Fund provides the flexibility and perpetual support that allows (GVI), a Westport-based nonprofit focusing on community- students, cultivate their drive to attend college County where all have the opportunity to the Foundation to award grants and address the most pressing building and environmental projects in Westport and and support them through graduation. thrive.” needs, whatever they may be. surrounding towns. The organization tackles local projects that Grants from the fund will be directed John and Barbara lived much of their “Who knows what the future holds? While some issues are actionable, address critical environmental and sustainability to programs and initiatives that strengthen lives in Fairfield and were deeply involved will always remain important, other challenges facing our challenges, and bring people in the community together to leadership throughout the region. Stewarded in the Greater Bridgeport community. John communities and most at-risk residents will change over time,” achieve results. was a founding partner in insurance agency by the Foundation, and open to gifts and said Sheila Perrin, incoming chair of the Foundation’s board. GVI’s projects include establishing town farms and vegetable Beardsley Brown & Bassett, a long-time leader donations from individuals and corporations, “The Foundation is the only organization of its kind in Fairfield gardens at public schools in Bridgeport and Ridgefield, improving in the United Way, and a dedicated alumnus of the fund’s principal will grow over time, County that serves the region as a whole, has the ability to step water quality and protecting local rivers and watersheds, and a Fairfield University. Barbara, a graduate of the providing ongoing support to address changing back and take a strategic look at the greatest needs and then variety of community-building projects in partnership with other University of Connecticut-Storrs and grammar leadership needs in Fairfield County. bring to bear the resources and expertise to address the heart of nonprofits and state and town agencies. school teacher, shared John’s passion for the matter.” helping young people advance their education.

12 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 13 Vennette “Neena” Perez was abused as a child, pregnant at 15, and barely graduated from high school. Yet on May 19, 2011 this single mother stood tall as she told fellow Norwalk Community connecting College graduates and family members that one can triumph over hardships. Neena is a student in our Fund for Women and Girls’ Family Economic Security Program at Norwalk Community College, where she earned an A.S. degree in Restaurant/Foodservice Management. She was the class speaker at the graduation ceremony. to the heart: In addition to earning a 3.9 grade point average, this single mother started her own catering business while caring for her children and running a household. “I can’t believe it!” Neena told the crowd. “I walked into these doors in 2007 as a desperate woman and I’m leaving as class speaker. Who does that? I’m shooting for the stars! I’m going for it!”

GVI has received awards from the Boy To date, Captain Morgan has given nearly Regional Helping Women Achieve College, and eight are attending four-year New Funds Scouts, the Environmental Protection $500,000 to deserving organizations including Economic Security for Their colleges. Agency, the town of Westport and the state of Designated Drivers, Inc., Operation Economic (continued) Initiatives Help Families In addition, participants have improved Connecticut. Learn more at www.gogvi.org. Freedom, Gridiron Greats, and others, with their financial profiles, course completion the goal of donating $1 million to charity. In Fairfield County, 21,000 households are The Community Foundation’s staff and You Tackle the headed by women with children under 18. To rates, and grade point averages. expertise were instrumental in helping Dan just “get by” in Fairfield County, a single parent How you can help: Contribute to the and GVI. Its stewardship of his charitable fund The Eric and Sasha Vincent Family Fund Most Critical with two young children needs an income of at Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls; is an extension of that service and knowledge. Needs least $60,000. volunteer to mentor a student in the program; “I consider the Foundation one of the best Yet women who work full time in Fairfield deliver a career development workshop; bring kept secrets in local philanthropy,” he said. County earn a median income of $48,900. a friend to the Fund for Women and Girls’ annual luncheon on April 4, 2012. Fairfield County’s most Higher education is a proven path to better The Captain Morgan First Mate Fund challenging problems are earnings, yet a college scholarship isn’t enough too complex to address for women supporting dependents. Juggling Helping Urban Children Succeed alone. One of the roles child care, work, class attendance, study in School of a community time and running a household make it nearly impossible to pursue the education they need to Four years ago, the Foundation’s research foundation is to be a move up to better-paying careers. revealed that by 2012, half of the principals community leader in leading the 92 public schools in Bridgeport, Solution: The Family Economic Security Danbury, Norwalk and Stamford would be tackling critical issues. Program As parents of young children, Eric and Sasha eligible to retire, and there were few qualified, Vincent have a passion for organizations which We act in multiple ways: The Foundation’s Fund for Women and local candidates to take their place. Girls initiated a partnership with Norwalk focus on children’s issues and education. • Research and identify At stake: the education and futures of 60,000 Community College and the Norwalk Since moving to Greenwich in 2007 with critical local issues where children already facing one of the largest Community College Foundation to launch their children – Sofia, 7, Lucas, 5, and Katia, philanthropy can make a achievement gaps in the nation. the Family Economic Security Program, an 3 – Eric and Sasha have found a community significant difference Solution: The Urban School Leaders adaptation of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s In October 2010, Captain Morgan announced and a home. As they spent more time in Fellowship the formation of the First Mate Fund, which • Share our research and raise Center for Working Families model. the community, they realized that not all awareness To turn this crisis into an opportunity, the was developed to benefit charities that In this five-year pilot program, qualified families in Fairfield County have the same Foundation brought together the four urban support responsible drinking, as well as other • Bring together community students receive personal coaching and financial opportunities. school districts, the Connecticut Center community organizations nationwide. leaders, policy makers, assistance to help them earn an Associate “Even in some of the less obvious places, for School Change and the University of nonprofit leaders and experts degree, a Bachelor’s degree, and ultimately In conjunction with its One Million Poses there are disparities in income and children Connecticut’s Neag School of Education to to collaborate on solutions achieve family-sustaining employment. campaign, the brand donates $1 to the fund whose needs aren’t being met,” Eric said. design a program that trains a new generation for every iconic Captain’s Pose struck by • Provide grants and recruit At the end of five years, the goal is for Supporters of Kids in Crisis, Eric and Sasha of urban school principals. consumers, who are encouraged to upload a other funders 100 students to earn their Associate degrees are working with the Foundation to learn about While good teachers are crucial, it’s the photo of their pose on the brand’s Facebook • Measure and evaluate and move up to better paying jobs, or enroll other opportunities to make a difference for school principal who establishes the vision page, www.Facebook.com/CaptainMorganUSA. progress, and promote in a four-year college to earn their Bachelor’s children in their backyard. for the school, creates its culture and is the Supermodel Marisa Miller teamed up necessary course corrections degrees then enter careers that pay a family- “Both of us feel very fortunate to be where instructional leader. The principal inspires with Captain Morgan to serve as the face of Currently, we are leading three sustaining salary. we are today. We realize we had help and teachers and staff to excel, recruits parents the First Mate Fund, traveling the country regional initiatives. We invite Results to date: Eighty qualified students support along the way and want to provide and the community to help children succeed, encouraging consumers to strike the pose for a you to join us in transforming have enrolled in the program. Of those, 24 those same opportunities to others.” and creating a nuturing environment where worthy cause. lives in your own backyard. have graduated from Norwalk Community children feel safe and can reach their potential.

14 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 15 Mark Woodard, principal of Toquam Magnet Elementary School in Stamford, is shaping the We support the Foundation’s community leadership work because it lives of 600 children each year. “ strengthens our nonprofits’ ability to fulfill their individual missions. Mark is one of 62 graduates of the Foundation’s Urban With one gift to the Foundation we can positively impact the good School Leaders Fellowship, an initiative that trains future efforts of many community organizations. urban school principals. ” “Working in an urban school district gives me the benefit —Betsey & Arthur Selkowitz , Stamford of facing its diverse challenges, being a part of a gathering of cultures, and the prospect of making a difference in the lives of students who may need it the most.”

Thanks to your generosity, the Urban Solution: The Center for Nonprofit Leadership Gifts Sandra J. Brown Peter T. & Janet Mott Regional School Leaders Fellowship was created with Excellence Contributors John & Anita J. Caggiano Wafaa Naggar We are honored to recognize David & Anne C. Campbell Don & Sara Nelson the goal of training at least 60 qualified, Initiatives Help Thanks to the support of people like you, the to Our and thank these generous Joel & Neva Cheatwood Janet & Alan Nevas committed and impassioned future principals Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence individuals, private Hon. John P. Chiota Loretta Nolan, CFP, AEP You Tackle to lead public schools in Bridgeport, Danbury, helps Fairfield County nonprofits become more Community foundations and corporations Andrew M. & Carole G. Clarkson Ronald & Renee Noren Norwalk and Stamford. efficient, effective and sustainable. for their significant gifts: Kimberly B. Davis Jeffrey J. Orum Delco Associates, Inc. The Overbrook Foundation the Most The one-year Fellowship program We award grants and offer workshops in Leadership John & Mary Donohue Janice Park augments academic preparation. One program strategic planning, fundraising, leadership Christopher Douglass Patrick Foundation Anonymous (2) Critical Needs graduate said, “In grad school I learned how development, program assessment, and other Work Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Epple Kim Pendergast & Joseph Lazaroff to run a school on a day-to-day operation. topics. We also bring together nonprofits to Guilford Fund Marie Fauth Charitable Fund Sheila & Charles Perrin (continued) This program taught me how to become a meet, exchange ideas and best practices and Lone Pine Foundation, Inc. Eileen & Lou Fernous Jr. Gregory & Jane Perry George A. & Janet C. Ferrera Robert & Patricia C. Phillips transformational leader.” Another said, “This explore possibilities for working together. This The Foundation Ann S. Mandel Fiscus’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society Fund Marianne & Edward B. Pollak program gave me a greater grounding in my support helps nonprofits improve the services envisions a Fairfield Mary-Jane Foster & Jack E. McGregor Allen A. Raymond Susan & Stephen F. Mandel Jr. role as a principal than my Ph.D. did.” they provide, raise more funds, operate at peak County where Dorothy Fox Thomas V. & Marianne B. Reifenheiser Results to date: As of June 2011, 63 Fellows efficiency and improve their results. communities are vibrant MBI, Inc. Madeleine G. Fox Hans F. Reiss have graduated. Twenty-six Fellows—41 W. Michael & Ellen Funck Sharon Reiss Closius This year, the Greater Danbury Nonprofit and sustainable, and all The Edward S. Moore William O. & Faith Gray Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson, LLC percent—have been promoted to positions of Resource Center joined the Foundation’s enjoy opportunities to Family Foundation Stephen K. & Janet McCarthy Grimm Gioia F. Riccio school principal, assistant principal and other Center for Nonprofit Excellence to create one participate and thrive. P.B.O. Fund Mrs. James Hoban Harris Elizabeth & John T. D. Rich leadership roles. robust, central resource for all of Fairfield Mike & Sally Harris Robert N. Rich Sheila & Charles Perrin Myrna Gould-Harrison & Edward E. Harris Lunsford & Bea Richardson Next steps: A coaching program to support County’s nonprofits. To that end, we develop Seabreeze Foundation Barry C. & Lilyan Hawkins John W. & Pamela W. Ritter Jr. newly promoted principals and further develop Results to date: In the last year, 707 and lead regional Peter & Jackie Heneage Daniel K. & Betty Roberts Family Foundation their skills in their challenging first years executive directors, board chairs and staff initiatives that tackle David J. Sullivan III & James A. & Mary Himes Jeffrey & Kathy Rold leading schools. members from 523 local nonprofits attended 23 Dr. Gioia J. Riccio Michael & Hazel Hobbs Joan Rosenbaum workshops covering donor relations, building critical community Joseph & Sharon Hoffman Susan M. Ross & Charles MacCormack How you can help: Contribute to the Pat & Shirley Howe Gene J. & Dae Rubino corporate alliances, fundraising, social media, issues. In addition, we Foundation’s Fund for Academic Excellence. Key Supporters Richard M. & Janet L. Hoyt Everett M. & Sarah E. Schenk executive transitions, communications, board help local nonprofit We are pleased to recognize Bruce & Michele Hubler Richard Seclow governance and more. leaders strengthen and thank these contributors Impact Personnel, Inc. Betsey & Arthur Selkowitz Strengthening How you can help: Contribute to the their leadership and Troy & Diane Jellerette Viola Spinelli for gifts that support our Mary Lee & Jack Kiernan Francine Stein Local Nonprofits Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence; management skills so community leadership work: The GB Knecht Foundation Douglas & Caralyn Stevens Fairfield County’s nonprofit organizations contact us about creating and presenting a their organizations can James B. & Hope M. Kobak John & Cindy Vaccaro provide important and essential services to workshop. be even more effective. Peggy Anderson Anahaita Kotval Jimena Vignola those in need. Anonymous League of Women Voters of Fairfield Hon. David M. Walker & Mary E. Walker Bernicestine M. & Harold Bailey Barbara Leonhardt K. M. Walker They also employ 40,000 people — 11 percent We are grateful for those Joan & Ed Barksdale Michelle Lesko Helen B. Wasserman of the region’s workforce. who contribute to this Allan & Nancy Bernard Harold Levine Curtis & Katharine Welling Natalie & Frank Lyon Linda F. & John R. Whitton III As government funding is slashed, community leadership Ed & Jane Bescherer Bharucha Charitable Foundation The Malkin Fund Ernest A. & Lee Wiehl Jr. residents and communities rely more heavily work. Deborah S. Breck, Esq. Phyllis G. & Philip R. Marsilius Martin Wolf on nonprofits. Yet too often their effectiveness Bridgemill Foundation Matson Financial Advisors, Inc Jon R. & Lauren Zirn and sustainability are hampered by insufficient funding for operating expenses, leadership development and management training.

16 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 17 None of us live in a little clustered shell. We’re all affected by our communities connecting “ and our neighboring communities. The Fairfield County Community Foundation is in a unique position because it deals with the entire region and knows the critical challenges facing the county and the organizations to the heart: working to address them.” —Nancy C. Brown, Greenwich

The 1830 Family Foundation, Inc. Jessica Bodine Citibank, F.S.B. Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Epple Beth & Arthur Golden Horberg Industries, Inc. Roland E. & Janet D. Klingner Wesley M. Malowitz & Lauren Soloff Barbara & William Murphy Contributors J.C. & S. Adams Fund of the Polly Boeschenstein Rona & Jeffrey Citrin Kenneth & Wendy Epstein Lori A. & Peter Gonye D. Gregory & Judith Anne Horrigan Karen Knapp Ann S. Mandel Kathy Murphy Community Foundation of Lee Ann & Duane C. Bollert Sheila Clancy Mary A. Erlanger Jackson Hole Tracy Goodnow Estate of Ellen N. Hosiosky The GB Knecht Foundation Susan & Stephen F. Mandel Jr. Marci Murphy Maya Boreen Andrew M. & Carole G. Clarkson Hanna G. Evans to Foundation Michelle Adkins Kristine & Jaakob V. Gore Barbara & Amos Hostetter William R. & Audrey Knobloch Marybeth & James E. Manley John H. & Joann B. Myers Timothy A. & Barbara F. Boroughs Vidal S. Clay ExxonMobil Foundation Marian Clark Adolphson Katie Gormley Housatonic Community College Koegel Foundation, Inc. Larry & Karen B. Marchisotta Gregg Nardone A. John Boudreaux Paula Cleary FactSet Research Systems Inc. Foundation Sara Allard Kelly Granat & Susan Boland Michael P. Koskoff, Esq. Mark Family Fund Near & Far Aid Association, Inc. Funds Mrs. Michael Boyd Jeanette Clonan Family and Children’s Agency Housing Development Fund, Inc. Almira Family Foundation Allyson Green Anahaita Kotval Mary S. Halsey Marks Don & Sara Nelson Jane Boyle The Steven A. & Alexandra M. Anna Czekaj Farber & Jonathan Colin Green Pat & Shirley Howe Miriam Kreigler Donald E. & Mary E. Marquardt Gregory & Sue Neumann Alpson Inc./Porto Funeral Homes Cohen Foundation, Inc. Farber Greater Bridgeport Bar Sandra Greer Richard M. & Janet L. Hoyt Richard A. & Susan M. Krinsley Phyllis G. & Philip R. Marsilius New Alliance Foundation Cheri Amado Association, Inc. Richard N. & Ann R. Cohen Olivia Farr We are grateful and Maggie & Jim Griesing HTG Investment Advisors, Inc. K’tanim Preschool Congregation Frances D. Martin New Haven Home Recovery Andrews Family Foundation Spencer & Dulcy Brainard Vincent J. & Patt Como Marie Fauth Charitable Fund thank all who have Peter G. & Gayle K. Grimm Bruce & Michele Hubler Beth El Beth & E. Wellford Mason Jr. Newman’s Own Foundation, Inc. Andy & Bill Concerts, LLC Elisabeth H. Breslav Connecticut Performing Arts Susanah Fayyaz Stephen K. & Janet McCarthy Grimm Lydee Conway Hummel The Louis J. Kuriansky Foundation Matson Financial Advisors, Inc Albert G. & Dana Nickel made a contribution Anonymous (9) Edie Brickell Partners - The Meadows Music Carol Fedele Theatre The Grossman Family Foundation Anda B. Hutchins Ryan C. Lallas The Lorene E. Mattes “2009” Claudia Breslav Nielsen Helen Appleton Bridgemill Foundation Eric N. & Anne Ferguson to one or more funds Diane & Victor S. Consoli Guilford Fund Elizabeth Hutchins Stacey Lalljee Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Loretta Nolan, CFP, AEP Anne & Peter Ardery Amanda Briggs Virgina Ferrarese Janet O’Connor Cornell Greenwich Hospital Hynes, Himmelreich, Glennon & Alfred H. & Joan J. Lange Dee & Richard E. Mayberry Jr. Ronald & Renee Noren at the Foundation. We Andrew Arno & Janis Arno Jtwros Louis J. Briskman Sandi & John Fifield Company Mary Corson & Jonathan Sackler Haffenreffer Family Fund John A. Lannon & Patricia C. Lannon Lauren A. & David Mazzullo Northern Trust Company recognize those who Courtnay Arpano Members of Colleen Britt’s Bridge Jesse & Betsy Fink Jeffrey & Andrea Immelt Susan C. & Robert Cotter Mary Lynn Halland & John Benninger Jennifer W. & Mark Lapine MBI, Inc. Northstar Capital Funds, LLC Anne M. Asher Club Gayle Fisch Impact Personnel, Inc. gave $250 or more. Leonard & Anne C. Cotton III Jan Laster Jane E. McCall Norwalk Hospital Foundation Kim Athan Kiley E. Britt & William R. Johnson Fiscus’s Alexis de Tocqueville Matt & Sara Iorio Lloyd B. & Eleanor J. Cox Jr. Jane Gade Halliwell Fund Steven Lau Susan & Stuart McCalley Eileen S. Oakford Jocelyn D. Ault William J. Britt, Esq. Society Fund Robert S. Jacobs & Delores Kuhlman David & Jane Crandall Estate of Frances M. Hansson Sally & Larry Lawrence Jackqueline McClean Robert W. Obrecht Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Auray Charesa Brittain James P. & Jane Flaherty The Jaffe Family Foundation Vicki & David Craver Elizabeth S. Harleman Amanda B. & John G. Layng Hugh G. & Anne McCrory Jr. Brian O’Connor Richard A. & Nancy Axilrod Mary Brock April Foley Harvey & Joan James Virginia Crawford David T. Harrington The Lebensfeld Foundation Melanie & Thomas H. McGlade David & Daria O’Connor David F. & Lucy Ball Harry Brodbeck Trust Forester Capital, LLC Estate of Gloria Marion Jankowich Linda C. & Robert H. Cremin Mrs. James Hoban Harris Janet Lebovitz Cordelia McKenna Robert O’Connor Bank of America Charitable Louise Brooks Mary-Jane Foster & Jack E. Sarah B. Jenny Foundation, Inc. John & Jean Crocco McGregor Megan S. Harris Walter Lee Sonnet & Ian McKinnon Jill & Brian Olson Friends & Members of Brooklawn Per Johansson Louis F. & Virginia C. Bantle Country Club Caddies Samantha Van Horn Cross Dorothy Fox Mike & Sally Harris Katherine C. & Gary L. Leeds Pamela McKoin Eleanor & Henry O’Neill Family Fund Charitable Foundation, Inc. Barbara P. & Carl F. Johnson Jr. Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Dawn Crouch James & Jane Fox Myrna Gould-Harrison & Edward Susan S. & David G. Leibowits Karen & Brian McMahon Paula Oppenheim James R. & Kaye E. Barker Company of Florida E. Harris Bud & Lynn Johnson Cuisle Fund Jennifer Frascella Diana Lenkowsky Linda & Vincent K. McMahon The Oristano Foundation Joan & Ed Barksdale Nancy C. Brown William B. & Anne Harrison Julie M. Johnson Georgia Davala Mika & David N. Frechette Kim & Stew Leonard Laurie & Peter McTeague Lindsay & David G. Ormsby Colleen Barnswell Patricia T. & Douglas L. Brown Kristy & Robert L. Harteveldt Kaki Johnson Barbara Benton Davis Fund Frosty & Donald R. Friedman Anne S. Leonhardt Lizanne C. & John Megrue Jody Osborn Steven & Tammy Barry Ruth W. Brown Foundation H. Darrell & Robin Harvey Susie Johnson Kathryn & Edward G. Davis Wendy Friedman Brian & Naida Leslie Joel & Ellen S. Mellis Kate & Bart David Osman Jim & Ellen Bassett William H. & Carol D. Browne The Hastings Foundation, Inc. Mystique E. Johnston & Manuel Michael Lesnick & Martha McCann Tracy & Joe Merrill Laura Davis Audra Frumin E. Mejia Cathleen & Richard Ostuw Laura Weintraub Beck, Esq. Susan Brownwood Estate of Dorothea Havighorst Lesnick Anne Noel Dawson W. Michael & Ellen Funck Margery Meyer Jean F. O’Sullivan Charitable Barry C. & Lilyan Hawkins Judy Jones Dan Levinson Shelley Behrman Marianne F. & William B. Ginny & Christopher Day FX Options Trading Virginia & Juan M. Meyer Reminder Trust Buchanan Jr. Mary Pat Healy Betty Beall Jordan Martha Lightner George B. & Mary L. Beitzel Kelly DeGulis Joseph P. Ganim, Esq. Thomas & Emily Michaud Elizabeth M. Outlaw Whitney Bullard Marian & Winlow M. Heard JP Morgan Chase Community Phillip E. & Donna M. Lint Irwin Belk Educational Foundation Margaret Deluca Elizabeth & Drew Gareau Development Group Bruce & Maria Miller The Overbrook Foundation Elizabeth H. Burke Joseph T. Heavey Naomi R. Linzer George & Carol Bello Roberta D. Bowman Denning & GE Capital Nancy & Marcos A. Kail Morlee J. Miller Overhills Foundation Donna & Robert Byrnes Helping Hand Foundation Littlejohn Family Foundation Dana & Leigh Benson Steven A. Denning Gelber Foundation Diana J. Kalman Sophia Mirra Frances Padilla David & Anne C. Campbell Anne S. Herndon Live Nation, Inc. Andre M. & Caren L. Berk Diageo Marty & Jeff Gendell Stanley G. Karson Jack & Mary Mitchell Jonathan Pageler & Ami-Lynn Cardinal Shehan Center Judith & James H. Higby Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation Bakshi Alan Bernstein Amelia & David M. Dickson Georgetown Chrysler Jeep Dodge Peter H. & Joan M. Kaskell William A. Monness Carl Marks Foundation Fund Duane E. & Lee Hill Christine & Philip Lodewick Palisades Educational Foundation Edwin A. & Jane Bescherer The Diebold Foundation, Inc. Edward F. Gerber Henry L. & Joan L. Katz Moore Family Fund Paul G. Carpenter, M.D. James A. & Mary Himes Lone Pine Foundation, Inc. Incorporated Beth El Cemetery Association James and Judith K. Dimon Christine Stiassni Gerli Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. The Edward S. Moore Family G.C. & Nan R. Cartwright Foundation Ingrid M. Hirsch George B. & Betsy B. Longstreth Foundation Christine & John Palumbo The Bethel Performing Arts Ann W. Gibb Paul J. & Nancy W. Keeler Center Leslie H. & Timothy S. Case Brian & Laurie Doherty Michael & Hazel Hobbs Douglas W. Lorentz Julie Moore Panwy Foundation, Inc. Marty & Roger Gilbert Pat & Philip Kemp Milton I. & Pamela C. Bickle Center for Women and Families of Christopher Douglass Carole Hochman Meghan Lowney Gerald J. & Joyce Moran Janice Park Eastern Fairfield Nancy M. Gilbert Victor & Gail Collins Khosla Richard A. Bieder Amy C. & Tony Downer Fiona Hodgson Susan Mackenzie Mandi S. & A.C. Lord Morgan IV Krishna Patel Jennifer Cephus Amy J. & John Gillis Jane Kiefer Judith L. Biggs Greg Doyle Joseph & Sharon Hoffman Sally & Don Madden Barbara & John T. Morris Patrick Foundation Karen L. & Edward Chaplin William H. & Emily Gindin Sherri Kielland Terry Birdsong Mary Jo & Jeffrey R. Dunne Karen Hoffman Elaine Madonna Polly O’Brien Morrow Patricia Patrikios Joel & Neva Cheatwood Global Impact Mary Lee & Jack Kiernan Barbara Blauvelt Morlang Nancy & Donald S. Dworken Mrs. Harrison B.W. Hoffman Peter B. & Laurie A. Maglathlin Ben & Leanne Mortell Ronald Pelletier Hon. John P. Chiota Arthur B. & Barbara M. Ian M. & Tracy King People’s United Community Bluenose Foundation Martin A. Dworken, Esq. Gnaedinger Judith K. & William Holding Main Street Resources Foundation, Peter T. & Janet Mott Amy & John Cholnoky Lesley King Inc. Foundation BNY Mellon Community Bonny L. & Joseph R. Edwards Mary Kate Gobleck Homes with Hope/IHA Katharine & Kenneth Mountcastle Partnership Chubb Group of Insurance Laura R. & Nathan T. Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mainiero Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Kevin C. & Kathleen Eichler Hanneke & Wouter Goedkoop Hans Hopf Patty and David Murphy Family Fund Barbara A. Bodine Companies The Kite Key Foundation Sherry Perlstein Marguerite Embry Catalina S. & Ivan A. Horak The Malkin Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Kathy Klingenstein & Robert Miller

18 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 19 Women are the heart of society. When you help a woman, you’re helping her connecting “ children, her extended family and her community. That’s why I love the Fund for Women and Girls—it helps girls grow up to become strong, confident women, and helps women reach their full potential. All of society benefits.” to the heart: —Mary Lee Kiernan, Greenwich

Mark & Karen E. Perman Lil & Julie Rosenberg Foundation, Nancy & Turner C. Smith Albert & Miriam V. Walker The 1830 Family Foundation, Inc. Laura Davis Susan & Stephen F. Mandel Jr. Jean Scannell Contributors Sheila & Charles Perrin Inc. Kathryn & Robert E. Sollmann Hon. David M. Walker & Mary E. Contributors Andrews Family Foundation Anne Noel Dawson Mark Family Fund Anissa Shannon Elisa Persinger Stephanie & Stuart Ross Greta E. Solomon, Esq. Walker Anonymous (3) Kelly DeGulis The Lorene E. Mattes “2009” Jean & Jeffrey Shaw Charitable Lead Annuity Trust to Foundation Suzanne A. Brown Peters Susan M. Ross & Charles Jon & Cleo Sonneborn Miriam Walker to the Fund Anne and Peter Ardery Roberta D. Bowman Denning & Shipman & Goodwin LLP MacCormack Steven A. Denning Melanie & Thomas H. McGlade William J. Peterson Viola Spinelli Joan M. Warburg Courtnay Arpano Nancy & Gilbert Simpkins Rotary Club of Bridgeport James and Judith K. Dimon Sonnet & Ian McKinnon Phillips Family Patricia F. & Edward V. Spurgeon Peter & Audrey Ward Richard A. & Nancy Axilrod Edith & Roy B. Simpson Funds (continued) Lauren Razook Roth & John M. for Women Foundation Linda & Vincent K. McMahon David M. & Cvijeta Warner David F. & Lucy Ball Greta E. Solomon, Esq. Robert & Patricia C. Phillips Roth St. Vincent’s Medical Center Brian & Laurie Doherty Watermark Residents Association Bank of America Charitable Laurie & Peter McTeague Stamford Hospital Foundation Edward G. Pinto Charles M. & Deborah Royce Wendy Stahl Amy C. & Tony Downer Wear Your Music and Girls Foundation, Inc. Lizanne C. & John Megrue Lauren Stein The William H. Pitt Foundation, Nan Ruben Stamford Hospital Foundation Bonny L. & Joseph R. Edwards Inc. Audrey Weil Louis F. and Virginia C. Bantle Polly O’Brien Morrow Lisa G. & Scott Stuart Gene J. & Dae Rubino Lauren Stein Charitable Foundation, Inc. FactSet Research Systems Inc. Margaret Platka Peter A. & Deborah L. Weinberg Katharine & Kenneth Mountcastle Charlotte & John Suhler Rebecca Ruegger Amy Meyercord Stevens Joan & Ed Barksdale Marie Fauth Charitable Fund Barbara F. Poll Family Foundation Barbara & William Murphy Ruscito Family Foundation Inc. Kerry Y. & Jed W. Stevens We are pleased to Tyler Family Fund Joyce Weiser Shelley Behrman Betsy & Jesse Fink Jean F. O’Sullivan Charitable Marianne & Edward B. Pollak Jayme Stevenson Peggy & Leo Van Munching Brice & Laurence Russian Joan & Fred Weisman recognize and thank Irwin Belk Educational Foundation Mika & David N. Frechette Remainder Trust Paul A. & Susan P. Poniatowski Chad Stewart Mary S. Waldron Patricia Russo & John Karr Mary Lou & Lawrence Weisman those who generously Judith L. Biggs GE Capital Jill & Brian Olson Lori R. Price Russell P. & Pearl R. Stockman Joan M. Warburg Ruth Asset Management Co., LLC Curtis & Katharine Welling Bluenose Foundation Marty & Roger Gilbert The Oristano Foundation Katherine Prokop Patricia L. & Hudson G. Stoddard contributed $1,000 or Audrey Weil RYASAP Joseph H. & Marion Wertheim Jane Boyle Beth & Arthur Golden Lindsay & David G. Ormsby Purdue Pharma L.P. Peter A. & Deborah L. Weinberg Peter & Katherine Sachs Sally & Charles Stone Bridgemill Foundation Lori A. & Peter Gonye Kate & Bart David Osman John & Jean S. Raben Jr. Julie A. Whamond more to the Fairfield Family Foundation Louise A. & V. Michael Salatino Lisa G. & Scott Stuart Charesa Brittain Katie Gormley Cathleen & Richard Ostuw Allen A. Raymond Wilmot Wheeler Foundation County Community Curtis & Katharine Welling Estate of Joseph J. Santry Catharine S. & Jeffrey C. Sturgess Mary Brock Haffenreffer Family Fund The Overbrook Foundation RBS Citizens, N.A. underwritten Marilyn R. White Wilmot Wheeler Foundation Dorothy M. Savage Charitable Laura & Paul L. Sturz Foundation’s Fund for by the Citizen Bank Foundation Linda F. & John R. Whitton III Louise Brooks Mrs. Harrison B.W. Hoffman Panwy Foundation, Inc. Linda F. & John R. Whitton III Lead Trust Charlotte & John Suhler Jane & Robert Ready The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Women and Girls. William H. & Carol D. Browne Elizabeth Hutchins Pepperidge Farm, Inc. The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Laura C. & Kenneth Saverin David J. Sullivan III & Dr. Gioia Red Mountain Entertainment, Inc. Foundation Marianne F. & William B. Hynes, Himmelreich, Glennon & Sheila & Charles Perrin Foundation Deb Sawch J. Riccio Buchanan Jr. Company Redding Life Care LLC Kyle Wilcox Suzanne A. Brown Peters Kyle Wilcox Jean Scannell Kevin J. & Edith V. Sullivan Amy & John Cholnoky Jeffrey & Andrea Immelt R. Donald & Connie Reich Juanita James & Dudley Williams William J. Peterson Jane S. & Brian Williams Everett M. & Sarah E. Schenk Hugh B. & Jeanne A. Sweeny Jr. Citibank, F.S.B. Mystique E. Johnston & Manuel Amy Weber Reid Jane S. & Brian Williams Robert & Patricia C. Phillips Annette Wilson Paul & Susan Scheufele Eileen Swerdlick Rona & Jeffrey Citrin E. Mejia Rhoda A. Reid Janet Williams Lori R. Price Elisa & Thomas B. Wilson John & Sally Schlachtenhaufen Theodora L. Taggart Vidal S. Clay Mary Lee & Jack Kiernan Thomas V. & Marianne B. Annette Wilson Purdue Pharma L.P. Sandra Wilson Jane Schoenholtz The Tauck Foundation Lesley King Reifenheiser Deborah R. Wilson The Steven A. and Alexandra M. RBS Citizens, N.A. underwritten Phyllis Winham Seabreeze Foundation Tauck World Discovery Cohen Foundation, Inc. Sally & Larry Lawrence Laurie Reighley Elisa & Thomas B. Wilson by the Citizen Bank Foundation Winokur Family Foundation, Inc. Laura M. & A. Barrett Seaman Julie Taylor Mary Corson & Jonathan Sackler The Lebensfeld Foundation Hans F. Reiss Sandra Wilson Paul F. & Janice Roman Richard H. & Jean Witmer Jr. Lois Taylor Vicki & David Craver Janet Lebovitz Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson, LLC Kate Sears Phyllis Winham Gilbert J. Rose Adele & Conrad Teitell Cuisle Fund Lone Pine Foundation, Inc. Cheryl D. & Jeffrey S. Resnick Betsey & Arthur Selkowitz Winokur Family Foundation, Inc. Lauren Razook Roth & John M. Susan Senie Shelley A. Terry Barbara Benton Davis Fund at Peter B. & Laurie A. Maglathlin Roth Meredith & Eric Reuben Richard H. & Jean Witmer Jr. FCCF Melissa M. & Todd S. Thomson Ann S. Mandel Peter & Katherine Sachs Revson Charitable Trust Jane Shang Nancy & Greg Wolcott Ellen P. Tower Gioia F. Riccio Anissa Shannon Women’s Institute for Housing and The Ernest & Joan Trefz Eileen & Gary Rice Carol & James Shattuck Economic Development Foundation Del Auray Sr. Leete Doty Gary E. Lasko Leonarda Scaturro Elizabeth & John T.D. Rich Megan Shattuck Karen & John Wood Tyler Family Fund Gifts in Jennie Barillari Andrew Gaboriault Barbara and Cortland Linder Ella Katz Schoen Lunsford & Bea Richardson Jean & Jeffrey Shaw Robin & Richard Woods United Concerts Dana C. Bartlett Norwick Goodspeed Francis M. Linley Elizabeth Eaton Shaw Mary Jo Riddle The Betty R. & Ralph Sheffer Melissa & Andrew K. Woolford Foundation The United Illuminated Company Emily Brennan Ruth Greenhalgh John Macreery Susan Abbott Steinnagel John W. & Pamela W. Ritter Jr. Richard & Jill S. Woolworth Jr. Memory Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler Richard R. Uhl Walter “Terry” Breslav Jr. and Ernest R. Hammel Patricia Main Irene Sullivan Sweetkind Pamela & Patricia Ritter Peter A. & Wendy Wright Caroline Shen Elizabeth & Gary Unger Walter & Florence Breslav Sr. Gerald A. Heffernan Steve Maxwell Sue Randolph Switzgable Curtiss & Leslie Roach Margaret M. Wunderman Marsha K. Shendell John & Suni Unger Colleen Britt Hans Hopf Louis J. Nazzaro Mary Ellen Thrasher Daniel K. & Betty Roberts Family Yardis Brothers, Inc. Donors made Robin Sherwood U.S. Trust, Bank of America Everett E. Bronski Paul R. Hughes John O’Connor John & Violet Totilas Foundation Private Wealth Mgmt. YMCA - Central Connecticut Shipman & Goodwin LLP Coast contributions to Helen Davidoff Edith Kovar Cortright Phillips Mary Varaljai Jeanne Robertson John & Cindy Vaccaro Mary P. Shoemaker Torrance B. York E. Gorton and Patricia H. Davis Ameet Lamba Janice E. Phillips Robinson Brad Vedas Daniel D. & Doris A. Robinson Peggy & Leo Van Munching the Foundation to Nancy & Gilbert Simpkins YWCA of Darien - Norwalk Belle Devendorf Andrew Lange Leah Robinson Helen G. Wellner Kristen Rodgers Charles & Marianne Veth Edith & Roy B. Simpson Donna W. Zalichin & Barry Kramer memorialize these Robert Nunzio DiCroce Janet Rogers Mary Louise Vitelli Elizabeth Sippin Jennifer & Eddy Zervigon individuals: Jeffrey & Kathy Rold Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Vogel Sue M. & E W Skalandunas John & Sara Zimmermann Paul F. & Janice Roman Mary S. Waldron Shirley & Bill Sklar Amy & Matt Zolin Gilbert J. Rose Trina Waldron Kristen Rosenbaum Heidi & Scott Smith Ellen Zumbach

20 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 21 It’s important to us, since we have made our home here, “ to give back to the community.”

—Eric and Sasha Vincent, Greenwich ”

When you let us know that you’ve made a bequest, you’re welcomed into our Legacy Society. Donor, Family & Octavio & Marianela Choy Fund Pat and Shirley Howe Fund Norman K. Parsells Rotary Memorial Fund Legacy You’re invited to events and gatherings, and informed about Foundation initiatives and activities. Funds of the Corporate Advised Thomas C. Clark Fund Louis Joseloff Fund Funds Clarkson Family Fund Peter H. and Joan M. Kaskell Fund Perrin Family Fund Please talk with your professional advisors and with us to find out how easy it is to leave a lasting Mildred (Aunt Mimi) Cohn Fund Henry L. and Joan L. Katz Fund Pollak Family Fund Society: Foundation These funds make mark on what matters to you. Como & Nicholson Fund Keeper of the Hearth Fund Frank J. Riccio, M.D. Fund it easy to actively Betsy and Jack Rich Legacy Fund participate in your Hugh and Eleanor Curran Memorial John A. 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Barker we handle all of the Melissa Anne Leonhardt Fund Fund . . . even 100 years June Rosenthal Mary Elizabeth Farman Philip W. & Frances Ramer Doherty Family Fund Barbara Louise Blauvelt paperwork and reporting. John A. Leslie Fund Safe Harbor Fund* Mary S. Waldron Thomas Gilmartin Jean Gregory Richmond Many donors have Donald J. Donahue Family Advisory from now. Susan Titus Glascoff Dan Levinson Charitable Fund* Dorothy and Frank L. Savage Joan & Fred Weisman Jane Gade Halliwell Leah & David E. Robinson You can access Fund Myrna Gould-Harrison & Edward established charitable Sol and Rebeka Lieberman Fund Family Fund Muriel Wilson Eduvina Hennigar William M. Saba our knowledge and Benjamin and Frances Doto Family E. Harrison Fund Light Fund Harold L. Schine Fund When you remember Dorothy Herrmann Joseph J. Santry gift funds with us. They philanthropic expertise Lori Hashizume for guidance about George and Mary Dunbar Family Phillip E. and Donna M. Lint Fund Rosamond Stephenson Shannon your community, favorite William R. & Audrey Knobloch Mary Elizabeth Hill Dorothy M. Savage Fund Fund Remembered chose the name for their community issues and Mickey Lione Sr. Memorial Fund John Marshall Lee, CLU, RHU Mia Holthausen Ed See Henry B. duPont, III Advise and Richard and Vivienne Silver cause or beloved Donald C. Baldwin fund and its purpose. local nonprofits. You can Littlefield Fund Charitable Fund Barbara Littlefield Charlton Lyman Harriet S. Sherman Consult Fund Elizabeth Wingfield Barnett give anonymously, and Tom Liu Memorial Fund Skaarup Trust Fund nonprofit organization Jeremy Main Patricia Main Edmund C. Spencer Fath Family Charitable Fund you can name advisors Lockhart Jennings Family Fund Samuel and Esther Rachel Sobel Nancy Bassett Elizabeth Matthews Ruth Sternbach Some prefer that their Ferguson Fund in your will, you support Ann S. Mandel Longstreth-Pullman Family Fund Fund Ida Davidoff and successor advisors. Betsy and Jesse Fink Fund Thomas R. & Doris C. McCullough Stella Margaret McHenry Mary Varaljai charitable giving takes Theodore and Mariadina Steiber what you treasure forever. Barbara Benton Davis Laura Lustig Fund Linda M. Molnar Helen Muller Edward Warren Flaherty Family Fund Memorial Fund Frances Marian Deas place during their Mandel Family Fund Katharine Mountcastle Elizabeth Bissell Northcross Advancement of Norwalk Fund Douglas and Olivia Floren Fund Sternheim-Gardner Family Fund Sally Dickson Stephen F. and Ann S. Mandel You can tell us how Roy G. Neumann Edward Vernon Nunes lifetimes. Others want Anonymous (2) Forester Community Education Fund Stiassni Family Fund Fund you wish the money to their giving to endure Delbert L. Auray, Sr. Fund Bonnie and Gene Markowski Suhler Family Fund Back to You Fund Irwin E. and Micheline Friedman Family Fund Fund Sullivan Family Fund be used, or leave an for generations. The Anthony Ball Memorial Fund Philip R. Marsilius Fund Joseph P. Ganim Foundation Fund Tauck Fund Lucy and David Ball Family Fund The Massad Family Fund unrestricted gift that following are funds Garavel Family Fund E.C.R. Teitell Fund Bannow-Noren Fund McCullough-Wilkinson Families will tackle community established at the Gately Fund Turtle Insurance Policy James R. and Kaye E. Barker Fund Fund Leonard Geller Memorial Fund The Udell Family Fund problems as they emerge. Why Katharine Mountcastle Left a Gift in Her Will to Help Women and Girls Foundation, listed by Barksdale Family Fund McDonald-Wright Family Fund* Jacob E. and Judith A. Goldman Vacheron Family Fund John P. and Nancy J. Bassett Fund Peter and Barbara McSpadden “My father taught me that women have to be able to take care of themselves,” said Katharine fund type: Fund Fund Venman & Co. LLC Fund Louise Baum, Eastern Bag & Paper Even a modest bequest Goloff-Spector Memorial Fund Mellis Family Fund The Eric and Sasha Vincent Family Mountcastle of New Canaan. “‘Women need to be well educated and financially independent’” Co., Inc. Fund Fund* Goodspeed Fund Christopher T. Miller Fund will grow, under our he’d say. “‘Don’t depend on a husband.’” Beard Family Fund Clarence C. Walker Fund Colin and Eileen Green Fund Stephanie and David Mixter Fund stewardship, into a small Jane M. & Edwin A. Bescherer Weintraub Family Fund Katie, who celebrates 50 years of marriage this year, made a gift in her will to the Fund Joshua Greenberg Memorial Fund Moran Family Fund Fred & Joan Weisman Fund fortune within a few Judith L. Biggs Fund Grossman Family Fund* Gilbert C. & Rosemary F. Mott Fund Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls, which she has supported for years. Wellborn Family Fund James P. and Elinor Upton Biggs Jane Gade Halliwell Fund Gregory and Sue Neumann Fund decades. At the same Wiehl Fund In Her Own Words Fund Peter Hanson Fund Nevas Family Fund time, your generosity will Joanne Woodward Fund “Financial independence for women is the key to everything. It frees them from depending on Bisset Family Fund Mike and Sally Harris Fund Paul Newman Fund Bluenose Fund Percy, Edna, and Edward E. The Zac and Amanda Zeitlin Family generate ever-increasing Melissa Nickel Memorial Fund Fund* anybody. As women learn this, their children will learn it too. It will become established in the Richard P. & Barbara A. Bodine Harrison Fund Charles F. & Anne Meckes Niemeth Marie and John Zimmermann Fund grants to the cause or family thinking. Fund Thomas C. and Mary Ann Hays Foundation Fund Bosworth Fund Fund community you specify. Norgren/Mahon Family Fund Donor, Family & Corporate The Fund for Women and Girls is very well managed, and I’m impressed with the Daniel Brennan, Sr. Fund Winlow and Marian Heard Family Fund Edward Vernon and Grace M. Advised Funds with Grant Foundation. This is the only organization in my will for philanthropic purposes. The Colleen Doyle Britt Education Nunes Fund Focus Fund* The Heidenreich Family Fund I just turned 80. When you make out a will in your 50s, it’s hard to predict what will be needed Hellogood Fund Auxiliary of Park City Hospital James and Margot Butler Family Ostuw/Leather Family Fund Endowment Fund decades later. Women’s issues are still in the forefront and probably will be for a long time.” Fund Hopf Family Fund The Outreach Fund* Theodore H. and Margaret S. Captain Morgan First Mate Fund* Dr. Ellen Hosiosky Fund* Beard Excellence in Teaching Graham Overbrook Fund Award

22 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 23 Founded by thirteen professional women of color in 1947, Les Treize helps connecting “ make college possible for youth from Bridgeport. The Foundation’s staff and its financial stewardship of our funds allow us to focus on the joy of helping students excel without having to worry about the asset management and details.” to the heart: — Geraldine Johnson and Cynthia Maignan, Bridgeport

Bluefish Foundation Fund Field of Interest Janice Park Social Justice Fund Discretionary Philip H. & Cecelia K. Burdett Darien Sherman William and Philip Carlson Fund Marjorie and Mabel Fund Funds of the Bordman-Beardsley Fund Funds Stamcag Fund Funds Fund Five Town Endowment Fund Greater Danbury Endowment Fund Fund for the Center for Global Studies Rocio Garces Martinez Fund R. Ward Chapman Fund BRAD Fund Your contribution Herbert B. West Award Fund These funds allow you Southbury Charlton Trust Fund Robert and Sophia Mitchell Memorial Arthur Clifford Fund Fund Foundation The Jessica Lee Brett Memorial to a field of interest to ensure that your Easton Southbury Community Trust Fund Fund for Connecticut’s 9/11 Living Fund Albert L. Coles Memorial Fund Greater Bridgeport Community Impact Memorial at Sherwood Island William H. Moffitt, IV Cultural Arts fund is pooled with Community Leadership charitable giving is Stamford (continued) Bridgeport Public Housing Resident Leete P. and Marjorie S. Doty Fund Sally Dickson Fund Fund gifts from other like- The Fund For Great Leadership* addressing the most Stamford Endowment Fund Support Fund Fund Miriam and Elizabeth Kriegler Richard O. Dietrich Fund Edward J. Morgan Fund minded contributors to pressing needs in Memorial Fund Stratford Banyan Tree Fund of the Leo & Ida Robert B. Factor Fund ETRA Health Fund June & Rachel Muhs Fund Davidoff Family collectively support your Education Fairfield County’s cities, Nancy Flint Fund Gota M. Norell Fund Miriam and Elizabeth Kriegler Leo Nevas Memorial Fund established Memorial Fund Gellatly Family Fund Eye Care for the Underprivileged favorite Fairfield County Fairfield County Fund for Academic towns and region, even Jeanne C. Gerber Memorial Fund Julia C. Palmer Fund by the Newman’s Own Foundation Fund Excellence Gota M. Norell Fund A Gift for Bridgeport Children cause or issue. You as those needs change Murray R. Glass Fund Remington Products Inc. Fund Norwalk Senior Center Community Food Bank of Fairfield County, Fairfield County Fund for New Raymond J. and Veronica O’Connor Girl Scout Campership Endowment Lunch Fund can give to any existing over time. The Foundation Grabau Family Fund Fairfield Inc. Fund Americans Fund Sam M. and Pauline Golden Fund Norman King & Laura Eales Parsells field of interest fund or depends on discretionary Greater Bridgeport Community Impact Milton H. and Isabelle V. Friedberg Sandra Alpert Nathan Memorial John E. and Clare M. Hampford Julia C. Palmer Fund Christian I. & Hilma A. Gravesen Fund Fund establish a new fund. Fund for Children with Learning funds to address high- Fund Fund Remington Products Inc. Fund Memorial Fund Phillips/Lansdale Fund The Foundation makes Disabilities priority issues, support Edward E. Harrison Endowment Miriam and Elizabeth Kriegler Heidmar Fund Greenwich Board of Education Fund Elizabeth M. Pfriem Fund grants in perpetuity to Rabbi Harry Nelson Memorial Fund initiatives that tackle Fund Memorial Fund Trumbull The Higher Ground Fund* Anastasia P. and Peter S. Hardy Fund Dr. Charles E. Reed Fund nonprofits that serve Norwalk Fund for Excellence in community and regional Edward and Myrna Harrison Fund Gota M. Norell Fund Greater Bridgeport Community Impact Lester Johnson Memorial Fund Percy C.K. & Edna Morgan Harrison Public Education J. Walker Hill Fund Julia C. Palmer Fund Fund Amy Louise Rich Memorial Fund Brenda H. Kaplan Music Fund your field of interest. problems, and help make Fund the communities of Zalmon S. & Ethel P. Hirsch Remington Products Inc. Fund Trumbull Community Trust Fund Kay and Ed See Fund Kimball Cancer Cure Fund Arts & Culture Hawley Memorial Trumbull Library Environment Fairfield County healthy, Memorial Fund Greenwich Weston Fund Jeff Shoup Memorial Fund Mathew Kosbob Memorial Fund Marian Anderson Award Fund Fairfield County Fund for the vibrant and supportive Michael and Ida Hoffman Family Greenwich Endowment Fund Five Town Endowment Fund Charles M. Herbert Barnum Festival Theodore B. Smart Fund Ruth I. Krauss Fund Early Arts for Youth Fund Environment Fund Stratford Jaycees Community Fund Childhood Development to all. Monroe Westport Seymour I. Hollander Fund Bridgeport Arts, Entertainment and Emil & Mali Kriegler Memorial Five Town Endowment Fund Invest in Fairfield County Fund** Weston Lacrosse Club-Paul Scheufele Ladysmith Fund for Women’s Recreation Fund Fund Greater Bridgeport Community Impact Endowment Fund Health Health & Human Services For Countywide Fund Charles Ettl Fund A. George Lindquist Fund Elizabeth Bissell Northcross Fund Sanford D. Katz Fund Grantmaking Thomas Berry Willson Memorial Fund The Steve Maxwell Fund for Fairfield County Fund for Health M.& F. Foundation Advise Fund Miriam and Elizabeth Kriegler Wilton Robert G. & Jean D. Lee Fund Teaching ESL Sarah Wheeler Frassinelli Arts and Wellness Memorial Fund W.I.N-W.I.N Fund Fund Elizabeth Wingfield Barnett Fund Maddever-Harrison Fund Five Town Endowment Fund Byron S. Lindley Memorial Fund Millstone Farm Charitable Fund Interfaith Council Fund for Respite Gota M. Norell Fund Care Carr-Earle Fund Ann Adams Mandeville Fund Lord Fund **Includes contributions from funds Olga Fund Julia C. Palmer Fund established by Elizabeth Farman, Children, Youth & Families Peter & Rose Levinsky Memorial Fairfield County Community Masonic Family Fund Arthur and Gladys Lunin Funds to Fund for Pete’s Sake Foundation Board Designated Remington Products Inc. Fund Designated Funds benefit: Russell Frost III, Ralph Sheffer, and Bridgeport Energy Campership Fund N.M.K.M. Fund #2 Lil and Julie Rosenberg Foundation Grant Fund A designated fund is ideal Ruth and Albert Sims and gifts from Fund Arthur and Gladys Lunin Fund New Fairfield Ahlbin Center the Perrin Family Foundation, Edgar Inc. Fund Fairfield County Endowment Fund Herbert and Margaret Renert Fund when you want to support Bridgeport Energy South End Fund Stella Margaret McHenry Fund Greater Danbury Endowment Fund American Cancer Society See and Constance Scanley Stephen J. and Madelyn M. Santa Fairfield County High Priority Willard H. Sahloff Fund a specific nonprofit Anna K. Dziuba and Eleanor K. New Fairfield Community Fund American Health Assistance Environmental Fund Interfaith Council-Virginia Grant Fund Norman Schaff, Jr. Memorial Fund organization in perpetuity. Borcz Fund for Children Schroeder Fund Newtown Foundation Jonathan M. Todd Accounting and Impact Fund Schwerdtle Family Fund You may name one or Organization Finance Higher Learning Fund Fairfield County Fund for Women Sight Handicapped Fund Greater Danbury Endowment Fund American Joint Jewish and Girls Memory Fund Frederick B. Silliman Memorial Distribution Committee Endowment Funds The Truglia Thumbelina Fund Louis and Ruth Sternbach Fund For more organizations to Fairfield County Woman-BF Sheila and Charles Perrin Fund* Fund Norwalk American ORT A nonprofit can establish Hilda Tooher-Corcoran Charitable People with Disabilities receive annual grants from Goodrich Childcare Scholarship Nancy J. Pilgard Fund William S. Simpson Fund Five Town Endowment Fund Anti Defamation League of an organization endowment Fund Fund Barbara J. Stockman Memorial your fund. If any of your Fund Edmund C. Spencer Fund Ralph & Marian Washburn Sprague Elizabeth Bissell Northcross Fund B’Nai Brith fund to create a stable Upton Family Child Care Fund Mia S. Holthausen Fund Fund designated organizations Timothy Fund Ramer Fund Arthritis Association financial future. When an Florence and Bill Vermeulen Fund Edward Mck Holly Fund Anne W. Stokes Fund dissolves or changes its Ginny Yurch Memorial Fund Community-Specific Redding Heritage Institution of Ellis Island organization establishes Yankee Doodle Fund For Music Jean Gregory Richmond Fund Bernard H. Trager Memorial Fund purpose, the Foundation Strengthening Nonprofits Greater Danbury Endowment Fund HIAS a fund it becomes part Ridgefield Community Foundation Bethel Bradford Newman Warner Fund ensures your original Fairfield County Center for Ridgefield charitable objectives are Jerusalem Foundation of the Foundation’s *Established FY11 Fund for Youth Greater Danbury Endowment Fund Miriam and Elizabeth Kriegler Nonprofit Excellence Fund Jewish Community Center investment pool, and Ridgefield Youth Leadership Fund Bridgeport Memorial Fund Greater Danbury Endowment Fund continued. Financial Management Assistance (See the Ridgefield Community Jewish Federation of Greater benefits from robust Treasure Chest Fund Fund Bridgeport Rotary Club Memorial Gota M. Norell Fund Foundation Fund under Donor 3030 Park Grants-in-Aid Fund Bridgeport investment diversification Westport Sunrise Rotary Young Greater Bridgeport Community Raymond J. and Veronica O’Connor Advised Funds) R & E Aiello Fund Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Voices Fund Impact Fund Fund and economies of scale. Shelton Ann’s Fund Kennedy Center, Inc. The fund is stewarded for Carl B. & Marian C. Adolphson Julia C. Palmer Fund Greater Bridgeport Community Impact Aaron S. Avery Fund Kids in Crisis Community Development, Memorial Fund Remington Products Inc. Fund Fund the long-term needs of the Earle G. & Betty M. Anderson Baldwin Fund Arthur and Gladys Lunin Youth Funds organization with oversight Urban Affairs Zarrilli Family Fund Miriam and Elizabeth Kriegler Fund Edward F. Bodine Fund to benefit: Alvord Award Fund Memorial Fund by the Foundation’s Brookfield Congregation B’Nai Israel John M. Berkowitz Fund Gota M. Norell Fund Bridgeport Learn Not To Burn investment committee and Bridgeport Community Response Greater Danbury Endowment Fund Fund David H. & Theresa L. Bresky Bridgeport Public Education Jewish Community Center Julia C. Palmer Fund board of directors. The Fund Danbury Endowment Fund Stephen Lyman/Greenwich Workshop Arthur and Gladys Lunin Remington Products Inc. Fund organizations’ donors are Humanitarian Award Fund William & Margaret Buckens Greater Danbury Endowment Fund Bridgeport Rotary Club Endowment Wilderness Fund Fund Fund assured that assets are

24 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 25 Jessica Barragan, 17, is the twenty-third student to receive a four- Right now, I have not declared a major. I can see myself double When I was told that I was the winner, I screamed, then cried. I Greetings year Magnus Wahlstrom Leadership Award scholarship. She is a majoring in psychology and political science with a minor in called my mom and grandma, and they were in tears too. freshman at Cornell University. international relations! I can’t wait to see what the future has in This scholarship gives me and my family security knowing that from Jessica graduated from Stratford High School with a 4.06 GPA store for me, but I know that it is up to me to make my goals come I will have sufficient funds to pay my way through college. This Jessica and was the 2010-2011 Valedictorian. She was captain of the true. I intend to have a career that makes me happy. award has given me a seat in the Cornell University Class of 2015. school swim team, vice president of the student council, active in The idea of giving back and making a difference has always been The annual Magnus Wahlstrom Leadership Award Barragan, numerous school groups, and volunteered locally and in Ecuador. stressed my entire life. I was raised with the idea that if you can provides students from Greater Bridgeport with four years Jessica’s mother, originally from Ecuador, raised her two help, you should. I know what it’s like to struggle, and I know that I of generous college assistance for tuition, room and board, freshman children on her own. She often worked four jobs to support her have the power to lend a hand. textbooks and supplies. family. Last year, I read in the Stratford Star that the Fairfield County The scholarship fund was established in 1990 to honor at Cornell Here’s Jessica’s report after her first week at Cornell Community Foundation was offering scholarships. After reading Magnus Wahlstrom, a founder of Bridgeport Machines, Inc. University: the description of the Magnus Wahlstrom scholarship, I thought Mr. Wahlstrom left his native Sweden in 1923, settled in University there was no way I could get it. Only one person out of all the Bridgeport, and achieved success by inventing a high-speed Cornell is literally my dream school. I am most eager to learn from seniors in the eight neighboring towns would win. the most intelligent and renowned professors, be inspired by drilling machine and co-founding Bridgeport Machines, Inc. my peers, and get involved. In my first two days of classes, I can My guidance counselor encouraged me to apply. It was one of the already tell I’m going to absorb so much from my professors. best decisions I’ve ever made.

held separately from Scholarship Funds Megan Cobbledick & Jason Kern Health Related Studies Peg and Paul Mortell Scholarship James E. Tisdale Memorial Hopetown Scholarship Fund Linda Woods Les Treize Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Funds of the its operating fund. The These funds support Charles W. Jensen III, D.M.D. Chris Zadik Committee The Paul Corwel Fund Housing Authority of the City of Theodor Muller Scholarship Fund Jettie Tisdale Scholarship Fund Memorial Scholarship Fund Donna Zeale Elene Crosby Foundation handles the educational Bridgeport Scholarship Fund I Edward J. Crotty Scholarship Jack and Roselyn Goloff Nowitz John T. and Violet Totilas Allan Kitchel Jr. Memorial Fund Mildred Flowers Foundation all administrative advancement of Fund Housing Authority of the City of Musical Scholarship Fund Memorial Scholarship Fund Lyman/Reynolds Fund Scholarship Monica Lazaro responsibilities, including students based on Bridgeport Scholarship Fund II (continued) Leona Bedient Crouchley Frederick W. Nowlan Fund Ernest and Joan Trefz Scholarship Elizabeth Matthews Memorial Review regulatory reporting, criteria of your choice. and Charles D. Crouchley, Jr. I Have a Dream of Norwalk, Inc. Fund Rev. Carolyn M. Rogers Eliza Oliver Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Fund Committees ensuring compliance Scholarships often Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Fund* Helen Varaljai Memorial Eunice Sanderlin Nancy J. Michaud Fund Hundreds of students and freeing the memorialize a loved Mario D’Addario Scholarship Fund Olga and Dimitri Jankowich Fund Helen F. Nowlan Trust Fund Scholarship Fund Roshelly Woodson Brett M. Miller Memorial throughout Fairfield organization to pursue one or honor a special Charles A. and Eleanor Naylor Eugene and Betty Jones Oristano Foundation Fund Leroy Vaughn Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Dorothy Woodson Dana Scholarship Fund Engineering Scholarship for Lt. Robert W. Vogel, USN County apply for college its charitable mission. person. Minorities Christine Palombi Scholarship Martha Moxley Memorial DeBlasio/Christopher Scholarship Fund Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund scholarships held at Alpha Community Service YMCA Maurice W. Anderson Memorial Fund Kindergarten to College Magnus Wahlstrom Leadership the Fairfield County Fund Scholarship Fund Collaboration Scholarship Fund P.C.H. Medical Staff Scholarship Wataru John Narita Memorial Richard DiSalvo Scholarship Fund Fund Award Fund Fund Community Foundation. Anonymous Charlotte Aquino Nursing Pastor Shearon Dudley Memorial Edward R. Kasparek Memorial WHHS Class of 1948 Award Fund Scholarship Fund Fund E. Cortright & Nancy Phillips Osgood Lichty Scholarship Fund Every application Barnum Festival Fund Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund William Wolper School and/or Agnes W. and Ernest W. Kaulbach Sunny Hill Children’s Center Fund is reviewed, scored The Beth El Cemetery Association Aspblom-Graham Nursing Ulysses J. Dunne & Ulysses J. Community Service Award Fund Scholarship Fund Fund Julia Peyton Phillips Scholarship Michelle Yee Memorial Endowment Fund* Dunne, Jr. Scholarship Fund Fund Emanuel Zimmer Scholarship and discussed by Ernest J. Badillo Scholarship Fund Julia Keefe Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Bridgeport Rotary Community Edward A. Dworken Memorial Edward Pickerstein Memorial Fund members of scholarship Service Endowment Fund Elizabeth Bigelow Ballard Fund Foundation, Inc. Jeff Keith Scholarship Fund Matthew Yee Scholarship Fund committees. The Scholarship Fund Greater Bridgeport Symphony Barquin-Bullard-Thompson ABCD Dworken Family Fund The Andrew E. Lange Memorial Caesar Pina Fund *Established FY11 Foundation appreciates Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Science Scholarship Fund Dr. Frank G. and Edith B. Elliott George E. Pipkin, Jr. Scholarship Greenwich Scholarship the work of these Camp Hi Rock Endowment Fund Nancy E. Barrelle Memorial Scholarship Fund Mickey Lione Jr. Scholarship Fund Association Board of Helen Redding Scholarship Fund generous volunteers: The Jane Norgren CLC Fund for Scholarship Fund Nicholas & Anne Nagy Fabian Mickey Lione Jr. Scholarship at Greenwich Directors Greater Bridgeport Area Children Arthur C. Bass Memorial Fund/ Scholarship Fund Trinity Catholic High School Fund Marcy Sallick Scholarship Fund Scholarship Eryn Ament Bingle Les Treize IV Scholarship Committee Dr. Robert B. Cooper Fund Fairfield High School Scholarship Irving Loeb Kornblut Award Kay and Louis Samotus Association Anne Bourne Nancy J. Bassett Oncology Foundation Scholarship Carrie Allen Council of Churches Community Dorothy Weitzner Kornblut For scholarships Judy Chapman Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Joseph R. Farkas Sr., Engineering Scholarship Fund Marion Sanford Scholarship Fund Elisabeth Breslav Scholarship Fund available to Greenwich Allison Coleman The Domus Fund John P. Bassett Scholarship Fund L’Ambiance Scholarship Fund Senator ALJ Scanzillo Scholarship Barbara Buxton Victor M. Ferrante, Sr. Memorial Fund* students, the William Dylewsky Pat Hart Scholarship Endowment Florence Batchelder Scholarship LA DANZA Scholarship Fund Joan Cummings Fund of Class of CHS ’31 Fund Richard K. Schmidt Aquarion Foundation works Lee Fletcher Fund/MACH Endowment Fund Leonhardt Scholars Program Fund Stella Dennis Edward R. Bernstein Memorial F.H.S. Class of ’41 Fund Science Scholarship Fund with the Greenwich Terri Haidinger Wilda Morgan Hayes Fund Les Treize Scholarship Fund I Kimberly “Kim” Tenn Ford Scholarship Fund The Marion and Joseph Fullin Schofield-Blauvelt Scholarship Scholarship Association. Marie Hertzig George T. Hewlett Fund Scholarship Fund Les Treize Scholarship Fund II Fund Kate Kelly Bethany Congregational Church Volunteers gather, Barbara Hindman Mercy Learning Center Fund Scholarship St. Gabriel School Scholarship/ Les Treize Scholarship Fund III Sumner Simpson Scholarship Beth McDonald review and process Catherine Holden Norwalk Symphony Endowment Richard P. Bodine, Sr. Scholarship Financial Aid Fund Bruce G. Lockhart Scholarship Fund Brinda Pola Fund applications, then Allan Jay Walter Breslav, Jr. Scholarship Thomas J. Gardella Memorial Fund William E. Smith Scholarship Fund Gail Robinson Person to Person Reserve Fund Scholarship Fund award scholarships to Rob Janelli Fund Arthur Lunin Learn A Trade Fund Sonneborn Scholarship Fund Doris Schwarz Person to Person Endowment Brooklawn Country Club Caddie Phyllis S. Garrison Scholarship Maccalla Family Trust Les Treize Spanish Merchants Association graduating students in Diane Keleher Fund Fund Sue Thommen Scholarship Fund Fund Scholarship Fund Greenwich. The GSA Cindy Lindemeyer Ridgefield Community Center GBAF Scholarship Fund Louise Uchaczyk Robert W. Brown Scholarship Bertram and Sally MacMannis Ralph B.and Charlotte G. Sperry selects recipients for Jennifer Lynch Endowment Fund Fund June Goodman Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Fund Patricia White scholarships from the Jennifer D. Port School Volunteer Association of Cecelia K. Burdett/V.N.S. of CT, Greater Bridgeport Bar Margret McDonald and Lucy Stamford High School Class of following funds: Edna Wilson Bridgeport-Alan E. Gustafson Inc. Scholarship Fund Association Scholarship Fund Blood Memorial Scholarship Fund 1951 Scholarship Fund Ally Verdi Roach Memorial Jane C. Bausman Memorial Barbara Young Wilson R. Burns Scholarship Fund Peter Hanson Memorial Award for Ralph McIntosh, Sr. Memorial William E. Stratford Memorial Scholarship Fund Ann Robb United Way Endowment Fund May Camp & Webster Upson Humanity Scholarship Fund Fund, Boys’ Club & Girls’ Club of Winston Robinson Bridgeport, Inc Justin Scott Brown Memorial Meadow Ridge United Way of Coastal Fairfield Walker Scholarship Fund Peter Hanson Social Justice Frank J. McKee Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund County Endowment Ettlinger Fund Katherine Sanford Scholarship Committee Thomas E. Carroll Fund Scholarship Fund Meadow Ridge Scholarship Fund Margaret F. Taylor Scholarship Fund Susannah Chase Memorial Fund Adrianne Singer VNA Corporations, Inc.-VNS of CT William L. Hawkins Scholarship Ina Atkinson Hospice Free Support Fund Chiota Family Scholarship Fund Amanda Martin Meloy Career Tod Clonan Scholarship Fund George Sorenson Fund Choices Scholarship Fund Karen Telickey Scholarship Fund Robert Halverstadt Y.M.C.A. Endowment Funds Christopher Chute Memorial Michael Jon Greenberg Memorial Geoffrey Thaw Sportsman’s Award Fund Edward C. Hawley Scholarship Charles J. Merritt, Jr. & Virginia B. J. Richard Tiano Memorial Judith Hamer Scholarship Fund Fund Fund Merritt Fund John Vecchiolla Anne Jacques Raymond E. Clafin Memorial Dr. & Mrs. William Hennigar *Established FY11 Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Dora Williams Rex W. Thrasher

26 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 27 Anna was stuck in a When your home poses a homeless shelter because serious health risk to your she couldn’t afford a children, where do you refrigerator and a stove. turn? Over 85 percent of Those appliances were Bridgeport’s houses were required before she could built before 1980, when move into affordable lead paint was common. senior housing. Thanks to Delroy Campbell turned to a loan from the Norwalk Bridgeport Neighborhood Senior Center and its Trust. Its Lead-Free Families Senior Housing Assistance contractor services helps Fund supported by the remove toxic paint to make Foundation, Anna bought homes safe. the appliances and is thriving in her own home.

Discretionary We focus grants from discretionary funds on six priority areas that affect the quality of life for Housatonic Community College Foundation, Bridgeport $15,000 Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging, Bridgeport. . . $20,000 all in Fairfield County: Economic Opportunity, Education and Youth Development, Health and To support the You Can Do It Program for male students of To support the Senior Housing Assistance Fund Program in Grants Human Services, Arts and Culture, the Environment, and Strengthening Local Nonprofits. color at the college Bridgeport, providing interest-free loans to seniors to secure or Grants are awarded through a competitive process. Each application is reviewed by staff and our remain in affordable housing program committees. All grants are approved by the Foundation’s board of directors. Nonprofits Housing Development Fund, Stamford .$20,000 When you give to a that receive grants submit reports on progress, problems and results. Stamford Partnership, Stamford $2,500 discretionary fund, you To support its First Time Homebuyer Education Program in Many compassionate people include a gift to our discretionary funds as a part of their total Fairfield County To support Reinventing Stamford entrust the Foundation charitable giving. You can contribute to any discretionary fund at the Foundation with a gift of to award grants where cash, securities, a retirement account, life insurance, or a bequest. Please see pages 24-25 for a Housing Development Fund, Bridgeport $10,000 Stamford Partnership, Stamford $20,000 complete list of discretionary funds. they are most needed. To support the Bridgeport office operations To support a new development position The following grants from discretionary funds were made in fiscal 2011, thanks to visionary We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant from the Frederick H. Leonhardt Fund in the people like you. New York Community Trust, which significantly Homes with Hope, Westport $10,000 Education and Youth Development enhances our discretionary grantmaking. We are indebted to the generous support of Anne To support the women’s transitional housing program Total: $509,689 S. Leonhardt. The primary goals for these grants include reducing the Economic Opportunity Benefits) that enrolls low-income residents in Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Hartford $200,000 achievement gap between low-income and upper-income Total: $725,100 publicly funded work supports. To provide a leadership grant for the Fairfield County children, and improving the quality and affordability of after- school and youth development programs. Includes $275,000 in grants from Collaborative Fund for Affordable Housing. The Fund provides FSW, Inc., Bridgeport $30,000 operating support and technical assistance to nonprofit housing the Fund for Women and Girls; see page 35. 4% Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Greenwich $10,000 4% The Foundation’s goals for these grants To support its financial education program developers building affordable housing in Fairfield County To support its Summer To School Enrichment Program 11% include increasing and preserving the supply of 33% affordable housing, providing job skills training Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Norwalk Community College Foundation, Norwalk $15,000 and helping immigrants learn English. Refugees, Sebastopol, CA $1,000 To support the ESL Bridge To Credit Program that helps Boys and Girls Club of Stamford, Stamford $10,000 To support the mission of this national affinity English as a Second Language students in the non-credit To support its summer camp program 20% Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, group for grantmakers division transition to the ESL credit division at Norwalk Bridgeport $5,000 Community College Bridgeport Partnership for Student Success, c/o FCCF $25,000 Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, 28% To support efficiencies in financial To support a new communications campaign and materials management Bridgeport $20,000 Norwalk Senior Center, Norwalk $ 6,100 To support a new position focused on To support the Norwalk Senior Housing Assistance Fund, Bridgeport Public Education Fund, Bridgeport $25,000 $2.2 million in Grants providing interest-free loans to seniors to secure or remain in Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, developing green jobs in Bridgeport To support the Motivation for Academic Achievement and from Discretionary Funds affordable housing Danbury $20,000 College Success (MAACS) Program that helps Bridgeport high ■ Economic Opportunity* $ 725,000 To provide operating support for the Family Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, school students enroll and succeed in college ■ Education and Youth Loan Program in Danbury Bridgeport $5,000 One Region Funders’ Collaborative, Development $ 625,000 c/o New York Community Trust $25,000 ■ Health and Human To support efficiencies in financial management Bridgeport Public Education Fund, Services $ 443,000 Connecticut Association of Human Services, To support the Foundation’s participation in the One Region Bridgeport $3,432 Funders’ Collaborative, which supports smart growth in the tri- ■ Arts and Culture $ 246,000 Hartford $10,000 Greater New England Minority Supplier To help five Bridgeport school leaders attend a national state region ■ Environment $ 86,000 To support the Earn Benefits Funding Development Council, Hamden $500 Education Trust conference on school improvement ■ Strengthening Nonprofits $ 69,000 Collaborative. This statewide initiative trains To support its mission to increase procurement Operation Fuel, Glastonbury $15,000 workforce development providers to use a opportunities between corporations and Bridgeport Public Schools, Bridgeport $15,000 * Includes $275,000 in grants from the nationally recognized software program (Earn To support the administration of fuel banks in Fairfield County Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls certified minority-owned businesses. To support the annual Cultural Enrichment grants program

28 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 29 Boys and Girls Club of Children learn best by doing. Stamford summer campers Stepping Stones Museum for learn independence, Children’s exhibits, programs cooperation and problem and events invite hands-on solving through games, exploration and creative activities and sports. play. Play contributes to Camp helps children avoid healthy brain development summer’s academic slippage and allows children to work and return to school with in groups, make decisions, fresh knowledge and practice adult roles, master confidence. In addition, their world—and have fun. their parents can continue working during school vacation, knowing their children are receiving high- quality care.

Discretionary Bridgeport YMCA, Central Connecticut Coastal Connecticut Community Boating, McGivney Community Center, Bridgeport $25,000 Stamford Achieves, Stamford $15,000 YMCA, Bridgeport $17,620 Bridgeport $8,890 To support its after school and weekend youth programs To support its summer tutoring program at three Grants To support its summer youth program To support its summer program community centers (continued) McGivney Community Center, Bridgeport $5,000 Bruce Museum, Greenwich $10,000 Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, To support efficiencies in financial management Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford $5,000 To support its Neighborhood Collaborative, Hartford $15,000 To support its education programs with Stamford serving after school programs in Greenwich, To support the new Early Childhood Funders Norwalk Children’s Foundation, Norwalk $6,667 and Norwalk Public Schools Stamford and Norwalk Collaborative, a public-private partnership To support developing and facilitating a citywide with the State of Connecticut focused on early out-of-school-time network in Norwalk SoundWaters, Stamford $8,260 childhood systems reform Community Centers, Inc., Greenwich $15,000 To support summer camp scholarships To support its summer youth program Norwalk Education Foundation, Norwalk $1,600 Dispute Settlement Center, Wilton $10,000 To support the Teacher Innovation Grants Program that offers Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk $15,000 To support its conflict resolution and youth Connecticut After School Network, Norwalk teachers grants for curriculum innovation projects To provide general operating support Branford $10,000 mediation programs in public high schools, including Danbury High School To support technical assistance with Hall Norwalk Education Foundation, Norwalk $4,000 Sterling House Community Center, Stratford $10,000 Neighborhood House Early Care and Education Training Institute, To support the participation of the new Norwalk Public Schools’ To support its youth development program Danbury $15,000 Superintendent, Dr. Susan Marks, in the Superintendents’ Connecticut After School Network, Network, sponsored by the Connecticut Center for School Change Student Conservation Association, Regional $10,000 Branford $15,000 To support ParentSEE, a parent leadership training program in Danbury To support its Fairfield County summer program To continue facilitating the Fairfield County Norwalk Education Foundation, Norwalk $1,230 After School Network, originated by the To help two Norwalk school leaders attend a national Education Foundation Education Trust, Washington, D.C. $1,600 Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Teachers, Bridgeport $20,000 Trust conference on school improvement To support registration fees for Norwalk and To support its Bridgeport program Connecticut After School Network, Bridgeport Public Schools leaders to attend Original Works, Bridgeport $10,000 Branford $ 6,140 a national Education Trust conference on Yerwood Center, Stamford $20,000 reducing the achievement gap To support its youth theater arts program To assess the quality of five summer learning To support an organizational assessment programs for low-income, Fairfield County Ralphola Taylor Community Center, Central Connecticut Coastal children Family and Children’s Agency, Norwalk . . $25,000 YMCA of Norwalk, Norwalk $5,000 YMCA, Bridgeport $10,000 To support its after school program for To support its summer camp program Connecticut Center for School Change, Norwalk middle school youth To support its Safe Space Program for youth ages 11-18 Hartford $10,250 Health & Human Services To support the Alumni Support Program of George Washington Carver Center, Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut, Danbury $20,000 Total: $442,900 Norwalk $30,000 To support summer camp scholarships at the Greenknoll branch the 2009-10 Urban School Leaders Fellowship The Foundation’s goals for these grants include supporting To support its after school program for middle medical, dental and mental health care for uninsured and Connecticut Center for School Change, and high school students RYASAP Catalyst for Community Change, Bridgeport $15,000 underinsured adults and families, and improving the quality of Hartford. $10,000 To support youth leadership training and organizing at Harding life for residents with disabilities. To support the Stamford Public Schools’ New Kennedy Center, Trumbull $15,000 High School Administrators Institute 2011-2012 To support its summer day camp program for Ability Beyond Disability, Bethel $10,000 children with special needs To support its adult day program

30 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 31 Companionship, creative How can young visual artists expression and learning mature without seeing art new things keep us in person? More than 30 emotionally healthy, photography students from mentally stimulated and Bassick High School in engaged. The Easton Bridgeport ventured to the Senior Citizen’s Center is Museum of Modern Art in an intellectual, educational, New York for unforgettable cultural and social center inspiration. For many, it was for adults of all ages, and their first trip to Manhattan especially for retirees, and viewing original works seniors and physically of art. challenged adults.

Discretionary AmeriCares Free Clinics, Inc., Christian Community Action, Norwalk $5,000 Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury, Danbury $15,000 Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Southwestern Connecticut, Bridgeport $20,000 To support its strategic planning process To support its community health outreach program Stamford ...... $15,000 Grants To provide general operating support for the To support the cost of caring for low-income patients at the (continued) Bridgeport AmeriCares Free Clinic Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury, Danbury $3,500 Rosenthal Residential Hospice, as a challenge grant Hartford $6,000 To support efficiencies in financial management ARI, Inc., Stamford $10,000 To support a donor education collaborative Voluntary Services for the Blind of Fairfield County, Stamford ...... $ 6,000 To support respite care services for client families focused on Connecticut’s growing elderly Interlude, Danbury $4,000 population To support volunteer recruitment and retention To support efficiencies in financial management Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, Bridgeport $20,000 Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, YWCA of Greenwich, Greenwich $10,000 Jewish Home for the Elderly, Fairfield $15,000 To provide general operating support for Bridgeport $3,400 To support its Domestic Abuse Services Program To support the Center for Elder Abuse Prevention Bridgeport Child FIRST To support efficiencies in financial management Kennedy Center, Trumbull $10,000 Arts and Culture Child Advocates of Connecticut, Danbury Regional Child Advocacy Center, Total: $245,600 To support the Alzheimer’s Day Program for adults Westport $15,000 Danbury $15,000 Arts organizations increase a community’s vibrancy, connect To provide general operating support, as a To support the Family Enrichment Service people through performances and displays, and bring beauty and Lawyers for Children America, Stamford/Bridgeport $10,000 challenge grant Program, as a challenge grant understanding into our lives. Children who receive instruction To support the Fairfield County program in the arts make strides in academic achievement and social Child and Family Guidance Center, Domestic Violence Crisis Center, development. Bridgeport $20,000 Norwalk $25,000 Liberation Programs, Stamford $20,000 This year, the Foundation’s goals for Arts & Culture grants To support its program for Luis Munoz Marin To provide general operating support To support its Families In Recovery Program included increasing the sustainability of arts organizations and middle school students helping local arts organizations collaborate with each other. Easton Senior Citizen’s Center, Easton $5,000 Neighbor To Neighbor, Greenwich $5,000 Backcountry Jazz, Greenwich/Bridgeport $10,000 Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, To support the senior recreation program To support food pantry operations To support the Bridgeport Youth Jazz Camp Stamford ...... $25,000 To provide general operating support ElderHouse, Norwalk $15,000 Person To Person, Darien/Stamford $30,000 Barnum Museum, Bridgeport $40,000 To provide general operating support for its To support its new collaboration with Domus in Stamford To support the Endangered Building capital project Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield, adult day center in Norwalk Norwalk $20,000 Positive Directions, Westport $20,000 Bridgeport Arts and Cultural Council, To support its Child FIRST Program, a ElderHouse, Norwalk $5,000 To support its Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program c/o Housatonic Community College Foundation $20,000 collaboration with Family and Children’s Agency To support efficiencies in financial and the Norwalk Community Health Center To provide general operating support management Southwest Community Health Center, Bridgeport $15,000

Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield, To support the new dental clinic City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport $10,000 Exchange Club Parenting Skills Center, Norwalk $20,000 To provide general operating support Stamford ...... $10,000 STAR, Inc., Norwalk $10,000 To support the Extended Day Treatment To support its Hispanic Crisis Parent Aide Program for youth, as a challenge grant To support respite care services for client families Connecticut Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport $23,300 program To support researching and cultivating corporate donations and Transportation Association of Greenwich, Greenwich $5,000 private foundation grants To provide general operating support, as a challenge grant

32 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 33 Earthplace’s Harbor Watch/ Twenty million people live River Watch program in within a one-hour drive of Westport works to restore Long Island Sound. For the biological integrity of most, the Maritime Aquarium Long Island Sound and in Norwalk is the only its watershed. Local high place they can discover its school students interested mysteries and get eye-to- in Environmental Science eye with marine creatures. careers help test waterways It’s a wonderland and all year. They learn how to classroom for all who want to collect and disseminate protect this body of water in credible, scientific data, Connecticut’s front yard. and how to protect fragile habitats.

Discretionary Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport . . $15,000 improve the health of Long Island Sound and Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, Hartford $6,937 Fairfield County Community Foundation’s To support researching and cultivating its watershed, increase green space in urban To support the Council’s mission of promoting and supporting Fund for Women and Girls Grants corporate donations and private foundation settings, and promote smart growth initiatives. effective philanthropy for the public good in Connecticut Total: $390,600 grants The goals of these grants are to help low- and moderate-income (continued) Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Connecticut News Project, Hartford $1,000 women supporting dependents achieve economic security, and New Haven $50,000 Greater Bridgeport Symphony, To support www.ctmirror.org, a new website featuring coverage help girls acquire skills and confidence to overcome obstacles, Bridgeport $23,300 To support the Bridgeport Water Resources/ of Connecticut government affairs, a guide to state elected create positive change in their lives and become leaders. In To provide general operating support Green Infrastructure Project officials, and a library of documents from state agencies and addition, the Fund for Women and Girls supports advocacy for other organizations wage equality and policy representation. Housatonic Community College Foundation, EarthPlace, Westport $9,800 Bridgeport $20,000 To support the Harbor Watch/River Watch Council on Foundations, Washington, D.C. $11,000 Cardinal Shehan Center, Bridgeport $10,000 To support the print curator position at the environmental education program To support its mission to provide the opportunity, leadership, To help create Girlz Zone, a safe and cheerful place designed by college’s Museum of Art and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, the girls. Girls ages 8-13 meet after school to discuss and address Land Trust Alliance, Washington, D.C. $2,500 enhance, and sustain their ability to advance the common good bullying, internet safety, health concerns and other issues in Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance, To support Fairfield County land trust in the United States their lives. Danbury $15,000 attendees at the October 2010 National Land Trust Conference Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Washington, D.C. $575 Center for Women and Families, Bridgeport/Regional $5,000 To provide general operating support for this arts council serving Greater Danbury To support the mission of this national affinity group for To support Girl Talk for girls ages 13-17 who have been victims Regional Plan Association, Bridgeport $23,850 grantmakers of (or are exposed to) domestic, dating or sexual violence. They learn survival skills, discover their strengths and gain confidence Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk $20,000 To support the Community Capacity-Building Program of the BGreen 2020 Green Living Greater Danbury Nonprofit Resource Center, c/o United Way of to move forward. To provide general operating support Initiative Western Connecticut, Danbury $5,000 Domus Foundation, Stamford $7,800 Stamford Symphony Orchestra, To provide general operating support Strengthening Local Nonprofits To support its Girls Circle positive role modeling workshops for Stamford ...... $20,000 Total: $69,048 Partnership for Strong Communities, Hartford $7,000 middle and high school girls. In weekly sessions, girls address To provide general operating support issues such as gangs, drug use, bullying and violent relationships, Goals of these grants include increasing the To support the Leadership Development Roundtable, providing efficiency and sustainability of nonprofits. and learn to build trust and connect to community resources. Westport Arts Center, Westport $9,000 leadership training to aspiring nonprofit executive directors in Fairfield County To support its collaboration with the Bridge Connecticut Association of Nonprofits, Family & Children’s Agency, Norwalk $20,000 Academy in Bridgeport Hartford $20,000 Pro Bono Partnership, White Plains, NY $7,500 To support Girls Challenge for middle school girls from diverse ethnicities. Girls learn about conflict resolution, healthy To deliver skill-building workshops for To support Pro Bono Partnership’s work with Fairfield County Westport Country Playhouse, Westport . . $20,000 friendships, personal boundaries, communication tools, goal Fairfield County nonprofits as part of the nonprofits To provide general operating support Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence setting, stress management, personal safety, assertiveness and public speaking. They also engage in community service. University of Connecticut, Storrs $3,064 Environment Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, To provide scholarships for four Fairfield County nonprofit Total: $86,150 Hartford $6,972 Girls Inc., Stamford $10,000 executives to attend an executive director retreat To support Media and Me, and Media Smarts. Girls ages One of the joys of living in Fairfield County To support a collaborative community foundation 6-11 attending CTE’s after school program learn about media is its beauty, yet the region’s 900,000 residents focused on advocacy and public policy disturb ecosystems and encroach on open influences and how to set boundaries for using social media. space. The Foundation awards grants to They build self-esteem and are exposed to wholesome female role models.

34 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 35 Girls Challenge is for middle Last year, Neijire A. and her two children Since Stable Families’ launch in late school girls who need faced eviction from their Bridgeport public 2009, 99 percent of enrolled families have extra guidance to get on housing apartment. She was losing hope avoided eviction, gotten back on their feet the path to robust lives. This Family & Children’s and afraid of how she would care for her and improved their lives. It’s hard work and Agency’s weekly, after- children. Sensing her despair, they began rarely straightforward. school program teaches girls acting out. Neijire felt her life unraveling. Multiple serious problems underlie about conflict resolution, That’s when Bridgeport Housing financial instability healthy friendships, personal boundaries, communication Authority attorney Jennifer Black referred As caseworkers become more familiar tools, goal setting, stress Neijire to the Stable Families program. with client families, they find problems like management, personal “When families like Neijire’s lose chronic disease, mental illness, learning safety and public speaking. their subsidized housing, they double- disabilities, illiteracy and domestic violence They also engage in up with relatives or move to a shelter,” underlie financial struggles. community service projects. said Jennifer. “Neither is a stable option. The Stable Families program untangles Thanks to the Stable Families program, the and tackles these problems in three Housing Authority can refer families like ways. First, it brings together its staff, Neijire’s to this local program that helps the advisory committee of the Bridgeport Discretionary Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Regional $5,000 RYASAP, Regional $11,000 them stay in their home.” Public Housing Resident Support Fund, To support Girlz R.U.L.E. (Respect, To support Raising the Bar. Up to 30 nonprofit Stable Families helps families program operator New Haven Home Grants Understand, Lead, Empower), an anti-bullying leaders with programs specifically for girls How One facing eviction Recovery, and the Bridgeport Housing (continued) program for girls from second to eighth grade. meet four times a year. They learn from each Grants from the Bridgeport Public Authority to look at and beyond families’ They build skills to cope with harassment, other and outside experts how to improve their Fund is Housing Resident Support Fund at the housing problems. They collaborate on threats, and cyber-bullying—and learn how to programs and serve more girls. Participants Foundation support the Stable Families cases, identify multiple services that speak up, listen to others, and work in teams. also role play many of the activities for their Changing program. Stable Families caseworkers can help families, and track progress. In girls programs, giving them a first-hand feel for assess each family’s needs, then work addition, they look for ways to intervene Norwalk Community College Foundation, the challenges today’s girls face. Public with them to develop a comprehensive months before a family faces eviction. Regional $250,000 Housing plan. For example, families facing eviction For Neijire, Stable Families provided a To fund Year 3 of the Family Economic Wakeman Boys & Girls Club, Bridgeport get help to find work, apply for benefits lifeline. “Thanks to my caseworker, I have a and financial assistance, develop budgets, plan. I’m doing what I need to do to get my Security Program (FESP), an initiative helping ...... $6,800 (Above) Stable low- and moderate-wage Norwalk Community To implement Girls Nite Out, an upbeat Families helped and negotiate repayment plans. family back on track. I’ve got hope again, College students supporting dependents evening of exercise, dance and crafts to Neijire avoid eviction and I’m being the mother I want to be.” achieve economic security. The students strengthen communication and bonds between and provide stability for her children. For more information on Bridgeport Public Housing Resident Support Fund, visit www.fccfoundation.org. receive coaching, mentoring and funding to middle school girls, their mothers or primary help them attain college degrees and family- female guardians, and the broader community. sustaining wages. YWCA of Greenwich, Greenwich $20,000 100 Black Men Foundation American Museum of Natural Berkshire Taconic Community Brooklyn Bureau of Community Foundation A Better Chance of Ridgefield History Foundation Service Norwalk Community College Foundation, A Better Chance of Wilton American Place Theatre Beta Theta Pi Foundation Brooklyn Heights Montessori To support Y-Net, a dating violence School Regional $25,000 prevention, leadership and advocacy program Grants A Children’s Brain Tumor Cure Americans for Democratic Action Beyond Shelter Foundation AmeriCares Foundation, Inc.(4) Biomedical Energy Engineering Brooklyn Law School To support the Family Economic Security led by Greenwich High School students. ABCD, Inc. (2) Amos House, Inc. Study Group Bruce Museum Program’s career development financial Students are trained to educate other students from Donor Ability Beyond Disability Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust and Bishop Loughlin Memorial High Builders Beyond Borders (2) School Achievement First (3) Scout Cabin Burroughs Community Center (2) coaching on how to identify and prevent dating violence. Black Rock Garden Club (2) They also advocate for teen anti-violence Advised, Ackerman Institute for the Family Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Cab Calloway Foundation Ann’s Place, The Home of I CAN (2) Black Rock Little League of California Heritage Museum Adopt-A-Dog Bridgeport (2) RYASAP, Bridgeport $20,000 legislation. Anti-Defamation League, Conn. Camp Dudley YMCA Aging in Place + Gallivant Bloomington Playwrights Project Designated Area Congregations Together, Inc. Camp Fire Conservation Fund To support Finding Her Voice for Greater AHALA Children’s Rights B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Foundation Arthritis Foundation Connecticut League Camp Sunshine Bridgeport girls from 10 local high schools. Each of these discretionary grants was made possible Chapter and Ahlbin Centers for Rehabilitation Boathouse Foundation Camp TLC/Joey Dipaolo AIDS Medicine (2) Arts for Healing (2) Foundation Girls of different ethnicities, grades, faiths and by visionary, compassionate individuals and families Boy Scouts of America, Greenwich income levels come together to identify, discuss who made an unrestricted gift to the Foundation. Albany Park Theater Project Atlantic Salmon Federation Council Cancer Support Community Organization Alumni Fund of Smith College (2) Atwill Memorial Chapel Association Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich (2) Caramoor Center for Music and and address shared problems. They explore Thank you for your investment in improving the the Arts Alzheimer’s Association Audubon Connecticut (2) Breast Cancer Alliance (2) making healthy decisions and setting goals, quality of life in Fairfield County, and helping all Cardinal Sheehan Center (2) Endowment American Cancer Society (2) Avon Old Farms School Breast Cancer Research and learn to initiate positive change in their have the opportunity to participate and thrive. American Civil Liberties Union Backcountry Jazz (2) Foundation Caroline House (3) relationships, schools and communities. Foundation Backstretch Employee Service Bridgeport Area Youth Ministry (3) Carter Center Funds American Decorative Art 1900 Team of New York, Inc. Bridgeport Child Advocacy Catholic Charities of Fairfield Foundation Ballet Nouveau Colorado Coalition (4) County (2) American Diabetes Association Ballet School of Stamford Inc. Bridgeport Hospital Foundation (6) Center for Children’s Advocacy, Inc. American Friends of Winchester Barnum Festival, Inc. Bridgeport Hospital School of Center for Environment and College Nursing Population Barnum Museum Foundation American Health Assistance Bridgeport Public Education Center for Global Studies Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens Foundation Fund (4) Center for International American Heart Association Bates College (2) Bridgeport Rescue Mission Environmental Justice American Joint Jewish Distribution Beginning with Children Broadway Cares-Equity Fights Aids Center for Women and Families of Committee Foundation, Inc. Inc. (2) Eastern Fairfield (4) American Lung Association Berea College Brookings Institution Center for Youth Leadership c/o

36 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 37 Brien McMahon High School Coordinating Committee for Family ReEntry (5) Hackers for Hope Kids in Crisis (5) New 42, The New Victory Theater Re-Entry Ministry St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Urban League of Southern Foundation Central Connecticut Coast YMCA Children in Crisis Feeding America Harlem Children’s Zone LABrynth Theater Company New Canaan Country School (3) Regional Plan Association, Conn. Church Connecticut (9) Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Department Feeding America Tampa Bay Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Lafayette College New Covenant House of Hospitality The Rensselaerville Institute St. Vincent’s Medical Center Vacamas Programs for Youth Chappaqua Orchestra Association Foundation (4) Grants The Cottage In Darien Fellowship Foundation, Inc. dba Inc. (HEAF) Lake Christian Ministries New England Forestry Foundation Research and Social Media Vail Symposium Child Guidance Center of Mid- Stamford Adult & Continuing Council of Churches of Greater International Foundation (3) Harvard Glee Club Foundation, Inc. Lake Waramaug Task Force, Inc. New Fairfield Community Foundation Collaborative Corporation Vassar College Fairfield County Bridgeport (4) Education Fellowship Place Harvard University Learning Community Day School (2) Reverb Vermont Land Trust Child Guidance Center of Southern Stamford Center for the Arts from Donor Courage to Speak Foundation, Film Forum, Inc. (2) Harvard University Business New Haven Home Recovery (2) Ridgefield Community Center Village Initiative Project, Inc. Conn., Inc. Inc. (2) Lee Pesky Learning Center Stamford Hospital Foundation (7) First Descents School (2) New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Ridgefield Operation for Animal Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Childcare Learning Centers, Inc. (6) Covenant House Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Stamford Museum & Nature Center First Presbyterian Church (2) Hearing & Speech Agency of New York Botanical Garden Rescue Southwestern Conn. Advised, Children’s Aid Society Dana Farber Cancer Institute Metropolitan Baltimore Liberation Programs, Inc.(2) (4) First Tee of Connecticut New York Center for Autism Research Ridgefield Playhouse Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield Children’s Cancer Fund Danbury Children First Heifer Project International Lions Clubs Foundation of Darien Stamford Partnership County (2) Florida Atlantic University Conn. Inc. and Education, Inc. Robin Hood Foundation Designated Children’s Hospital Foundation Danbury Grassroots Tennis, Inc. High Water Women Foundation Stamford Symphony Orchestra (5) Visiting Nurse Services of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis LISC-Local Initiatives Support Corp. New York City Center, Inc. Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Children’s Hospital Foundation Stamford Youth Foundation (2) Connecticut, Inc. Danbury Public Schools Network Hillsdale College (3) New York Restoration Project Arts at WMC Stanford Fund Vital Voices Global Partnership, Inc. Danbury Regional Child Advocacy Food Bank New York City Historic Hudson Valley Literacy Volunteers of America, New York University School of Law (2) Rocky Mountain Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Center, Inc.(3) Stanford University (2) Volunteer Center of Southwestern Fordham University Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2) Stamford/Greenwich (4) New York University Stern School of Roddenberry Foundation Children’s Rescue Mission Darien Board of Education-DHS Stanwich Congregational Church Fairfield County Foreign Policy Association Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Lost Tree Village Charitable Business Rosenfeld Heart Foundation Organization The Children’s School Band Fundraiser Island Foundation Staples High School Tuition Grants (6) W.I.N-W.I.N Foundation, Inc. Franklin County Family YMCA Newtown Scholarship Association Rotary Club of Bridgeport (4) Children’s Tumor Foundation Darien Community Association Homes for the Brave/ABRI (2) Louisiana SPCA Starlight Children’s Foundation Wakeman Boys & Girls Club (2) Fredonia College Foundation of Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center Rowayton Library Christ Church Greenwich (2) Darien EMS-Post 53 (4) Water.org Endowment SUNY Homes with Hope/IHA (4) Loyola Recovery Foundation Noroton Presbyterian Church Russian Children’s Welfare Society, Starlight Starbright Children’s Christ Church Vero Beach Darien Fire Department Foundation Foundation The Watermark at 3030 Park (4) Friends of Booker T. Washington Horizons National Lutheran Social Services of New North End Little League Inc. Christian Community Action Darien Land Trust England Staying Put in New Canaan Waterside School (2) National Monument Horizons Student Enrichment North Stamford Congregational RYASAP (2) Funds (continued) Cingari Family Foundation Darien Library (4) Friends of Independent Schools Program, Greens Farms Academy M.A.C. House Church Sacred Heart Academy Sterling House Waveny Care Network (3) Circle of Care for Families with Darien Technology & Community and Better Education Magical Music For Life, Inc. Northwestern University Sacred Heart University (2) Street Squash West Point Fund, Association of Cancer Foundation, Inc. Horizons Student Enrichment Graduates Friends of the Ferguson Library Make it Better Foundation Norwalk Community College Saint Ann’s School Student Conservation Association, Dartmouth College (7) Program, New Canaan Country Inc. Westport Arts Center, Inc. City Harvest FSW, Inc. School (2) Make-A-Wish Foundation of Foundation (8) Salvation Army (2) Dartmouth College, Friends of Connecticut Summer on the Hill, Inc. Westport Field of Dreams City of Hope The Fund for Park Avenue HORSE of Connecticut, Inc. Norwalk Grassroots Tennis, Inc. Salvation Army, Southern New Dartmouth Library Marrakech, Inc Sun Valley Summer Symphony Westport Historical Society City of Norwalk Garden Education Center Hospice Caring, Inc. Norwalk Hospital Foundation (4) England Division (2) Dartmouth College, Friends of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Westport Public Library (3) City Squash, Inc.(3) Dartmouth Squash Gay, Lesbian and Straight Hotchkiss School Norwalk Housing Foundation Sandpoint Waldorf School Education Network Maryknoll Sisters Foundation Westshore Montessori School CityCenter, Danbury Dartmouth Hillel Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. Norwalk Land Trust (2) Sankaty Head Foundation, Inc. Geo. A. Smith American Legion Masonic Charity Foundation of Susquehanna Service Dogs Whitby School (2) Classical Studies Academy DC Volunteer Lawyers Project Housing Development Fund, Norwalk Public Schools Saul Silbert Charitable Trust/Purple Post #74 Conn. (2) Crayon Project Sustainable Markets Foundation Whitney Museum of American Art Clean Air Cool Planet DEBRA of America, Inc., Dystrophic Inc. (2) Norwalk Senior Center (2) George & Raymond Frank Matthew Gaffney Foundation Save the Children Swim Across America- Long Island Wholesome Wave Coe College Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Foundation Housing Works Norwalk Symphony Orchestra (2) Sound Swim McGivney Community Center (2) School of Rock WICC Holiday Fund Colgate University (2) Designated Drivers Foundation George Washington Carver Center Hubbard House Norwalk Youth Symphony Syracuse University, School of Human Meals-on-Wheels of Greenwich School Volunteer Association Wilderness Society College of New Rochelle Developments in Literacy, Inc. (2) Human Services Council of Mid- Notre Dame High School (2) Ecology Fairfield (2) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Scruggs Rescue Squad Williamstown Film Festival, Inc. (2) Columbia University College of Diocese of Atlanta Georgetown University Center (5) Nyack Homeless Project. Ltd. (2) T&E Cares Physicians & Surgeons Idaho Conservation League Septima Clark Public Charter School Wilton Commons Diocese of Bridgeport (2) Getabout, Inc. Mercy Corps Oblates of the Virgin Mary Mission Taft School Community Foundation for Greater Giant Steps-Conn. School (2) Inner-City Foundation for Charity Society of St. Mary’s Parish SERRV International Tanglewood, Friends of Wilton Land Conservation Trust New Haven Discovery Museum & Education Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport, Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc.(7) Ohio Wesleyan University (2) Shakespeare on the Sound Teach for America (7) Wilton Library Association (3) Community Foundation for Dispute Settlement Center (3) Innocence Project (2) Give Back Foundation Merritt Parkway Conservancy (2) One Region Funders’ Collaborative Share Our Strength TEAK Fellowship Wittenberg University Nantucket Doctors Without Borders (3) Interlude, Inc. Global Exchange Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation Operation Hope Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation (2) Technoserve WNYC New York Public Radio Community Fund of Darien (9) Domus Foundation (10) International Documentary The Orion Society Simmons College Women for Women International Community Theatre Foundation Donors Choose (2) Goodwill Industries of Western Association Metropolitan Museum of Art Telemachus Foundation Inc. Conn. (3) Orphans Against AIDS, Inc. Ski and Snowboard Club Vail Women’s Business Development Person-to-Person is Comprehensive Development, Inc. Duke Ellington Center for the Arts International Justice Mission (4) Metropolitan Opera Temple Israel Grantmakers for Education ORT America, Inc. Skidmore Jazz Institute-Skidmore Council (6) Concert Artists Guild Duke University Annual Fund International Senior Lawyers MFY Legal Services, Inc. Thirteen/WNET (2) where people turn to Great Mountain Forest Corporation Project Outward Bound (2) College Woodcock Nature Center “ Congregation Beth El (3) E.F. Schumacher Society Miami University Thomas Merton Center Smith College Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Greater Bridgeport Symphony Jackie Robinson Park of Fame Michael J. Fox Foundation for OXFAM America Tibet Fund when they have nowhere Congregation B’nai Israel Eagle Hill School (2) Society (5) Smith College Museum of Art Foundation Jacob Burns Film Center Parkinson’s Research Palm Bay United Methodist Church Tiny Miracles Foundation Congregation B’nai Torah Earth Force, Inc. Greater Kansas City Community Woodway Scholarship Fund else to go; Fairfield Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Middlebury College Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Smith Mountain Lake Rotary Conn. Aeronautical Historical Earthjustice Foundation Foundation Town of Wilton Veterans Memorial Wooster School Japan Society of Fairfield County Millbrook School Park City Primary Care Center, Inc. Green County Community Association DBA N.E. Air Museum East Coast Assistance Dogs Green Village Initiative, Inc. Soldiers For The Truth Foundation The WorkPlace JazzReach Performing Arts & Morris Street Family Resource Center Partners in Health (3) The Trevor Project Conn. Against Gun Violence Easter Seals Goodwill Industries, Greens Farms Academy (2) Solo Foundation World Vision-Women of Vision Foundation is the place Education Fund Education Mount Sinai Medical Center Trinity Church, Greenwich (4) Inc.(2) Greenwich Academy Pegasus Therapeutic Riding (3) Jewish Center for Community Soundkeeper, Inc. World Vision-Women of Vision- to go for financial Conn. Appleseed Center for Law Easton Community Center Museum of Modern Art Pequot Library Trinity Episcopal Church (Nichols) (2) Fairfield County and Justice Greenwich Adult Day Care Services (6) SoundWaters (5) Edgartown Library Foundation Music for Youth, Inc. Person-to-Person (12) Trinity Episcopal Church (Southport) Yale School of Architecture Alumni support for an innovative Conn. Association for Children and Greenwich Alliance for Education Jewish Community Center of Southeast White House Harrison Nantucket Conservation Foundation Phillips Exeter Academy Alumni Fund Trinity University Press Fund Adults w Learning Disabilities Elton John Aids Foundation Greenwich Center for Hope & Southern Illinois University Foundation idea, for advice on best Nantucket Cottage Hospital Trumbull Library Yale University Conn. Association for Human Environmental Advocates of New Renewal Jewish Family Services Pine Manor College (4) nonprofit practices, and Services York Greenwich Country Day School (2) Jewish Foundation of Greater New Nantucket Land Council, Inc. Pivot Ministries Southern Poverty Law Center Turn of River Presbyterian Church Yale University School of Medicine, Haven Women’s Health Research for conversations with Conn. Association for the Education Environmental Defense Fund (3) Greenwich Department of Social NARAL Foundation Planned Parenthood of Southern New Southport Congregational Church UJA Federation of Eastern Fairfield of Young Children Epilepsy Therapy Project Services Jewish Home for the Elderly of Nathaniel Witherell, Inc., Friends of (2) England (3) County Yankee Institute for Public Policy Fairfield County (2) SquashBusters knowledgeable staff to Conn. Ballet Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama Greenwich Emergency Medical National Kidney Foundation Ponus Street Chapel & Community Union College YMCA Bridgeport-Central Conn. Services, Inc.(2) JFK Medical Center Foundation Association St Joseph High School Coast YMCA (3) Conn. Beardsley Zoo Fabretto Children’s Foundation National Mentoring Partnership United Church of Rowayton (2) clarify thinking. Person- Greenwich Historical Society Joel Barlow High School Port Chester Carver Center St. Ann Roman Catholic Church (2) YMCA of Wilton (2) Conn. Challenge (2) Face Forward, Inc. National Trust for Scotland United Congregational Church St. Francis School Yosemite Association to-Person’s relationship Conn. Coalition for Achievement Greenwich Hospital (2) John F. Kennedy School of Foundation, USA Potomac School United Way of Coastal Fairfield Facing History and Ourselves Government Now (ConnCAN) (3) Greenwich Library (3) Prep for Prep St. Gabriel School (2) County (4) Young Mariners Foundation (2) with FCCF is invaluable Fairfield College Preparatory Nativity School of Worcester Conn. Community Foundation (2) Greenwich Music Festival Junior Achievement of Western St. Jerome Church United Way of Greenwich (4) YWCA of Greenwich (3) School (2) Connecticut Natural Resources Defense Council Princeton University to our work, and the work Conn. Farmland Trust (2) Greenwich Symphony St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital United Way of Western Conn. Fairfield Foundation for Education Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Nature Conservancy of Block Island Purchase College Conn. Food Bank, Inc. (16) Greenwich Tree Conservancy St. Leonard Ministries University of Albany Foundation of Fairfield County’s Fairfield Museum & History Center Juvenile Diabetes Research Nature Conservancy, Conn. Rachel Carson Council St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (3) Conn. Freemasons Foundation, Inc. (3) Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund Foundation, Fairfield County Near and Far Aid Association Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego University of Bridgeport (2) nonprofit community. Div. (3) St. Luke’s LifeWorks (4) Conn. Fund for the Environment (3) Fairfield Public Library GroundWork Bridgeport Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield Ralphola Taylor Center Y.M.C.A. University of Connecticut Law School Kansas University Endowment Foundation Conn. Junior Republic (2) Fairfield University (4) Growing Gardens County (9) REACH Prep (3) St. Luke’s School — Ceci Maher, ” Association Unquowa School Conn. Public Broadcasting, Inc.(2) Faith Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Neighbor-to-Neighbor (2) Reach the World St. Mary’s Church (2) Church Fairfield County (2) Kennedy Center (4) Uplifting Athletes, Inc. (2) Executive Director, Conn. Veterans Legal Center New York Philharmonic Ready for Reading St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (2) Family and Children’s Agency (5) Kent Congregational Church (2) Person-to-Person Conn. Yankee Council, Inc., Boy Habitat For Humanity of Scouts of America (3) Family Centers, Inc.(9) Westchester (2) Kent School

38 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 39 Board of Directors Arts & Culture Committee Education and Youth Fund for Women and Girls Betsy Fink Linda F. Whitton Governance Development Committee Committees Mary-Jane Foster Kyle Wilcox Barry C. Hawkins, Bridgeport, Chair Steven A. Wolff, Chair Steering Committee Mika W. Frechette Jane S. Williams Bernicestine M. Bailey, Westport Karen F. Royce Linda F. Whitton, Chair Vicki Craver and Katharine Welling, Elisabeth Golden Elisa Wilson and Edgar W. Barksdale Jr., Darien Ann E. Sheffer Amy C. Downer (continued) Co-Chairs, Fund for Women and Girls Jane Boyle Hentemann Louise York John P. Chiota, Trumbull Eileen Wiseman Mary Lee Kiernan Mika Frechette and Janet Lebovitz, Elizabeth Hutchins Vicki Craver, Riverside Phyllis G. Marsilius Co-Chairs, Luncheon Committee Committees Andrea Immelt Advisory Council Amy C. Downer, Stamford Audit Committee Laurie McTeague Mary-Jane Foster Kaki Johnson Mary-Jane Foster, Bridgeport Lizanne C. Megrue Mary Lee Kiernan Lucy Ball Hon. John P. Chiota, Chair Cordy Gould Kelly W. Michael Funck, Riverside Eileen Swerdlick Lindsay Ormsby Kaye E. Barker Edwin A. Bescherer Jr. Mary Lee Kiernan Andrea Gartner, Danbury Lindsay Reimers Edgar W. Barksdale Jr. Ralph L. DePanfilis, CPA Lesley King Robert C. Graham Jr., Stamford Environment Committee Kyle Wilcox Nancy C. Brown David J. Sullivan III Sally Lawrence James A. Himes, Cos Cob Andrea K. Cross Robert C. Graham Jr., Chair Janet Lebovitz Joseph Hoffman, Trumbull Program Committee Marty Gilbert Center for Nonprofit Excellence Christine Cook Ann S. Mandel Bruce A. Hubler, Bridgeport Cheri Amado Tracy T. Goodnow Advisory Committee Ann Elliman Susan Mandel Mary Lee Kiernan, Greenwich Patricia T. Brown Julie Graham Sheila A. Perrin, Chair Christine Lodewick Melanie S. McGlade Anahaita Kotval, Tarrytown, NY Frosty Friedman Wilmot Harris Jr., Esq. Marti Etter Laurie McTeague Phyllis G. Marsilius, Bridgeport Beth Golden Anne S. Leonhardt Kiki Karpen Governance Committee Lizanne C. Megrue Lizanne C. Megrue, Norwalk Lindsay Ormsby Barbara Leonhardt Ceci Maher Sheila A. Perrin, Chair Kathy Murphy Peter T. Mott, Fairfield Jody Osborn Ann S. Mandel Phillip McKain Bernicestine M. Bailey Dana Nickel Ronald B. Noren, Easton Kate Osman Susan Mandel Robert Neiman Vicki Craver Carolyn O’Brien Sheila A. Perrin, Ridgefield Eileen Rice Lizanne Megrue Ronald B. Noren, Esq. Robert C. Graham Jr. Lindsay Ormsby Lindsay Reimers, Greenwich Kyle Wilcox Lynne Pasculano Novelette Peterkin Bruce A. Hubler Lynne Pasculano David J. Sullivan III, Westport (Top) Hundreds of Sheila Perrin Sherry Perlstein Lindsay Reimers Marianne Pollak Katharine Welling, Wilton supporters contributed over Luncheon Committee Marianne Pollak Maurice Segall Lindsay Reimers Members of the board, Linda F. Whitton, Wilton $510,000 at the annual Katherine Sachs Courtnay Arpano Carol Shattuck seated, L-R: Barry Steven A. Wolff, Fairfield Investment Committee Ann Sheffer luncheon for the Fund for Brooke B. Ashforth Hawkins, Lindsay Reimers, Development and Women and Girls. Their Jeanie Shaw Sally Stone Communications Committee Edgar W. Barksdale Jr., Chair Mary Brock Ann E. Sheffer Edgar Barksdale, Andrea generosity benefits women Charlotte T. Suhler Emeritus Directors Edwin A. Bescherer Jr. Louise Brooks Gartner, David Sullivan, W. Michael Funck, Chair and girls in Fairfield County. Nancy Simpkins Ellen P. Tower Edwin A. Bescherer, Jr, Wilton Christopher D. Brown Marianne F. Buchanan Vicki Craver, Bruce Hubler, Andrea Gartner Lauren Stein Peggy Van Munching Wilmot L. Harris, Jr, Greenwich Charles W.K. Haberstroh Sharlene Cameron Bernicestine Bailey. Joseph Hoffman (Bottom Left and Center) Amy Stevens Mary S. Waldron Edward E. Harrison, Aventura, FL Amy J. Gillis Amy Cholnoky Bruce A. Hubler Surprise speaker Karine Sally Stone Harold Howe, South Kent Barry C. Hawkins, Esq. Susan Cotter Lizanne C. Megrue Henriquez, a participant in Lisa G. Stuart Honorary Members Ann S. Mandel, Darien Allan V. Jay III, CFP Vicki Craver Ronald B. Noren the Fund’s Family Economic Mary S. Waldron Katharine Mountcastle Standing, L-R: Mary-Jane Janice Park, Bridgeport William R. Knobloch Andrea Cross Katharine Welling Security Program at Norwalk Audrey Weil Joan M. Warburg Foster, Mary Lee Kiernan, Ruth Sims, Skillman, NJ Arnold D. Pearlstone Amy C. Downer Steven A. Wolff Community College, and Katharine Welling Sheila Perrin, Lizanne James D. Seymour keynote speaker Soledad Bonny Edwards Valeria Wells Megrue, Phyllis Marsilius, Officers and Executive David J. Sullivan III Economic Opportunity/Health O’Brien, CNN anchor and John Chiota, Katharine Committee John A. Vaccaro correspondent, inspired Welling, Steven Wolff and Human Services Committee Barry C. Hawkins, Chair over 700 guests at the 12th Mary-Jane Foster, Chair Legal Committee Sheila A. Perrin, Vice Chair annual luncheon for the Joseph Hoffman David J. Sullivan III, Treasurer Barry C. Hawkins, Esq., Chair Fund for Women and Girls. Bruce A. Hubler John P. Chiota, Secretary Hon. John P. Chiota Not pictured: Michael Anahaita Kotval Edgar W. Barksdale Jr. Wilmot L. Harris, Jr., Esq. (Bottom Right, L-R) Funck, Robert Graham, Joseph J. McGee James Himes, Joseph Mary-Jane Foster Luncheon co-chairs Ed Rodriguez Mike Frechette and Janet Hoffman, Anahaita Kotval, W. Michael Funck Ileana Velazquez Lebovitz, Fund for Women Peter Mott, Ronald Noren, Katharine Welling and Girls director Suzanne Linda Whitton Linda F. Whitton Brown Peters, Fund co-chairs Katharine Welling and Vicki Craver.

40 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 41 The Foundation has been a great resource for my clients who know their “ basic philanthropic goals but have trouble deciding where to make specific connecting gifts to carry out their vision. The Foundation’s Field of Interest funds relieves them of the burden of searching out effective organizations and programs, and gives them the peace of mind that their good intentions will to the heart: be carried out.” —Jevera Kaye Hennessey, Kaye and Hennessey, LLC, Greenwich

The Advisory Council John A. Vaccaro, Weston W. Michael Funck Susan Cooper These staff members served during fiscal 2011: Hynes, Himmelreich, Glennon & Company Advisory helps the Foundation Thomas E. Vacheron, Fairfield Community Ann Elliman Staff Lewis J. Wallace, Danbury Leslie E. Grodd, Esq. Karl Epple Susan M. Ross, MEd Council and accomplish its mission Halloran & Sage LLP Friends Marty Gilbert President & CEO to promote philanthropy Wilmot L. Harris Jr., Esq. Susan M. Greenberg After the fiscal year Ivey, Barnum & O’Mara, LLC Leslie Grodd, Esq. Dorcas T. Blue Professional to build and sustain a Our Professional Advisors concluded on June 30, Program Director Gregory A. Hayes, Esq. Community Friends William R. Knobloch Council is a voluntary Day Pitney LLP Ralph A. McIntosh Jr. 2011, the Foundation vital and prosperous Jennifer Branstrom serve as our Barbara T. McKelvey Advisors community where all group from the legal and David R. Hermenze, Esq. bid fond farewells to Donor Services Associate financial communities. Hermenze & Marcantonio LLC ambassadors. They Ellen Mellis Susan Ross and Mary have the opportunity to David M. Nee Karen R. Brown, MPA Council Ellis A. Hiltz provide a link between Vice President of Programs participate and thrive. These members help Ellis A. Hiltz & Associates Albert G. Nickel Zwecker. We welcomed their clients engage in the Foundation and Gregory Perry Juanita James as Members live and work Mary E. Hoyt, CPA Patricia C. Phillips Sharon Jones Blum Shapiro individual communities, Program Administrative Assistant in cities and towns smart philanthropy, and Marianne Pollak the Foundation’s new help the Foundation with Michelle R. Hubbard, Esq. and they make Allen A. Raymond President and CEO, throughout the county, Hawthorne, Ackerly & Dorrance, LLC Laura Mast their wisdom, guidance introductions to Elizabeth Rich and Joseph Baker as Office Receptionist/Administrative Assistant and have been selected Leonard Leader, Esq. Ann E. Sheffer Wiggin and Dana LLP individuals, families for their community and referrals. Sally Stone our new Vice President Suzette Mede Finance Associate John M. Leask II CPA/ABV,CVA and family foundations Conrad Teitell, Esq. of Finance and knowledge and strong Peter T. Mott, Esq., Chair John M. Leask II CPA, LLC Joan Weisman Brody Wilkinson PC interested in local interest in our mission. Dana Welles Administration. Morlee J. Miller David T. Leibell, Esq. Manager of Administration David F. Ball Wiggin and Dana LLP philanthropy. We thank W. Michael Funck, Chair, Riverside UBS Financial Services, Inc. these Community Thomas C. Appleby, Norwalk Patricia L. McDermott, CTFA Elaine Mintz Laura Weintraub Beck, Esq. Citi Private Bank Director of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Lucy Ball, Darien Cummings & Lockwood LLC Friends. Program Director Kaye E. Barker, Darien Frank Moore Deborah S. Breck, Esq. UBS Financial Services, Inc. Nancy C. Brown, Greenwich Pullman & Comley, LLC Sallie Mitchell Michael J. Critelli, Darien Loretta Nolan, CFP, AEP Communications Director Catherine M. Brennan, Esq. Loretta Nolan Associates, LLC B. Cort Delany, Greenwich Catherine M. Brennan Attorney at Law LLC Alanna Morton Jeff F. Erdmann III, Greenwich Ronald Noren, Esq. Assistant to the CEO Paul H. Burnham, Esq. Brody Wilkinson PC Elizabeth Fath, Fairfield Rucci, Burnham, Carta & Carello, LLP Eric N. Ferguson, Darien William J. Peterson Suzanne B. Peters, MBA Jesse Fink, Wilton Michael Cacace, Esq. Neuberger Berman Director of the Fund for Women and Girls Cacace, Tusch & Santagata Wilmot L. Harris Jr., Greenwich Gregory T. Rogers Per Heidenreich, Greenwich Edward J. Capasse, Esq. RayLign Advisory LLC Sharon L. Reiss, MA, CFRE Nevas, Nevas, Capasse & Gerard, LLC Director of Philanthropic Services Mickey Herbert, Fairfield Gregory A. Saum, Esq. Peter Hurst, Bridgeport Daniel L. Daniels, Esq. The Law Office of Gregory A. Saum LLC Wiggin and Dana LLP Sonia C. Rivera Gary A. Kraut, Greenwich Finance Assistant Marc A. Silverman, CPA Thomas D. Lenci Jr., Bridgeport Amy L. Y. Day, Esq. Mann & Company, CPAs Day & Levy, LLC Kelli List Wells, Stamford Madeleine G. Thal Peter Malkin, Greenwich George L. Smith, Esq. Donor Services Associate John J. Ferguson, Esq. Smith & Grant LLP Ann S. Mandel, Darien Ferguson Cohen, LLP Susan Mandel, Greenwich Kevin A. Walsh, Esq. Nancy M. von Euler, MPA Carolina Fernandez Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, LLC Program Director Peter McSpadden, Riverside Source Capital Group Jonathan Moffly, Weston Carl Zuckerberg, CFP, AIF Richard S. Fisher, Esq. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC Jeff Yates Robert Neiman, Stamford Cacace, Tusch & Santagata Communications Manager Daniel K. Roberts, Stamford Richard B. Freeman, CFP Gene J. Rubino, Stamford Round Table Services LLC Mary E. A. Zwecker, CPA, MBA Community Friend Marty Gilbert joins her husband Roger Vice President of Finance and Administration Charlotte T. Suhler, Darien at Weir Farm National Historic Site in Wilton.

42 Fairfield County Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report www.fccfoundation.org 43 1% 0% Net Assets by Fund Type Asset Allocation The Foundation’s investment is diversified across a broad range of asset 5% (in millions) Asset Target Allocation “ classes and investment strategies. This structure has served us well, 10% ■ Donor Advised $ 71.6 ■ Large/Mid Cap Equity 27.5% ■ Field of Interest $ 24.1 ■ Small Cap Equity 5.0% ■ Non-U.S. Developed Equity 15.0% limiting losses during negative market environments without sacrificing 10% ■ Discretionary $ 18.1 ■ Non-U.S. Emerging Equity 7.0% 46% ■ Donor Designated $ 15.7 ■ Aggregate U.S. Bonds 12.5% opportunities during favorable periods. ■ Scholarship $ 14.4 ■ Non-U.S. Bonds 5.0% ” 12% ■ Agency Endowments $ 7.3 ■ Multi Strategy Hedge Funds 8.0% —Edgar W. Barksdale, Jr. ■ Administration $ 1.5 ■ Long/Short Equity Hedge Funds 8.0% Chair, Fairfield County Community Foundation Investment Committee 16% ■ Charitable Remainder ■ Private Equity 4.0% Trusts $ 0.2 ■ Direct Real Estate 4.0% Total Net Assets (including Custodial Funds) ■ Real Assets/Commodities 4.0% $152.9 million, 23% growth from FY2010

Investment Committee and Investment Investment Philosophy Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2011 and 2010 Statement of Activities Years Ended June 30 Fiscal 2011 Managers The Foundation seeks to safeguard assets Financial The Investment Committee of the entrusted to us, and, at the same time, generate Assets 2011 2010 Revenues 2011 2010 Foundation’s Board of Directors is responsible total return for grantmaking that responds Cash and cash equivalents $ 184,982 $ 134,151 Contributions $ 17,607,353 $ 9,009,492 Highlights for determining the broad allocation of to current and changing charitable needs in Foundation assets among various asset classes, the community. These criteria dictate our Contributions and other receivables 1,732,812 171,939 Investment return, designing the investment structure for each investment philosophy: Investments, at fair value 152,986,624 126,011,557 net of investment expenses 23,437,870 13,614,884 asset class, retaining investment managers and Each fund established at • Primary emphasis is placed on preservation Change in value of split-interest agreements 9,547 12,709 other professionals, and monitoring investment Split-interest agreements 291,214 282,590 the Foundation reflects of asset purchasing power through trends and performance. Prepaid expenses and other assets 117,242 244,724 Other income 187,315 143,141 a trust in our ability investment growth and total return to invest resources In fiscal 2011, the Foundation’s portfolio Total Assets $155,312,874 $126,844,961 Total Revenues 41,242,085 22,780,226 wisely. The following was invested with Artio International, Aurora Offshore, Champlain Investment • Moderate growth of principal and total Expenses is an overview of our Partners, Colchester Global Investors, DG return is expected, consistent with Liabilities and Net Assets investment philosophy, Capital Management, Dimensional Fund maintaining safety of principal Program: Liabilities and summarized Advisors, Discovery Global Opportunities, Grants 12,102,237 10,558,174 Dodge & Cox, Forester Capital, Gryphon Grants payable 2,073,895 2,265,089 financial statements for • The Investment Committee focuses on Grant services, research and evaluation 1,286,363 1,249,505 the year ended June 30, International, Neuberger Berman, Loomis asset allocation among equity, debt and Accounts payable and other liabilities 121,167 143,755 Donor fund development 776,951 753,557 2011. Sayles, Metropolitan Real Estate, Protégé other investment opportunities. It seeks Liability under split-interest agreements 86,263 87,186 Partners, Siguler Guff, Silchester International a return in line with the Foundation’s Deferred rent payable 105,601 85,162 14,165,551 12,561,236 Investors, Steinberg Asset Management, spending policy as it relates to long-term The Investment Fund for Foundations grantmaking goals. Agency endowments 7,346,647 5,260,178 Supporting services: (TIFF), Vanguard funds, and Winton Capital Management and administration 414,499 368,742 Total Liabilities 9,733,573 7,841,370 Management Limited. Fundraising 86,325 83,728 On a long-term basis, our portfolio has For a complete set of the financial statements of outperformed established benchmarks. the Fairfield County Community Foundation, as Net assets 500,824 452,470 audited by O’Connor, Davies, Munns & Dobbins, LLP, call 203.750.3200. Unrestricted net assets 3,344,614 2,704,865 Total Expenses 14,666,375 13,013,706 Temporarily restricted net assets 142,234,687 116,298,726 Change in net assets 26,575,710 9,766,520

Total Net Assets 145,579,301 119,003,591 Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets $155,312,874 $126,844,961 Beginning of year 119,003,591 109,237,071

End of Year $145,579,301 $119,003,591

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