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2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Serving Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills The Palace Theater, Waterbury’s premier performing arts center, raised essential dollars through Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills, hosted by the Foundation. PHOTO BY LOUIS BELLOISY, COURTESY OF THE PALACE THEATER COURTESY OF THE PALACE PHOTO BY LOUIS BELLOISY, 471 NONPROFIT GRANTS TOTALING LEADERS TRAINED 471 NONPROFIT GRANTS TOTALING in organizationalLEADERS $2.4 developmentTRAINED skills in organizationalTHROUGH OUR $ AWARDED2.4 TO NONPROFITdevelopment ADVISORY INSTITUTE skills THROUGH OUR AWARDED TO 47NONPROFIT1 ADVISORY INSTITUTE NONPROFIT GRANTS TOTALING LEADERS 282 TRAINED NONPROFIT in organizational Throughout our 93-yearORGANIZATIONS2 history,82 A shared NONPROFIT $2.4 development skills donors, nonprofit organizationsORGANIZATIONS and THROUGH OUR AWARDED TO NONPROFIT ADVISORY INSTITUTE commitment neighbors have worked side-by- side with us to build stronger, more DONORS 282 to tackling vibrant communities in our region.GAVE NONPROFIT 778 DONORS ORGANIZATIONS Thanks to people like7 you,7 we8 GAVE local challenges GIFTS haven’t stopped. 1,057 1,057GIFTS together TOTALING DONORS+ In 2016, with extraordinaryTOTALING political 740078 GAVE+ and social change across the 400 MILLION GIFTS country as a backdrop,$3 our.2 sharedMILLION TOTALING 1,057 TOTALING TO $CHARITABLE3.2 FUNDS commitment to tackling local challenges together has beenAT TOa THE unifying CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FUNDS TOTALING + AT THE FOUNDATION 400 force and a catalyst for community triumphs. $$992233,,000000 MILLION $3.2 TOTALING In these pages, we celebrate your giving, your creative energies and TO CHARITABLE FUNDS AT THE FOUNDATION your spirit of collaboration—the lifeblood of thriving communities— $923,000 that benefit us all. Your unifying efforts serve as a beacon toward the future. $$11,,223300,,000 NONPROFIT forfor ORGANIZATIONSORGANIZATIONS 221155 ININ OUR REGION$1,230,000 1 NONPROFIT for ORGANIZATIONS 215 IN OUR REGION For Greater Waterbury Kids, A Doctor’s Visit is an Open Book

“Will I get a book today?” “that, on average, the language skills of grows,” said Dr. Linda Matthew of Alliance That’s a question often heard by pediatricians children from low-income families are 12- Medical Group in Waterbury. in bustling clinics throughout Greater 14 months behind by the time they get to Angela Barrows, a physician’s assistant at Waterbury as they greet young children for kindergarten.” St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, concludes, their checkups. Reach Out and Read aims to change that “When hardly a day goes by without a Much to the delight of children, the answer through a proven approach that taps into the child asking for a book, you know you have is nearly always “YES!” thanks in part to trusted relationship among children, parents reached some level of success.” Connecticut Community Foundation’s grant and their medical providers and reinforces Yes, they have. to Reach Out and Read, which gave 2,300 the idea that reading aloud to young children books to more than 1,150 children in Greater 15-20 minutes per day is the best way to Waterbury through their medical providers in foster early literacy skills. 2016. The brand-new, high-quality books are They train medical providers in the region often classics, such as How Do Dinosaurs Say who treat under-insured families and provide Goodnight? books for them to give to children while Since many families served by Reach Out and educating parents on the importance of Read can’t get to a library or afford books, reading aloud daily to their children. often books received from their medical It’s working. Reach Out and Read Connecticut Community Foundation providers are the only ones children have. “This is an invaluable ‘win-win’ opportunity “The research is clear,” says Christine Garber, to encourage the family to read to their child, United Way of Greater Waterbury director of development for Reach Out and to discuss a child’s development and to create Bridge to Success of Greater Waterbury Read of Connecticut and Massachusetts, a home library for the child as he or she Greater Waterbury medical providers

2 PHOTO COURTESY OF REACH OUT AND READ

3 PHOTO BY DORIAN MODE PHOTOGRAPHY

4 A Warm Welcome at New Community Health Center in Naugatuck

“We are only five miles from Waterbury, but residents have to endure burdensome travel we can screen for depression, and right there it might as well have been 50 miles for some to another city or town for care since many our medical doctor just walks across the hall people. It was still a barrier, not having a local doctors don’t accept state insurance. and personally introduces the patient to the medical provider close by.” Seeing the need, many community behavioral health team. We call it a ‘warm Janet Ciarlegio, office manager at StayWell partners—led by StayWell and the federal handoff.’” Health Care’s new community health center government—rolled up their sleeves, Ciarlegio added “We treat people as whole in Naugatuck continued, “Now people can and Connecticut Community Foundation people, and serve people from all walks of walk here!” pitched in with a $49,000 grant from its life who can’t qualify for any kind of health The new clinic is giving local residents access Saunders Fund that equipped four of the insurance—undocumented, transgender, to much-needed health care. clinic’s medical exam rooms and a dental workers in their 40s and 50s, people with suite. Necessary exam tables, digital scales, disabilities and many older adults. One After renovating a storefront church autoclaves, thermometers, vital sign monitors, person hadn’t had her teeth cleaned in 20 at 30 Church Street in the center of a blood analyzer, a 360-degree dental x-ray years! She was so grateful.” Naugatuck, StayWell opened the gleaming machine and more now enhance the rooms. clinic in August 2016 and it has rapidly become a health care hub. In the first full The new health center provides “one stop year of operation, StayWell projects that shopping”—medical, dental and behavioral 2,456 people will receive 7,900 medical, health services in one location, including dental and behavioral health visits. prenatal and gynecological care and StayWell Health Care psychotherapy. Need blood drawn? Why Naugatuck? It’s a community with Saunders Fund at Connecticut There’s a phlebotomy lab on-site. Community Foundation growing health care needs. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, colorectal Don Thompson, StayWell’s CEO, said, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cancer mortality and pediatric asthma are “We were intentional about creating a higher than the national average. Opioid clinic where all services are integrated. For Ion Bank Foundation addiction is on the rise, too. And, many example, if a child comes for a physical, Wellmore Behavioral Health

5 From Waterbury to Argentina, Empowering Latinas to Take Charge of Their Health

Quite by accident, they met in church. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death pastor asked her to speak in her church One, a tenacious breast cancer survivor, for Latinas in the United States. And, about breast health, Iglesias was there. determined never to let other women stay compared to white women, Latinas are The Foundation’s grants gave Madre Latina in the dark about their own health. The more likely to be diagnosed with breast and Are You Dense the tools to develop and other a forthright Latina, all too familiar with cancer at a later stage—when treatment publicize the video at workshops and medical outdated cultural norms that encourage is less effective. offices and through community partners women to put themselves second. Iglesias explains, “In our culture, asking with websites, brochures, social media and With grants from Connecticut Community questions sometimes means you are rude. national media in English and Spanish. Foundation, Nancy M. Cappello, Ph.D., They don’t teach Latinas to ask questions. Said Iglesias, “We teach mothers, you have founder and director of Are You Dense in Many Latinas put all their energies into the key to your own life. If you ask for help, Woodbury, and Yoellie Iglesias, director of children. They are always the last people on you can get it.” the list. So one of the things Madre Latina Madre Latina in Waterbury, developed an View the video at http://bit.ly/2p2qwt7 education campaign aimed at Latinas, tells them is that if you love your children urging them to speak up, ask questions and your family, you need to be the first and assertively take charge of their own person on the list.” breast health. Cappello founded Are You Dense, a They produced an educational video in nonprofit breast health organization, after English and Spanish that is now being viewed her late stage cancer was diagnosed. She Madre Latina later learned that her dense breast tissue, all over Greater Waterbury and by audiences Are You Dense which had reduced the reliability of regular as far away as Puerto Rico and Buenos Connecticut Community Foundation mammograms, gave her a higher likelihood Aires. Featuring breast cancer survivors and Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center physicians, it empowers women, in Iglesias’s to have a missed, delayed and advanced Hispanic Coalition of Greater Waterbury words, “to be aware, to ask questions and stage breast cancer. She focused her energies Yale School of Public Health be smart” about their health. on educating other women, and when her

6 PHOTO BY DORIAN MODE PHOTOGRAPHY

7 PHOTO BY DORIAN MODE PHOTOGRAPHY

8 Confronting Fears, Finding Balance and Improving Health

“Jane” was once a master gardener. Changing simple behaviors, setting to run fall-prevention programs for older But outside her window, fabulous blooms achievable goals and exercising in groups people in those towns. had become an area choked with weeds. empower participants to take charge Of the value of these prevention efforts, As she aged, weight gain and a more of their own health and manage their Lustig said, “If you help people manage sedentary routine kept her inside, and the chronic conditions. These are the keys to their disease before it gets to a serious situation had chipped away at her self- PDDH’s successful diabetes control, arthritis state, you’ve improved their outcomes esteem. Fear, in part, had held her back. management and fall-prevention classes. and positively affected their quality of life, A circle of supportive peers sharing tips Eight weeks of classes through Pomperaug reduced costs on the health care system and checking on progress adds motivation District Department of Health’s (PDDH) and helped them stay at home.” and accountability. Matter of Balance program changed all that. Funding by Connecticut Community After the classes, while she could not do Foundation for the last six years has allowed everything that she used to, she went back hundreds of older adults in Woodbury, to gardening using containers and now Oxford and at Heritage Village retirement invites houseguests to view her attractive Pomperaug District Department of Health community in Southbury to take part in the flowers. Connecticut Community Foundation free classes “with great success” said Neal Said Robin Lucas, grants manager and trainer Lustig, director of health at PDDH. Health Heritage Village for the program,“The group helped her to benefits have included weight loss, better Medical Reserve Corps and Community Emergency Response Team Volunteers turn her thinking around.” pain and diabetes control and more active Naugatuck Valley Health District According to Lucas, falling is the most self-management of health conditions. Newtown Health Department common reason that older people end up Continuing funding by the Foundation is hospitalized, and many don’t realize that now allowing PDDH to train coaches in Chesprocott Health District they are becoming isolated and staying home Naugatuck, Woodbury, Oxford, Waterbury, New Milford Visiting Nurses Association due to a fear of falling. That fear can pose a Cheshire, New Milford, Wolcott and Roxbury Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging barrier to activities as simple as gardening.

9 More Than a Century of Giving Unites Westover School’s Junior Class

It began in the early 1900s, when students at up to the fair, the juniors plan games and Immigrant Services and Gift of Adoption, Westover School knitted socks and sweaters carnival activities, and make crafts, food and Connecticut Chapter. and donated them to nearby orphanages t-shirts to sell while soliciting alumni, parents “We wanted to make an impact in our because the headmistress thought it and businesses for donations for a huge community,” said Boyle. was important to give back to the local silent auction during the three-hour event. Nuñez-Fernandez said that fundraising community. Dorcas Heads Fiona Boyle, Yoo Jin Chi and and making grants through the Dorcas The tradition of giving has lasted over a Gracey Greco chose Peter Pan as the 2016 Fund often propel Westover graduates to century for the junior class at Westover, theme, and the fair raised over $10,500. philanthropic endeavors after graduation, an all-girls school in Middlebury, which Said Nuñez-Fernandez, “The entire class is from Waterbury (where Boyle and Greco fundraises each year through the invested in giving back. Regardless of how have joined the grantmaking committee of Dorcas Fund at Connecticut Community much money they raise, the spirit is the the Foundation’s Women’s Fund) to Rwanda Foundation to raise money for the same: The whole aim is to help.” (where Westover alumni have helped to lift charities of their choice. After the fair, groups of students research women out of poverty through baking). “It’s something that unites the whole class,” various charities and present the information Indeed, Westover’s tradition of giving back is said Maggie Nuñez-Fernandez, chemistry to the entire class for a vote so they can lasting—and boundless. teacher at Westover and advisor to the make an informed, collective decision about project. their philanthropy. At the beginning of the school year, the In 2016, the class decided to give locally planning begins: bake sales, jeans days and while helping causes that resonate more pizza sales on “frugal lunch days” raise broadly. They selected five organizations to money. “Dorcas Heads” are elected to lead receive their fundraising dollars, including and decide the theme for the largest and two that received grants from the Dorcas Westover School Junior Class most exciting fundraiser of the year, the Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation: Dorcas Fair, held yearly in January. Leading New Haven-based Integrated Refugee and Connecticut Community Foundation

10 PHOTO BY ALLIE HAWLEY ’17, WESTOVER SCHOOL PHOTO BY ALLIE HAWLEY

11 Community Investments 2016 Connecticut Community Foundation serves donors and nonprofits through sound financial management that aims to build the charitable resources Assets Investments $97,694,393 available to the community. In 2016, the Foundation’s investments realized Other Assets 519,838 an 8.04% net investment return—exceeding the benchmark—and the Total Assets $98,214,231 Foundation’s net assets grew to more than $95 million. Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts Payable $ 48,776 Grants Payable 5,812 Liabilities Under Split-interest Agreements 134,796 Social Animals Funds Held as Agency Endowments 2,857,380 Services Older Youth 1% Net Assets 95,167,467 People 8% 7% % Total Liabilities and Net Assets $98,214,231 9 Revenue Arts Contributions $ 3,151,469 16% Investment Return 7,016,695 2016 Grants Other Revenue 58,092 Scholarships and Scholarships Total Revenue $10,226,256 % 21 by Program Area Economic Grants and Expenses Development $4.5 million Grants and Scholarships $ 4,469,993 % 3 Program Support 1,175,350 Education Supporting Services 646,049 % 9 Total Grants and Expenses $ 6,291,392

Environ- Net Assets Faith-based Health ment % Beginning of Year $91,232,603 4 % % 14 8 End of Year $95,167,467

For a copy of Connecticut Community Foundation’s 2016 audited financial report and tax return (IRS Form 990) visitwww.conncf.org or contact the Finance Department at 203.753.1315.

12 THE GENEROSITY OF MANY Our donors are our inspiration. We are grateful for your generosity and for the example you set. You care, you act and you remind us of the power of giving to change lives.

Gifts of $500,000+ Gifts of $5,000-$9,999 Estate of Anne Melgers Estate of Marian Baeder Robert and Juliane Bailey Gifts of $100,000-$499,999 Katherine and Christopher J. Berman Isabelle V. Curtiss Sonia Budy Estate of Mark Margiotta Dan Caron James and Catherine Smith Merrilee Chamberlain Connecticut National Guard Foundation Gifts of $75,000-$99,999 Deborah B. McInerney Charitable Fund Estate of Marian Svetlik Andrews Diebold Family Fund The Leever Foundation Valerie Friedman Friends of the Woodbury Library Philip Samponaro Town of Warren Gifts of $50,000-$74,999 Edward and Rosemary Werner Alexion Pharmaceuticals Richard and Stephen Coulon and Gifts of $2,500-$4,999 Ellen Gaddis David and Carmen Carlson Naugatuck Historical Society Robert Curtis, Jr. Anne Delo and Rosemary Giuliano Gifts of $25,000-$49,999 Margaret Field and David Robinson Christopher Brooks Friends of the Goshen Public Library Elizabeth and Charles J. Boulier III Estate of Raymond George Estate of Emery J. Hunt Carole Gibney Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center of Douglas and Megan Johnson Greater Waterbury Marcea Morgan New Milford High School Reunion Unveiled in July 2016, the 800-foot “Greetings from Waterbury” mural reflects Gifts of $10,000-$24,999 Golf Classic Anonymous Kyungsook Petrahai the city’s history and culture and works to attract residents and tourists alike. Jack and Pam Baker Janet Taylor Spearheaded by Waterbury’s Public Arts Committee and funded in part by Christopher Craig and Joyce Mowrey Westover School Junior Class Connecticut Community Foundation, the artwork greets motorists on busy I-84 Crystal Rock LLC Ion Bank Gifts of $1,500-$2,499 as they enter the Brass City. Ion Bank Foundation, Inc. Burton and Sylvia Albert James F. Johnson Anonymous Naugatuck Education Foundation Justine Arnold Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition Fred Baker and Lisa Powers Lisa Frantzis Kathryn S. Kehoe Washington Garden Club Jonathan and Amy Bernon Marion and Robert Garthwait, Sr. Elaine R. Lau Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundation Robert and Martha Bernstein Gwaz Electric Wayne and Betty McCormack Louis Brown Douglas Hamilton Thomas J. McInerney Ralph and Sheila Carpinella Horatio’s John and Shirley Michaels William Cohen Hubbard-Hall Inc. Newtown Memorial Fund Michael Conway Dr. and Mrs. M. Karnasiewicz Oemcke Chiropractic Acupuncture LLC

13 Oxford Historical Society Smaller Manufacturers Association of Domenic and Marilyn Santucci Connecticut Annie Scott Gus and Susan Southworth Carolyn Setlow and Andrew Shapiro Patricia Sweet Waterbury Regional Chamber Paula Van Ness YMCA of Greater Waterbury Betty Ann Veillette Douglas and Mary Veillette Gifts of $1,000-$1,499 Robert E. Veillette Eric and Emily Anderson Faith Warner Marian Svetlik Andrews Fund for Youth Woodland Jr. Hawks Youth Football and Adoption and Cheer Thomas and Jeannette Ashe Edward and Susan Bailey Gifts of $500-$999 Daniel and Janine Bedard Jonathan and Rachel Albert Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey, LLP Maxine Arnold M. David Cohen, MD Margaret M. Baldrige Cooper Surgical The Barnes Group Foundation, Inc. Joyce DeCesare The Bible Church of Waterbury Dan and Robin Donato Thomas and Catherine Brunnock Ericson Insurance Advisors Budwitz and Meyerjack, PC Mehdi and Judith Eslami Beth Barrett and Cindy Camargo Ann Merriam Feinberg and Michael Feinberg Peter and Linda Carhuff Diane Fountas, MD Robert L. Cook Robert and Carlotta Garthwait Darrell and Rosanne Daniels Kevin and Joan Gibbons Francis and Gail DeBlasio PHOTO BY DORIAN MODE PHOTOGRAPHY Gilbert Family Fund Demsey Manufacturing Co., Inc. The Foundation’s grant to Pilobolus, an internationally acclaimed dance Barry and Merle Ginsburg David Dillon Giuliano, Richardson & Sfara LLC Kyle and Brittney Egress collective in Washington, Connecticut, gave older adults movement and Murray and Susan Haber The Field Family Foundation Trust dance classes that enhanced balance, strength, connection with others and George and Teresa Harris Anne and Tony Fitzgerald creative self-expression. Brian and Susan Henebry Deborah Fuller Estate of Stephen G. Kenney Kyle J. Gibbons Louis and Mary Lamour Javier Gonzalez Anne Larkin Greater Waterbury Board of Realtors Robert Pedemonti J. David Veselsky, Jr. Ann Leary Oz Griebel R.A.M. Unlimited Douglas and Yvonne Wade Donald and Elena Maclean Gene and Irene Guilbert Edith Reynolds and Dan Gaeta City of Waterbury Ted and Ingrid Martland Kris and Mike Jacobi Howard Rosenfeld and Sheryl Leach Waterbury Opportunities Industrialization John and Nancy Newton Peter and Kristen Jacoby Marjorie M. Ross Center Kathie Nitz John Bale Books, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schlesinger Abby Wells Robert and Samantha Nobile John-Christopher Schlesinger Foundation Secor, Cassidy & McPartland, PC Gordon and Lenora White Bryan Nurnberger John and Debra Lanzl Pamela Sinel Atty. Gary and Pamela O’Connor William Lengyel Matthew Snow Gifts of $250-$499 David and Jill Pelletier Ruth W. Littman and Emily Littman Eisen St. Anthony Church (Prospect) Jan and Eric Albert Lee A. Plutino and Janet Harris Robert Livermore St. Mary’s Hospital Allstar Coin-Op Richard and Carolyn Povilaitis Duggan School Students James Storiale Brett Ashwood Michael and Tina Reardon Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Norman and Adele Taylor Donna Bannon Dolores Riollano Elner Morrell Timex Group Mary J. Barneby John Ruby Municipal Truck Parts Inc. Thomas and Laurin Traub Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Bazos Daniel Sherr and Margaret Ferguson Paul and Martha Parvis Wilson and Annette Trombley Henry and Marguerite Begin Kirsten Peckerman

14 Anne Bergan David and Megan Nicosia Petal Perfection & Confections LLC The Village at East Farms Bethel Baptist Church Chris and Molly Parker Pine Meadow Gardens Inc Waterbury Observer Boru’s Bar & Grill John and Margaret Perotti Richard M. Pomerantz Waterbury Youth Service System The Bower Richardson Family Roger and Peg Perreault Prime Publishers Wellspring Foundation Brian and June Boyd Scott and Jean Peterson Republican-American White Memorial Conservation Center Wayne P. Buckmiller Post University Shakesperience WATR AM 1320 Kay Campbell Susan Pronovost Silas Bronson Library WZBG FM 97.3 Catherine Capuano Pryme Tyme Entertainment Jim and Cathy Smith Timothy Carmody Susan Rea Southbury Public Library Ellen Carter and Mark Briggs Tom and Beth Rickart Town of Southbury To see a list of donors of gifts Catholic Financial Life, Chapter N-149 Cynthia Roque, MD The Taft School between $100 and $249, please Classic Tool & Manufacturing Kevin and Denise Ruppelt Pam Vetere visit the annual report page on our Richard Coe Mark Ryan City of Waterbury website at www.conncf.org. Ernest and Ellen Cote George Seabourne William and Anne Crotti Sandra Vigliotti Senich With a gift to the Foundation made in honor or memory of someone Connecticut Choral Society Deborah and Laurence Shapiro Charles and Patricia Curtiss Memorial Fund you care about, you can recognize the best in a special person, and Christopher and Heather Dainiak Thomas Shaulinski Fred A. Damico Deborah and Jeffrey Stein reflect what that person means to you and to their community. Dr. Mark and Helen DeFrancesco Bill and Janet Stokes Agnes Dion Kevin and Kathy Taylor Mark and Karen Dost Kristine Tomey Eagle Environmental Inc. Mary Jane Travers eBenefits Group Northeast, LLC Geeta and Vidya Trivedi David and Brenda Ferraro Walnut Hill Community Church Glenn and Lianne Fuller Webster Bank Michael and Giovanna Giardina Jack Zazzaro and Monique Marchetti Sarah Grossman H&T Waterbury, Inc. In-kind Gifts Hunt Family Fund Kathy Bower Susan B. Jefferson Brass City Charter School Brian and Karen Jones Crystal Rock LLC Clifford and Regina Kiernan Dorian Mode Photography Knights of Columbus Council #13459 Emily Littman Eisen Regina Duchin Kraus First Congregational Church of Washington LaBonne’s Epicure Market Anne E. Green Marian Larkin Gunn Memorial Library Cynthia and Christopher Latham Ion Bank Julie Loughran and Brendan Foulois John Bale Books, LLC Ford R. Lynch Mary Elizabeth Larkin Rosanne J. Martino Litchfield Community Center J. Thomas and Sandra Massimino Litchfield Distillery William and Judith Meyerjack Litchfield Historical Society PHOTO COURTESY OF GREATER WATERBURY YMCA WATERBURY PHOTO COURTESY OF GREATER Marcia Valente Mitchell and Brian A. Mitchell Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Sanctuary David and Donna Morales Mattatuck Museum Greater Waterbury YMCA’s Livestrong program, funded in part by the Christopher and Karen Mosca Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments Don Mroz Naugatuck Valley Community College Margaret M. Hallden Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation, Rebecca Neal New Milford Chamber of Commerce empowers cancer survivors to live life fully. Newbury Place, LLC Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts

15 1923 SOCIETY What do you care most about in your community? Would you like to make a If you would like to learn how you can join difference not just today, but for generations to come? the 1923 Society or how you can establish a charitable fund or give to an existing fund now or Members of our 1923 Society have done just that by including Connecticut through your estate plan, contact Julie Loughran, Community Foundation in their estate plans. From arts to health care to director of development and communications, at education, they are making the community stronger—now and forever. 203.753.1315, x116 or [email protected]. Members of the 1923 Society include:

Anonymous (7) David DeNicolo Stephen Kenney* Marcea Morgan John Sullivan III* Adele Taylor Paula Van Ness Edmund White Doris Abramson Bart DePetrillo Stephen Ketterer Dorothy Murnane Clarice Sullivan Norman Taylor Fern Verriker* Zemma White Joel Abramson Barbara DeRosa* Augusta Kramer* Joann Narkis Marian Svetlik Marcia Tejeda J. David Veselsky Jr. N. Patricia Eleanor Akers Frank Devorken* Marie Kunkel* Robert Narkis Andrews* Donald Thompson Stanford Warshasky Yarborough* Elizabeth Andersen* Mary Devorken Raymond LaMoy* Linda Nelson* Patricia Sweet Walter Torrance Jr.* Leslie White* * DECEASED Nina Andersen* Eleanor DiCorpo* Angela LaMoy* Mary Greene Nelson* Stedman Sweet Helen Angevine* Anna Famiglietti* Gertrude Larson* John Palesty Marian Baeder* Richard Faro* Herbert Larson* Christopher Parker Fred Baker Ann Merriam Feinberg Elaine Lau Molly Parker Charles Barlow* William Finkelstein* Richard Lau Frederick Perry* Lillian Berland* Lynn Franklin-Henry Margaret Laurencelle Victor Persbacker* Max Berland* Valerie Friedman Irene LaVigne Jean Peterson Martha Bernstein Helen Frisbie* Marita Lawlor* W. Scott Peterson Robert Bernstein Deborah Fuller Harold Leever* Kyungsook Petrahai Bertha Brod* Raymond Gamby* Ruth Ann Leever* Antonio Paulo Pinto Robert Brod* Ronald Garfunkel Carolyn Lieber Lisa Powers Christopher Brooks Helen Garvey* William Lieber Paul Reder David Brooks Phyllis Gebhardt* Margaret Llano* Edith Reynolds Ann Burton Lynn Gorman Anne Madden* Sarah Robin* Orton Camp Jr.* Claire Goss* Betsy Manning Vera Robin* Miriam Camp* Milton Greenblatt* Ecton Manning David Robinson Nancy Camp* Jane Gsell Ingrid Manning Marjorie Ross Daniel Caron John Gsell Mark Margiotta* Dorothy Rowland* Craig Carragan Jr. Janet Hansen Jeanette Matzkin* Ella Emery Rutledge* George Chadakoff Nelson Hart* Elizabeth McCormack Philip Samponaro Helen Chadakoff Jane Wynn Hay* Wayne McCormack DeBare Saunders Frederick Chesson Charles Henry Marie-Jeanne McDuff* Andrew Shapiro

Laurene Clancy* George Hopkins Jr.* Josephine McMillen* Justine Smith* PHOTO COURTESY OF ASAP! William Cohen Jeanne Hughes* Russell McMillen* Catherine Sperry Alice Cruikshank Peter Jacoby Anne Melgers* Sylvia Sprecker Our grant to ASAP! (After School Arts Program) in Washington, Connecticut Robert Curtis Jr. Susan Jefferson Georgianna John Staver bridged art and the environment for students at Children’s Community School Isabelle Curtiss Lucille Johnson Middlebrook* Daniel Stowell in Waterbury, giving them a deeper understanding of the natural world through Robert Dannies Jr. Helen Johnston James Miele Lucinda Hunt-Stowell* Priscilla Dannies Alfred Joyell Daniel Millett* Lydia Straus-Edwards field trips to nature centers. Joyce DeCesare Everett Kaelber Mary Millett Lydie Strobridge*

16 27 leaders completed NEW FUNDS our Western Connecticut Leadership program in 2016. By creating funds through Connecticut Community Foundation, donors can address community needs that concern them, support specific organizations and projects and build charitable assets that will benefit the community today and for years to come. We are grateful to donors who created the following new funds in 2016.

Marian Svetlik Andrews Endowment Fund Naugatuck Education Foundation for Youth and Adoption Advised Fund Established through the estate of Marian Advised fund to support the Naugatuck Svetlik Andrews to support organizations and Education Foundation. PHOTO BY RICH POMERANTZ programs that promote positive development for children and youth and/or support the Naugatuck Historical Society Advised Fund adoption of children and youth, giving them a Advised fund to support the Naugatuck NONPROFIT Historical Society.471 permanent family and enabling them to thrive. GRANTS TOTALING LEADERS TRAINED The Benedictus Fund Naugatuck Historical Society Donor-advised fund established by Endowment Fund in organizational Endowment fund established to benefit anonymous donors. $2.4 development skills the Naugatuck Historical Society. THROUGH OUR Isabelle V. Curtiss Education Fund AWARDED TO NONPROFIT ADVISORY INSTITUTE Scholarship fund to benefit well-rounded Oxford Historical Society Advised Fund graduates of Oxford High School whose Advised fund to support the Oxford academic performance has placed them in Historical Society.282 the top 10 percent of their graduating class. The Clarice E. SullivanNONPROFIT and John L. ORGANIZATIONS Valerie Friedman Fund Sullivan III Scholarship Fund Unrestricted fund to be funded by bequest. Scholarship fund to support graduates of Waterbury public high schools. To be funded by bequest. Valerie Friedman Fund for the Environment Field of interest fund to support organizations Right: Paddlers “raft up” for a salute during a and programs that benefit the environment, 149-mile paddle trip from the DONORSBerkshires to Long GAVE land conservation, and wildlife. To be funded Island Sound, 7organized78 by the Housatonic Valley by bequest. Association (HVA). Funded in part by Connecticut Community Foundation, the trip GIFTSraised awareness of the need to 1protect,0 the5 Housatonic7 River and its wildlife inhabitants. Photo courtesy of HVA. TOTALING 400+ 17

MILLION $3.2 TOTALING TO CHARITABLE FUNDS AT THE FOUNDATION $923,000

$1,230,000 NONPROFIT for ORGANIZATIONS 215 IN OUR REGION 43 Field Street Waterbury, Connecticut 06702

OUR MISSION Fostering creative partnerships that build rewarding lives and thriving communities.

Who We Serve OUR VISION As the community foundation Communities alive with partnerships that for the 21-town Greater Waterbury demonstrate the power of giving. and Litchfield Hills region, we focus our resources and grantmaking in these towns. Connecticut Community Foundation 43 Field Street Waterbury, CT 06702 203.753.1315 www.conncf.org 471 NONPROFIT GRANTS TOTALING LEADERS TRAINED in organizational $2.4 development skills WHO WE ARE BOARDTHROUGH OF TRUSTEES OUR Established in 1923, ConnecticutAWARDED TOCommunity Foundation NONPROFIT ADVISORY INSTITUTE Robert Bailey Douglas Johnson was created by and for the people of Greater Waterbury Reginald Beamon Kathryn Kehoe and the Litchfield Hills. Serving a 21-town region, Daniel Bedard John Michaels the Foundation provides leadership in addressing the 282 Martha Bernstein Elner Morrell community’s critical issues, strengthens local nonprofit NONPROFIT Kathy Bower David Pelletier organizations throughORGANIZATIONS grants and technical assistance Daniel Caron Joyce Petteway programs, and works with individuals, families and Anne Delo Edith Reynolds corporations to steward charitable and scholarship funds. Michelle Fica Cynthia Roque Valerie Friedman Carolyn Setlow Michael Giardina Kathy Taylor DONORS Brian Henebry 778 GAVE STAFF GIFTS Carol Buckheit Debra Orrino 1,057 SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SENIOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICER TOTALING Joshua Carey + Tricia Poirier 400DIRECTOR OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR Ellen Carter MILLION DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Tallitha Richardson TOTALING SENIOR PROGRAM AND $3.2 Sarah Edelson Baskin SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CEO Barbara Ryer AT THE FOUNDATION Julie Loughran DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND $923DIRECTOR,000 OF DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATIONS Deborah Stein Patrick McKenna PROGRAM OFFICER ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT >200 volunteers COORDINATOR Paula Van Ness PRESIDENT AND CEO helped their neighbors and Cynthia Merrick DONOR SERVICES OFFICER supported their community by serving on our committees. $1,23COVER0 PHOTO,000 BY LARAINE WESCHLER, REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NONPROFIT for ORGANIZATIONS 215 IN OUR REGION