2018 Annual Report Dear Friends,

We are grateful for the visionary philanthropists and community partners who have joined with us for more than a century to take on the state’s challenges and opportunities. As you’ll read in the following pages, our donors and grantees stepped up in new, impressive, and humbling ways in 2018.

For example, together with our donors the Foundation awarded a record $52 million we launched Together RI, a series of 20 in grants to more than 1,800 nonprofit neighborly get-togethers that offered people a organizations last year. chance to talk face-to-face, over a free family- style meal, about topics that are critical to our And, also thanks to our donors, we raised a common future. record $114 million in funds from individual, family, organizational, and corporate philan- Partnering with nonprofit organizations thropists in 2018. Gifts ranged in size from to support their important work, providing $1 to several million, including nearly 1,500 leadership around key issues for our state, gifts under $250. With that, our financial and the incredible generosity of our donors, foundation remains solid and total Foundation all contributed to outstanding growth in assets were valued at $971 million. 2018. We thank you for your partnership, as we continue to strive to meet the needs of all In addition to grantmaking and fundraising, Rhode Islanders. community leadership is central to our work. In 2018 we initiated two long-term planning efforts—one focused on pre-K through 12th grade public education in Rhode Island, and

one focused on health. Marie J. Langlois Chair We also raised a record $600,000 for the Civic Leadership Fund. This annual fund enables us to go beyond traditional grantmaking to Neil D. Steinberg meet emerging opportunities and challenges, President & CEO and engage Rhode Islanders in civic and civil dialogue. For example, last March

p2 p1 Contents

Letter from the President & CEO and Chair 1

Our Mission and Vision 4

Building Futures: Improving lives and our state’s economy 6

Community Grants are going strong 10

Helping men with children become fathers 16

Conversation and community across our state 20

A new partner in philanthropy: Jewish Federation Foundation 24

By the numbers 26

Rhode Island Foundation in the news 28

New donor stories 30

Board of Directors 76

Current Staff 77

Our Funds 78

The 1916 Society 105

Selected Financial Information 109

One Union Station (401) 274-4564 Providence, RI 02903 www.rifoundation.org p2 p3 Our �e Rhode Island Vision Foundation is a Lead. We have earned the trust of our donors, community proactive community leaders, and Rhode Islanders through a century of effective investments, strategic grants, and responsible decisions. and philanthropic leader Transform. We align our fundraising, grantmaking, and dedicated to meeting the leadership to inspire and engage Rhode Islanders to address today’s challenges and create lasting improvements in our community. needs of the people of Inspire. We challenge and encourage Rhode Islanders to Rhode Island. become active and involved in the community, to form meaningful partnerships, and to work together for the good of Rhode Island.

p4 p5 Building Futures: Improving lives and our state’s economy

by Jessica David

Building Futures is more than the name of a workforce development organization, it’s a way to describe their mission and results. “They didn’t tell me that Building Futures was going to change my life, but it did. This program definitely allowed my dreams to come true,” says Alvin Reyes, a program graduate who became a state-licensed electrician.

Launched in 2007, Building Futures’ mission is to meet employer and industry need for skilled workers through the Registered Apprenticeship system while creating family- sustaining career opportunities for low-income diverse residents of Rhode Island.

Before Building Futures, Alvin was between jobs with a daughter to support and college loan debt. He is now a homeowner earning a good salary and one course away from his Dilainy Abreu Maria has been selected to attend the associate degree. He’s also paying it forward, as a union official who interviews Building Ironworkers International Women’s Pre Apprenticeship Futures' graduates for electrical apprenticeships. Training in California prior to beginning her apprenticeship through Local 37, here in Rhode Island.

p6 p7 The impact of Building Futures is evident not just nearly 300 graduates, Building Futures boasts a in its graduates but also in structures around our 95% job retention rate after one year and 80% after state. Walking through the program’s expansive 10 years. Its Apprenticeship Rhode Island initiative office and training facility off Kinsley Avenue in works to expand apprenticeship opportunities Providence, Andrew Cortés, executive director, beyond the construction industry. points out the commercial office mock-ups that have been built as part of the program, as well as Noting diversified funding from federal, state, local, an 80-foot section of a highway bridge. and private sources, Andrew states, “Rhode Island Foundation was one of our first investors. The Meeting the needs of all Andrew explains that even though demand for Foundation has funded our direct strategy work Rhode Islanders skilled tradespeople is growing, the supply is and the grants we’ve received have led to systemic Economic Security is one of our three decreasing as workers age and fewer apprentices change within the construction industry and strategic priority areas; the others are learn the trades. Building Futures provides a workforce development.” Educational Success and Healthy Lives. pipeline for apprenticeship programs. “We expose We have chosen these three areas to people to the basics through an intensive five-week Appreciative of how Building Futures has changed focus on, along with generous donors, program and they see what makes sense for them,” her life, Vennicia Kingston, a journeyworker hard-working nonprofit partners, Andrew states. construction craft laborer and member of LIUNA and state and local officials, for the Local 271, says, “I was unemployed, and I came following reasons: Program graduate Santana Cartagena found to the program on a hope and a prayer. I say I’ve 1. We believe that all Rhode Islanders that she was drawn to industrial painting. “I love made it because of luck, but they tell me it was hard should be financially stable. everything about it. Blasting, priming, painting, and work. Building Futures gave me an opportunity, and 2. We believe students should making it better for at least 10 years,” shares the now I want to give back. I want to start my own graduate from high school career or college ready. only female member of the painting crew working construction company and be a role model, and on the exit 16 bridge at I-95 (route 10). A single I’m working with Andrew on a mentorship program 3. We believe that all Rhode Islanders mother with two daughters, Santana previously for 14- to 17-year-olds to expose them to the should have the opportunity to live in optimal health. worked at a minimum wage job, but wanted to building trades.” better secure her future. As a skilled worker, she The Building Futures story illustrates earns a salary that provides stability for her family Andrew agrees with Vennicia’s approach, “We’re the dedicated work one nonprofit and is looking to buy a house. creating the next generation of laborers, as well as organization is doing to help make the next generation of leaders.” Rhode Islanders financially stable. We Santana’s story is typical of the turnaround Building will be sharing more stories that show the strides being made not only toward Futures is known for. The 18- to 35-year-olds Economic Security, but also toward who enroll in Building Futures all come from low Educational Success and Healthy Lives, income backgrounds—80% are from minority in future publications. groups, and 50% were previously incarcerated. Most learn of the program through word of mouth. Jessica David is the Rhode Island Foundation’s We hope you’ll stay tuned and, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Andrew notes that they only formally recruit women, if you’d like to join in these efforts, Community Investments. who currently comprise 10% of enrollees. With please contact us at (401) 274-4564 or [email protected]. p8 p9 Community Grants are going strong

by Jennifer Pereira

As part of our centennial celebration in 2016, we created the Community Grants pro- Art from the Heart of the Community: gram—a way for donors and nonprofits to foster community-building projects around What South County Means to Me. Rhode Island. In just three years this program has funded more than $1.1 million for One hundred community members, artists and non-artists, ages 4 projects from Woonsocket to Westerly and from Burrillville to Barrington, benefitting to 80+, created the square tiles which ultimately came together into residents in each of our state’s 39 cities and towns. a mural that is now on display in the Peace Dale Library. In announcing the 2018 community grants, Foundation President and CEO Neil D. The mural evokes more than a sense of place, said South County Steinberg stated, “Our grants will produce places to gather, create friendships, and Art Association Executive Director Kathleen Carland. “It conveys a inspire new collaborations that will build community connections all over our state. sense of belonging.” Initiatives like this are only possible due to the vision of those who came before us, the donors who generously invest in Rhode Island, and the nonprofits that convert those resources into action.”

p10 p11 Responsive Grants snapshot Our Responsive Grants program, new in 2018, was designed to respond to the expressed needs of the community. Grantee organizations are working to address urgent community needs and emerging opportunities, testing new ideas, and furthering proven programs.

Responsive Grants support organizations The circa-1850 Pullen Corner Schoolhouse has been restored and across the nonprofit sector—including those working in the arts, serving decorated with period lighting, chalkboards, a school bell, furniture, children and families, providing and interpretive panels to give guests a glimpse of what a day was affordable housing, protecting the like when it operated as a one-room schoolhouse from the 1850s environment, and more. until it closed in 1922. Following is a sampling of 2018 Responsive Grant recipient organizations:

Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick

Community Boating Center, Inc.

Community MusicWorks

ecoRI Inc.

Green Energy Consumers Alliance

HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University

New Urban Arts

Newport Partnership for Families

The Moving Wall has been touring the country for more than 30 Ocean Tides

years. A half-size version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Operation Stand Down Rhode Island Washington, D.C., the wall came to Ponaganset High School after Chachi Carvalho spearheaded the movement to create Rhode Island Community Food Bank months of fundraising by students and teachers, and one of our a music studio and creative space at Shea High School community grants. Rhode Island Latino Arts in Pawtucket, where students will explore the creative RI KIDS Count process of music production. Jennifer Pereira is the Rhode Island Foundation’s Save The Bay, Inc. Vice President of Grant Programs. p12 p13 This mural, located outside of America’s Food Basket, was created by community artists along with 120 South Side residents to pay tribute to the community’s rich cultural history. Organized by Providence City Arts for Youth, the 100-foot public art installation was funded by a Foundation community grant. p14 p15 “A pathway to hope.” That's how Kathy and “We were looking for direction,” Brian acknowledg- Brian MacLean think of the support they provide es. “The big advantage of working with the Rhode to fathers, and, by extension, their children. Island Foundation is that it knows the needs of the Helping men community. The reason we’ve stepped up is be- The MacLean’s donor advised fund helps fathers cause we feel good about the Foundation and how who participate in the Dads Making a Difference its staff have connected us with programs we’re with children program at Children’s Friend and in the Fatherhood interested in.” Program at Amos House. “These men want to be become fathers good fathers to their kids,” Kathy says, with Brian “We’re focused on the role fathers play in their adding, “Most of them grew up in a world with so children’s lives. When men are able to develop little hope and so little opportunity.” stable lives for themselves, it allows them to extend by Daniel Kertzner stability to those around them,” Kathy says. Since 2015, the MacLeans have provided grants to Dads Making a Difference, a 12-week job train- Reflecting on graduation ceremonies he’s attend- ing program to learn vocational skills. The goal is ed for Dads Making a Difference, Brian explains, for participants to gain full-time employment and “When you sit across a table and hear the men improve their family’s economic security. To date, talk about what the program means to them, it’s 73% of the dads have secured jobs after completing really inspirational.” the program. They also receive ongoing, one-on- one support and are encouraged to participate in a One program graduate explains, “The Dads pro- Dads Support Group. gram completely understood where I was coming from, where I wanted to go, and they helped me ev- The MacLeans also have funded the Fatherhood ery step along the way... That program has literally Program at Amos House, which gives formerly changed my life.” homeless fathers the opportunity to reunite with their children in a positive, supportive environment. Kathy continues, “The men speak of hardships As fathers become more involved in their children’s they’ve faced, but also of how they want to be better lives, they are more likely to take financial responsi- dads for their kids. Some of these men have never bility for their families. had anyone thinking about them and helping them try to be better. Having support has given them The MacLeans credit the Foundation with intro- hope. And that hope is the path that allows them to ducing them to these programs. They were new to better themselves and their families.” Rhode Island in 2014, hoping to help but not sure how to best make a difference. At the time, they said, “We want the Foundation to help identify and screen organizations for us as we don’t yet know the community.” They shared that one of their interests was parenting/mentoring programs for Daniel Kertzner is a Senior Philanthropic young fathers. Advisor at the Rhode Island Foundation. p16 p17 “The big advantage of working with the Rhode Island Foundation is that it knows the needs of the community.”

—Brian MacLean

By participating in the Amos House Fatherhood Program, Melvin Borques, 35, has been reunited with his six-year- old son, Levi. Melvin had lost everything by the time he entered the program – his house, his job, his children – and has managed to turn his life around with continued support from Amos House.

p18 p19 Conversation and community across our state

by Neil D. Steinberg

What happens when Rhode Islanders from all walks of life break bread and share conversations about our state's future? We found out during our “Together RI” sessions — 20 friendly get-togethers that happened from March through May of 2018. Nearly 1,300 Rhode Islanders participated alongside their neighbors, strangers, and friends — sharing a family-style meal and talking face-to-face at schools and community centers.

The Foundation’s role was to provide the platform (and the food), then step back and listen. Independent professional facilitators guided each session. And a team of researchers from University of Rhode Island’s Social Science Institute for Research, Education and Policy synthesized notes and surveys completed by participants. The report provides aggregated, anonymous details by topic area and gives details on research methodology and demographics.

p20 p21 We held the Together RI events with two goals in mind. First, to identify where individual Rhode Islanders see opportunity and where they see challenges in our state. And second, to create a neutral place for dialogue on critical topics, a place where divisiveness and polarization were left at the door.

Thanks to the thoughtful and enthusiastic participation of so many Rhode Islanders, we accomplished those goals—together.

To see the report, visit https://web.uri.edu/ssirep/.

Neil D. Steinberg is the Rhode Island Foundation’s President and CEO.

Here are just a few of the highlights: • Rhode Island’s strong sense of community and small size are seen as both strengths and • The topics that came up most often were opportunities for our state. public education, the size of the state, natural resources and open spaces, housing, public • The public education system and issues transportation, and diversity. related to government and politics were overwhelmingly viewed as challenges. • Our coastal environment, the beauty of the state, and a focus on green energy and • More than 72 percent of survey respondents environmentally-friendly policies are seen as said that, after attending, they better major strengths for Rhode Island. understand the issues their community faces.

• Farms, food, restaurants, and tourism all • Nearly 75 percent said that after participating present opportunities for economic success. in Together RI they are now more likely to get involved in community issues. • Participants noted social issues that represent challenges to individuals and families in our • 99 percent of survey respondents reported state – lack of employment, drug and alcohol meeting someone new. use, inequality, aging, and homelessness.

p22 p23 One thing that has not changed through the years is the commitment of JFF’s leaders to fulfill its mission “to support the work of the Jewish Alliance and to enhance the quality of Jewish life in the greater Rhode Island community and worldwide through educational, charitable, so- cial service, cultural, religious, and recreational endeavors.”

“The (Jewish Federation) Foundation supports the legacy on which it was founded,” states Adam Greenman, president and CEO of the Jewish Alliance. “Max Alperin was key in setting this up for future gen- erations. Sharon (Sharon Gaines, current chair of the JFF) and I see A new partner that our job is to build it up further for future generations of the Jewish What’s a Supporting community in Rhode Island. That’s why we wanted to partner with the Organization? Rhode Island Foundation.” They’re subsidiary public charities in philanthropy: that partner with the Foundation “We made a very conscious decision (to work with Rhode Island to achieve greater impact in their Foundation). It was important for us to stay in the local Rhode Island missions. They benefit from the Jewish Federation community and to have a fund that will protect our community beyond Foundation’s community knowledge, the annual campaign. Our primary mission always has been to provide professional investment, and support for Rhode Island’s Jewish community,” Sharon explains. philanthropic services.

Foundation Downcity Partnership, Inc. (2000) “The community really relies on this organization (the Jewish Alliance). Haffenreffer Family Fund (1987) We see ourselves as the Jewish cultural hub in Rhode Island, and we Jewish Federation Foundation (2018) by James S. Sanzi, JD need to be able to evolve as community needs change,” Adam says, June Rockwell Levy Foundation (2011) asking, “How do we create the community we want?” with Sharon Rhode Island Charities Trust (1991) adding, “And how do we get people to support that community?”

It is an ambitious list: High-quality early childhood programs for infants She continues, “We feel this partnership will allow us to benefit from and toddlers, nutritious meals for seniors, scholarships for Jewish Day the professionalism of the Rhode Island Foundation while also main- School students, education about the Holocaust for students of history, taining our Jewish values.” relief for victims of natural disasters. These are just a few of the far- reaching programs supported by the Jewish Federation Foundation (JFF). Through the partnership, JFF will continue to provide personalized cus- tomer service and stewardship to its fund holders, “This endowment Established in the 1960s as a committee of the Jewish Federation of Rhode allows us, now and in the future, to build a stronger and more vibrant Island, today’s JFF has evolved through the years, most notably in 2011 community in Rhode Island and around the world,” Adam concludes. when the Jewish Federation, the Jewish Community Center, and the Bureau of Jewish Education merged to become the Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island. That same year, the JFF became an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. In 2018, the JFF formed a partnership with the Rhode Island Foundation and became a supporting organization (see sidebar). James S. Sanzi, JD is the Rhode Island Foundation’s Senior Vice President of Development. p24 p25 2018 results By the numbers 971M 1% 60 Generous Rhode Islanders have entrusted their philanthropy to the Total Operating budget New funds established Rhode Island Foundation for more than a century. Foundation assets as a percent of assets

To better our communities and our state requires Our scale allows us access to some of the top- more than good intentions. It requires good vision, performing money managers in the country. And, strategy, and discipline. The Foundation deploys we set high performance standards for our prudent, long-term financial strategies to maximize investment managers. Our long-term endowment grantmaking and to preserve and grow our returns consistently rank us in the top quartile 1,800 114M 2M In scholarships endowment for the future. compared to our community foundation peers. Number of funds Total funds raised awarded

Investments Spending policy and operating expenses Charitable gifts from generous donors become Our spending policy determines the dollars available part of our highly-diversified investment pool. for grants. It is reviewed annually by the Foundation’s The Foundation’s investments are managed by a board of directors. The spending policy ranges Investment performance net of fees: committee of directors and community members between 5.0 and 6.53 percent (depending upon the with expertise in the field. With the support of an fund type) of the trailing sixteen quarter average investment consultant and the Foundation’s chief endowment value. This range allows us to provide 1 year -4.2% financial officer, the committee establishes the a predictable stream of grants while growing the 30%Of grants are 5 years 4.5% investment policy, selects investment managers, endowment over the long-term. The same spending Foundation directed and monitors their performance. policy also determines our operating budget for the 10 years 8.6% year. We are committed to carefully managing our Investments follow a broadly diversified asset operating expenses. To this end, in 2018 our operating 20 years 7.2% allocation strategy. Over the past decade, the expenses were managed to within approximately 1% Foundation has increased the proportion of of our total assets, which is well within the industry alternative investments, while decreasing its fixed standards for community foundations. income allocations. The Foundation is committed to a “total return” investment goal to ensure that For additional selected financial information, please $52 million total grantmaking to more Of grants are our endowment grows in perpetuity. Any investment refer to page 109. 70% donor directed than 1,900 nonprofit organizations return earned over the spending policy is added to principal.

p26 p27 Rhode Island Foundation in the news

RI Foundation $130,000 in grants RI Foundation RI Foundation anuncia RI Foundation At Together RI announces $100,000 awarded to benefit launches new subvenciones por $3.6 awards grants to dinners: They came. to tackle growing black community resource for milliones para reducer improve public They ate. They hunger crisis startups and small enfermedades cróncias health discussed. businesses y disparidades de salud South County Independent The Providence Journal Providence American Latino Public Radio The Public’s Radio The Providence Journal January 18, 2018 February 9, 2018 June 14, 2018 October 19, 2018 March 30, 2018 May 24, 2018

URI School of A community South County RI Foundation Facing challenges City schools earn Education exceeds foundation making Health receives awards grants of committing to $225K grant expectations a big push for $600K grant to Shea, Mixed foster parenting with ESL teacher health equity in Magic Theatre training program a small state

URI Today Inside Philanthropy Narragansett Times The Valley Breeze The Providence Journal The Call November 1, 2018 October 26, 2018 October 26, 2018 August 14, 2018 March 12, 2018 September 23, 2018

Seven high school Trinity Rep growth Improving moraltiy BH Link offering Grant to improve Hassenfeld featured seniors share plan supported over meatballs 24/7 response to health in Newport on RI Foundation’s $300,000 in scholar- by $225K RI mental health, neighborhoods inaugural ‘Pioneers’ ships honoring Foundation Grant drug abuse issues podcast Roger Williams

Providence Business News Providence Business News Warwick Beacon Cranston Herald The Newport Daily News Providence Business News May 4, 2018 August 20, 2018 September 18, 2018 November 15, 2018 November 26, 2018 November 26, 2018

p28 p29 Alumnae Association of Newport Hospital School of Nursing Fund

stablished in 1886, the Newport Hospital School of Nursing awarded diplomas for Emore than 100 years. A history of the School states that upon its founding, “It offers a three years’ course of study and practical training to women who desire to become professional nurses… Candidates must be eighteen or over New donor stories and must be single or widowed women.”

The School graduated its last class in 1990. “The cost of the program was one of the reasons for the closure. Another reason was that it had become very self-limiting. A lot of students were choosing a four-year baccalaureate program,” explains Cheryl Abney, treasurer of the former School’s Alumnae Association.

Although the School has closed, its Alumnae Association remains active with approximately Recognizing that their membership is getting older, 240 members. “We’re a philanthropic organization the Association’s board began discussing how that gave scholarships for more than 20 years to best to continue to support students entering their graduates pursuing higher degrees in nursing. We profession. “Several years ago, I was a member of also contributed to other charities,” explains Nancy the Foundation’s Newport County Fund Advisory (Nan) Souza, vice president, with Cheryl adding, Council, so knew about the Foundation. We talked “And we gave monthly stipends to graduate nurses with the Association board and they were in favor of through the Nurse’s Benefit Fund.” partnering with the Foundation. We want our name to go on, and we thought this fund would be the best Both graduates of the School, Cheryl and Nan are way to do it,” Cheryl explains. among recipients of the Association’s scholarships, having received awards toward Bachelor of Science Through this fund, the Alumnae Association of the in Nursing (BSN) degrees, which they each earned Newport Hospital School of Nursing forever will at Salve Regina University in 1975. provide scholarships for Rhode Island residents pursuing nursing education. The Alumnae Association is funded through annual dues and additional contributions from members. “Because I got a scholarship, I wanted to give back so I would make a yearly contribution to the Nurse’s Benefit Fund,” Nan says.

p30 p31 Anchor Auto Group Charitable Fund Gottlob Armbrust Family Fund

he Subaru Love Promise is Subaru of America’s Just as the business has grown, so has the Benoit n 1913, Gottlob Armbrust traveled to Rhode campaign to make the world a better place. family’s commitment to the community. “We want Island to provide training to employees of S & B TIt’s a philosophy that Bob, Brian, and Chris Benoit, to help everybody, but we have to choose. We were ILederer Company on the running of the company’s owners and operators of Anchor Subaru in North looking for something that would create a comfort jewelry-making machines. With the outbreak of Smithfield, exemplify on the local level. level for us in our giving, and the (Rhode Island) World War I the following year, he was unable to Foundation came up in a conversation with one of return to his native Germany. “Subaru of America does a lot to encourage its our attorney friends. That really got the ball rolling,” dealers to get involved and to give back to the recalls Bob, president of Anchor Auto Group. Gottlob continued to work in Rhode Island’s community. It means something to the franchise growing jewelry industry; in 1920, he opened and it fits with what we believe,” states Brian, vice Armbrust Chain Company. During World War II the president-sales at Anchor Auto Group. company manufactured the chains that held dog tags, as well as parts for an automatic rifle. The “We’ve always been involved in the community, company continued to prosper and, in 1951, Gottlob supporting local sports teams, youth organizations, established the Armbrust Foundation to help his and other causes we’ve gotten involved with. We’re employees with the costs of education. At the time able to do more now that we’re bigger and more of Gottlob’s death three decades later, Armbrust established,” he continues. Chain Company was, according to his November 20, 1981 Providence Journal obituary, one of the largest The family’s involvement in the automobile business manufacturers of jewelry chain in the world; at its goes back more than 60 years when Robert Benoit, height, it employed more than 300 people. Sr. opened a gas station and garage in Cumberland, later relocating it to Lincoln. His plan to open a used Gottlob and his wife, Bertha, had six children, with Howard died in 2017 and assets of the Armbrust car dealership was cut short by his untimely death in their oldest son, Howard, taking over leadership of Foundation were transferred in 2018, creating this 1984 at age 46. the company in 1964 and continuing in that role donor advised fund of which Dennis is the managing until his retirement in 1998. He also served as trustee. “The expense of maintaining the private Bob, who already was working with his dad, and executive trustee of the Armbrust Foundation. charity was more than the cost of working with the Brian realized their father’s dream. Through the Rhode Island Foundation,” Dennis acknowledges. years, they were joined by brother Chris, purchased Howard’s nephew, Dennis Ledbetter, recalls that a small dealership in North Smithfield, obtained under Howard’s leadership, the Foundation primarily He says that grant requests may be made by any Subaru and later Nissan franchises, and continued supported Rhode Island charities and family of Gottlob’s descendants - his surviving children, to grow the business. In 2017, after purchasing He explains that, through this corporate advised members’ requests for charitable contributions to grandchildren, and great-grandchildren – a total abutting properties and conducting research into fund, the Benoit brothers hope “to have a good specific nonprofit organizations. Dennis explains, of 47 family members. As the generations honor what customers want and need, they opened a new, impact and really make a difference locally.” “In 1996 the children of Gottlob agreed that, when Gottlob’s philanthropic legacy, Dennis says, “It is 27,000 square-foot facility. Howard was no longer willing or able to continue as my hope and desire that the Gottlob Armbrust As with the Subaru Love Promise, “It’s all about the primary trustee, the Armbrust Foundation would Family Fund will keep future generations of the “It’s completely state-of-the-art and one of the giving back,” Brian says. be transferred to the Rhode Island Foundation.” family together.” best Subaru dealerships in the country,” Brian says proudly.

p32 p33 Antonio and Angela Azzinaro CCRI Foundation Fund Scholarship Fund

he Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) student body is exceptionally diverse. “TSome just completed high school, others may be starting a business, and still others are attending classes for job re-training. The majority attend part-time while also taking care of family and/or working one or more jobs. Our students simply can’t afford college otherwise,” states Robert “Bobby” Gondola, Jr., associate vice president for institutional advancement and college relations at CCRI.

Helping students afford college is where the CCRI Foundation comes in. Established in 1979 by the his fund has been established in memory same time. The remaining six children were born Rhode Island Legislature, the Foundation works of Antonio and Angelina Azzinaro, who came into citizenship. to secure external support for the College, its Tto Rhode Island from Acri, Italy to seek work and programs and services. CCRI, with an enrollment to have better lives by escaping poverty in their Antonio and Angelina, in 1935, purchased a parcel of 22,000 students annually, is the largest public, native country. of land in Weekapaug, with access to the Winnapaug two-year college in New England. Pond. It became known as “The Lots”. It was used In 1910, at the age of 26, Antonio journeyed to for many years by their children, grandchildren, The CCRI Foundation, with support from Westerly, obtained work, and secured a place for his and great-grandchildren as a gathering place for the Alumni Association, offers more than 90 He continues, “When you put it all together and family. Angelina joined him two years later with their weekly summer picnics and to take advantage of the scholarships annually to help both full- and part-time look at the whole picture of what the Rhode Island two daughters. cool ocean breezes. The family enjoyed swimming, students with the costs of tuition, books, fees, and Foundation offers, it just makes sense for us. We quahogging, boating, and cooking on an outdoor other education-related expenses. Annual financial (CCRI Foundation trustees) all are volunteers, and if Their family grew to eight daughters. The oldest cook-top fireplace. They gathered on an extended assistance has exceeded $100,000 each of the past the Rhode Island Foundation can educate us on how three, after completing sixth grade, left school to picnic table to eat while enjoying the togetherness of several years. The CCRI Foundation also has played to do our work better, that will help us and it will work to help support the family. The other five the many family members. a leadership role in the College’s capital campaigns help the college.” daughters attended local schools and graduated from and in raising public awareness of the College’s Westerly High School. It is the proceeds of the sale of this land that made value to the state. Bobby adds, “The team at the Rhode Island this scholarship fund, designated for Westerly Foundation demonstrates partnerships in philan- Antonio was a master shoemaker, a trade he learned High School, possible. Antonio was a firm believer “We (the CCRI Foundation) are about raising thropy for the nonprofit and donor community in Italy. He both repaired and fabricated shoes that education should be attained by all. Because the money to help the College and its students. alike, and the Community College of Rhode Island for many years in his small shop on Union Street. of this, the descendants of Antonio and Angelina Through this new partnership, the Rhode Island Foundation is looking forward to leveraging Rhode Angelina stayed at home, cared for the children, are honoring their legacy and wishes by helping Foundation is managing some of our money…the Island Foundation’s resources and network as we and tended to the many domestic chores as was deserving students further their educations. tracking, reporting, fiduciary responsibilities, and continue to grow a movement of support for our customary of the time. “We’ve long been aware of the Rhode Island disbursements,” explains Oliver Brady, treasurer of students as well as our state.” Foundation, its history, performance, and reputation. the CCRI Foundation. Antonio learned to speak, read, and write English It was an easy decision that we would invest with the and became a citizen in 1919. Angelina and the two Foundation,” family members conclude. oldest children became naturalized citizens at the p34 p35 Cherry Family Fund

henever we were struggling, someone always reached out and helped us. “WThat made an impression,” Melanie Cherry shares, recalling her experiences years ago as a young bride. “The Foundation is the “You can’t pay that back, you have to pay it forward,” Melanie continues, something she and her husband, Joseph, have made a priority. place we need to be. Melanie and Joe both grew up in Pawtucket and are graduates of Sacred Heart High School and Saint Raphael Academy, respectively. Melanie continued her education at Rhode Island College Through this fund, we can (RIC), majoring in elementary education and retired as worldwide vice president of operations. special education. Joe also continued his education He also retired from the Marine Corps Reserve before enlisting in the Marine Corps, a move that as a chief warrant officer-4 after 23 years of service. make our philanthropy took the newly-married couple to Santa Ana, CA. Melanie is active with the Arc of Blackstone Valley, Joe, stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station serving as secretary of its board and leading the in Santa Ana for two years, then deployed to organization’s membership campaigns and Southeast Asia. Melanie substitute taught in golf tournaments. work better and do more Santa Ana area schools. Having already established several scholarships, Following his honorable discharge, the couple Melanie and Joe intend to continue to focus their returned to Rhode Island. Joe began working to help others.” philanthropy on education through this donor at Brown & Sharpe, while also completing an advised fund and to involve their sons—Jonathan, engineering degree at Roger Williams University an R & D portfolio director at Biogen in Cambridge; and later earning a master’s degree from Jason, CFO at Carousel Industries in Exeter; and Lesley University. Ryan, a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps—in —Melanie Cherry recommending grants. Melanie earned her master’s degree in elementary education at RIC and continued substitute teaching. “This (the Foundation) is the place we need to Once her sons were in school, Melanie was a be. Through this fund, we can make our philan- regular volunteer in their classrooms. thropy work better and do more to help others,” Melanie believes. Joe was recruited from Brown & Sharpe to Johnson & Johnson and finally C.R. Bard, from which he

p36 p37 Alton H. Conn, Jr. Memorial Michael E. and Lida M. Contillo Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund

lton was more than a classmate and a great hen Michael Contillo read a newspaper Massachusetts shipyard. “All the men went into friend, he was my ‘brother,’ for we served article about how the late Alice Hall Allen the service, and this work was an opportunity for “Atogether in the Marine Corps, later reconnecting in Whad established a scholarship fund to benefit the women to serve, too,” Michael explains. He Vietnam in 1968,” Rick Taylor explains of his desire students at her alma mater, Cranston High School recalls how, many years ago, the National Enquirer to honor his longtime friend’s memory. East, he was inspired. “It was a nice article, and it had a contest for the longest hair in the United gave me the idea to set up a scholarship at Johnston States. Lida, whose hair touched the floor, won “When I learned of Alton’s death, I immediately High School,” he shares. The article, noting that second prize. contacted his widow, Barbara, and asked if I could the Allen Fund is administered by the Rhode start a scholarship in his name. She gave me her Island Foundation, was Michael’s introduction to Michael attended LaSalle Academy until his senior blessings, and I am proud to do this in Alton’s name the Foundation. year when he left school to work briefly before and for his family,” Rick states. joining the Navy. Stationed in Virginia, he served during the final 11 months of World War II. He Alton Conn was born in Providence, later moved returned to Rhode Island and worked in markets to North Kingstown with his family, and grad- on Federal Hill before being drafted by the Army. uated from North Kingstown High School in His service during the Korean War was largely in 1965. It was there that Rick says he and Alton Germany. After two years, he again returned to became acquainted. Rhode Island, this time for good.

They later both joined the Marine Corps, with their He continued working in grocery stores on Federal service including tours in Vietnam. Rick says, “We Hill before opening his own store, L & M Market, made certain promises to each other if we were in Johnston. Michael also invested in land off fortunate enough to survive. First, we agreed that we Greenville Avenue in Johnston, which he later would look after each other’s family should anything developed into house lots. One of the streets in that tragic happen to either one of us. He served the The obituary continues, “He enjoyed skiing with residential area, Contillo Drive, bears his name. Marines proudly, maintaining the highest traditions his family and had worked for the ski patrol at of the Marines. The second promise we made was to Loon Mountain; he was also an avid golfer.” Michael is sharing his good fortune with Johnston attend the Rhode Island State Police Academy.” students who, through this scholarship fund, will be In addition to his widow, Barbara, Alton is survived supported in their pursuit of higher education. “I’ve A resident of North Woodstock, NH, at the time by two children and five grandchildren. lived in Johnston all my life, and when I set up the of his death, Alton previously lived in Jamestown. fund, it gave me a good feeling,” he concludes. His January 25, 2018 obituary in the Jamestown The fund Rick established, the Alton H. Conn, Press states, “Mr. Conn began his career in law Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, is designated enforcement for the Rhode Island State Police, for graduating seniors at North Kingstown High Both Michael and his late wife, Lida, attended class of 1971, where he served for 21 years before School who are pursuing further education in a Johnston schools through the ninth grade; the becoming the chief of police for the Town of Tiverton, medical field with a preference for students who town did not have a high school at that time. After retiring after four years.” demonstrate an interest in cancer research. completing ninth grade, Lida went to work at the Lymansville Company Mill in North Providence. During World War II, she was a welder at a

p38 p39 East Bay Food Pantry & East Side Branch YMCA Fund Thrift Shop Endowment Fund

eople don’t think there is need in a community like Bristol, but there is poverty “Phere and in all the communities we serve,” says Nicki Ann Tyska, executive director of the Bristol- based East Bay Food Pantry & Thrift Shop which also serves residents of Barrington, East Providence, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton, and Warren.

“It would be so nice to think that times are changing and that our mission of creating a hunger-free Rhode Island Community Food Bank, and a local community was complete. But unfortunately, that’s wholesaler, the Food Pantry encourages clients to not yet the case,” Nicki Ann shares. incorporate more fresh foods into their diets. A third program Nicki Ann highlights is the Mobile Pantry Instead, the 10-year-old organization is seeing an which provides homebound individuals and their increase in the need for services. In 2017, the food dependents with a monthly delivery of nutritious e’re trying to get kids who can’t afford it programs that are specific to that age group,” Steve pantry served 2,350 unduplicated individuals, an groceries and personal care products. (Y membership) into the swim program,” explains, adding, “We’re trying to bring back a sense increase of 20% over 2016. Numbers have continued “Wstates Steven O’Donnell, CEO of the YMCA of of community, to help people connect with others.” to rise in 2018. The Food Pantry is funded through grants, Greater Providence, of this endowment that was donations, fundraising events, and the proceeds of established to benefit the YMCA’s East Side Branch. He sees those connections as especially important “Most people use us situationally, after the loss of a sales in its thrift shop. This endowment will provide “People believe in the Ocean State and want to for youth. “If we can get kids in here, we can help job or due to poor health. We’re here to help them another source of funding. “We consider this a help us give kids a positive outlook of the water get them on the right path and give their lives get through a tough time. The exception are the fiscally responsible thing to do. It will help stabilize so they can get out of the city, go to the beach, structure. Our goal is to help every kid to thrive. I elderly who, once they need assistance, tend to our funding and, we hope, will allow us to be more and enjoy themselves.” believe if we can do the social service piece, they require services for as long as they remain in their noticed by more donors,” Nicki Ann concludes. won’t get involved with the police,” says Steve, who homes,” Nicki Ann states. He notes that the East Side Branch draws an spent more than 30 years in law enforcement, economically diverse group of children, youth, retiring in 2016 as superintendent of the Rhode The Food Pantry program that has seen the greatest adults, and older adults. While some are from the Island State Police, before taking on leadership of growth in the past year is Food4Kids, a program that more-affluent East Side of Providence, 34% of the YMCA. supplements the National School Lunch Program current members qualify for the Y’s sliding fee scale. by providing nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and “Relationships in this world matter,” he says, snacks for children during school vacations and The East Side Y provides a wide array of services referring not only to his commitment to helping on weekends. Also seeing substantial growth this for all ages – from childcare for infants to summer youth, but also to the Y’s decision to partner past year is the Fresh Food Fridays program. With camps and a swim team for youth and from special with the Foundation. “I know the Rhode Island produce obtained from community farms, the family nights and family swims to programs geared Foundation and what you do. You’re good at for adults over 60 who wish to remain active. “We managing investments. That will benefit us with our have active older adults who not only enjoy many mission to help kids who can’t afford swim classes of the Y’s general programs, but also participate in or memberships.”

p40 p41 Michael G. Ehrlich, M.D. Fund FAF Cares Fund for Orthopedic Research

ommitted. That’s the word that Christopher dopting a family for the holidays, organizing “Our employees really get a lot from their Ehrlich says best describes his father, the late food drives, and assisting homeless shelters participation in the FAF Cares events. We have “CDr. Michael Ehrlich. “I’ve never seen someone so Aare just a few of the activities the employees of seen, through the years, how our employees have committed…to his family, his orthopedic research, Greenville-based Fashion Accessories First embraced these events. It helps them feel like and his country,” Christopher states. (FAF Inc.) have supported through the FAF they’re part of something bigger,” she continues. Cares Program. His brother, Timothy, continues, “He loved his family, “Feedback from our employees has including his children and grandchildren; he loved “The FAF Cares Team, comprised revealed that they have certain his wife, a true life partner for him; and he really of employees who represent causes that matter most to them. changed the face of orthopedics, helping to raise every department in the company, Giving to families in need ranked Rhode Island’s stature as a destination for world- organizes company events and high, along with such interests as class healthcare.” philanthropic initiatives under this supporting and mentoring women, Program. All our company social providing disaster relief, and aiding Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Dr. Ehrlich events are linked to the goal of the homeless,” JoEllen added. earned his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth giving back to the community. As College and his medical degree at Columbia we’re having fun, we’re also giving The FAF Cares Team has led University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His back,” explains JoEllen Fiorenzano, the company’s efforts to provide distinguished career consisted primarily of two FAF’s president and CEO. employee-directed assistance for the past five long-term tenures, first at Massachusetts General years. “Now, through our partnership with the Hospital and Harvard Medical School, followed by FAF was founded in 1975 by JoEllen’s husband Rhode Island Foundation, we expect to make this nearly three decades as chairman of orthopedics at Arthur, and his late father Frank. JoEllen states even bigger, put more structure into it, and to have Brown University and at Rhode Island and Miriam with Christopher adding, “He was truly a leader that the company has grown to become one of the a bigger impact in the community,” JoEllen says. Hospitals. He also served on the board of the in the world of orthopedics and in medicine most reputable suppliers of fashion jewelry and “The Foundation can help our FAF Cares Team to Lifespan Health System. more broadly.” accessories to the largest retailers in the United identify the local organizations that provide the States. The company has always had a history services our employees most want to support.” “He was known for his tireless work ethic, signature This endowment will further Dr. Ehrlich’s legacy of giving back to the community in Rhode Island. bow ties, wry sense of humor, and love of sailing. His of improving the lives of his patients by enabling “Rhode Island has a special significance to us – it’s contributions to medicine and Rhode Island will live others to advance orthopedic research. “We want to our home base, the majority of our employees on through the countless students he mentored, the continue his tradition of being a pioneer not only in are Rhode Islanders, and therefore giving back to medical teaching and research facilities that bear his research, but also in his ability to inspire others to Rhode Island is very important,” JoEllen states. name, and the Michael G. Ehrlich, M.D. Endowed contribute money to support this incredibly valuable Chair in Orthopedic Research,” his sons note. work,” Christopher explains.

“I think he was proud of what he had made of his life This is the second fund the Ehrlich family has and that he had risen to the pinnacle of his career. established at the Foundation. In 2015, Dr. Ehrlich He liked to be the very best at whatever he did, and established the Nancy Band Ehrlich Fund for the he had very high standards,” Timothy continues, Arts in his wife’s memory.

p42 p43 Barnet Fain Fund for the Donald Farish Memorial Fund Providence Art Club and Barnet Fain Fund for Temple Habonim

y father was interested in and participated e cared deeply about creating educational in so many things. He had a very rich opportunities for underserved urban “Mand full life,” states Kenneth Fain of his late “Hcommunities and providing access to nontraditional father, Barnet “Bunny” Fain. “One of his earliest students,” states Maia Farish of her late husband, involvements was the Temple (Temple Habonim). It Donald J. Farish, president of Roger Williams began in my parents’ basement and my father was University at the time of his sudden death in its first president. At the other end of his life, the July 2018. (Providence) Art Club became very important to him. He found it very gratifying to be accepted as Dr. Farish’s leadership at Roger Williams was an artist and to be part of that fraternity.” recognized and praised by students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff, and board members throughout a It is those two organizations – Temple Habonim “celebration of life” at the university’s Bristol campus. and the Providence Art Club – that Barnet selected Noting “the profound imprint Dr. Farish has left as beneficiaries of designated funds he created on this university,” Rev. Nancy Hamlin Soukup, through estate planning. university chaplain and director of spiritual life, recognized “his love of knowledge, bold vision for “My father would say he never would have gotten Born and raised in Providence, Barnet graduated higher education, unwavering commitment to core involved in the arts if it wasn’t for my mother, yet he from Classical High School followed by Colby values, and fearless confidence in the future.” was at the forefront of the national arts movement,” College in Maine, the latter where he earned a Ken shares. degree in sociology. Colby also was where he met Richard L. Bready, then chairman of the university’s his future wife, Jean Segal, then an art major at board of trustees, told the Providence Journal, “Don Barnet’s interests also drew him to education and Bennington College. Farish capped a distinguished career of service in healthcare. In the former, he was co-president of associate dean at the University of Rhode Island’s higher education with his transformative presidency what today is the Lifelong Learning Collaborative College of Arts and Sciences, rose to provost and Following graduation, Barnet served in the Army at Roger Williams University. His strong sense of of Rhode Island; in the latter he served as chairman vice president at Sonoma State University, and before returning to Providence to join the family ethics, vision, and steady leadership have improved of both Miriam Hospital and Lifespan. “He was served as president of Rowan University. He business, Fain’s Floorcovering. “My father had the the university in virtually every respect and chairman of just about everything he could be chair became Roger Williams’ 10th president in 2011. ability to run the business while spending 25% to heightened its national reputation.” of. When he was into something, he was all in. He 30% of his time involved with nonprofits. He had lived life to the fullest,” Ken exclaims. “Don approached everything he did with honesty, a strong sense of obligation to the community,” Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Dr. Farish intelligence, grace, and humor. It was never Ken recalls. was the first in his family to attend college, earning about him. I am so proud of and humbled by his a bachelor’s degree at the University of British transformational leadership at both Rowan and Barnet was the first chairman of the Rhode Island Columbia. His educational pursuit continued at Roger Williams,” Maia remarks. State Council of the Arts, chairman of the national North Carolina State University where he earned Assembly of State Arts Agencies, chairman of Rhode a master’s degree, at Harvard University with Through this fund, Maia says she can “channel her Island School of Design, and a trustee of both Trinity a doctorate in biology, and at the University of husband’s commitment to Rhode Island’s urban Repertory and the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Missouri with a law degree. communities and support preservation and arts initiatives in these same communities.” In a career devoted to higher education, he taught at the University of Missouri, served as assistant and p44 p45 Gloria Gemma Cancer Richard J. Gladney Charitable Resource Fund Endowment Fund

hat began 15 years ago as a website ife is short. Who we are and what we do to with cancer resources and information help others is important. We should try to do Whas grown into a flourishing nonprofit “Las many good things as we can,” Richard Gladney organization dedicated to helping heal mind, shared with us when we talked in 2005. Rick died body, and spirit of community members in 2018 at the age of 63, but had put his philosophy impacted by cancer. into practice for many years through extensive volunteering and financial support of direct Recalling her own family’s experience when service organizations. her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Maria Gemma-Corcelli, executive director of Born in Minnesota, Rick lived in Barrington for the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource the past 54 years. He attended Barrington Public Foundation, explains, “It was a very traumatic Schools, followed by the University of Rhode time; we were lost emotionally. People need Island where he majored in elementary education to connect to others who have had similar and economics, graduating in 1976. It was while circumstances. They need direct support and, he was at URI that he met his future wife, Karen through the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Ferri, who grew up in Warwick. Resources Foundation, we’ve been able to services and support to the community,” she states, help thousands of families.” noting that in 2018 more than 5,000 individuals Following college, Gladney worked at Amica for visited the Hope Bus at hospitals, schools, two years before entering the brokerage business, The organization opened its Resource and community centers, and more throughout Rhode first with Kidder Peabody, followed by Morgan Wellness Center in 2008 where free holistic Island and nearby Connecticut and Massachusetts. Stanley, and later Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly programs and support services are offered to Wachovia Securities) where he was senior vice people touched by cancer. “We have such passion as a team and as an president-investment officer of the Gladney “My mother is really where I learned philanthropy,” organization, and we believe that no one should go Consulting Group. he related. “My mother was always helping all types Programs include Gloria’s Angels, dedicated to through cancer alone. We always ask, ‘How we can of people - the sick and elderly. She did a lot and providing extra care to people no matter where help?’ It’s very rewarding, and my mom’s spirit lives Rick told us he liked the flexibility of his job - instilled that in us [her children].” It’s a value he they are in their cancer journeys; the Young on through everyone we help,” Maria shares. flexibility that allowed him to volunteer weekly passed on to his children, Kristin, Kyle, and Eric. Survivor Program, specifically designed for at City Meal Site. Of his “waiter role” at the soup women who are diagnosed with cancer before With the Resource Foundation’s growth, Bryan kitchen, he said, “I get a kick out of it. It's very “You give what you can. It's very rewarding to give,” age 44; cancer education to students from middle Sawyer, chief operating officer, acknowledges, “We rewarding. I love being involved where you can really he noted. It’s a legacy that will be carried on by school through college with the Pink Spirit were doing everything very grassroots, and got to help somebody.” Karen and their children through this donor Program; and drop-in support groups throughout the point that we asked, ‘What’s next?’” advised fund. the state, because not everyone can travel to the He also was active with the Make-a-Wish Foundation Foundation’s Center in Pawtucket. Their answer is this fund, which forever will support of Rhode Island for more than 20 years, served as the Gloria Gemma Foundation. “It’s always been a chair of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Professional Realizing this, Maria is especially grateful for the dream of ours to have an endowment at the Rhode Advisory Council, was an ambassador of the United Hope Bus. “The Bus gives us the ability to bring our Island Foundation,” Maria concludes. Way of Rhode Island, and in 2005 was named a Community Hero by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island. p46 p47 Handicraft Club Endowment Fund Larry J. and Kay P. Hirsch Charitable Fund

omen are sewing intricate stitches on small Providence’s Benefit and College streets since 1925 he Hirsch family’s roots in Westerly go back felted animals. Others are preparing for when the Club purchased the house which is on the to 1934 when Sam and Anne Hirsch opened Wacrylic painting and journaling classes to begin. National Register of Historic Places. TWesterly Jewelry. Their son, Larry, was born four Numerous large looms display colorful and detailed years later, grew up in Westerly, and still calls patterns of in-the-works projects, while woven “The Club was started by women who were it home. baskets await finishing touches. interested in the arts and crafts movement. Initially, they met in members’ homes. They wanted to enrich “Westerly is a great town. There’s so much This is the Handicraft Club, where creativity and art in their homes and in the community,” explains happening here,” he states of the redevelopment of camaraderie abound. “It’s a unique club. If you’re Margie Edwards, investment committee chair. the downtown. interested in crafts, it will draw you in,” says Fran Gammell-Roach, president. “With RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) here, A graduate of Westerly High School, Larry earned we have a large community of artists,” continues an undergraduate degree at Syracuse University Founded in 1904, the Club works “to promote Fran, noting the Club has approximately 400 before serving two years in a MASH (Mobile Army interest in all kinds of handicrafts and to provide a members about half of whom actively take classes. Surgical Hospital) unit in Frankfurt, Germany. place where such work can be done.” That place has The Club offers eight-week sessions each spring, fall, Returning to the States, he attended law school been the Truman Beckwith House at the corner of and winter in areas as popular as knitting, painting, at Boston University and Suffolk University, and needlepoint, as well as lesser-known crafts graduating from the latter. including antler baskets and metal weaving. His career took him to Florida where he worked “We’re commmitted to seeing that the arts and for the American Jewish Committee, served as crafts of previous generations are carried on, and a prosecutor for the City of Miami, and later we want to attract new members. When we started, worked for a firm in the savings and loan business. everyone could walk to the Club, but now about It’s also where he met his future wife, Kay, a native 70% of our members live outside Providence. We of St. Angelo, TX, who taught English at But, he says, his real love is animals. He served as draw from all over Rhode Island and southeastern a middle school in Miami and later worked as a president of the former Chariho-Westerly Animal Massachusetts,” says Margie, adding, “We’re also an legal associate. Rescue League and is past president and current older membership. People are staying active much trustee of Stand Up for Animals. And animals will later in life. Many of our members are in their 80s.” When Larry’s father became ill, the couple moved be the focus of this donor advised fund. “My main to Rhode Island to help at the jewelry store. Kay goal is to help animals in need in Rhode Island, The Club has had an endowment since 1964 to continued her career as a medical diagnostic especially in South County,” he shares. support maintenance and repair of its historic coder at Westerly Hospital and Larry practiced at property. Of their decision to transfer funds to the the Turano & Turano Law Office. And he became Long-involved with the Rhode Island Foundation Foundation, Fran states, “We want our donors involved in local organizations, including serving through his civic engagement, Larry says, “I’ve to have the option of knowing they’re giving to 16 years as a director at the Washington Trust always admired the Foundation and the way it a permanent fund that is part of a large, well- Company, as a member and president of the operates. I like having a fund that will benefit the established community fund.” Westerly-Pawcatuck Downtown Task Force, on community in perpetuity.” the board of Westerly Hospital for 10 years, and as the first president of the Westerly Education Endowment Fund. p48 p49 Hope High Dollars for Scholars Iacchei and Cotoia Memorial Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund

Jane continues, “We’re providing scholarships for y brother, Joseph, and I are from a very Born and raised in Rhode Island, their mother, talented, amazing students who face incredible close-knit family,” Cheryl (Iacchei) Johnson Eva, worked at Calart Flowers and Weingeroff obstacles. We want the community to know that “Mshares, explaining that her family’s backyard Enterprises. “But first and foremost, she was a the scholarship money we’re raising provides not abutted those of her aunts and uncles, all just a devoted wife and mother. Our Mom always put only help to reduce college loans, it provides well- stone’s throw from North Providence High School. everyone else first. Simple things made her very appreciated encouragement.” happy,” Cheryl recalls. “Our uncle, Carlo One scholarship recipient, Pascaline Uwase, Hope Cotoia, owned a small “Our parents encouraged us to be self- ’15 and currently a University of Rhode Island senior, construction company. reliant and independent. They supported explains, “It’s one thing for your parents to believe in He built homes for many all of our endeavors and attended all of you and your dreams. But knowing that somebody family members,” Cheryl our activities when we were students else sees you as a champ and is willing to give you says. “Recognizing at North Providence High School. They a chance to live up to your dreams, is beyond what the importance of the knew success could be achieved through words can express. I am so grateful for what HHDfS trades, he hired students education and hard work,” Cheryl says, is doing for me and others.” from North Providence noting she and her brother earned High School to work advanced degrees. hen Jane Rosenbloom Bermont returned to Since its first scholarship award in 2012, HHDfS, for his company during Hope High School 45 years after her 1965 an affiliate of Scholarship America’s Dollars for summers, giving them the “Our parents and our aunt and uncle made Wgraduation, it was, she recalls, a discouraging Scholars, has awarded more than $200,000 in opportunity to develop sacrifices to make our lives better. My experience. “I remember thinking that these one-time and renewable scholarships. In 2018 alone, employable skills.” brother and I asked ourselves, ‘What can kids don’t have the resources for really enriching generous donors enabled HHDfS to award $60,000 we do now to give back?’” Cheryl explains. extracurricular activities,” Jane shares, adding, “I in scholarships to 12 seniors with each receiving a Cheryl recalls their aunt (Mary Cotoia) and uncle, The answer was this scholarship fund for North asked myself, ‘Who’s going to provide them with new laptop computer and backpack. both native Rhode Islanders, as “loving and Providence High School, with annual awards both opportunities to broaden their world?’” devoted to home and family. Our aunt was a quiet, for students pursuing education at a two- or four- Jane says that a permanent endowment is a logical gentle, and caring woman.” The couple did not year post-secondary school and those pursuing The answer, it turned out, was Jane who, with next step for the all-volunteer HHDfS board. have children. education at a trade school. the suggestion of Hope administrators and the “We have three goals for the endowment: good enthusiasm of other alumni friends, established investments, a better connection to the community, Cheryl and Joseph’s father, Joseph A. Iacchei, born Hope High Dollars for Scholars (HHDfS) “to expand and the ability to continue awarding scholarships in Pennsylvania, lived most of his life in Rhode access to educational opportunities for Hope High into the future. We feel confident partnering with Island. A World War II veteran, he worked as a students by providing one-time and renewable the Foundation.” planner and estimator at Quonset Point Naval Air scholarship awards.” Station and later as an equal opportunity officer for the State of Rhode Island. Noting that their “Hope is a very different school than when we father earned an accounting degree in Bryant were here,” says Andrea Mattia, ’65, HHDfS’ College’s evening division, Cheryl states, “Dad was communications chair, noting, “Most of the students academically-focused; education was extremely live in families below the poverty line and many of important to him.” them have to work while attending school.”

p50 p51 Keck Family Fund

eing generous was a theme in my parents’ and grandparents’ homes,” Kim Keck recalls. “BKim, her husband Phil, and their daughter Laura are continuing that theme through community service and philanthropy, including with this donor advised fund.

Kim grew up in Cumberland and attended school “I admire the Rhode there. “Education and service were prominent in our household. My mom – my hero – was extremely bright and accomplished. My dad was constantly helping out in the community. They had Island Foundation’s high expectations of my siblings and me, and they instilled in us the belief that we could accomplish anything we set out to do.” philanthropic focus and Kim earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Boston College. Very early in her career she joined Aetna as an investment manager its commitment to make and earned an MBA in finance from the University of Connecticut. During 28 years with Aetna, she served in many leadership roles before being named president of the company’s northeast region. culture. “It’s a principal reason I wanted to lead Rhode Island better.” this great Rhode Island company.” Born in Illinois, Phil and his family moved to Rhode Island when Phil was in high school. The same is true for the Keck family. Kim serves After graduation, he attended the University of on several boards including the Rhode Island Connecticut before working in regional operations Community Food Bank, Phil is an active volunteer, —Kim Keck for a retail store. When Laura was born, Phil and Laura is involved in community service as a became a stay-at-home dad. The Keck home became student at Boston College. the go-to place for study sessions, movie nights, and chauffeur service for Laura and her friends, whose Kim notes, “I admire the Rhode Island Foundation’s families remain lifelong friends of the Kecks. philanthropic focus and its commitment to make Rhode Island better.” Through this new fund, the The family moved to Rhode Island in 2016 when Keck family tradition of service and giving will Kim was named president and CEO of Blue Cross live on. & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. “Community service is in our DNA here,” Kim explains of the company

p52 p53 Laurans Family Fund Judith McSoley Fund for Children

cott Laurans took a struggling family udy was a fierce and tireless advocate for business and built it into a $500 million food children in foster care and dedicated herself to “Sdistribution empire. What he is probably best “Jtheir well-being and their futures,” states Darlene known for among Rhode Islanders, though, is one Allen, CEO and executive director of Adoption grocery store he owned and operated for more than Rhode Island, of the late Judith McSoley. 30 years, Eastside Marketplace. Judy’s career included positions at Smith Hill “I loved retail more than wholesale and had fun Center and Children’s Friend and Service prior making a supermarket that was different from to her joining Adoption Rhode Island, which she other stores,” Scott says, noting that Eastside served for 15 years in positions including director of Marketplace was a leader in offering a full U.S. development and community relations. Post Office, a full florist, and high-quality prepared, specialty, and organic foods. “It was more of an Upon her passing in 2016, the McSoley family avocation while I partnered in the Providence requested that memorial gifts be made to the Group Investment Advisory Company,” he continues. organization she so loved and believed in. The agency’s work, Darlene explains, “was her passion,” “Eastside was successful due to a great group of with Judy’s husband, Matthew, adding, “And she employees,” Scott says of the business he sold practiced what she preached.” The McSoleys are in 2014. “All good things come to an end, some both parents and grandparents of adopted children. unfortunately, but it was time,” he laments. Darlene and Matthew agree that Judy was especially Born and raised in New Bedford, Scott earned proud of the Rhode Island Heart Gallery, a traveling a degree in economics at the University of exhibit of professional portraits of children in state adoptive mom and grandmother, as a professional, Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. His wife, Monica, care. Organizations and businesses throughout the and as an extremely kind, compassionate, and a naturalized citizen who came to the States in state, including the Rhode Island Foundation, have beautiful person, she had a lot to offer and the year tenure at Rhode Island Hospital during which the early 50’s from Germany as a young child, hosted the awareness-building Heart Gallery. “I moms loved being part of it.” he served as chairman, on the finance committee, earned an undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr remember when Judy had the whole gallery in and was instrumental in the construction of Hasbro College and later a master’s degree in French and Pawtuxet Village. She established relationships with “Judy loved her work and was devoted to the kids. We Children’s Hospital and the establishment of linguistics from Georgetown University. people at the banks and other businesses where told her we’d do everything we could to continue Lifespan where he served as chair. portraits were displayed,” Matthew says. her legacy of love and caring, and because of the “Monica is very, very proud of her American outpouring of love for her through memorial gifts, “We believe strongly in giving back to the community citizenship,” Scott states, adding, “Monica was “Judy was very good at going out and telling the we’re able to start this endowment that will continue and will continue to focus our giving on education brought up to highly value education and has children’s stories. She became very passionate about in her name forever,” Darlene explains, with and healthcare,” Scott explains. “I’ve always been worked as an interpreter, translator, and educator.” working with kids who were aging out of foster care Matthew adding, “and provide opportunities for kids impressed with the Foundation, the quality of Now retired, she earlier taught at Moses Brown and finding resources for them,” Darlene recalls. who otherwise might not have them.” people on the board, the investment results, and School, Lincoln School, and Providence College. the longevity of staff, which demonstrates to me a And of a support group for adoptive moms, Darlene culture committed to the Foundation’s mission.” Active community members, Monica served on the says, “Judy poured her heart and soul into that. As an boards of Trinity Repertory Company and Bryant University; Scott’s numerous boards include a 25- p54 p55 Thomas & Maureen Stephen P. Morenzi Moakley Fund Scholarship Fund

hen Thomas and Maureen Moakley moved to Rhode Island in the mid 1980’s, they were teve had an incredible, innate ability and a W real savvy understanding of sophisticated delighted with the prospects of living in the Ocean “S State with access to sailing, a longtime interest of electronics,” Steve Iemma states of his former theirs. They were wary however, about leaving the business partner, Stephen Morenzi, who died in many cultural amenities of New York, especially 2000 from brain cancer at the age of 44. the theater. Looking back, they happily acknow- ledge that life in Rhode Island has far exceeded The two men co-founded Accu-Met Laser, an their expectations. industrial laser service company for the medical device industry, in 1992. “Steve designed and “There’s so much theater here, and it’s great,” Tom built our equipment on a shoe-string budget, but says, with Maureen elaborating, “We went to it performed better than anything we could have Trinity, and it was delightful. Then we went to the bought. It’s very precise equipment that Steve Gamm which we love. And then Wilbury and all handled from design to fabrication, the calibrating, the other new and innovative performance venues programming, maintaining, all of it,” Steve explains. in the state.” Both Tom and Maureen were raised in greater New York City. They met when Tom A Rhode Island native who grew up in Cranston, was pursuing a degree in electrical engineering Stephen Morenzi attended the University of Rhode at Villanova University and Maureen was studying Island after graduating from high school, followed by electronics school. He was well-known in history at nearby Immaculata University. They extensively on state politics and is a regular on The Rhode Island among followers of rock and roll married soon after graduating. Public Radio’s Political Roundtable. music, playing keyboard in bands through the years including The Ellery Street Band, The Complaints, “I’ve always wanted to create something as a legacy After serving in the Navy, Tom began a career in the Maureen has served on the boards of the Rhode Nasty Habits, and The Senders. Drawing a parallel to him and to have his name associated with heating and air conditioning business in New York Island Historical Society, South Ferry Church, between his late partner’s professional life and his something that will help others to get an education and New Jersey. He earned an MBA from New York Trinity Repertory, and South County Hospital, musical talents, Steve notes, “I was the musician or continue with an entrepreneurial pursuit,” Steve University. Maureen earned a master’s degree from while Tom’s board service includes Trinity, Gamm, playing the instrument, and Steve was the one says in establishing this fund, designated for Stony Brook University, a Ph.D. in political science Histwick, and the North Kingstown Harbor creating it, tuning it, and maintaining it.” scholarships for students at New England Institute from Rutgers University, and then taught at both Management Commission. Rutgers and Drew University. At the same time, the of Technology in the advanced manufacturing or “Steve was a very dear friend and a tremendous engineering program. couple was raising three young daughters. Tom and Maureen see this donor advised fund part of my life. In some ways, we were like an as a means to support organizations that are old married couple. We had some real good, old- With the move to Rhode Island, Tom served as special to them, with a probable focus on theater fashioned debates about who was right and who president of Gulton Industries in East Greenwich and education. for 10 years. Since 1997 he has led Portsmouth- was wrong, but we learned to work well together, based International Manufacturing Services. and I couldn’t have asked for a better partner. He Maureen’s teaching career took her to Boston was such a genuine human being, and a part of him College, Connecticut College and, in 1992, to the touched everyone he met. He had a soft, wonderful University of Rhode Island as a professor of political heart. Steve was the kind of guy who would do the science. Now a professor emeritus, she writes right thing whether anyone knew about it or not,” Steve shares. p56 p57 Ann Morris Female Athlete Never Without Kindness Fund Scholarship Fund

n her Providence Journal obituary, Ann “Aside from her incredible accomplishments and e wanted to contribute to Nathan's legacy “We want to honor Nathan and help his family spread Morris was referred to a “trailblazer for contributions to sports in the state of Rhode of kindness to others,” explains Amy Hebb the notion of ‘never without kindness’, something Iwomen’s sports in Rhode Island.” A teacher and Island, she is remembered by her family, friends, “Wof the motivation she and her husband, DB, had in Nathan’s mother started with NWK-42 stickers, 42 coach in the Warren schools for more than 25 and co-workers as one of the most energetic, establishing this fund in memory of Nathan Ward being his football number,” Amy notes. The stickers years, she coached 15 girls’ state championship loving, embracing (literally), interesting, and Kocmond, a 16-year-old high school junior at the have been spotted throughout the United States, as teams in cross-country, gymnastics, and track; compassionate people on earth,” shares her time of his death by well as in England, served in leadership roles with the Rhode daughter, Kim Chandler Vaccaro. suicide in October France, and Italy. Island Interscholastic League and other sports 2017. The Never "This is our 'never organizations; and earned numerous awards for her Without Kindness Fund, without kindness' commitment to women’s sports in the state. the initials of which are gesture. Suicide the same as Nathan’s, is the second Born and raised in Massachusetts, Ann graduated is designated for leading cause of from Bridgewater State College in 1954. She then Wheeler School “with death in teenagers, taught and coached briefly in Massachusetts before the express purpose but no one wants teaching and coaching in the Warren public schools. of supporting mental to talk about it. There, her teams dominated Rhode Island girls’ health programming.” If it becomes a sports, beginning in 1970 when the first girls track less taboo topic, team was formed at Warren High School and the The Hebbs and more people will junior high school girls track team won the state Nathan’s parents, Jon seek help. And championship. and Sarah Kocmond, all were students at Brown education can change the way people view mental University, class of 1991, and became closer when health," Amy shares. Ann’s passion for gymnastics led her to pursue Jon and DB both attended medical school in Chicago. judging of the sport, and she became a nationally Although their residencies and current medical The Hebbs wanted to designate this fund for The rated judge. Later, she was an active participant practices took the families in different directions Wheeler School, where both of their boys attended. in the Rhode Island Senior Olympics, where she – the Kocmonds live in Charlotte, NC, the Hebbs "The school has been an important part of our consistently won silver and gold medals in the 100 in Rhode Island - Amy says, “We always kept in lives for the last 18 years." Noting that mental meter, 200 meter, and long jump. touch. We vacationed together, and our kids grew up health awareness is already a part of the school's together. We’re just close with this family.” curriculum, Amy says, "We hope this fund will Ann experienced many firsts in the field of athletics. bolster their efforts, and help make a difference She was the first woman coach in Rhode Island to Nathan was a junior at Charlotte’s Providence Day in people's lives. That will honor Nathan, and the be paid the same as male coaches under Title IX Through this scholarship fund designated for Mt. School where he played football and rugby. He also kindness he practiced in his life." and was named the first Outstanding Contributor Hope High School which serves students from the was active in Boy Scouts. to Girls Athletics by the Rhode Island Athletic towns of Warren and Bristol, Ann Morris’ name Association. She also was inducted into numerous forever will be associated with women’s athletics Halls of Fame, was named Rhode Island Female and scholarship. Athlete of the Year at age 71, and was awarded the Anna Tucker Cup, given to a Senior Olympian who best exemplifies outstanding characteristics.

p58 p59 Shirley and Kenneth Payne Fund Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Endowment Fund

ne of the functions of libraries is to make the or more than 100 years — from 1871 to past accessible to the community,” says Ken 1974 — Pomham Rocks Lighthouse served “OPayne. And that is what he is doing through this “Fas an active aid to navigation and was a familiar fund, named for his parents and designated for landmark for all who traveled the upper part of the North Kingstown Library Corporation “for the Narragansett Bay. But the Light went dark in 1974 development and/or maintenance of its local history and remained so for the next 32 years, as the collection, with a focus on, but not limited to, the Lighthouse — registered on the National Register of South County Room.” Historic Places — slowly began to crumble with time.

Ken moved with his parents and younger brothers Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, a chapter to Wickford when he was in the third grade and of the American Lighthouse Foundation, was grew up in that North Kingstown village. He recalls formed in 2004 for the purpose of restoring and passing the library on his way to school. “It became maintaining the Lighthouse. The Friends completed one of my stopping points and, by junior high, I was the restoration of the exterior of the Lighthouse in a regular patron. It impressed me early on as an 2006, when the Lighthouse again became an active "We raised in excess of $1.2 million, and we've had extremely important part of the community,” aid to navigation. Electric power was restored to a lot of good corporate friends that have helped us," he explains. the Lighthouse in 2016, and the interior work was Nate said, citing the pro bono efforts of the project completed in 2018. manager, Gilbane Building Company; a next-door As her younger sons entered high school, Shirley neighbor, ExxonMobil; and Abcore Restoration, the Payne began working at the library, first as a part- "It is absolutely amazing, the conversion of that company that did the physical work of restoring the time assistant, then as head of children’s services place," says Mike Tripp, treasurer of the Friends. exterior and interior of the Lighthouse. and coordinator of readers’ services; she earned a who referred me to the Foundation.” (The Library "Everything was so complicated. For example, master of library science degree at the University of already has organizational endowments at the the electrical work involved running a specially As the Friends' mission changes from renovation Rhode Island before being named library director. Foundation and is the beneficiary of another made underwater cable installed by divers that ran to maintenance, Nate states, "I want to assure the After retirement, she volunteered in the South Foundation-administered designated fund.) from the mainland under Narragansett Bay to the Lighthouse viability, and having an endowment is the County Room for 19 years. island Lighthouse." “The Foundation is a marvelous tool for doing best way to do it. Partnering with the (Rhode Island) Foundation was a natural. It was the easiest decision Ken’s father, Kenneth Adams Payne, worked at what I had in mind. It has institutional capacity The interior renovation work was guided by in the world." Electric Boat and with a partner, established a that is highly professional and serves my specific a Rhode Island Historical Preservation and small, specialty boat-building firm. “Two of dad’s need. I see the Foundation as a means to make Heritage Commission grant that required an early great pleasures were boats, and books,” Ken recalls, things happen. It’s an enduring way to support a 1950's décor. "The kitchen is a classic part of the “which mom supplied from the library.” community one cares about,” Ken concludes. Lighthouse. When you walk in there, it’s the 1950s," Mike explains. “Since having a knowable past is a source of meaning for people and places, I wanted to help Nate Chace, a board member charged with raising keep local history lively for future generations in funds during the 14-year renovation effort, recalls the community of my youth,” Ken explains, “so I fallen ceilings, collapsed stairs, and rotted wood. went to the library and talked with the director,

p60 p61 Ralph, Letty, and Anthony Raponi Janet L. Robinson Fund Tribute Fund

ith the establishment of this designated hroughout a career that took her from teaching fund, Ralph and Letty Raponi, along first and second grade to serving as President Wwith Ralph’s brother Anthony, have established Tand CEO of The New York Times Company, Janet a total of nine funds at the Foundation. Robinson has been on a philanthropic journey, developing strong, charitable interests through her In speaking of Letty, who died in 2017, Ralph personal experiences. shares, “She lived an active life with real goodness in her heart.” That goodness is Born and raised in Somerset, MA, Janet came to reflected in the family’s dedication to bettering Rhode Island as a student at Salve Regina University. the lives of children, a commitment which After earning a bachelor’s degree in English, she is furthered through this newest fund which taught in Newport and Somerset for 11 years. “I am benefits four children-serving organizations. a strong believer in the importance of offering quality public education, and a substantial portion of my The fund’s beneficiaries are The Tomorrow philanthropy is directed toward education,” Fund, which “provides daily financial and she shares. emotional support to children with cancer and The Raponis long have given back to the community, their families treated at Hasbro Children’s Hospital “We’ve done well,” says Ralph, noting his work as She joined The New York Times Company in 1983, in Providence”; Make a Wish - Massachusetts a stockbroker and investor. He adds, “The Rhode beginning what would become a 28- year career that and Rhode Island (for Rhode Island children), Island Foundation makes sense to us as a way to culminated in 2004 when she was named President which “creates life-changing wishes for children help others.” The Raponis also are members of the and CEO. “In that role, I was responsible for all with critical illnesses”; The Shriners Hospitals Foundation’s 1916 Society. business operations of the corporation, including for Children, which “is changing lives through management of the philanthropic activities of the Along with education, Janet is passionate about innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class corporation,” Janet says, noting that overseeing The supporting journalism and healthcare. “Quality research, and outstanding medical education”; New York Times Neediest Cases Fund “molded my journalism provides much-needed information and Smile Train, Inc., which “is an international viewpoint regarding my own personal philanthropy.” regarding the challenges confronting civil society children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a She also credits the Carnegie Corporation of New and the debates over how to meet these challenges. single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palate.” York, of which she currently serves as chair, as We must continue to inform all of our citizenry.” shaping her charitable interests. The Raponis’ earlier funds benefit these four “The Rhode Island Foundation is doing an excellent organizations and others. One, the Frank J. Raponi Janet serves on the Rhode Island Foundation board job addressing challenges in the state. I particularly Memorial Fund, created to honor Ralph and of directors, is chair of the board of trustees of Salve like that the Foundation has taken on the role of Anthony’s brother, also is designated for The Smile Regina University, vice chair of The Public’s Radio, convener to gather the best minds in the field to Train. At the time, Ralph shared, “Frank was an avid and assistant treasurer of the Preservation Society work together. This collaborative approach, owned believer of the Smile Train Charity where children of Newport County. She also serves on the board of by all, will be instrumental in how challenges will be from all over the world with deformed clefts would directors of Bank Newport/OceanPoint Financial overcome,” Janet concludes. get free surgery so that they could live a normal Partners MHC and on the advisory board of the life. This fund will forever benefit Smile Train, Inc., Graduate School of Oceanography at the University helping to continue its wonderful work.” of Rhode Island.

p62 p63 Barbara Flinker Ruttenberg Fund

“The Rhode Island arbara Ruttenberg’s home is tastefully support on programs serving women and children, decorated with mementos from her travels noting, “I love babies and children, my work has Bto countries around the world. Her philanthropy always been with children, and I think women have Foundation is doing an also has been international, including funding to work harder to get ahead.” education for women in Africa and sponsoring a child in Guatemala. She continues, “And I love that my donor advised fund will continue after I die and that my children excellent job addressing She’s now settled in Providence – “I’m so happy will continue giving charitably through the fund. here. I can’t imagine living anyplace else.” – and her This is something I always had in the back of my philanthropy also is taking on a local focus. mind that I wanted to do.” Born in Brooklyn, Barbara earned a degree in challenges in the state. psychology from Bryn Mawr College. She married after her junior year and moved to her husband’s native Rhode Island after graduation. Her early I particularly like that the career led her to positions in child development at Brown University and at Meeting Street School.

Barbara returned to school for a master’s degree Foundation has taken on in special education at Rhode Island College and worked as a resource teacher in the Warwick public schools while raising her children – three daughters and a son. A second master’s degree followed, the role of convener to this one in mental health counseling, as did work leading psycho-educational groups for women and serving as a mediator for the Rhode Island gather the best minds in Department of Education. Of the work with parents and special education directors from throughout the state, Barbara says, “It took a lot of energy and the field to work together.” concentration, but I thrived on it.” Barbara explains she has three basic precepts for her life, all drawn from her Jewish faith: tikkun olam (“repair of the world”), tzedakah (giving charitably), and t’shuvah (return to goodness; forgiveness of —Janet Robinson others and self).

Her work and volunteerism, including 15 years to date as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer, help satisfy the first principle. “And this fund with the Foundation fits right in with the p64 second one,” Barbara notes. She plans to focus her p65 Janet E. Shuster South County Health Special Education Fund Medical Staff Scholarship Fund

Needing to support herself and her young family embers of the medical staff of South County following a divorce, Janet returned to school at night Health (formerly South County Hospital) and obtained a master’s degree in guidance and Mhave assisted students with the cost of higher counseling from Providence College. Not wanting to education for more than two decades. The Medical uproot her children, she searched for work locally, Staff Scholarship Fund was established in the early but was unable to find a job in the guidance field. A 1990s by then-Medical Staff President Dr. Jeffery friend told her of a position that was opening in the Bandola with a portion of dues paid annually by special education department at Warwick’s Pilgrim each medical staff member. A second fund, the High School, and it was there that Janet taught for Conrad-Nestor Scholarship Fund, was established 26 years until her retirement in 2016. in 1999 by Dr. David Chronley to honor two South County Hospital colleagues, Dr. Robert Conrad and “Until her retirement at age 70, she taught students Dr. Thomas Nestor. as old as 21 who had a mix of behavioral and learning disabilities. She loved the kids and Dr. Chronley estimates that between the two funds, challenged them. She would help them read an more than 200 students have received scholarships abridged King Lear and would create her own through the years. “The scholarships aren’t large version for them to perform in class,” George recalls. (they generally range from $500 to $2,000), but “It’s a good experience for the kids, as the interview they help with the high cost of education and is like a job interview,” Dr. Chronley notes. He “A lot of the kids in her classes had very challenging recognize students who deserve that recognition,” credits Dr. Eleni Pappas, current chair of the family situations. My mom would discreetly step in Dr. Chronley explains. Medical Staff Scholarship Committee and a to buy clothes and toiletries and arrange for them to member of the committee since its establishment, shower at school when they couldn’t at home. She The Conrad-Nestor Scholarship, for family with the program’s success through the years. was a big part of her students’ lives, and many stayed members of Hospital employees, was transferred “She’s really done a terrific job and has been devoted in touch with her after their graduations,” George to the Foundation in 2008; the Medical Staff anet displayed an outsized kindness to her to the program,” he says. shares. Scholarship in 2018. students and taught them, above all, the dignity “Jof their own lives,” states George Shuster, Jr. in “I’m ecstatic that the Rhode Island Foundation is This fund, designated for the special education The Medical Staff Scholarship is open to graduating the obituary he wrote for his mother following her managing our scholarship fund. The Foundation department at Pilgrim High School, will continue seniors at high schools in South County who January 2018 death at age 72. has a Triple A Plus reputation. With more doctors Janet’s commitment to her students by providing demonstrate academic accomplishment, financial on the medical staff, there’s more money in the fund “for students’ basic needs such as clothing, hygiene need, and who plan to pursue careers in the Born in Providence and raised in Cranston, Janet and now, with the Foundation managing the fund, supplies, and nutrition.” healthcare profession. Two students from each of lived most of her adult life in Warwick. A graduate we’re confident there will be more money to award the six high schools in South County are nominated of Cranston High School East, she earned an to deserving students,” Dr. Chronley states. “This fund helps replicate the specific role my mother by their guidance counselors. The Medical Staff undergraduate degree from Marymount College in played for so many years. The Foundation’s flexibility Scholarship Committee reviews the applications Tarrytown, NY. She taught in a parochial school in and impeccable reputation made it the perfect fit for and essays submitted by the students and conducts East Boston before starting a family, including her managing the fund,” George states. an interview with each applicant. son George and daughters Jennifer and Katharine.

p66 p67 Myriam Stettler, RN Mary Lou Strong Fund Nursing Scholarship Fund

wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Myriam is a yoga instructor at the YMCA of Greater n a conversation Mary Lou Strong had with her was an avid tennis player and a fierce competitor. St. Joseph School of Nursing, and I want to Providence’s Kent County branch. But it’s nursing children prior to her death in 2017 at age 86, Athletics was empowering to her in an era when it “Igive back to St. Joseph,” Myriam Stettler says of where she says she “found my niche” and where she Ishe summarized for them what she believed was wasn’t considered feminine to be athletic. She was a her decision to establish this scholarship fund for wants to help others. She learned about the Rhode important in life: “Family – children, grandchildren pioneer in many ways, a trailblazer on many fronts.” students at her alma mater. “I see it helping students Island Foundation through the Nursing Foundation – and good friends. Making a contribution to your who are struggling (financially) at St. Joseph or for of Rhode Island, the nonprofit organization that will world. Listening to people, learning about them, students there who want to go on and get their BSN award scholarships to students at St. Joseph School helping them.” (Bachelor of Science in nursing).” of Nursing. Her son, Dexter, says his mother exemplified Born and raised in New Jersey, Myriam came to her values throughout her life. “Family was so Rhode Island as an undergraduate at Providence important to her, and she had many deep, long- College, earning a bachelor’s degree in German. lasting friendships. She was so great at making Although she initially planned to return to New you feel you were at the center of the universe.” Jersey after graduation, she instead continued on at PC and earned an MBA. She then tried her Through this donor advised fund Dexter hand at several jobs – including eight years at IBM established in her memory, Mary Lou’s in Providence – before finding herself ready for a commitment to contributing to the world and change that required her to go back to school. “I helping others will continue. “Mom was always thought I’d give nursing a try,” she shares. very active in the community. She was very generous and open-hearted. This fund is my statue Dexter’s intention is to keep his mother’s spirit alive After earning her diploma at St. Joseph School of to her,” he explains. through this fund, supporting causes that were Nursing, she began what would become a 17-year important to her – historic preservation, women’s tenure in orthopedics at Rhode Island Hospital. “It Born in Newton, MA, Mary Lou earned a degree sports, her church, and schools the family attended. was wonderful for me. I could pick my hours – I was in art history from Wellesley College. She and her a second shift person – and I could pick the area husband, George, settled in New Jersey where “I want the nonprofits that were important to her where I worked. Orthopedics was a good fit for me.” they raised their three children, Dexter and his to remember who Mary Lou Strong was. This is sisters, Cynthia and Sarah. It’s also where Mary very personal for me, and I trust the Foundation to She worked another five years as a nurse care Lou became involved with numerous community manage the fund well,” Dexter concludes. manager at a small nursing company in Cranston organizations, including those working in the area before retiring to care for her now-deceased of historic preservation. “She recognized the beauty mother, who had gone to nursing school in her and significance of local landmarks and rallied native Switzerland. A recent trip took Myriam to support for historic preservation. She is credited her mother’s homeland where she visited family with saving many historic landmarks throughout members – meeting many for the first time – and New Jersey,” Dexter states. traveled to places that had been part of her mother’s earlier life. He continues, “She just never stopped. She was an amazing person. When I think about Mom’s life, I think about how important athletics was to her. She

p68 p69 Arthur L. Teal, Sr. Nancy E. and Fred R. Tripp Fund Scholarship Fund

His work carried over into his personal life. “Arthur hrough the years, Nancy and Fred Tripp always wanted to foster children,” Alyce notes. With developed strong ties to the Town of five children, Alyce didn’t see how it could work. TBarrington. Nancy was raised in the East Bay “When the last of our children went to college, he community, graduated from Barrington High asked about it again,” she relates, adding, “We took School, and later taught in one of the town’s in teenagers who stayed with us until they aged out elementary schools. The couple raised their of foster care.” family in Barrington and lived most of their 44 years of married life there. And it is a Barrington Arthur also worked with children through an organization, St. John’s Episcopal Church where after-school program he organized and through his the couple married and their children were involvement at North United Methodist Church. “He baptized, that forever will be supported by this mentored many children and encouraged them to designated fund. home and did private tutoring in their home. “We think big…His story inspired the next generation,” both knew the importance of volunteering. I was Lysa says, proudly. Fred Tripp was born in New Bedford, MA, and interested in working with children in the schools graduated from Dartmouth (MA) High School rthur Teal was passionate about helping and Fred served on many community boards,” It is the next generation of social workers who will and New Hampton (NH) School. He continued children, both professionally and personally. Nancy says. benefit from – and be inspired by – this scholarship, his education at the University of Vermont before “HeA always loved children,” says Alyce Teal, of her designated for the Greater Hartford Alliance of entering the insurance industry and the Coast husband who died in 2015. She credits Fred with planting the idea for a fund Black Social Workers for students in the University Guard Reserve. at the Foundation. “Fred believed the Rhode Island of Connecticut School of Social Work. Preference Arthur grew up in the inner city projects of Hartford, Foundation was a wonderful place, and he knew will be given to African American students entering After high school, Nancy’s studies took her to the youngest of 11 children. He graduated from the funds there grew and were used to help the the second year of the master’s degree program. Vermont College where she earned an associate Hartford Public High School, then earned a community forever. He really inspired me, and degree, followed by Curry College in Milton, MA, bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut I feel confident the fund will be invested well. I “We’ve been giving annually to the Alliance, but we where she earned a bachelor’s degree, majoring in and master’s degrees in social work and public respect the Foundation’s dedication to use the funds want to create a fund that will last forever,” Lysa says elementary education. She taught fourth grade in administration, from Boston University and the responsibly and trust that the community will be a of her family’s decision to establish a permanent Whitman, MA, before returning to Barrington to University of Hartford, respectively. brighter place for those in need.” endowment. “Education was just so important to teach fifth and sixth grades. our dad and providing a scholarship to benefit future “He really had to do it on his own. He wasn’t in social workers seems a fitting tribute.” Fred joined Starkweather and Shepley in 1968 an environment that encouraged its youth to go and served the East Providence-based insurance on to higher education,” states daughter Lysa Teal. brokerage firm as president from 1998 until his retirement in 2008. He died in 2014. Arthur’s education enabled him to serve children as director of social services for the City of Hartford “It was a wonderful life with my husband,” Nancy and later as program director at the Connecticut says, sharing that once the couple had children— Department of Children and Families. Arthur was a Peter, now in the real estate development business, founding member of the Greater Hartford Alliance of and Sara, a stay-at-home mom whose husband Black Social Workers. works at a hedge funds investment firm—she stayed

p70 p71 Elayne Walker-Cabral Medical Scholarship Endowment

“Fred believed the Rhode layne’s devotion and love for education, family, and community inspired and transformed all “Ethe lives she touched,” states the obituary for Elayne Walker-Cabral, director of the Metropolitan Regional Island Foundation was a Career and Technical Center (The Met) Community School at the time of her death in May 2016. wonderful place, and he One of those she touched was Idalys Perez, who was completing her sophomore year at The Met at the time of Elayne’s death. “Mrs. Elayne was a friend of my mother’s and I’d known her since I was a baby. knew the funds there grew She had a focus on community and on helping as many people as she could. She had a passion for mentoring students and really valued family. She made The Met School feel like home to a lot of and were used to help the students and always told students to be who you are and always respect others,” Idalys shares. community forever. He A graduate of Classical High School and Spelman College, Elayne had been part of The Met School for more than 20 years, “educating, engaging, supporter of continuing education. This endowment mentoring, and providing optimal opportunities for is giving us the opportunity to make the medical really inspired me, and I students, advisors, and adult learners.” scholarship permanent as a testimony to Mrs. Elayne’s memory,” Idalys explains. When Elayne’s husband asked The Met to help in making the community more aware of She continues, “I like the idea of having the feel confident the fund will cardiovascular disease, from which Elayne had died, scholarship at the (Rhode Island) Foundation Idalys took it on as her junior project, organizing a because of the sustainability of an endowment. This walkathon to benefit the American Heart Association scholarship will forever help Met students, and Mrs. be invested well.” and creating a scholarship in Elayne’s name. Elayne’s legacy of helping students will continue forever as well.” But Idalys wasn’t done. For her senior project, she organized a gala – complete with jazz music, raffles and silent auctions, and an educational presentation —Nancy Tripp on cardiovascular health - and set up a GoFundMe page with the goal of creating this endowment that forever will award scholarships to graduating students of The Met who are pursuing education toward medical careers. “Mrs. Elayne was a strong p72 p73 World War II Memorial Fund The Zennovation Fund for Rhode Island

“We are very interested in education and having an impact in the local community. We were acquainted with people at RISD, so that made sense for our first grant through the Zennovation Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation,” the spokesman explains.

Lorne continues, “Each of the projects the Fund intends to support will relate to innovation in he Zennovation Fund at the Rhode Island entrepreneurship, education, arts and culture, and Foundation seeks to advance truly innovative “ community leadership. It’s really about capacity- workT in education, the arts, entrepreneurship, and building for each of the grantee organizations.” community leadership,” states a spokesman for the company that established this fund. Of this partnership with the Foundation, the company CEO states, “We are excited about this early two decades ago, a small group of Rather than resting on their laurels for successfully He explains that the company has, to date, focused opportunity, and we look forward to working Rhode Islanders joined forces to create a achieving the mission, Commission members its community investments primarily in California, with the Rhode Island Foundation to make our Nlasting tribute to honor our state’s men and women re-defined their purpose. Lt. General Reginald but sought to expand to the East coast. When contributions to the (Rhode Island) communities.” who served during World War II. They formed Centracchio, chair of the Commission board of its chairman visited Rhode Island, he was, the the nonprofit World War II Commission of Rhode directors, explains, “First is maintenance; we want spokesman states, “inspired and impressed by the Island and set out to fulfill the mission “to finance, to maintain the integrity of the structure. Second, economic climate and the potential here.” develop, and erect a monument in Providence, RI we want to have an educational component that dedicated to World War II veterans.” will tell future generations the story of World The company CEO has known former Foundation War II. And third, we want the Park to include director and fundholder Lorne Adrain, a financial Funds were contributed by federal, state, and monuments from all wars to tell students the whole advisor, for many years, and Lorne referred him municipal governments, as well as from the story that thousands of Rhode Islanders gave their to the Foundation. He notes, “The Rhode Island general public, and the World War II Memorial lives to assure the freedoms that we have today.” Foundation provides an effective and efficient means was dedicated on Veteran’s Day in 2007. The for the donor to learn over time where their goals monument - located in Providence’s Memorial He notes that the Park presently pays tribute to can have the greatest impact in the community.” Park adjacent to South Main Street – features the World War I and II, Korea, and the Holocaust, but names of the 96,000 Rhode Islanders who fought our more recent wars and conflicts, beginning with The Zennovation Fund for Rhode Island already in the War along with benches inscribed with the Vietnam, are not represented. has made its first grant, supporting educational freedoms of speech and worship and freedoms programming associated with the RISD Museum’s from want and fear. The memorial’s centerpiece is Of the decision to transfer their endowment to “Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970” a large rotunda with eight columns, one for each the Foundation, Aram Garabedian, vice chair exhibition. The Museum indicates the 2019 of the major campaigns of the War. Surrounding of the Commission board, says, “The Rhode exhibition “will cast new light on the legacy of this the structure are panels detailing the number of Island Foundation has a good track record, will distinctive company, first established in 1831 in residents who served from each of Rhode Island’s preserve our funds, and is more widely known (to Providence, Rhode Island.” 39 cities and towns. prospective supporters) than our name is.”

p74 p75 Board of Current Staff Office of the President Katie Murray Technology & Operations Management Neil D. Steinberg Director of Evaluation and Learning Kathleen Malin President & CEO Vice President of Technology Directors Jennifer Pereira & Operations Management Wendi DeClercq Vice President of Grant Programs Executive Assistant Louis Capracotta, III Jill Pfitzenmayer, PhD Facilities Manager Development Vice President of Capacity Building James S. Sanzi, JD Alison Jackson Senior Vice President of Development Donna Sowden Data and Operations Manager Administrative Assistant Samantha Amaral Elizabeth Lamoureux Administrative Assistant Keith Tavares Special Grants and Reports Administrator Capacity Building Officer Carol Golden Lisa Maddox Senior Philanthropic Advisor Communications & Marketing Gifts and Operations Administrator Arianne Corrente Aaron Guckian Vice President of Erendida Montes Development Officer Communications & Marketing Grants Database Technician

Pamela Tesler Howitt Chris Barnett Paula O’Brien Senior Philanthropic Advisor Senior Communications and Marketing Advised Grants Administrator Officer Daniel Kertzner Bryant Phillips Senior Philanthropic Advisor Jean E. Cohoon Database Administrator Senior Communications and Marketing Strategy & Community Investments Officer Kelly Riley Marie J. Langlois Mary F. Lovejoy Jessica David Donor Services Administrator Chair, Retired, Managing Director, Retired, Vice President and Treasurer, Our volunteer Executive Vice President of Strategy Connie Grosch Washington Trust Investors Textron & Community Investments Multimedia and Publications Producer Diane Rodgers Administrative Assistant board of directors is Michael Allio Janet Robinson Ricky Bogert Jamie E. Hull President and CEO, Former President and CEO, Grant Programs Officer Communications and Marketing Associate Ian Ross responsible for setting Allio Associates, LLC New York Times Company Grants Database Coordinator Adrian C. Bonéy Lauren Paola Jonathan D. Fain The Honorable Ernest C. Torres the Foundation’s Grant Programs Officer Outreach and Events Manager Joe Santos Chairman of the Board and CEO, Retired, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, IT Technician Teknor Apex Company District of Rhode Island policies and awarding Claudia Cornejo Finance Administrative Assistant Jennifer Reid Karen Sylvia Carrie Bridges Feliz, MPH Mary Brooks Wall Vice President of Finance Gifts Administrator grants. Directors Director, Lifespan, Retired, Managing Director, Carmen Diaz-Jusino and Chief Financial Officer Community Health Institute Royal Bank of Scotland Strategic Initiative Officer Human Resources are chosen for their Nicole Bucci Frank Cerilli Ann-Marie Harrington James Wright Lisa DiMartino, PhD Controller Vice President of Human Resources Founder, Embolden CEO, Bridge Technical Talent community leadership Strategic Initiative Officer Raymond J. DeCosta Meghan Hughes, PhD Neil D. Steinberg Crystal Mayorga Senior Staff Accountant and knowledge. President, Community College of Ex officio member Administrative Assistant Rhode Island President & CEO, Donna Landy Rhode Island Foundation Inés Merchán Senior Staff Accountant G. Alan Kurose, MD, MBA, FACP Grant Programs Officer President and CEO, Coastal Medical

p76 *As of 12/31/18 p77 Funds established in 2018 are in red. Those with a ★ have Edward R. Anderson CLU Scholarship Fund (1986) a story in this book. Donors who wish to remain anonymous are not listed. Hugold B. and Barbara A. Anderson Fund (1989)

AAA Northeast Charitable Fund (2013) Hugold and Berndt and Jane Anderson Fund (2001)

AAA Northeast Scholarship Fund (2016) James G. Angell Fund (1994)

Adams Public Library Emily J. Anthony Fund (1931) (2) Includes: Adams Public Library Endowment Fund (2016) and Adams Public Library Flexible Endowment Fund (2016) Emily J. Anthony Fund (2011)

Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Community Leadership (1997) Chad Antoch Memorial Fund (1996)

Lorne A. Adrain Fund for Special Olympics (1998) Applegate Fund (2017)

Mark G. Adrain Memorial Scholarship Fund (2014) Aptaker Family Fund (2004)

AIA Rhode Island Aquidneck Island Fund (2003) Includes: AIA Rhode Island / DF Pray Scholarship Fund (2014) and AIA Rhode Island Scholarship Fund (2014) Aquidneck Land Trust Merritt Neighborhood Fund (2004)

Paul J. and Joyce T. Aicher Fund (2017) Ronald D. Araujo Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004) Our Ross and Mary Aiello Fund (1979) James E. Arcaro Fund (1995) Louise M. Aldrich Fund (1987) Rhea Archambault Memorial Fund (1987) Funds Louise M. Aldrich Fund (2006) Gottlob Armbrust Family Fund (2018) ★ Allen Family Fund (1994) Artists Development Fund (1987)

Alliance Française of Providence Endowment Fund (2016) Arts in Academics Fund (2004)

Allio Fund (2014) Asbury United Methodist Church Fund (1993) The following is a list of the component Edward F. Almon Fund (2014) Hugh D. Auchincloss III Fund (2006) funds of the Rhode Island Foundation. To learn about creating your own charitable Alperin Hirsch Family Fund (1995) Audubon Society of Rhode Island Endowment Fund (2015) legacy, contact the development Mark and Kathleen Alperin Fund (1997) Karl Augenstein Memorial Fund (1989) department at (401) 274-4564. Patty and Melvin G. Alperin Fund (1995) Jim and Karin Aukerman Fund (2006) Patty & Melvin Alperin First Generation Scholarship Jean H. and Stanley E. Auslander Fund (2010) Fund (1998) Avalon Fund (2008) Alumnae Association of Newport Hospital School of Nursing Fund (2018) ★ Sylvia Avedisian Long and Vaughn Avedisian Memorial Fund (2003) Amaral Family Scholarship Fund (2013) Vaughn Avedisian Helping Hand Fund (2005) Amaranth of RI Diabetes Fund (2007) Avenue Public Art Fund (2014) American Legion Stark-Parker Post #21 Fund (2005) Antonio and Angelina Azzinaro Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ Margaret A. Ames and Robert S. Ames Fund (1996) Bach Organ Scholarship Fund (1985) Anchor Auto Group Charitable Fund (2018) ★ Marion Brown Baker Fund (2002) Anne W. Anderson Fund (1996)

p78 p79 Martha Cross Baker Fund (1960) Bernadette and Douglas Bernon Charitable Fund (2010) Borden Lyon Family Fund (2018) Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence Includes: Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence Operational Fund Charles C. Balch Fund (1963) Berry Family Fund (1971) Borders Farm Endowment Fund (2004) (2014); Robert P. Brooks President’s Scholarship Endowment for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence (2016); and Solomon F. Remington Ballou Scholarship Fund (2003) Thomas Beswick Fund (1960) Karen Borger Holocaust Education Fund (2017) A. Solomon College Education Endowment for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence (2016) Jennie M. Ballou Fund (1946) Patricia A. Biasuzzi and John M. Biasuzzi Scholarship The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center Fund (2017) Includes: The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick Fund (2017) Hildred F. Bamforth Fund (1992) Center/ H. Alan & Ellie Frank Fund (2014); The Sandra Bisaccia-Naparstek Charitable Fund (2015) Bornstein Holocaust Education Center Fund (2015); Bradford Family Fund (2018) Banigan Malm Fund (2017) Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance of The Sandra Bornstein Black Philanthropy Bannister Fund (2007/2016) Holocaust Education Center Endowment Fund (2017); Mae L. Bradley Fund (2006) BankNewport/OceanPoint Charitable Fund (1988) Includes: Morgan L. Stone Memorial Fund (2000); Edward C. Fred, Gertrude and Henry Regensteiner Library Fund and Audrey A. Clifton Fund for Black Philanthropy (2007); of The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island Fund (2014) Harold R. Bannister Fund (2011) Linda H. and Charles C. Newton Fund for Black Philanthropy (2017); Touro Fraternal Association of The Sandra Bornstein (2007); Walter R. Stone Fund for Black Philanthropy (2007); Holocaust Education Center Endowment Fund (2017); and Carol A. and Robert H. Breslin, Jr. Fund (2004) Frederick H., William, & Frederick H. Banspach Dennis M. and Miriam C. Coleman Fund for Black Philanthropy Dr. Howard S. Lampal Memorial Education Fund of the Memorial Fund (1997) (2008); Jason and Patricia Fowler Fund for Black Philanthropy Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center (2018) Alma Brewster Fund (1978) (2008); Glenn S. Prescod Fund for Black Philanthropy (2009); Edward J. and Gloria M. Barlow Fund (2017) and Beverly E. Ledbetter Fund for Black Philanthropy (2014) Bosman Family Fund (2012) Brickle Group Charitable Fund (2014)

Edward J. and Gloria M. Barlow Scholarship Fund (2016) Frederick S. Blackall IV Fund (2017) Bosworth Fund (1999) Roberta H. Bridenbaugh Fund (1996)

Barrington Christian Academy Blackall Fund (1986) Edward M. Botelle Memorial Library Fund (1989) Harriet M. Briggs Memorial Fund (1978) Includes: Barrington Christian Academy Endowment Fund (1993); Barrington Christian Academy-Stratton Patricia and Steele Blackall Fund (1986) Family of Eugene M. Boutiette Fund (1979) Brightman Hill Fund (2017) Scholarship Fund (2005), and Barrington Christian Academy Scholarship Fund (2014) Blackburn Family Fund (2004) Michael A. Bova Memorial Scholarship Fund (2006) Bristol Children’s Home Fund (1967)

Barrington Congregational Church George T. Blackburn and Susan H. Blackburn Fund (2004) Bowen Haven Fund (2009) Bristol Female Charitable Society Fund (2003) Includes: Barrington Congregational Church Fund (1990) and Barrington Congregational Church Flex Victor Blanco Memorial Scholarship Fund (2008) Richard M. Bowen Fund (1927) Bristol Historical & Preservation Society Helene L. Tessler Fund (2017) Fund (2009) Alice W. Bliss Memorial Fund (1981) Boyajian Family Fund (2011) Barrington District Nursing Association Fund (1989) Bristol Warren Education Foundation Endowment (2015) Lorraine S. Bliss, Lewis I. Gross, Sophia S. Gross, and Mary A. Boylan Memorial Fund (1997) Barry Family Scholarship Fund (2018) Rosetta L. Horowitz Memorial Fund (2009) Olive C.P. Brittan Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001) Boys & Girls Club of Newport County Fund (2002) William Walter Batchelder Fund (1954) Block Island Conservancy Helen E.B. Bromley Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001) Includes: Block Island Conservancy/Eric Jess Spirer Fund (2004) Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket Victor & Gussie Baxt Fund (2006) and Block Island Conservancy Inc. Stewardship Endowment Includes: Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket Fund (2002); Brooks Family Fund (2000) Fund (2008) Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Brian Agin Memorial Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Fund (1998) Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Allen Robert and Rhea Brooks Family Fund (2016) Block Island Fund (1994) P. Barker Memorial Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club Sara G. Beckwith Fund (1990) of Pawtucket/A. Henry Soar Memorial Fund (2004); Abbie A. Brougham Memorial Fund (1988) Block Island Medical Center Endowment Fund (2008) Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Crown Collision Friends of Beechwood/North Kingstown Centers ASAP Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Fern Brown Memorial Fund (1995) Endowment Fund (2014) Blount Fine Foods Fund (2014) Pawtucket/John J. McMahon Memorial Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Andrew Dimant Memorial Georgia A. Brown Fund (1991) Belmont Chapel Preservation Endowment Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island Community Health Scholarship (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/ Fund (2014) Fund (2005) Arthur & Mary Kaufman Fund Est. in Loving Memory H. Martin Brown Memorial Fund (1998) of James T. Boylan (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/ Thomas L. and Kathryn D. Bendheim Family Raymond J. and Brenda B. Bolster Community Fund (2005) Dennis M. Lynch Memorial Basketball Tournament Fund James P. Brown, Jr., and the Greta P. Brown Fund (1982) Fund (2006) (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Mike Pappas Athletic George H. Bond and Mary K. Bond Fund (2016) Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Anthony & Jean Margaret Young Brown Fund (2006) Frederick J. Benson Scholarship Fund (1975) Lisa Ruddy Fund (2004); Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/ Bonnet-Eymard Family Fund (2007) The Collette Vacations Endowment for Baseball (2005); Jeffrey A. and Barbara Horovitz Brown Fund (2004) Paul A. Berchielli Memorial Fund (2015) Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/Joseph T. McHale Fund for Daniel R. Borah Fund (2005) Literacy (2005); and Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket/ Walter G. Brown Fund (1964) Alvin Benjamin Berg Fund (2002) William B. Macaulay Endowment For the Arts (2005) Emilie Luiza Borda Charitable Fund (2008) William Horace Brown Memorial Fund (2004) Zabel Yaghjian Berg Fund (2001) p80 p81 Bubba Fund (2009) Arthur H. Carr Fund (2009) Lillian Chason Memorial Fund (2010) Clover Fund (2012)

C. Warren and Anne D. Bubier Fund (1989) Ginger, Sheba and Susie Carr Fund (2013) Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan Fund for the Wheeler Barbara and Cary Coen Family Fund (2004) School (1978) C. Warren Bubier Fund (2001) Richard N. Carr Memorial Scholarship Fund (1996) Daniel Brian Cohen Scholarship Fund (2007) Chemical Company Fund (2012) Alfred Buckley Fund (1977) Beverly E. Carr Fund in Memory of Manola & Arthur Merrill Cohen-Toon Fund (2012) and Estella & Edwin Hartley (2000) Cherry Family Fund (2018) ★ Helen H. Buckley Fund (2003) College Crusade of Rhode Island Richard N. and Beverly E. Carr Fund (2000) Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry Includes: College Crusade Believe Fund (2014) and College Marjorie W. and George B. Bullock, Jr. Fund (2001) Fund (2013) Crusade Legacy Fund (2014) Virginia Carson Memorial Scholarship (2009) David P. Bulman Memorial Scholarship Fund (2005) Samuel J. and Esther Chester Arts Fund (2013) Arnold B. and Madelyn Collins Fund (2000) Marion M. Carstens Fund in Memory of Janice E. Mutty (2002) Bernard V. Buonanno Classical High School Fund (2010) Samuel J. and Esther Chester Medical Research Fund (2013) Charles A. Collis Fund (1991) Charles H. Carswell Fund (1980) Dr. Alex M. Burgess Memorial Fund (1974) Child & Family – Townsend Planned Giving Fund (2015) Common Cause Rhode Island Carter Fund (2011) Includes: Phil West Spirit of Common Cause Rhode Island Fund Burke Bryant Family Fund (2001) Children’s Friend Fund (2014) (2006) and Natalie C. Joslin Common Cause Future Fund (2013) Carter Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Innovation (2011) John P. Burke Memorial Fund Chopin Club Community MusicWorks Includes: John P. Burke Memorial Fund (2005); John P. Burke Carter Spark Grants Fund (2013) Includes: Chopin Club Scholarship Fund (2003) and Chopin Includes: Community MusicWorks Fund (2008) and Memorial Fund/Joseph J. Sprague, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Club Endowment Fund (2014) CMW Fund (2018) (2005); and John P. Burke Memorial Fund/Rhode Island State Carter Roger Williams Initiative Fund (2015) Seniors’ Golf Association Scholarship (2005) Choquette Family Fund (1995) Community Preparatory School Carter Roger Williams Scholarship Fund (2017) Includes: Community Preparatory School Endowment Fund James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes Scholarship Fund (1991) Carl W. Christiansen Scholarship Fund (1974) (1988) and Community Preparatory School Flexible Endowment John Carter III Fund (2017) Fund (2009) Butler Family Fund (2017) Howard P. Chudacoff and Nancy Fisher Chudacoff Fund (2017) Florence P. Case Fund (1967) Nina H. Congdon Fund (1976) Virginia B. Butler Fund (1978) Church House Fund (1958) Grace D. and Lloyd A. Case Fund (2006) Congdon Fund for the Benefit of Grace Church in Button Hole Montie G. and Catherine F. Ciarlo Memorial Scholarship Providence (2003) Includes: Button Hole Fund (2004) and Button Hole Cataract Fire Company #2 Scholarship Fund (1974) Fund (2005) Endowment Fund (2014) Congdon Fund in Honor of The Congdon & Carpenter Samuel M. Cate Fund (2001) Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund (1987) Company (1790-1987) (1969) Edith T. Cabot Fund (1966) Allison N. Cathro Fund (1997) Civic Leadership Fund (2011) Conley Family Charitable Fund (2015) Jane Brownell Cady Fund (2002) CCRI Foundation Fund (2018) ★ Harriet A. F. Claflin Fund (1990) Alton H. Conn, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ John C. Cahill Memorial Fund (1997) City of Central Falls Fund (2013) Arnold V. and Jane K. Clair Fund (1991) Ann F. and Robert B. Conner Fund (1995) Rose M. Calandrelli Scholarship Fund (2017) Elizabeth Z. Chace Fund (2016) Gilbert J. Clappin, Jr. Memorial Fund (2005) Conrad-Nestor Scholarship Fund (2008) Ann Burton Cameron and Louise Cameron Hintze Fund (2012) Margaret Chace Scholarship Fund (1999) David Sanders Clark and Mary H. L. Clark Memorial Conservation Stewardship Collaborative Endowment (2007) CANE Child Development Center Fund (2005) Fund (2013) Charles V. Chapin Fellowship Fund (1968) Constant Memorial Fund (1999) Canepari Family Fund (2016) George P. Clark and Vera J. Clark Fund (1999) Roger B. Chapman Scholarship Fund (2007) Michael E. and Lida M. Contillo Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ Friends of Canonchet Farm Endowment Fund (2013) Clark Memorial Library Endowment Fund (1999) Holly Charette Scholarship Fund (2007) Charles Nourse Cook and Mary C. Cook Fund (1938) Ruth A. Capron Fund (1991) Clark-Lyon Fund (1990) Chariho Community Innovative Projects Fund (2003) Christiane Corbat Art and Healing Fund (2006) Anthony and Attilia E. Caran Fund (2007) Classical High School Alumni Association Scholarship Chariho-Westerly Animal Rescue League Animal Welfare Fund (1991) John & Jane Corbishley Fund (2010) Donald and Suzanne Carcieri Fund (1998) Fund (2014) Clean Competition Fund (2011) John & Lori Anne Corbishley Fund (1996) Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund (1994) Chariho-Westerly Animal Rescue League Legacy Fund (2014) John & Lillian Clegg Charitable Fund (2017) John & Lori Anne Corbishley Memorial Garden Fund (2005) Carpenter Fund (1927) (2) Anne Elizabeth Chase Fund (1976) Edward F. Clement Memorial Fund (1999) Corliss Fund (1991) p82 p83 Corning Glass Works Scholarship Fund (1974) Viola M. Dascoli Fund (2010) Gabrielle Dinsmore Fund in Support of the Pediatric Heart Patricia W. Edwards Memorial Art Fund (1989) Center at Hasbro Children’s Hospital (2017) Camillo & Luigia Costello Family Scholarship Fund (2016) William N. and Dorothy Q. Davis Fund (2003) Michael G. Ehrlich, M.D. Fund for Orthopedic Directors’ Fund (2000) Research (2018) ★ Michael & Anita Costello Scholarship Fund (2016) Walter L. and Edna N. Davol Fund (1993) Iona Dobbins Art Fund (2000) Nancy Band Ehrlich Fund for the Arts (2015) Leroy P. Cox Trust (1992) Walter L. and Edna N. Davol Fund (1988) Iona Blake Dobbins Scholarship Fund for the Henry P. & Priscilla B. Eldredge Fund (2004) (2) Cox Charities Northeast Fund (2009) Edna N. Davol Fund (1989) Visual Arts (2013) Priscilla B. & Henry P. Eldredge Fund (1990) Horace and Reverend E. Naomi Craig Scholarship Fund (2000) DeAngelis Family Fund (1978) Doc Fund (2003) Priscilla Bateson Eldredge ’40 - Middlebury College Fund (1997) Mary Lou Crandall Fund (2006) John A. and Elsa J. DeAngelis Fund (2005) Edgar M. Docherty Memorial Fund (2001) Elmwood Church-Congregational Christian Fund (1955) Cranston Historical Society Endowment Fund (2013) James Philip Deery Fund (1987) Charles and Marilyn Doebler Fund (2004) Emmanuel Church Cranston School Department Margaret Deery Fund (1987) James Donaldson Scholarship Fund (2014) Includes: Baum Fund for Emmanuel Church (2013) and Brown Includes: Alice Hall Allen, Class of 1935 Scholarship Fund Fund for Emmanuel Church (2013) (2017) and Vincent D. Morgera Memorial Scholarship Allene deKotzebue Fund (1953) Sylvia G. Donnelly Fund (1988) Fund (2018) Embolden Charitable Fund (2012) Anthony and Grace Del Vecchio Endowment Fund (2006) Dorcas Place Partners for Learning Fund (1999) A. T. Cross Scholarship Fund (1987) Joy Spanabel Emery Endowment Fund (2016) Delmonico Family Fund (2013) Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Fund (2015) Crossroads Rhode Island English-Speaking Union Boston Branch Educational Includes: Howard G. 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Harold Monroe, Jr. Scholarship Fund (1993) Musica Dolce Endowment Fund (2006) Newport County Fund (2002) Daniel Patrick O’Neil Memorial Fund (2007) Heidi Keller Moon Fund (2001) Colin Myers Memorial Fund (2004) Includes: Anne and Peter Damon Fund for Newport County (2005); John and Holly Collins Fund for Newport County (2008); Nick O’Neill Scholarship Fund for All Children’s Theater (2004) Moore Fund (1998) (2) Emma L. Myrick Memorial Fund (1938) Ellen S. Murphy Memorial Fund (2008); NSG Education Fund in Memory of Ellen S. Murphy (2008); and Dominick J. Lepore Open Doors of Rhode Island, Inc., Charitable Fund (1979) Moore Family Arts and Education Fund (2015) John C. Myrick Fund (1997) Memorial Fund (2009) Operation Stand Down Rhode Island Veterans Endowment Nicholas C. and Allison M. Moore Fund (2017) Nadler Family Fund (2013) Newport Harbor Corporation Fund (1983) Fund (2016)

Nora Wood Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004) Narragansett Public Library Endowment Fund (1996) Newport Public Library Endowment Fund (2004) Ophelia Fund (2004)

Alice L. Moran Fund (1956) Narrow River Preservation Association Albert E. and Florence W. Newton Fund (1973) Walter M. Oppenheim Fund (1998) Includes: Narrow River Preservation Association/John Elder Mary Morello Fund (2006) Dick Endowment Fund (2004); Narrow River Preservation Alice Newton Fund (1984) Mary and Pat O’Regan Fund (1992) Association/Carl W. Otto Endowment Fund (2007); Narrow Stephen P. Morenzi Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ River Preservation Association/Robert Leeson, Jr. Endowment Irene Nicholas Fund (2007) Charlotte Orlowski-Eicher Memorial Fund (2005) Fund (2009); Narrow River Preservation Association/Robert Brian Moretti Scholarship Fund (2014) J. Gormley Endowment Fund (2015); and Narrow River William Nicholas Scholarship Fund (1999) Bernard and Henrietta O’Rourke Scholarship Fund (2008) Preservation Association/Richard B. Grant Endowment Russell Morin Fine Catering Fund (2012) Fund (2018) Emily Nicholson Fund (1997) Richard and Sandra Oster Charitable Fund (2009)

Ann Morris Female Athlete Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ National Society of the Colonial Dames of America of Rhode Emily Nicholson Designated Fund (2014) Joseph O’Neill Ott Fund (1994) Island (NSCDARI) Al Morro Classical Varsity Club Scholarship Fund (1965) Includes: Governor Stephen Hopkins House Capital Expenditure Gordon D. Noonan Memorial Scholarship Fund (2014) Emily H. Paine Fund (1977) Fund (2000); Governor Stephen Hopkins House Endowment Al Morro Fund for Academic and Athletic Excellence (1986) Fund (2000); NSCDARI Endowment Fund (2000); NSCDARI Norman Bird Sanctuary Support Fund (2010) Jewel R. Paley Fund (2014) Reinvestment Fund (2000); Whitehall Museum House Capital Al Morro Awards Fund (1997) Expenditure Fund (2000); and Whitehall Museum House North Kingstown Free Library Julius and Jesse Richmond Palmer Fund (1968) Endowment Fund (2000) Includes: North Kingstown Free Library Corporation Fund Judy Morse Scholarship Fund (1990) (1996) and North Kingstown Free Library Corporation Second Mary V. Palmer Memorial Fund (1970) Century Fund (2008) p94 p95 Marc C. Paradis Memorial Fund (2017) Theresa Rossi Petrella College Fund (2017) Lombard John Pozzi Historical Preservation Fund (2013) Providence Journal Summertime Fund (2013)

Nellie G. Parent Fund (1966) Petroleum Trust Fund (1964) Charles T. Pratt Fund (1938) Providence Plantations Club Memorial (1970)

Roland Paris Fund (2015) Esther S. Phillips Fund (1987) Preservation Society of Pawtucket Fund (2013) Providence Plantations Club Memorial Fund (1970)

John Raymond Parker, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund (1995) W. E. Phillips Fund (2018) Preserve Rhode Island Endowment Fund (2014) Providence Preservation Society Fund (2005)

Phebe Parker Fund (1959) Rick Phipps Memorial Fund (2004) Preserving Pawtucket Fund (2017) Fund of the Providence Shelter for Colored Children (2014)

R. Elizabeth Parker Fund (2006) Nicholas Everett & Ann O. Picchione Fund (1995) Preston Family Fund (2002) Providence Shelter for Colored Children Endowment Fund (2016) Madeline V. Parks Fund (1961) Pickard Family Fund (2007) proAbility Fund (2015) Providence Singers Wachner Fund for New Music (2006) Parris Family Fund (2001) Vernon and Mary Pierce Fund (2013) Providence Animal Rescue League’s Harry L. Doran Endowment Fund (2016) Providence Technical High School Athletic Field Partnership Foundation Fund (2001) Wells M. Pile and Marguerite Ofria Pile Fund (2005) Scholarship (1940) Providence Center Patton Family Fund (1983) Maria E. Pinheiro Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004) Includes: Providence Center/Charles E. Maynard Fund for Mary C. and Joseph E. Pucci Fund (1999) the Future (2001) and Providence Center School/Charles E. Bessie D. Paul Fund (1981) William ‘Billy’ Pityer Memorial Scholarship Fund (1999) Maynard Fund for the Future (2004) Helen Walker Raleigh Animal Fund (2006)

Pawtucket East High School Class of ’42 Scholarship Albert R. Plant Fund (1958) Providence Central Lions Fund (1993) Helen Walker Raleigh Tree Care Trust Fund (1995) Fund (1987) Pocassetlands Stewardship Fund (2007) Providence Council of Parents and Teachers Scholarship Helen Walker Raleigh Vision Fund (2006) Pawtucket East High School Class of ’48 Scholarship Fund (1926) Fund (1993) Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Endowment Helen Walker Raleigh Youth Fund (2006) Fund (2018) ★ Providence Country Day School Pawtucket Public Library Includes: Providence Country Day School/Chafee Leadership James C. Raleigh Memorial Fund (2006) Includes: Friends of the Pawtucket Public Library Endowment Ponaganset Education Foundation Fund (2007) Forum Endowment (2002); Providence Country Day School/ Fund (2011) and Friends of the Pawtucket Public Library Evan R. West Professional Development Fund (2002); Raleigh-Providence Tree Care Trust Fund (1998) Flexible Endowment Fund (2011) Barbara J. Pond Fund (2007) Providence Country Day School General Endowment Fund (2002); Providence Country Day School/Heather MacLeod Rallis Conover Fund (2005) Pawtucket Soup Kitchen Endowment Fund (2018) Franklin H. Pond Family Fund (2007) Middle School Scholarship (2002); Providence Country Day School/Murray Family Scholarship Fund (2002); Providence Raponi Funds Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society Fund (2010) Franklin H. Pond Fund (2006) Country Day School/St. Dunstan’s Learning Center Fund Includes: Eleuterio, Anna, and Mary Raponi Memorial Fund (2002); Providence Country Day School/George E. Wilson, Jr. (2009); Ralph and Letty Raponi Fund (2010); Frank J. Raponi Shirley and Kenneth Payne Fund (2018) ★ Lawrence Poole, Jr. Scholarship Fund (2004) ’43 Memorial Scholarship Fund (2002); Providence Country Memorial Fund (2013); Ralph, Letty and Anthony Raponi Day School/Gerald Beckley Woodruff Faculty Enrichment Fund Fund (2015); Frank A. Spino Memorial Fund (2016); Letty A. Peace Dale Museum of Art and Culture Pope John XXIII Chair in Ecumenical Theology Fund (1988) (2002); Providence Country Day School/Nancy M. Hanley Award (Spino) Raponi Memorial Fund (2017); Ralph and Letty Raponi Includes: Peace Dale Museum of Art and Culture Fund (1998); Fund (2003); Providence Country Day School/William H. Mather Charitable Fund (2017); Ralph and Letty Raponi Tribute Fund Peace Dale Museum of Art and Culture Wallace Campbell III Porter Braden Fund (2017) Flag Fund (2003); Providence Country Day School/Trustees’ (2017); and Ralph, Letty, and Anthony Raponi Tribute Endowment Fund (2005); and Peace Dale Museum of Art and Endowment for the Annual Fund (2009); Providence Country Fund (2018) ★ Culture Education Fund (2011) Frances L. Macartney Porter Fund (2011) Day School/Wrestling Coaches Appreciation Fund (2009); Susan M. Haberlandt Fund for Faculty Enrichment (2012); Raven Fund (1999) Pearlman Charitable Fund (2017) Stevenson Brown Porter Fund (2011) Providence Country Day School/Raymond H. and Alice E. Chace Fund (2013); Providence Country Day School/Evan R. West RDW Group, Inc. Minority Scholarship Fund for Carol Pellegrino Scholarship Fund (1999) Potter Family Fund (2004) Scholarship Fund (2013); Edward E. Ford Foundation/Class Communications (2000) of 2015 Endowment for Faculty Compensation Fund (2015); Art Pelosi Fund (1993) Charles A. Potter Fund (1975) (2) Kenneth R. Graboys Community Service Prize Fund (2015); and Edith Reall Memorial Scholarship Fund (1992) Peter James and Margaret A. Ryan Hicks Endowed Scholarship Charlotte I. Penn Fund (1993) Earlene and Albert Potter Scholarship Fund (2001) Fund (2015) John H. Reardon, Jr. Fund (2012)

Pennfield School Endowment Fund (2014) Mary LeMoine Potter Fund (1940) Providence Female Charitable Society Fund (2016) John J. Redding Fund (2003)

George W. and Sarah L. Penny Fund (1978) Roger E. Potter Fund for The Rhode Island Historical Providence High School Scholarship Fund (1922) Redgate Camp Davis Fund (1995) Society (1995) Annie T. Perrin Fund (1956) Providence Jewelers Club Foundation (1986) Redwood Library RIF Endowment Fund (2015) Roger E. Potter Fund (1995) Donald I. Perry Fund (1996) Providence Journal Charitable Legacy Fund (2012) Lindsay T. Reed Fund for the East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA (2009) Thomas A. Potter Fund (2004) Thomas and Katherine B. Perry Fund (2011) Providence Journal Holiday Fund (2014) Lori A. Poulin Memorial Fund (2004) p96 p97 Alice M. Remington Scholarship Fund (1984) Rhode Island Tree Council Fund (2001) Selma Pilavin Robinson Endowment Fund (1992) Saul B. Saila Fellowship Fund (2007)

Barbara Reynolds Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001) Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association (RIVMA) Robinson-Kenney Fund (2015) Saint Cabrini Fund (2004) Companion Animal Fund (2007) Madeline Reynolds Memorial Fund (1969) Frederic L. Rockefeller and Janet B. Rockefeller Fund (2018) Saint Elizabeth Community Fund for Quality RIBA/Dagata Scholarship Fund (1997) Eldercare in RI (2017) Rhode Island Advertising Club Fund (1979) Familia Rodriguez Fund (2002) Ricci Family Fund (2011) S. Stephen’s Church Music Fund (1999) Rhode Island Arts Fund (1985) Alice Williams Roe-Grenier Fund (2015) Eileen Julie and Brittany Jaye Richardson Memorial Fund (2005) Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse Fund (1985) Rhode Island Association of Former Legislators Scholarship Barbara Flinker Ruttenberg Fund (2018) ★ Fund (1996) Edythe K. & Jane E. Richmond Memorial Cancer Fund (1998) Marissa Salabert Memorial Scholarship Fund (2014) Roger Williams Baptist Church Endowment Fund (2012) Rhode Island Association for Justice Endowment Fund (2011) John M. Richmond Fund (1953) Norton E. Salk Scholarship Fund (2008) Roger Williams Chair in Thomistic Philosophy Fund (1988) Rhode Island Charities Trust (1991) Richard J. and Barbara L. Richmond Fund (1996) Salten Weingrod Family Fund (2007) Roger Williams Park Fund (2015) Rhode Island Commission on Women/Freda H. Goldman Richard J. and Barbara L. Richmond Designated Fund (1996) Andrew & Frances Salvadore Scholarship Fund (1989) Education Awards Fund (1997) Roger Williams Park Zoo Endowment Fund (1986) Richard J. Richmond Fund (2003) Michael A. Salvadore and A. Doris Salvadore Scholarship Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Friends of Rogers Free Library Endowment Fund (2009) Fund (2013) Includes: Barry A. Marks Fund for the Rhode Island Council for Frances Waterhouse Richmond Fund (2012) the Humanities (1984); Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Friends of Rogers Free Library Children’s Endowment Samaritans Fund (2006) Endowment Fund (2005); and Rhode Island Council for the Ray Rickman Fund for African Doctors (2007) Fund (1987) Humanities/Tom Roberts Humanities Ingenuity Prize San Miguel School Fund (2005) Martha Rieg Fund (2012) Rogers High School Class of 1961 Scholarship Fund (2011) Includes: Brother Lawrence Goyette, FSC Scholarship Fund (2011) and San Miguel School Endowment Fund (2010) Rhode Island 4-H Club Foundation Memorial Fund (2013) Marcia and Robert Riesman Fund (1997) Rose and Aaron Roitman Fund (1982) Juanita Sanchez Community Fund (1992) Rhode Island Foundation Employee Fund (1993) RIGHA Foundation Fund (2010) Aaron Roitman Fund for Chamber Music (1982) Bridget Sanetti Memorial Scholarship Fund (2003) Rhode Island Free Clinic Endowment (2017) Right Charitable Fund (2015) Rooks Family Fund (2015) Sapinsley Family Foundation (1970) Rhode Island Historical Society Endowment Fund (2016) Harry Vandall Rigner Memorial Fund (1979) Herman H. Rose Civic, Cultural and Media Access Fund (1986) Nancy Sarah Fund for Women (2006) Rhode Island Legal Services Endowment Fund (2006) Henry and Jan Rines Fund (1998) Rosenberg and Kohorn Fund (2001) Francis B. Sargent MD Fund (1995) Rhode Island Meals on Wheels Memorial Fund (1981) RISE Conservation Fund (1997) Rougas-Quinn Family Fund (2006) Sargent Rehabilitation Center Fund (2016) Rhode Island Medical Society Medical Purpose Fund (1966) Jeanne Risica Fund for Art Education (2011) Edward J. and Virginia M. Routhier Fund (2002) Jacqueline Gage Sarles Memorial Fund (1968) Rhode Island National Guard Living Memorial Care and Ernest and Mary A. Ritchie Memorial Fund (1995) Maintenance Fund (2014) Edward J. and Virginia M. Routhier Nursing Faculty Endowment Clare Sartori and Art Stein Fund (2012) Paula M. Rivard Memorial Fund (2005) Fund (2003) Rhode Island PBS Scholarship Fund (2017) Deputy Assistant Chief Anthony V. Sauro Award Jennifer Rivera Memorial Fund (2015) Edward J. and Virginia M. Routhier Nursing Scholarship Endowment Fund (1991) Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School Fund (2003) Includes: Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School Riverwood Endowment Fund (2005) Savage and Luther Family Fund (1998) Endowment Fund (2015) and Rhode Island Philharmonic Cheryl A. Ruggiero Scholarship Fund (2004) Orchestra & Music School - The Hearst Endowment (2015) Gwennie Anne Robbins Memorial Fund (1994) George and Naomi Sawyer Memorial Fund (1991) Ruggiero/Reinhardt Family Fund (2009) Rhode Island Rose Award Fund (1985) Dr. Robert F. Roberti Fund (1992) Monica P. and William T. Sawyer Fund (2014) Ruhl Family Fund (2004) Rhode Island Scholarship Assistance Fund (2007) Roberts Family Fund (2017) Dr. Edmund A. Sayer Fund (1987) Dr. Joseph L.C. and Mary P. Ruisi Fund (1999) Rhode Island School for the Deaf/John Spellman Scholarship Colonel Lee Walton and Xenia Roberts Memorial Fund (2013) Minna Schachter Fund (2008) Fund (1989) Tom Russell Scholarship Fund (1989) Robin Hill Fund (2013) Willard and Marjorie Scheibe Designated Fund (2009) Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants Rykat Fund (2013) Philanthropy Fund (2012) Elizabeth Robinson Fund (1959) Willard and Marjorie Scheibe Nursing Scholarship Fund (2010) George M. and Barbara H. Sage Fund (2007) Rhode Island Supreme Court Historical Society Fund (1998) Janet L. Robinson Fund (2018) ★ Schmieding Orlando Patient – Focused Nursing Fund (2005) p98 p99 Cantor Schneider Memorial Scholarship Fund (2014) Leonard J. Sholes Fund (2008) Sojourner House Endowment Fund (2015) Staples Family Fund (1986)

Ron Schoepfer Memorial Fund (2010) Shramek Fund (2005) Soloveitzik/Rhode Island for Community and Justice Dennis E. Stark and Robert F. Amarantes Fund (2000) Fund (1992) Fannie M. Schrack Fund (1928) Janet E. Shuster Special Education Fund (2018) ★ Starkweather & Shepley Charitable Fund (2010) Harold B. Soloveitzik/American Association of University Marilyn Swan Miller Schultz Fund (2014) Ilon Sillman/Sara Andrews Endowment Fund (1997) Women Fund (1992) Station Nightclub Fire Children’s Scholarship Fund (2004)

Mary and Michael Schwartz Fund (1999) Silver Family Fund (2001) Harold B. Soloveitzik Fund (1986) Henry A. Stearns Fund (1977)

Scituate Scholarship Fund (2012) Silver-Haspel Family Fund (2012) Sophia Academy Cameron Duke Stebbins Memorial Fund (2001) Includes: Sophia Academy Endowment Fund (2017) and Gigi Scone Fund (2017) Milton J. Silverman Endowment Fund (1993) DiBello Fund for Social Justice Education (2018) Linda A. Steere and Edward R. DiLuglio Fund (2013)

Roger G. Scott Memorial Fund (1996) Simchi-Levi Charitable Fund (2007) Lewis D. Sorrentino Fund (2004) Shirley Steere, Battey-Campbell Memorial, and Book Endowment Fund (2013) R. Gordon and Patricia C. Scott Fund (2008) Aline J. Simoens Memorial Fund (1994) Lily and Catello Sorrentino Memorial Scholarship Fund (1978) Steinberg-Shao Family Fund (2008) MaryAnn Scott Charitable Fund (2013) Peter H. Simoens Memorial Fund (1994) Edith B. Soule Fund (1999) Doris Stephens Mariposa Fund (2014) Gertrude P. Scruggs Memorial Fund (1999) Godfrey B. Simonds Memorial Fund (1926) South County Ambulance and Rescue Corps Fund (2002) Myriam Stettler, RN Nursing Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ Seaberg-Sleicher Memorial Fund (2007) Walter Simpson Fund (1966) South County Art Association Includes: South County Art Association Founder’s Fund (2016) Ronald G. Stevens and Patricia E. Moore Fund (2013) Benjamin Seabury Fund (1954) Sinclair Family Fund (2014) and South County Art Association Fund (2016) Frank M. Stewart Fund (2012) Otto and Gertrude K. Seidner Fund (1987) Elizabeth Hope Singsen and Edward L. Singsen Fund (1982) South County Garden Club of Rhode Island Includes: South County Garden Club of RI/Margaret Dunbar William Laverne Stillman and Elizabeth C. Stillman Anthony J. Serio Scholarship Fund (2010) Theodore R. Sizer Fund for Education Reform (1998) Fund (2004) and South County Garden Club of RI/Susan B. (Class of ‘33) Scholarship Fund (2008) Wilson Fund (2010) Lance Corporal Matthew K. Serio Football Abby M. B. Slade Memorial Fund (1960) Robert N. and Corinne P. Stoecker Fund (1984) Scholarship Fund (2005) South County Habitat for Humanity Florence M. Smart Fund (1976) Includes: South County Habitat for Humanity Endowment Fund Stone Bridge Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship Serra Family Scholarship Fund (2017) (2012) and Lou Raymond Building Endowment Fund (2018) Fund (1991) Eugenia Smetisko Fund (2002) Serve Rhode Island Fund for the Volunteer Center South County Health Medical Staff Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ Henry A. Street Fund (1956) of RI (2005) Charles Morris and Ruth H. T. Smith Fund (2001) South County Museum Sylvia Street Fund in Memory of Ruth Ely (1981) Neil and Jean Severance Family Fund (2007) Dorothy Hackney Smith Fund (1980) Includes: South County Museum Endowment Fund (1996) and South County Museum Rhode Island Red Endowment John O. Strom, MD Memorial Fund (2008) Dr. Sarkis M. and Mrs. Mary A. Shaghalian Fund (2011) Ellen and Harry Smith Fund (2010) Fund (2004) Mary Lou Strong Fund (2018) ★ Doctors Shapiro and Nager Pets in Need Fund (2017) Eric and Peggy Smith Family Fund (2001) South Kingstown Education Foundation Fund (2003) William J. and Judith D. Struck Fund (2005) Eve Widgoff Shapiro Fund (2003) George E. Smith Fund (1964) Southside Elementary Charter School Fund (2016) Sturges Fund for Grace Church (2008) Ellen D. Sharpe Fund (1954) Jack & Patricia Smith Fund (2002) Soutter Family Fund (2013) Suglia Family Fund (2016) Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Providence Neighborhood Planting John W. Smith Fund (1981) Virginia and Thomas Soutter Fund for Dorcas Place (2010) Program Fund (1988) Sullivan Family Fund (1996) Nathaniel W. and Mabel C. Smith Fund (2007) Spartina Fund (2007) William H. Sheehan and Sandra A. Behar Memorial Fund (1999) Alice Sullivan Memorial Fund (2004) Friends of Smithfield Rotary Scholarship Fund (2004) Mary C. Speare Charitable Fund (2017) Amelia Daggett Sheffield Fund (2011) Daniel and Kathleen Sullivan Fund (2012) Smith’s Castle Fund (1998) James L. Spears Charitable Fund (2005) Phebe McAlpine Shepard Fund in Memory of John Shepard II, Thomas F. Sullivan Memorial Fund (2007) Edward B. and Phebe W. McAlpine (1986) Dianne B. Snyder Memorial Fund (2002) St. Martin’s Church Endowed Pledges Fund (2015) Bruce and Marjorie Sundlun Scholarship Fund (1990) Edwin F. Sherman Fund (1972) Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians St. Mary Academy-Bay View Endowment Fund (2015) Endowment Fund (2001) Kim and Howard Sutton Fund (2015) Alfred Sherrard Fund (2006) Madeline Standish Fund (2010) Sock/Myers Memorial Fund (2016) Helen E. Swanson Fund (2003) Shippee Family Fund (2006) p100 p101 Jeffrey L. Swanson Memorial Scholarship (2016) Christopher Townsend-Child and Family Services of Newport Jessie G. Valleau Fund (1967) Elayne Walker-Cabral Medical Scholarship County Fund (2007) Endowment (2018) ★ Miss Swinburne Fund (2002) Valley Breeze Scholarship Fund (2017) Christopher Townsend-Newport Public Library Fund (2007) John and Mary Wall Fund for Grace Church (1990) Anne and Michael Szostak Fund (2009) Valley Resources Fund in honor of Charles Goss, Eleanor Agnes Meade Tramonti Memorial Scholarship Fund (1998) McMahon, & Melvin Alperin (1993) John and Mary Wall Fund for Rhode Island Hospital (2010) Richard W. Szumita Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001) Trinity Repertory Company Willard Boulette Van Houten and Margaret Lippiatt John and Mary Wall Fund for the Rhode Island Historical Hope and Roland Talbot Fund (1979) Includes: Ed Hall Memorial Fund (1991); Peter Kaplan Memorial Van Houten Fund (1991) Society (2010) Fund for Trinity Rep (1997); Buff & Johnnie Chace Endowment Helen E. Talcott Fund (1930) Fund (2001); Doris Duke Endowment Fund (2001); Trinity Louis J. Van Orden Fund (1990) John and Mary Wall Fund for the United Way (1985) Repertory Company General Endowment Fund (2001); Richard Tamburro Family Charitable Fund (2015) Kavanaugh Memorial Fund (2001); Elaine Rakatansky Memorial Margaret Hanley Van Orden Fund (2007) Kevin B. Walsh Memorial Scholarship Fund (2005) Fund (2004); Oskar Eustis Endowment Fund for New Play David D. Tarnapol Scholarship Fund (2006) Development (2005); John & Yvette Harpootian Fund for Trinity Margaret Hanley Van Orden Scholarship Fund (2007) Lily Walsh Fund (2001) Rep. (2005); Tilles Family Endowment Fund (2005); Stephen Martin L. and Charlotte H. Tarpy Fund (2000) Hamblett Memorial Fund (2006); Claiborne and Nuala Pell Fund Dr. Stanley Van Wagner Memorial Scholarship Fund (1987) M. Martha Walsh Fund (1997) for Arts Education (2009); Richard Cumming Endowment Fund Melissa and Peter Tassinari Fund (2003) for Musical Programming (2012); Victoria Irene Ball Fund for Richard Vangermeersch Fund (2013) Alice Ward Fund (1991) Theater Education (2013); Margo Skinner Memorial Fellowship C. George Taylor Fund (1999) Fund (2013); Robert Clayton Black Memorial Fellowship Fund Doctor Domenic A. Vavala Charitable Fund (2006) Alice Ward Fund (1993) (2014); Michael and Donna Lee Gennaro Fund of the Fund for Taylor Strong Charitable Fund (2017) Trinity Repertory Company (2015); Barbara Meek Memorial Dominique Velociter Founder’s Endowment Fund (2014) Julia P. Ward Fund (1966) Fund (2016); Heidi Keller Moon Fund for Project Discovery Arthur L. Teal, Sr. Scholarship Fund (2018) ★ (2017); and The Project Discovery Endowment Fund (2017) Venard Fund (1988) Marjorie A. Ward Fund (2005)

Michael E. Tellier Scholarship Fund (2004) Nancy E. and Fred R. Tripp Fund (2018) ★ Veterans Memorial Auditorium Endowment Fund (2014) Harriet P. and Isabella M. Wardwell Fund (1942) (2)

Temple Habonim Raymond H. Trott Scholarship Fund (1980) William A. Viall Fund (1939) Simon W. Wardwell Fund (1978) Includes: Temple Habonim Endowment Fund (2013); Temple Habonim – Pollock Fund (2016); and Temple Habonim – Zelkind Troy Fund (1979) Scott F. Viera Memorial Fund (2017) Warren Heritage Endowment Fund (2017) Fund (2016) Constance Kane Tucker Fund (2015) Anthony F. Vincent Fund (2015) Warren Land Conservation Trust Endowment Fund (2017) Test Fund (2013) Barbara M. Tufts Memorial Fund (2002) Vinny Animal Welfare Fund (2009) Lucy M. Warren Fund (1947) Rupert C. Thompson Fund (1987) (2) Frances S. and Stuart K. Tuttle Fund (1998) Alice Viola Fund (1998) Robert W. Warren Fund (1989) Hope L. Thornton Fund (2001) UBS Rhode Island Fund (2004) Vogel, Califano, Dimase, Iannuccilli Fund (2001) Warwick Public Library Endowment Fund (1999) Thorp Family Scholarship Fund (2006) United Builders Supply Company, Inc. Fund (1980) Nondas Hurst Voll Scholarship Fund (2006) Washington County Veterans Council Endowment Fund (2013) Tides Family Services Endowment Fund (2017) United Italian American Inc. Scholarship Fund (2008) Volunteer Services for Animals Water Works 4 Women Fund (2002) James E. Tiernan Memorial Fund (2005) Includes: Volunteer Services for Animals Humane Education United Way of Rhode Island Fund (2007) and Volunteer Services for Animals – Warwick – Martha W. Watt Fund (1973) Albert Harris Tillinghast Fund (1949) Includes: United Way of Rhode Island Endowment Fund (1990); Humane Education Fund (2008) United Way/Boss Family Fund for Learning Opportunities Wax-Cali Philanthropic Fund (2015) Tiverton Land Trust Fund (2000) (1995); United Way of Rhode Island Fund (1995); Emma and Ely Frederick & Rosamond von Steinwehr Fund (1998) Oppenheimer Fund (1997); Naomi and Viola Osterman Fund Webb Moscovitch Family Fund (2005) Tiverton Library Endowment Fund (2017) (1998); and Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund for the United Evelyn Pierce Vories Fund (1983) Way (1998) Genevieve C. Weeks Fund (2002) Clinton and Mary Tompkinson Memorial Fund (2010) Irene Vose Fund (2006) United Welfare Committee Fund (1982) Genevieve C. Weeks Fund for the United Way (2002) Peter and Sunny Toulmin Fund (1986) Ralph C. and Joyce L. Vossler Fund (2013) Universal Homes, Inc. Fund (1978) Hans C. and Anna Weimar Fund (1995) Lilly C. Tow Fund (2015) W.H.S. Alumni Scholarship Fund (2014) Urban League of Rhode Island Dawn, Gregg, and Leland Weingeroff Animal Fund (2005) Geraldine Tower Education Fund (2002) Includes: B. Jae Clanton Scholarship Fund of the Urban League Wadleigh Family Fund (2005) of Rhode Island (1990); Andrew Bell Scholarship Fund (2004); Jeremy S. and Edith B. Weinstein Family Fund (2013) Town Dock Charitable Fund (2017) and Urban League of Rhode Island Scholarship Fund (2004) Waite-Menson Fund (2007) Robert and Vicki Weisman Family Fund (2012) Anne Utter Fund for the Performing Arts (2006) Mattie A. Walcott Fund (1999) p102 p103 Howard S. and Elaine S. Weiss Fund (1991) Women’s Fund of Rhode Island (2000) The Zennovation Fund for Rhode Island (2018) ★ Ruud and Laurie Bosman Sandra C. Bristol-Irvine Herbert J. Wells Fund (1970) Helen Wood Memorial Fund for Langworthy Public Dorothy Davis Zimmering and the Zimmering Family Library (2009) Memorial Fund (1989) Lee and Christine Brooks Harold B. Werner Fund (2008) Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund (2010) Coleman B. Zimmerman Memorial Fund (1993) Gian Brosco Harold B. Werner Scholarship Fund (2009) Jane Ann Brown Mrs. Kenneth F. Wood Fund (1935) Zitella Gallo Fund (2003) Westerly Cancer Fund (2006) Jeffrey A. Brown & Barbara Horovitz Brown Woodcock Charitable Fund (2000) Kimberly and John Zwetchkenbaum Family Fund (2007) James Buttrick Westerly Education Endowment Fund (2001) Michael J. Woods Fund (2009) Steve J. Caminis Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Fund (1992) Paul C. & Patricia B. Carlson Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1946) 1916 Society Members Westerly Lions Club Scholarship Fund (2005) We thank and recognize the members of our 1916 Society, Richard F. Carolan Mabel M. Woodward Fund (1963) individuals who have informed us of their plans to leave Westerly Senior Citizens Center Endowment Fund (2014) a legacy through a bequest or other future gift to the Robert J. and Mary Ann Greer Chase Marilynne Graboys Wool Scholarship Fund (2000) Foundation. Members listed as of 12/31/18. Paul and Elizabeth Choquette Westminster Senior Center Fund (1994) New members are in red. Work Urquhart Charitable Fund (2012) Howard P. and Nancy Fisher Chudacoff Westminster Unitarian Church Fund (1998) Anonymous (54) ★ The Honorable David N. Cicilline World War II Memorial Fund (2018) Michael & Roberta Hazen Aaronson Wexler Family Fund in Memory of Edmund, William, Rose, Mary H. Clark & Benjamin Wexler (1980) John J. and Eleanor Q. Wrenn Memorial Fund (2001) Noreen Ackerman Mary L. Clark Ross and Renate Aker Miriam Weyker Thanatological Fund (1989) Kit Wright Fund for Jamestown (1979) Marcia Clayton & William A. Maloney William & Amabel Allen John W. and Lillian Clegg Mark Wheeler Scholarship Fund (2017) Ora E. Wry Fund (2007) William R. & Marlies H. Allen Sidney Clifford Jr. Erskine N. White, Jr. and Eileen L. White Fund (1995) Alan Edgar Wurdeman Scholarship Fund (2014) Patty & Melvin Alperin Joel Cohen and Andrea Toon Berndt W. Anderson Erskine N. White, Jr. and Eileen Lutz White Fund (2017) Harrison Yaghjian Fund (2000) Richard A. and Lois H. Cole Judith L. Anderson & Marcia Blair Maureen A. and Christopher D. White Memorial Harry Yaghjian Trust Fund (1997) Reverend and Mrs. Thomas Conboy, Jr. Peri Ann Aptaker & Robert A. Lieberman Fund (2001) Robert B. & Ann F. Conner Dr. James J. Yashar Charitable Family Fund (2007) Jason E. Archambault Wilbur Fund (1984) Gib and Diane Conover Judge Marjorie Yashar Charitable Fund (2008) Stephen P. Archambault Sheila Cooley, Esq. and Mark J. Fagan, MD Frederick B. Wilcox Endowment Fund (2016) Barbara & Doug Ashby Carol Hudson Young Fund (2015) Timothy Corr Mary E. Wilcox Fund (2007) James & Karin Aukerman Sergeant Cornel Young Jr. Scholarship Fund (2000) Michael Costello Marilyn Baker Virginia A. Wilcox Fund (1990) Marianna L. Crawford James A. Young Fund (1974) Michael and Wendy Baker Wildlife Conservation Fund (1966) Michael & Kelly Cummings Gloria Barlow Jason Ellis Young Memorial Fund (2008) Anthony & Christine D’Acchioli Willett Free Library Endowment Fund (2016) Mary G. Barry Mary A. Young Fund (1990) Christine E. Dahlin Joanna Pozzi Williams Scholarship Fund (2016) Robert L.G. & Ruth L. Batchelor Joanne M. Daly Mary A. Young Cancer Fund (2005) Patricia A. and John M. Biasuzzi Margaret H. Williamson Fund (2013) Peter S. and Anne Damon Young Voices Endowment Fund (2016) Milton C. & Julia Bickford Sophie F. Danforth Winthrop B. Wilson Family Fund (2010) Susan Marsh Blackburn YWCA Rhode Island Bill and Tracy Daugherty Leonarda S. Winiarski Fund (2005) Includes: YWCA of Northern Rhode Island Endowment Raymond & Brenda Bolster, II Fund (1990) and YWCA Rhode Island Gini Duarte Karen A. Davie and Garrison A. Hull David E. and Kara K. Borah Gertrude L. Wolf “Class of 1902” Fund (1987) Memorial Scholarship Fund (2012) John C. Davis Robert E. & Ann M. Borah Ruth and W. Irving Wolf, Jr. Family Fund (2005) Eunice and Rubin Zeidman Fund (2015) Andrea B. Decof Ellen Borden Helen Deines Women Ending Hunger Fund (2006) Laura Mason Zeisler Fund (1997) Karen S. Borger Anthony & Grace Del Vecchio p104 p105 Charles Denby II, M.D. Henry and Nancy Gauthier Dr. Larry A. and Cheryl M. Johnson Kathleen McKeough John G. & Elizabeth A. De Primo Vera I. Gierke V. Rolf Johnson William Lynn McKinney & Ronald D. Margolin James DeRentis Arlene Golden Gilbert Victoria Johnson Cornelia M. McSheehy David and Elaine DeSousa Richard M.C. Glenn III and Mary Goodyear Glenn Betty Anne Johnston Robert J. Meehan Donna L. Dexter Carol Golden & Stuart Einhorn Constance B.E. and Richard B. Jordan Debra Meunier Yanny & Dianna DiFebbo Lillian Golden Kevin E. Jordan, Ph.D. Terry A. Meyer Giampiero & Leslie P. DiManna Eleanor J. Goldstein Simone P. Joyaux & Tom Ahern Gladys Miller Stan Dimock Susan F. Gonsalves Drs. Jeffrey S. and Basha Kaplan John W. Miller, Jr. and Emily Henderson Miller Dorothy F. Donnelly, Ph.D. Donna Marie Goodrich Stephanie Tower Keating Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Milot David G. Doran, Jr. Geoffrey Gordon William and Dione Kenyon Dorothy Carol Mitchell Maura A. Dowling Robert J. Gormley Henry P. Kniskern Edward G. and Susan L. Montagna David A. Duffy Gary and Charleen Gosselin Harold J. Kushner Heidi Keller Moon John Duhamel Richard and Ellen Gower The Honorable James R. Langevin Sandra Moyer Neil G. Dunay and R. Darrell McIntire Joya Weld Granbery-Hoyt Marie Langlois and John Loerke Ruth K. Mullen Wayne K. & Bernice C. Durfee Mary Grinavic Sally Lapides Arthur Murphy John L. Dyer Suzanne Oringel Goldman Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Laurans Dr. Martin C. Nager and Dr. Denise Shapiro Marilyn G. Eanet Hope R. Gustafson Patricia Lawlor, Ph.D. Jane S. Nelson Violet and Frank Eklof Kathleen Hagan Margaret Nussbaum Lederer & Bertram M. Lederer Bernard and Doris Nemtzow Catherine English John E. & Janet S. Hall Margaret Goddard Leeson Robert C. Nyman Linda Fain Ann-Marie Harrington Dorothy Leonard Judith Oliveira Donald and Maia Farish David F. Haskell & Karen R. Haskell Stephen V. and Bettina H. Letcher Ruth Oppenheim Stephen Feinstein Donald P. Hayden Patricia and Curtis Ley Chad Orlowski and Carol Masson Steven R. Fera and Kathe A. Jaret Karin and Angus Hebb Constance Lima Robert & Lidia Oster Sanford M. & Beverly A. Fern Tim and Kim Hebert Carolyn G. Longolucco Sandra Oster Heather and Ronald Florence Eric and Sarah Hertfelder Dr. Deirdre V. Lovecky Joseph W. Pailthorpe Diane Fogarty David and Carol Hevey Griselda F. Lyman and Duncan White Elizabeth S. Palter, Ph.D. Sarah F. Fogarty Patricia Hinkley James and Diane Lynch Thomas G. and Mary E. Parris Dennis W. Forget Larry J. and Kay P. Hirsch Brian and Kathleen MacLean Robert Pella James A. and Beverly A. Forte Justin and Linda Holden William and Susan Macy Ruth and Leonard Perfido Robert and Wendy Fournier Elizabeth Holochwost Eunice Malkasian Carol A. Peterson Becky and Charlie Francis Lynne E. Hoppin-Fazzi Bhikhaji M. Maneckji Richard and Margaret Philpott Mary Frappier Kinnaird Howland Barbara Margolis Michael Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Freeman Phyllis M. Huston Alita C. Marks Wells M. Pile and Marguerite Ofria Pile Richard and Joanne Friday Lise Iwon Robert and Deborah Marro Stacie L. and Angelo R. Pizzi, Jr. Fredric C. Friedman, Ed.D. Elaine Jacques Louise S. Mauran Groton Richard & Patricia Plotkin Thomas E. Furey C. Peter Jencks Scott McAskill Garry and Virginia Plunkett Jane Fusco Mary M. Jennings Gail E. McCann & Stanley Lukasiewicz Mary Ann Podolak Thomas and Leslie Gardner Elaine Jewer Lynda V. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Alfred K. Potter, II Susan Garlington Maureen and Roger Johanson Norman E. & Dorothy R. McCulloch Robert H. and Rebecca A. Preston Peter and Judy Garreffi Carl G. and Kathryn A. Johnson Linda McGoldrick Joanne Quinn p106 p107 Paul and Tina Racine James L. Spears SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION Robert and Melisa Radoccia Richard F. Staples, Jr. and Elizabeth B. Staples Years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. Full financial statements are Donna-Jean Rainville Dennis E. Stark available upon request. Form 990s are available at www.rifoundation.org. Anthony J. Raponi Linda A. Steere and Edward R. DiLuglio Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Unaudited 2018 2017 Ralph and Letty Raponi Neil Steinberg and Eugenia Shao ASSETS: $1,665,196 $1,321,447 Walter Reed Myriam E. Stettler Cash P.E. Gay and Leslie Alan Regenbogen Ronald G. Stevens and Patricia E. Moore Investments, at fair value 936,100,816 925,661,239

Nicholas E. and Rebecca Reynolds Cynthia Stewart Reed Other assets 17,160,195 18,227,995 Russell and Carla Ricci William J. and Judith D. Struck Other receivables 6,552,450 3,729,096 Derwent Jean Riding Cornelia B. Sturgis Fixed assets, net 3,835,019 4,053,157 Robert A. and Marcia S. Riesman Peter A. & Janice W. Sullivan Promissory notes receivable 6,118,694 7,476,012 John and Liliana Risica James K. Sunshine Total Assets 971,432,370 960,468,946 James R. Risko Meredith P. Swan Pablo & Diane Rodriguez Donna Sweeney LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS: Liabilities: Herman H. Rose Judith Taton Accounts payable and accrued expenses 969,431 2,054,639 Barbara A. Rosen Yarrow Moon Livingston Thorne 2,062,011 Geraldine J. Roszkowski Harle Tinney Grants payable 8,428,878 John Rotondo, Jr. Nancy E. Tripp Charitable trusts 6,226,640 6,119,456 Janice M. Ruggieri and Kathy S. Lerner Denise Tucker Agency endowment funds 87,705,463 86,210,017 The Honorable Deborah Ruggiero Doris M. Tucker Total Liabilities 103,330,412 96,446,123

Josephine Ruggiero and Helmut Reinhardt Janice Berchielli Tunney NET ASSETS: 868,101,958 864,022,823 Janet Marie Ryan Robert B. and Virginia R. Urquhart Total Liabilities and Net Assets 971,432,370 960,468,946 Sanford and Marian Sachs Richard Vangermeersch Consolidated Statements of Activities Unaudited 2018 2017 Donna and Michael M. Scalzi III Diana and Peter Vario REVENUE: Albert M. & Ilse I. Schaler Victoria Veh Contributions 108,479,071 28,845,845 Barry & Elizabeth Schiller Deborah A. Venator Net investment return (39,757,980) 124,277,187 Kenneth and Sheryl Schongold David and Doreen Verity Royalties and other income 1,432,126 1,551,503 Paul & Barbara Schurman Arlene Violet Total Revenue 70,153,217 154,674,535 Michael E. and Mary Schwartz Mary Brooks Wall MaryAnn Scott Judith P. and Thomas W. Walsh GRANTS AND EXPENSES: 54,584,318 39,912,897 Arthur J. Sepe, Jr. Jeremy S. and Edith B. Weinstein Net grants appropriated Edwin F. and Martha Sherman, Jr. Howard S. & Elaine S. Weiss Administrative expenses 9,554,029 8,454,995 Cheryl Silva-Feeney Edward W. Whelan Special initiatives 1,214,335 657,944 Marjorie Simmons Nancy T. Whit Total Grants and Expenses 65,352,682 49,025,836 Kathleen A. Simons Rob and Susan Wilson Adjustment for funds held as agency endowments – 492,841 Robert and Cynthia Sinclair Edith B. Wislocki Change in value of investments held in trust (721,400) 1,037,381 George & M. Patricia Sisson James J. and Lynn Ann Wojtyto Change in Net Assets 4,079,135 107,178,921 Robert H. Sloan, Jr. and Catherine B. Sloan Kenneth & Dorothy Woodcock Net Assets, Beginning of Year 864,022,823 756,843,902 Eric R. C. and Margaret H. Smith Carol Hudson Young Net Assets, End of Year 868,101,958 864,022,823 Mary Ann Sorrentino Peter & Patricia Young Raymond Soucy and Nancy Thompson Laura Mason Zeisler Lillian Sparfven p108 p109 EDITORS CONTRIBUTORS DESIGN PRINTING

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