Giving by Constituent Group 3% ESTATES/TRUSTS 6% FRIENDS, ALUMNI 2017 Annual 30% GOVERNMENT & FACULTY/STAFF GIFTS AND 17% CORPORATIONS Report GRANTS TO THE 18% FOUNDATIONS COLLEGE of Giving 26% BOARD OF TRUSTEES & P A S T B O A R D MEMBERS (AEGIS) Total Giving Cash & Pledges As we continued to implement the initiatives of the “Sustaining the FY 13-14 THROUGH FY 16-17 Increased Alumni Giving and Promise” strategic plan, generous donors from all corners of our community Participation. stepped forward to support the College’s mission and initiatives. $9,000,000 Overall dollars increased by 32%; 45% of Alumni increased their giving; Collectively, this generosity resulted in $1.7 million raised in cash $8,000,000 300 Alumni who had lapsed giving re-engaged by making gifts; and over gifts, and an additional $7.1 million in multi-year pledges during $7,000,000 100 Alumni made first time gifts. Fiscal Year 2016-17. $6,000,000 Increased Past and New Parent Givers. While the year featured several large leadership gifts, the College $5,000,000 Parent participation increased by remains equally thankful for and proud of the philanthropy expressed 16%, and 30% of the Parents who gave $4,000,000 were first-time givers. by the hundreds of alumni, friends, parents, foundations, and corporations who joined us in support of the Annual Fund, scholarships, $3,000,000 Faculty and Staff Performance Outstanding. and other special projects. $2,000,000 Total giving increased by 47%; average gifts increased from $390 to $564, $1,000,000 and 54% increased their gifts over $0 the previous year. 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 40 | SAINT JOSEPH’S MAGAZINE WINTER 2017/18 | 41 As part of the College’s agritourism initiative, the Stone Barn hosted several farm-to-table dinners and dozens of community and private events this season. For more information: www.stonebarnmaine.com. Photo: Tonee Hebert. Photo: Tonee Harbert. Academics Mission-Aligned “Shaping Maine,” our series of farm- The Economic Development Businesses to-fork dinners, weddings, family Administration (EDA) has given Here are some highlights of how The College embarked upon a $5 celebrations, and College events. Col- the College a $1.9 million matching million campaign to create the Center The plan for sustaining the future of lege staff manage these events, provide grant for the development of the Institute these generous gifts are working for Nursing Innovation (see story p. 16). Saint Joseph’s includes the strategy of employment opportunities for students, for Local Foods Systems Innovation. The Harold Alfond Foundation kicked developing clusters that combine new increase our profile in the community, to place the College on a off this campaign with a $1.5 million educational programming with enter- support the local food economy, Organic Nutrition, Inc. has donated challenge gift and Dr. Jeanne Donlevy prises that achieve net positive revenue. and deliver new revenue to the College. $750,000 toward the match for the sustainable path of excellence. Arnold ’83 (Hon. ’17) of the Board We refer to these initiatives as our The Institute for Local Food Systems EDA grant to support the creation of of Trustees stepped forward with a “mission-aligned businesses.” These Innovation expresses our shared Mercy its hydroponic farm. $2 million leadership gift. initiatives have been carefully designed mission to better our community while The Sciences program experienced to draw upon the College’s greatest caring for Earth in sustainable ways. Hannaford Charitable Foundation significant changes with the renovation assets—our expansive lakeside campus Our strategic plan identified local, donated $500,000 toward the EDA of several laboratories and the receipt and intellectual capital, while aligning sustainable food production and dis- grant match and to create the Hannaford of a $647,000 grant from the National with areas promising economic growth tribution as one of the areas where our Food Venture Center within the Institute Science Foundation for the Science that supports Maine’s new economy. skills as educators, as conveners, and for Local Food Systems Innovation (ILFSI). Scholars Program that will bring These new endeavors focus on three as advocates for the environment, 18 new STEM majors to the College areas–sustainable agriculture, aging, positioned us to address some of The College’s strategic plan, “Sustaining (see story p. 3). and hospitality. Over time, revenue Maine’s most pressing economic and the Promise,” is both a plan for the future from these clusters will contribute to workforce preparation needs. and a promise that everything that Athletics institutional overhead and, along with The Institute will encompass five we are doing today will sustain Saint The College completed and blessed the other growing revenues; help reduce the enterprises–a food manufacturing Joseph’s for the future. In the next year long-awaited first lighted collegiate turf College’s dependence on tuition revenue incubator, a hydroponic farm, a we will take further steps to develop our field and track in southern Maine. from 92% to 85%. traditional crop and livestock farm, Institute for Integrative Aging, a center The Putnam Family’s $200,000 Light- For example, the College has launched an agri-tourism center, and a hub for research, education, and community- the-Way Challenge initiated a campaign The Stone Barn at Sebago Lake, an for delivering workforce development centered care for older adults. for the lights, a fundraising campaign exciting new indoor and outdoor venue training in a number of key areas. The value of MAB initiatives reaches with broad participation that met located on the College’s farm. The We are excited to announce that federal far beyond finances, however. Our and surpassed its goal, raising over restoration of the barn and its develop- and corporate partners have joined undergraduate students and community- $414,000 (see story p. 24–p27). ment as an agritourism center offers a us in generously supporting this goal based learners will have access to new new place for building community. The of greater sustainable food production experiential education opportunities on This aerial view shows the new lighted turf field and Stone Barn has hosted large and small and security in Maine. campus in these three clusters associated track of the Saint Joseph’s College Athletics Complex gatherings such as a reception of the with economic growth in our region. on Westerlea Way. Photo: Corey McCarthy. 250 thought leaders who are 42 | SAINT JOSEPH’S MAGAZINE WINTER 2017/18 | 43 1912 Society $2,500+ Ms. Lisa Estey Mr. Daniel Wellehan Mr. & Mrs. Clark A. Rundell Mrs. Anita Sadoch Finie ’86 (Hon. ’95) Dr. Robert R. White Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sanborn Mrs. Joanne M. Bean Mrs. Constance Sparacino Fourney & Mrs. Linda D. White P ‘17 Mr. William B. Sanborn ‘86 & Mr. Paul T. Bean ‘91 & Mr. William L. Fourney Mr. Robert J. Zilg ‘76 & Ms. Lynn M. Brown P ‘17 Blanche M. Walsh Charity Trust Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fuller (Hon. ’11) & Mrs. Mary Zilg Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sanderl Ms. Marion P. Costanza Mr. Bradley Goulet P’12 Mrs. Judith Smith Sbarra ‘67 Dr. James S. Dlugos Jr. Mrs. Mary Ann Johnson Green ‘79 Leadership Club $500+ & Dr. Thomas Sbarra to the Generous Donors who & Mrs. Melissa J. Dlugos Mr. Jean R. Hallé and Mrs. Sharon Mrs. Elizabeth C. Schran Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Fisher P ‘18 Mr. James Ahern Supported the College in 2016-2017 Hallé P ‘17 & Mr. Stephen Schran P ‘07 Mr. Matthew D. Ginnetty ‘78 Dr. Rose Marie Beattie Beston ‘59 Thank You Mr. Joseph R. Hanslip Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Smith P ‘15 & Mrs. Katherine Fraumeni (Hon. ’99) & Dr. John B. Beston Ms. Nancy M. Hanslip Ms. Laura L. Sullivan Ginnetty ‘10 Sr. Joanne N. Bibeau, RSM Mrs. Leslie Gallerani Hested ‘68 Mrs. Nancy Konecki Terison ‘80 Good Shepherd Food Bank Mrs. Glennis Bush Chabot ‘67 & Mr. James L. Hested & Mr. F. Mark Terison Gorham Savings Bank & Mr. Roger H. Chabot Mrs. Michelle Howard Sr. Ellen Turner, RSM Mr. Stephan W. Gorsun ‘09 & Mr. & Mrs. William H. Childs & Mr. Michael Howard United Way of Rhode Island Mrs. Sheena St. Hilaire Gorsun ‘07 Clarion Hotel Industrial Roofing Corporation VALIC Financial Advisors Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kovach Ms. Pauline C. Cormier ‘61 Mr. Michael D. Joly Dr. Sally White Mrs. Jean MacBride Ms. Kathleen McGovern Coutre ‘82 The Pinnacle Society Saint Joseph’s Society & Mrs. Barbara S. Joly Mr. & Mrs. Laurence H. Whittaker Maine Association of Broadcasters & Mr. Steve Coutre Mr. & Mrs. James J. Kilbride Dr. Elizabeth Wiesen $1,000,000+ $10,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Marchant Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Coyne Mr. Edward Kirk Windham Millwork, Inc. P ‘12** Mr. Jeffery A. Crocker ‘86 & Mrs. Dr. Jeanne A. Arnold ’83 (Hon. ’17) Anonymous Mr. James Kneeland Mr. John W. Zerillo Mr. Kenneth A. Marino ‘82 Deborah Prescott Crocker ‘86 P’10 Thank you to our & Mr. Edward Arnold** Barbara Cassidy Foundation Knickerbocker Group Col. Konstantine E. Zoganas ‘87 & Mrs. Sue Marino Dearborn Construction Board of Trustees for their Harold Alfond Foundation** G.L. Connolly Foundation Ms. Mary Alyce Knightly ‘71 & Mrs. Barbara Zoganas Morton-Kelley Charitable Trust Mr. Glenn R. Doran ‘80 service and leadership Cross Financial Corp. Sr. Jean Little, RSM ‘62 Mr. Michael J. Mulhare ‘79 & Emerson Chevrolet/Buick The Innovation Society Ms. Carole Terroni Luce ‘62 Heritage Club $250+ Dr. Jeanne (Donlevy) Arnold ’83, F.L. Putnam Investment Management Mrs. Cynthia Vadnais Mulhare ‘80 Dr. Joan B. Flagg-Williams, PhD Mrs. Sandra Mayo MacDonald ‘81 (Hon. ’17) $500,000+ Mr. Derrick S. Jenkins ‘82 Norway Savings Bank General Electric Foundation ADP & Mr. Michael MacDonald & Mrs. Andrea G. Jenkins** Robert & Dorothy Goldberg Dr. Mary Wilkes Giaquinto ‘68 Mr.