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January 8, 2020 Giving Guide 2019

Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Future Goals

1. The Foundation will engage donors to endow their philanthropy and create a lasting legacy through Named Funds with a current gift or bequest.

2. Our funding and leadership will improve the lives of families, children and adults in our community. Our special focus on children will contribute to their success in school and in life.

3. In partnership with the Barr Foundation, we will lead efforts to recognize arts and culture as essential to the prosperity of our community. Through several initiatives, we will energize Worcester’s dynamic creative ecosystem by supporting innovative projects and thoughtful planning.

4. Discretionary and donor advised grants will continue to build healthy and vibrant communities by supporting arts and culture, health improvement, civic engagement, elder services, housing and the environment.

5. Community volunteers, both young people and adults, will participate with us as grant makers and see the community in new ways.

6. Our Nonprofit Support Center will continue to strengthen and better connect the region’s nonprofit organizations.

7. Our scholarships will help more than 400 students attend college.

8. Professional Advisors will increase awareness of the benefits of giving through the Community Foundation.

Giving Opportunities

Our grant awards are made possible by the generosity of past donors who established permanent charitable funds with us during their lifetimes or by a bequest. With a gift of $10,000 or more, anyone may establish a named fund to create a meaningful and personal legacy. The Foundation allows donors to determine the purpose of the fund. They decide whether a fund is designated for particular charities, a broad area of interest, scholarship or donor advised.

Gifts of any size are welcome and may be made to any of our more than 600 endowment funds to provide grants and scholarships year after year. We especially seek help in these priority areas: Fund for the Arts & Humanities, General Scholarship Fund, Community Impact Fund, Water & Land Stewardship Fund, LGBTQ Partnership Fund and Youth Opportunity Fund. To discuss your giving options, please call Kelly Stimson at 508-755-0980.

Volunteer Opportunities

Input from the community is a cornerstone of our mission and essential to our operations. Corporators are elected annually and include members of business, education, government, and the general community. Once elected, these members help with grant making, investment oversight, scholarship awards, and fundraising for special projects.

Area high school students are invited to apply to join Youth for Community Improvement, a special program for sophomores and juniors that engages students in learning about and providing grants to local nonprofit organizations.

Professional Advisors such as lawyers, accountants, trust officers, and financial advisors play a special role in understanding the benefits of giving and the unique role of the community foundation in serving the needs of charitable-minded clients.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT

To enhance our community, now and in the future, through philanthropic leadership.

 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation

370 Main Street, Suite 650 Worcester, MA 01608

Phone: 508-755-0980

www.greaterworcester.org

Full-time employees: 11

Annual revenues: $7.8 Million

Year founded: 1975

 

SERVICE AREA

Greater Worcester Community Foundation serves the 65 cities and towns in Worcester County.

 

TOP FUNDING SOURCES

Individuals/Bequests 66%

Nonprofits and Foundations 32%

Businesses 2%

Board of Directors

J. Christopher Collins, Mirick O’Connell, Vice Chair

Thomas J. Bartholomew, Bartholomew & Company, Inc., Treasurer

Kola Akindele, UMASS Medical School, Clerk

 

Joycelyn Augustus, Financial Consultant

Jennifer Davis Carey, Worcester Education Collaborative

Matilde Castiel, City of Worcester

Tracy A. Craig, Mirick O’Connell

Warner S. Fletcher, Fletcher Tilton

Jack L. Foley, Clark University

Maria A. Heskes-Allard, Bay State Savings Bank

Alison C. Kenary, Community Volunteer

Patsy C. Lewis, Nonprofit Consultant

Linda C. Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Christopher W. McCarthy, Fidelity Bank

Nadia McGourthy, Dresser & McGourthy, LLP

Satya B. Mitra, The Guru Tax & Financial Services, Inc.

Hilda Ramirez, Latino Education Institute

Kimberly M. Salmon, Fallon Health

Matthew Wally, UniBank