Woodard & Curran Foundation 2020 Annual Report
celebrating 10 years of working to protect our water and environment
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From Board President Barry Sheff
As I look back at 2020, I can’t help but think about the challenges faced by a global pandemic and the impact on so many friends and loved ones, but it was also the Woodard & Curran Foundation’s tenth anniversary year. Our organization started the year on solid footing and steady growth made it possible to survive and thrive. Our financial capacity to do our work grew through consistent donor support and a sound investment strategy, and our governance was strengthened by the addition of five new Board members located around the U.S. Most important of all and what I’m truly proud of: we disbursed more grant money in 2020 than in any year prior and set a standard for the future.
With each year, we’ve increased our grantmaking—and the range of projects, big and small, that we support responds to the critical need for funding environmental nonprofits. Our relationship with the employee-donors of Woodard & Curran, Inc. is strong and we are particularly grateful that the firm affirmed its commitment to the Foundation by increasing its generous financial support to match Inc. employee contributions dollar-for-dollar. We remain thankful for all donors who generously offer their wealth, wisdom, and work.
On behalf of our Board, I offer my gratitude for the support the Foundation has received and the best to our grant recipients as they pursue their work. Thank you for celebrating our 10th year (2020–2021) with us - I’m excited about the next ten years and the impact we will have protecting our water and environment!
Board of directors
Barry Sheff, President
Celeste LaBadie, Vice President
Christine Kohne, Treasurer
Craig Deeney, Secretary
Jedd Steinglass, Advancement Committee Chair
Sam Olney + Laura Tessier, Giving Committee Co-Chairs
Jen Andrews - Duff Collins - Kelly Cowan - Karl Kasper - Bruce Nicholson - Paul Norian - Marc Thomas - Gillian Wood
Foundation administrator
Liz Leuthner
Dedicated Donor-Volunteers
Woodard & Curran Foundation is a volunteer-led organization. In addition to their financial support, Woodard & Curran, Inc. employees generously donate their time and wisdom to the planning and execution of Foundation operations and events. Our volunteer ranks included 16 Board members, and over 50 volunteers serving on committees, as liaisons and event organizers across the country. Given the success and magnitude of our work, we happily continue to rely on the services of our contract Foundation Administrator, Liz Leuthner, who handles a variety of tasks, including originating content for web and social media, managing our donor database, grant relations, internal and external communication, and providing Board support.
We are humbled by the dedication of all who support the Woodard & Curran Foundation and share our commitment to our water and environment. Thank you.
On July 21, 2020, in an online across-the-country celebration with Woodard & Curran, Inc. employees, donors, and volunteers, Board President Barry Sheff (center, with Board Secretary Celeste LaBadie a socially distanced 6 feet away) and Board member and Giving Committee Chair Jen Andrews (top right) presented a $100,000 Impact Grant check to Ridge to Reefs Director Paul Sturm (lower left), who was joined by RTR Director of Agriculture and Sustainability Phal Mantha (middle right); and project partners Roger Babcock (top left) from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa/Water Resources Research Center; and Stuart Coleman (lower right) and Elizabeth Benyshek, Executive Director and Program Manager, respectively, from Wastewater Alternatives and Innovations.
Woodard & Curran Foundation Mission
“Engage the passion of the Woodard & Curran community to support nonprofit organizations that protect our water and environment.”
Impact Grants: Three 3-year $100,000 Grants
Ridge to Reefs will ameliorate the impact of cesspools on Hawaiian ecosystems.
Ridge to Reefs (maryland/hawai’i) - funding year 1 of 3
Headquartered just outside of Baltimore, MD, Ridge to Reefs’ Hawai’i project is defining a critical path for the affordable and sustainable transition of cesspools to proper treatment systems that effectively reduce contaminants and protect beaches and critical ecosystems in Hawai’i. Over three years, our Impact Grant will fund:
designing, testing, and certifying a green infrastructure wastewater treatment system that utilizes vetiver grass and biochar
pilot testing and monitoring systems in various locations in Hawai’i
collaborating locally to influence cesspool conversion policy in the state
FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY (Maine)
funding year 2 of 3
FOCB is using their grant to collect hourly data year-round throughout the bay by deploying three high-tech continuous monitoring stations in an estuarine, near-shore environment…
Change is simple (Massachusetts)
Funding year 3 of 3
CiS is building a one-of-a-kind Mobile Sustainability & Climate Innovation Learning Lab trailer that will visit schools in the Greater Boston area and educate children on environmental topics
Giving While Living: Ten $10,000 Grants / $100,000 Total
Supporting ten ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFITS
TOTAL OF $100,000 in Giving while living grants
In 2020, employee-donors of Woodard & Curran, Inc. nominated close to thirty environmental nonprofits for $10,000 grants - unbeknownst to the organizations themselves. In December 2020, the Foundation announced the winners of ten $10,000 Giving While Living Grants. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the donors who make our Giving While Living Grants Program possible.
Environmental Justice Grant: One $10,000 Grant
Blue Sky Fund (virginia)
In honor of our 10th anniversary and to support the hope and hard work for racial and environmental equality, in June 2020 we named Blue Sky Fund as the recipient of a special $10,000 Environmental Justice Grant.
Blue Sky Fund, in Richmond, VA, is a youth development nonprofit whose mission is to provide transformational experiences for urban youth through outdoor education.
Woodard & Curran Foundation 2020 Financial Report
1/1/2020 TOTAL ASSETS: $619,000
12/31/2020 TOTAL ASSETS: $760,000
CHANGE IN TOTAL ASSETS: $141,000
The balance sheet at the end of 2020 remained healthy with assets totaling $826K including investments of $765K. The wisdom of the Foundation Board to maintain a conservative investment strategy, with guidance from Starboard Advisors of Portland, ME, allowed us to weather the uncertainties of 2020.
The graphs to the right provide more detail about our 2020 financials.
The Foundation’s financial support is primarily donations from Woodard & Curran, Inc. employees. In 2020, over 450 employees pledged to give $111,000 during 2021. Woodard & Curran, Inc. generously matched employee pledges with an additional $111,000. Given solid net assets and the success of its outreach campaign, the Board voted to disburse $210,000 in grants in 2020.
2020 Business Supporters
2020 Individual Supporters
Stacy Adams
Brent Aigler
James Aiken
Alvaro Alfonzo-Larrain
Glenn Almquist
Cathy Alto
Susan Ambler
Jennifer Anders
Lauren Anderson
Donna Andrews
Jennifer Andrews
Michael Apfelbaum
Kyle Apigian
Dirk Applegate
Janna Aune
Sheri Avoux
Eric Axelrod
Joshua Ayers
Valerie Babich
Elisha Back
Sandy Bailey
Timothy Baker
Josh Baldwin
Jessica Balesano
Joe Barbagallo
Terri Bastarache
Michael Battistelli
Sergio Bazarevitsch
Jennifer Beaulieu
Kelley Begin
Forrest Bell
Alan Benevides
Mary Beth
Kevin Bethke
Greg Betsold
Chelsea L Bierkan
Nicholas Bingham
Kenneth Bird
Terry Blanchette
Celina Bland
Jim Blanke
Janelle Bonn
Greg Booth
Dean Boudreau
Kenneth Boughter
Emma Bouthillette
Peter Bozick
Kelsey Bradley
Aaron Brennan
Suzanne Brewer
Brent Bridges
John Brockington
Melissa Brown
Ryker Brown
Phyllis Brunner
Dan Bryant
Leanne Budolfson
Christine Bugli
Glenn Burden
Amy Burke
Robert Burkhart
Derek Burton
Elizabeth Buzzell
Margaret Byrne
Brian Bzdawka
Tom Callaway
Daniel Camerato
Denise Cameron
Kelly Camp
Lisa Campe
Kris Carlsen
Eric Carlson
Kenneth Carlson
Anthony Catalano
Gregory Cataldo
Frank Cavaleri
Mesut Cayar
Bill & Polly Ceckler
Molly Cepko
Sercan Ceyhan
James Chaplick
Nathan Chase
Michael J Cherniak
Cheryl Choquette
Nicole Cissel
Greg Clark
Mark Cleary
Natalie Cochran
Katie Cole
Demos Collins
R. Duff Collins
Thomas Connelly
Todd Cooper
Erin Cope
Kyle Corbeil
Rebecca Corbin
Robin Cort
Kelly Cowan
Garrett Craig
Andy Crawford
Wayne Cummings
Albert Curran
Liz DaBramo
Wendy Dalton
Kenneth Danila
Monica Dannemann
Ally Davis
Martha de Maria y Campos
David Dedian
Craig Deeney
Adam DeFranco
Carrie Del Boccio
Suzanne DelBene
Justin deMello
Teresa Demers
Andres Diaz
William Dickson
Brian Dietrick
Daniel DiNicola
Dave Dinsmore
David Dobrinen
Ryan Dodd
Paul Dombrowski
Tina Donovan
Rachael Dorais
Kendra Dow
Christin Dowling
Richard Dowling
Laurie Drabble
Jeanee Dudley
Andrea Eagan
Micah Eggleton
Matt Elsner
Laura Epstein
James Erich
Lynn Etchingham
James Everett
Shannon Eyler
Alan Fabiano
Richard Fedder
Tyler Feeney
Carlos Felix
Susan Ferris
Michael Fiedler
Vy Fields
Timothy Finn
Judith Fitzgerald
Andrew Fitzpatrick
Dawn Flores
Janet Fordunski
Wendy Foreman
Max Fortin
Debbie Foshay
Adam Fox
Denise Fremeau
Gregory Frieden
James Gagliard
Neha Garg
Joyce Garnett
Craig Gaudet
James Gaudio
Joe Geary
Evan Genay
Bruce Geno
Robb George
Keenan Gerhart
Micah Geyer
Rachel Gilbert
Jameson Glass
Tatiana Glebkivska
Scott Goldman
Melanie Gonthier
Richard Gould
Shasta Gravel
Douglass Graves
Jim Graydon
Cathy Greenman
Janice Greenwood
Christian Griffith
Nicola Guillaume
Kimberly Gustafson
Susan Guswa
Steven Guttenplan
Patrick Halpin
Jeffrey Hamel
Amine Hanafi
Cara Hanson
Nathan Hanson
Carol Harris
Tim Harrison
Neal Harrison-Billiat
Nicholas A Hastings
Dave Haug
Donna Hawley
Bradley Hayes
Tom Hazlett
Michael Headd
Lucas Hellerich
Zach Henderson
Frank Henning
Michael Herlihy
Glenn Hermanson
Adam Hess
Chris Hewes
Kathleen Higgins
Alexandrea Hill
Susan Clancy
Ryan Hirano
Jennifer Hodgens
Paul Hogan
Russell Hogdahl
Rowena Holden
Stephen Holtman
Emily Honn
Jason House
Mary House
Sunny Huang
Roger Huber
Shawn Huber
Stephanie Hubli
Desiree Hughart
Eric Hultstrom
Erin Hurd
Joseph Hurley
Audrey Iodice
Xavier Irias
Ian Jaffe
Jason Jancaitis
Michael Jannitto
Haley Johnson
Joanne Johnson
Laurie Johnson
Sally Johnson
Joshua Jondro
Gisa Ju
Karl Kasper
Nathan Katsiaficas
Leroy Kendricks
Christopher Keneagy
Christy Kennedy
Maxwell Kenney
Troy Kepley
Joseph King
Joseph Kirby
Dan & Kathi Knise
Noelle Koch
Kenneth Kohlbrenner
Christine Kohne
James Kohne
Jennifer Kopp
Justin Kraetsch
Jennifer Kramer
Jason Kreil
David Krochko
Elizabeth Kura
David Kurtz
Celeste LaBadie
Brian LaMalfa
Karen Lambek
Renee Lanza
Keri Lauer
Steven Lauria
Steve Lawrence
Amy LeBel
Elisa Lee
Michael Lemont
Elizabeth Leuthner
Arthur Leventis
Elias Liakos
Linda Libby
Steve Lindemann
Shannon Linnehan
Meghan Little
Robert Little
Erika Lloyd
Jeanna Long
Nancy Lord
Mike Low
Scott Luczko
David MacDonald
Christie MacKay
Catherine Macklin
Ryan Maguire
Mike Mahoney
Stephen Mancini
Maria Marcella Ziots
Clayton Marcotte
Julian Marks
Kayla Marquis
Krista Marston
Lindsay Martien
Amy Martin
Brian Martin
Jim Martin
Peter Martin
Jennifer Martinez
Vinny Martino
Victor Martins
Zareh Maserejian
Althea Masterson
Mike Matson
Theresa Mattor
Kyle Matyac
Bryan Maurer
Ken Mavrogeorge
Kristofor McAlpine
Sean McCormick
Brendhan McDevitt
Megan McDevitt
Katelyn McDonald
Eric McGill
Maria McInnis
Lisa McIntosh
Douglas McKeown
Brendan McLaughlin
Nathan McLaughlin
Bill & Peggy McNeary
Scott Medeiros
William Medlin
Kevin Mesick
Mary Beth Michaud
Annette Miller
Sara Miller
Katie Mockler
David Moering
Seth Molofsky
Debra Moriarty
Jesse Murphy
Bradley Mustain
Keith Nadeau
Saquib Najmus
Peter Nangeroni
Mario Navejar
Andy Neal
Emily Nealon
Jake Needle
Joseph Nelson
Tom Newdick
Michael Newman
Bobby Nichols
Bruce Nicholson
Sarah Nicholson
Rich Niles
Steven Niro
Paul Norian
Paul J O'Brien
Conner O'Brion
Debbie O'Dell
Shannen O'Grady
Patrick O'Hara
Patricia O'Shea
Samantha Olney
Sevim Onsoy
Michael Orefice
Erik Osborn
Rachel Osborn
Mark Osborne
Susannah Owen
Julianne Page
Rachel Patenaude
Benjamin Patten
Sherri Peak
Hernan Peralta
Elizabeth Hardwick
Evan Pereira
Athena Pervissian
Eric Petersson
Mark Pietrucha
Brad Pigg
Brian Pile
Shelly Plante
Nicole Poletto
Brenda Ponton
Paul Porada
Jared Port
Steven Porter
Rosalyn Prickett
Karen Prieto
Todd Prokop
Brian Quillia
Carly Quinn
Donna Rammell
Kevin Randeni
Brian Ravens
Celia Raymond
Alan Reed
Laurie Regemann
Kim Reinauer
David Remick
Sarah Rhodes
Kristina Richards
Dave Richardson
Tom Richardson
Chip Ridlon
James Rivard
Junior Rivers
Steven Robbins
Michelle Roberts
Janet Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson
Allison Roche
Holli Roche
Thomas Roche
Cathy Rockwell
Morgan Stuart
Steve Rose
Kris Rosner
Paul Roux
Beth Rovnak
Gregory Roy
Taylor Roy
Zachary Roy
Scott Ruland
Thomas Russo
Anne Colpitts
Samantha Salvia
Scott Salvucci
John Sammon
Greg Sands
Annette Savastano
Jill Sawa
Sarah Scagliarini
Rhiannon Schaumburg
Renae Schield
Steve Schwab
Robert Scott
Thomas Shay
Joseph Shea
Jerry Sheehan
Hawkeye Sheene
Barry Sheff
Tom Sherrill
Julie Silva
Raina Singleton
Matthew Smith
Paul Smith
Wendi Smith
Lloyd Snyder
Scott Soricelli
John Sowka
Amanda Sparks
Robert Speyrer
Douglas Spicuzza
Tess Sprague
Persephene St. Charles
Darrin Stairs
Andrew Stanhope
Jeffery Stearns
Jedd Steinglass
Adam Steinman
Laura Stockfisch
Emily Stoick
Thomas Stoughton
Paddy Stoy
Jim Strandberg
Pam Struck
James Sturgis
Alexander Sturtevant
Sam Sundborg
Glenn Sutson
Brent Sutter
Lauren Swett
Ali Taghavi
Rebecca Talbert
Sean Tarbox
Reesa Tate
Eric Teittinen
Laura Tessier
Marc Thomas
Patricia Thomes
Michael Thompson
Douglas Tirrell
Randy Tome
Hugh Tozer
Kyle Tracy
Meghan Trahan
Kevin Trainor
Jill Tribley
JT Trinward
Shalini Trivedi
Evan Trumpatori
Robert Tyler
Josh Uecker
Tony Valdivia
Matthew Valentine
Chris van Lienden
Michael Van Der Heijden
Aram & Corinne Varjabedian
Peter Wagner
Miles Walker
Joanna Wallace
Cassidy Wallitsch
Alicia Ward
Linda Warner
Alyson Watson
Wesley Webber
Donald Weeks
Samantha Weidenbenner
Jodadiah Weiner
Timothy Wells
Kathleen Welter
Bert Wesley
Helen Whitcomb
David White
Brian Wickes
Dionne Wiederstein
Colleen Wikiera
Lindsey Wilcox
Isaiah Williams
James Wilson
Daniel Windsor
Deidra Winterburn
Daniel Wolfram
Erica Wolski
Gillian Wood
Don Wuerdeman
Joey Yan
Adrian Zelazny
Brad Zewe
Jennifer Ziv
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Every effort has been made to provide a complete and accurate listing of all supporters in this annual report. If we have made an error, please accept our sincere apology and let us know by emailing Foundation Administrator Liz Leuthner.
Banner image: view of vetiver grasses planted by Ridge to Reefs to counteract erosion and ameliorate the effects of cesspools in Maui, HI. Project funded by a $100,000 Woodard & Curran Foundation Impact Grant.