Annual Report - 2024
Woodard & Curran Foundation 2024 Annual Report
Woodard & Curran Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 27-2130228). Established in 2010, we have from the beginning relied upon the generosity of donors, volunteers and friends to support our mission. Please direct all questions to grants@woodardcurranfoundation.org.
Woodard & Curran Foundation Mission
“Engage the passion of the Woodard & Curran community to support nonprofit organizations that protect our water and environment.”
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From Board President Barry Sheff
As I look back at 2024, I am proud that our organization started the year on solid footing and steady growth made it possible to survive and thrive through market fluctuation. Our financial capacity to do our work grew through consistent donor support and a sound investment strategy, and we issued grants totaling $200,000. Since our founding we have committed over $1.6M in grant money.
The range of projects, big and small, that the Foundation supports 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, and double that match for first-time donors. We remain thankful for all 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. I’m excited about the momentum the Foundation carries and the impact we will have protecting our water and environment!
Board of Directors - 2024
Barry Sheff, President
Sam Olney, Vice President
Christine Kohne, Treasurer
Laura Tessier, Secretary
Jen Andrews, Duff Collins, Kelly Cowan, Rachael Dorais, Laura Epstein, Vinny Martino, Bruce Nicholson, Marc Thomas, Jedd Steinglass, Paddy Stoy, Gillian Wood.
Jedd Steinglass, Advancement Committee Chair
Laurie Regemann/Peter Simmons, Giving Committee Chairs
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 18 Board members and 40 volunteers serving on committees and in other essential, behind-the-scenes roles. 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.
$100,000 Impact Grant - 2024 Recipient
TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION PROJECT (CALIFORNIA)
Coho Salmon
Turtle Island Restoration Network’s project will be accomplished by the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), a program under TIRN that has produced measurable gains over the past 20+ years through partnerships with state and federal agencies, local organizations, and landowners. TIRN-SPAWN outreach and education programs engage hundreds of people each year throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to learn about endangered Coho salmon and the urgency of saving this species through watershed restoration, native plant propagation, and riparian revegetation.
$40,000 PROJECT GRANT - 2024 RECIPIENT
Tó Nizhóní Ání - Black Mesa, AZ
CWRS is improving water quality in the 2,240-acre Kittanning Run watershed in Blair County, PA, an area severely impacted by legacy acid mine drainage (AMD). The team will build low-cost sensors recently developed by SFU engineering students to monitor flowrates, temperature, and specific conductivity in watersheds impacted by AMD. Successful demonstrated use could advance watershed education, water monitoring by citizen scientists, and water monitoring in AMD-impacted environments.
Giving While Living: Ten $10,000 Grants / $100,000 Total
Supporting Ten Environmental Nonprofits
Total of $100,000 in Giving While Living Grants
In 2024, employee-donors of Woodard & Curran, Inc. nominated close to thirty environmental nonprofits for $10,000 grants - unbeknownst to the organizations themselves. In December 2024, 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.
2024 Financial Report - coming soon…
1/1/2024 TOTAL ASSETS: $771,000
12/31/2024 TOTAL ASSETS: $771,000
CHANGE IN TOTAL ASSETS: +$80,000
The balance sheet at the end of 2024 remained healthy with assets totaling $851K, including investments of $837K. The wisdom of the Foundation Board to maintain a conservative investment strategy, with guidance from Starboard Advisors of Portland, ME, allowed us to weather and absorb losses, while increasing our grant making through a transition of our Impact Grant to a 1-year period of performance.
The graphs to the right provide more detail about our 2024 financials.
The Foundation’s financial support is primarily donations from Woodard & Curran, Inc. employees. In 2024, 410 Woodard & Curran employees pledged and gave $123,000, which was generously matched by Woodard & Curran, Inc. for an additional $130K,000. The Foundation Board approved the disbursement of $240,000 in grants in 2024.
2024 Individual Supporters - thank you!
Zachary Aaronson
Stacy Adams
James Aiken
Laurie Johnson
Cathy Alto
Bob Amaral
Susan Ambler
Donna Andrews
Jen Andrews
Mike Apfelbaum
Janna Aune
Sheri Avoux
Eric Axelrod
Josh E Ayers
Elisha Back
Sandy Bailey
Tim Baker
Daryl Baltazar
Tiffany Baranauskas
Joe Barbagallo
Julen Barruetabeña
Michael Battistelli
Sergio Bazarevitsch
Jen Beaulieu
Meghan Beaulieu
Kevin Becotte
Kelley Begin
Alan Benevides
Kevin Bethke
Greg Betsold
Chelsea Bierkan
Nicholas Bingham
Celina Bland
Jim Blanke
Janelle Bonn
Greg Booth
Nikki Borglin
Dean Boudreau
Emma Bouthillette
Kelsey Bradley
Sean Brannen
Aaron Brennan
Brent Bridges
John Brockington
Ray Brodrick
Shawn Brown
Melissa Brown
Ryker Brown
Dan Bryant
John Bull
Glenn Burden
Robert Burkhart
Derek Burton
Beth Buzzell
Margaret Byrne
Brian Bzdawka
Tom Callaway
Denise Cameron
Kelly Camp
Lisa Campe
Ken Carlson
Anthony Catalano
Mesut Cayar
Molly Cepko
Sercan Ceyhan
Cheryl Choquette
Nicole Cissel
Greg Clark
Natalie Cochran
Sarah Coen
Cynthia Cole
Katie Cole
Demos Collins
R. Duff Collins
Thomas Connelly
Todd Cooper
Kyle Corbeil
Robin Cort
Jim Cosgrove
Kelly Cowan
Kelly Cowan
Liam Cox
Garrett Craig
Patrick Cyr
Liz DaBramo
Wendy Dalton
Kenneth Danila
Monica Dannemann
Ken Davis
Martha Campos
Dave Dedian
Craig Deeney
Adam DeFranco
Carrie Del Boccio
Suzanne DelBene
Justin deMello
Teri Demers
Andres Diaz
Bill Dickson
Brian Dietrick
Barry Dikeman
Dan DiNicola
David Dobrinen
Tina Donovan
Rachael Dorais
Chris Dorn
RJ Dowling
Laurie Drabble
Jeanee Dudley
Leslie Dumas
Andrea Eagan
Micah Eggleton
Katherine Elich
Matt Elsner
Laura Epstein
James Erich
Stephanie Hubli
Lynn Etchingham
Emily Stoick
Katie Evans
James Everett
Joseph Ewell
Shannon Eyler
Alan Fabiano
Tyler Feeney
Carlos Felix
Michael Fiedler
Vy Fields
Judith Fitzgerald
Andrew Fitzpatrick
Patrick Flaherty
Courtney Flores
Dawn Flores
Wendy Foreman
Debbie Foshay
Adam Fox
Denise Fremeau
Gregory Frieden
Craig Gaudet
James Gaudio
Joe Geary
Bruce Geno
Robb George
Amy LeBel
Jameson Glass
Tatiana Glebkivska
Scott Goldman
Melanie Gonthier
Dick Gould
Shasta Gravel
Jim Graydon
Chloe Greenberg
Cathy Greenman
Christian Griffith
Matthew Grostick
Susan Guswa
Patrick Halpin
Jeff Hamel
Nathan Hanson
Keith Hardy
Neal Harrison-Billiat
Bill Hart
Nick Hastings
Donna Hawley
Bradley Hayes
Michael Headd
Stacey Hellekson
Lucas Hellerich
Zach Henderson
Glenn Hermanson
Chris Hewes
Reilley Hicks
Alexandrea Hill
Susan M Clancy
Ryan Hirano
Paul Hogan
Russell Hogdahl
Rowena Holden
Stephen B Holtman
Emily Honn
Jason House
Mary House
Shawn Huber
Desiree Hughart
Eric E Hultstrom
Dawn Imershein
Xavier Irias
Rachel Patenaude
Jason Jancaitis
Haley Johnson
Sally Johnson
Tara Johnson
Gisa Ju
Richard Juricich
Donald Keep
Christy Kennedy
Laura Gutierrez
Troy Kepley
Richard Kifer
Aquilah King
Joe King
Joseph Kirby
Richard Kirkland
Ken Kohlbrenner
Christine Kohne
James Kohne
Jennifer Kopp
Justin Kraetsch
Jennifer Kramer
Jason Kreil
Lewes Kunda
David Kurtz
Brian LaMalfa
Karen Lambek
Renee Lanza
Keri Lauer
Steven Lauria
Steve Lawrence
Elisa Lee
Michael Lemont
Liz Leuthner
Art Leventis
Linda Libby
Steve Lindemann
Meghan Little
Rob Little
Erika Lloyd
Jeanna Long
Kathryne Lovell
Scott Luczko
Dave MacDonald
Chris MacKay
Catherine Macklin
Ryan Maguire
Carissa Mak
Steve Mancini
Maria Marcella Ziots
Clayton Marcotte
Julian Marks
Tanis Marquette
Kayla Marquis
Krista Marston
Brian Martin
Jim Martin
Peter Martin
Vinny Martino
Victor Martins
Zareh Maserejian
Mike Matson
Theresa Mattor
Kyle Matyac
Bryan R Maurer
Kris McAlpine
Sean McCormick
Kaylin McCoy
Steven McCurdy
Brendhan McDevitt
Megan McDevitt
Katelyn McDonald
Eric McGill
Katie Mockler
Maria McInnis
Lisa McIntosh
Douglas McKeown
Brendan McLaughlin
Nate McLaughlin
Jacki McNamee
Gregory McNeal
William Medlin
Hannah Ritmiller
Inken Mello
Kevin Mesick
Mary Michaud
Annette R Miller
Mary Beth Miller
Sara Miller
David Moering
Daniel Montiel
Debbie Moriarty
Chaly Moyen
Jesse Murphy
Saquib Najmus
Peter Nangeroni
Mario Navejar
Andy Neal
Tom Newdick
Bobby Nichols
Bruce Nicholson
Sarah Nicholson
Rich Niles
William Nocar
Corey Nugent
Conner O'Brion
Debbie O'Dell
Shannen O'Grady
Patricia O'Shea
Tracy O'Such
Sam Olney
Michael Orefice
Erik Osborn
Rachel Osborn
Mark Osborne
Julianne Page
Jane Parkin Kullmann
Benjamin Patten
Kimberly Payne
Sherri Peak
Evan Pereira
Cristina Perez
Eric Petersson
Mark Pietrucha
Brad Pigg
Shelly Plante
Brenda Ponton
Paul Porada
Benjamin Porcher
Jared Port
Steven Porter
Matt Prendergast
Karen Prieto
Todd Prokop
Brian Quillia
Carly Quinn
Donna Rammell
Brian Ravens
Laurie Regemann
Kim Reinauer
David Remick
Sarah Rhodes
Zach Rich
Dave Richardson
Chip Ridlon
Jim Rivard
Junior Rivers
Steve Robbins
Taylor Roberge
Michelle Roberts
Liz Robinson
Janet Robinson
Kendra Dow
Cathy Rockwell
Morgan Stuart
Steve Rose
Kris Rosner
Paul Roux
Gregory Roy
Taylor Roy
Sandra Ruiz
Scott Ruland
Anne Colpitts
Scott Salvucci
John Sammon
Greg Sands
Annette Savastano
Sarah Scagliarini
Renae Schield
Zachary Schuler
Hannah Schulz
Steve Schwab
Robert Scott
Manthan Shah
Scott Shannon
Thomas Shay
Jay Sheehan
Barry Sheff
Peter Simmons
Raina Singleton
Mark Skowron
Matthew Smith
Lloyd Snyder
Scott Soricelli
John Sowka
Amanda Sparks
Robert Speyrer
Doug Spicuzza
Persephene St. Charles
Darrin Stairs
Andy Stanhope
Demitri Stanley
Jeff Stearns
Jedd Steinglass
Paddy Stoy
Pam Struck
Jim Sturgis
Alexander Sturtevant
Caitlin Suhr
Ryan Sullivan
Glenn Sutson
Kelsey Swan
Lauren Swett
Ali Taghavi
Rebecca Talbert
Sean Tarbox
Reesa Tate
Eric Teittinen
Laura Tessier
Stefan Thoenes
Marc Thomas
Patti Thomes
Mike Thompson
Hugh Tozer
Kyle Tracy
Kevin Trainor
Jill Tribley
JT Trinward
Nicole Tripp
Evan Trumpatori
Ross Tsantoulis
Robert Tyler
Josh Uecker
Tony Valdivia
Matt Valentine
Michael Van Der Heijden
Chris van Lienden
Abigail Varga
Aram & Corinne Varjabedian
Sarah Waddle
Christine Bugli
Aaron Walden
Joanna Wallace
Tori Ward
Linda Warner
Alyson Watson
Wes Webber
Don Weeks
Samantha Weidenbenner
Timothy Wells
Kathleen Welter
Logan Werner
Bert Wesley
Jeremy Wherren
Helen Whitcomb
Dave White
Brian Wickes
Lindsey Wilcox
Jim Wilson
Daniel Windsor
Michael Winter
Dee Winterburn
Craig Wojcik
Dan Wolfram
Gillian Wood
Edward Younglove
Adrian Zelazny
Jeffery Zimmermann
Jennifer Ziv
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.