Annual Report - 2023
Woodard & Curran Foundation Financial Information
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.”
2023 Annual Report
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From Board President Barry Sheff
As I look back at 2023, 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 $1.5M 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
Barry Sheff, President
Sam Olney, Vice President
Christine Kohne, Treasurer
Laura Tessier, Secretary
Jedd Steinglass, Advancement Committee Chair
Laura Tessier, Giving Committee Chair
Jen Andrews, Duff Collins, Kelly Cowan, Craig Deeney, Rachael Dorais, Laura Epstein, Vinny Martino, Bruce Nicholson, Paddy Stoy, Marc Thomas, Gillian Wood, Jenn Ziv,
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 over 50 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 Grants - 2023 Recipients
From 2016 to 2021, we awarded one $100,000 Impact Grant with a three-year period of performance annually. In 2022, the grant shifted to a one-year period of performance. Below are the organizations we supported in 2023 with Impact Grants.
OCEAN research PROJECT (MARYLAND) - 1-year $100k grant
Ocean Research Project’s study is the first to determine particle concentration of plastic pollution across the United States’ largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. is working toward finding a path to assess Bay-wide plastic pollution and establish a pilot project exploring plastic particle count as a water quality indicator for monitoring future Bay health. The information from this pilot project will be used inform a dedicated multi-year sampling program by the Chesapeake Bay Program partners at the federal, state, and local levels.
Ocean Research Project is working to change human behavior by providing information about the abundance of single-use plastics and their environmental effects. Read more…
Center for watershed research & service at St. Francis University (pennsylvania) - funding year 3 of 3
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 2023, employee-donors of Woodard & Curran, Inc. nominated close to thirty environmental nonprofits for $10,000 grants - unbeknownst to the organizations themselves. In December 2023, 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.
2022 Financial Report - 2023 Figures Coming Soon
1/1/2023 TOTAL ASSETS: $771,000
12/31/2023 TOTAL ASSETS: $771,000
CHANGE IN TOTAL ASSETS: +$80,000
The balance sheet at the end of 2023 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 2023 financials.
The Foundation’s financial support is primarily donations from Woodard & Curran, Inc. employees. In 2023, 452 Woodard & Curran employees pledged and gave $124,882, which was generously matched by Woodard & Curran, Inc. for an additional $113K. Given a commitment by the Foundation Board, we disbursed $233,333 in grants in 2023.
2023 Individual Supporters
Zachary Aaronson
Stacy Adams
James Aiken
Laurie Johnson
Cathy Alto
Susan Ambler
Jennifer Anders
Lauren Anderson
Donna J Andrews
Jennifer M Andrews
Michael A Apfelbaum
Janna Aune
Sheri Avoux
Eric Axelrod
Joshua E Ayers
Elisha Back
Sandy Bailey
Timothy Baker
Daryl Baltazar
Tiffany Baranauskas
Joe Barbagallo
Michael Battistelli
Sergio Bazarevitsch
Jennifer A Beaulieu
Kevin Becotte
Kelley Begin
Alan A Benevides
Kevin Bethke
Greg Betsold
Chelsea Bierkan
Nicholas Bingham
Celina Bland
Jim Blanke
Janelle Bonn
Greg Booth
Dean Boudreau
Emma Bouthillette
Kelsey Bradley
Aaron Brennan
Brent Bridges
John Brockington
Ray Brodrick
Shawn Brown
Melissa Brown
Ryker Brown
Dan Bryant
John Bull
Glenn Burden
Amy Burke
Robert Burkhart
Derek Burton
Beth Buzzell
Margaret Byrne
Brian Bzdawka
Tom Callaway
Denise Cameron
Kelly Camp
Lisa Campe
Eric Carlson
Ken Carlson
Anthony Catalano
Mesut Cayar
Molly Cepko
Sercan Ceyhan
Cheryl Choquette
Nicole Cissel
Greg Clark
Natalie Cochran
Sarah Coen
Cynthia A Cole
Katie Cole
Demos Collins
R. Duff Collins
Thomas Connelly
Todd Cooper
Erin Cope
Kyle Corbeil
Rebecca A Corbin
Robin Cort
Kelly Cowan
Garrett Craig
Wayne Cummings
Liz DaBramo
Wendy Dalton
Kenneth Danila
Monica Dannemann
Ally Davis
Ken Davis
Martha de Maria y Campos
Dave Dedian
Craig Deeney
Adam DeFranco
Carrie Del Boccio
Suzanne DelBene
Justin deMello
Teri Demers
Andres Diaz
Bill Dickson
Brian Dietrick
Dan DiNicola
Roger D Dinsmore
David Dobrinen
Tina Donovan
Rachael Dorais
Chris Dorn
Christin Dowling
RJ Dowling
Laurie Drabble
Jeanee Dudley
Andrea Eagan
Micah Eggleton
Katherine Elich
Matt Elsner
Laura Epstein
James Erich
Lynn Etchingham
Emily Stoick
James Everett
Joseph Ewell
Shannon Eyler
Alan Fabiano
Tyler Feeney
Carlos Felix
Kayla Miller
Michael Fiedler
Vy Fields
Judith Fitzgerald
Andrew Fitzpatrick
Courtney Flores
Dawn Flores
Janet Fordunski
Wendy Foreman
Debbie Foshay
Adam Fox
Denise Fremeau
Gregory Frieden
Joyce Garnett
Craig Gaudet
James Gaudio
Joe Geary
Bruce Geno
Robb George
Rachel Gilbert
Jameson Glass
Tatiana Glebkivska
Scott Goldman
Melanie Gonthier
Dick Gould
Shasta Gravel
Jim Graydon
Chloe Greenberg
Cathy Greenman
Janice M Greenwood
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
Tom Hazlett
Michael Headd
Lucas Hellerich
Zach Henderson
Glenn Hermanson
Chris Hewes
Reilley Hicks
Alexandrea Hill
Susan Clancy
Ryan Hirano
Jennifer Hodgens
Elizabeth Hoffman
Paul Hogan
Russell Hogdahl
Rowena Holden
Stephen B Holtman
Emily Honn
Jason House
Mary House
Shawn Huber
Stephanie Hubli
Desiree Hughart
Eric Hultstrom
Joseph Hurley
Dawn Imershein
Audrey Iodice
Xavier Irias
Jason Jancaitis
Michael Jannitto
Haley Johnson
Sally Johnson
Tara Johnson
Gisa Ju
Richard Juricich
Nathan Katsiaficas
Leroy E Kendricks
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
David Kurtz
Celeste Labadie
Brian LaMalfa
Karen Lambek
Renee Lanza
Keri Lauer
Steven Lauria
Steve Lawrence
Amy LeBel
Elisa Lee
Michael Lemont
Elizabeth Leuthner
Art Leventis
Linda Libby
Steve Lindemann
Rob Little
Erika Lloyd
Jeanna Long
Kathryne Lovell
Mike Low
Scott Luczko
Dave MacDonald
Chris MacKay
Catherine Macklin
Ryan Maguire
Steve Mancini
Maria Marcella Ziots
Clayton Marcotte
Julian Marks
Tanis Marquette
Kayla Marquis
Krista Marston
Lindsay Martien
Brian Martin
Jim Martin
Peter Martin
Jennifer Martinez Torres
Vinny Martino
Victor Martins
Zareh Maserejian
Althea F Masterson
Mike Matson
Theresa Mattor
Kyle Matyac
Bryan Maurer
Kris McAlpine
Sean McCormick
Steven McCurdy
Brendhan McDevitt
Megan McDevitt
Katelyn McDonald
Eric McGill
Brian McGrath
Katie Mockler
Maria McInnis
Lisa McIntosh
Douglas J McKeown
Brendan McLaughlin
Nate McLaughlin
Gregory McNeal
Scott Medeiros
William Medlin
Kevin Mesick
Mary Michaud
Annette Miller
Mary Beth Miller
Sara Miller
Boris Minot
David Moering
Daniel Montiel
Debbie Moriarty
Jesse Murphy
Saquib Najmus
Peter Nangeroni
Mario Navejar
Andy Neal
Tom Newdick
Bobby Nichols
Bruce S Nicholson
Sarah Nicholson
Rich Niles
Steven F Niro
Paul Norian
Corey Nugent
Conner O'Brion
Debbie O'Dell
Patricia O'Shea
Sam Olney
Michael Orefice
Erik Osborn
Rachel Osborn
Mark Osborne
Jacqueline Ouellette-Keene
Julianne Page
Benjamin Patten
Kimberly Payne
Sherri Peak
Evan Pereira
Cristina Perez
Athena Pervissian
Eric Petersson
Mark Pietrucha
Brad Pigg
Shelly Plante
Brenda Ponton
Paul Porada
Benjamin Porcher
Jared Port
Steven Porter
Karen Prieto
Todd Prokop
Carly Quinn
Donna Rammell
Brian Ravens
Celia Raymond
Alan Reed
Laurie Regemann
Kim Reinauer
David Remick
Sarah Rhodes
Zachary Rich
Kristina Richards
Dave Richardson
Tom Richardson
Chip Ridlon
Jim Rivard
Junior Rivers
Steve Robbins
Michelle Roberts
Liz Robinson
Janet Robinson
Kendra Dow
Allison Roche
Cathy Rockwell
Morgan Stuart
Steve Rose
Kris Rosner
Paul Roux
Gregory Roy
Taylor Roy
Zachary Roy
Scott Ruland
Anne Colpitts
Scott Salvucci
John Sammon
Greg Sands
Annette Savastano
Sarah Scagliarini
Renae Schield
Hannah Schulz
Steve Schwab
Robert Scott
Manthan Shah
Scott Shannon
Thomas Shay
Jay Sheehan
Barry Sheff
Peter Simmons
Raina Singleton
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
Adam Steinman
Paddy Stoy
Pam Struck
Jim Sturgis
Alexander Sturtevant
Caitlin Glass
Ryan Sullivan
Glenn Sutson
Lauren Swett
Ali Taghavi
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
Evan Trumpatori
Robert Tyler
Josh Uecker
Tony Valdivia
Matt Valentine
Van Der Heijden
Chris van Lienden
Abigail Varga
Aram & Corinne Varjabedian
Sarah Waddle
Christine Bugli
Joanna Wallace
Tori Ward
Linda Warner
Alyson Watson
Wesley N Webber
Don Weeks
Samantha Weidenbenner
Jodadiah Weiner
Timothy Wells
Kathleen Welter
Logan Werner
Bert Wesley
Jeremy Wherren
Helen Whitcomb
Dave White
Brian Wickes
Dee Wiederstein
Lindsey Wilcox
Isaiah Williams
Jim Wilson
Daniel Windsor
Michael Winter
Dee Winterburn
Craig Wojcik
Dan Wolfram
Gillian Wood
Edward Younglove
Adrian Zelazny
Jeffery Zimmermann
Jennifer Ziv
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