The Museum is grateful to all those who support us and our mission.
Legacy Society
Legacy Society gifts ensure that the Museum continues to be a vibrant center for culture, art, and learning for future generations. The Worcester Art Museum is grateful for the vital support provided by those Legacy donors who have left a planned gift and those who have provided documentation that they have included the Museum in their estate plans.
Learn more about Planned Giving at the Worcester Art Museum
Legacy Society
- Toni Begman
- Sarah and Allen Berry
- Heath Drury Boote
- Philip H. Brewer
- Dr. Elaine and Mr. Robert* Bukowiecki
- Susan C. Courtemanche
- Dix and Sarah Davis
- Brenda Verduin Dean* and Dr. Herbert M. Dean
- Margery Dearborn
- Robert A. DeLuca
- Patricia and Richard Desplaines, Jr.
- Henry B.* and Jane K. Dewey
- Maria* and John Dirlam
- Andrea N. Driscoll
- Dr. James and Kathleen M. Hogan
- Frances* and Howard Jacobson
- Peter Jefts
- Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs
- David* and Barbara Krashes
- Marcia Lagerwey and Loren Hoekzema
- Claude M. Lee III
- Dr. Paul J. Mahon
- Jodie and David Martinson
- Dr.* and Mrs. Glenn A. Meltzer
- Philip and Gale Morgan
- Linda and John* Nelson
- Edward J. Osowski
- Sarah and Joe Ribeiro
- Malcolm Rogers
- Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rose
- Mr.* and Mrs. Sidney Rose
- Ruth R. Rubin
- Dr. Peter B. Schneider
- Dr. Shirley S. Siff and Robert M. Siff*
- Mary Skousgaard
- Mr.* and Mrs. Jack Tobin
- Ruth Westheimer
- Edward Yasuna
- 6 Anonymous
* Deceased
As of 2/20/25
Those who live on through their generous gift
- Mrs. Margery A. Adams
- Mr. and Mrs. William C. Arthur Jr.
- Ruth A. Ault
- Ann Baumann
- Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Booth
- Karl and Dorothy Briel
- Eleanor H. Burke
- Douglas P. Butler
- Dr. and Mrs. William T. Carleton
- William R. Carrick
- Mrs. Fairman C. Cowan
- Jeanne Y. Curtis
- Mary S. Cushman
- Paul Czerny
- Janet B. Daniels
- Eleanor Daniels Bronson Hodge
- Shirley Look Dunbar
- Michael E. Economos
- Cathleen C. Esleeck
- Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Freelander
- Esther and Howard Freeman
- Eleanor M. Garvey
- Judith S. Gerrish
- Thomas F. Gilmartin
- Robert D. Harrington, Jr.
- Mrs. Milton P. Higgins
- Maurice I. Hurwitz
- John and Marianne Jeppson
- Britta Dorothy Jeppson
- Joan Peterson Klimann
- Sarah Bramson Kupchik
- Saundra B. Lane
- Faith Lang (Rocheleau)
- Irving and Marie Lepore
- Anne Lewis
- James E. Lowell
- Sara Mallard
- Myles and Jean McDonough
- Ellen E. McGrail
- Henry T. Michie
- Jean H. Miles
- Mrs. David J. Milliken
- Mrs. Anne (Nancy) Morgan
- Haim G. Nagirner
- Viola M. Niemi
- Mary Ann Horner Pervier
- Marilyn E. Plue
- Richard Prouty
- Mr. and Mrs. Chapin Riley
- Blake Robinson
- Robert Rohner
- Louise and Elijah Romanoff
- Agnes B. Russfield
- Edith Safford
- Leonard B. Safford
- Katharine Sawyer
- John R. Scarborough
- Norman L. Sharfman
- Hope and Ivan Spear
- Helen E. Stoddard
- Lois Tarlow
- Madeleine Tear
- Richard S. Teitz
- James A. Tellin
- Hester N. Wetherell
- Margaret Ray Whitney
- Irving N. Wolfson, M.D.
- Mrs. Ledlie L. Woolsey
- Elton Yasuna
- 2 Anonymous
As of 2/20/25
If interested in further information about making a planned gift or joining our Legacy Society, please visit our planned giving website, or contact Karmen Bogdesic at KarmenBogdesic@worcesterart.org or call 508-793-4326.
Endowments
In tribute and in recognition of the following individuals and families who have supported the Museum by creating an enduring legacy with an endowed fund:
Endowments list
- Ruth and John Adam, Jr. Exhibition Fund
- George I. Alden Trust Assistant Director of Education Fund
- George I. Alden Trust Docent Education Fund
- Harriet B. Bancroft Fund
- S.N. Behrman Library Fund
- Sally Riley Bishop Fund
- Boote Family Endowment Fund for American Art
- Barbara A. Booth Flower Fund
- Karl L. and Dorothy M. Briel Library Fund
- Alexander H. Bullock Fund
- Burrow Movie Fund
- Isabel Baker Carleton Memorial Fund
- Abbie S. and Mildred L. Cather Fund
- Douglas Cox and Edward Osowski Fund for Photography
- Dorothy Frances Cruikshank Education Fund
- Charles E. Culpeper Conservation Laboratory Fund
- Dwight A. Davis Fund
- Alexander and Caroline Murdock DeWitt Fund
- Maria and John Dirlam Fund
- Docent Education Fund
- Ruth and Loring Holmes Dodd Fund
- Antonella Doucette Fund for Art Education and Appreciation
- Frank F. Dresser Fund
- Ed Esleeck Photography Fund
- Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Fund
- J. Irving England & Jane L. England Charitable Trust
- David Freelander Memorial Education Fund
- David J. Freelander Scholarship Fund
- George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Conservation Fund
- Thomas Hovey Gage Memorial Fund
- Austin S. Garver Fund
- Sarah C. Garver Fund
- Edward F. Goggin Fund
- Nehemias Gorin Foundation Fund
- Greater Worcester Community Foundation
- Booth Family Fund for Education and Outreach
- Martha A. Cowan Fund
- Jeppson Memorial Fund
- Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund
- Marvin Richmond Fund
- Chapin Riley Fund
- Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund
- Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Discovery Fund
- Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Education Fund
- Amelia and Robert H. Haley Memorial Lecture Fund
- Charles A. Hamilton Fund
- Richard A. Heald Curatorial Fund
- Edith Florence Hendricks Scholarship Fund
- Herron-Dresser Publications Fund
- Chester D. Heywood Scholarship Fund
- Hiatt FAME Fund
- Jacob Hiatt Scholarship Fund
- Higgins Armory General Endowment Fund
- The Higgins Curator of Arms and Armor and Medieval Art Endowment Fund
- Hoche-Scofield Foundation
- Christian A. Johnson Discovery Fund
- Christian A. Johnson Exhibition Fund
- The Christian A. Johnson Resource Center Fund
- Frances A. Kinnicutt Fund
- Philip Klausmeyer Conservation Fund
- Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarship Fund
- Saundra B. Lane American Art Acquisition Fund
- Macomber Conservation Fund
- Jean and Myles McDonough Director Endowment Fund
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fund
- Don and Mary Melville Contemporary Art Fund
- Michie Family Curatorial Fund
- John M. Nelson Fund
- Paine Charitable Trust
- Eliza S. Paine Fund
- Bernard G. and Louise B. Palitz Fund
- Hall and Kate Peterson Fund
- Mary E. and Irene L. Piper Scholarship Fund
- Susan Ella Reed-Lawton Fund
- Arthur J. Remillard, Jr. Youth Education Fund
- Romanoff Education and Library Fund
- Marion Olch Ruhman Education Fund
- William S. Sargent Fund
- Norman and Dorothy Sharfman Education Fund
- Helen Sagoff Slosberg Fund
- Ethel M. Smith Education Fund
- Spear Fund for Public Programs
- Stoddard Acquisition Fund
- Stoddard Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Endowment Fund
- Stoddard Charitable Trust Directors Fund
- Stoddard Discovery Fund
- St. Wulstan Society Fund
- Sudbury Foundation Scholarship Fund
- Alice Eliza Waite Memorial Fund
- Miriam Washburn Trust Fund
- Karl B. A. Wass/Lundquist Family Scholarship Fund
- James A. Welu Curator of European Art Fund
- Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund
- WAM Exhibition Fund
- WAM Facility Fund
- Worcester Art Society
- The Yasuna Family Youth Admission Fund
As of 12/31/2024
If you are interested in supporting WAM’s endowed funds or starting one of your own, please contact Karmen Bogdesic at KarmenBogdesic@worcesterart.org or by phone at 508-793-4326.
Salute to Foundations and Government Partners
The Worcester Art Museum gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their support during fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to date.
We are grateful to the many local and national funders that make our work possible and sustain the Museum’s innovative exhibitions, public programs, and educational and community endeavors, as well as maintain and improve our facilities.
Foundations and Government Partners
- Rita & Jeffrey Adler Family Foundation
- George I. Alden Trust
- American Endowment Foundation
- The Americana Foundation
- Art Bridges
- Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
- Barr Foundation
- Bassick Family Foundation
- Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
- E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
- City of Worcester – Cultural Organization Grant Program (ARPA)
- Jeanne Y. Curtis Foundation
- The Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation
- Dirlam Charitable Trust
- Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation
- J. Irving England & Jane L. England Charitable Trust
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
- FJC Foundation
- Fletcher Foundation
- George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation
- Greater Worcester Community Foundation
- The Richard A. Heald Fund
- Bradley C. Higgins Foundation
- John W. & Clara C. Higgins Foundation
- Highland Street Foundation
- Hoche-Scofield Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Japan Foundation
- Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc.
- The Kirby Foundation
- The Klarman Family Foundation
- Carl Lesnor Family Foundation
- Henry Luce Foundation
- The Manton Foundation
- Mass Cultural Council
- Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund
- Cultural Investment Portfolio
- Universal Participation Initiative
- MassDevelopment
- Jean and Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation
- Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation
- Joan Mitchell Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Paine Charitable Trust
- Schwab Charitable Fund
- The Schwartz Charitable Foundation
- Stoddard Charitable Trust
- Terra Foundation for American Art
- TIAA Charitable Gift Fund
- Town Fair Tire Foundation, Inc.
- The UK Online Giving Foundation
- United Way of Central Massachusetts
- VPG Foundation
- Worcester Arts Council
- Worcester Educational Development Foundation, Inc.
- Wyman-Gordon Foundation
- 3 Anonymous
As of 2/1/2025
To learn more about WAM’s institutional priorities and ways that foundations and government agencies might assist, please contact Christine Proffitt, Senior Manager of Institutional Giving, at ChristineProffitt@worcesterart.org or call 508-793-4322.
