The Museum is grateful to all those who support us and our mission.
Legacy Society
The Legacy Society was formed to recognize those individuals who have included the Worcester Art Museum in their will or estate plans. These generous and visionary Members ensure that the Museum is a vibrant institution that will deliver transformative experiences for future generations. We are grateful to the following individuals who have either left a legacy gift or provided documentation that they have included the Museum in their estate plans:
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- Anonymous (3)
- Toni Begman
- Sarah and Allen Berry
- 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
- Heath Drury Boote
- Dr. James and Kathleen M. Hogan
- Frances* and Howard Jacobson
- Peter Jefts
- Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs
- Joan Peterson Klimann
- 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
- 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 Ms. Jack Tobin
- Ruth S. Westheimer, M.D.
- Dr. Edward C. Yasuna
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- 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 Esleeck
- James E. Lowell
- Maurice I. Hurwitz
- Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Freelander
- Esther and Howard Freeman
- Eleanor M. Garvey
- Judith S. Gerrish
- Robert D. Harrington, Jr.
- Mrs. Milton P. Higgins
- John and Marianne Jeppson
- Britta Dorothy Jeppson
- Mary Patricia Keasbey
- Sarah Bramson Kupchik
- Irving and Marie Lepore
- Anne Lewis
- 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
- Louise and Elijah Romanoff
- Agnes B. Russfield
- Leonard B. Safford
- Edith Safford
- Katherine Sawyer
- John. R. Scarborough
- Norman L. Sharfman
- Hope and Ivan Spear
- Helen E. Stoddard
- Lois Tarlow
- James A. Tellin
- Richard S. Teitz
- Hester N. Wetherell
- Margaret Ray Whitney
- Irving N. Wolfson, M.D.
- Mrs. Ledlie L. Woolsey
- Elton Yasuna
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.
Tribute to Endowed Funds
Worcester Art Museum was founded on a passion for art and community made possible through philanthropy. For nearly 125 years, the Worcester Art Museum has relied on the generosity of donors who believed in the value of the Museum. We honor and recognize the following families, who have supported the Museum by creating endowed funds. The income produced by these funds is used to support the purposes communicated by the donor. These funds provide important financial support to WAM and its programs. The Museum is grateful for this enduring legacy of support provided by the following endowed funds:
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- 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
- 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
- Docent Education Fund
- Ruth and Loring Holmes Dodd Fund
- 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
- 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
- Worcester Art Society
If you are interested in supporting WAM’s endowed funds or starting one of your own, please contact Marillyn Earley at MarillynEarley@worcesterart.org or by phone at 508.793.4363.
Salute to Foundations and Government Partners
The Worcester Art Museum gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their support during fiscal years 2022 and 2023 (as of 10/25/23).
We are grateful to the many local and national foundations 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.
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- George I. Alden Trust
- American Endowment Foundation
- The Americana Foundation
- Art Bridges
- Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
- Barr Foundation
- Bassick Family Foundation
- Benevity Community Impact Fund of the American Endowment Foundation
- The Blackbaud Giving Fund
- Boston Foundation
- Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
- E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
- Cricket Foundation
- Jeanne Y. Curtis Trust
- The Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation
- Fred Harris Daniels Foundation
- Dirlam Charitable Trust
- Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation
- J. Irving England & Jane L. England Charitable Trust
- Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc.
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
- Fidelity Foundation
- FJC Foundation
- Fletcher Foundation
- George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation
- Albert J. Gifford Charitable Trust
- Greater Worcester Community Foundation
- The Richard A. Heald Fund
- Bradley C. Higgins Foundation
- John W. & Clara C. Higgins Foundation
- Hoche-Scofield Foundation
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc.
- Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
- The Judy and Tony King Foundation
- The Kirby Foundation
- The Klarman Family Foundation
- Carl Lesnor Family Foundation
- Henry Luce Foundation
- Lunder Foundation—Peter and Paula Lunder family
- The Manton Foundation
- Mass Cultural Council
- Cultural Facilities Fund
- Cultural Investment Portfolio
- Cultural Organization Economic Recovery Program
- Cultural Sector Recovery for Organizations
- Universal Participation Initiative
- Mass Humanities
- MassDevelopment
- Jean and Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation
- Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Paine Charitable Trust
- Arthur M. and Martha R. Pappas Foundation
- Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
- Joseph Persky Foundation
- Schwab Charitable Fund
- The Schwartz Charitable Foundation
- Stoddard Charitable Trust
- Terra Foundation for American Art
- TIAA Charitable Gift Fund
- United Way of Central Massachusetts
- Worcester Arts Council
- Worcester Educational Development Foundation, Inc.
- Wyman-Gordon Foundation
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.
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