The Serenity of the Rural Landscape on Martha's Vineyard
A Ferry Connects Vineyarders to Cape Cod
Winter on Martha's Vineyard
Morning Glories Grace a Garden Gate
Sunrise Over the Ocean
Flying Horses in Oak Bluffs, the Nation's Oldest Carousel in Operation
Our Donors
Many generous individuals, families, businesses and organizations support the Permanent Endowment. Last year, 242 donations totaling $401,759 were received for our General Discretionary Fund, eleven of our named funds and for the Endowment's operating account. Each donation is greatly appreciated and works to benefit the Island community.
2009 Donors
General Discretionary Fund ($43,931)
Gifts of $10,000+
Anonymous (1)
Gifts of $1,000 to $5,000
Stephen A. Bernier, Sr./Bernier's Market, Inc., Kib and Tess Bramhall, Doran Family 2006 Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Deborah Hancock, Jane R. and Michael J. Horvitz Philanthropic Fund, Mary and Sherif Nada, James and Elizabeth Pickman, Glenn Provost and the Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank, Earle A. Ray, Patricia and David Schulte, Ali and Rick Sullo, Wendy Weldon
Gifts to $1,000
Anonymous (3), Kerry and Pat Alley (In Memory of Arthur Kaplan), John and Wiet Bacheller, Alden Besse and Barbara H. Besse, Edith C. Brown (In Memory of Arnold K. Brown), Mr. and Mrs. David Brush, Peter C. Bullard (In Honor of Edward C. Rorer and Sally Rorer), Eleanor H. Burke, The Chubb Corporation, Orlando Corsi, Jr., Patricia A. Costa (In honor of Kerry H. Alley), Keith A. Dodge, Elizabeth Doon and Peter Marzbanian (In Memory of Patricia Marzbanian), Cynthia and Robert Doyle, Carol and Jackson Eno, Charles Furlong, Anne Gallagher (In Honor of Kerry Alley), Ann T. Hale, Jerry Hawke (In Memory of Marie Hawke), Houghton Mifflin, J.M. Huber Corporation, June and Richard Hutchinson, Linda and Gerald Jones, Ruth Kirchmeier, Charles and Heather Klinck, Mary S. Larsen and Louis S. Larsen, Morris E. Lasker and Toy Lasker, the Barbara Lee Family Fund (In Honor of Ralinda Lurie), the Virginia Stix Lurie Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Joan and James Malkin, Margaret Mazzanti, Claudia A. Metell and Ruth D. Metell, Betsy and Drew Moore, Nora and Tony Nevin, Our Island Club, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Rivers, Jr., Martha Moore Schmidt and Charles W. Schmidt, Peggy K. Schwier, Bill and Julie Skinner (In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sargent and Mr. and Mrs. William Updike), The Stanley Works, Douglas West and Irene Ziebarth, Rez Williams, Barbara and Tom Willmott, Marilyn Wortman
Gus BenDavid Scholarship Fund ($100)
George and Andrea Hartman
Walter and Irene Dumais Scholarship Fund ($100,000)
Estate of Walter Dumais
Lillian Hellman Recreational Fund ($104,903)
Estate of Lillian Hellman
Island Fund ($30,000)
Anonymous (2)
Betty Ann Lima-Bryant Scholarship Fund ($3,445)
Anonymous (1), John and Christine Abrams, Cynthia Aguilar, Kib Bramhall, Patricia A. Costa (In Honor of Kerry H. Alley), Judith Coughlin and Franklin Blanchard, Phyllis A. Day, Jean Carbon Dutchka, Ellen Epstein and Ian Brownell, Andrew W. Flake and June Richards Flake, John O. Flender, Anne Gallagher, Sherman and Susan Goldstein, Steve Goldstein, Thelma Goldstein, Bill Grant and Kat Brennan, Sally Hamilton, Gerald and Terry Hass (In Memory of Betty Ann Bryant), Anthony Higgins, Jr. and Abigail H.S. Higgins, T. Curry Jones, Mary Ellen Larsen, Mary S. Larsen, Sally Leahy (In Memory of Betty Ann Bryant), Tom and Linda Lebach, Michael M. Lynch, Robert MacDiarmid and Beverly Wright, Rick and Debby McIntosh, Maria Moody and Kaye H. Moody, Paddy Moore, Carolyn A. Paczkowski and Kenneth W. Grant, II, Francis E. Piccione and Ann Milstein, Plymouth County Juvenile Court (In Honor of Tom Lebach), Ed Rothschild, Laura J. Schroeder, Peggy K. Schwier, Woollcott and Leah Smith, Michael Standard and Elinore Standard, Cheryl Stark and Margery Meltzer, John and Helen Trebby,Cecile Windels
Lumina/Darrell Scholarship Fund ($65,000)
Norris Darrell, Jr. and the Lumina Foundation for Education
Mayhew-Nevin Memorial Fund ($125)
Brian and Nancy-Alyce Abbott
Our Island Club Scholarship Fund ($2,000)
Our Island Club
Permanent Endowment Fund Operating Account ($14,075)
Anonymous (1), John Alley, Kerry and Pat Alley, Emily B. Bramhall, Blue Cullen, Norris Darrell, Jr., Deborah L. Hale and Philip P. Hale, Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank, Don Ogilvie, Beatrice Phear, Jay Talbot, Constance and Preston Williams and Anne D. Williamson
Jacqueline Ann Pimentel Art Scholarship Fund ($3,550)
Francis and Nancy Anderson, the Barry Family Foundation, Inc., Blue Cullen, Elaine V. Grey, Karen L. and William F. Rankin, David L. Vaughan and Ann E. Vaughan
Dr. David Rappaport Memorial Scholarship Fund ($1,050)
Bill and Pink LeRoyer, Jill, Alan, Alex and Hillary Rappaport and Joanne Pearson
Jack Ware Fund for Martha's Vineyard ($1,365)
Polly Brown, Daniel P. Brown, Jr. and Nannie W.T. Brown, A.L. Carlisle, Kathryn Ware Harris (In the Name of Reverend Alden Besse), Lois E. Jackson, Hugh W. Schwarz, Janice P. Van Riper
Wendy Weisman Jenkinson Culinary Arts Fund ($32,216)
Anonymous (1), Charles P. and Patricia N. Allee (In Memory of Wendy Weisman), Rochelle Aranoff, Nancy Slonim Aronie, Julie A. Belisle, Gay E. Benison, Benjamin Berman and Ellyn Schiff Berman, Walker G. Buckner, Jr., Janet Buhrman, Gary R. Burke, M.D. and Phyllis S. Vine, Francie Camper (In Honor of Hugh Weisman's 70th Birthday), Cardinal Brook Trust, Citizens Charitable Foundation, Carolyn Cohen and Alan M. Dershowitz, Margo Raymond Cohen, Joanna L. Cole, the Couch Family Foundation, Leroy E. Dampier and Susan D. Dampier, Bruce and Emily Davidson, Gail and Jerry Davidson, Susan and Paul Davis (In Memory of Wendy Weisman Jenkinson), Deborah Deliyannides, Dr. Jeanne Dietrich, Alan R. Fleischman, M.D. and Linda Fleischman, Naomi Foner, Marilyn Freimuth, Linda Futterman, Ph.D., Adam Gale and Elizabeth Kinstlinger, Linda and Jerome Golden, Amy Goldstein, CSW, Elizabeth Graeber, Jane Freedman Hadley, Susan J. Harrington and Colin J. Harrington, Gerald Hass and Marie T. Hass (In Memory of Wendy Weisman), Jill and Kenneth Iscol/If Hummingbird Foundation Inc., Reuel M. Jordan and Julia V. Jordan, Daniel P. Karnovsky and Priscilla C. Karnovsky, Stuart Katz and Jane Martin (In Memory of Wendy Weisman), Jerome B. Kauff and Katherine Kauff, Monica Yant Kinney and David F. Kinney, Julia and Henry Kinstlinger (In Honor of Hugh Weisman's 70th Birthday), Sara N. Krulwich (In Honor of Ali Weisman's Wedding), Louis S. Larsen and Elizabeth R. Larsen, Barbara F. Lee, Deborah L. Lesser, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Levy, Paul and Linda Levy, William V. Lewit, M.D. and Gloria D. Lewit (In Memory of Wendy Weisman Jenkinson), Bill and Molly Malinowski and Mary Murphy (In Memory of Wendy), Kathleen O. McDowell and Malcolm H. McDowell, Jr., William D. Meegan and Emily Meegan, Jane A. Meinhart, Clive J. Michaels and Judith L. Michaels, Suzanne Modigliani, Diane M. Murphy, Ph.D., Mary and Sherif Nada, Jill Hobby Napior, Stephanie M. Nelson, Barbara Pearson, Ph.D., James and Elizabeth Pickman (In Honor of Hugh Weisman's 70th Birthday), Leslie Prosterman, Ron Rappaport and Jane Kaplan, Randi S. Roth, Peter Rothstein and Kate Washton, Joanne Santangelo, Linda Schoenthaler, Karen Nichelson Segal (As Trustee for Gerald S. Segal), Scott Seltzer and Samriti Nayyar, Carol W. Shweder and Richard A. Shweder, J. Bradley Simpkins and Polly A. Simpkins, Neil J. Skolnick, Ph.D., Jo Ellen Snowman, South Mountain Company Foundation, Steven T. Spitz and Judith A. Spitz, Daniel B. Sullivan and Jennifer S. Sullivan, Rosemary M. Sullivan, P.K. Swanson and R.S. Swanson, Walter S. Teller and Claudia Weill, Al Tomao and Lana Tomao, Louise E. Treitman and Richard S. Treitman, Vineyard Tax Matters, Miriam + Ira D.Wallach Foundation, Davis Weinstock and Elizabeth Weinstock, Hugh and Suzanne Weisman, Whispering Bells Foundation (In Memory of Wendy Weisman Jenkinson), Randall G. Wiston and Dana Wiston, Arnold and Judy Zinman
