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These endowments are established for the benefit of one or more specific recipients and The Foundation makes distributions from designated funds for the benefit of those organizations.



Anonymous 104
Est. 1998 by an anonymous donor.

Albert A. & Ella B. Baker
Est. 1969 by bequest of Albert A. Baker for Boys Village, Inc. (Milford), and Connecticut Junior Republic (Litchfield).

Barnett Family
Est. 1986 by gifts from family in memory of Harry and Marion Barnett for new or existing education programs for the New Haven Public School Children at the Peabody Museum.

William T. & Florilla B. Beazley
Est. 1995 by bequest of William T. & Florilla B. Beazley for the benefit of The Hospital of St. Raphael Foundation, Inc.

Anne Hope Bennett
Est. 1943 by bequest in part for Society of Christ Church Parish (New Haven); Visiting Nurse Association (New Haven); Regional Visiting Nurse Association (Hamden); Gaylord Hospital; Yale-New Haven Hospital; United Way of Greater New Haven and other organizations addressing prevention and care of sickness.

Harold L. & Leonas T. Blakeslee
Est. 1987 by bequest of Harold L. Blakeslee; one quarter of the income for First Church of Christ (Center Church); one quarter for the YMCA of New Haven; and one half for the Foundation’s general purposes. 

Dennis Bornick
Est. 1993 by family & friends in his memory for the Museum/School Liaison Program of the New Haven Public Schools/Yale University Art Gallery Program.

Alice Botsford
Est. 2002 by bequest for the benefit of the Botsford Historical Association of Milford, CT.

Botwinik/Horowitz
Est. 1972 by Botwinik Foundation for Congregation B’Nai Jacob (Woodbridge).

Anna P. Bradley
Est. 1980 by bequest for the Children’s Center.

Howard H. Bradley
Est. 1982 by transfer of assets for Mt. Carmel Library.

Henry P. Brightwell
Est. 1999 for the benefit of Connecticut Players Foundation at the Long Wharf Theatre & New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Sarah S. Bronson
Est. 1940 by bequest for the Family Counseling of New Haven; Yale-New Haven Hospital or other similar organizations.

Kate W. Brown
Est. 1982 by transfer of assets for Christ Episcopal Church (Bethany).

Mary Bush & Henry W. Estabrook
Est. 1999 with a gift by Mary Bush & Henry W. Estabrook to benefit the Foote School.

Charles G. Chamberlin Trust “A”
Est. 1967 by bequest for Christ Church Parish (West Haven); Village Improvement Assoc. (West Haven); West Haven Historical Society; West Haven Community House; Trinity College (Hartford); the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints (Orange).

Betsy Chase Fund for Docents
Est. 1997 by a gift from Roberta Yerkes Blanshard for the benefit of the Yale Art Gallery for use by the docents.

Etta S. Chidsey
Est. 1961 by bequest to Yale Cancer Center for cancer research.

Lillian Chrostowski
Est. 1985 by memorial gifts from friends to establish a human service award in the Valley.

Lillian Opper Coe
Est. 1991 with a gift from Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Casher as a memorial to Lillian Opper Coe, to aid and support the chral activities of the Congregation Mishkan Israel.

Edward Cooley Fund for Music
Est. 1997 by bequest for the benefit of The New Haven Civic Orchestra.

Martha & Herman Copen
Est. 2004 by bequest to benefit Yale-New Haven Hospital, Neighborhood Music School, United Way of Greater New Haven, American Symphony Orchestra League, Gaylord Hospital, Regional Visiting Nurse Agency, and Connecticut Hospice.

Ralph V. & Marguerite P. Currier
Est. 1979 by bequest for St. Paul’s Church Home.

Enos Curtin
Est. 1995 by bequest to benefit the National Art Museum of Sports.

Anna A. Cutler
Est. 1957 by bequest in memory of her parents, Evarts & Ellen Knight Cutler, for New Haven Symphony Orchestra; Gaylord Hospital; Yale- New Haven Hospital.

Olive Louise Dann
Est. 1962 by bequest for the care of needy children at Leila Day Nurseries.

Walton E. & Elizabeth Lay Devine
Est. 1999 by Nancy Devine Kyger to benefit The World Wildlife Fund, Inc. and The United States Humane Society.

Dickerman Family
Est. 1982 by transfer of assets for Whitneyville Congregational Church.

Wilton E. Dickerman
Est. 1945 by bequest for Regional Visiting Nurse Association.

Barnett Dickstein Memorial Trust
Est. 1968 by bequest for New Haven Hebrew Day School Scholarship; Congregation Beth El Keser Israel (New Haven).

Robert B. Dodds
Est. 1996 by the estate of Robert B. Dodds for the benefit of Boy Scouts of America, Quinnipiac Council; Boys & Girls Club of New Haven; Central CT Coast YMCA; First Church of Christ in Woodbridge; Gaylord Hospital; Georgia Tech Foundation; Girl Scouts of America, CT Trails Council; Jr. Achievement of South Central Connecticut; New Haven Kiwanis Club; Quinnipiac College Scholarship Fund; University of New Haven; Yale-New Haven Hospital; Yale University Scholarship Fund.

Friends of East Rock Park
Est. 1998 by transfer of assets by The Friends of East Rock Park.

Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library
Est. 1974 for support of the New Haven Library.

Ecology, Environment & Alternative Energy Research Prize
Est. 2006 to benefit the New Haven Citywide Science Fair, run by Yale and New Haven Public Schools for the purpose of awarding projects that focus on  ecology, the enviornment or energy alternatives that would improve the environment.

H.R. Edwards, MD
Est. 2006 for the benefit of Trinity School.

Henry F. English
Est. 1946 by gift for Yale Hope Mission; New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Katharine D. English
Est. 1986 by bequest for the Neighborhood Music School.

Philip H. English
Est. 1986 by bequest from the Philip H. English Trust; two fifths of the income to be added to the Neighborhood Music School endowment fund, in memory of Katherine Dana English; the balance of the income to the Board of Park Commissioners for the maintenance of West Rock Nature Center, English Drive, and the Shelter in West Rock Park, in memory of Philip H. English.

Bernard Ettlinger
Est. 1989 by bequest of Bernard Ettlinger for the United Way of Greater New Haven.

Eleanor & Henry Farnum
Est. 1998 by bequest of Eleanor Farnum for the benefit of the Farnum Neighborhood house and Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven.

Anne Foley
Est. 1992 by bequest for the Deserving Poor Boy’s Priesthood Association of New York, for the education of young men in the priesthood.

Christopher & Evelyn Getman
Est. 2003 by Christopher Getman & Evelyn Q. Getman, for the benefit of New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Girls Service, Inc.
Est. 1951 by transfer of assets to the Children’s Center for children’s needs.

Winkler C. Gosch & Virginia D. Gosch
Est. 2006 by bequest to benefit the Audubon Society of the State of Connecticut, the National Wildlife Federation; Children's Inc. specifically American Indian children; Defenders of Wildlife, the environmental Defense Fund; Courage Center specifically to assist handicapped people wishing to become radio amateurs; The Nature Conservancy - CT Chapter; The World Wildlife Fund; Friends of Animals; the Humane Society of the United States; the National Humane Educational Society.

Edwin S. Greeley
Est. 1963 by bequest of Jennie E. Greeley for Family Service of New Haven.

Albert L. Haasis
Est. 1947 by bequest for a portion of income for Connecticut Humane Society and New Haven Friends of Boys at YMCA.

Harriet B. Hall
Est. 1958 by bequest for First Church of Christ (New Haven).

Henry A. Hamel
Est. 1997 by bequest for the benefit of the Seymour Historical Society and the Seymour Public Library.

Louis L. Hemingway
Est. 1972 as memorial gift by his family for the purchase of books at Yale University Library.

Historic Structures
Est. 1985 by transfer of assets to preserve historic structures in the City of New Haven as determined by the New Haven Preservation Trust. Special gift in 1996 from Committee to Save City Hall.

James W. Hodson Family
Est. 1973 by transfer from Hodson Family Charitable Foundation for Catholic Family Services of New Haven.

Clarence R. Hooker
Est. 1939 by bequest for the United Way of Greater New Haven.

Julia S. Horner
Est. 1932 by a gift from Leonard S. Horner for United Way of Greater New Haven.

Argall L. Hull & Anna G. Hull
Est. 1975 by bequest for Bethlehem, CT. Congregational Church; Yale School of Medicine, Department of Pathology (Cancer Research).

John Day Jackson
Est. 1961 by memorial gifts from anonymous donors for Yale University Library; Yale-New Haven Hospital; Hospital of St. Raphael.

John Herrick Jackson
Est. 1951 by bequest for New Haven Symphony Orchestra; Yale-New Haven Hospital.
 
John H. & William B. Jackson
Est. 1959 by gift from John Day Jackson for New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Richard S. Jackson
Est. 1974 by memorial gift from the Register Publishing Co. for Gaylord Hospital.

Rose H. Jackson
Est. 1977 by a gift from Mrs.William B. Reese in memory of her mother for fellowships in the Dept. of American Arts of Yale University Art Gallery.

Henry S. Johnson
Est. 1995 by bequest for the benefit of the New Haven Historical Society.

Henry S. Johnson Trust
Est. 1997 by bequest for the benefit of The New Haven Colony Historical Society, The New Haven Preservation Trust, and Fort Nathan Hale Restoration Projects.

Oscar W. Johnson Sr.
Est. 1998 by transfer of the Oscar W. Johnson Sr. Foundation for the benefit of the Housatonic Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Kelley Memorial
Est. 2004 in memory of Brooks R. Kelley by Brooks M. & Suzanne Kelley for the benefit of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment.

Carolyn Kellogg
Est. 1955 by memorial gifts for Yale-New Haven Hospital (Pediatrics).

Mildred A. Kelly
Est. 1966 by bequest for 15 charitable and religious organizations.

Henry Morgan Keyes
Est. 2004 by bequest to benefit Rescue Fire Company #5 of Stony Creek, The American Red Cross South Central CT Chapter, Stony Creek Cemetery Association, Volunteer Service Center, Inc., of Branford.

Helen & Morgan Keyes & Eunice Keyes Medlyn
Est. 1997 to benefit Church of Christ Congregational in Branford and the Salvation Army in New Haven.

Charles Kingsley Fund for Exeter
Est. 2004 by Charles & Gretchen Kingsley for the benefit of Phillips Exeter Academy for its Squash/Athletic Center.

Stanley A. & Margaret R. Leavy
Est. 1996 by a gift from Stanley A. Leavy & Margaret R. Leavy for the benefit of Christ Church and Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, Inc.

Martha Leonard
Est. 2006 by bequest to benefit the First Church of Christ in New Haven; Highland Park Reformed Church, New Jersey; Interfaith Cooperative Ministry, New Haven; Yale Child Study Center; Church World Service, New York; International Physicians for Preventionof Nuclear War, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Grant Foundation for Hospital Albert Schweitzer, St. Marc, Haiti; The Douglass Fund at the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland; and, Heifer International, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Selma Levine
Est. 1977 by bequest for Hillhouse High School; Neighborhood Music School; Congregation B’nai Jacob.

Beatrice Shapiro Lipsher
Est. 1990 by a gift from Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, Counselors At Law, in support of the public opening of the New Haven Foundation Building. Mrs. Beatrice Shapiro Lipsher who won the privilege of naming and determining the fund’s use, chose to support women suffering from domestic violence, Yale Hillel and scholarships for individuals studying music.

Judith A. Lisi Endowment
Est. 1992 by gifts of friends in honor of the Shubert’s former executive director, for the encouragement of singing and the production of opera at the Shubert Performing Arts Center.

Benjamin Liveten
Est. 2002 by bequest for the benefit of multiple agencies.

Mary G. & Isaac S. Liveten
Est. 1990 by a gift from Benjamin D. Liveten in honor of his parents for the Jewish Home for the Aged and Gaylord Hospital.

Margaret Mack
Est. 1995 by Margaret B. Mack to benefit Amnesty International, New York; Baltimore Museum of Art; Clifford Beers Child Guindance Clinic; and Doctors Without Borders; for general purposes.

Anna L. Malley Recreational
Est. 1943 by gift from Walter E. Malley in memory of his wife for Highland Heights Recreation.

Walter E. & Anna L. Malley
Est. 1942 by gift from Walter E. Malley for New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Claire Maroney
Est. 2006 by bequest to award scholarships to St. Rose's School for needy students and necessary repairs.

John M. & Adella S. Marvin
Est. 1979 by bequest of Grace E. Marvin in memory of her parents for First Church of Christ, United Way of Greater New Haven, and health care providers.

Amy Linton Mather— West Haven Pound Pals, Inc.
Est. 2002 by Judy Rettig and Christine Santoro to provide veterinarian care for sick, injured and abused pound/shelter animals.

Esther Mead
Est. 1983 by bequest for Center Church.

Eunice Keyes Medlyn
Est. 2003 by bequest to benefit Rescue Fire Company #5 of Stony Creek, The American Red Cross South Central CT Chapter, Stony Creek Cemetery Association, Volunteer Service Center, Inc., of Branford.

Francis J. Mitchell Jr.
Est. 1967 by bequest for New Haven Rehabilitation Center.

Mary B. Mitchell
Est. 1966 by bequest for New Haven Rehabilitation Center.

Charles G. Morris
Est. 1971 by a transfer of assets from Directors of Friends of Boys, Inc. for New Haven Friends of Boys at the YMCA.

Arthur T. & Ruth S. Nabstedt
Est. 1975 by bequest of Arthur T. Nabstedt for New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Father Howard Nash
Est. 2002 for the benefit of Community Mediation, Inc. and programs related to Interracial Dialogue.

New Haven Bread
Est. 1980 by transfer of assets for Free Food Council of New Haven.

Donald H. & Frances M. Nugent
Est. 1993 by a gift of Frances Nugent for Animal Haven, Inc.

Orchestra New England Music Director & Sponsorship Endowment
Est. 1998 through the generosity of Anne & Jean Mauro to provide a source of independent funding and support of Orchestra New England.

Charles J. Parker
Est. 1980 for the benefit of New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc. for the purpose of programs to improve delivery of legal services to the poor.

Partnership for Aging
Est. 1999 to benefit the South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging, Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, Interfaith Volunteer CareGivers and Sage Services and to address emergency needs for elders.

Elisa D. Pasqualoni
Est. in 1999 for the benefit of Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.

Rose V. Pelliccia
Est. 1978 by bequest for the Hospital of St. Raphael.

Simon Persky
Est. 1963 by bequest for United Way of Greater New Haven; Gaylord Hospital; New Haven Jewish Welfare Fund; Jewish Home for the Aged; New Haven Jewish Community Center; Hebrew Free Loan Association.

Nancy Pfeiffer
Est. 2006 to benefit Long Wharf Theatre.

Dorothy B. Pickop
Est. 1994 by bequest of Dorothy Pickop for FISH of Greater New Haven & Christian Community Action, Inc.

Mildred Pond
Est 1998 by bequest for the benefit of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Shirley Martin Prown
Est. 2000 for the benefit of Friends of Case Memorial Library for programs of education and entertaining activities.

Dorothy M. Pryde
Est. 1976 by bequest for First Church of Christ in New Haven to support choir and music or scholarship loan fund.

Mary W. Pryde
Est. 1976 by bequest of Dorothy M. Pryde for Women’s Federation of First Church of Christ in New Haven.

Mary W. & Robert Pryde Library
Est. 1976 by bequest of Dorothy M. Pryde for Town of Orange Library.

Robert D. Pryde
Est. 1976 by bequest of Dorothy M. Pryde for First Presbyterian Church of New Haven. 

Read To Grow 
Est. 1998 by Roxanne & Kevin Coady along with gifts from the community to provide books for every baby born in New Haven hospitals. Advised by committee.

Mary Jane Reynolds
Est. 1996 by bequest for the benefit of St. Peters Church; St. Brendan’s Church; St. Patrick’s Church; Animal Haven and to provide a scholarship to Notre Dame High School in memory of Henry J. Reynolds.

Frank J. Rice
Est. 1985 by transfer of assets at the request of the State’s Attorney General for Douglas House to benefit underprivileged boys and girls.

Helen H. Roberts
Est. 1952 by gifts for New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Joseph H. & Barbara R. Roberts
Est. 1996 by bequest for the benefit of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA.

St. Ambrose Music Club
Est. 1983 by transfer of assets for Yale Music School scholarship fund.

Samuel & Aramina Schwartz
Est. 1954 by a gift from Samuel Schwartz for New Haven Boys Club; New Haven Jewish Community Center.

Phyllis Z. Seton Children’s Endowment Fund for Edgerton Park Conservancy
Est. 2003 by Fenmore R. & Phyllis Z. Seton.

Seton Elm & Ivy Endowment
Est. 2000. The Seton Elm-Ivy Awards have been presented since 1979 to individuals who have worked to strengthen the ‘town-gown’ relationship between Yale University and the City of New Haven. The Elm Awards are given to adults in the New Haven community. The Ivy Awards are given to Yale staff and faculty, Yale College students and Yale University graduate and professional students who over the past year or years have demonstrably contributed to increased understanding and cooperation between the City of New Haven and Yale University. The awards were created and permanently endowed by Fenmore R. Seton, Yale Class of 1938 and Phyllis Z. Seton.

George Dudley Seymour
Est. 1945 by bequest for New Haven Colony Historical Society; United Way of Greater New Haven; Newington Home for Crippled Children.

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