From the Start: Trowbridge Environmental Center ›
Visitors learn about East Rock's wildlife, geology, and history at the Trowbridge Environmental Center that was created thanks in part to funding from the Hayes Q. Trowbridge Fund at The Community Foundation was established by bequest of .
Carol and Stephen Ross Fund for Arts Education ›
Est. 2018 in honor of Carol and Stephen Ross for their commitment to community arts education.
Island Preserved for Future Generations ›
Elizabeth Hird created the Outer Island Education and Research Fund in 2003 to ensure protection of the island's natural resources and to enable continued access to the island for educational and research activities.
"My donor advised fund lets me invest in the people and place where I live." Dr. Leon Bailey Jr. Fund, est. 2017 by Dr. Leon Bailey Jr.
Washington Walker Family Fund ›
In 2017, Jolyn Walker decided to take her annual giving activity a step further by establishing the Washington Walker Family Fund to support local organizations that she and her late husband, Judge, cared about. Her donor advised fund is named, in part, for her father, who taught his children about being community-minded.
"This is our way of responding": The Weston-Murphy Family Fund est. 2017 by Dorothy and Glenn Weston-Murphy.
Helen established a donor advised fund to honor her father Daniel and remained active in making grants from that fund until her death at age 95, when the fund became a designated fund to help the homeless. Helen established a second fund through her estate to meet housing, food, medical and social needs in our community.
