Recognition | Worcester Art Museum

Recognition | Worcester Art Museum
Recognition
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
Anonymous (x7)
Toni Begman
Sarah and Allen Berry
Marjory ‘Maggie’ Blacher
Heath Drury Boote
Philip H. Brewer
Dr. Elaine and Mr. Robert* Bukowiecki
Susan C. Courtemanche
Hal Clark and Karen Hays
Dix and Sarah Davis
Brenda Verduin Dean* and Dr. Herbert M. Dean
Robert A. DeLuca
Patricia and Richard Desplaines, Jr.
Henry B.* and Jane K. Dewey
Maria* and John Dirlam
Dr. James and Kathleen M. Hogan
Frances* and Howard Jacobson
Peter Jefts
Karen and David Gaylin
Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs
David* and Barbara Krashes
Marcia Lagerwey and Loren Hoekzema
Judith Lane
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
John Pettibone
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
Lynda and Bob Sorrenti
Mr.* and Mrs. Jack Tobin
Ruth Westheimer Edward Yasuna
* Deceased
As of 2/6/26
Those who live on through their generous gift
Anonymous (x2)
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
Margery Dearborn
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
As of 2/6/26
If interested in further information about making a planned gift or joining our Legacy Society, please visit our
Planned Giving page
, 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
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
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
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
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
Trudy Roybal and Steven Rowell Fund for Collections Care
Marion Olch Ruhman Education Fund
William S. Sargent Fund
The Savickas Family Fund for Public Programs
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
WAM Exhibition Fund
WAM Facility Fund
Worcester Art Society
The Yasuna Family Youth Admission Fund
As of 12/16/2025
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
Taipei Cultural Center in New York
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
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As of 9/1/2025
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.