2014 Annual Report

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n Easter Sunday, 1974, Kip Tiernan
and a small group of friends opened
the doors of Rosie’s Place not
knowing quite what to expect. They
planned to offer coffee, clothes, a place to hang
out, and some compassionate listening. Forty
years later, Rosie’s Place still provides all of that
– and much more.
Because of your generosity and unwavering
support, we embrace our duty to serve every
woman who comes to us. From 1974 to the
present day, you’ve made it possible for us to
keep the doors open and the lights shining.
You’ve provided a sanctuary for women alone,
scared and sad. Thank you so much for caring.
Today, our guests visit Rosie’s Place for needs
small and large, simple and complex. For one
guest, a meal or a bus token is all she needs. For
another guest, her daily visit to Rosie’s Place
includes not only a meal and a visit with an
Advocate, but taking part in an art activity and
an English class. Truly a community center for
poor and homeless women, Rosie’s Place offers
so much to the thousands of women who have
no place else to turn.
Looking forward, we will expand our reach to
underserved women in Boston’s public housing
developments; create a community health
program to reach women at home with serious,
chronic medical conditions; and ensure that
we have the space and resources to continue to
serve our guests with dignity, respect and love.
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Over the past 40 years, the spirit of “Rosie” has been present not so
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countless, small moments of grace, acts of generosity, stories to be told–an
is welcomed
■A guest arrives with some pieces of her life missing or damaged and
in with open arms.
te for months
■A mother is reunited with her children after working with an Advoca
to make it possible.
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■A student in an ESOL class learns English and graduates from a Certifie
Nursing Assistant program.
to
■A woman who stayed in our shelter a year ago returns with the keys
own apartment.
her very
These are just a few images in the collective memory of Rosie’s Place.
and look forward with
As we turn 40, we reflect on our beginnings, assess where we are now
of the programs and hear the
purpose and optimism. In this Annual Report you will see snapshots
here, from the early days up
voices of the supporters, volunteers and guests who have brought us
love, have created a rich
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to the present. All of these, together with our philosophy of uncond
community that, every day, carries on the true essence of “Rosie.”
last 40 have. We hope with
The next 40 years will certainly see as much change and growth as the
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will disappear because they are no longer needed. Perhaps if we dream
our side today. Thank you for
As we strive for a better tomorrow, we remain grateful that you’re at
being part of the most amazing community we could imagine.
With faith,
Sue MarshIsabelle Stillger
Board Chair
Executive Director
“I came to Rosie’s Place to volunteer in 2002 because I wanted to learn more
about homelessness–what drives women to the streets and what can be done
to help them. From my first day, I saw a welcoming and safe place where staff
was positive and guests were respected. Wonderful experiences in the Dining
Room and with tutoring women in our Women’s Education Center led me to
the Board of Directors. I have learned so much about the ‘perfect storm’ of
factors that can lead to homelessness and poverty and I am pleased to be
part of an amazing team at Rosie’s Place striving to meet the needs of our
women in the future.”
ISABELLE STILLGER
Rosie’s Place Board Chair
SANCTUARY
Overnight
Shelter
F
rom the start, Rosie’s Place would do
things differently– better than the
status quo. Our shelter would not
require a guest to leave each morning;
she could stay for days or weeks, allowing
her enough time to make a plan for what
comes next.
Rosie’s Place’s Overnight Program is still open
365 days a year to provide emergency shelter
to 20 women for up to three weeks each. If she
wishes, a guest can access a range of services
right here that can help her focus on long-term
solutions, rather than stop-gap measures.
Many of our guests come directly from sleeping
on the streets and suffer from a chronic
disability, such as mental illness or substance
addiction. Others are escaping an abusive
relationship or are newly evicted. And today, in
Massachusetts’s scarce and overpriced housing
market, we are finding that even women who
have a steady job or income find it difficult to
remain housed.
During their stay, Valeria and other guests
find in longtime manager Debbie Conway and
her round-the-clock staff, a support system,
knowledgeable resource, fair mediator and, most
important, someone who cares.
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as family.”
Deborah Conway
Overnight Manager since 1999 (on
left)
“When I came up to Boston from Georgia
last year, I never thought my housing
would fall through. I had to send my son
to a relative’s house while I wait, and that
is so hard. Staying at Rosie’s Place has
helped me to be strong. It’s such a positive
place–when I’m here, I’m busy and I don’t
think of negative things so much.”
Valeria A.
Rosie’s Place guest since 2013 (on right)
the heart of rosie’s place
Dining Room
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hot meal among friends
was the first promise
of Rosie’s Place when
we opened our doors
on Easter Sunday, 1974. From the
start, food was the draw; small, pink
notices that read, “If you need a meal,
come here and we’ll help you,” were
distributed, and the word spread.
Over the years we’ve created a
network of thousands of Dining
Room volunteers who make it
possible to feed every woman and
child who comes to us for a meal.
One such committed friend is Tom,
a financial advisor who has helped
serve and clean up lunch just
about every Wednesday
since 1983.
“When I first came here, we served
about 15 to 20 women at noontime.
Now we can feed 150 women or
more. Volunteering here gives me
perspective. Serving lunch to guests
is what’s real, not $100,000 trades
at my firm.”
Tom Tate
Volunteer since 1983
Today, while the scope of our
work continues to expand, the
Dining Room remains the heart
of Rosie’s Place. To our guests, it
is not just somewhere to enjoy
a nutritious lunch, dinner or,
more recently, breakfast, too, but
a special place to rest, seek respite from
the streets and make and visit friends
Rosie’s Place Advocacy team
Advocacy
G
radually, we changed our service
model from strictly sheltering to
empowerment-based services, in
which we work with guests to help
them find more permanent solutions to pressing
problems. Advocates were hired to assist
guests with a wide range of challenging issues,
from finding housing and a job, to addressing
addiction and mental health struggles, to
managing family matters. For many guests,
it was the warmth and empathy of these staff
members that encouraged them to take a first
step forward.
Advocacy at Rosie’s Place today comprises
ten Advocates, five of whom are fluent in
Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Cape Verdean-Creole,
Portuguese, Mandarin or French. In addition
to helping guests feel safe as they confront
some of their most daunting issues, they also
help connect guests with health and wellness
care, clothing, legal advice, transportation and
emergency funds for eviction prevention and
prescriptions.
And because we do not accept government
funding, our Advocates are free to meet our
guests’ varied and often complex needs without
constraint on our services.
“When I tell people that I work as an
Advocate with poor and homeless
women, they will often say ‘Isn’t that so
depressing?’ I’m always surprised by that
response, because it is such a privilege to
be surrounded by strong, resilient women
every single day. I work with women who
are doing incredible things to keep moving
forward in their lives. I am in constant awe
of their strength and honored to be a part
of their lives.”
Erin Miller
Advocacy Manager since 2011
(bottom row, far left)
“I signed on after I retired, thinking
I might pursue a second career in ESOL.
I hadn’t been in a classroom for 25 years
but I’ve found that I absolutely love
teaching here! The women work hard
and have very complex lives, yet they
are tenacious and have such energy.
I have learned so much from them.”
Sandy Goldstein
Volunteer teacher since 2013 (on left)
“In El Salvador, my family was too afraid
for me to go to school because of the
danger of gangs in my village. My father
taught me and I also educated myself.
I like to learn and I am working to write
and read much better in English. It
is wonderful that I can be in a school
where I feel safe.” ”
Leonor M.
osie’s Place guest since 2013
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(on right)
OPPORTUNITY
Women’s
Education
Center
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nce our guests were able to gain
some stability in their lives, they
often sought the tools that would
lead to a job and greater opportunity.
So, Rosie’s Place began offering its first adult
education classes in literacy skills and GED
preparation. We recruited volunteer teachers
and offered small group instruction and one-onone tutoring, all at no cost.
As we began to serve a rapidly expanding
number of immigrant women who spoke little
or no English, we added ESOL classes to our
offerings. These classes were customized
to focus on guests’ practical needs, such as
the ability to speak with a doctor, navigate
a grocery store or fill out a job application.
We even helped underwrite GED test fees,
certificate programs and outside courses that
provided career advancement.
In 2010, we opened the Women’s Education
Center, a new wing of Rosie’s Place that houses
classrooms on four floors, enough to offer
morning, afternoon and evening classes for
hundreds of women each semester.
With technology instruction now available and
a formalized curriculum and evaluation process,
we expect the number of enrolled students to
continue to grow.
Dignity of Choice
Rosie’s Place
Groceries
Food Pantry
A
t Rosie’s Place, far more women we
serve are poor than are homeless.
They come for meals, often with their
children, to stretch modest monthly
food budgets. Our first food pantry, organized
in the Dining Room, sought to meet this need
by handing out non-perishables twice a week to
further supplement guests’ grocery purchases.
A short time later, Rosie’s Place Groceries
moved into dedicated spaces in our newly
renovated building. Rather than giving guests
pre-bagged groceries, assuming that we know
what food they might prefer, we welcomed them
to select what they like and “shop” among our
shelves. And thanks to relationships with local
farms, we now offer fresh produce–a luxury for
so many guests–along with meat, dairy products
and dry goods.
“My neighbor told me
about Rosie’s Place
and we come together
to the pantry and
then class. Rosie’s
Place Groceries has
good food to eat and
sometimes I need
food. My favorites are the vegetables—
carrots, tomatoes and potatoes. There
is good support here; I want to learn
English and the teacher here is very
good, and if I’m hungry, I can eat food in
the Dining Room too. ”
Feng Ming D.
Rosie’s Place guest since 2012
An uncertain economy has brought greater
numbers of women and, accordingly, we
extended our hours into the evening. With this
change, we have been able to accommodate
even more women, especially those who may be
at work, at school or caring for children during
our morning and afternoon hours.
Nurturing Creativity
Arts
Initiative
R
osie’s Place has long recognized the
importance of treating poor and
homeless women as whole people,
that the challenges which bring them
to our doors do not define them. This approach
informed the creation of the Arts Initiative in
“The ‘What Rosie’s Place Means
to Me’ anniversary quilt project
provided me with the opportunity to
showcase my creativity in designing
multi-media squares. Other art
projects are displayed inside Rosie’s
Place in such a way that it elicits
pride and accomplishment to those
guests who participated. I highly
suggest a visit to the art room to see
projects in a variety of media…it is
awe-inspiring.”
Lady
Rosie’s Place guest
2006, which offers guests a full slate of arts and
crafts workshops, field trips and performances–
activities not traditionally provided at a direct
service agency.
A cross-section of a month of programming
includes volunteer-led workshops in creative
writing, jewelry-making, crocheting, painting
flowers in the style of Georgia O’Keefe and
photography; art trips to the DeCordova
Museum and Harriet Tubman Park; and
performances by a poet and a pianist/singer.
These arts activities create an atmosphere of
care and calm, and a means for our guests to
connect with their talents and build upon
their strengths.
Going Beyond Our Walls
Outreach
A
t Rosie’s Place, we truly see all
poor and homeless women as part
of our community, whether they
visit us regularly or rarely set
foot in our building.
This philosophy led us a decade ago to find
a way to not only support women in finding
housing but to help them keep it, too. This
homelessness prevention work has grown as our
housing stabilization workers offer even more
newly-housed guests long-term support and
services through monthly home visits. With our
involvement, guests like Angela have become
more independent with each passing year.
More recently, we launched our Outreach Van,
which five days a week provides information,
food, blankets and other necessary items to
hundreds of women on the streets of Dorchester
and Roxbury. And with the Friendly Visitor
program, we connect volunteers with poor and
isolated women at home or in long-term care
facilities; friendships form, bringing a measure
of comfort and enjoyment to both our guests
and our volunteers.
“Rosie’s Place has been there for me
through my ups and downs. I’ve got lots
of friends here and I come in for meals
and to go to the Wellness Center. I also
love going on the field trips to museums.
Evelyn makes sure everything is in order
with my rent and bills. It is a great feeling
to know that she cares.”
Angela C.
Rosie’s Place guest since 1994 (on left)
“Meeting guests in their homes creates
an ongoing connection that carries
through every day. I hear from and see
many of these same guests at Rosie’s
Place because they know they can trust
me and that we are here for them, no
matter what.”
Evelyn Gonzalez
Outreach Manager since 2005 (on right)
Empowerment
Self-advocacy
S
elf-advocacy work builds upon
Rosie’s Place’s existing efforts to
equip women with the information,
skills and encouragement they need
to make informed decisions and advocate for
themselves in all areas of their lives.
We help our guests develop problem-solving
skills and confidence through diverse activities
such as multi-session training series, antibullying workshops and IMPACT, a self-defense
and de-escalation course.
The self-advocacy approach always seeks to
ensure that guests’ voices drive programming
and activities. This has resulted in the creation
of a community garden at Rosie’s Place, with
guests taking on the planning, tending and
harvesting responsibilities. Our guests also
lead a weekly mindful walking group, a monthly
raffle of guest-made crafts and other items and
a healthy cooking class. Putting the reins in
guests’ hands fosters growth and leadership
development.
“As an IMPACT instructor, it’s been powerful
to witness the high level of growth and
change in the guests–it’s not something you
always see. After only 12 hours of classes,
women who have a lot of fight in them learn
how to manage their adrenaline and the
quietest women just seem to ‘take up more
space’ and stand up for themselves.”
Robin Saez
IMPACT Program Coordinator
IMPACT graduation class
The Year at a Glance 2014
In FY2014, Rosie’s Place and our generous friends, made an impact
in the lives of more than 12,000 women in the following ways:
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e served 92,000
nutritionally balanced
breakfasts, lunches
and dinners to guests and their
children, an increase of 15%
over FY2013.
Women shopping at Rosie’s Place
Groceries made more than 22,000
visits, taking home about 569,000
pounds of food.
Rosie’s Place’s Advocacy staff
accommodated 1,000 appointments
with guests each month.
We provided 515 individual stays for
guests in our overnight shelter.
Through our Outreach activities,
96% of guests receiving monthly
in-home supports were able to
stay housed and break the cycle of
homelessness.
Our Outreach Van provided
services and support to as many
as 500 women per month on the
streets of Boston.
The Women’s Education Center
provided 316 women each semester
with free classes and tutoring.
2,100 women participated in 268
on- and off-site arts workshops, 343 of
whom were new to our offerings.
2,500 volunteers provided
nearly 61,000 hours of service,
the equivalent of 30 full-time
employees.
Rosie’s Place relies solely on the
generous support of individuals,
foundations and corporations and
does not accept any city, state or
federal funding. We are proud that
86 cents of every dollar raised went
directly to essential services for
poor and homeless women.
programs and Expenditures
Finance/Administration:
$313,710 (3%)
Development:
$990,199 (10%)
Women’s Craft
Cooperative:
$366,920 (4%)
Public Policy:
$189,586 (2%)
Education and training to involve our
guests in the legislative process
Social enterprise providing
guests with income, work
skills and self-confidence
Emergency Shelter:
$524,610 (6%)
Twenty-bed shelter where
women find respite from the
streets while they work with
Advocates to identify more
permanent solutions
Permanent Housing:
$96,326 (3%)
Permanent, supportive housing
for formerly homeless women,
including those who are
medically frail
Women’s
Education:
$945,009 (10%)
Free ESOL and Literacy courses
taught by volunteer instructors
and tutors within a familiar and
supportive environment
Advocacy:
$3,617,203 (38%)
One-on-one support, assistance and
referrals. Self-Advocacy empowers
guests to advocate for themselves.
Food Programs:
$2,589,090 (27%)
Dining Room serves
breakfast, lunch and dinner
and the Groceries program
allows guests to “shop” for
their fresh and non-perishable
items themselves
sources of funding
other 1%
Estates 10%
Corporations 13%
Individuals 63%
Foundations 13%
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osie’s Place relies solely on
private support and does not
accept any city, state or federal
government funding. In fiscal
year 2014, $7,542,193 in operating
support was raised. In addition,
$2,257,193 was received through inkind contributions of clothing, food,
toiletries and volunteer hours.
Net assets of property, equipment
and cash were equal to $18,628,930
at fiscal year end.
Please call the Development
Office at 617.442.9322 to request
our complete audited financial
statement.
founder's circle
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amed in honor of Rosie’s Place founder Kip Tiernan,
members of the Founder’s Circle contributed $1,000 or
more during the fiscal year. Just as Kip depended on a small
group of volunteers and their $250 contribution to open
Rosie’s Place in 1974, so do we depend on the consistent generosity
and involvement of these individuals to provide help and hope to
thousands of women each year. We are very grateful for their support
and dedication to our mission.
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Jan Adams
Ruth and Ernest Adler
Kamesh and Geeta Aiyer
Janet and David Aldrich
Susan Alexander and James Gammill
The Alizadeh Family
Ann and Jack Allegrini
Susan Alvey
Gaille Anderson
Amy Anthony
Dennis Arinella
Robert Armacost
Elizabeth and William Armstrong
Elizabeth Armstrong and James Iglehart
Judith Arnold
Judith Aronstein and Joseph Rice
David and Lois Ashcroft
Dorothy H. Baldini
Cornelia Barnard
Steven and Deb Barnes
Yaneer and Naomi Bar-Yam
James and Bobbie Basta
Lisa and John Batter
Elizabeth Baum and William Berman
Deborah and Alan Beck
Joshua and Anita Bekenstein
Mary Linn Bergstrom
Mandy and Seth Berman
Lowell and Lisa Bircher
Catherine Bird and Jonathan Delgado
Crispin Birnbaum
John Biske and Duane Lefevre
Kathi and Bryce Blair
Carolyn and Rob Blanks
Jane and Robert Blauvelt
Thomas Blecher
Stephen and Maria Blewitt
David Blittersdorf
Jennifer C. Boal
Jacquelyn Borck
Kimberly Boucher
Bob and Karen Boudreau
Susan Boyle
Amy and Ed Brakeman
Cherise and Robert Bransfield
Andrea Brennan
Karen Brennan
Mark and Maureen Brill
Jane Brock-Wilson
Leslie Brody and Amy Seeherman
Hester and Robert Brooks
Barbara Brown and Richard Zingarelli
Catherine Bruno
Stephen Buchwald
Heather and Chris Buder
Susyrati Bunanta and Marc Van Hulle
Matthew Bunn
Lalor and Patricia Burdick
Marianne Burke
Mary A. Burke
Timothy and Carrie Burr
Jon Bush
Susan Okie Bush
Susan Kelley Callahan
Alice D. Campbell
Barbara and Richard Campbell
John Campbell and Susanna Peyton
Patricia Campbell and Tom Kibler
Sybil A. Campbell
Terri Campbell
Kathleen and Craig Camuso
Kathleen Canty
A. William and Carol Caporizzo
Albert and Elizabeth Capraro
John and Peggy Carberry
Jenaro and Mallory Cardona-Fox
Susanne Carlson
Larry and Christine Carsman
Nancy J. Caruso
Karl E. Case
Christy and Jay Cashman
Kimberly Castelda and Mark Kelleher
Ronald and Ronni Casty
Ralph Catalano and Jane Stabile
Lynne Cavanaugh and Jim Kitendaugh
Dr. and Mrs. David Cave
Linda Cebula and Robert MacCready
Mrs. Fay M. Chandler
Carol Chandor and Anthony DiSciullo
Joanne Chang and Christopher Myers
Amelia Charamba
Eunice A. Charles
Derek Chilvers
Patricia and Will Chiu
Pamela Dippel Choney
Jin Chung
Grace and Raymond Ciccolo
Jessica Cirone
Holly Clark
Elizabeth and Stephen Clarke
Judith Engle Clifford
Linda and Barry Coffman
Christina and Tim Cohen
Marjorie and Martin Cohn
Elisabeth and Kevin Comer
Stephanie and John Connaughton
Jack and Judy Connor
John and Eileen Connors
Patricia and George Conrades
Patricia Conway
Alison Coolidge and Tom Boreiko
Cecilia and Eduardo Cordeiro
Dennis and Kathryn Costello
Owen R. Cote Jr.
John Coughlin
Anne Covert
Daniel and Niki Cox
Daniel and Rebecca Coyne
Carolyn Crowley
May Danberg
Bruce Daniel and Susan Dacy
Robert Daves and Jennifer Jackson
Jaqueline Davies
Kimberly J. Davies
Anne and James Davis
In Memory of Phyllis Davis
Lisa and Domenic DeAngelo
John M. DeCiccio
Ana Mari De Garavilla and Paul Hoffman
Kathleen and William DeLuca
Ms. Jamie Demas
Daniel and Mary Dennis
Claudia Dent and Pam Hurley
Thomas and Laurie Desrosier
Laurie T. Dewey
Peter and Brenda Diana
Barbara Dickenson
Timothy and Deborah Diggins
James Dillon and Stone Wiske
Susan and Joseph Ditkoff
Susan Dodd
Deb Donahue
Kathleen Donohue and Mark Sanders
Robert Doran
R. Michael Dorsch
Jamie Dostou
Deborah and David Douglas
Alison Douglass
Nancy W. Doyle
Denise and Walter Dray
Cathi and Mark Duffy
Cynthia and Norman Duffy
Drs. Peter Dull and Judith Tsui
Mary and Matthew Dunne
Margaret Eckenroad
Jennifer Eckert
Sandra and Paul Edgerley
Caroline C. Edwards
Ann McCarthy-Egan and Tom Egan
Belinda F. Eichel
Frederick and Kimiko Ek
Laura Emig
Margaret L. Engel
The Engerman Family
William and Ann Equitz
April Evans and Carol Furniss
Winifred Ewing
William Fabbri and Ann Goebel-Fabbri
Stephen Fair and Rebecca Kirk
Honore J. Fallon
Joseph F. Fallon
Kathleen Fanning
Lee Ann Fatalo
Pamela Feingold
I. Mette and Julius Feinleib
Judith and John Felton
Beth and Richard Fentin
Mr. David R. Ferry
William and Denise Finard
Jill and Michael Fischer
Anne K. Fishel and Christopher B. Daly
Thomas Fitzsimmons
Walter J. Flanagan, Jr.
The Foley Family
Lionel P. and Judith A. Fortin
Cecilia Foskett
Daphne and Lawrence Foster
Barbara Fox and Jonathan Saxton
Henry Frechette and Judy Hodge
Peter and Eleanor Frechette
Jane Freedman, M.D. and
Mark Iafrati, M.D.
Jody Freeman
Jeff Fullerton
Hilary and Christopher Gabrieli
David Gacioch
Idonia and Nathaniel Gaede
Ellen and Phil Gager
Anne Gannon Gallagher
Sharon Gallagher
Judith L. Gass
Anthony Gemma
Deirdre Giblin and David DuBard
Maryann and John Gilmartin
A. Silvana Giner and Thomas Craig
Back on My Feet – December 2013
A number of Rosie’s Place guests meet members from the Boston
chapter of the nonprofit Back on My Feet at 6 am three mornings
a week to either walk or run, which helps them both feel good,
and feel good about themselves.
Ann and Paul Gleason
David Goldberg
Dori Goldberg
Paul S. Goldberg
Patrick Golden
Beth Goldfarb
Susan Goldhor and Aron Bernstein
Barbara A. Goldrick
Nancy Goldrick
Randy L. Gollub and Jon K. Hirschtick
Stevanka and J. Max Goodson
Christina and Michael Gordon
Judy Gordon
Toni and Doug Gordon
Ann and Kenneth Gorson
Becky and Michael Goss
Alexandra Gould and Jon Come
Laurie Gould and Stephen Ansolabehere
Paul Grabscheid and Sheila Bloom
Daniel Greenberg and Patricia Salt
Lillian E. Greene
Gillian and Richard Gregory
Carolyn and Tim Grimes
Marni and Jay Grossman
Susan Gruber
Christopher Hadley
Susan Smith Hager and Rodney Hager
Estate of Elizabeth Haggman
Cheryl L. Hamlin
Stella M. Hammond
Sarah and Thomas Hancock
Robin and Dean Hanley
Leonard F. Hanna
Pamela Haran and David Godkin
Oliver Hart and Rita Goldberg
Adele Peterdi Harvey
Paul and Janet Haus
Louise J. Hauser
Jerry and Margaretta Hausman
Dan Hawkins and Carolyn Moss
Phyllis Troupe Hawkins
Judith Hellman
Diane and Dennis Hemond
Carla and Michael Higgins
Joseph and Kristin Higgins
Neil Higgins
Evelyn Hitchcock
Dominic Hix
Patricia and Galen Ho
Christina T. Hobbs
Mr. Robert Hockett
Judy and Stephen Hoffman
Barbara and William Holgerson
Peter and Donna Hollinger
Aaron Homer
Linda and Joseph Hooley
Jill Hornor and Yo-Yo Ma
Sharon Hucul
Thomas Huff
Luisa Hunnewell and Larry Newman
Susanna Hunt
Nick and Marianne Iacuzio
Robert Indresano
Kathleen and Robert Ix
Tyler and Laura Jacks
Jonathan and Joanna Jacobson
Madeline Brandt Jacquet
Susan F. Jarvi
Mary and Michael Jenkins
Julia and Peter Johannsen
Karen Johnson and Jim Broderick
Susan and Glenn Johnson
Rosemary Joyce and Russell Sheptak
Rabbi Randy Kafka
Emily G. Kahn
Jordan and Susan Kahn
Sarah Kahn
James and Sally Kaloyanides
John C. Kaloyanides
Michael and Deborah Kaloyanides
Deborah Kaplan
Jana Kaplan and Janet Beaudoin
Lynn Kaplan
Susan C. Kaplan
Martha and Peter Karoff
Anwar and Catherine Kashem
Lisa Keglovitz
Estate of Peter Kelleher
Annabelle and John Kellogg
Edward B. Kellogg
Alicia and Fred Kelly
Sheila and Danny Kelly
Sam and Amanda Kennedy
Erin O’Connor Kent and Patrick Kent
Jean H. Kindleberger
Daniel Kingsbury and Caitriona Ni Dhuchon
Bonnie Kirchner
Mary and Adam Kirsch
Lisa and Stuart Kliman
Charles Kojabashian
Anna and Peter Kolchinsky
Susan Konarski
Angiras and Nancy Koorapaty
Brenda Koskinen
Robert Kozik and Patricia Crane
Diane Krause
John Krawczyk
Christian Kreilkamp and Dorothy Ahle
Jane and Joseph Kringdon
Anne Kubik and Michael Krupka
John and Marilyn Kucharski
Elka and Charles Kuhlman
Deborah and Geoffrey Kurinsky
Melissa LaBarge
Jessica Ladd and William Brack
Leslie Anne Lake
Wendy Landman and Joel Weissman
Janet M. Lang
Caroline and John Langan
Marc and Catherine Langer
Catherine and Jean-Pierre Lanteri
Gloria and Allen Larson
Eric and Lori Lass
Ruth and Christopher Lawler
Michael Lazar
Nancy Leaming
Joan LeBel
Rob and Annette Leckie
Eve Lee
Patricia and Christopher Lee
Teresa Lee and Thomas Keim
Eugenia and Nelson Lees
Suzy and John Lehner
Susan M. Leland
Mary Jane and Stephen W. Lenhardt
Renee and Matthew Levin
William and Chouteau Levine
Andrea Levitt and Antoine Hatoun
Sharon Ireland Lewis
Laurel and David Lhowe
W. Margaret Lincoln Trust
Nancy and H. Eugene Lindsey
Marjorie Liner and
Christopher Connolly
Donald Lipson
David Litwack and Mary Lambert
Jeanne M. Livermore
Susan Lock
Martha G. Locke
William Lockeretz
Christina and Peter Lofgren
The Lombard Family
Mary-Alice and Kenneth Loring
Alice M. Lorusso
Elizabeth and Phil Loughlin
Stephanie S. Lovell
Kiersten and David Lowe
Colleen and Jeff Lowenberg
Carolyn T. Whooley Lucas
Jerry Ludwig
William and Liane Luke
Susan and Richard Lynch
Melissa M. MacDonnell
Linda and Larry MacKay
Robert MacPherson
Stacy Madison
Maggiore Family
Deborah Maine
Lisa and Andrew Majewski
LeRoy and Antoinette Malouf
Cynthia Maltbie and Bruce Mays
Claire Mansur and John Ryan
Donna Marcin and Charles Van Meter
Kristin and Paul Marcus
David and Kim Markert
Julie Marriott
Sue Marsh and Brad Gove
Rachel and Joseph Martin
Thomas Martin and Alice Hoffman
Carol Master and Sherry Mayrent
Kristen Maxwell
Michele May and David Walt
Joan and John McArdle
Jeanne F. McCann
Anne D. McClintock
Libby and Kevin McClintock
Kimberly McDowell
Kelly McGarr
Carolyn and James McGarry
Joseph McGill and Kaffee Kang
Thomas McKie
Lynne McLaughlin
Susan A. McLeish
Jack and Sue McNamara
Patrick Mehr and Helen Epstein
Lisa and Theo Melas-Kyriazi
Maureen and James Mellowes
Carol and Steve Memishian
David Miller
Mary Dockray-Miller and Michael Miller
Todd and Jill Milne
Ann Milner
Anne B. Milton 1992 Trust
Joshua and Heidi Model
Clark and Jane Moeller
Helene and Richard Monaghan
Lois M. Monge
Judith Monosson and Robert Scherzer
Kevin P. Mooney D.D.S.
Barbara L. Moore and
Jack A. VanWoerkom
Betty Morningstar
David L. Morris and Evelyn Krache Morris
Wanda and Ronald Mourant
Cathleen Moynihan
Richard and Mary Murnane
Pat and Troy Murray
Mr. Robert J. Murray and Christa Balzer
Linda and Fred Naddaff
Barry and Laurie Beth Nagler
Jill Nagorniak
Estate of Severino Naples
Ronald and Kathleen Nath
Maura Neely
Richard and Ann Nemrow
David and Sharon Neskey
Maureen and Dan Newman
Emily Newmann
Kathleen and Richard Norman
Leila G. Noveletsky
George and Luanne Nugent
Dr. Joseph and Ms. Molly Nye
Donna and Curtis Nyquist
Stephen and Margaret Ober
Virginia and Herbert Oedel
Suzanne and Andrew Offit
Katie Oldoerp
Carol S. and John J. O’Neil, III
Monica O’Neil
Bill and Kathy O’Neill
Patricia O’Neill
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. O’Neill
Helene and Martin Oppenheimer
James Papadonis
Charles and Kathleen Parker
Chris Parker and Stewart Rubenstein
Faith and Glenn Parker
Deborah and Mark Pasculano
Lisa and Stuart Patterson
Lori and Roland Pease
Meghan D. Pelton
Deidre O’Brien Pepi and Louis Pepi
John Peters
Kathleen Peto and Daniel Rice
Tania Phillips and Jeffrey Dover
Kasper Pilibosian
Jean and Scott Pilla-Pierce
James Pinney
Diana Pisciotta
Mary Powers
Kelly and Stephen Pratt
Adelita Press
Cynthia and John Quealy
Elaine Quinn
Kelly Race
Carey Radebaugh
Richard and Joanne Ramsey
Robert and Anne Ramsey
Susan and Jim Rapoport
Alaka Ray
Kelley and David Ray
Janet C. Reckman
Roger and Hannalore Reiser
Sarah Reynolds and Danny Ertel
Mr. Kennedy P. Richardson
Ronald J. Rieder
Erin and Paul Riley
Judith and Timothy Ritchie
Jane Brooks Robbins
Michael Roitman
Lindsey Rosen
Leon Rosenberg
Peter and Lori Rosenberg
Tracey L. Ross
Drs. David A. Roth and Marie B. Demay
Sue Rothenberg
Larry and Nancy Rowe
Christine and David Roy
Richard Rudman and Karen Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Runkle
Deborah and Channing Russell
Gwen Ruta
Kathleen A. Ryan
Allison K. Ryder and David B. Jones
Jeswald and Donna Salacuse
Lynne and Warren Salzman
Darin Samaraweera
Susan D. Sampson
Susan and William Samuelson
Richard and Leanna Kay Sands
Robert Sanoff and Margot Kaplan-Sanoff
The Saul Family
Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Savignano
Estate of Michael Sawink
James P. Scales
David and Joni Schelzi
Peter and Cindy Schliemann
Julia Schlozman
Norma Jean Schmieding Annuity Trust
Roberta and Bill Schnoor
Don and Elyse Schuerman
Kathleen and Frederick Schultz
Reinhard and Nina Schumann
Robert Schwartz and Ruth Horowitz
R. Michael and Susan Scott
Carol and Howard Seplowitz
Karen Sepucha
Sandra Serkess
James Sexton
Michael Sgambati
Lorna Shafir
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Shames
Barbara and Edward Shapiro
Dr. Sreenath V. Sharma
Phillip and Ann Sharp
Maura Shaughnessy
William Shea and
Susan McConologue-Shea
John Sheehan and Celia Clancy
Julia Sheehan and Errol Morris
Wendy Sheehan and David Barbrow
James D. Shields and Gayle M. Merling
Estate of Nancy J. Shirley
Laura and Robert Sillerman
Marilyn Silva
Michael A. Simpson
Joseph Singer and Martha Minow
Jus and Kumud Singh
Martin Siwak
Elizabeth Skavish and Michael Rubenstein
Paul and Lisa Slack
Gordon and Jane Slaney
Kathleen and Herman Slater
Polly Gambrill Slavet
Jon and Karen Slote
Ellin Smalley
Donald Smith and Galia Rabinkin
Arthur R. and Maureen Smith
Edward and Catherine Smith
Mark Sommer and Ellen Baker
Carolyn Soules
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Soviero
Stephanie and Brian Spector
Anne and Lawrence Sperry
Donald Squires and Susan Warne
Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.
Paula Sterite
Laura E. Stiglin
Isabelle Stillger
R. Scott and Anita Stricoff
Daniel Stubbs
Katherine and Paul Stuka
Jim and Mandy Sullivan
Leslie and Daniel Sullivan
Gail Goodman and Dave Swindell
Karen Taggart
Brian J. Tarbox
Merle and Michael Tarnow
David Taylor
David V.N. Taylor and Susan Sargent
Jean C. Tempel
Anita and Scott Thomas
Margaret Thomas
Stephen and Molly Thomas
W. Nicholas and Joan Thorndike
James and Jean Thrall
John and Jane Tisdale
Estate of Marion Todd
Lisa Tung and Spencer Glendon
Doug Urell
Karen Vagts
Lydia Vagts
Penny and Richard Valentine
Estate of Koen Van Opijnen
Ardis Vaughan
Jay Venkatesan and Donna Louizides
Ann Marie Viglione and Joe Jutras
Mrs. Jeptha H. Wade
Camille and Leslie Wallace
Rachel Walt
Stephanie Walt
Veronica Walus
Karen and Andrew Wang
Jeanine and Andrew Ward
Roslyn Watson
Roberta and Stephen Weiner
Barnet and Sandra Weinstein
Roanne Weisman
Richard and Sally Weitzen
Marty Wengert and Laura Dorfman
Lisa Wesley and Michael Rosenstein
Donna West
The Wheatland Fisher Family
Tona and Robert White
Paul and Ann Maureen Wiencek
Carolyn M. Wilkins
Jane and Bruce Williams
Kim Williams and Trevor Miller
Edward and Barbara Wilson
Rachel Wilson
Abigail Wine and Lance Ramshaw
Dyann and Peter Wirth
Ms. Linda Wisnewski and
Mr. William P. Collatos
Jerzy and Charlotte Wisniewski
Adele Wolfson and Daniel Seeley
Amy Woods
Michael Yalon and Heather Roney
Leila Yassa and David Mendels
Rosemarie Yevich and Francis Drislane
Anders and Marjorie Youngren
Norman Zalkind and Emma Vesey
Anne P. Zebrowski
Jonathan M. Zorn
Designates donors whose support
has spanned 10 consecutive fiscal or
calendar years
organizational support
R
osie’s Place accepts no funding from the city, state, or federal
government, therefore we depend on the support of our many
generous corporations, foundations, and civic groups. Our
organizational supporters range from religious organizations
to corporate employee giving programs to foundation grants. All are
vital to our ability to provide a comprehensive range of services to
poor and homeless women. The following list represents those who
contributed more than $1,000 this past fiscal year. We appreciate their
continued generosity and support.
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7 News-WHDH/WLVI
Abacus Health Solutions
ableBanking
Acadian Asset Management LLC
Acton Congregational Church
Adage Capital Management, L.P.
Lassor & Fanny Agoos Charity Fund
Ahold USA
Airxchange, Inc.
Alchemy Foundation
Alexander, Aronson, Finning CPAs
The Allyn Foundation, Inc.
Americo Francisco Fund, Estate & Realty/
Charitable Trusts at The Boston
Foundation
Amgen Foundation
Amgen Inc.
Apple Lane Foundation
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company
The Atlantic Philanthropies Director/
Employee Designated Gift Fund
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Banyan Fund
Baupost Group Charitable Fund at the
Boston Foundation
Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation
The Bay State Federal Savings
Charitable Foundation
Beggs Family Foundation
Leo H. Bendit Charitable Foundation
Care Packages to Families in Emergency
Shelter – June 2014
Rosie’s Place helps our guests and other sheltered women by
providing special care packages (818 at last count) so that families
with little or no comforts from home are equipped with essentials
such as toiletries, non-perishable food and school items.
Bentley University
Berman DeValerio LLP
Bethesda Lodge No. 30
BJ’s Charitable Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Bloomingdale’s
BNY Mellon/Eugene F. Fay Trust
Boston Benefit Partners, LLC
Boston Capital Corporation
Boston Celtics
Boston College School of Nursing
Boston Financial & Equity Corporation
The Boston Foundation
Boston Interiors
Boston Trust & Investment Management
Company
Boyle Foundation
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Emergency
Medicine
BrightCove
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.
Brookline High School
Brown Brothers Harriman
The Brown Charitable Foundation
Bunker Hill Community College
The Employees of Burke Distributing
Corporation
The Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable
Foundation
The Robert Campeau Family Foundation
CambridgeSide Galleria
Bushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Hall
Charity Fund
CB Richard Ellis-N.E. Partners, LP
Chapman Construction/Design, Inc.
Chestnut Hill Realty
Roberta M. Childs Charitable Foundation
Citizens Bank Foundation
Citizens Energy Corporation
City of Boston’s Lucy Bullman Fund
Barbara B. Clarke Family Fund at the
C
ommunity Foundation of Western
Nevada
Cogan Family Foundation
Cohasset Caterers
Coldwell Banker, Hingham
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Cares, Inc.
Colliers International
Concert Pharmaceuticals
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch &
Ford, LLP
ConocoPhillips
The John and Mary Corcoran Family
Foundation
Covidien
Covidien Employee Matching Gift Program
Mary A. Crabtree Fund
The Morton and Dinah Danseyar Family
Foundation
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
The Doe Family Foundation
The Driscoll Agency Inc.
Eastern Bank
Eaton Vance Investment Counsel
The Eganwood Family Foundation
The Ellison Foundation
EMD Serono, Inc.
Emulex Corporation
David and Margaret Engel Family Foundation
Environmental Health and Engineering, Inc.
Fallon Health
FCm Travel Solutions
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
F.H. Perry Builders
The Fish Family Foundation
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Congregational Church in
Winchester
FJN Charitable Foundation
Flagship Foundation
FM Global Foundation
The Forsyth Institute
Foundation M
FTI Consulting, Inc.
Fuller Foundation, Inc.
Garfinkle-Friedlander Family Foundation
GE Foundation
GE Infrastructure Sensing, Inc.
Gildea Family Foundation
Global Medical Partners, LLC
Goedecke & Co., LLC
Gracie Finn
Gradient
Grand Circle Foundation
H & H Builders
Harding Educational and Charitable
Foundation
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
The Helen G. Hauben Foundation
Heinz Family Foundation
Henry Hornblower Fund, Inc.
Hershey Family Foundation
The Hicks Family Charitable Foundation
Highfields Capital Management LP
The High Pointe Foundation
The Highland Street Foundation
Hingham Institution for Savings
Hingham Mothers’ Club
Houghton Chemical Corporation
The House Church
Janet T. Hubbard Memorial Foundation
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
IMP Consulting
Income Research + Management
Island Foundation, Inc.
J. Jill Compassion Fund
Richard and Natalie Jacoff Foundation
Janitronics
Joelson Foundation
John Hancock
John Hancock Matching Gifts
Program
The Judy Family Foundation
Justice Pottery
The Kean Foundation, Inc.
The Klarman Family Foundation
Kraft Foods Group
Krista Photography
The John P. Laucus Foundation
Lawson & Weitzen, LLP
Leaves of Grass Fund
Liberty Mutual
Libra Foundation, Inc.
LoPriore Insurance Agency
Lovett-Woodsum Foundation
The Ludcke Foundation
The Frederick C. Lutze and Christian
R
ausch Family Foundation, Bank of
America, N.A., Trustee
The Lynch Foundation
The MacPherson Fund, Inc.
Hinda and Arthur Marcus Foundation
Marriott Daughters Foundation
Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation
Massachusetts Dental Society
Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance
Charitable Foundation
MassVOTE
MCCA
McCarthy Mambro Bertino, LLC
McGladrey New England Charitable
Foundation
Meketa Investment Group, Inc.
Mercury Wire Products Charitable
Foundation
MetLife Foundation Volunteer Project Fund
for Support
MFI Engineered Components, Inc.
The Middlemede Foundation
Paul Milbury Family Fund
Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Mistral Bistro
MLS Property Information Network, Inc.
Montpelier Technical Resources Ltd.
John C. Morrison & Eunice B. Morrison
Charitable Foundation
Morse Brothers, Inc.
Mutual of America
Nazareth Literary & Benevolent Institution
NECN
NEI, Inc.
Neighborhood Health Plan
A Day to Love Yourself –
January 2014
As it has for many years, Rosie’s
Place, with the donated services
of beauty and health practitioners,
invited guests to enjoy activities
designed to pamper the mind,
body and spirit.
New Balance Foundation
New England Biolabs
New England Coffee Company
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
Newport Creative Communications
Curtis O’Hara Foundation
o ya, LLC
Old Colony Hospice
Old Mutual Asset Management Charitable
Foundation
Oral Health America
The OutReach Foundation
Oxford Fund, Inc.
The Robert Treat Paine Association
Parish of the Epiphany
Parkway Message Center
Partners HealthCare
Pearson Education
The Pennyghael Foundation, Inc.
Joseph Perini Memorial Foundation
The Perpetual Trust For Charitable Giving,
Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation
Albert E. Pillsbury Trust
Pinkham Busny LLP
Pinnacle Financial Group
Pioneer Investments
Trust U/W Fannie B. Pratt
Project Bread
Proskauer
The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
The E. Lafayette and Etienette A. Quirin
Foundation
Morris M. Rand Memorial Foundation
Regis College
An Anonymous Fund and Advisor at
The Rhode Island Foundation
Rickard Family Foundation
Robert Reiser & Co., Inc
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Rowe Foundation, Inc.
Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein
Charitable Foundation
Cele H. & William B. Rubin Family Fund
Russelectric Inc.
Sacajawea Charitable Foundation
Saint Edward Parish
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sally Weston Associates, Inc.
Sankaty Advisors, LLC
Santander
Saquish Foundation
Sawyer Charitable Foundation
Kim Gassett Schiller and
Phillip Schiller Fund at the Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
Securities Finance Trust Company
Sephora
Shawmut Design and Construction
The Sims/Maes Foundation, Inc.
Skanska Building, Inc.
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
South Shore Music Teachers Association
Sovereign Military Order of the
T
emple of Jerusalem: Priory of Saint
David of Wales in New England
Spencer Foundation
The Seth Sprague Educational and
Charitable Foundation
Squier Trust
St. Gerard’s Youth Ministry
St. James Church
Standard & Poor’s
State Street Corporation
State Street Matching Gift Program
Sudbury United Methodist Church
Sullivan and Cogliano
The Tazewell Foundation of Massachusetts,
Bank of America, N.A., Co-trustee
Temple Beth Elohim
Theodore Parker
Unitarian Universalist Church
TJX Companies, Inc.
Todd & Weld, LLP
Trinity Church
TripAdvisor LLC
40th Anniversary Party – April 2014
This festive annual party for Rosie’s Place guests, always
held on Easter Sunday (the day of our founding), included
three special meals, a reading of Rosie’s Place’s history,
and dancing to music from the last four decades.
Tufts University
U.S. Bank Corporate Trust
Irving and Edyth S. Usen Family
Charitable Foundation
Valiance Partners, Inc.
W.T. Phelan & Co. Insurance
Wakerly Family Foundation
Walmart Foundation
WBZ-TV and TV38
Vila B. Webber 1974 Charitable Trust
Webster Bank
Wellesley College
Wellesley Village Church
Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
West Roxbury Friends of Rosie’s Place
Westfield Capital Management, L.P.
Wilson Butler Architects
Winston Flowers
Winter, Wyman & Companies
Woburn Toyota
The Women’s Association of the First
Congregational Church
Xaverian Brothers High School
Yawkey Foundation
Youths’ Friends Association, Inc.
The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation
Designates donors whose support
has spanned 10 consecutive fiscal or
calendar years
Funny Women...Serious Business – October 2013
A sold-out crowd of 1,500 friends of Rosie’s Place–along with
headliner Joy Behar–came together at our annual luncheon to
help raise a record $475,000 for our vital programs.
FY15 Board of Directors
Lynn Kaplan
Michele May
Deborah Pasculano
Diana Pisciotta
John Quealy
Kelly Race
Peter Rosenberg
Isabelle Stillger
Ann Marie Viglione
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