Publication: The Community Report
Cover photo courtesy of ASAP!
NCCF transforms lives and strengthens communities in Northwest CT by connecting donors who care with causes that matter.
NCCF has granted more than $65 million to area nonprofits and scholarship recipients, making a meaningful difference for the homeless and hungry, for our libraries, our schools, our churches, and our environment. Most importantly, thanks to the generosity of donors like you, NCCF improves the lives of people in your town.*
More than 370 NCCF funds address current and emerging needs in the areas of arts and culture, civic improvements, basic needs, animal care and conservation, and put education within reach for local students.*
NCCF serves Connecticut’s Northwest Corner, including the 20 towns of Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Canaan (Falls Village), Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, and Winchester/Winsted.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FUND
Each year, NCCF asks individuals and families within our Northwest Corner to partner with us to support arts and culture, healthcare, education, human services, animal care and land conservation. The collective charitable gifts provided through the Community Leadership Fund are vital to support NCCF’s operating expenses.
Margaret and Adrian Selby
Valerie Friedman
Spencer Olin Taylor Foundation
Anita and Mr. William Baxter
Allan and Maria Borghesi
Jeffrey and Susan Borghesi
Anne Sutherland Fuchs in honor of Guy Rovezzi
Rod Pleasants and Steven Godwin
Katherine Wenning and Michael Dennis in honor of Anne Sutherland Fuchs
The Waterview Foundation
American Online Giving
Anne Sutherland Fuchs match
Matthew Karpas and Emily Dalton in honor of Adrian Selby
Gregory and Karen McCarthy
Guy Moszkowski and Sandra Pinnavaia
Helen Scoville
Thomas Suskin and Stephanie Ross-Suskin
Stephen and Joan Altschuler
Marilyn and Barry Anderson
The Asen Foundation
Elizabeth and Martin Brayboy
The Cabins Inc.
Laura Carey and Jason Lee Dismukes
Hope S. Childs
Marlene Childs
Mary Close and Philip Oppenheimer
Richard and Frances DiChillo Sr. in memory of Richard DiChillo Jr
Anthea Disney
Carole Gibney
Barry and Merle Ginsburg
Ellen Griesedieck and Sam Posey
Robert H. and Carolyn O. Mattoon
Stephen and Stephanie Mazzarelli
Peter and Judy Menikoff
James and Barbara Millar
Michael and Pucci McGill
Catherine Perga
Bob Petricone
Lawrence V. Power and Lea Davies in honor of Guy Rovezzi
Marc Rosen and Susan Pinsky
Ronald and Rudy Rosenstein
Alan Rothfeld and Laura Colangelo
Philip G. Samponaro
Joyce S. Schwartz
Mark and Marie Schwartz
Charles Short and Chet Kranewski
Susan and Robert Stern
Susan Suhanovsky
Louis and Carol Timolat
Walter and Patricia Williamsen
David and Mary Ann Antoniazzi
Jonathan and Victoria Biller
Pamela and Michael Bless
Frank and Sarah Buonocore in memory of Charlie Buonocore
Julia and Jeffrey DeMichiel
Edward and Anne Dodge
Dan Dwyer and Jim Montanari
Sandra Edelman and Burt Visotzky
Drs. Leigh Evans and Dick Gusberg
Peter and Patty Findlay
Whitney and Jason Giordano
Peter Grubstein
The Kestrel Foundation
Sheryl Leach and Howard Rosenfeld
Eliza Little and Bevan Ramsay
Carol S. Lugar
Sandra L. Magyar
Robert and Carolyn Mattoon Fund,
Carolyn O. Mattoon
Benjamin Nickoll and Christine Armstrong Northwest Community Bank
Atty. Douglas and Linda O’Connell
Margo S. O’Connor in memory of Russell J. O’Connor, Jr
Daniel and Elizabeth Oneglia
Regan Byrne and Timothy Palmer Kristen Peckerman
John W. Pickard
Patricia R. Pickard
Michael Reardon
David and Cristin Gallup Rich Rosemary L. Ripley
Margaret Roraback
Molly and Charles Roraback Anne Ruwet
Hugh Schoelzel
Robert and Elaine Sederquist
James and Sandra Thibault
Torrington Savings Bank gift matching for John Janco, Frank Buonocore, Jeffrey Lalonde, and Lawrence Connors
Sanda D. Ursone in memory of John Ursone
Sally Vaun
Susannah Wood
Michael and Vivian Abram
Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Ann Spindler
Edward and Alyce Arum
Beverly Bartow and James Stengel
Linda and William Bianowicz
Susan and Brad Bremer
Brooks, Todd and McNeil Insurance
John and Maria Capobianco
Susan and Mark Caufield
Frank J. Chiaramonte
Vicki Cohen and Kyle Wilkinson
Margaret Cooley
Susan T. Dean
Kate Doyle-Fahey
Michael Emont and Margo Rappoport
William and Sue Hall
Ellen Horovitz
Ann Gold
Roxana Laughlin
Jonathan Landman and Bonnie VanGilder
Richard and Mary Lanier
Corky and John Lavieri
Jedd and Susan Levine
Samuel and Carolyn Mazzarelli
Kenneth and Denise Merz
John and Julia Morris
Northwest Hills Credit Union
Roderic Oneglia
Victoria and Fran Patrick in Honor of Patrick and DeMichiel Families
Candy Perez and Nora Mocarski
Jean and Frank Perotti
Clare Rashkoff In memory of Dr. Evan Rashkoff
Lori Riiska
Janet Rivkin
Helen Klein Ross
Guy and Patty Rovezzi
William Ryan and Nancy Zarider
Kenneth and Edie Schechter
Mark Shearer
Nan Skeie
Michael and Terina Smith
Barbara Spiegel, Esq.
John and Melissa Steines
John Svetz
Michael and Kathy Voldstad
Leone Young
Janet Accardo
Molly Ackerly and Michael Sconyers, Esq.
Bernard Adams and Edna Travis
Stuart Anderson and Michael Kazan
Gary Arnold and Anne Giordano
Ann and Travers Auburn
Charlene Barbacci
Louis J. Barbagallo
Barry Cone’s Heating &
Air Conditioning, Inc.
Thomas Bechtle
Susan Belle-Isle
David Bennett
Sally Bergad
Robert and Barbara Bettigole
Robert and Nancy Bird
Kenneth and Cara Blazier
Ellen Boyd
James Brandolini
John Brett and Jane Strong
James M. Buonocore
Nancy and Robert Cannavo
James and Dona Casey
Richard Chizzonite and Lynna Lesko
Vincent and Marcia Cianciolo
Kathy Clark and Stephanie Economu
Jaime Clew
Lee and Barbara Collins
Chuck Conn and Carole St. Mark
Matthew and Catherine Connole
Lawrence and Mary Ellen Connors
Leslie and Carl Contadini
Dr. Roger Coutant
Mark and Noel Croce
Joanne and Ken Dahill
Edward and Patricie Davey
Jack David and Melanie Kirkpatrick
Sandra Davis
Francis S. Delaney
Roger and Irene Dietlin
Deborah and Louis Donne
Ron and Denise Dower
Michael Duca and Jacqueline Blombach
Ed and Ruth Epstein
Deborah and Paul Ferry
Leslie and Michael Flowers
David and Marlene Frigo
Susan and Tino Galluzzo in honor of Guy Rovezzi
Stephen Getz and Peter Coffeen
Honorable Charles and Joan Gill
Elisabeth Gill
Janson Giordano
Betsy Goff in memory of Bill Goff
Edward and Dinny Greene
Philip and Nancy Groth
William G. Harding
Melissa and William Hekeler
Christopher and Kathy Hill
Susan Hoffnagle and Mark Michelson
Henrietta Horvay in memory of Walter M. Horvay
Amy Hudak
John and Roberta Janco
Jeff and Diane Johnson
Barton and Debby Jones
Barbara Kinahan in memory of William P. Kinahan
Tim and Cheryl Kloczko
Robert Krzys and Karin Schneider
Joan Kunsch
Philip and Gloria LaFave in memory of Jean LaFave
Jerry and Janice LaPlaca
Macey Levin and Gloria Miller
Joan and Gerald Libby
Mark and Diane Libby
Louise Lindenmeyr and Eliot Osborn
Litchfield Lions Club
Carol and Edward Lord
Susan MacEachron and Michael Halloran
David Maitland
Susan Maloney
Brian and Donna Mattiello
Matthew and Berta Andrulis Mette
Elizabeth and Arthur Mirante
Nicholas and Leslie Moore
Gayle E. Moraski
Paul and Sheila Moses
Michael and Julie NeJaime
Walter and Kathleen Nicksa
Ed and Mary Pat Noonan
John Oddy, the Oddy-McNamara Fund
James and Patricia Okrongly
Katherine M. Oneglia
Raymond and Eve Pech
John and Susan Pelchat in memory of David Palmer
Gerald and Laurene Pesce
Roger and Judith Pollick
Josephine Radocchio in memory of Carmine Radocchio
John and Cynthia Reznick in memory of Ryan and Reznick Families
Thomas and Elizabeth Rickart
Roger and Dorothy Robbins in memory of James P.
and Mildred Gregg Zucco
Gerald and Cynthia Rothstein
Raymond and Diana Roy
Roger and Antoinette Roy
Robin R. Ruwet-Turpin
Franz and Beth Schober
William R. Scoville
Mary Lou Serafini in memory of Rita Pacheco
Daniel Shaw
Ellery and Mary Lu Sinclair
David and Sandy Slemmer
Alden Smith and Timothy Lyman
Emily Soell
Kathleen and Stephen Stupak
Paul Svetz
David and Karen Swiatek
Ernest Torizzo
Harry and Leticia Tubman
Tom and Amy Vorenberg
Fredric and Darleene Wadhams
Roxann Steinberg Whitaker
John and Robin Willink
Kathleen Stevens Wilson
Robert and Judy Winters
Jon Zucker and Erica Cohn
Randall and Cora Bell
David and Rita Bishop
Gaye Belli in honor of Gaye A. Belli
Mary Ann and Charles Buchanan
Carolyn and Vance Cannon
Mark J. Cantin
John and Tina Chandler
James and Corinne Curtis
Alice Dember
Tina DiFabio
Irene Zimmerman Dzurilla
Merrill S. French
Michael and Susan Fritch
Linda Garrettson
Joseph Guttadauro
Robert and Cynthia Hart
David and Diane Hebert
John M. Kissko
Jeffrey Maher
Janet Manko
Keith Marks and Kristen Neary
Danielle Mailer and Peter McEachern
Curt and Patricia Mechare
Spencer Reiss and Anne Day
Atty. Michael and Diane Rybak
Conrad Sienkiewicz
Susan Sloan
Mary Tazzara
Christine L. Tralongo in memory of Allen Hirschman
Louis and Sharon Waagner
James and Carol Wright
Victor and Mary Patricia Leger
Jennifer Perga
Eleanor Herrick
Christopher and Emily King
Roy and Louise Van Alstyne
Michael Reardon
Jerry and Mary Ellen Baldwin
William and Cynthia Bohan
Mary Anne A. Casey
Kathleen M. Connolly
Robert and Mary Damon
Diane and Len Fasano
Rosemary Frauenhofer
Jack and Kathleen Hawley
Wayne and Wendy Jenkins
Martha and Robert Lecko
Rosina Rand
Doris Sibley
Caryl Pucino in memory of Tony Pucino
James Fedorich
Kathleen Stevens Wilson
FUNDS ESTABLISHED IN 2024
Berson Prevention Reserve Fund of Susan B. Anthony Project, Inc.
Established as part of the Edwards Endowment Project, this agency fund supports the Susan B. Anthony Project in its goal to promote safety, healing, and growth for all survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and advocates for the autonomy of women and the end of interpersonal violence.
Lawrence J. and Mary Dranginis Cianciolo Fund
This fund was established in memory of Mary Dranginis Cianciolo, a beloved educator at Vogel Wetmore Elementary School and Torrington Middle School for more than 30 years.
David and Marlene Carrozzo Frigo Charitable Fund
The David and Marlene Carrozzo Frigo Fund is designated to support spiritual, civic and cultural institutions locally, including scholarships for students who have graduated Oliver Wolcott Technical High School, the Torrington Library, UNICO National Torrington Chapter, Inc.’s work on the Christoforo Columbo Park and Monument, Soldiers Monument and Memorial Park in Winsted, and the Torrington Historical Society.
David Murelli Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was created to honor the memory of David John Murelli of Torrington, CT, a beloved community member, local businessman, youth sports coach, and devoted husband and father, whose generosity extended to everyone he met.
Dennis G. Sherva Endowment for Community Leadership
Established through estate planning of Dennis Sherva, this endowment supports the Northwest CT Community Leadership Fund—providing warm beds and nutritious meals for struggling community members, enable access to education for deserving students, conserve natural spaces that protect wildlife, support arts programs that inspire creativity and nourish hope, and so much more.Eugene F. Zordan and Erminia Zordan Scholarship FundThis endowed scholarship fund was established by Marie Zordan to provide financial support to students in need from Northwest CT who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees.
Three-family houses lined the streets of downtown Torrington, sheltering multi-generational families, young couples with children, as well as aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Many residents worked at the Torrington Company, crafting needle bearings, or at Fitzgerald Manufacturing Company, building electric ranges, toasters, percolators, and clothes irons. In the early evenings after dinner, families walked and chatted, holding their children’s hands as they made their way toward the Carvel stand on South Main St. to enjoy an after-dinner soft-serve ice-cream cone. This was the Torrington that Raymond and Gloria Oneglia knew, a factory community where they built O&G Industries and raised their children: Cynthia, David, and Raymond, Jr.
Raymond had recently returned from an enrollment in the Army and was working as a concrete laborer when he and Gloria married and started their family. He and his brothers, Francis and George, worked together to build upon the construction business that their father, Andrew, had co-founded with his wife, Virginia, as bookkeeper. Each of the brothers focused on a different division. They built what is now O&G Industries.
Gloria crafted a warm home filled with the scents of nutritious, made-from-scratch soups—bean, vegetable, simmering chicken stock. Music was ever-present, cascading throughout the house—the upbeat tempos of Billy Vaughn, and the soothing and playful periodicity of Annunzio Paolo Mantovani and his orchestra.
“They didn’t have much starting out, and my father worked long hours,” said Raymond, Jr., “but they built a nice life for us.”
Gloria cared for her community the way she cared for her family. She delivered homemade noodles and soup to ill friends and family members, and she volunteered to drive community members to their medical appointments.
“She had a giving spirit,” said Cynthia. “She gave in small ways that made a big difference. She knew instinctively that nutrition is essential to health, and she crafted every meal with that in mind.”
Raymond and Gloria instilled the value of hard work in their children. David and Raymond, Jr. spent their summers at O&G Industries working with concrete—laboring, and even driving machinery—with much supervision. Cynthia worked summers in the main office in Torrington.
On weekends, Raymond and Cynthia went on long walks together. They discussed philosophy and played at outwitting each other. Later, as the business allowed, Raymond took the children flying in his small personal airplane—encouraging them to be adventurous and to travel.
Raymond and Gloria enjoyed family get-togethers and golf outings. And they supported the community that enabled them to build a successful life and business. Raymond served on the Torrington Board of Finance. Through O&G Industries, Raymond and Gloria supported the 2002 Warner Theatre restoration. The newly opened theatre was named the Virginia and Andrew Oneglia Theatre, after Raymond’s parents.
In 2009 Raymond passed away. Gloria followed him ten years later. As Cynthia, David, and Raymond, Jr. settled Gloria’s estate, they knew how best to honor their parents. In 2020, they established the Northwest CT Community Foundation Raymond A. and Gloria B. Oneglia Family Fund. The endowed donor-advised fund honors their parents and enables them to give back to the community they love.
The first grants from the fund supported a cause close to Gloria’s heart—healing her neighbors with nutritious food and providing a warm loving home—through FISH of Northwestern CT, Community Kitchen of Torrington, and Friendly Hands Food Bank.
“Every homeless person is an individual facing tough, economic times; and every hungry family has their own unique story,” said Deirdre DiCara, FISH of Northwestern Connecticut executive director.
“Our parents provided a great life for us,” said Raymond, Jr. “By establishing a fund with NCCF, we have been able to honor their lives and to support a number of different organizations giving us a broad way to give back to the community we love.”
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
Foundation for Community Health
Foundation For Community Health works together with people and organizations to improve the health and well-being of residents in our community, especially those that have historically been under-resourced. Foundation For Community Health makes grants, conducts research, provides technical assistance, and supports collaborations and advocacy with a focus on underlying conditions impacting health, such as homes, schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods.
GRANTS
Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
The Robert C. Geer Memorial Hospital
The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation
The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation was created for the purpose of protecting and improving the welfare of animals of all kinds with a focus on cats and dogs, the promotion of veterinary programs, and the protection of wildlife, including endangered species, flora, and fauna.
GRANTS
Connecticut Humane Society
Connecticut River Conservancy
Connecticut State Community College
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Dakin Humane Society
Little Guild of Saint Francis
Middlesex Community
College Foundation
National Audubon Society
National Marine Life Center
New England Federation of Humane Societies
New York State Animal Protection Federation Education Fund
Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
Salisbury Association
United Spay Alliance
University of Connecticut
University of Florida Foundation
Warren Land Trust
White Memorial Conservation Center
Winchester Land Trust
GRANTS PROVIDE FOR SO MUCH GOOD IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
More than $5 million in grants were awarded through the generosity of fundholders, fund advisors and donors. Nonprofits were awarded grants in support of immediate needs, and programs and capital projects to support local nonprofits working to improve lives and strengthen communities.
GRANTS
Advancing CT Together
After School Arts Program
ALS United Connecticut
American Friends Service Committee
American Mural Project
American Whitewater
Asian Women’s Shelter
Authors Guild Foundation
Bantam Cinema & Arts Center
Bantam Civic Association
Barkhamsted Center Cemetery Association
Barkhamsted Conservation Commission
Barkhamsted Historical Society
Barkhamsted Housing Trust
Barkhamsted Youth Baseball League
Beardsley & Memorial Library
Bethlehem Ambulance Association
Book Industry Charitable Foundation
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Botelle Elementary School
Brennan Center for Justice
Cameron House Foundation
Camp Rising Sun
Canaan Child Care Center
Cancer Care Fund of the Litchfield Hills
Caring For Bethlehem
Charity Navigator
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Children in Placement
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
Chime in! Music With a Mission
Chinatown Community Development Center
Chinatown Museum Foundation
Chinese American Museum Foundation
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco
Chinese Progressive Association
Chore Service
Christian Relief Services Charities
Church of Christ Congregational
City of Torrington Social Services
Clarion Performing Arts Center
CMHA/ Northwest Center for Family Service & ME
Colebrook Associates
Colebrook Congregational Church
Colebrook Historical Society
Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra
Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington
Community Kitchen of Torrington
The Corner Food Pantry
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
Connecticut Democracy Center
Connecticut Foodshare
CT State Community College
Conversations on the Green
Cornell University Feline Health Center College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornwall Historical Society
Cornwall Library Association
Cornwall Social Services
Covenant to Care for Children
CT Academy For The Arts (CAFTA)
CT Community Nonprofit Alliance
CT Public Broadcasting
David M. Hunt Library
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres USA
Drakeville Volunteer Fire Dept.
EdAdvance
Encyclopedia of Surfing
EnviroSolutions Institute
Eth-Noh-Tec
FairVote
Falls Village Day Care Center
Falls Village Volunteer Fire Department
Family & Children’s Aid
Fermata Arts Foundation
First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted
First Congregational Church of Torrington
FISH of Northwestern Connecticut
Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry
Five Points Arts
Friendly Hands Food Bank
Friends of Goshen Public Library
Friends of Topsmead State Forest
Front Porch Communities Foundation
Germantown Friends School
Germantown Monthly Meeting (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends)
Goshen Center School
Goshen Community Care
Goshen Good Neighbor Fund
Goshen Players
Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals
Greenwoods Scholarship Foundation
Grumbling Gryphons Children’s Theatre
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona
Hands of Grace
Harwinton Historical Society
Harwinton Land Conservation Trust
Healing Hoofbeats
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation
The Health Collective
Helping Hands Chore Service
HIAS
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Homegrown National Park
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon
Housatonic Child Care Center
Housatonic Valley Association
Housatonic Youth Service Bureau
The Housing Collective
Iglesia Ebenezer Piedra de Esperanza
Institute for Justice
International Rescue Committee
Joyful Noise
Kent Land Trust
KidsPlay Children’s Museum
Lakeville Hose Company
Lakeville Journal Foundation
Last Post Cat Refuge (Vivisection Investigation League)
Litchfield Community Center
Litchfield High School Scholarship Association
Litchfield Hills Rowing Club
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Land Trust
Litchfield Performing Arts
Little Britches Therapeutic Riding
Little Compton Food Bank
Little Guild of Saint Francis
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial
Matthew Westerby Dance Company
McCall Behavioral Health Network
Migrant Legal Action Program
Millerton Moviehouse
Music Mountain
Navajo County Family Advocacy Center
New Beginnings of Northwest Hills
Litchfield County
New England Air Museum (Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association)
New Hartford PTO
New Hartford Village Cemetery
Norfolk Land Trust
North Canaan Education Foundation
North Canaan Social Services
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council
Northwest Connecticut YMCA
Northwest Conservation District
Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra
NW Connecticut Adult Day Center
NYC Impact Sports
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Oberlin Shansi
Old Friends
Oliver Wolcott Library
Open Door
Operation Fuel
Oxfam America
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Partners for Sustainable Healthy Communities
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
Philadelphia Orchestra
Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church
Prime Time House
Project ALS
Project Sage
Quahog Bay Conservancy
Reach Out and Read
Read to Grow
Riverton Congregational Church
Riverton Theatre
Rotary Foundation of the
Torrington Winsted Areas
Running Start - Bringing Young Women to Politics
Salisbury Association
Salisbury Family Services
Salisbury School
Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service
Salvation Army
School on the Green
Scoville Memorial Library Association
Settlement Music School
Sharon Ambulance
Sharon Community Foundation
Sharon Day Care Center
Sharon Social Services
SOAR Educational Enrichment
South Kent School
St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and School
St. John Paul The Great Parish
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Food Bank
Steep Rock Association
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Summit Adaptive Sports
Susan B. Anthony Project
Thomaston Food Pantry
Torrington Area Families for Autism (TAFA)
Torrington Area Parkinson’s Support Group
Torrington Historical Society
Torrington Library
Torrington Police Activities League
Torrington Public Schools
Torrington Winsted Area Rotary Club
Torrington Youth Service Bureau
Town of Barkhamsted
Town of Colebrook
Town of Falls Village
Town of Harwinton
Town of Kent Social Services
Town of Litchfield Social Services
Town of Warren Social Services
Town of Winchester Services
Town of Winchester Resident Assistance Fund
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Lime Rock Episcopal Church
Tri-State Center For the Arts (Sharon Playhouse)
Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinarian Medicine
United Board for Christian
Higher Education in Asia
United Church of Christ in Cornwall, Congregational
United Congregational Church
United East Athletics Association (UEAA)
United Way of Northwest Connecticut
University of Connecticut Foundation
Vassar Health Connecticut, (Sharon Hospital)
Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Litchfield County
The Voice of Art Inc
W. L. Gilbert Trust Corporation
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Warner Theatre
Washington Friends of Music
We Adopt Greyhounds
West Hartford Public Schools Foundation
Wheels of Opportunity
Whole Family Health Center
Wikimedia Foundation
Winchester Center Congregational Church
Winchester Center Historical Association
Winchester Housing Partners
Winchester Land Trust
Winchester Public Schools
Winchester Youth Service Bureau
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Winsted Area Child Care Center
Womankind
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue
FUNDHOLDERS, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS BRING QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO NORTH CANAAN
Residents in rural communities such as North Canaan, Falls Village, Cornwall, Kent, Norfolk, Salisbury, and Sharon often experience shortages of primary care and other healthcare providers, sometimes travelling great distances for care.
Opened in 2024, Community Health and Wellness’s new Regional Healthcare Center addresses this need. The state-of-the-art Federally Qualified Health Center provides critical care, including primary medical care, behavioral health counseling, chiropractic care, and nutritional support to all ages, meeting the needs of the Northwest Corner, regardless of the patient’s financial circumstances.
In early 2024, Community Health and Wellness applied for an NCCF cycle grant requesting support for the project. A $75,000 grant from the Northwest CT Community Foundation: Keroden Endowed Fund, Edward W. Diskavich Fund, Robert V. Carr Fund and Robert Venn Carr, Jr. Fund was awarded on a multi-year schedule, enabling the purchase of essential medical equipment–examination tables, EKG machines, medical supplies, wheelchairs, a vaccine refrigerator, and point of care medical equipment.
“Thank you so much for this multi-year grant,” said Joanne Borduas Community Health and Wellness CEO. “Your support plays a pivotal role in propelling this mission forward, enabling us to provide medical and behavioral services to all.”
SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE FOR BRIGHT FUTURES
Local students were awarded more than $440,000 in scholarships and academic awards providing them with the support they need to become the next generation of scientists, engineers, artists, teachers and medical professionals. Scholarship recipients began and resumed classes in the fall of 2024 with majors that varied from healthcare to transportation.
INVESTMENT REPORT
Our goal has always been to nurture and enhance the value of our philanthropic assets over the long term–as markets allow from year-to-year–by seeking the highest possible inflation-adjusted returns directed by an asset-allocation policy that is overseen by our Board of Trustees and operating at all times within a prudent level of risk as determined by the ongoing vigilance of our Investment Committee, which reports to the Board.
NCCF employs a total-return approach–the industry standard–in which asset yield and appreciation are weighed equally in investment decisions. In the interest of transparency and compliance, our financial and investment reports are executed in accordance with investment concepts and best practices governed by both the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, and the Uniform Prudent Investors Act. We are pleased to continue offering customized accounting, so each of our funds enjoys individualized reporting, while benefiting from the economies-of-scale garnered from our pooled investment strategy. In 2023, NCCF partnered with DHK Financial Advisors, a decades-experienced financial advisor managing more than $1 billion in assets.
WE ARE PROUDLY COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING FIVE CORE INVESTMENT PRINCIPLES:
• Long-Term Horizon
• Broad Diversification
• Low Investment Fees
• Timely Reporting & Accountability
• Reduced Complexity
• Corporate Investment Returns
AUDITED FINANCIALS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Adrian Selby, Chairperson
David Antoniazzi, First Vice Chair
Anne Ruwet, Secretary
Liz Brayboy, Treasurer
Anthea Disney
Sandy Edelman
Patrique Fearon
Jason Giordano
Vincent Inconiglios
Don Mayland
Mike McGill
Rod Pleasants
Barbara Spiegel
Anne Sutherland Fuchs
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
James A. Thibault, MBA, AWMA, CFP, Chairperson
Joseph Austin, MBA
Robert Geiger
Peter Menikoff, JD, MBA
Guy Moszkowski
Kevin Noblet
Stacie Weiner
Jon Zucker, PhD
WOMEN & GIRLS’ FUND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Frances Stoffer, Chairperson
Jeanine Baxter
Joanna Cyr
Barbara Dughi
Josephine Jones
Erin Kennedy
Kathy Kinane
Jackie Kuns
Kathy Minck
Sue Rea
Kathi Weinstein
Sandra Zielinski
STAFF
Guy Rovezzi, President and CEO
Lorraine Haddock, Assistant to the President
Kyle Wilkinson, Vice President of Finance and Operations
Nicole Carlson Easley, Vice President of Communications and Digital Media
Leslie Friscia, Chief Financial Officer
Bradford Hoar, Vice President of Philanthropic Services
Julia Scharnberg, Vice President of Community Engagement
Christina Tranquillo, Grants Manager
Daniel Hare, Data and Program Officer
Bridgid Healy, Grants and Scholarships Officer
Katina Hungerford, Communications Officer
