The Athenæum is so grateful for the contributions of our generous supporters. Contributions listed below are from FY17-18.
Individual Supporters
Brian & Lyn Hayden ????
National Endowment for the Humanities
James C. Raleigh Memorial Fund at the
Rhode Island Foundation
The Champlin Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous, in memory of Sam Miller
Jonathan Bell & Sarah Zurier
The Carter Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Dr. Joseph A. Chazan
Cate S. & Richard T. Gilbane, Richard T.
Gilbane Fund, Fidelity Charitable ????
June Rockwell Levy Foundation
Ann Mason, in memory of Dr. Edward A. Mason
Cynthia Patterson
Candy Adriance ????
Bank of America
Vincent J. Buonanno
Scott & Cynthia Burns ????
Melanie & Stephen Coon
Douglas R. Davis & Rachel J. Littman, in memory of I. Ridgway Davis
Patricia A. Fuller
Jonathan & Rita Gewirz
Bradford & Robin Gibbs, Gibbs Family Fund, Fidelity Charitable
Barbara Goldstein, Leon & Barbara Goldstein Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation, in memory of Leon Goldstein, in honor of the “Scribbling Women” of the Athenæum
Susan & David Haffenreffer
Ira S. & Anna Galkin Charitable Trust/Ellen & David Galkin
Mabel T. Woolley Trust
Mary Dexter Chafee Fund
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Barbara & Larry Schoenfeld
Dr. Beverly C. Walters & Dr. George B. Buczko
Lucien & Kristi Agniel
Roy & Laura Brady, in honor of Danielle Kemsley
Thomas & Antonia Bryson
Tripp Evans & Ed Cabral
Grace & Carl Farmer
Mark & Catherine Gim
Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust
Drs. Ethan Hillary Kisch & Helene Kisch-Pniewski
Anne Miller, in honor of Sam Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Deming & Jane Sherman ????
Mary Chapman Speare
Susan Jaffe Tane
Universal Service Administrative Company
Anonymous
Agniel Commodities, LLC
Leslie Atik & Robert Preucel
Julie M. Boegehold, in memory of Alan Boegehold
Dr. & Mrs. William Braden
Inge & Richard Chafee
Sidney Clifford
Sheila & Richard Congdon
The Daniel Rosenblatt Foundation
Jill H. Davis, in memory of Karen M. Smolin
Charles & Marilyn Doebler Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Joseph L. & Sarah T. Dowling
Nicholas Fazzano
Mr. & Mrs. L. Martin Gibbs
Sally Godfrey
Almon & Suzanne Hall
Elizabeth Hallowell, in honor of Danielle Kemsley
Karen & Richard Jessup, in honor of the staff & the “Scribbling Women” of the Athenæum ????
Lyn Johnson
Jimmy & Eileen Keck
Jennifer E. Kiddie ????
Sally Kingsbury
Leonard & Linda Levin
Cathy Lund, DVM & Peter Karczmar, MD/City Kitty Veterinary Care for Cats, in memory of Leroy Karczmar Kitty, who loved to sleep on open books
Karen Kremer McCulley
Merrill Lynch
Chas A. Miller III & Birch Coffey/Lois H. and Charles A. Miller Foundation ????
Narragansett Beer
Hugh & Joanne Oechler ????
Partridge Snow & Hahn
The Pearle W. & Martin M. Silverstein Foundation
Kevin & Marianne Phelan, matching gift Amica Companies Foundation
Tim & Claudia Philbrick
Residential Properties Ltd.
Rustigian Rugs
Peter & Kay Scheidler
Jenny & Stephen Schweich ????
Sharpe Family Foundation ????
Jillian Siqueland, in memory of Einar Siqueland
Barbara & Tom Slaight
Abbot Stranahan
Sylvia Street Fund, in memory of Ruth Ely, at the Rhode Island Foundation
Variable Data Printing, Inc.
Kevin & Carol Welsh ????
Ann T. Willaman, matching gift Textron, Inc.
Ann & John Woolsey
Yankee Travel, Inc.
Anonymous (3)
Kate Barber & Ed Pitoniak, in honor of the Philbrick Family
Alayne Barnicoat & Dale Lesh
Kqantu Bennett
Harrison & Arria Bilodeau
Kip & Judith Brott
Matt Burriesci & Erin Kemper
Campus Fine Wines
Mary K. & Jack Connor ????
Muriel Constantine
Albert & Pamela Dahlberg
Mary W. C. Daly
Lewis & Betty Dana
Kristin DeKuiper
Curt DiCamillo, in honor of Danielle Kemsley ????
David Durand & Elli Mylonas
Eastside Marketplace
Mary-Beth Fafard ????
Joseph Flessa, in honor of Tripp Evans’ milestone birthday
Helena & William Foulkes, matching gift Home Depot
Mary Jean Freeman (Mimi)
Robert Garzillo & Kate Wodehouse ????
Jen & Michael Gazdacko
Touba Ghadessi
Sarah Gleason, in memory of Tom Gleason & in honor of Danielle Kemsley ????
Granny Squibb’s Iced Tea
Teresa & Peter Hacunda, Meighan Hacunda Gift Fund, Fidelity Charitable ????
James Hunnewell, Jr.
Alfred T. Jeffries III
Diana L. Johnson, in memory of V. Duncan Johnson
J. Evans & Catherine Jones
Matthew & Diane Josefowicz
Danielle Kemsley, in honor of the staff
Mary Louise Kennedy
Russell & Jean Knott ????
Douglas Kolacki, in honor of Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Betty & Fraser Lang ????
Jane Langmuir, the Kempf Langmuir Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Kay & Peter Lisle
Peter & Natasha Lofgren ????
Marion Mariner ????
Ann Brooke Mason
Nat Rea Photography
New England Fleece Co.
Charles O’Boyle & Rick Rambuss
Richard Olmsted
Richard A. Olsen
Peter O’Neill & Lindsay French ????
Mr. Charles H. Page
John & Regina Partridge
Jill Pearlman
Proust Reading Group, in honor of Steve Coon
Sara Reichley
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rosanna Imports, Inc.
J. R. Rudert, Jr. ????
Monica & Frank Schaberg, in honor of Rhoda Flaxman’s reading group
Daniel Shedd & Susan Doyle-Shedd, in honor
of the Athenæum Staff
Scott & Sally Stevenson
Dexter Strong & Maureen Taylor/Taylor Strong Charitable Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Jim Sunshine
Paul Van Zuiden, in memory of Martha
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous, in memory of Richard F. Paolillo
Anonymous, in memory of Sylvia Moubayed
Chiara Atik
Deborah & Philip Barackman
Suzanne Barksdale, in honor of the “Scribbling Women” of the Athenæum ????
Ian L. Barnacle ????
James Barnett & Carolyn Haynes
Phoebe Blake & Peter McClure
Barbara Brittingham
Bernard Buonanno
Elaine A. Cali, in memory of DMW
Susan & Ronald Cohen
Anna & Bill Colaiace
David & Nancy Costantino ????
Brian Daniels & Jeff Davis
Oliver & Lisa Dow
Dennis & Kathleen Duffy ????
Skip & Ann Faith
Thomas Farrell & Lisa Barsumian
Abbott & Set Gilbane, in honor of Dick Gilbane & the fountain project
Ralph Greggs & Patricia Saint Aubun ????
Donna Cameron Gricus & Paul Gricus
Jeffrey Grybowski
Kevin J. Harrington
Anne Holland
Dr. & Mrs. W. H. Hollinshead III
Jane & Tony Lancaster
Sally Lapides & Arthur Solomon
Janice W. Libby
Govind Menon ????
Tina Miller
Marjorie Montgomery, in memory of John Montgomery
Susan Seymour Murphy, in memory of Jack Montgomery, who loved the Athenæum
David & Margot Nishimura
Jack & Pat Nolan
Steph & Dan Ovoian, matching gift Medtronic
Peggy Peckham, Peckham Family Fund of the Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
Ben & Annie Philbrick
Harry Philbrick & Carolyn Coleburn
Stephen & Constance Philbrick
Dr. Brian Regal, in honor of special collections
Mary Reineman & Paul Kappel
Craig & Sarah Richardson
Andrew Ryan & Kathryn Flanders
Salten Weingrod Family Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Monique & Robert Schweich, in honor of Jennifer Schweich
Cynthia L. Shattuck
Daniel G. Siegel
Ellen Simmons ????
Ann & Daryl Stahl
Emily Enders Steffian & Daniel J. Kamil, in memory of Sarah Enders Steffian
John Stephenson, in memory of Brook Stephenson
Sally Strachan, in honor of Lindsay Shaw
Hrant & Carol Tatian
Linda Troia & James Hamann
Karin & Ted Wetherill
Robin Wetherill & Ryan Cobb ????
Connie Worthington & Terry Tullis, in memory of Jack Montgomery, gentleman, good neighbor, fine physician & role model for so many.
Anonymous (6)
Anonymous (2) ????
Anonymous, in honor of Sam Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Joan Abrams
Virginia Adams
Julie Andrews, in memory of John B. Montgomery, MD
Mary Stair Andrews
Gale Aronson
Michele Bauer & Kurt
Stenberg
James Barnes & Victoria
Wilson-Barnes
Jane & Daniel Blanchette
Michael & Alice Bonitati
James & Kathleen Bower
Kipp Bradford & Julie Steele
Anna & Andrew Browder
Suzanne & David Cane ????
Paula Carmichael & Richelle Russell
Lisa Casey
Judith Chace
Lynne Chadwick & Peter
Trotsch ????
Debra Chase
Mike & Carolyn Chase, in memory of Martha Dodd Buonanno
John Cherry
Clarkson Collins & Mary Cummings
Eliza G. C. Collins
Harold Cook
Baker Coon
Jess Coon & Ash Mayo, in honor of Steve Coon
Carol A. Crowley
Carol DeBoer-Langworthy, in memory of Russell L. Langworthy
Cedric de Leon & Emily Heaphy
Vanessa & Dante Del Giudice, in honor of the Stephen Coon Book Fund
Christian & Sherrie Douvre
Carrie Drake & Cranston Paull
John & Victoria Duff
John Dunnigan & Wendy Wahl, in honor of Sam Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Frank & Laura Durand
Jean M. Edwards, in memory of Mabel P. Edwards
Pamela Ellsworth, in memory of R. Einar Soderback, former Superintendent for Public Buildings for the City of Providence, & Brown University graduate, who loved the City & College Hill ????
Julia & Rob Emlen
Roy T. Evans III
Virginia H. Evans ????
Frank J. Faltus, MD ????
Pedro Felzenszwalb & Caroline Klivans ????
Joshua & Evelyn Fischer, in honor of Cathy Lund & Peter Karczmar
Susan C. Fisher
Barrett & Jean Flanders
David & Suzanne Francis, Francis Family Fund, Schwab Charitable
Frog & Toad
Leslie Ann Fuller
Ken & Sarah Garrepy
Arthur Geltzer & Younghee Kim Family Foundation/Fidelity Charitable
Ellen B. Geltzer ????
Anne Freeman Giraud ????
Robert Girvin
Raya & Robert Goff
Diane & VG Gooding
Mark & Ruth Guyer
Charlotte & Set Handy
Ginger & John Harkey
Edith Hemenway
Susan Heuck Allen & Peter Allen
Mark Holliday ????
Jacques V. Hopkins
Sheila Hughes
Lise Iwon
Dorothy Jacobs & Joseph Fargnoli, in honor of Mary ????
Belinda Johnson
Coppelia Kahn
Dr. Frank & Katherine Kahr, in honor of the Faulkner reading group
Keough Construction ????
Boyd & Joanne King
Charles & Amey Larmore
Francis J. Leazes, Jr. PHD
Rebecca Lebeau
Allison Levy
Griselda Lyman & Duncan White
Suzanne & Ira Magaziner
Michael & Geraldine Malanga
John & Sandy Markley
John A. Mattera, matching gift Bank of America
Mr. & Mrs. Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. / Trustees, The McAdams Charitable Foundation
Sharon McKain, in memory of David W. McKain and in honor of Marcel Proust
McLaughlin & Moran, Inc., in memory of Samuel A. Miller
Donald & Virginia McQueen
Timothy & Maryann Messier
Tim Monroe & Cheryl Nixon
Christopher Moore & William Dilworth ????
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy T. More
Sarah Morenon
Doug & Elsie Morse
Carol & Burleigh Morton
Benjamin Nacar
Jane S. Nelson
Ken & Laura Nordstrom
Patricia H. & J. Philip O’Hara
Val Ondes & Bill Donovan, in honor of Samuel Aaron Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Amy & Kevin Orth
The Overbay Family ????
Kim & Tim Paige
Allison Gaines Pell ????
Ellen Petraits
Yahaira Placencia ????
Nina Pratt
Joseph Presel
Kelsey & Ryan Queenan
Betsey Quigley
Tania Ralli & Franklin Goldsmith
Connie & George Raymond
Joan Ress Reeves & family
Alexandra Reynolds ????
Ken & Kim Rickler
Ray Rickman & Robb Dimmick
Deborah Ring & Michael Simoncelli ????
Timothy Rivinus & Judith Parker
Kimberley Rohm, in honor of Matt Burriesci
Karen Romer ????
Kenneth Sacks & Jane Kaufman
Neil Safier & Iris Montero
Faith & Frederick Sandstrom
Mark & Elaine Sawtelle
Drew & Jill Schofield
Jess Schor & Tim McDonnell, in honor of Tripp Evans
Ann & Jim Scott
Theresa & George Seidel
Henry & Julie Sharpe
John W. Smith
Holly Snyder ????
Mary Louise & Phineas Sprague, in honor of Dick Gilbane & the fountain project
Jeffrey St. Sauveur
Dennis Stark
Ethan Stein & Shoshana Landow ????
Carol Terry & James Janecek
Tracy O’Leary Tevyaw
William Vanech
Charles & Kavita Vansant
Becky Waugh
Barbara Weindling & David Cohen
Naida Weisberg
Beth & Stanley Weiss
Joy & Charles Wharton
Nancy & Robert Whitcomb
Judith & David Wilson ????
Fred & Martha Zimmerman
Anonymous (15)
Anonymous (5) ????
David H. Adriance
Peter & Riva Adriance ????
Robin Alario
James & Susan Allen
Mark R. Allio
Theo Anderson
Louis Andrews & Mary Ann Coffey Andrews
Geoff Ayoub
Sarah C. Baldwin, in honor of
Jo-Anne Hart & David Weitz ????
Corinne M. Barber, in honor of Danielle Kemsley
Frank & Sandra Basile
Phoebe Bean
Jennifer Becker & Jeffrey Fox ????
Beverly Y. Bennett
Thomas Bergeron
Allen Bestwick
Judy Blake
Steven B. Bloomfield & Melissa H. Apperson
Leslie Bostrom
Adele M. Bourne
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Bozzi
Michele Brannigan
Jennifer Ketay Brock
Mary E. Brower, in memory of Elizabeth Carpenter
Dennis Bucco
Vittoria Buerschaper
Elsie D. Buffum
Anne Butler
Teal Butterworth & Dennis Ballou
Leonard Cambra & Mark Perry
Gina Canepa
Jane Carey
William Carpenter & Emily Westcott
Stephen Caruana
Elizabeth Caswell
Paula Champa
Ateesh S. Chanda & Shideh Shafie
Erica J. Chapman, in honor of my 37th birthday!
Professor Kenneth Chay
John Chiafalo
Kate & Arthur Chute
Teresa Coda
Avram & Maxine Cohen, in honor of books
Franco Colavecchia ????
Dr. Elizabeth Collins ????
Kerry Condon
Sean & Anne Connor, in honor of Reverend Liz Lerner Maclay, 18th settled minister of First Unitarian Church ????
Carol Cook, in honor of the “Scribbling Women” of the Athenæum ????
Alexandra Cummings
Alex Cutler
Samuel Daoud & Alison Bundy
Rachel Da Silva
Andy Davies
Judy Davis
Susan E. Day
Betsey Delaney
Richard & Nancy Derrig, in memory of John Montgomery
Emily Desrosiers
Rev. Philip Devens ????
Katherine Dieter
Robert DiMuccio
Carla & Robert Dowben
John R. Duhamel ????
Toni & Fritz Dumville ????
David K. Duncan ????
Mark & Annette Dunkelman
Shannon Dunnigan ????
Susan W. Durham, in honor of Dr. Tripp Evans
Adele & Charles Eil
Dr. Epstein
Lewis Evans ????
Constance Evrard ????
Temple Fawcett ????
Lloyd Feinberg & Elizabeth Marcotte
Heather Field
Karen Donohue Fleer
Rebecca Fletcher
Faith Underhill Fogle, in memory of Catherine & Richard Fogle
Douglas & Cynthia Franklin, in honor of Sam Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Rosa Lisa Fry
Holly & Rod Funston, in honor of Samuel Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Catherine Fury
Kathryn Gann & Jonathan Reichner ????
James Garzillo ????
Geoffrey C. Garth
Anne & Kate Gasper
Linda Getgen & William Deveney ????
The Gianelloni Family ????
Nathaniel Gill
Christopher Giordano
Mary Anne Golda
Mike & Kathy Goldberger
Dawn Goodman
Ellen Goodman
Carrollyn Grace ????
Al & Judi Grant, in memory of Ned Handy
Bob Grant
Elsa Grieder, in honor of the “Scribbling Women” of the Athenæum
Michelle Grove
Dr. Philip Gruppuso & Ms. Martha Manno, Manno-Gruppuso Charitable Fund, Fidelity Charitable
Lindsey Gumb
Alexandra Hahn, Matching Gift of Textron, Inc.
Jessica & John Haley
Rebecca Hancock
Mitchell Hanson, in honor of Sam Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Daniel Harrop & Jeffrey K. Harrington
Elizabeth Hartley
Paul Hemp ????
Susan Hendriksen ????
Dorothy & Donald Horowitz, in memory of Sylvia Moubayed
Jan Howard & Dennis Teepe
Kinnaird Howland
Sydney Hunt
Lucia Huntley
Jay Hurd
Catherine Beyer Hurst ????
Mary Hutchins
Wendy Ingram
John Jacob & Kerry Davis Jacob
Susan Janis, in honor of Robert Midboe
Rachael Jeffers
Irene Jefferson ????
Dana Jessup
Heather Johnson
Christopher Kalley
Alice Kaltman
Barbara Karoff
David Karoff & Barbara Hunger
Katherine Kazarian
Richard Kelley ????
Jessie & Alan Kerr
Liam Kerwin
Jessie & Jim Kingston
Susan Kinloch
Seth M. Klaiman, in honor of Sam Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Gregory Kombluh
Angelin Koziara ????
Nishi Kumar
Jane Lambert
Richard Lamon & Ann Kordas
Elizabeth Landers
Jim Langevin, in honor of Sam Milller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Mrs. Christina Lantz, in memory of Cheryl Ann Wilkes
Cate Latz
Jennifer Laurelli
Amanda & Timothy Lazarus
Joanne Leary
Emily Lecaque
Marjorie Lederer ????
Brooke & Eugene Lee
Mark Lehrer
Philip Leis & Lee Kossin
Lucy Ann Lepreau
Stephen G. & Sharon Linder ????
Althea Lindsay ????
Mr. & Mrs. Ramzi J. Loqa
Mrs. Kate Losman
MacInnis Family ????
Henry F. Majewski
Peter & Kathryn Mandel
Penelope Manzella
Sheryl Mason
Donald & Mary McClure
Jack & Sara McConnell ????
Milly McLean & Daniel C. Waugh
Andrew & Alexandra McMullen
Geraldine Marie Meenan
Loren Metzger-Marcus
Arthur & Marcia Meyers
Edward & Carolann Morrissey, in honor of our granddaughter, Robin H. Wetherill
Amy E. Moses, in honor of Samuel Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Darra Mulderry
The Mumford & Ramachandran Family
Ellie Nacheman ????
Susan & Bill Newkirk
Margaret & Larry Newman, in honor of Samuel Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
Mildred Nichols
Darek Niklas
Kathleen O’Connell
One that Thirsteth ????
Morgan E. Orr
Ruth Otto
The Padbidri’s of Singapore
Tom Padwa & Joanne DeVoe ????
Susan Emily Pera
Holly Perry
Suzanne & Barbara Pezzulli
Anthony & Lillian Picchione
Joan Plante
John & Christine Popoli
Kurt Raaflaub & Deborah Boedeker
Jason Reed ????
David T. & Jennifer F. Riedel
Tina Rizack & Christopher Langlois
Thomas H. Roberts
Wendy Roberts ????
Ralph E. Rodriguez
Michael & Christine Rogers
Victoria Rogers
Kristin & David Rosler
Shelley Roth
Brent Runyon
Brett Rutherford ????
Brendan Ryan
Geri Rybacki, in honor of Samuel Aaron Miller for the Philbrick Poetry Event
David Shapiro-Zysk ????
Ben & Dorothy Shattuck
Lindsay Shaw
Sarah & Robert Shaw
Kathleen Sheran ????
Consuelo Sherba, in memory of Charles Sherba
Priscilla Shube & Wayne Rosenberg
Madge Slavin
Moira Squier
Penney Stein
Julienne Stenberg
Marcelita Swann
Andrew & Louise Swanson
Robin M. Tagliaferri
Josh & Rebecca Taub
Kathleen & Robert Thurston-Lighty
Jennifer Tidey
Frances & Peter Trafton
Alan & Karen Usas
Felipe Valencia
Amy & Joel VanderWeele, in honor of Danielle Kemsley
Judy Vilmain
Nondas H. Voll, in memory of Jack Montgomery
Mike & Marcia Walsh, in honor of the Levin Family
Vera Wayne
Priscilla & Bill Welsh
Ellen Welty & Michael Middeleer
Ellen Wetherill
Tim Whitfeld
Lauren Richardson Williams
Linda Wilson, in honor of Alice & Jack
Jim & Dana Wing
John Winters & Karen Callan
Shannon Wittwer ????
Woodnick Family
Words In The Works LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Worrell
Jimmy & Harriet Wrenn
Kersti Yllo & David Potter
Elizabeth Zimmerman
???? indicates a gift made in honor of the Richmond Fountain
Funding Partners
The Carter Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
The Champlin Foundations
The Felicia Fund, Inc.
Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust
June Rockwell Levy Foundation
Mabel T. Woolley Trust
The Murray Family Charitable Foundation
Ocean State Charities Trust
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Athenæum programs are made possible through major funding support from the RI Council for Humanities, and independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Rhode Island Foundation
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Athenæum activities are made possible in part by a grant from the RI State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the RI General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sachem Foundation
Sharpe Family Foundation
Taco/The White Family Foundation
In-Kind Organizational Supporters
Campus Fine Wines
Variable Data Printing