We are absolutely thrilled with the services we received from Demont. None of us envisioned that we had the capacity to raise over $3 million in a year, and it is because of the blueprint you have laid out for us that our fund-raising programs are stronger than they have ever been. Thank you so much for all of your guidance, support, and encouragement. It has been a personal and professional delight.
Cathedral Church of Saint Paul
The Demont team grasped the nuances of our parish. That they had each done an amazing amount of prep work was clearly evident. We interviewed three firms, and the Demont staff stood out in their preparation, understanding, and ability to comment intelligently about our particular challenges.
Demont Difference Fund
The Demont Difference Fund annually awards matching grants and/or pro bono services to smaller not-for-profit organizations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. read more
Previous Recipients
Lola P. Aiken
Harold and Dorothy Alfond
Daniel Amory
Roger Berle
Horace S. Blood, M.D.
John C. Bridge
Donna Carpenter
William H. Carris
Martha and Geoff Clark
Ruth & Tristram Colket
Madeline G. Corson
C&S Wholesalers
Derrick (Rick) Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Halsey Davis
Pauline G. Elkin
Dr. Kenneth Eskelund
Jameson S. French
Jake Gallagher
Dr Arnold and Virginia Golodetz
Leon A. Gorman
William Green, Esq.
May Gruber
Thomas Haas
William and Jean Hallager
Hannaford Bros.
Richard L. Hatch
William R. Hauke, Sr.
Hill Associates, Inc.
Daniel C. Hoefle
Bob and Cynthia Hoehl
Irene Hunter
Phillip W. Hussey, Jr.
Jobs for Maine’s Graduates
Cynthia Lamberton
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Lintilhac Foundation
George Little
J. Warren and Lois McClure
Malcolm and Susan McLane
Lilla McLane Bradley
Robert E. and Holly D. Miller
Northfield Savings Bank
Elizabeth B. Noyce
Oakhurst Dairy
Harold and Peggy Osher
Frances W. Peabody
Thomas N. Pelletier
Dan Prior
Frank and Brianna Sands
W. Tom Sawyer
Irving Singer
John Staples
Cyrus & Barbara Sweet
John Swope
Amy E.Tarrant
Robertson Trowbridge
Unity Foundation
Hilton A. Wick
The Windham Foundation
Kemon S. Zachos
2009 DDF Recipients
UpReach Therapeutic Riding Center
Goffstown, NH
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust
New London, NH
Goddard College
Plainfield, VT
Burlington College
Burlington, VT
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Robert D. Demont, CFRE
Bob Demont has been a proponent of the highest standards in direction and counsel to philanthropic institutions, their staff, and volunteers since 1979. In addition to managing, directing, and counseling hundreds of clients and helping them raise over $700,000,000, Bob has been a teacher, coach, camp counselor, board member, political campaign manager, international performer, and marketing representative. He formed Demont Associates in 1993 after serving as regional manager and president of the New England Division of Ketchum, Inc., when it was the largest fund-raising counseling firm in the world.
Bob has personally chaired six capital campaigns for not-for-profit organizations. He is past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Northern New England Chapter, was a faculty member of AFP’s First Course and Survey Course, and a guest lecturer at Lesley College. He also has completed the Executive Leadership Institute sponsored by AFP in conjunction with the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy.
Bob is the former Chair of the Board of Visitors of the University of Maine at Machias, President of Yarmouth High School Alumni Association, and President of the Board of Directors of Agawam Council, a private character-based camp serving American youth since 1919. Bob remains a development committee member and summer camp counselor at Camp Agawam, serves on the Yarmouth High School Alumni Association, and is a member of his church’s finance committee, choir member and chair of its $1.1 M endowment campaign for music ministry. He has been an active volunteer and class capital campaign chair at his alma mater, Bowdoin College and also chaired Up With People’s International Alumni Association Founders Campaign.
Kate White Lewis, CFRE
Kate White Lewis has served numerous clients with campaign planning and direction services since 2000. Her primary responsibilities are in the areas of service quality, communication, supervision, training, planning, and marketing direction. In serving clients, she is responsible for creating and implementing campaign plans; recruiting and training volunteers; managing campaign solicitations; managing donor and prospect databases; developing marketing materials; and organizing campaign activities.
Kate has previous experience in political campaigns and public interest organizations. Prior to joining Demont, she completed a fellowship program with the state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs). Her experience in that capacity included fund raising, lobbying, directing media relations, building membership, financial office systems, and training, managing, and motivating staff and volunteers. Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science and French from the University of Vermont, where she concentrated in environmental studies. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Northern New England Chapter of the Association of Fund-Raising Professionals (AFP NNE). She is former co-chair of the Board of Directors for Maine People’s Alliance, current volunteer treasurer for the Maine People’s Resource Center, and has been active with the Sierra Club and South Portland Land Trust.
Aric L. Walton
Aric L. Walton is responsible for overseeing day to day operations at Demont headquarters, including financial account management, technology management, personnel matters, supervision of client deliverables production, and tracking of company goals, staffing, and contracts.
Since joining Demont in 2005, he has served clients throughout New England in various capacities including: Campaign Office Manager for capital campaigns, phonathon coordinator, prospect researcher and analyst, and planning study coordinator.
A native of Yarmouth, Maine, Aric earned a B.S. in Recreation Management & Policy from the University of New Hampshire. As a volunteer, he serves the STRIVE program of Portland, ME, as an Advisory Council member, helping to guide program direction, development, and community outreach efforts. He is also involved with Club Chameleon, a wilderness therapy program for community youth ages 10 to 16 based in Newmarket, New Hampshire where he consults staff members on fund-raising efforts and program development.
Lauren Geiger Moye, CFRE
Lauren Geiger Moye supports Demont clients with extensive experience in development, public relations, and media. She serves on the Demont Management Team.
Prior to joining Demont Associates, Lauren served as Executive Director of Kingdom County Productions (Barnet, VT) where she was responsible for fund raising, public relations, marketing, publications, special events, and donor relations for the independent film Disappearances and an Emmy-winning television show, Windy Acres.
From 1998-2003, she served as the director of external relations at Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium (St. Johnsbury, VT), responsible for increasing the Museum’s resources through management of annual and corporate giving, membership, foundation support, marketing, and public relations.
Before moving to Vermont, Lauren was associate manager of Public Relations at the New York Public Library and publicist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Lauren graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A in English literature from Middlebury College.
She currently serves as Chair of the Vermont Women’s Fund and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Youth In Philanthropy Task Force. She is a former president of the Board of the AFP-Northern New England chapter. Lauren is a Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium Fellow, and the recipient of the AFP Chamberlain Scholarship.
She lives in St. Johnsbury, Vermont with her husband Richard and daughter Lizzie.
Sheri M. Leahan
Sheri Leahan offers over fifteen years of development expertise in prospect research and analysis, capital campaign procedures and documentation, and donor database assessments and management to client staff and Demont campaign directors and associates. She holds extensive knowledge in prospect and foundation research techniques utilizing on-line and print resources. Sheri supervises the set up of campaign offices, gift and acknowledgement procedures, database management, and training on campaign database coding, report writing, and prospect management systems. In addition to administering internal assessments and planning studies, Sheri has served Demont & Associates as a campaign associate for numerous capital campaigns throughout New England and as the firm’s marketing coordinator.
She brings significant museum leadership, research, and curatorial experience to the firm having earned an M.A. in History Museum Studies through the Cooperstown Graduate Program at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. She has previously served as Curator of the Senator Margaret Chase Smith Library and Museum in Skowhegan, Maine and as Director of the Noyes House Museum in Vermont. She brings valuable project management, educational, marketing, and other skills from her work with a variety of museums throughout Greater New England. Sheri is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a B.A. in History and an active volunteer for the New England Museum Association and the Central Kennebec Heritage Council (Maine). She is a member of the New England Development Research Association and the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement.
Erica R. Mullen
Erica Mullen provides support for client and staff communications. Her responsibilities include production of study reports and marketing communication materials; maintenance of professional memberships, sponsorships, and advertising; website management; preparation of conference presentations; and associate support as it relates to client service. She also serves as an assistant to the President.
Erica received a B.A. in art from the University of Southern Maine and has experience with layout design, digital photographic editing, and marketing. She resides in Saco, Maine and volunteers for Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding Center in Windham, Maine.
Robert J. Buckla, Ed.D.
Rob Buckla offers Demont clients more than 21 years of fund-raising, public relations, and consulting experience. For the last seven years at Demont, he has served clients with comprehensive capital and endowment campaign counsel; institutional advancement counsel; strategic planning; program assessment & analysis; and marketing program development.
Rob currently serves as Senior Director of College Programs in the Office of Institutional Advancement at the Illinois Institue of Technology. Rob most recently served as vice president of development & external relations at Hyde Schools where he oversaw a four-campus group of boarding and public charter schools. Prior to his appointment to Hyde’s administration, Rob engineered the boarding school’s $16.3 million capital and endowment campaign as a Demont & Associates’ consultant and campaign director. He has served as vice president for institutional advancement at Averett University in Virginia, as well as associate vice president for Development at Regis University, in Denver, CO, Director of Development at Theological College of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, MA, and Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Doane Stuart School in Albany, NY.
Throughout his career, Rob has specialized in fund raising at values-centered, religious-affiliated institutions and organizations. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Bonaventure University in New York and a master of education degree from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a doctorate from Vanderbilt, where he studied the impact of organizational culture on fund-raising effectiveness. Rob has been actively involved in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) throughout his career and has attended Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) conferences. He volunteers his time and expertise at his undergraduate alma mater, St. Bonaventure.
Cathy Coffman
Cathy Coffman has over twenty-five years of experience working for nonprofits. Although she has worked for large institutions, such as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her particular interest is in assisting small nonprofits to improve their fund-raising capacity, strengthen organizational leadership, and tell their story more effectively.
Cathy has held positions across the spectrum of nonprofit advancement and management. Her fund-raising positions have ranged from director of development to campaign director to annual fund director, and her communications positions from publications editor to director of public affairs. For nine years, she served as both chief financial officer and director of advancement at Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine. As a consultant she has conducted planning studies, annual fund reviews, image assessment studies, data analysis, and board retreats. She has worked for or consulted with social service agencies, environmental and scientific organizations, universities, and independent schools.
A graduate of both Ohio State University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she completed her doctoral coursework, Cathy lives in Saco, has served on local community boards and efforts, and enjoys volunteering in the summer at the Fifth Maine Museum.
Christopher E. Crooker
Chris Crooker has been connecting alumni, parents and friends with Cornell University since 1997. Most recently, as the assistant dean for alumni affairs and development for the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, he has experience in all phases of alumni relations and fund raising for Cornell.
During his career he has been entrusted to work with key volunteer leaders throughout the organization, from trustees to class officers and alumni club presidents. Crossing the spectrum of non-profit fund raising, Chris has built participation in annual fund and reunion giving programs, provided staff leadership to campaigns, developed and executed major gift strategies and coordinated and conducted gift planning discussions. He has worked on the project teams for Cornell’s $200 million scholarship challenge campaign and an $85 million campaign for the university’s athletic programs. He currently leads the ILR School’s $60 million capital campaign.
Prior to his time at Cornell, Chris served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer for seven years, including service in the Northern Arabian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. He remains in the Navy Reserve.
Chris volunteers his time as a board member of the Ithaca, NY Babe Ruth Baseball League, and as a trustee of the Alpha Psi of Chi Psi Fraternity Educational Trust.
J. Patrick Gugerty
Pat Gugerty brings to Demont nearly two decades of corporate and philanthropic experience. Throughout his professional career he has been involved with many aspects of consumer marketing, executive administration, human resources management, education and development, and not-for-profit board governance.
Pat held a variety of key leadership positions for MBNA, which at the time was one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing banking organizations. He was responsible for partnerships and marketing with numerous organizations headquartered in New England. As an executive Board member for a national education foundation, he and his colleagues were responsible for the approval of teacher grant requests and student scholarship awards for the New England portion of the $60 million fund.
As board and committee member, Pat has played a pivotal role for various organizations, including: Penobscot Bay Medical Center’s occupational health arm, Health Connections, Penobscot Bay YMCA, and Tanglewood 4H Camp and Learning Center, all located in mid-coast Maine, and Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware. Pat has also worked independently as a consultant to organizations to develop strategic plans, case statements, and campaign planning and feasibility studies.
Pat holds a bachelors degree from the University of Maryland at College Park and resides in Wilmington, Delaware.
Susannah H. Kerest
Susannah Kerest provides campaign and study direction for Demont clients. Throughout 13 years of fund-raising experience, Susannah has conducted major gift fund raising in organizations of varying scale across New England.
Susannah has held development positions in leadership giving at Wesleyan University, Cornell University, University of Vermont, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Prior to re-locating to Maine, Susannah served as a major gifts officer at Horizons for Homeless Children in Boston.
A graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Susannah has held volunteer roles with Wesleyan University, local public radio stations, and as a member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and Women in Development of Greater Boston. She currently serves as a volunteer at the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project as well as her childrens’ school, Ocean House at the Farm.
David W. Lawrence
David Lawrence, an expert in healthcare fund raising and advancement, provides Demont’s not-for-profit clients with institutional advancement counsel; comprehensive capital campaign management and counsel; ongoing/periodic program counsel; and strategic planning, awareness, and development program marketing and operational organization counsel.
In addition to his role as senior associate with Demont & Associates, David has served as senior philanthropic advisor for the Office of Resource Development at Harvard Medical School, providing strategic guidance for philanthropic support of medical research and educational programs. He currently serves in a similar capacity for the Sick Kids Foundation of the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. He has also counseled Duke University Medical Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Georgetown University Medical Center, Jackson Laboratory, Bates College, National Parkinson Foundation, and several health systems nationwide.
Previously, David served two years as president of the Northwestern Memorial Foundation affiliated with Northwestern University Medical School. He also served 18 years as chief development officer for Mayo Foundation, leading the Mayo Clinic’s multi-site philanthropy activities.
A graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, David holds a master of arts degree from George Washington University. David completed 23 years of service as an active and reserve naval officer retiring at the rank of Captain.
Phyllis A. Lockhart
Phyllis Lockhart brings extensive professional business development; project and office management; and marketing and public relations experience to Demont clients. She serves as an on-site Campaign Director, managing all aspects of capital campaigns such as prospect research and review; database management; public awareness and cultivation programs; volunteers; and campaign divisions. Phyllis’ experience combines healthcare administration and business development, having worked for medical centers, large physician groups, major health plans, and the United Way.
Phyllis has served as a loaned executive and campaign coordinator for the United Way of Greater Portland. As a former senior practice administrator for PracticePartners of Portland, Maine, she provided leadership and direction on planning and coordinating the operations of 10 primary care physician practices. Phyllis has provided business and project management for Connecticut Multispecialty Group in Hartford, Connecticut and the Permanente Medical Association in Dallas, Texas. While in Dallas, she also provided product development and marketing services for Baylor Health Care System and Cigna Healthplan. Phyllis is a graduate of Trenton State College with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. She is an active volunteer for the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle, and is on the Board of Directors of the Carpenter’s Boat Shop and the Coastal Chorale.
Thomas W. Smith, CFP®
With more than 30 years of planned giving experience, Tom is a private consultant in planned giving and senior philanthropic advisor at The Vermont Community Foundation. His additional experience includes eight years at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA, and 11 years at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vermont. Tom is active in local and national levels of planned giving and currently serves on the Editorial Review Panel of The Journal of Gift Planning, published by the National Committee on Planned Giving. Prior to his career in development, Tom was a language professor on the college level.
Tom has an A.B. degree from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, and an M.A. degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. In 1986, he received his certified financial planner designation from the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado. He currently resides in Ripton, Vermont.
The American Camp Association, New England
Bay Chamber Concerts
Keene Family YMCA
Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church
The Green Mountain Club
Keewaydin Foundation
Fund-Raising Training & Development
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents more than 30,000 members in 200 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession.
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals of Northern New England (AFP-NNE) is comprised of 250+ members from the states of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. The chapter organizes an annual conference every November (which rotates among the three states) and offers professional development, educational and networking opportunities to its members in all three states.
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals – Massachusetts Chapter is the fifth largest chapter of AFP that offers a robust schedule of educational and networking opportunities, including monthly breakfast meetings and Brown Bag Lunch workshops, half-day intensive BASICS Courses, the Leadership Form, and the annual conference.
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals – Greater New York Chapter is the founding chapter of AFP. This chapter is a vital and unparalleled source of information and resources for the New York area—from workshops and informal networking opportunities to Fundraising Day in New York, the largest one-day conference in the world on philanthropic topics.
The Council on Fundraising (CONFR) provides ongoing, statewide, high-quality professional fundraising training in New Hampshire.
The Planned Giving Group of New England (PGGNE) is an association of charitable gift planning professionals representing the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) is a professional association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and allied areas. CASE helps its members build stronger relationships with their alumni and donors, raise funds for campus projects, produce recruitment materials, market their institutions to prospective students, diversify the profession, and foster public support of education.
Women in Development of Greater Boston (WID) offers a variety of programs, services and opportunities for volunteer involvement. Members help one another develop and improve professional skills, share information about employment opportunities, and foster a climate which promotes professional achievement.
The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) is an international professional organization dedicated exclusively to developing the men and women who encourage charity in North America’s health care systems.
The New England Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (NEAHP) is a not-for-profit professional membership association for people engaged in the business of raising money for non-profit healthcare organizations. NEAHP is the New England regional affiliate of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP).
The Association of Professionals Researchers for Advancement (APRA) collects, evaluates, analyzes, organizes, packages and disseminates publicly available information in a way that maximizes its usefulness and enables accurate and educated decision-making for the fund-raising community.
The New England Development Research Association (NEDRA) is a non-profit association for professionals with an interest in prospect research. NEDRA promotes the professional status of researchers in the development community and provides educational, training, mentoring and networking opportunities to its members.
The NonProfit Resource Center was founded in 1990 to provide training, consulting, and print and online resources addressing the unique financial and strategic management issues of not-for-profit organizations and associations.
The National Council of Nonprofit Associations is the network of state and regional nonprofit associations serving more than 20,000 member organizations. By linking local nonprofit organizations across the nation through state associations, the National Council helps small and midsize nonprofits manage and lead more effectively, collaborate and exchange solutions, engage in critical policy issues affecting the sector, and achieve greater impact in their communities.
BoardSource (formerly National Center for Nonprofit Boards) strives to support and promote excellence in board service, is the premier source of cutting-edge thinking and resources related to nonprofit boards, and engages and develops the next generation of board leaders.
Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) is committed to advancing and strengthening Maine’s nonprofit sector. MANP is a membership organization offering professional skill development programs, affordable healthcare and benefits plans, discounts on related programs and services and advocacy resources, and is part of a national network of state associations.
The Giving Institute educates and engages members in the ethical delivery of counsel and related services to non-profits through research, advocacy, and best practices.
Women and Philanthropy is a network and a voice for positive change in the field of philanthropy. Their research, events, services and network of members have helped increase both the amount of philanthropic dollars awarded to women and girls and the number of women working at all levels in the field of philanthropy.
BBB Wise Giving Alliance helps donors make informed giving decisions and advances high standards of conduct among organizations that solicit contributions from the public. The Alliance does not rank charities but rather seeks to assist donors in making informed judgments about charities soliciting their support.
The Resource Alliance is a UK registered charity whose mission is to build the fundraising capabilities of the non-profit sector worldwide.
Independent Sector is the leadership forum for charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good in America and around the world.
Fund-Raising Research
Guidestar gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organizations, including 990 tax forms.
The Association of Professionals Researchers for Advancement (APRA) collects, evaluates, analyzes, organizes, packages and disseminates publicly available information in a way that maximizes its usefulness and enables accurate and educated decision-making for the fund-raising community.
The New England Development Research Association (NEDRA) is a non-profit association for professionals with an interest in prospect research. NEDRA promotes the professional status of researchers in the development community and provides educational, training, mentoring and networking opportunities to its members.
Portico – Web Resources for Advancement Professionals is a collection of web sites, containing publicly available information, compiled for the use of the advancement community.
Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is a neutral, open forum committed to strengthening the research community in the emerging field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies. Principal activities include an annual conference, publications, electronic discussions and special interest groups.
Philanthropy, Volunteering & Social Capital
Learning to Give educates youth about the importance of philanthropy, the civil society sector, and civic engagement.
The Indiana University Center on Philanthropy is dedicated to increasing the understanding of philanthropy, improving its practice, and enhancing participation in philanthropy through its various programs and initiatives.
Volunteers of America is one the nation’s largest and most comprehensive human services organizations, serving more than 2 million people each year, including at-risk youth, the frail elderly, men and women returning from prison, homeless individuals and families, people with disabilities, and those recovering from addictions.
The Learning to Give Quotations Database is a searchable collection of over 1,200 quotations related to philanthropy.
Social Capital Gateway is a personal, non profit, initiative that provides useful resources for researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners interested in the study of social capital and other related topics, like poverty and development; and promotes discussion and ideas exchange on these topics.
Bowling Alone provides a wealth of resources on social capital, including the data used in Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000).
BetterTogether.Org provides this list of 150 ways to build social capital, as well as other resources.
Philanthropic News
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
Contributions Magazine is a print publication published quarterly. Each issue of Contributions offers executive directors and development officers a wealth of articles, information, and tips on subjects such as: board development, major gifts fundraising, prospect and donor research, direct mail fundraising, volunteer management, nonprofit marketing, Internet and email fundraising, proposal writing, planned giving, and corporate and foundation fundraising.
Foundations & Grants
The Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust.
The Maine Community Foundation currently manages $180 million in charitable assets, made up of more than 1,200 funds established by individuals, families and businesses. They awarded more than $15 million in grants and scholarships in 2008.
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is among the oldest and largest community foundations nationwide. The NHCF is one of the few community foundations with a statewide span, and was one of the first to develop a regional structure.
The Vermont Community Foundation helps to build and manage charitable funds created by individuals, families, groups, organizations, and institutions to improve the quality of life in Vermont.
The Maine Philanthropy Center is a statewide association of grant makers working together to promote philanthropy and to increase its impact in Maine.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc. is the regional association of grant makers, both foundations and corporations with giving programs, serving in, or making grants in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. AGM’s mission is to support the practice and expansion of effective philanthropic giving.
The Council on Foundations is a Washington, DC, area-based nonprofit membership association of more than 2,100 grant making foundations and corporations.
Hyde Schools
National Philanthropy Day Honorees – 2009
Demont Associates would like to congratulate Rachel Blair Friedman, inaugural recipient of the AFP NNE–Demont Youth in Philanthropy Award, which provides a $10,000 college scholarship.
As the sponsor of the National Philanthropy Day awards, we also congratulate the following honorees:
Outstanding Corporation
The Vermont Country Store
Manchester Center, VT
Outstanding Foundation
The Gibney Family Foundation
South Burlington, VT
Outstanding Philanthropist
Jude Blake
Portsmouth, NH
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser
W. John Funk
Gilmanton, NH