A YeaR of hope
2013 Annual Report
A Year of Hope
At Rosie’s Place, every minute, every moment
is precious. We approach each new day as an
opportunity to work with our guests toward a
brighter tomorrow. We are here for them 365 days a
year, 24 hours a day with a welcoming smile, a kind
word, a hug. Whether a guest is seeking a hot meal,
or a respite from the street, or a lifeline to housing
and health care, we strive to meet her need, with
unconditional love and understanding.
We are pleased to share with you some of the
highlights of our past year. The numbers only hint at
our tremendous commitment to the 12,000 guests
who passed through our doors.
Our work throughout this year, or any year, cannot be
accomplished alone. All that we do is made possible
through the generosity of our donors, volunteers,
and partners. You inspire us to extend our reach, to
listen and learn and to always look for new, better
ways to serve our guests. We are grateful for your
continuing support.
August
Dear Friend
Who will be by your side as you turn the pages of your calendar? Who is there for you, month after month?
We hope you have a long list…family, friends and colleagues upon whom you rely to fill your days with affection,
opportunity, challenge and fun. As the months rush by, we take particular note of the new, the challenging and the
different during the year.
This annual report highlights some of our newest services, such as our onsite legal services for new Americans with
questions and concerns about immigration issues, and some of our most challenging circumstances from the last year.
Because of the growing numbers of women in need, we’ve increased capacity in our Homelessness Prevention Initiative
and Advocacy programs and made more funds available to forestall eviction and utility shut-offs.
Looking ahead, we celebrate our new drop-in breakfast for our guests, complementing our already busy lunch and
dinner services, and continue to expand our support groups for women struggling with addiction, uncontrolled anger
and difficulties in parenting.
We invite you to learn more about our work through this report—and also by visiting us so you can see first-hand the
amazing efforts your support makes possible.
As we approach our 40th anniversary, we reflect on four decades filled with celebration, change and challenge. We know
that the next decades will hold both promises for change and tests of our creativity and fortitude. Together, we know we
are ready to make a difference for our guests!
That you share your heart with us makes the burden our guests must bear a little lighter, a little easier. Your kindness
means more than you will ever know!
With faith,
Isabelle StillgerSue Marsh
Executive Director
President, Board of Directors
July
a year of stability
Instead of sending guests with complex needs all over the
These experts join our other ongoing partners, such as
city with a referral, we offer specialists under our own
our employment counselor who helped 407 women
roof. In July, skilled lawyers began providing counsel
look for jobs this year, and our housing search specialist
and assistance to 279 guests on a range of legal
who assisted 410 women in finding a place to
issues—primarily housing and family law, Social Security
live. By bringing these experts in-house, we are able
eligibility and welfare benefits. Nine months later, we
to tailor the services to the specific needs of our guests
added services on-site to assist new Americans who have
in an atmosphere where they feel safe and supported
immigration questions and concerns.
confronting some of their most daunting challenges.
“The career specialist helped me find
a job and my Advocate gave me the
support and encouragement I needed
to stick with it. It feels wonderful to
be working again, and I’m grateful
for all the help I got at Rosie’s Place.”
- Marie S.
August
At Rosie’s Place, we go beyond helping a homeless
For many of our guests, mental health problems, limited
guest attain housing…we help her maintain it. That is
English, physical disability, and chaotic family life are just
the mission of our Homelessness Prevention Initiative
some of the issues that may interfere with maintaining
Program—to offer newly-housed guests long-term
their home. They may find it too difficult to keep up with
support and assistance through monthly visits to their
rent and utility payments and housekeeping; working out
homes. In August, our bilingual stabilization worker
disputes with landlords can become overwhelming and
made a record 60 home visits to guests at risk of
ultimately jeopardize housing. During a home visit, we
becoming homeless again.
create a support system with the guest that might include
referrals for mental health or substance abuse treatment,
primary health care and medications, or help finding a
job. We may provide direct financial assistance to prevent
eviction, cover unpaid utility bills or purchase household
items—whatever the guest needs to stay in her home. And
our commitment is open-ended: we keep coming back,
month after month.
“Rosie’s Place helped me find my apartment seven years ago, and I am still here with my
children today. This is the longest I have ever been in one place, and it feels good. I look forward
to the monthly visits—there’s always something to talk about and get help with.” - Norma O.
September
a year of support
At the end of the first quarter, our busy Advocacy
department had already logged 3,375 appointments
with guests, well on the way to an annual total of
just under 12,000. When a guest has a complex set of
problems that require extended attention, she can feel
secure that an Advocate will be there for her for as long
as she needs us.
Our Advocacy staff, comprised of nine full- and parttime Advocates—five of whom are fluent in Spanish,
Haitian-Creole, or Portuguese—offers our guests help
with housing, health and wellness care, educational
and employment opportunities, clothing, legal advice,
transportation and emergency funds for eviction
prevention and medications. Advocates also provide
referrals and will serve as liaisons to other agencies. At
Rosie’s Place, our Advocates never dictate solutions,
but work with guests to identify possible answers to the
challenges they face.
October
a year of engagement
This month marked the launch of our Outreach Van. The
van connects us to a new population of women in need:
those who are too afraid or too marginalized to come to
Rosie’s Place for services. They may be on the street as a
result of addiction, severe mental illness, partner abuse,
or involvement in the sex industry. Monday through
Friday, our van staff visits underserved neighborhoods
in Dorchester and Roxbury, and offers women vital
resources and referral information as well as necessary
items such as socks, toiletries, blankets, sandwiches and
water.
The numbers of women approaching the van—some with
young children—increased greatly over the course of the
year. By the end of summer, the van staff was reaching
out to close to 340 women each month. We are
gratified to report that many of these women have come
from the streets and into Rosie’s Place, where they are
now receiving safe shelter, housing assistance and other
services.
November
Our Public Policy department is committed to providing
Over the course of the year, we registered 663 women
the tools that our guests can use to find their own voices.
to vote, both here at Rosie’s Place and at other area
We advocate at the state level on issues that directly affect
shelters. We also organized 18 public policy talks in
our guests and involve and empower them to attempt
which 240 guests participated, and we graduated 11
change through the political process. Leading up to the
guests from our public policy training series.
presidential election on November 6, we accelerated our
guest-focused education, voter registration and “get out
the vote” efforts. We published and distributed 1,000
English and Spanish voter guides and 225 “Know
Your Rights” guides and hosted viewings of seven
national and statewide televised debates. On Election
Day, we organized 11 volunteers to drive 50 guests to
the polls.
“The public policy training helps you think about how you can change things, how you can present
your ideas to the legislature. The things that affect you are not only personal. You learn to take
it to a whole different level.” - DeeDee S.
December
The holiday season is a special time in Rosie’s Place
Overnight Program, which provides emergency
shelter to 20 women for up to three weeks at a time.
Because we understand that this time of year can be
difficult for women who don’t have a place to go or
a family to spend time with, we extend our guests’
stays from Thanksgiving through the New Year.
We enhance the already homelike atmosphere of
the Overnight living area with decorations and a
tree, and we offer special foods and activities and
distribute holiday gifts. We believe everyone should
have a roof over her head, good food in her belly, and
be among friends; we want no one to be alone during
the holidays.
The Overnight Program is open 365 days a year to
give a woman a warm, safe bed; three meals a day; and
enough time to get her footing so she can best make a
plan for what comes next. In the past 12 months, 216
guests found sanctuary at Rosie’s Place.
January
a year of security
At the midway point in the year, our Rosie’s Place
Groceries food pantry is already experiencing a stunning
27% increase in visits compared to one year ago.
An average of 1,900 women visit Rosie’s Place
Groceries each month and leave with 20-40 pounds
of healthy food for their families. While many pantries
distribute pre-bagged groceries, our guests “shop” among
shelves set up like a grocery store, choosing which items
they would like from juices, grains, canned goods and
more. And thanks to relationships we have developed
with local farms, we can also offer women a wide selection
of seasonal, nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables.
“Being able to come to Rosie’s Place
for food I can cook at home makes
a big difference. Now I can be sure my
family is fed when the food stamps get
thin. And there are so many vegetables!
I’m happy that I can make some dishes
from my country with them.”
- Lena R.
February
Through our unique arts program, arts@rosiesplace,
of the women participating for the first time. A
guests can participate in diverse activities that
total of 267 arts and crafts workshops were offered to
are educational and even transformational. In
guests, including dancing, fine arts painting, poetry
celebration of Black History Month, we highlighted
and songwriting, quilting, collage, jewelry-making,
prominent African American women in art, science,
and knitting. We led 44 trips to local museums, and
music and politics, with a special emphasis on the
then offered workshops related to the exhibits. In
life and work of tribal quilt artist Faith Ringgold.
addition, we presented 36 performances during
the dinner meal from the Boston Symphony
Over the course of the year, 1,972 guests took part
Orchestra, local conservatories, community groups
in workshops and field trips, with more than 20%
and student performers.
March
a year of empowerment
March saw the launch of our new Self-Advocacy
Other Self-Advocacy initiatives include diverse
Training Series. The five-week series engages
activities such as self-defense and de-escalation
women to develop problem-solving skills and
classes, iPad training labs, focus groups and skill-
confidence through eight sessions on topics such as
building workshops. We have also focused on guest-
healthy communications, financial wellness, self-care
initiated activities, resulting in a community garden at
and coping skills, being an informed consumer and
Rosie’s Place, with guests taking on the planning, tending
women’s empowerment. Rosie’s Place believes that given
and harvesting responsibilities. Guests also lead a weekly
the necessary tools, information and encouragement,
mindful walking group and a healthy cooking class.
poor and homeless women are able to make informed
Putting the reins in guests’ hands fosters growth and
decisions, to become more in control of their choices and
leadership development.
lives, and ultimately to be their own best advocate.
“Self-advocacy gives you the
tools to build yourself back up.
[Activities] improve your morale
and get your energy and juices going.
I have things to offer and Rosie’s Place
is using them, for good purpose.”
- Brandey D.
April
a year of sustenance
As we do every year, we planned and hosted a festive
celebration in our Dining Room to commemorate
the day of Rosie’s Place founding—Easter 1974. Our
2013 anniversary party was a daylong event, featuring
breakfast, an elegant brunch, and a special dinner. It is
a day that current and even former guests look forward
to; with a DJ on hand, the guests dance all afternoon,
embodying the joyous spirit of founder Kip Tiernan.
Open every day of the year, our Dining Room serves
a daily average of 215 poor or homeless women
and their children who count on having a healthy and
delicious meal. Overall, we served close to 80,000 hot
lunches and dinners over a 12-month period. We don’t
require our guests to line up and wait to receive their
meals. Instead, volunteers and dining room staff serve
them at the table, just as you would serve a guest in your
own home. For many of our diners, it may well be the only
respite in their day.
May
For the diverse group of students who take classes at
our Women’s Education Center, May signals the end
of the spring semester and a graduation ceremony.
A total of 186 students received completion
certificates for their weekly English as a Second or
Other Language (ESOL) classes. We are proud that
at Rosie’s Place each woman can attend a class or
spend time with a tutor free of any charge.
Over the last school year, 80 volunteer teachers
and tutors led classes and sessions in the morning,
afternoon and evening, providing 314 women each
semester with an opportunity to improve their skills
and increase self-sufficiency. This is a 25% increase
over the previous year.
“I need to read English better and this class is very good for me. I come with my friends and
we can help each other inside class and after class too. I think it will help me get a job.” - Maria R.
June
a year of opportunity
Volunteers of all ages are the lifeblood of Rosie’s Place.
These young people join close to 2,500
To enhance the experience of our younger volunteers, in
volunteers who donated more than 65,000 hours of
June we initiated the Social Justice Institute, enrolling
service this year. This is the equivalent of 32 full-time
29 students from area high schools. The Institute offers
employees, an increase of 16% over the year before.
them community service experience in combination
Thanks to this contribution by corporate groups, faith-
with exposure to larger social issues such as poverty
based organizations, schools, families and individuals,
and homelessness. Throughout the summer, students
we are able to keep our meals, pantry visits and classes
attended up to 10 social justice seminars presented by
available to all who seek them, and poised to grow to meet
local organizations and volunteered for a total of 852
an increasing need.
fellow
hours in our direct service programs.
“From Rosie’s Place, I’ve come to realize that social justice is not just about treating people equally,
it’s also about showing people the kindness, compassion, and respect they deserve. Rosie’s Place
shows the women that they matter and deserve kindness.” – Rebecca G.
Programs & expenditures
PUBLIC POLICY $158,478 (2%)
Education and training to involve our
guests in the legislative process
FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION $298,884 (3%)
DEVELOPMENT $965,588 (11%)
ADVOCACY $3,265,447 (36%)
One-on-one housing and employment
assistance, counseling referrals, legal
advice, wellness care, and homelessness prevention services. Self-Advocacy
services engage and empower guests
to become their own best advocates
WOMEN’S CRAFT COOPERATIVE $386,479 (4%)
Social enterprise providing guests with income, work skills and
self confidence
EMERGENCY SHELTER $495,806 (5%)
Twenty-bed shelter where women find respite from
the streets while they work with Advocates to identify
more permanent solutions
PERMANENT HOUSING $249,226 (3%)
Permanent, supportive housing for formerly homeless women, including those who are medically frail
WOMEN’S EDUCATION $933,187 (10%)
Free ESOL and Literacy courses taught by volunteer
instructors and tutors within a familiar and supportive
environment
FOOD PROGRAMS $2,346,220 (26%)
Dining Room serves lunch and dinner every day
of the year, and the Groceries program provides
22,595 shopping visits for free groceries in the food
pantry
sources of funding
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIC GROUPS 1%
ESTATES 9%
INDIVIDUALS 61%
CORPORATIONS 17%
FOUNDATIONS 12%
Rosie’s Place relies solely on private support and does
not accept and city, state or federal government funding.
In fiscal year 2013, $6,966,561 in operating support
was raised. In addition, $2,304,546 was received
through in-kind contributions of clothing, food, toiletries
and volunteer hours.
Net assets of property, equipment and cash were equal
to $17,179,772 at fiscal year end.
Please call the Development Office at 617.442.9322
to request our complete audited financial statement.
Founder’s Circle
a year of GENEROSITY
Named 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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Gwen Ruta
Allison Ryder and David Jones
Robert Sachs and Caroline Taggart
Jeswald and Donna Salacuse
Lynne and Warren Salzman
Susan and William Samuelson
Richard and Leanna Sands
Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Savignano
James P. Scales
Mr. and Mrs. David Schelzi
Peter and Cindy Schliemann
Robert M. Schmidt
Roberta and Bill Schnoor
Antoinette Schoar
Kathleen and Frederick Schultz
Reinhard and Nina Schumann
Robert Schwartz and Ruth Horowitz
Barbara and Edward Scolnick
R. Michael and Susan Scott
Carol and Howard Seplowitz
Karen Sepucha
Sandra Serkess
Michael Sgambati
Dr. Sreenath V. Sharma
Helen M. Sharp
Phillip and Ann Sharp
William Shea and Susan McConologue-Shea
John Sheehan and Celia Clancy
Wendy Sheehan and David Barbrow
Joan Sheldon
James D. Shields and Gayle M. Merling
Kathryn E. Shine
Alan and Susan Silberberg
Marilyn Silva
Hugh Simons
Joseph Singer and Martha Minow
Jus Singh
Elizabeth Skavish and Michael Rubenstein
Jane and Gordon Slaney
Kathleen and Herman Slater
Ellin Smalley
Arthur R. Smith
Cheryl Smith and Stephen Cox
Edward and Catherine Smith
Joan C. Smith
Edie Snow
Mark Sommer and Ellen Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Soviero
Stephanie and Brian Spector
Anne and Lawrence Sperry
Robert M. Sprague
Thomas R. Sprague
Donald Squires and Susan Warne
Ann and David St. Germain
Paula Sterite
Laura Stiglin
Isabelle Stillger
Pel Stockwell and Kimberly Druker Stockwell
Scott and Anita Stricoff
Katherine and Paul Stuka
Leslie and Daniel Sullivan
Brian J. Tarbox
Merle and Michael Tarnow
David V.N. Taylor and Susan Sargent
Jonathan and Nancy Teich
Richard and Karen Teller
Jean C. Tempel
James and Jean Thrall
Joel C. Tillinghast
John and Jane Tisdale
Stokley and Jeanne Towles
Mary Jane Trant Revocable Trust of 2008
Lisa Tung and Spencer Glendon
Sonia Turek
William Tyne
Doug Urell
Dorothy and Detlev Vagts
Karen Vagts
Lydia Vagts
Henry Vandermark
J. Edward and Nancy Varallo
Marie and Salvatore Vaudo
Ann Marie Viglione and Joe Jutras
Mrs. Jeptha H. Wade
Camille and Leslie Wallace
Geraldine Waloga
Janet and Joe Walsmith
Veronica Walus
Peter Wang
Christine Wasson
Roslyn M. Watson
Barnet and Sandra Weinstein
Harlan and Nancy Wengert
Marty Wengert and Laura Dorfman
Lisa Wesley and Michael Rosenstein
The Wheatland Fisher Family
Tona and Robert White
Paul and Ann Maureen Wiencek
Jane and Bruce Williams
Kim Williams and Trevor Miller
Catherine Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Wilson
Abigail Wine and Lance Ramshaw
Dyann and Peter Wirth
Linda and William Wisnewski
Adele Wolfson and Daniel Seeley
Amy Woods
Leila Yassa and David Mendels
Mr. William Yee
Rosemarie Yevich and Francis Drislane
Judith Zahn
Norman Zalkind and Emma Vesey
Anne P. Zebrowski
Jennifer and Bill Zola
Jonathan M. Zorn
Designates donors whose support
has spanned 10 consecutive fiscal
or calendar years.
Rosie’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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Acton Congregational Church
Adelphi Values LLC
Adobe Systems Incorporated
AGC Partners
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
Americo J. Francisco Charitable Trust
Amgen Inc.
Apple Lane Foundation
Associated General Contractors
athenahealth
The Atlantic Philanthropies Director/
Employee Designated Gift Fund
Babcock Power Inc.
The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
Bain Capital Children’s Charity Limited
Bank of America Foundation
The Baupost Group
Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation
Beacon Hill Circle for Charity, Inc.
Beggs Family Foundation
Leo H. Bendit Charitable Foundation
Bentley University
Bethesda Lodge No. 30
A.U. Bird Trust
BJ’s Charitable Foundation
Bertram D. Blaisdell Trust and
the Greater Boston Bankers Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Hills Bank Charitable Foundation
Boston Benefit Partners, LLC
Boston Capital Foundation
Boston College School of Nursing
Boston Financial & Equity Corporation
The Boston Foundation
Boston Interiors
Boston Trust & Investment Mangement Company
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.
Brown Brothers Harriman
The Brown Charitable Foundation
Bryant Associates, Inc.
Building Owners and Managers
Association of Boston
Bushrod H.Campbell and Adah F. Hall Charity Fund
Cambridge Sound Management, LLC
CambridgeSide Galleria
The Robert Campeau Family Foundation
Canaccord Genuity
Chapman Construction/Design, Inc.
Chestnut Hill Realty
Cigna
Citizens Bank
Citizens Energy Corporation
Cogan Family Foundation
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, Inc.
Colliers Meredith & Grew, Inc.
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP
Converge Diagonstic Services
Covidien
Covidien Employee Matching Gift Program
The Morton and Dinah Danseyar Family Foundation
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
DePrisco Jewelers
The Doe Family Foundation
D & R Products Co., Inc.
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Eastern Bank
Eaton Vance Investment Counsel
The Ellison Foundation
Emulex Corporation
David and Margaret Engel Family Foundation
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Environmental Health and Engineering, Inc.
Fallon Community Health Plan
Toby Feldman, Inc.
Fiduciary Trust Co.
First Congregational Church in Winchester
The Fish Family Foundation
FJN Charitable Foundation
Flexjet
Foundation M
Frugal Fannie’s Fashion Warehouse
Gallagher Benefit Services
Garfinkle-Friedlander Family Foundation
GE Foundation
Genzyme Corporation
Gildea Family Foundation
Goedecke & Co., LLC
Google Matching Gifts Program
Gradient
Harding Educational and Charitable Foundation
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
The Helen G. Hauben Foundation
Health Plans, Inc.
Hellenic Women’s Club, Inc.
Henry Hornblower Fund, Inc.
Hershey Family Foundation
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
Insight Performance Improvement, Inc.
Ironman Foundation
J. Jill
Richard and Natalie Jacoff Foundation
Joelson Foundation
John Hancock Matching Gifts Program
John Hancock Wealth Management
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
The Judy Family Foundation
Justice Pottery
Esther B. Kahn Charitable Foundation
Keurig, Inc.
The Klarman Family Foundation
Kraft Foods Group
The John P. Laucus Foundation
Leaves of Grass Fund
Leisman Insurance Agency, Inc.
Liberty Mutual
Libra Foundation, Inc.
LoPriore Insurance Agency
Ludcke Foundation
The Frederick C. Lutze and Christian Rausch
Family Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
The MacPherson Fund, Inc.
Macy’s Foundation
Hinda and Arthur Marcus Foundation
Marriott Daughters Foundation
Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation, Inc.
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
Massachusetts Dental Society
Massachusetts Hospital Association
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Society for Aiding
Discharged Prisoners
MassVOTE
McGladrey LLP
Meketa Investment Group, Inc.
Abraham & Betty Menzin Memorial Fund
Mercury Wire Products Charitable Foundation
MetLife Foundation Volunteer Project
Fund for Support
MFI Engineered Components, Inc.
MFS Investment Management
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
The Middlemede Foundation
Mistral Bistro
MLS Property Information Network, Inc.
Montana Peterbilt
John C. Morrison & Eunice B. Morrison
Charitable Foundation
Morse Brothers, Inc.
Organizational Support
a year of GENEROSITY
Organizational Support
National Jean Company
Nazareth Literary & Benevolent Institution
NECN & Comcast SportsNet
NEI, Inc.
Neighborhood Health Plan
Neighborhood Health Plan Leadership Team
Nelnet Foundation
New Balance Foundation
New England Coffee Company
The New England Journal of Medicine
The New England School of English
Newport Creative Communications
NICE Employee Matching Gift Program
Northeast Investors Growth Fund
Curtis O’Hara Foundation
Old Mutual Asset Management
Charitable Foundation
Oracle Acme Packet, Inc.
The OutReach Foundation
Oxford Fund, Inc.
The Robert Treat Paine Association
Partners HealthCare
The Pennyghael Foundation, Inc.
Joseph Perini Memorial Foundation
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
The P&G Fund of The Greater
Cincinnati Foundation
Albert E. Pillsbury Trust
Pinkham Busny LLP
Pioneer Investments
Trust U/W Fannie B. Pratt
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Project Bread
Proskauer
The E. Lafayette and
Etienette A. Quirin Foundation
Red Sox Foundation
Regis College
Robert Reiser & Co., Inc
An Anonymous Fund and Advisor
at The Rhode Island Foundation
The Rivers School
Robert M. Currey & Associates, Inc.
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Rowe Foundation, Inc.
Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein
Charitable Foundation
S&F Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Sacajawea Charitable Foundation
Saint Edward Parish
Sally Weston Associates, Inc.
Sankaty Advisors, LLC
SAP America Inc.
Saquish Foundation
Savings Bank Life Insurance Company
SBA Contractors Inc.
Sealcoating, Inc.
Shawmut Design and Construction
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Simon Family Philanthropic Foundation
The Sims/Maes Foundation, Inc.
South Shore Music Teachers Association
Sovereign Bank
Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of
Jerusalem:
Priory of Saint David of Wales in New England
Spencer Foundation
The Seth Sprague Educational and
Charitable Foundation
St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church
Starkweather & Shepley Charitable Fund
at the Rhode Island Foundation
State Street Corporation
State Street Matching Gift Program
Sudbury United Methodist Church
Tazewell Foundation
TJX Companies, Inc.
TripAdvisor LLC
T. Rowe Price Program
Tufts Health Plan
Tufts University Leonard Carmichael Society
Tyco Matching Gifts Program
Irving and Edyth S. Usen Family
Charitable Foundation
Valiance Partners, Inc.
W. Margaret Lincoln Trust
W.T. Phelan Insurance & Co. Agency, Inc.
Wakerly Family Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Vila B. Webber 1974 Charitable Trust
Webster Bank
Welch Associates Land Surveyors, Inc.
Wellesley College
Wellesley Congregational Church
Wellington Management Company
Matching Gifts Program
Westfield Capital Management, L.P.
Wilson Butler Architects
Winchester Hospital
Winston Flowers
Winter, Wyman & Companies
Woburn Foreign Motors, Inc.
World Changers Church International
Xaverian Brothers High School
Yawkey Foundation
Youths’ Friends Association, Inc.
Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP
Designates donors whose support
has spanned 10 consecutive fiscal
or calendar years.
The mission of Rosie’s Place is to provide a safe
and nurturing environment to help poor and
homeless women maintain their dignity, seek
opportunity and find security in their lives.
board of directors
Holly Clark
Lynn Kaplan
Michele May
Deb Pasculano
John Quealy
Kelly Race
Isabelle Stillger
Ann Marie Viglione
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