Annual Report

The mission of Providence Children’s Museum is to inspire

Charting the CourseThe Museum began 2015 by adopting a new strategic plan, developed over the preceding year with input from Board, staff and volunteers. A blueprint for navigating the challenges and opportunities of the next three years, the plan outlines major goals and the strategies for achieving them, in addition to and in support of the work required to keep the Museum running smoothly on a daily basis:

• Ensure excellent visitor experiences – in exhibits, environments, activities and facilities, and through interaction with staff and volunteers – that deliver on the Museum’s mission to inspire and celebrate children’s learning through active play and exploration.

• Go beyond the Museum’s walls to reach underserved children and families, continuing and deepening outreach to out-of-school and early childhood programs, community centers and parks in urban neighborhoods, as well as through therapeutic visitation for at-risk families.

• Advance the Museum’s leadership role as a strong and visible advocate for children’s right to and need for self-directed free play.

• Ensure an active and engaged Board of Directors that reflects the community and furthers the Museum’s mission.

• Ensure a well-qualified, highly motivated and diverse staff to provide excellent programming and management.

• Ensure the Museum has the financial resources to accomplish its goals through diverse sources of income – earned revenues and contracts, charitable gifts, project and government grants.

• Ensure the Museum’s successful future growth and that it continues to meet community needs.

While there is important work to do to ensure the Museum remains a vital and growing community resource committed to the most important needs of children and families, it entered 2015 as a solid and fiscally strong institution poised for positive change. Over the course of the year, the Board conducted a national search for a dynamic new leader to follow the three-decade legacy of former director Janice O’Donnell, culminating in the enthusiastic appointment of Caroline Payson as executive director effective winter 2016.

161,086 Museum

visits

welcomed free of charge

30%

Advancing the Museum’s Research

The Museum collaborated with Brown University on two major National Science Foundation-funded research projects:

Learning About Learning (award #1223777) In the third year of a project investigating how to make children’s thinking and learning through play more visible, the research team explored a variety of strategies including new observation and reflection activities for caregivers, new materials for communicating with visitors, and updates to its Mind Lab space.

Exploring and Explaining (award #1420548) The Museum and Brown partnered with two other children’s museum/researcher teams on a new project to investigate how open-ended exploration and parent-child interactions in museum settings might support the development of scientific thinking skills like causal reasoning, and how museums can better support children’s exploration and learning.

The Museum also hosted ongoing research studies by Brown University and Providence College and was one of 10 children’s museums selected for an Association of Children’s Museums’ project to build a field-wide research agenda and network of practice.

and celebrate learning through active play and exploration.

Over charitable memberships provided to low-income

families

350

kids and caregivers served offsite

11,596

Inspiring a Love of LearningThe Museum’s 19th AmeriCorps team dedicated over 20,000 hours to provide rich and stimulating play-based learning experiences to children in under-resourced neighborhoods in greater Providence by:

• Facilitating creative problem-solving activities to foster flexible, scientific thinking and support school readiness for over 1,000 preschoolers in 56 Head Start classrooms, and welcoming children on field trips to the Museum.

• Conducting interactive after-school and summer Learning Clubs that playfully mixed in mathematical skills and content for over 250 school-age kids at inner-city schools and community centers, including the Boys & Girls Club and Highlander Charter School in South Providence.

• Hosting free Museum family nights where nearly 1,200 low-income children, their caregivers and siblings played and explored together and received complimentary year-long admission passes.

Nurturing Families in NeedFamilies Together – the Museum’s nationally recognized program to help children in state care and their families strengthen relationships through play – conducted therapeutic visitation and permanency planning for 309 children and 235 adults in 182 court-separated families and provided parent/child evaluations for another 23 families. As part of a coalition of five agencies providing visitation services, the program received a grant to assess visitation practices and their impact on families’ long-term success. Families Together clinicians also served on committees that address child welfare practice, policies and legislation statewide.

Hands-On ActivitiesThe Museum plans and presents hundreds of hours of interactive public programming each year. Some of 2015’s greatest hits included encounters with

bunnies, teacup pigs and other critters from Rhode Island farms; active outdoor exploration of bubbles,

mud and air-powered rockets; an energetic musical celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month; opportunities for

hands-on investigation of engineering and electricity activities; and a third annual Cardboard Challenge, a worldwide celebration of

imaginative play that inspired inventive cardboard creations. The Museum also piloted a new series especially for homeschool families, which encouraged kids to experiment and problem solve as they tackled design challenges together.

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Sharing Our ExpertiseIn 2015, the Museum provided professional development, offered training in facilitating play and learning experiences, and served in an advisory capacity to the following groups and organizations.

Professional development training for educators and childcare providers

• Beautiful Beginnings – early childhood environments, encouraging flexible and spatial thinking • Boys & Girls Clubs – games for fun and learning• Children’s Friend Head Start – problem-solving activities for preschoolers• Family Service of RI – Museum resources and at-home activities• RI Afterschool Plus Alliance – games for fun and learning

Advisory activities and professional associations

• Child Opportunity Zone – preventing summer learning loss• Institute of Museum and Library Services – grant reviewer• London Children’s Museum – emerging museum advisory board• Museum of Science, Boston – National Living Lab advisory committee• New England Museum Association – board of directors• Partnership for Providence Parks – board of directors• PopUp Providence – selection committee• Providence Children and Youth Cabinet – committee member• Providence Children’s Initiative – committee member• RI Coalition for Children and Families – association member• RI Department of Children, Youth and Families – permanency support team• RI Environmental Education Association – board of directors• RI Visitation Services Group – coalition member

Conference presentations

• Association of Children’s Museums – making learning through play visible, research and evaluation, prioritizing children in community planning

• Association of Science and Technology Centers – making learning through play visible• New England Museum Association – multilingualism in museums, impacting community conversations

Staff also hosted Museum study visits and presented to various groups about:

Child development research, designing for play and exploration, exhibit design and fabrication process, the importance of play, the Museum as a community resource, and more.

On DisplayIn collaboration with community partners, the Museum hosted these evocative installations:

• An imaginative, interactive art experience, Unicorns in Residence invited families to join a citywide search for a missing unicorn. Visitors encountered sparkly unicorn figures, posters and photos of the unicorn at landmarks around the world, and a glittered phone booth where they could report a sighting to the unicorn hotline.

• Adoption Rhode Island’s 10th annual Heart Gallery – striking portraits of Rhode Island children in state care and awaiting permanent families – increased awareness of the need for loving adoptive homes for children in foster care.

And other playful displays popped up throughout the Museum:

• A charming collection of handcrafted metal miniatures, silly scenes suggested by favorite games, and a tiny tour of “Little Rhody” all appeared in the atrium walkway window boxes.

• Visitors got a glimpse of intricate and colorful Chinese and Indonesian shadow puppets, astronomy-related objects like planetary models and star charts, and hand-carved scenes from favorite Mother Goose rhymes in ThinkSpace .

• Marionettes from the Museum’s collection inhabited a whimsical winter wonderland and joined a playful puppet parade, while the lobby display case featured a train-traveling fantasy adventure.

315birthday parties

American Academy of Pediatrics, RI Chapter

The Autism Project

Boston Children’s Museum

Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence

Boys Town New England

Brown University’s Science Center Outreach

The Causality and Mind Lab, Brown University

Children’s Friend

Children’s Friend Head Start

Community Care Alliance

Family Service of RI

The Fort Adams Trust

Highlander Charter School

KaBOOM!

Kid Think, Providence College

Kidoinfo

Mount Hope Learning Center

The Museum of Newport Irish History

The Nina Foundation

Partnership for Providence Parks

Providence Children’s Film Festival

Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism

Providence Department of Parks + Recreation

Providence Department of Planning + Development

Providence Healthy Communities Office

Providence Public Library

RI Commission on the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

RI Department of Children, Youth and Families

RI Healthy Schools Coalition

Serve Rhode Island

Community PartnersOrganizations with which the Museum collaborated to deliver play and learning experiences, to increase awareness about the importance of play, or to otherwise serve its mission

The Museum and partners presented a third annual Pop-Up Play Day to kick off a summer of play, where families built forts, designed structures,

and invented imaginative playthings from interesting “loose parts.”

• Collaborated on the second summer of Providence PlayCorps with the Partnership for Providence Parks and the City of Providence. An initiative to activate city parks with play and creative exploration in conjunction with the free federal summer meals program, PlayCorps welcomed 3,800 kids at 17 urban neighborhood parks.

• Advocated for a statewide policy that recognizes the importance of play and provides at least 20 minutes of elementary school recess each day, as a lead collaborator of Recess for Rhode Island.

• Hosted a screening and discussion of “The Land” – a documentary about an adventure playground where children climb trees, light fires, use hammers and nails, and take other risks as they play freely.

Investigating My SkyOver the summer, the Museum hosted My Sky, an immersive traveling exhibit that encouraged families to look up and be inspired by the wonders of the universe. Produced by Boston Children’s Museum in collaboration with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA, My Sky invited visitors to examine close-up images of the sun, gaze through a telescope to study the stars and planets, explore the phases of the moon, discover constellations, and more.

In celebration of My Sky , kids created star systems and asteroids, made sundials and solar warmers, and engaged in other activities exploring the daytime and night sky in the Museum’s Discovery Studio , plus joined astronomers from Brown University to experiment with solar telescopes.

Building a Play AgendaTo further ongoing efforts to advocate for and raise awareness of the critical importance of play for children’s healthy development, the Museum:

• Brought open-ended, creative play experiences to over 1,600 kids and family members at neighborhood parks and community events across Providence.

• Created a vibrant, interactive sound sculpture from intriguing reclaimed objects for Harriet & Sayles Park in South Providence as part of PopUp Providence – an innovative program to enliven neighborhoods across the city.

FinancesStatementofFinancialActivityYearEndedDecember31,2015*INCOME Unrestricted Restricted TotalEARNED Admissions $513,757 $0 $513,757 Memberships $304,537 $0 $304,537 Gift Shop Sales $14,971 $0 $14,971 Birthday Parties & Rentals $93,221 $0 $93,221 Program & Consulting Fees $85,597 $0 $85,597 Families Together Services $352,996 $0 $352,996

EarnEd IncomE ToTals $1,365,079$0$1,365,079

CONTRIBUTED Gifts & Grants $585,267 $0 $585,267 Fundraising Events $197,149 $0 $197,149 In-kind Contributions $7,169 $0 $7,169

conTrIbuTEd IncomE ToTals $789,585$0$789,585

OTHER Interest & Other Investment Income $42,284 ($64,878) ($22,594 )

oThEr IncomE ToTals $42,284($64,878)($22,594)

TOTALINCOME $2,196,948($64,878)$2,132,070

EXPENSES Unrestricted Restricted TotalOPERATINGExhibits & Programs $1,328,715 $0 $1,328,715 Management & General $586,262 $0 $586,262 Fundraising & Public Relations $327,031 $0 $327,031 Gift Shop $7,993 $0 $7,993

TOTALEXPENSES $2,250,001$0$2,250,001

NETREVENUE/(LOSS)($53,053)($64,878)($117,931)

TOTALASSETS $2,517,318$1,149,986$3,667,304

Liabilities $101,617 $0 $101,617 Equity $3,246,113 $319,574 $3,565,687

TOTALLIABILITIESANDEQUITY$3,347,730$319,574$3,667,304

*Unaudited

Investment Income 2%Earned 62% Donated 36%

Committed SupportNearly 250 individual, corporate and foundation donors contributed $274,500 to the Museum’s 2015 Annual Campaign to support its general operations – exhibit research and maintenance, programming, access for all families, advocacy for play, and more. Over 70 percent of contributors had supported the Museum before, 31 percent had contributed for five or more consecutive years, and 20 percent of individual donors were former members.

Annual gala Unplugged – The Power of Play netted $96,000 while highlighting the impact of the Families Together program and honorees who exemplify the power of play. The 32nd Annual Chatterton Memorial Golf Tournament netted a record $51,900 to support the Museum’s innovative hands-on exhibits and programs.

48%of the Museum’s $2.2 million operating budget supported services for children

and families in need

Regular Admission

30%

Free Admission Members 24%

Free Admission Others 30%

Discounted Admission

9%

Special Fees 7%

Greater Providence

26%

Northern RI 14%

Kent County 9%

East Bay 10%

Massachusetts 27%

Other 6%

South County 5%

Connecticut 3%

Admissions 23%

Memberships 14%

Families Together Services

16%

Private Giving 24% Government

Grants 12%

Gift Shop, Rentals and Parties 5% Program and Consulting Fees 4%

Investment Income 2%

At Play On! – a night out just for “big kids” – adults played, explored and made memories in a funny photo booth.

members in 9,7272,124

families

Free and Discounted Admissions Families and Friends Come From Income

Editor Megan Fischer Graphic Designer Valerie Haggerty-Silva

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BoardofDirectorsRobert T. Banaski

Christine K. Bush

Bintou Chatterton

Stanley S. Dorsey

Russell B. Gross Jr.

Pamela C. High

Michael E. Hogan

John F. Isberg

Keith Jacobson

Gertrude F. Jones

Elizabeth Lange

Jennifer N. Lippman

Jeffrey E. Meyer

James J. Nagelberg

Dana Alexander Nolfe

Heather A. Pierce

Marianne Pursley

Martha Roberts

Edmund Shallcross III

Krista L. Thomas

Matthew O. Littlefield, President

Mervin H. Browning III, Vice President

Christian Leibl-Cote, Vice President

Peter M. Gervais, Treasurer

Linda Rockwell, Secretary

Jessica Holden Sherwood, Immediate Past President

BoardofOverseersMargaret BattingOliver H. L. BennettLeon C. Boghossian IIIElizabeth C. CapozziStephen A. Cardi IIJohnnie C. ChaceElfriede A. CollisPatrice E. CooperFlorence A. CrispBradford S. DimeoJonathan DuffyNancy Band Ehrlich*Frances H. Gammell- Roach

Michael E. GlassKathleen C. GouldingSuzanne M. HallAdam HamblettJay HowellDavid C. IsenbergJoseph H. Kimball Jr.Melinda KnightJulie A. LanciaDiane S. LarsenAnne Maxwell LivingstonDavid M. MaddenWinfield W. MajorRuth K. Mullen

Ruth OrthweinCarol A. PetersonEdward P. PieroniElizabeth H. RobertsEllen Mossop SavilleHenry A. SilvaThomas J. SkalaAndrew Carl SpaconeNeil D. SteinbergMichael F. SweeneyManuel J. Vales IVStephen D. Zubiago

*Deceased

TheChildren’sMuseumCouncilKim AndersonCheryl AndreozziAshley BarrettMargaret BattingMartha Boss BennettFelicia BishopMichaela BrockmannAmy BrownKD BrownWendy BrownGretchen BrunelliBetty CapozziChristine CapozziLynn Cardi Erin ChaceDarcy CharlesonChristina ChaseBintou Chatterton*Michelle CollieAmy I. DoorleyMary E. EngleBri GalloFrances H. Gammell- Roach

Charise Perkett GlassonElizabeth GoldbergWendy Gray*Kristen Haffenreffer Suzanne M. Hall*Nancy KimballMelinda KnightJulie A. LanciaSusan LittlefieldJennifer MassottiRuth OrthweinMindy PenneyHeather A. Pierce*Roberta PortugalJulia RichardsonHeather SavoieCynthia Janikies SimonsonMeg StoweSally Strachan*Krista Thomas*Carol Lin VieiraNicole Kirk WebsterMarcy Wemple

*2015 Gala Committee Member

VolunteerAdvisorsandCommitteeMembersLaurence BlauAllen H. Chatterton IIIRachel ColaiaceErica CroceNicole DieboldLaura ElkhayMark FisherVirginia HopkinsJohn Houle

Marcus HowellPete LucasDave MarchettiTracy MoranJohn MullenMegan RanneyJohn E. ScholhamerLaurie TickleDon Wells

In addition to members of the Board of Directors and Overseers and the Children’s Museum Council

Elizabeth AndujarChristine BellMadilynn DelachAriana DickieDiane GrenonMoira HarrisonGreg Joseph

Courtney McCurdyJaclyn MetzgerJenny NavasRobert NicklesCraig RezzaRosaura ‘Linnet’ Torres

VolunteersIn 2015, 375 dedicated volunteers, interns and college work-study students served more than 11,000 hours. The following volunteers and interns served over 100 hours.

2014-15AmeriCorpsTeamMollie BedickElizabeth BoyerMary BurkeLucia CarrollCatelyn DeSantoSarah Loret

William LuccaSavannah McMullenParis PriceMary RochaAli SandlerOlivia Strauss

MuseumStaffMegan Beauregard

Experience Coordinator

Turenne Bedell Volunteer & AmeriCorps Coordinator

Heidi Brinig Program Director, Families Together

Sara Clarke Events Manager

Denise Costello Development Associate

Rachel Cronin Visitor Experience Manager

Maggie Dawson Experience Coordinator

Megan Fischer Interim Executive Director

Melissa Gomes Experience Coordinator

Amanda Grandchamp Clinician, Families Together

Nedria Greco Clinician, Families Together

Marlene Guay Early Childhood Learning Programs Developer

Valerie Haggerty-Silva Graphic Designer

Amanda Howard Experience Coordinator

Corrie Ignagni Membership & Marketing Coordinator

Jennifer Laurelli Director of Development

Cheryl Lepre Clinician, Families Together

Suzy Letourneau Research & Evaluation Specialist

Amber Massed Clinician, Families Together

Robin Meisner Director of Exhibits

Jessica Neuwirth Exhibit Developer

Samantha Polon School-Age Learning Programs Developer

Kolby Purcell Operations Manager

Liliana Rios Program Assistant, Families Together

Mandy Roach Experience Coordinator

James Robinson Building Manager

Chris Sancomb Exhibit Designer & Fabricator

Cathy Saunders Director of Education

Nick Ventola Exhibit Technician

Ryan Wigfall Program Assistant, Families Together

6 months or more in 2015

Giftsof$100,0000andaboveCorporation for National and Community Service and Serve Rhode IslandNational Science Foundation

Giftsof$25,000-$99,999Amgen Foundation (10+)MetLife Foundation (10+)The Nina Foundation*WPRI 12/Fox Providence*

Giftsof$10,000-$24,999Admirals BankAmica InsuranceBank of America Charitable Foundation (10+)The Champlin FoundationsCollette*The Collis Foundation (10+) Dominion Resources (10+)The ELMS Foundation The Feinstein Foundation (10+)Hasbro Children’s Fund and Hasbro, Inc.June Rockwell Levy Foundation (10+)Murray Family Charitable Foundation (10+)National Grid*Carol A. Peterson (10+) Providence Tourism CouncilNonprofit Finance Fund/ The Kresge Foundation

Giftsof$5,000-$9,999Anonymous (5+) BANANAGRAMS*Dave & Buster’s of Providence* Grandparents Guild FundAlmon & Suzanne Hall (5+)Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy IsenbergMr. & Mrs. Keith JacobsonM.H. Stallman Company*Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (10+)Nortek, Inc.Orion RED*Textron Charitable Trust (5+)UnitedHealthcare of New England (10+)

Giftsof$2,500-$4,999Amtrol, Inc.BNY Mellon Wealth ManagementLaurence Blau*CVS HealthCarney Family Charitable FoundationCox Communications*Delta Dental of Rhode IslandDiSanto, Priest & Co.Duffy & Sweeney, Ltd.Employees Community Services Association of Electric Boat (10+)Nedria GrecoMr. Russell B. Gross Jr.Ned Handy & Polly Chatterton Handy*Hinckley AllenIGTJudith Inglese* (M)LifespanJennifer and Devan Lippman (A)Locke Lord LLP*Malin Family Foundation (10+)MedeAnalyticsMichael Stone Portraits*

Ocean State Charities TrustProvidence Dept. of Planning & Development/Providence Redevelopment Agency Hays & Linda Rockwell* (10+)(M)Herman H. Rose (5+)Vigneron Memorial Fund, Bank of America, N.A., TrusteeThe Washington Trust Company

Giftsof$1,000-$2,499Adelphoi Lodge #33The Allied Group*Anonymous*Mervin H. Browning III & Gina BrowningChristine & Christopher Bush (5+)(A)Campus Fine Wines*Betty & Ed Capozzi* (5+)(A)Cardi Corporation*Chatterton Insurance, Inc.Sara M. Clarke*Coffee Exchange*Cox Charities of Northeast FundMr. & Mrs. Don DeAngelis (5+)Dexter Donation - City of ProvidenceBradford & Kimberly DimeoStan & Julie Dorsey (M)ExxonMobilFlatbread Company*Franklin Fixtures LLC*Guy Abelson* **Hamilton RelayDavid C. Isenberg (10+)JH Communications*JOH SpecialtyJersey Mike’s Subs of RI & MA*Melinda H. Knight (5+)(A) Matthew O. & Susan M. Littlefield* (5+)(A)Marcum LLPMr. & Mrs. William McDermott*Mr. & Mrs. Jack O’Donnell (5+)Oscar de la Renta*Parsons Capital ManagementPhilip Saunders AssociatesPiccerelli, Gilstein & Co. LLPPortsmouth Abbey School*The Providence Shelter for Colored Children Providence Sports + Entertainment*Red Sox FoundationSansiveri, Kimball & Co., L.L.P.Tiffani Schmitt-Signorelli*Silver Peak REIT, Inc.Sally StrachanDaniel & Kathleen Sullivan FundMr. & Mrs. Michael F. SweeneyTD Garden*TD Wealth Private Client GroupTaco/The White Family FoundationWannamoisett Country Club*Richard WongKim & Jamie WorrellTom Wunderlich

Giftsof$250-$999AAA Southern New England*(add)venturesAgawam Hunt*Alpine Country Club*American Emerald Group, Inc.American European Insurance Group

American Revolution Design*David A. Ames & Carol Landau (5+)Anonymous (10+)Arrest-A-Pest, Inc.Au Bon Pain, Thayer Street*Au Bon Pain, Westminster Street*Ava Anderson Non Toxic*Robert T. BanaskiOliver & Martha Boss BennettThe Bernhardt FoundationDr. Richard Bertini & Lois BertiniBig Blue Bug SolutionsKaren L. Black (M)Phoebe Blake & Peter McClure (5+)Leon C. Boghossian III* (5+)(A)Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. BrownBruce Diamond CorporationCardi’s Furniture*Guy Cassaday*Bill & Mary Lou CatelliCathedral Development Group, Inc.Allen & Bintou ChattertonChipotle Mexican Grill, Providence*The Claflin Company*David Cloutier & Beth Ryder (5+)(M)Coastway Community BankPatrice E. Cooper (5+)Ned CorcoranMatt Cullina & Virginia Hopkins (5+)(M)Danielle Davis & Chris DavisThe Dean Hotel*Kristen DeKuiperJessica & Jeffrey d’Entremont (10+)(A)Nicole DieboldDimeo Construction CompanyDorice Dionne*Domaine Designs Outlet*Dorothy Hodge Interpreting Services, Inc.Drapery House*Dupuis Oil CompanyPeter EwingMary-Beth FafardMark Fisher*Christine ForsythFred Astaire Warwick*Peter & Amy GervaisGilbane Building CompanyMr. & Mrs. Douglas Gray*Stacy GreenbergDiane GrenonRobert F. Hall Jocelin HamblettDwayne HancockSam HavensPamela C. High, MDMichael & Susan Hogan*Mary & Bill HollinsheadHope Street Pizza & Family Restaurant*Jay & Louise Howell (5+)John F. IsbergDon & Diana Jackson (10+)Joe’s American Grill*Gertrude F. JonesJoseph Tavone Painting Co., Inc.Kirkbrae Country Club*Elizabeth Lange (5+)Marie J. LangloisMr. & Mrs. Christian Leibl-Cote (5+)Greg LeonardBrian & Maria Leroux

Jane Linden, MD & Betsy GrenierAnne & Bruce Livingston (5+)(A)Winfield Major & Susan Starkweather (5+)Dave Marchetti*Steve & Carleen MassedAllison & Scott MattsonNorman E. McCulloch Jr., Trustees, McAdams Charitable Foundation (20+)(A)Howard MeisnerWilliam MekrutThe Mercado FamilyCheryl Merchant & Frank Soehnge Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey E. MeyerTracy & Scott Moran (5+)(A)Moses Brown PLUS*Lauren Motola-Davis & Kenneth DavisRuth K. Mullen (10+)Ryan MurphyJames & Bridget NagelbergRobert NangleNarragansett Brewing Company*Navigant Credit Union Dana Alexander NolfeOmni Hotels & Resorts*Ali Dunn Packer Memorial FundRussell ParrottSunjay & Janine PatilCynthia B. Patterson (10+)Peàn Doubulyu Glass*Performance Physical Therapy*Donna L. Piasczyk (5+)Piccerelli, Gilstein & Co. LLPHeather A. PierceEd & Joan Pieroni (A)Todd & Rebecca Pollock (M)PRIME Restoration & Remediation LLCProperty Advisory Group, Inc.Providence College Athletics*Marianne PursleyRISD Continuing Education*Banu & George RandResidential Properties, Ltd. (A)Rhode Island Fencing Academy & Club*Rhode Island Rentals*Jim Robinson, MediaXpressions*Rocky Hill School*Rue Bis*Sakonnet Golf Club*Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre*The Sandwich Hut*William Saunders (10+)Sea Glass Fine Art Photography*SERVPRO of Metro R.I.*Edmund Shallcross IIIJesse Sherwood & Jessica Holden Sherwood (10+)(A)Siena RestaurantHenry A. Silva, CPA (A)Steve & Marie SobandeJoe SolomonSouthwest Airlines*Andrew & Carla Spacone (10+)(A)Stellar Restaurant Group: Boloco*Stork’s Nest Child Academy*Swarovski North America, Ltd.*Tatutina, Inc.*Krista L. ThomasThomas Fallon Photography*Uno Pizzeria & Grill, Providence*Wayne Vieira

WPRI 12/Fox ProvidenceMr. & Mrs. Lawrence WagnerWarwick Country Club*West Davisville Realty Co. LLC

Giftsof$100-$249Karen AdamsAlden & Emily Anderson (A)Anonymous (4)Anonymous*Aurora Restaurant*Linda & David Bainer (5+)Mr. & Mrs. James R. BaldwinBeth & Max BardeenBertuccis, Emerald Square Mall*Blaze East Side*Ron & Marge BossBoston Celtics*Boston Red Sox*Leslie Bostrom (A)SarahAnn BrockwayBromberg Family & Benny’s, Inc. (20+)Brooke & Craig Brown (5+)Greta P. Brown (M)Brown University AthleticsJulie Burkhard & Andy BurgessMaura & Joel Burkowsky (A)Captivating Notions*Nancy Cassidy & Jeffrey Schreck (10+)(A)CAV*Linda F. Chapman (M)Chex Finer Foods, Inc.The Children’s Workshop FoundationChipotle Mexican Grill, Warwick*Chow Fun Food Group*Genevieve CiceroneCiders of SpainVin CiminiStephen & Kim Clark (10+)(A)Cortlandt ClarkeSophia Cohen & Rick BrooksClaire CookSean DagesseDave’s Marketplace*Dimeo Properties (A)Domino’s, North Main Street*Eastside Marketplace* (5+)Myra J. Edens (10+)Seth FinkleFire & Ice*Melinda Foley-MarselloMr. & Mrs. Jim Gilbane (5+)Mr. & Mrs. Richard GladneyBeth & Michael Glass (5+)Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum*Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. GrecoDavid B. Green & Myrth York (5+)Marlene GuayH B Welding, Inc.Seth HandyDan & Sharon Hendriksen (M)Dr. & Mrs. Peter A. Hollmann (10+)(A)Hotel Viking*Amanda HowardJay & Lori HowellIamtra*Corrie IgnagniImai Keller Moore Architects (5+)Samantha Isenberg (M)JMS Pizzeria Inc.*

Ngina JohnsonJonathan Brower Furniture Maker*JR’s Providence*KaBOOM!Mark & Caitlan KaneLuigi’s Gourmet Express*Padraig MahoneyMr. & Mrs. William Makepeace (5+)Matt** & Ellen Maloney (5+)Mike MarconiMark Marcus & Ryan Marcus Amber Massed*Carol A. MassonKristina McAteer (A)Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin W. McClearyDr. Peter Merenda (10+)(A)Edward C. Miccolis (10+)Rick MigaMile & A Quarter*Helene MillerJonathan & Robin MinkinMichael MonkMr. & Mrs. W. Lincoln Mossop Jr.Ted MurphyChristine & Alarik MyrinNew England Patriots Charitable Foundation, Inc.*Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.*Sarah O’Brien (A)Ocean State Theatre Company*Okemo Mountain Resort*Calvin Oyer (10+)(A)Rob & Janice PanoffKevin PapaMr. Dennis Perrino & Mrs. Rita Maher (M)Jamie & Josh PersonJonathan & Kimberly PiercePiezoni’s, East Providence*Pizza Hut, Reservoir Avenue*Miss Barbara Hamilton Porter (5+)The Providence Athenaeum*Providence Bruins*Rebecca PtakMr. Charles & Dr. Megan Ranney (5+)(M)Betsy D. RaySonia Recillas & Emma ArchilaRhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School*Craig & Sarah RichardsonShawna Rihani (M)Taylor RobartsRobert Megerdichian & AssociatesRori Russo*Scott SachnoffMike & Linda SancoucyMr. & Mrs. Fred SergeantPradeep Sharma & Jane SayersJane Sharp & Charles Rardin (M)Frank Smith Jr.Jennifer C. SmithStadium Theatre Foundation*Amelia SugermanChristine M. SullivanSurvival By Design Cards*This Guy’s Pizza*W. Bruce TillinghastFrances & Peter Trafton (5+)(A)Trinity Repertory Company*True Balance Pilates*TwirlTheGirl Dance Studio*Carrie & William WestonWestport Rivers Vineyard & Winery*

Whole Foods Market, University Heights*

Giftsupto$99See the Museum’s website

HonoredbyGiftsin2015Allie Boss**Mabel ConstantinoGabriel, Stella & Moses DensleyPamela & Paul GouletCharlotte Hall**Taylor Frazier Hatch (8)Father Ted Hesburgh**Zoe & Zander HowellJeremy Isenberg from Chex Finer Foods George Jerry** (2)Johnson O’Hare Company, Inc. and John SaidnaweyJennifer LaurelliRobert B. Mann, Esq.Rose Merenda**Jim Mullen**James NagelbergJanice O’Donnell (3)Anne Northrup Ott** (8)Henry Petcavage**RITS/RIH Clinical Program ProvidersLinda RockwellMonica SachnoffLeo Saidnawey**Trevor Thom**Frederick C. Williamson,** Rose Linsey** & Martin Joseph Linsey**

ConstellationSocietyGifts planned for the future of Providence Children’s Museum

Edna Lindberg Atkinson**Mr. & Mrs. Oliver H.L. BennettBeth & Michael GlassBarbara R. Hawkins**Mr. David C. IsenbergMary N. Maxwell**Ruth K. & James** MullenCarol A. PetersonHays & Linda RockwellIrene E. Wood**Nancy Smith Worthen

Founders of the Grandparent’s Guild Fund

Carolyn W. Bellows**Hope Goddard**Dorothy Isenberg**Joananne MarshallMarilyn H. Winoker

*Includes in-kind donation

**Deceased

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2015 MUSEUM DONORS

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