2020 Annual report
A note from leadership
Fiscal year 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges for Generations Incorporated. In March, the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to suspend in-person programs. Even as our communities were upended, our literacy coaches went above and beyond, joining online classes, recording read-alouds to share with their classrooms, and writing letters to their students.
Generations Incorporated’s donors and partners also stepped up, joining us to support the literacy skills and social-emotional development of Greater Boston’s youngest learners during a time of educational disruption. We saw an incredible response to our first ever online Lighting the Spark fundraiser, raising over $110,000 to support our shift to a virtual program. Many of our funding partners also provided emergency support, including Cummings Foundation, Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund, Rowland Foundation, the Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation, and Wellington Management Foundation.
As we implemented interim programming, we developed an 18-month plan to see us through this crisis, partnered with like-minded organizations around the country, and transitioned our program to an online platform for the 2020-21 school year. Our virtual program offers uninterrupted support to students as COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate literacy gaps.
While we respond to the pandemic, we are also striving to do our part in the movement for racial justice. Generations Incorporated is building on our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) journey by forming a Racial Equity Committee and implementing new cultural competency training for our volunteers.
As our communities grapple with multiple crises at once, we must work together to ensure that children do not fall behind during a critical period of their academic development. Thank you for joining us to support students during this uncertain time. Together, we will continue to deliver targeted literacy interventions and foster positive intergenerational mentorship no matter the environment.
Wes Enicks
Executive Director
Shifting to a virtual program
COVID-19’s disproportionate impact along racial and socioeconomic lines will exacerbate Greater Boston’s literacy gap. Generations Incorporated suspended in-person programs in March 2020 to keep our volunteers, students, and communities safe. We quickly transitioned to continue serving our partners.
Literacy coaches joined virtual classrooms, wrote letters to their classes, and recorded read-aloud videos to share with their students. We also collaborated with 22 other AARP affiliates around the nation to transition our program to a virtual platform and to pilot online literacy coaching sessions. This transition was unprecedented for our organization, but included significant accomplishments as highlighted below.
Virtual program features
One-to-One
Similar to the Reading Coaches program, we serve students 1:1 with 30-minute sessions 2-3 times per week.
1st-3rd grade
Recognizing the deeper impact we can have in serving students with basic reading concepts, we are focused on serving grades 1-3 for the duration of distance learning.
Reading A to Z
All literacy sessions utilize the nationally recognized, award-winning Reading A to Z curriculum, a curriculum created for online use.
Other benefits
Our virtual program provides:
Continuity: Students receive consistent support during a time of educational disruption.
Safety: Implementing a virtual program allows us to protect our communities.
Flexibility: We are able to serve students whether schools are remote, in-person, or on a hybrid schedule.
“Generations Incorporated has been ahead of the curve — creative, looking ahead, and doing what needs to be done. The way staff has pulled the virtual shift together has been just amazing.”
— Michelle R., Volunteer Literacy Coach
Our commitment to racial equity
Since the fall of 2018, Generations Incorporated staff have been on a journey of learning centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Thus far, our DEI work has included:
Building a common understanding of concepts and terms associated with DEI and creating a space for honest and open dialogue.
Implementing a formal compensation philosophy to ensure equitable pay for all staff.
Introducing new hiring practices to limit implicit bias and recruit a more diverse applicant pool.
We continue learning, growing, and acting on topics of DEI, at the staff level, and recognize that to be truly effective and impactful in this work, it is just as vital to expand our scope to our broader community. Generations Incorporated is committed to addressing the inequities in our schools and communities. Some ways we implemented this commitment this year are:
Developing and launching a cultural responsiveness training for literacy coaches
Holding a workshop on white dominant culture for our Board of Directors
Developing our inaugural Racial Equity Committee to be composed of volunteers, staff, and Board Members. The committee’s primary role will be to ensure that racial justice and equity remain at the forefront of our mission. Members will evaluate and recommend policies and actions on racial justice and work to support education equity in the communities we serve.
Moving forward, we are identifying ways that we can continue to use our platform to shine a light on issues of racial equality. You can continue to follow our progress here.
Read to grow strategic plan updates
In last year’s annual report, we shared details about the launch of our three-year strategic plan, Read to Grow.
Despite the uncertainties and challenges that we faced as a result of COVID-19, we have been able to continue working towards our strategic initiatives:
Innovate and standardize our literacy program model
Achieve first-in-class awareness and recognition through updated branding
Expand to a new school district
Solidify and grow our financial foundation
At the conclusion of FY20 (June 30, 2020) we have completed the following:
Hired a new Deputy Director, Jen Bowen Flynn, to oversee our literacy program and volunteer recruitment.
Streamlined our program model, ensuring consistency and quality instruction
Due to Covid-19 related program changes, our model is currently a virtual literacy coaching program. We plan to return to schools for in-person coaching when it is safe to do so, and our new streamlined model will remain the same.
Worked with a branding firm to select our new name and logo.
Assembled a task force to investigate communities and school districts as prospective expansion partners
In FY21 (starting July 1, 2020) we will be working towards the following objectives:
Working with a Marketing Fellow to build organizational messaging and support the launch of our new brand, to be announced in May, 2021
Renew conversations with prospective expansion partners
Continue to identify new funding opportunities and build reserves for future organizational stability
More details on the status of these objectives can be found here.
“The entire thing about working with kids in this program is that they grow so much and you grow so much as a volunteer. You’re helping in so many ways: socially, emotionally, as well as academically.”
— Gail L., Volunteer Literacy Coach
Our FY20 Volunteers
Thank you to our 237 dedicated volunteer literacy coaches who served during fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020).
Our volunteer literacy coaches are the essential ingredient of what makes our literacy program so successful. We are grateful for each and every one, especially this past year. Despite all of the challenges and obstacles, they have remained steadfast in their commitment to helping children unlock their passion for learning.
A.C. Whelan Elementary School, Revere
Cathleen Barstow
Donna Bowden
Geraldine Cancel
Leslie Clyne-DeCicco
Marjorie Coello
Elaine Cox
Dorothy D'Italia
Sharon Danaher
Barbara Feuchter
Marie Hennessey
Theodora Justice
Diane LaRosa
Deborah McLean
Kathleen Milligan*
Barbara Moschella
Diane Parks
Mary Picardi
Donna Picariello
Alan Robbins
Janice Tremonte
Joanne Trovato
Jennifer Wright
Beachmont Veterans Memorial School, Revere
Eric Bradlee
Corinne Deveau
Regina Gigliello
Janice Gilman
Nancy Glass
Renee Greene
Carol LaRosa
Annette Mercurio
Peggy Nucci
Cheryl Rivers*
Berkshire Partners Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club, Dorchester
Jacqueline Bridgeman*
Petra Bruno-Morson
Debra Canzater
Ann Foy
Cynthia Joseph
Claudette Lawrence
Karen May
Jacqueline McClain
Yvonne Quinama
Belinda Rogers
Mary Scott
Shirley Thomas
Cheryl Walker
Regina Wright
Charles H. Taylor Elementary School, Mattapan
Joyce Adams
Charmaine Barrett
Kimberly Battle
Annette Brown
Rosetta Burns
Valinda Corbin
Virginia DiCara
Charlene Drayton
Derral Fleming
Delores Gay
Pearl Gayle
Yvonne Jones*
Ramona Jones-Weeks
Mary Parris
Mina Porter
Elaine Randolph-Jones
Janet Stewart
Mary Walker
Karen Wontan
Stephen Wright
Edgerley Family South Boston Boys & Girls Club
Linda Chiaramonte
Monique Davies
Sylvia Dowling*
Eddie Hartfield
Gail Laffer
Valerie Ostrower
Cecelia Lorraine Schieve
Charles Schuerhoff
Joyce Smith
Anita Splendore
Eleanor Sullivan
F. Lyman Winship Elementary School, Brighton
Carol Boggs
Karen Dale
Suzanne Federspiel*
Celeste Finison
Dorothy Hurley
Kathleen Lally
Kevin Macdonald
Barbara Simonetti
Sally Tso
Garfield Elementary School, Revere
Deirdre Antonuccio
Susan Coppola
John Diamond
Darlene Ferguson
Alice Gassiraro*
Paul Ilchuck
Patricia Long
Dorothy Martin
Phyllis Prizio
Deborah Shapiro
Leah Singer
Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School, Dorchester
Rahiel Bernard*
Chandra Cardwell-Williams
Phyllis Carlson
Martha Curtis
June Diamond
Gretchen Dietz
Jane Driscoll
Karen Jones
David Kornetsky
Debbie Lubarr
Linda Mahdee
Gweneth Mitchell
John Moulton
Joyce Rene
Shirley Royster
Jean Smith
Norma Steinberg
Carey Toran
Rosemary Walton
Roslyn Walton
Mildred Avenue K-8 School, Mattapan
Geraldine Anderson
Helen Barros
Jean Clanton
Barbara Clanton
Gloria Green*
Sheila Jackson
Barbara Loatman
Marilynn Morgan
Mary Margaret Rose
Sheila Stewart
Priscilla Troupe
Patrick Lyndon Pilot School, West Roxbury
Steven Blum
Barbara Burg
Carrie Carrizosa
Marguerite Collins
Roxanne Commette*
Jo-Anne Downing
Robert Elkin
James Hickey
Lynne Mooney
James Pugh
Rosamond Rabinowitz
Lana Rich
Mary Ann Ruscito
Cheryl Studley-Straut
Mary-Ellen Thurm
Ray Wellbaum
Richard J. Murphy K-8 School, Dorchester
Julie Dalton
Debra Gardner Hussey*
Stacey Isles-Brako
Patricia Lombard
Joseph Mergel
Carol Robinson
Donna Schiller
Ann Seligsohn
Steven Siegel
James Vella
Staff Sergeant James J. Hill Elementary School, Revere
Jeannie Calello
Elizabeth Kirby
Debra Laberge
Rose MacDonald
Mary Perry
Phyllis Prizio
Beverly Rogers
Julia Ruiz
Rita Russo
Maureen Willett*
William Blackstone Innovation School, South End, Boston
Paula Andreottola
Margaret Arneaud
Emily Bagley
Doris Lee Bock
Deborah Carrow
Colin Corkery
Audrey Cunningham
Phyllis De'Licien
Ellen Demers
Dennis Feijoo
Patricia Hackett
Ruby Hill
Robert Jenkins
Laura Kelley
Joan Laws
Gregory Mailloux
Susan Maltz
Joanne Mathis
Christine McDaniel
Marjorie McMeo
Marguerite Murphy
Gloria Nagle
David O'Brien
Michelle Roman
Lindsey Rosen
Jerri Shaer
Joyce Smith
Sarah Smith
Barbara Sommerfeld
Gonca Sonmez-Poole
Sharon Steele
Dave Ulliani
Sonia West-Raye
William Wolff*
William Monroe Trotter K-8 School, Dorchester
Rosemarie Derosa
Joyce Foster
Brenda Gordon
Kathleen Kenney
Patricia Larts*
Leslie Middleton
Ettaree Moore
Tjendrawani Ong-Dahl
Patricia Smith
Cardicia Welcome
Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury
Joycelyn Bush
Michelle Cherry
Yvonne Desmond
Mcleod Hite
Estella Mabrey*
Shirley Monroe
Mary Molly Nelson
Deborah Reid
Shirley Thomas
Betty Worley
Young Achievers Science & Math K-8 School, Mattapan
Inez Baptiste
Judith Benjamin
Margaret Brewster
Nellene Chisholm
Sandra Cramer
Nancy Gilson
Marilyn Haynes
Louise Johnson
Rose King
Valerie Miller-Wesley
Catherine Olsen
Burnell Singleton
Bernard Spencer
Christine Spencer
Dianne Thompson*
Lee Williams-Cardwell
*Denotes Site Team Leader
Volunteer spotlight: Rosetta Burns
“Kids just love when you read to them. When they can read back to you what you just said and sometimes with expressions — it makes me feel good.”
— Rosetta B., Volunteer Literacy Coach
Rosetta Burns, a volunteer at the Taylor School in Mattapan, discussed her service with Generations Incorporated and the impact and importance of building reading and literacy skills, even during the pandemic.
What is your most memorable experience as a volunteer literacy coach?
RB: My role is to help students to really know how to connect with what makes a book! Kids need to know that you don’t just open a book and then start reading from the inside. You have to go from front to back. It feels really great when they can actually sit with that book and tell me what’s the title, who’s the author, who’s the illustrator, etc. And we make it fun. Kids have such a love for animals so we read a lot of books dealing with animal life, and we make little noises that animals make.
Why is navigating a book so important, in terms of literacy?
RB: There are so many books out there. You need to be able to pick up a book and know what it’s about. Look at the title, for example, that gives you an idea. Then look at the words on the inside. By starting off small, and just trying to capture every little bit, they can grow by practicing and remembering what to look for and where to go.
What does reading and literacy mean to you?
RB: If you don’t read, how are you going to navigate this land? How will you read a prescription bottle or know what to choose or not choose in the supermarket? There’s no way you can maneuver in life without being able to read. And it’s something that needs to be embedded early in life. You know sometimes it doesn’t work out that way and it doesn’t happen until later. But if you have the tools to help someone, put them to good use!
Individual supporters
Thank you to our supporters for joining us in serving 1,216 students through our literacy programs during fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020).
Our community of 352 individual donors, including individuals who contributed to our annual event, provided 494 donations, resulting in a combined revenue of $209,042, which is 11% of our total operating budget. These individual donations demonstrate a committed network of individuals who care deeply about making an impact on student’s literacy accomplishments. We are listing all of our supporters together, alphabetically, to share the collective impact of our donor community.
Robert and Sigrid Adler
Kevin Alexander
Joanne Aliber
Lily Altman
Timothy Appel
John and Teresa Athas
Randall Atkin
Cookie Avrin and Marty Zafran
Margaret Bacon
Olesya Baker and Gabriel Lopez-Calva
Margaret and Andy Barhite
Patrice Baril
Greg Barrett
Edward and Jo Ann Baszkiewicz
Laurie Berarducci
Mike Bibilos
Susan Bisaillon and Holly Goodale
Libby Blank
George and Farah Blount
Steven Blum and Betty Davidson Blum
Judith Blum
Netania Boentaram
Ryan and Tracy Boland
Johnathan Bornstein
Jen Bowen Flynn
Eric and Debra Bradlee
Matt and Erica Brady
Megan Brigaman
Joanne Briody
Katherine Brodoff
Edward Bullister
Shannon Burrow
David Cahan and Salwa Fam
Alberto and Bertha Calvo
Marilyn Camelio
Salvatore and Barbara Cammarata
Debra Canzater
Jean Carbone
Henry Carrey
Deborah and Grant Carrow
Nicole Celeste
Joanne Clark and Charles Clark III
Cam Clifford
Marjorie Coello
Marjorie Cohen
Jocelyn Collen
Drew Condon
Philip Condon
Ileen and Alex Conn
Raymond Marcinowski and Janet Cooper
Howard Cooper
Eboni Cornelius
Kerwin Cornelius
Kimberly Cornelius
Cynthia Ann Cornelius
Kennette Cornelius
Lorren Cornelius
Elaine and George Cox
Sandra Cramer
John and Lisa Crowley
Jane and William Cullinan
Audrey Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
Karen Dale
Kristen Daley
Margaret Daly
Amy and Jock Danforth
Maggie Danforth
Will Danforth
Vera De Jesus
The De Lollis Family
Marilyn and Donald Dean
The Decosta Family
Rosemarie and Donald DeRosa
Sheila Dingle
Binh Dinh
Katherine Dinh
Thomas Dinh
Jo-Anne Downing
Chris and Amelia Edelman
Wes and Kate Enicks
Charles and Kathleen Enicks
Kimberly Enicks
Raquel Espana
Annissa Essaibi George
Sharee Farley
Suzanne Federspiel and Clinton Richmond
Julie Fentin
Gail and Bill Fine
Sharlene and Richard Finkel
Tara and Corey Finnegan
Doreen and Peter Finnegan
Gem Forde
Peter and Wendy Frisch
Chris Furcolo
Diane and Albert Gaeta
Thomas and Jeannette Galvin
Sabrina Ganguli
Kate Walsh and Erik Garpestad
Melissa Gartenberg Livney
Pearl Gayle
Don and Maxine Goldberg
Khatisia Goode
Brenda Gordon
Mary Green
Roger Gridley
Mary Gunn and Susan Berliner
Ellen Gunn
Saundra Haley
Gail Harris
Jennifer and Mike Hart
Lorren Harvey
Michael Harvey
Dazhia Harvey Gomes
Cathy and Ed Hasecke
Fred and Linda Hasecke
Jack and Mary Beth Hayes
Smiler Haynes
Lisa Helme Danforth
Kathleen Helmes
Sheila Hentley
Lisa and Tom Higgins
Gregory Hill
Alana Hill
Leah Hoang
Eileen and Arthur Hogan
Christine Holley
Tatiana Hollins
Ruby Howard
Lauren and Eric Hromada
Jeremy Hubball
Casey and Caitlin Hurley
Molly Hurt
Barbara Hylton and
Raymond and Pamela Ilg
Stacey Isles-Brako
Karen Jacobs
Robert and Ilona Johnson
Dave Johnson
Joana Johnson-Smith
Yvonne Jones
Karen Jones
Blake Jordan
Susan Kahn and Daniel Kirschner
Andrea Kalsow and Charles Henneberry Jr.
Carol and Alan Kamin
Jonathan and Carol Bolton Kappel
Dana Kappel
Jerrold and Claire Kashuck
Kelly and Robin Kavanagh
Robert Keefe
Diane and George Kelley
Jim Kelley
Morris Kellogg
Beth Kemler
Kathleen Kenney
Richard Kertzman
Kristan and David Khtikian
Elana Kieffer
Lenore Kline
David Kornetsky
Steven Kriedberg
Emily Kubik
Gail Laffer
Gerald Lake
Madeline Laliberte
Joan Laws
Caitlin Layng
Lolli and Robert Leeson
David Leonard and Cuong Hoang
Eric Leslie
Jason Levine
Barry and Debbie Lipsett
Meghan MacLean and Daniel Hafner
Robert and Kathleen Mahoney
Heidi and Ross Mair
Suchita Malik
Cheryl Mambro
Jamie Martinelli
Marty Martinez
Thomas and Polly Martinson
Joanne Mathis
Lorine Matthews
Megan McBryde
Taidgh McClory
Daniel McConvey
Christine McDaniel
Walter McDonald
Meagan McGee
Daniel McGinnis and John Oullette
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. McGowan
Shaun and Beth McHugh
William and Barbara McMahon
Elaine McTaggart
Sarah Meier
Margaret Miccolis
Kathleen Milligan
Gweneth Mitchell
Elizabeth and Keith Morgan
Eileen Morris
Venecia Mumford
Amy Murphy and Keith Fox
David and Denise Murray
Stephen and Joan Murray
James Murray and Mary Nichols
Michael and Sarah Murray
Callahan Murray
Elizabeth Murray
Gillian Murray
Eliza Murray
Elizabeth Myers
Jennifer and David Neundorfer
Garen Nigon
Ann Noonan
Judy Norris
Geoffrey and Beth Noyes
Eamon O'Brien
David O'Brien
Mary and Mike O'Donnell
Carolyn Orfanella
Mary Coffey Moran and Loren Owens
Heide Penner
Anne Peretz
Wendy Perlman and Peter Antoszyk
JH Daingerfield Perry and Constance Perry
Mary Perry
Cuong Hoang and Hien Pham
Nancy Pierce
Jacqueline Presedo
Yvonne Quinama
CT Ransdell
Chad Riedy
Cheryl Rivers
Alan and Linda Robbins
Lindsay Robinson
Marcia Robitaille
Jennifer Rodgers
Cara Romanowski
Amy Roth
Janet Roth
Patricia Roth
Elliot Rotstein
Richard and Winnie Rubino
Lindsey Ruffin
Julia Ruiz
Harvey Salgo and Lynn Barenberg
Tom Sander and Laura Carter Sander
Robin Sanders and Brendan Burns
Donna Schiller
Kathleen and Christopher Schweitzer
Ann Seligsohn
Catherine Shaffer
David and Kristin Shapiro
Lera and Matt Shawver
Caroline Shea
Tara Shea
Eugene Sheehan
Arleen and Jerome Silverlieb
Burnell Singleton
Barry and Carmen Sitler
Edina Skaljic
Peri Smilow and Budd Mishkin
Fred and Martha Smith
Sarah S. Smith
Elizabeth Soares Tully
Gonca Sonmez-Poole
Alanna and Marc Spada
Steve and Susan St. Tomas
Alfreda Stokes
Mr. and Mrs. R. Gregg Stone
Cheryl Studley-Straut
Hosetta Taiste
Zachery Tapp and Kira Armajani
Jack and Debbie Tatelman
Jane Thompson
Carl Thompson
Judith Thompson
Mark Tierney
Catherine Tocci
Alissa Tofias
Peter and Geraldine Toland
Kathleen Toland
Lydia and Walter Townsend
Kathleen Tucker
Rachel Vingsness
Dave and Sara Walden
Amelia and Sean Walsh
Phil Waters
Tom and Sarah Weber
Christian Weber
Stefanie Weiss
Ray Wellbaum and Karen Campbell
Emma Wellbaum
Elizabeth Wener
William and Megan White
Phoebe Whitwell
John and Rainy Wilkins
Maureen Willett
Zachary Williams
Martha and William Willis
William and Jane Wolff
Jonathan and Yoshie Wolff
Jennie Woo
Stephen and Patricia Wright
Regina Wright
Deborah Wrighton-Wex
Andrew and Mariann Youniss
Anonymous (33 Donors)
Donations in memory of Kathleen Daly Kriedberg
Helen Banks
Katherine Barker
Kevin Brownlie
Thomas and Marilee Conlon
Lorraine Delorfano
Matthew Dineen
Marcia and Paul Doherty
Alison Donahue
Eileen Fitzpatrick
Julie Hooven
Ruth and Michael Hunter
Jean and Ken Kriedberg
Kathleen Lowney
Michelle and Ron MacLean
Elizabeth Mitchell
Paul and Anne Marie Nelson
Dean G. Pappas
Janet Pettinari
Patricia and William Quinn
Steven and Kathleen Ranalli
Theresa and Robert Schweitzer
Christopher Shepard
Mel Stiller
Aurelia Treiber
Elizabeth Waterfield
Marion Wierzbicki
Donations in memory of Robert Usen
Ginny Usen
Donations in memory of Warren Hudson
Rosemarie Hudson
“All the research shows that the single best thing you could do for children is to read out loud with them, enjoy books and talk about them. That’s what we get to do, even in this hard time. I’m really excited about that!”
— Julie W., Generations Incorporated Literacy Coach
Institutional partners
Thank you to our supporters for joining us in serving 1,216 students through our literacy programs during fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020).
Our community of corporate and foundation donors and government agencies provided a combined revenue of $999,895, which is 53% of our total operating budget. These gifts represent a significant source of revenue, ensuring the longevity of our organization and the ability for us to sustain and grow our literacy programs in order to serve more students.
Anonymous
AARP Foundation Experience Corps
AARP of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Boston Bruins Foundation
Bushrod H. Campbell & Adah F. Hall Charity Fund
Charles H. Cross Charitable Foundation c/o Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
CHT Foundation
Clowes Fund, Inc.
Cummings Foundation
Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund
Donley Foundation
East Boston Savings Bank
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Eleutheros Endowment Fund
First Republic Bank
Frederick E. Weber Charities Corp.
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Highland Street Foundation
Kraft Family Foundation
Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Ludcke Foundation
Mass Mentoring Partnership- James G. Connolly Tribute Fund
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)
Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
People's United Community Foundation
Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation
Rowland Foundation
South Boston Community Development Foundation
Spark Foundation
The Boston Foundation
The Devereaux Charitable Foundation Trust
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Wellington Management Company LLP
William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
Government Grants
City of Boston Age Strong Commission
Corporation for National and Community Service
Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Mass Mentoring Partnership
In-Kind
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Star Bright Books
Partner spotlights
Kraft Family Foundation awarded Generations Incorporated a $100,000 grant in FY20 to support marketing initiatives as a part of our “Read to Grow” multi-year strategic plan to expand our reach in Greater Boston.
This generous investment will ensure Generations Incorporated has the capacity to build awareness for its high-impact intergenerational literacy program in Greater Boston by building our public profile through a name change and re-branding campaign. We will be announcing our new organization name and brand on May 11th at our Lighting The Spark virtual event.
“We are grateful to Kraft Family Foundation for sharing our vision of a new brand that will drive increased visibility, boost volunteer recruitment efforts, expand program recognition, and diversify funding sources.”
— Wes Enicks, Generations Incorporated Executive Director
Wellington Management Foundation gives generously to Generations Incorporated, and has given $235,000 over the last 5 years.
When COVID-19 required our programs and offices to close, Wellington was one of the first partners to reach out to us to reiterate their support to our organization during a very uncertain time. Wellington awarded Generations Incorporated an additional $25,000 emergency grant, which provided critical support as we shifted our programs to a virtual model. We are grateful to the Wellington Management Foundation for their continued partnership and generous support.
“On behalf of the Wellington Management Foundation and the hundreds of employees of Wellington Management that support our work in the community, I’m proud that we have been able to offer 6 years of sustained support to Generations Inc. Over the last year we’ve seen just how vital organizations like Generations Inc. are in supporting our schools, our teachers and most importantly our students. Thank you for the essential work you do!”
— Karen Pfefferle, Executive Director, Wellington Management Foundation
The AARP of Massachusetts is a longstanding partner to Generations Incorporated. The local chapter supports our intergenerational literacy coaching program by helping us to spread the word about volunteer opportunities, and thanks to their support we are able to recruit over 200 literacy coaches annually to support Greater Boston’s readers.
The AARP of MA plays an important role in sharing resources for older adults in Massachusetts, and their commitment to our partnerships, especially during recent times, has ensured our ability to continue to provide high-quality services to students who need it most.
Experience Corps volunteers help children in kindergarten through third grade learn to read. Volunteers from AARP Massachusetts and Generations Incorporated have become reading tutors through the safety of online tutoring and have transformed the lives of children in Boston and Revere. Given the current health crisis and education disruption, children need us now more than ever.”
— Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Staff and leadership
Learn more about our dedicated staff and leadership here.
Staff
Rodjyna Beauvile, Development VISTA
Jen Bowen Flynn, Deputy Director
Virginia (Ginny) Bridgeman, Program Manager
Dr. Salvatore Cammarata, Program Manager
Alyssa Chesney, Partnership VISTA
CynthiAnn Cornelius, Office Team Leader
Wes Enicks, Executive Director
Leah Hoang, Director of Human Resources and Operations
Lisa Higgins, M.Ed, Program Manager
Andrea Kalsow, Development Manager
Meagan McGee Institutional Relations Coordinator
Venecia Mumford, Program Manager
La Raye Myers-Thomas, Recruitment Specialist
Eveian Salmon, Database Coordinator
Kathleen Schweitzer, Director of Finance and Administration
Liz Yanishevsky, Recruitment and Training Specialist
Board of Directors
Tara Finnegan, Board Chair, Finnegan Consulting
Michelle Roman, Board Vice Chair and Clerk, AARP Experience Corps Volunteer
Megan McBryde
George Blount, nBalance Financial
Amy Danforth, Fidelity Investments
Barbara McMahon
Wai-chi Mok, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Tom Weber, Eastern Bank
Bill Wolff, AARP Experience Corps Volunteer
FY20 Audited Financials
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
