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WE THE PEOPLE
THE SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPY
2017 in Review
LOOKING BACK AT A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Each year, members of the Montpelier community show their support of The Montpelier Foundation through
their memberships and annual giving. This generosity fuels the Annual Fund, providing unrestricted funding to
help keep our goal—communicating James Madison’s role in creating our modern, democratic society—alive.
This year:
1,651 INDIVIDUALS & $3,015,000
contributed to our goal. Thank you!
was received in gifts and memberships between
July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017—7% above our goal!
NANCY WOODSON SPIRE FOUNDATION—1:1 MATCHING CHALLENGE RESULTS ARE IN!
Thanks to the support of the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation and you, our donors and members,
we finished the fiscal year above goal, grew Montpelier’s donor base, and strengthened our programs.
$109,025
was contributed by 429
first time donors
$909,102
was matched by the
Nancy Woodson Spire
Foundation
$1,818,204
The challenge’s total
impact to Montpelier
$466,048
was contributed by
381 lapsed donors
who rejoined
$334,028
was contributed by
219 donors who
increased their giving
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