FALL 2016
Challenge Examples for the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation Grant
If you are a new donor , the size of your gift will be doubled . This means if you did not give to Montpelier at all between July 1 , 2015 and June 30 , 2016 , your gift of $ 100 will mean $ 200 in support for Montpelier .
$ 100 $ 100
$ 200
MONTPELIER LOVES A CHALLENGE AND IS LUCKY TO HAVE TWO !
If you increase your gift from the prior fiscal year ( 7 / 1 / 15 to 6 / 30 / 16 ), the increased amount of your gift will be matched 1:1 . So , if you gave $ 150 last year and you give $ 250 this year , the increased amount of your gift ($ 100 ) will be matched .
$ 250 $ 100
$ 350
Remember , to qualify for the match your gift has to be received during the period of July 1 , 2016 to May 31 , 2017 . Visit montpelier . org / support-us to learn about membership benefits given at different levels .
It isn ’ t often that we have the pleasure of announcing two challenge grants in the same magazine , but the Perry Foundation has also made a generous 1:1 challenge grant of $ 120,000 to The Montpelier Foundation . This grant will be used for restoration of the South Grove , the important landscape area and grove of trees that sheltered the South Yard , home of Montpelier ’ s enslaved house community . Funds raised will support critical archaeological excavation and research in this area that is so important to the story of all of Montpelier ’ s people .
REPORT OF GIFTS
The Montpelier Foundation proudly recognizes those who generously made gifts or pledges between July 1 , 2015 and June 30 , 2016 . Thank you .
LEADERSHIP GIFTS
$ 1,000,000 & over Estate of Paul Mellon David M . Rubenstein
$ 500,000- $ 999,999
Mr . and Mrs . Richard M . Ader — The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Commonwealth of Virginia Mr . and Mrs . Joseph Erdman — The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation William R . Kenan , Jr . Charitable Trust Jacqueline Badger Mars Forrest E . Mars , Jr .* Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation
$ 250,000- $ 499,999 Louise B . Potter Anonymous
$ 100,000- $ 249,999 Dr . Melanie Biermann and
Mr . Martin Younker Mr . and Mrs . Joe Grills Brian R . Hall , OBE The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation Paul and Diane Manning The Melville Foundation The Honorable Paul Michel and
Ms . Brooke England National Trust for Historic Preservation Perry Foundation , Inc . Robert H . Smith Family Foundation
Ms . S . Sonjia Smith & Mr . Michael Bills Ms . S . Sonjia Smith Virginia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
$ 50,000- $ 99,999 The Lynde and Harry Bradley
Foundation Center For Civic Education The Charles Fund , Inc . Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Mary Laub Cowan Mr .* and Mrs . Walter W . Craigie Montpelier Steeplechase & Equestrian
Foundation Ms . Gail Farkas Munger —
Farkas Family Foundation
19