GLCF Annual Celebrate Giving Event Highlights the Power of Philanthropy with Awards and Panel

LOWELL, MA (Nov. 3, 2022) – On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation hosted its annual Celebrate Giving event at UTEC.

The event featured panelists: Nancy Huntington Stager, President & Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Bank Foundation; Sophy Theam, Trustee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation and DEI and Leadership Program Specialist at Enterprise Bank; John Flanagan, Senior Director, Westford Corporate Citizenship for Red Hat; and Siddhi Shah Cheong, Head of Strategy Development, MilliporeSigma and representing the Shruti N. Shah Memorial Scholarship Fund. The panel moderated by GLCF’s president and CEO Jay Linnehan, discussed creating change in the community, the transformational effect of giving time, talent, and treasure, and the future of philanthropy.

WinnCompanies. a proven housing partner in the greater Lowell community, received the 2022 GLCF Business Philanthropy Partner Award for their exemplary work collaborating with people during the pandemic to help keep them in their homes, treating them with respect and dignity. Lawrence H. Curtis, the President and Managing Partner of WinnDevelopment and member of the Board of Directors of WinnCompanies accepted the award.

The 2022 Steven Joncas Community Connector Award recipient was Bopha Malone, Interim Executive Director of Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell. The award recognizes an individual or organization in our community that has advanced the power of philanthropy in Greater Lowell. Malone’s dedication to serving local nonprofits was highlighted with this award.

This year, the inaugural GLCF Newell Flather Legacy Fund Grant was awarded to Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) for Health Access Programming in Lowell. The Newell Flather Legacy Fund was established by the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation in 2022 at GLCF to support nonprofit projects focused on the arts, immigrant, and refugee communities, and/or advancing equity and inclusion in the city of Lowell. CBA received a grant of $12,500 for their program.

To learn more about the Greater Lowell Community Foundation visit www.glcfoundation.org.

About Greater Lowell Community Foundation
Established in 1997, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) is a philanthropic organization comprised of more than 400 funds dedicated to improving the quality of life in 21 neighboring cities and towns. With financial assets of more than $55 million, GLCF annually awards grants and scholarships to hundreds of worthy nonprofits and students. It is powered by the winning combination of donor-directed giving, personal attention from Foundation staff, and an in-depth understanding of local needs. The generosity of our donors has enabled the Community Foundation to award more than $30 million to the Greater Lowell community. 

GLCF Celebrate Giving 2022 focused on the power of philanthropy in Greater Lowell with panelists (l-r) Moderator Jay Linnehan, GLCF president and CEO; Nancy Huntington Stager, President & Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Bank Foundation; Sophy Theam, Trustee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation and DEI and Leadership Program Specialist at Enterprise Bank; Siddhi Shah Cheong, Head of Strategy Development, MilliporeSigma and representing the Shruti N. Shah Memorial Scholarship Fund and John Flanagan, Senior Director, Westford Corporate Citizenship for Red Hat.
Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) received the inaugural 2022 GLCF Newell Flather Legacy Fund Grant at GLCF Celebrate Giving 2022. From left to right, Karen Carpenter from the Parker Foundation, with CBA’s Yun-Ju Choi, Cecilia Gutierrez Yapur, and Ivana Dauwer with Jay Linnehan.
Lawrence H. Curtis, the president and managing partner of WinnDevelopment, with GLCF’s Jay Linnehan, received the 2022 GLCF Business Philanthropy Partner Award at GLCF’s Celebrate Giving event.
The 2022 Steven Joncas Community Connector Award recipient was Bopha Malone, center, Interim Executive Director of Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell with Steven Joncas and GLCF’s Jay Linnehan (l-r.)