Support for the GSO Annual Fund
205 gifts, from $15 to $15,000, were made to the GSO Annual Fund. The average gift increased 30% to $622.
All Operating Funds
These individuals and organizations made gifts and commitments in excess of $1,000 and are members of the Challenger, Endeavor, Beagle or Trident Societies:
- David E. Adams
- Elizabeth Payne Adams
- Joceline M. Boucher
- Andrew L. Brill
- Richard K. Edel
- ExxonMobil Foundation
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
- Donna C. Greenlee
- Stephen M. Greenlee
- Nancy Hays
- Robert Charles Healey
- Raymond B. Langton III
- Michael T. Ledbetter
- Margaret S. Leinen
- The Meier and Linnartz Family Foundation
- John T. Merrill
- Jane Alexandra Nash
- Steven R. Ramp
- Henry M. Rines
- Jan E. Rines
- Christopher du Pont Roosevelt
- Jeffrey S. Rosen
- Lynne M. Rosen
- Southco, Inc.
- John H. Tietjen
- Polly Morgan Timken
- Judith Stern Weisman
- David E. Adams
- Elizabeth Payne Adams
- Randy J. Brandenburg
- Peter A. Claypool
- Christina Lynn Cocroft
- Duncan Hunter Cocroft
- Estate of Kimberlee Ethel H. Culf
- ExxonMobil Foundation
- Robert M. Fetzer
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
- Peter T. Hahn
- Robert W. Morton
- Christopher T. H. Pell
- Janet Alexander Pell
- Carl Peterson
- Kathleen A. Peterson
- Pancha Peterson
- Andrew Reilly
- Rhode Island Foundation
- Christopher du Pont Roosevelt
- Russell R. Shippee
- United Way
- Rosanne Zimmerman
- The Collins Family GSO Redevelopment Fund, created by Barclay and Judith Collins
- The Laura Harris GSO Campus Redevelopment Fund,created by Laura Harris
- The Mirian-Sobel GSO Campus Redevelopment Fund,created by Ali Mirian and Jeffrey Sobel.
Major commitments included a grant from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation ($300,000) and a multi-year pledge from the Devereux Foundation ($250,000).
Support for Campus Renewal
Gifts from the private sector will continue to be a critical component of funding for new research facilities and related campus enhancements.
In July 2019, James Austin, a member of the GSO Dean’s Advisory Council, established the James Austin Campus Fund. His $500,000 gift is a challenge grant to evoke new giving. The fund matches, one-to-one, gifts made over the next five years that support elements of the Narragansett Bay Campus Master Plan. These individuals and organizations made qualifying gifts and commitments in excess of $1,000 and are members of the Challenger, Endeavor, Beagle or Trident Societies:
In addition, these three funds were established with major gifts: