Annual Report 2021
Philanthropy is about generosity in all its many forms, gifts of time, talent, and treasure. In challenging times the MPFS community historically steps up. It is because you let your lives speak that our school thrives today.
This school year was nothing short of a challenge. We witnessed our faculty and trustees jump into high gear when we most needed them. Our students and parents did what was necessary to keep each other safe, demonstrating an atmosphere of mutual concern, and allowed us the agility to succeed this year. Our alumni, grandparents, parents of alumni, and other members of our larger community reached out and participated in the care of MPFS. You all inspired, encouraged, and uplifted one another as we simultaneously worked toward increasing our focus and enhancement of DEI programs.
In addition, our MPFS community gave the financial support essential to the education of our students. You made the school a charitable priority, even if you were facing personal challenges.
Not one gift is more important than the other. Your stewardship for MPFS has a profound impact on the children we serve. You've helped us provide a safe, joyful space in which our students could thrive.
Every gift received this year is what makes you THE BEST community ever. You let your life speak and embraced the Quaker S.P.I.C.E.S. (Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship). Your children will learn by your example.
We thank you again for your commitment, thoughtfulness, and generosity towards our students’ Meaningful Learning for a Purposeful Life.
We thank the following donors for their contributions – unrestricted, restricted, and gifts in-kind – received during the last academic year, between July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021.
While every effort was made to include all donors, if we have omitted your name, please contact us so that we can make corrections in the next issue.
* deceased
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- Alumni
- Corporations & Foundations
- Friends of MPFS
- Grandparent
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- Parents
- Parents of Alumni
- Quaker Meetings & Organizations
- Teacher & Staff
- Trustees
- Event Sponsors
- The Friends Collaborative
- In Honor Of Pat Hunt 100th
- Fern Clark '78 Memorial Tree
Alumni
Andy Aguilar '08 |
Victoria Brown '97 |
Rebecca Chamberlain '87 |
Jennifer Payne Conway '86 |
Rachel Goldstein Dalinka '85 |
Rachel Lindley D'Alonzo |
Blythe Danner |
Tracy Kathryn Davis '79 |
Sarah James Derr '67 |
Nancy Fitts Donaldson* '37 |
David P. Elkinton '54 |
Thomas Elkinton |
John Ersek |
Farrah Ferguson '91 |
Bethleigh Flanagan '78 |
George S. Forsythe '45 |
James T. Forsythe '41 |
Clare Gillen '02 |
Leslie Duff Goldsmith '71 |
Ron Guthrie '78 |
Jeannette McCabe Harris |
Cyril H. Harvey II '37 |
Susannah Henderson |
Kruskal Hewitt '67 |
Nandita Yagnik Hogan '85 |
Dr. Susan Holak '69 |
Chris Hoover '69 |
Mark Hoover '66 |
Herschel D. Horn '83 |
Jennifer Hunt Horton '67 |
Bruce Everett Hunt |
Martin Hunt '79 |
Timothy Hunt '70 |
Eleanor Houghton Hurd '46 |
Joplin James Wistar '78 |
Peter Kashatus '11 |
Caroline Little Keeler '81 |
Susan Kidder |
Jacob Kleinman-Phillips '09 |
Joan Baker Krehnbrink '68 |
Samuel M. Laird '56 |
Gwyneth Elkinton Loud |
Anonymous '10 |
Suzanne Egli Maughan '53 |
Edith Thompson McAfee '80 |
Sean McGoff '18 |
Anita Covert McNamara '80 |
In Memory Of Bernice Covert |
Paul Menta '84 |
Ellen Fitts Millick '39 |
Rick Morris |
Jillian Oberfield '93 |
Josh Oberfield |
Zachary Oberfield '90 |
Kathleen A. Ogilvie Greene |
Cristina Perachio '01 |
Haley Peterson '11 |
Trayce Peterson '78 |
Laura Dietze Pino '79 |
Sue Levy Pitluck '78 |
Susan Ramee '78 |
Emily Richardson |
Lisa Richardson '78 |
Katrina Rogachevsky '99 |
Hillary Rubesin |
Sandy Pearson Sadeghi '80 |
Paul Scheibe '96 |
John Sharpless '77 |
SheriLynne Clanon Skelly '77 |
Lew Wernick '78 |
Cass Winner |
Corporations & Foundations
Acme Give Back Where It Counts |
Alpin J. & Alpin W. Cameron Memorial Fund |
AmazonSmile Foundation |
Anonymous from Schwab Charitable |
Benevity Causes |
Bryn Mawr Trust Company |
Energy Income Partners, LLC |
Exelon Foundation |
The Foundation for Delaware County |
Garrison Family Foundation |
General Mills |
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation |
Hawkins Technologies LLC |
Iron Workers Bank |
Malvern Bank |
Media Fellowship House Inc |
The Media Rotary Foundation |
National Bank of Malvern |
In Honor Of The Beard Family |
Anonymous - Network for Good-Facebook |
The Nina Abrams Fund |
PA Partners for Education, LLC |
Pfizer YourCause LLC |
Republic Bank |
Trippley Foundation |
UGI Storage Company |
UHS of Pennsylvania |
Utica National Insurance Group |
The WAWA Foundation |
Willistown Friends Meeting Trust |
YourCause LLC |
Friends of MPFS
Donna Noonan Allen |
Dee Amey |
Margaret Anderson |
Mary Ayers |
Sabir A Bacon |
Julia & Kelly Bacon-Henderson |
Liz Best |
In Memory Of Karington Corbin '01 |
Harold Boylan |
Fran and Carol Bradley |
Sally Braffman |
Ann Bridges |
Charlie Cary |
April Chester |
Elizabeth and Frank Clarke |
Jennifer K Clarke |
Joan J Coleman |
Nino DeProphetis |
January Dolata |
Geraldine Donovan |
Sherry Dougherty |
Merril and John Dutton |
Chris and Melissa Elkinton |
Regina Englade |
Paul Farnschlader |
In Memory Of Jackie J Farnschlader |
Marie Finio |
Anonymous |
In Memory Of Paul and Peg Linvill |
Carol and George S. Forsythe '45 |
Ann and John Fox |
Leslie Friedman |
Dolores and George Galllagher |
Dr. Paul Glickman |
In Honor Of Rebecca and Molly Marcus |
Olga Greto |
Susan Elizabeth Gunn |
Donald and Carol Guthrie |
Rachel B Halpern |
Dorothy Haviland |
Annette Hearing & John Wenderoth |
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Homeier |
In Honor Of Maria Villanueve Santos |
Bruce Everett Hunt & Kathryn Mehan |
Gillian Hunt |
Myrna and John Hunter Jr. |
Ms. Nellie Johnson |
Sidney and Sally Johnson |
C. Frederick and Nancy Keffer |
Lauren Kois |
Laurie LaDuke |
Ch'uya and David Lane |
Madeline Loper |
James H. Miller, Jr. |
Maureen L. Mingey |
In Memory Of Paul Linvill |
Lisa Morales |
Paul Ness |
Barbara D. Nicholas |
Keith Oberg |
Betty and Frank Peditto |
Bonnie Pollard |
Nicole Pollard |
Nina Prieur |
Margaret A Rostron |
Anonymous |
John Scardina |
Nikki Scattolini |
Will Scull & Becky Martin-Scull |
William and Camellia Shaw |
Robin Shelter |
Mrs. Janis G. Sheppard |
Charles and Patricia Smail |
Amy Solipaca |
Sari Steuber |
Anne Richardson Stevens |
Marie Szymanek |
Patricia J Thomas |
Judy Van Zant |
Jacqueline Montras & Bob Vitalo |
Candelin Wahl |
Joy and Roger Wahl |
Ann Walsh |
Carl Williams |
Grandparent
Bonnie and Robert Bellino |
Sam and Barbara Rose Caldwell |
Anne Carlino |
Mary and John Cherkerzian |
Frank* and Sandy DiMaria |
Karen Evans |
In Memory Of William L. Evans |
Harriet and Jerome Fisher |
Susan Garrison |
Roy and Judy Gephart |
Bob and Ann Hays |
Nancy and Neil Hoffmann |
In Honor Of Casper, Sylvia & Lucas Hoffmann |
Yiu and Christina Leung |
Marilyn Lucas and Terry Buckalew |
In Honor of Wren Buckalew and her Teachers |
Patricia and Joseph Menig |
Adrienne O'Neill |
Albert and Sharon Riess |
In Honor Of Parker Riess |
Stewart and Sidney Spahr |
The Sussman Family |
Meeting Members
Donna Noonan Allen |
In Memory Of Paul and Peg Linvill |
Laurie Arnold |
Sam and Barbara Rose Caldwell |
David and Margaret Camp |
Ginny Christensen |
Jane Cosinuke |
Mayland Crosson |
In Memory Of Jared Darlington |
Nancy DeMis & Bruce Turetsky M.D. |
Nancy Fitts Donaldson* '37 |
Susan Duncan |
Merril and John Dutton |
David P. Elkinton '54 |
Thomas Elkinton |
Susan Elliott-Johnson |
Bethleigh Flanagan '78 |
Donna Forsythe & John W Risinger |
In Honor Of George and Carole Forsythe |
George S. Forsythe '45 |
James T. Forsythe '41 |
SueLynne Ganbari |
Susan Garrison |
Bruce and Prudence Haines |
Cyril H. Harvey II '37 |
Dorothy Haviland |
Annette Hearing & John Wenderoth |
Susannah Henderson & Ryan Dunne |
Kruskal Hewitt '67 |
Jennifer Hunt Horton '67 & Steve Horton |
Dana Houghton |
Greta Hudak & Wayne Peischl |
Timothy Hunt '70 |
Eleanor Houghton Hurd '46 |
Joplin James Wistar '78 |
Alex Kendrick |
Janice Kirkwood & Phil Peterson |
In Memory Of Paul Linvill |
Gwyneth Elkinton Loud |
Cynthia McGoff |
Ellen Fitts Millick '39 |
Ann Murray |
James and Janet MacColl Nicholson |
Jillian Oberfield '93 & Ben Fenwick |
Josh Oberfield |
Lynn and William Oberfield |
Zachary Oberfield '90 |
Haley Peterson '11 |
Laura Dietze Pino '79 |
Lisa Richardson '78 |
Will Scull & Becky Martin-Scull |
Parker Snowe |
Ken and Laura Taylor |
Debra Will |
Glen and Claire Wilson |
Parents
Andrea and Matt Angiulo |
Laurie Arnold |
Samirah Bridgeford |
Andrea Broadt & Ryan Vass |
Laura Buckalew |
Jacqueline Carlson |
Hannah Covert & Christopher Fox |
Angela DiMaria and Matt Lane |
Virginia and Bryan Enslein |
Farrah Ferguson '91 |
Amy Francis & Eric Derk |
Greg Gephart & Michal Hall |
Kelly and Andrew Good |
Kelly and Nat Graham |
Daryl Gruar and Iris Paltin Gruar |
Anonymous |
Susannah Henderson & Ryan Dunne |
Holly and Richard Hoffmann |
Brandon and Shannon Hohl |
Lori Imbesi |
Rick and Deborah Irwin |
Vanessa and Christopher Keenan |
Marisa and Craig Kocak |
Michelle and Ron Kortum |
Dawn Manley |
Kathleen McCullough & Chris Shuster |
In Honor of Chloe Shuster '23 |
Cynthia and Brian McGoff |
In Honor of Shannon McGoff '22 |
Aaron and Robin Mixon |
Tinu and Anthony Moss |
Charles and Kathryn Ombam |
Gillian and Aaron Pierre |
Deborah and Albert Riess |
Gwenaelle and Morgan Sobotka |
Catherine Spahr |
Diana and Cameron Spalding |
Cabrina and Nicholas Stanek |
Tony and Meagan Watkins |
Zora and Wojtek Wolfe |
Ansa and Kelly Yiadom |
Parents of Alumni
Hakim Abdus Salaam & Karima Alderman |
Ngozi Atanmo |
Phyllis Kohn Barsky |
Joseph and Patricia Becker |
Kurt and Carol Brunner |
David and Margaret Camp |
Geoffrey and Karen Carbutt |
Peter and Mimi Chamberlain |
Denise Chiolo |
Ginny Christensen |
Phyllis Clark |
Beth and Alan Collins |
Carol P. Cooke |
Jane Cosinuke |
Brian and Katherine Crowner |
Nancy DeMis & Bruce Turetsky M.D. |
Wendy Coopersmith Dignazio |
Michael Dreyer & Colette Mull |
Earl Ekas & Mary Platt |
Susan Elliott-Johnson |
Pamela Haines & Charles Esser |
June Evans |
Amber Brown |
Charles and Carol Fishman |
Susan Garrison |
Sidney W. and Patricia R. Gilford |
Susan Gordon |
Dawn Greenlaw & Shawn Scully |
Donn and Holly Guthrie |
Kristin and Chris Hamilton |
James and Philitsa Hanson |
Adam Preset & Tiffany Hanulec |
Daniel and Patricia Hardy |
In Honor Of Jim and Brian Hardy |
Gopal Subramanian & Raelyn Harman |
William Johnson & Hiele Hodnett |
Doris Horn |
Greta Hudak & Wayne Peischl |
Connie Hughes |
Eleanor Houghton Hurd '46 |
Eugene F. and Tracey Jarrell |
Janice Kirkwood & Phil Peterson |
In Memory Of Paul Linvill |
Allyson and Jeffrey Lehrman |
Michael Kostal & Ina Li |
Jairo Lora and Margaret Wheatley |
Sumana Madhav & Madhav Gopal |
Michael and Judith Marcus |
Philip and Hoa McLean |
Phyllis and Manley Mincer |
Donald and Theresa Much |
Kia E. Newman |
James and Janet MacColl Nicholson |
Kandance Weems Norris & Ronald Norris |
Lynn and William Oberfield |
Anthony and Lisa Palmieri |
Martin Pepper & Jennifer Camp |
Susan Sayer |
In Memory Of Paul Linvill |
Rossano Acchione & Laurie Sbrolla |
Kenneth Scott |
Earl Sissell & Sonia Stamm |
In Memory Of Paul Linvill |
Chris and Lisa Slager |
Ken and Laura Taylor |
Doris Tirado & Marna Barrett* |
Sandra and Bruce Vermeychuk |
Quaker Meetings & Organizations
Elizabeth Taylor Fund Distribution Committee
Friends Fiduciary Corporation
Lansdowne Friends School
Media Friends Meeting
Peace Center of Delaware County
Providence Friends Meeting
T. Wistar Brown Teachers' Fund
The Friends Collaborative
The Milton Hershey School
The Thomas H. and Mary W. Shoemaker Fund
Wyatt Wistar Brown Fund
Teacher & Staff
Syreeta Bacon
Karen Carbutt
Jennifer Cohen
Dianne Cooney
Angela DiMaria
Meredith Elizalde
Chris Fennell
Carol Fishman
Jon Hall
Holly Hoffmann
Shannon Hohl
Peter Kashatus '11
Cynthia McGoff
Joe Payne
Cristina Perachio '01
Taylor Quinland
Marina Rendon-Hepler
Emily Richardson
John Romano
Clare South
Laura Taylor
Kristen Thomas Clarke
Claire Wilson
In Honor Of Jon Hall
Trustees
Event Sponsors
B&E Sportswear
Broomall Eye Care
Bryn Mawr Trust
C&C Catering
Friends' Central
Friends Select
Galantino Supply
Garden State Consolidating
Iron Workers Bank
La Padella
Linn Architects
McCullough -Shuster Family
MPFS Trustees
Nancy and Neil Hoffmann
Oliver Heating & Cooling
PA Distilling Co.
Pinocchio’s Pizza
R.F. Bondurant Plumbing & Heating LLC
Republic Bank
Stamm - Sissell Family
Tim Broadt & Associates Attorneys at Law
Weisfeld Family
Will - Thomas Family
Wolfe Family
The Friends Collaborative
The Friends Collaborative Tax Credit Program for Individuals and Businesses. The purpose of The Collaborative is to foster the growth of Quaker Education by providing funding that makes a Quaker education accessible for more families.
INCREASING ACCESS TO FRIENDS EDUCATION FOR MORE FAMILIES 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR |
Alan Baker & Shelley Costa |
Andrew Clarke & Kristen M. Thomas Clarke |
Hannah H. Covert & Christopher Fox |
Amy L. Francis & George Eric Derk |
Susan Garrison |
Kelly and Andrew Good |
Donn and Holly Guthrie |
Benjamin and Trisha Hall |
Anonymous |
Kathleen McCullough & Christopher Shuster |
Lesly and Marc Merlin |
Phyllis and Manley Mincer |
Kevin and Lisa Mullarkey |
Kenneth E. Scott |
In Honor Of Pat Hunt 100th
Gifts In Honor Of Pat Hunt's 100th Birthday support our need based financial aid program.
Pat believes in the MPFS creativity in learning that is so very important in a student’s day at school, and that it’s the way we should all be relating to the world. She values the loving care and respect for each child and the quality and commitment of the staff and board that are trusted to carry out the mission of the School. Ever in tune with the world around her, in 1999 when she received the Cornerstone award, Pat commented that "Children face a challenging century ahead; the values that are learned at home, reinforced by school and religious faith, will guide them as they make the hard choices they will face. What they do with their lives will shape our future."
Since 1876, MPFS has endeavored to create a safe, structured school environment where children of all backgrounds can interact, learn, and grow together. Today we can continue to educate many deserving children who would not otherwise have had the means or opportunity to attend this school through financial aid.
Harold Boylan |
David and Margaret Camp |
Charlie Cary |
Ginny Christensen |
Sarah James Derr '67 |
Angela DiMaria & Matt Lane |
David P. Elkinton '54 |
Thomas Elkinton |
Chris and Melissa Elkinton |
Susan Elizabeth Gunn |
Bruce and Prudence Haines |
Jennifer Hunt Horton '67 & Steve Horton |
Dana Houghton |
Timothy Hunt '70 |
Gillian Hunt |
Joplin James Wistar '78 |
Eugene F. and Tracey Jarrell |
Cynthia and Brian McGoff |
Phyllis and Manley Mincer |
Keith Oberg |
Nina Prieur |
Lisa Richardson '78 |
Rossano Acchione & Laurie Sbrolla |
Kenneth Scott |
Candelin Wahl |
Joy and Roger Wahl |
Tony and Meagan Watkins |
Debra Will |
Fern Clark '78 Memorial Tree
A Memorial Tree – A Legacy
In Memory of Fern Clark
MPFS ‘78
Fern, an MPFS alumna and what we would term a “lifer” started here in Kindergarten and graduated 12th in 1978 with the inaugural 9th-grade class from our high school that was located at Providence Monthly Meeting. Fern and her many siblings all attended MPFS back in the day. She was beloved by her fellow classmates and had an undeniable and radiant Light within her. The Friends community lost Fern in 2019.
Many remember those special years at the MPFS upper school, the close-knit community, and the strong attachment to the space and place of the Providence Friends Meeting building and grounds. The community thought it fitting to contribute to a legacy gift in memory of their beloved classmate, Fern Clark. This memorial tree creates a lasting and living memorial to Fern’s memory and honors the formative impact the school had on the students who went there.
The tree was planted by the Linvill family, in the burial ground behind Providence Friends Meeting. In April, F(f)riends, alumni, teachers, and family, gathered to honor Fern’s memory at Providence Friends Meeting.
Donna Noonan Allen |
Rebecca Chamberlain '87 |
Phyllis Clark |
Joan J Coleman |
Tracy Kathryn Davis '79 |
Nino DeProphetis |
Susan Duncan |
Regina Englade |
Marie Finio |
Bethleigh Flanagan '78 |
Ann and John Fox |
Dolores and George Galllagher |
Ron Guthrie '78 |
Jeannette McCabe Harris |
Herschel D. Horn '83 |
Myrna and John Hunter Jr. |
Joplin James Wistar '78 |
Ms, Nellie Johnson |
Sidney and Sally Johnson |
Susan Kidder |
Edith Thompson McAfee '80 |
Anita Covert McNamara '80 |
James H. Miller, Jr. |
Rick Morris |
Barbara D. Nicholas |
Trayce Peterson '78 |
Laura Dietze Pino '79 |
Sue Levy Pitluck '78 |
Bonnie Pollard |
Nicole Pollard |
Susan Ramee '78 |
Lisa Richardson '78 |
Emily Richardson |
Margaret A Rostron |
Sandy Pearson Sadeghi '80 |
John Sharpless '77 |
William and Camellia Shaw |
Mrs. Janis G. Sheppard |
SheriLynne Clanon Skelly '77 |
Anne Richardson Stevens |
Patricia J Thomas |
Judy Van Zant |
Jacqueline Montras & Bob Vitalo |
Lew Wernick '78 |
Cass Winner |