Our Story - Celebrating Over 25 Years of Giving

The Landfall Foundation was formed as a means for Landfall residents to thoughtfully and confidently extend support to greater Wilmington area non-profit organizations.  Grants are awarded after our Grants Committee evaluates applications for projects and programs in the areas of the arts, education, health and welfare. This valuable contribution to smaller organizations, that are often underfunded, makes a major impact on the vital needs of our community.

On November 7, the Landfall Foundation distributed $575,000 in grant checks for projects at 112 local nonprofits and schools. Earlier this year, the Foundation awarded $100,000 in Capital Grants to another 5 organizations. To date, the Foundation has distributed over $8 million since its inception in 1995.

Grants were awarded to nonprofits in three categories—the Arts, Education and Health & Welfare as follows: 22 Arts grants totaling $124,198, $252,640 for Health & Welfare grants went to 55 non profits, and $198,162 was distributed among 35 organizations in the Education category.

Executive Board

Dan Levine
President

Denise Baer
Treasurer

John Earl
VP Operations

Bob Harootyan
Secretary

 

Christina Whalen
VP Events

Lisa Theriault
Technology

Jane Carlson
VP Marketing & Communications

Board

Karin Carson

Alison Bernhart

Phil Ley

Deloris Rhodes

Darcee Strube

Sherri Mercer

 

2024 Committees

INVESTMENTS

Denise Baer, Chair
Karin Carson
Marilyn Gunther*
Mark Humphreville*

GRANTS

Cathy Crumpton, Co-Chair*
Tina Leak, Co-Chair*

Arts

Tim Jones, Chair*
Anne Boucher*
Joel Sanders*
Christine Hinsch*
Joyce Fernando*

Education

Kathleen McLean*, Chair*
Elizabeth Borges*
Beth O’Connell*
Adair Wright*
Dick Gongaware*

Health & Welfare

Hannah Holt, Chair*
Cathy Marshall*
Bob Applegate*
Beth Bowers*


CAPITAL GRANTS

Bob Harootyan, Chair
Cathy Crumpton
Anne Sorhagen


SCHOLARSHIPS

Denise Baer**


CRM

Lisa Theriault, Chair
Phil Ley
John Earl
Denise Baer
Karin Carson
Susan Stein*


MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Jane Carlson


PUBLICATIONS

Michelle Clark-Bradley*

TECHNOLOGY

Lisa Theriault, Chair

WEBSITE

Aimee Lamy*

SOCIAL MEDIA

Jane Carlson


EVENTS

Christina Whalen, Chair

Art Show & Sale

Darcee Strube, Chair
Susan Gasman*
Ora Sorensen*

Gala

Christina Whalen, Co-Chair
Liz Cleghorn, Co-Chair*
Susan Gsell, Co-Chair*
Renee Smith, Co-Chair*

Holiday Marketplace

Sherri Mercer, Co-Chair
Jane Pierson, Co-Chair*

* Volunteer