Princeton Area Community Foundation

The Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF), established in 1991, is a community foundation based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey that serves Mercer County and central New Jersey.[1][2] The community foundation is devoted to the well being of people in the region, providing organizational support to individuals, families, businesses, and organizations who wish to create permanent charitable funds.[3][4] The grants help fund programs in education, the arts, housing, environment, community development, and human services. The PACF invests and oversees the charitable funds while awarding grants and scholarships, promoting philanthropy, and supporting Central Jersey's local nonprofit sector.[5][6][7]

Scholarships

The PACF provides the following scholarship opportunities for students:

  • A. Myrtle Hensor Teaching Scholarship[8]
  • Greater Mercer Scholarship[9]
  • Louise Maas Allied Health Professions Scholarship[10]
  • Mary Elliott Wislar Memorial Scholarship
  • Princeton Post No. 76 American Legion, Dr. Henry J. Frank Scholarship[11]
  • Sandra M. Glazier Scholarship Fund
  • The Lion Woodward Educational Fund of the Rotary Club of Trenton
  • The Shirley Irons Forrest, Class of 1938 and John R. Forrest, Class of 1937 Memorial Scholarship

Special awards

The following special awards are administered by the PACF:

  • Rebecca Annitto’s Service Opportunities for Students (SOS) Fund Internship Award[12]
  • Diana Rochford Memorial Fund Service Award Internship Award
  • Thomas George Artists Fund Award

The Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service

Leslie Langdon Vivian Jr. (1919-1995), known as Bud, was a graduate of the Princeton Class of 1942, a WWII veteran, and lifelong academic administrator at Princeton University.[13] Vivian retired in 1986 as Associate Secretary of the University after a 37 year administrative career that included 16 years as the Director of Community and Regional Affairs.[14] The Leslie “Bud” Vivian Memorial Fund at the Princeton Area Community Foundation was established in 1995 after Vivian's death.[13][15][16] His classmates from the Princeton University Class of 1942, together with sixteen Princeton-area organizations, established the Fund to honor their friend and classmate for his service to the Princeton community.[14] The award, the Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service, is given annually to a member of the community who has shown strong interest in giving back to Central Jersey.[17][18] The award recognizes those who showed a similar commitment to the Princeton community as Vivian did.[19][20] The fund makes a grant each year to one or more local nonprofit organizations chosen by the award recipient.

YearLeslie “Bud” Vivian Award RecipientsCharitable Work
2019Fern and Larry SpruillFounders of the Committed and Faithful Princetonians, helping young men and women in the Princeton community for more than 15 years.[21]
2018Honors Ingrid
Marvin Reed		Mayor of Princeton Borough, helped create the Princeton Arts Council, served on the state’s LURC Commission, directed the NJ Project at Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics[18][22]
2017Carol GoldenChair of Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP) and the Chair of the Mercer County Community College Board of Trustees, a member of the Princeton Affordable Housing Board[23][24]
2016Bill WakefieldFormer board member of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) and Chair of the Presbytery of New Brunswick’s Mass Incarceration Task Force[25][26]
2015Rev. David McAlpinFounder of Habitat for Humanity-Trenton and former associate pastor at Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church[27]
2014Nancy BeckPrinceton Adult School[28]
2013Mark Fredaformer Borough Council president and volunteer firefighter, Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad[29]
2012Herbert W. Hobler
Ray Wadsworth		Spirit of Princeton Committee[30]
2011Jack RobertsExecutive Director of the Princeton Recreation Department[31]
2010James A. FloydCommunity advocate and volunteer[23]
2009Shirley SatterfieldEducator and community volunteer[23]
2008Sarah HirschmanFounder, People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos[32]
2006Karl LightPrinceton Community Housing[23]
2005Anne ReevesFounding Executive Director, Arts Council of Princeton[26]
2004William F. JohnsonPrincipal, John Witherspoon Middle School[23]
2003Claire JacobusCommunity volunteer[33]
2002Patricia Van NessKindergarten teacher, Princeton Regional Schools[34][35]
2001Harry LevinePrinceton Public Library Chair[23]
2000Harriett Bryan
Ted Vial		Affordable housing advocates[36]
1999Jocelyn Helmfounding Executive Director, Princeton Senior Resource Center[37]
1998Hank PannellHousing Authority of Princeton[38]
1997A.C. Reeves HicksAttorney and community volunteer[23]
1996Marcy CrimminsExecutive Director, Housing Authority of Princeton[39]

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