ABOUT US

History

For more than 40 years, the Fidelity Foundation has focused its grant program on strengthening nonprofit organizations. Established in 1965, the Foundation was the vision of Edward C. Johnson 3d, the current chairman of Fidelity Investments, and his father, Edward C. Johnson 2d, who founded Fidelity. Since inception, the Fidelity Foundation has distributed more than $200 million dollars to qualified nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada.

Foundation Trustees

Edward C. Johnson 3d
Abigail P. Johnson
Edward C. Johnson IV
Ross E. Sherbrooke

Executive Office

Anne-Marie Soullière
Foundation President

Emily Kelsey
Senior Executive Secretary

Program Staff

Margaret H. Morton
Senior Vice President, Program

Mary Lane
Senior Executive Secretary

Diane Garfield
Senior Program Director

Marianne Herlihy
Senior Program Director

Paul Kuenstner
Vice President

Tom Lewis
Vice President

Karen Welt Steeves
Program Director

Science Program Staff

The Fidelity Foundation's Science Program funds research and nonprofit management projects in biomedical science; proposals by invitation only.

Heather Dawes
Program Director, Science

Deborah Damiano
Senior Grant Administrator, Science

Lindsay B. LeClair
Associate Grant Administrator, Science

Jill Sylva
Executive Secretary, Science

Grant Administration Staff

Thomas Ruddy
Vice President, Planning and Administration

Genie Healy McGowan
Senior Grant Administrator

Kathleen Ward
Director, Operations Development

Niina Wirgentius
Grant Administrator