September 2020 Newsletter Welcome to the September 2020 edition of the Daniels Foundation Newsletter. In this issue, we explore the following topics. Click on the links to read the articles! Worcester’s Response to Hunger during the COVID Pandemic: Like communities worldwide, the COVID pandemic has affected Worcester...
How Do We Decide By Fred Daniels Each quarter the Daniels Foundation receives approximately 25 grant applications. Grantees submit their requests through our online portal, which is a well-established grant-making software package called Foundant. Existing organization have their critical information stored with us, and new...
Grantee Spotlight: Tasks for Transit Four proposals were discussed during the G4 Zoom conference call, all falling into the area of basic needs. During the call a decision was made to award money to Tasks for Transit. Tasks for Transit's mission is to provide transportation to...
New Opportunity for G4 Involvement by Sarah Morse, G3 At the December meeting, the board approved a new idea for all interested G4’s to participate more regularly in the grant making process. This new approach will increase your ability to participate by offering four opportunities yearly...
Internal Vision What are our hopes around what the Fred Harold Daniels Foundation might look like in 2050? by Sarah Morse With guidance and encouragement from the TPI facilitators, each member of the board of directors was asked to consider their individual vision for the future. ...
F. Harold Daniels - A Man on the Move! In 1887 Fred Harris Daniels was promoted to become the assistant general superintendent of all the plants in the Washburn and Moen system. That same year he was tasked to design and build a new mid western...
Things I Didn’t Know About Worcester – The City That My Family's Foundation has Supported For Almost 70 Years With a population of 182,000 in 2010, Worcester is the 2nd largest city in N.E. Worcester and is rated as one of Massachusetts best cities to live...
The Daniels Clan and the Norton Company When founded In 1949, some of the funds that were used as the core of the foundation, undoubtedly, came from Norton Company stock certificates. In 1885 seven business men in Worcester formed Norton Company, to manufacture abrasive grinding wheels. Fred...
Our Daniels Family and the Question of Slavery The American Civil War had been in full destructive mood for sixteen months in August, 1862, when a 9 year old Fred Harris Daniels stood with his father and mother and watched his two older brothers march to...
What's up with Worcester's Girls? The Daniels’ Foundation’s strategic focus on girls, ages 11-15, began about a decade ago. Each year we solicit grant requests for a three year program targeting this strategic area of interest, and fund one program $225,000 over three years. It is...