About
Spaulding
The Spaulding Education Fund (SEF) is an independent, all-volunteer community-based organization that funds grants for compelling educational initiatives in the Manchester Essex Regional School District. SEF has no endowment and relies upon the generous donations of residents and business owners in Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex, Massachusetts.
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SEF is committed to advancing educational excellence in the Manchester Essex Regional School District by enhancing the student curriculum with innovative ideas in core learning areas such as math, science, technology, engineering, literacy, humanities, art, music, as well as health and wellness. SEF grants educational initiatives that enrich, advance, and enliven the classroom experience. SEF helps to fulfill the most basic promise of a community – to provide excellent public education for everyone.
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Learn more about our grants here.
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Meet Our Team
Trustees
Michelle Kempskie
Michelle Kenney
Jessica Lamothe
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Steering Committee
Brooke Orr, Chair
Lisa Manganiello, Co-Chair
Kathryn Taylor, Treasurer
Sarah Wolf, Secretary
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Grants Subcommittee
Lindsay Banks, Grants Chair
Maile Madigan
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Communications Subcommittee
Betsy McKeen, Communications Chair
Ryann Hilton
Alicia Palmer
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Fundraising Subcommittee​
Wendy Brady
Jen Mayer
Veronica Wu
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Volunteer Corps
Sarah Chamberlain
Sarah Conway
History
The Spaulding Education Fund was created in 1988 to bring together community resources and invest them into our schools for the benefit of students for years to come. Since then, Spaulding Education Fund has awarded more than $1,000,000 in grants to educators in our local public schools.
SEF was named in memory of Josiah A. Spaulding, a resident of Manchester for over 25 years and a prominent political and business leader in the state. Josiah (or “Si,” as he was known to most of his friends) was a graduate of Yale and Columbia Law School and a decorated combat flyer in World War II. He was the founder and President of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital (later renamed Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in his honor) and contributed extensive time to many educational, health and civic causes. Si Spaulding passed away in 1983.