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Special Gifts

We extend our heartfelt thanks to every donor who has contributed to CTY’s success.

Nancy Delano Moore and her grandson Iain, November 2008.

Cultivating Exquisite Minds

Don’t worry about the gifted kids,” people always told Nancy Delano Moore. “They’ll be fine.”

But fine wasn’t good enough for the Richmond, Virginia, teacher and author who made educating and advocating for gifted students her life’s work. She wanted bright children to be inspired, challenged, engaged, and transformed. She wanted to see them blossom like the peonies and green roses she tended in her garden.

Nancy Delano Moore’s history with CTY spanned more than 30 years. As the parent of a child participating in Julian Stanley’s Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, she saw the academic and social impact CTY had on her daughter Sara. In the mid-1980s she established a CTY program for Central Virginia young students and enrolled 1,000 math and writing students over the course of a decade. A prolific writer, she authored several books and numerous articles, including an influential piece about how parents of gifted children could influence schools to provide credit for CTY classes and appropriate instruction.

She never forgot the impact CTY had on her family, and when she died in May after a long illness, her family wanted to ensure that her life’s work would go on. That’s why they endowed a CTY scholarship in her name. “Hopefully this will allow some young people to have the supportive educational environment that they might not otherwise have,” says Hullihen Williams Moore, Nancy’s husband of 46 years.

As any master gardener will tell you, gardening isn’t about the person doing the planting; it’s about the flowers they grow. And whether you’re talking about the gifted children she nurtured or the flowers she grew in her English garden, Nancy Delano Moore’s passions speak for themselves as infinitely better than fine.

2011 Honor Roll of Donors

On this page we recognize all donors who made a gift to CTY of $1,000 or more between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. We also wish to thank the many individuals and institutions who gave anonymously or who gave in smaller amounts.

$1,000,000+
  • King Abdulaziz & His Companions Foundation
$100,000 – $999,999
  • The Ronald W. Burkle Foundation
  • JPMorgan Chase Foundation
  • Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
  • Goldsmith Family Foundation, Inc.
  • The Ligon-Lamsan Foundation
  • John and Laura Overdeck
  • The John Templeton Foundation
$50,000 – $99,999
  • Anonymous - Organizations
  • California Community Foundation
  • Barry Ford
  • The Goldman Sachs Foundation
  • Ronald Kahn and Julia Rowe
  • Peter McCabe and Hillary Richard
  • Stone Family Fund
  • Michael and Temmy Tse
  • Young Family Charitable Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
  • American Fund for Czech & Slovak Leadership
  • Baltimore Community Foundation
  • Suzanne Cohen
  • Fred L. Hartley Family Foundation
  • Math for America
  • Mochary Foundation
  • The Anthony and Lary Lynn Muller Fund
  • NASDAQ OMX Group Educational Foundation
  • Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
  • San Francisco Bar Association
  • Sandisk Corporation Fund
  • Victoria Foundation, Inc.
  • James L. and Susan G. Winter Foundation
$10,000 – $24,999
  • Anonymous - Parents
  • Clifford Burnstein and Sabra Turnbull
  • Davidson Foundation
  • Educational Foundation of America
  • Jonathan Edwards
  • Ronald and Pamela Lake
  • Bao Lamsam and Scott Sagan
  • David and Jirakal Lee
  • Michael and Marjorie Loeb
  • John and Alethea Lutz
  • Meyer Family Fund
  • Hullihen Moore
  • Newman’s Own Foundation
  • Laura J. Niles Foundation
  • Stephen and Jane Pelletier
  • Robert and Judith Raymond
  • Jordanna Polis Schutz
  • Sofaer Scheuer Philanthropic Fund
  • Paul and Chandler Tagliabue
  • Michael Whalen and Shirley Zanton
$5,000 – $9,999
  • Anonymous - Foundations
  • Pierre Abitbol and Amy Cherry-Abitbol
  • Peter Austin and Cynthia Birt Austin
  • Gary and Michelle Chin
  • Civitas Foundation
  • James Del Favero
  • Perry and Donna Golkin Family Foundation
  • William and Jerene Hernstadt
  • Mary Hyman
  • Len and Rebecca Oorthuys
  • Optima Charitable Foundation
  • Verizon Foundation
  • Tek Sun and Marita Wong
  • Marjorie Wyman Charitable Annuity Trust
$2,500 – $4,999
  • Achal and Geeta Aggarwal
  • Doug and Samara Braunstein
  • Jacob and Rebecca Cynamon-Murphy
  • Gordon and Patricia Fowler
  • GE Foundation
  • Herbert N. Gundersheimer Foundation
  • Alexander Hoffman and Devjani Mishra
  • George Johannessen and Virginia Stock
  • Kingdon Capital Management LLC
  • Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City
  • Larry Lu
  • Michael & Valerie McKeever Charitable Fund
  • Stephen and Carol Memishian
  • Elizabeth Nathane and Stephen Givens
  • Arturo Pizano
  • John D. Rockefeller V and Emily Tagliabue Rockefeller
  • Robert and Anne Schowe
  • William Viqueira and Zaida Pacheco
  • Jesse Wu
  • Lea Ybarra
  • May Yu
$1,000 – $2,499
  • Anonymous - Friends
  • Acacia Family Medical Group
  • Morris and Arleen Applebaum
  • Atul and Calpana Arya
  • Kenneth Bacow and Nina Kleaveland
  • Lewis and Rinda Burleigh
  • Christopher Cope and Jamie Shaw
  • Kathleen Crowley
  • Jared and Carolyn Dillian
  • John Dudley and Andee Aaby
  • Exxon Mobil Foundation
  • Andrew and Cheryl Friedman
  • Gilman School, Inc.
  • Lawrence Golub and Karen Finerman
  • Blake and Jill Grossman
  • Ariel and Nora Hazi
  • Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation
  • Chester and Anna Hong
  • Jeremy Hylton
  • Julian Jones and Patricia Wallace
  • Jodi Kahn
  • Mark and Ethel Katz
  • Richard and Terri Kim
  • Kristen Langhorne
  • Thomas and Catherine Lincoln
  • David Nolan
  • Jayendra and Harita Patel
  • The Claudia & Steven Perles Family Foundation
  • Gus and Maria Elena Rigoli
  • Melvin Ringel
  • Susannah Ringel
  • Elizabeth Rosenblatt
  • William E. Schmidt Foundation, Inc.
  • Jean Shek
  • Stacey Smith
  • Lee and Lisa Stephens
  • John Suarez and Lorena Bologni
  • Teammates For Kids Foundation
  • Sheryl Ting
  • The David and Cynthia Tolsma Fund
  • Cumrun and Afarin Vafa
  • Allen and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
  • John and Jane Wood
  • Zhi Xiao and Lydia Wang
  • Christopher and Donna Young

Endowments

These endowments have been created by special gifts to the Center. Many of them support scholarships for deserving students. Others support specific departments, academic programs, and special events and recognitions. We offer our grateful thanks to all endowment donors.

  • Sarah D. Barder Educator Recognition Award
  • Harold R. Burnstein Endowment
  • Mary Farrell Camerer Memorial Scholarship Endowment
  • Charter Oak Scholarship Endowment
  • Ben Cooper Scholarship Endowment
  • CTY Inspiration Scholarship Endowment
  • Monica & Robert Cutter Scholarship Endowment
  • Joel Dean Foundation Endowment
  • Diamond Family Foundation Endowment
  • Friedel and Otto Eberspacher Award
  • Evelyn Edwards Endowment for the Study of Exceptional Talent
  • Tara Maritza Fetherolf Endowment
  • Mary Ellen & Andrea Geisser Scholarship Endowment
  • Sigmund & Mary Hyman Scholarship Endowment
  • William McCord Johnston Scholarship Endowment
  • Kahn Family Scholarship Endowment
  • Kristine Kakaes Memorial Scholarship Endowment
  • James M. & Elizabeth S. Li Family Endowment
  • Lubash-Moses Family Endowment
  • Ram Manudhane Scholarship Endowment
  • Charles D. Miller Scholars Endowment
  • Toni Lee Padzuikas Memorial Endowment
  • Ernest Rabinowitz Memorial Scholarship Endowment
  • Vivek and Nilima Ragavan Scholarship Endowment
  • Joshua Ringel Memorial Endowment
  • Joan G. Scheuer Scholarship Endowment
  • Eric J. Smith Memorial Scholarship Endowment
  • Snert & Louie Celebration Endowment
  • Julian C. Stanley Scholarship Endowment
  • Julian C. Stanley Study of Exceptional Talent Endowment
  • Stone Family Scholarship Endowment
  • Student Opportunity Endowment
  • Paul J. & Chandler M. Tagliabue Scholarship Endowment