L. DEXTER WOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC.
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 81
127R Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
Tax Exempt Number
222-925975
Dexter & Gini Woodman never lost touch with their community and its young people. Both were known to be kind and generous individuals. When young people came to Dexter looking for jobs, he would make sure he found one for them. Woodman’s became more like a home for many of the young men and women who worked here and have gone on to succeed in various professional careers, carrying with them lessons learned from working at Woodman’s and the man who gave them that first opportunity.
When former employees would return to Woodman’s, they would be greeted by Dexter, who truly enjoyed hearing about their accomplishments since their time working at the restaurant. He loved nothing more than when they shared their memories of their working days at Woodman’s.
In 1988, after Dexter passed away, his wife, Gini, created the L. Dexter Woodman Scholarship. When Gini passed away in 2011, the name was changed to the Mr. & Mrs. L. Dexter Woodman Scholarship. In 2022, we changed the name to the L. Dexter Woodman Family Foundation so we can broaden our giving. Instead of only giving scholarships to students for school, we wanted to able to give to needy families and organizations, that’s what our family is about.
Since inception, $882,997 in scholarships and donations have been given to 197 local students, as well as the following organizations:
- Manchester Essex Regional high school graduating high school seniors – (applications are available in the guidance office)
- Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
- Essex Lions Club
- Massachusetts Restaurant Association
- Woodman’s Restaurant, “Clamshells for Scholars”
- Supporter of 25 North Shore Chamber of Commerce Honors Scholars
- Prep at Pingree
- ROOT North Shore
- Cape Ann Kids Holiday Fund
- Beverly Bootstraps
- The Jimmy Fund
by mail to:
Mr. & Mrs. L. Dexter Woodman Family Foundation
P.O. Box 81
Essex, MA 01929
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A complete list of current annual appeal donations and “in memory of” donations can also be found on our foundation website.
Scholarship Recipients
- Eileen Buckley
- Alice Carroll
- Brad McGowan
- Michelle Parady
- Heather Partridge
- Robert Cohen
- Corey Jackson
- Mandi Symonds
- Shane Gauthier
- George Mullan
- Mindy Zaniboni
- Micah Nyatsambo
- Margaret Fucillo
- Aaron Nowicki
- Mary O’Donoghue
- Heather Kazuba
- Jane Swanson
- Hillary Oak
- Theresa Fitzgerald
- Amanda French
- Seann Tulloch
- Lance Brisbois
- Kate Lufkin
- Daniel Fialho
- Lindsay Harnden
- Rebecca DeAngelis
- Carrie Erwin
- Walter Mears
- Catherine Rogers
- Caitlin Lombardi
- Danielle Burnham
- Kimberly Rauch
- Samantha Ball
- Karlton Osborn
- Paula Bora Nam
- Laura Elena Wilwerth
- Jeffrey Gang
- Christopher Gang
- Marissa Neal
- Ryan Swansey
- Matthew Doe
- Daniel Vickery
- Dominic Olivio
- Douglas Filosa
- Christopher Jordan
- Jonathan McCarron
- Maryellen Kwasie
- Matthew Orlando
- Janelle Dineen
- David Landry
- Jamie L. Malatzky
- Megan Dubeau
- Christopher Grant
- Scott Forsythe
- Tracee Skidmore
- Makayla Gagne
- Molly Osborne
- Tasha A. Frank
- Daniel Aloisio
- William Norris
- Alexander Trotsky
- Erik Walder
- Dan Ball
- Anne Osborne
- Caroline Martin
- Luke Paddock Elder
- Joshua Horman
- Colin Toner
- Samuel Weinstein
- Greg Neff
- Justine Kane
- Celeb R. Pearce
- Ruby Allen
- Maximo V. Millefoglie
- Kaley Letendre
- Greg Neff
- Christopher Peritore
- Jessica Jean Appletofft
- Piper E. Browne
- Adam Richard Philpott
- Rebecca Lynch
- Michael McCollum
- Christine Walder
- Jonathan DeSoto
- Margaret Tarr
- Gabrielle DeMarco
- Jared Lopez Larrasco
- Shauna M. Rice
- Ellen Burgess
- Samantha Nieberle
- Adrian Frattini
- Anya Ciarametaro
- Paul Penoyer
- D. Conor Sullivan
- Roisin Gedeon
- Jessica Belzil
- Kyle Cummings
- Alexa Worthington
- Calvin Lamothe
- Kelsi Field
- Christopher Xavier
- Carolyn Heslop
- Taylor Ketchum
- Christopher Wright
- Nathan Richards
- Erik Burke
- Erin King
- Sabrina Mirabella
- Sarah Carpenter
- Alyssa Shepard
- Neil Henry
- Nicholas Bannister
- Emily DeBaker
- Sean Jeffreys
- Kristian True
- Troy Ciarametaro
- Breanna Arnold
- Katie Glidden
- Henry Freeman
- Gabrielle Martin
- Jack Gourdeau
- Jacob Tognazzi
- Kara Hersey
- Caisi Calandra
- Michael Viarella
- Thomas Viarella
- Tatum Corrente
- Abagail Martin
- Kailey Bachman
- Amber Pare
- Nicole Tocco
- JJ Thissell
- Aubrey Musco
- Jami Mucci
- Gabrielle Allmendinger
- Rachel Turner
- Sydney Ring
- Taryn O’Connor
- Kelsey O’Keefe
- Madison Keiran
- Alex Sword
- William Martin
- Ali Tilton
- Austin Pare
- Meredith Wolf
- Bennett O’Leary
- Will Deschenes
- Rachel Turner
- Abbigail Osborn
- Marcos Pasquale
- Kamie Reader
- Jeremiah Okoro
- Mallory McFadden
- Sage Landry
- Colby McNaught
- Philippa Cox-Stavros
- Ashlyn Smith
- Kristina Koulouris
- Emily Rose Fossa
- Logan McGrath
- Max Elwell
- Emma DiZio
- Maxine Hickey
- William Martin
- Mallory McFadden
- Travis Duncan
- Meredith McFadden
- Josh Dobson
- Noah Duris
- McKenzie Woodman
- Timothy Lee
- Julia Keenan
- Brianna Pappas
- Chloe Bertocci
- Sophia Bertocci
- Luke Smith
- Brody Baskin
- Isabella Thurlow
- Jonathan Stewart
- Owen O’Leary
- Grace Gerhardt
- Aria Caputo
- Brett Tardie
- Maddie Frost
- Eve DiZio
- Julia Keenan
- Rachele Connor