As with millions of other Americans – left, right and center – I was saddened to hear of the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy.  Now begins the mourning and celebration of his life and legacy.  While his personal philanthropy won’t be remembered to the same extent of his other legacies, a quick search of NOZA’s database shows that he indeed was generous of his personal wealth to dozens of nonprofit organizations.  We here at NOZA would like to commemorate the philanthropic mark left by the Honorable Edward Kennedy by acknowledging some of the charities that he supported directly with personal financial contributions:

Name	City	State	Website
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston	Boston	MA	www.bigsister.org
Boston College	Chestnut Hill	MA	www.bc.edu
Boston Foundation	Boston	MA	www.tbf.org
Boston Medical Center	Boston	MA	www.bmc.org
Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.	West Barnstable	MA	www.ccccfoundation.org
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation	Falmouth	MA	www.givetocapecodhealth.org
Children`s Trust Fund (Boston, MA)	Boston	MA	www.mctf.org
City University of New York, Graduate Center	New York	NY	www.gc.cuny.edu
Federation for Children with Special Needs	Boston	MA	www.fcsn.org
Global Security Institute	Bala Cynwyd	PA	www.gsinstitute.org
Greater Boston Food Bank	Boston	MA	www.gbfb.org
Horizons for Homeless Children	Dorchester	MA	www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum	Boston	MA	www.jfklibrary.org
Kennedy Child Study Center	New York	NY	www.kenchild.org
Massachusetts College of Art	Boston	MA	www.massart.edu
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	Boston	MA	www.mspca.org
Milton Academy	Milton	MA	www.milton.edu
National Braille Press	Boston	MA	www.nbp.org
Rogerson Communities	Roslindale	MA	www.rogerson.org
University of Southern Maine	Portland	ME	www.usm.maine.edu

Sending contributions to these organizations, in memory of Senator Edward Kennedy, is a wonderful way to honor his legacy while at the same time supporting the invaluable work of these charities.