About Us
Who We Are
The Donors Fund is an independent non-profit that provides grants, often of "last resort," to help students pay for college.
Grants are available to all students; however the Fund favors applicants who have severe financial need.
Grants are made to students who the Board feels have made responsible college decisions. Grants are generally non-renewable and limited to $2500.
The Fund is independent insofar as it does not finance its operations via advertisers or the sale of student names to loan companies, colleges, universities, or any other educational institutions with academic programs.
Meet the Board
The Founding Board Members of the Donors Fund are individuals with long-standing careers in education, coupled with extensive entrepreneurial experience running both for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Dr. Robert Ronstadt
30 Year academic career. Former VP of Boston University. Doctorate in business administration, Harvard University. Former Professor and Chairholder and UTexas at Austin. Taught at Babson and Pepperdine, lectured at many other colleges and universities in U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Jeffery Shuman
Professor Emeritus Bentley University.
Co-founder of Rhythm of Business, Inc., a 20-year old consulting firm specializing in strategic alliances. Extensive background in entrepreneurship.
Dr. Lawrence Stybel
CEO, Co-founder of Stybel Peabody, associated with Lincoln Financial. Doctorate in education from Harvard University. Author and expert in retained search, corporate development, and leadership.
Dr. Barry Fogel
M.D., MBA, and Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Teaches postdoc fellows, mentors junior faculty. Inventor, business co-founder.
Mr. Kent Hemingway
Former Superintendent of Schools, Lakes Region, New Hampshire. Extensive career in education at the primary and high school level with 42 years of service to New Hampshire children. All of those years have included youth tennis development as well as coaching in many sports.
Jason
Ronstadt
Associate Director of Online Learning for Bryant University where he writes and produces filmed content for remote classes. Formerly, created online learning for new college students at Aplia.com and Cengage Learning. He holds Masters and MFA degrees, with a strong expertise in film making and screen writing. A former college athlete, he currently teaches the new student success course for all incoming online graduate students.