SPONSORSHIP
Looking to support The Gundalow Company? There are several Sponsorship opportunities to explore.
Our Sponsors are part of a growing group of local business owners and individuals who make it possible for us to continue our award-winning Education Programs, grow our Community Outreach and offer free events such as Piscataqua Riverfest.
Our Education Programs welcome over 2,000 students from more than 35 public, independent and homeschool programs to sail on PISCATAQUA and learn about local maritime heritage, water quality and marine life in our rivers. Our message continues to emphasize how we all can share stewardship responsibilities to keep our rivers healthy. It is our goal to make our award winning education programs accessible to all students regardless of their ability to pay our fee.
Our Community Outreach Sails began with a fund established by the family of a former board member dedicated to welcoming veterans, first responders, individuals living with illness or disabilities and children in need. With the generosity of local Sponsors adding to this fund our Community Outreach Sails have expanded allowing us to welcome over 300 guests aboard in 2023.
Sponsorship comes with benefits! By sponsoring an Education Program for a single class or a Community Outreach Sail your company will be recognized in our annual report and on our website.
Contact our Development Coordinator, D Luz, at development@gundalow.org for more info!
Sponsorship Who Sails with Us Field Trips
Sponsors
Community Outreach Sponsors
Service Credit Union
Steve and Karin Barndollar
Peter Tarlton
Mary Schleyer
Jay and Amanda McSharry
Nancy Winkley
Jenn Madden/Madden Group | Re/Max Rising Tide
Beth Jefferson
Anonymous donor
Donna Harlan
Jeff Binder
Education Program Sponsors
BankProv
Legacy Gift from the Estate of Shirley Sullivan
Beswick Engineering
Kennebunk Savings Bank
Robert Omberg
Sprague Energy
Jameson and Priscilla French
John Crandall
Piscataqua Riverfest 2024 Sponsors
Newburyport Savings Bank
Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation
Robert W. Gray
Sprague Energy
Beswick Engineering
Port Harbor Marine
Newburyport Bank
Cambridge Trust Co.
Service Credit Union
Bruce Elliott
Underwood Engineers Inc.
Victoria’s Victory Foundation
Robert Omberg
Piscataqua Savings Bank
Robert W. Gray Construction, LLC
2022 Program Sponsors
Lucy’s Love Bus
Rosamond Thaxter
Edward and Lucille Marvin
Appledore Real Estate, Inc.
Estes Oil
Maine Community Fund
RBC Wealth Management via Jeff Little
Sprague Energy
Piscataqua Savings Bank
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Bangor Savings Bank Foundation
The Sail Maker’s House: Jay and Amanda McSharry
West Marine BlueFuture Fund
Robert W. Gray (Riverfest Sponsor)
Beswick Engineering Co. Inc
Revision Energy (Riverfest Sponsor)
Newburyport Bank (Riverfest Sponsor)
The Chase Home
Carmen Duran
Alan and Patience Banister
Michael and Stacia McMillan
Matthew and Martha Masiello
Anthony and Rachael DiLorenzo
Robert Omberg
Sookie Lassen (RIR)
Deborah Ritcey and Douglas McKay
Robert (Ken) Purdy
Bruce Elliott
2021 Program Sponsors
Anonymous
Beswick Engineering Co, Inc
Piscataqua Savings Bank
Rosamond Thaxter
Shirley Sullivan
Alan and Patience Banister
Robert Omberg
Robert F. Gray Contractor
ReVision Energy
Bruce Elliott
2020 Program Sponsors
Newburyport Bank
Appledore Real Estate
Rosamond Thaxter Foundation
Partners Bank
Robert Omberg
RBC Wealth Management via Jeff Little
NHCF-Joseph G. and Jean E. Sawtelle Fund
NHCF- Maher Family Environmental Fund
Eliot and Louisa Vestner
Piscataqua Savings Bank
Sprague Energy
David Wendell Associates, Inc.
Proulx Oil and Propane
Robert F. Gray Construction
Catharine and Mason Newick
Beswick Engineering Co, Inc.
Maine Community Fund
Alan and Patience Banister
Bruce Elliot
D.F. Richard Energy
Program Partners
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
The Boatshop at Strawbery Banke
Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper
Peter E. Randall Publisher: Source of several Gundalow must-reads
including Cross-Grained & Wily Waters, and the Piscataqua Gundalow
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
SeacoastNH is the most comprehensive site for Piscataqua history, culture and events.
UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
WOOD ISLAND Life Saving Station
Funding Partners
John Bickford Foundation
Dorr Foundation
French Foundation
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation—Piscataqua Region
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
New Hampshire Humanities Council
Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
Rosamond Thaxter Foundation
In 2016 our newly accessible dock and gangway were funded by the City of Portsmouth’s Community Development Block Grant program, the Malcolm Smith Foundation, and the Robert B. and Jean P. Field Charitable Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
