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Mission

Monteverde Friends, U.S. (MFUS) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that was established in 1999 to make grants for social, cultural, educational, and other charitable organizations located in the Monteverde community and elsewhere in the world.

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More specifically, the purposes of MFUS are:

1. To promote the spiritual, social, cultural moral and educational development of the members of the Monteverde Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends as well as the inhabitants of the surrounding area.

2. To promote peace and social and economic justice in the Monteverde Region, in Costa Rica, in the rest of Central America, and elsewhere.

3. To promote among the members of the Monteverde Monthly Meeting, the residents of the Monteverde area, the rest of Costa Rica and elsewhere, an awareness and appreciation of the natural world, conservation practices and the defense of natural resources and the environment.

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Funds & Projects

How To Give

Thank you for donating to Monteverde Friends, U.S. 

Our EIN (Employer Identification Number) is
22-3722119

There are many ways to give

Student Pyramid
Online with Network for Good
Online with PayPal

Please print and fill out this donation slip and mail it to our treasurer: 

Jenny Rowe, Treasurer
Monteverde Friends, U.S.
P.O. Box  2153
Campton, NH  03223

Please share this information with your broker:

Edward Jones processes stock gifts to Monteverde Friends.  The shares should be delivered via DTC wire #0057,  For Benefit of:  Monteverde Friends, U.S. deposited into Edward Jones Account 348-20911-1-7, ATTN: Joni Bertram or Melanie Waldron.

Telephone: 413-773-8063.

 

Please send the following information to our treasurer, Jenny Rowe (monteverdefriendsus@gmail.com) when making a gift:

  • Name of the donor
  • Company Name and CUSPID number of the stock and the number of shares
  • Date that the transfer is expected to be completed.
  • How you would like to designate your gift.

To make an in-kind donation, please mail to us a receipt including the date donated, the item(s) donated, the value of the item(s) and how and to whom the donation has been delivered. 

This may be sent to:

Monteverde Friends, U.S.
PO Box 2153
Campton, NH  03223

You can create a bequest to Monteverde Friends, U.S. when you prepare a new will or amend an existing one.

It is important to schedule a meeting with your attorney and add the correct legal language to your document when updating your will.

If you wish to name Monteverde Friends, U.S. in your will or estate plan, we should be named as:

Monteverde Friends, U.S., a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of New York State, with the principal address of Monteverde Friends, U.S., PO Box 2153, Campton, NH 03223.

Our EIN (Employer Identification Number) is: 22-3722119.

About Us

Board of Directors - Monteverde Friends, U.S.

President

For Francie teaching 1st-2nd grade at MFS in 2000-2001 was one of those experiences where you say, “Yes! That changed my life.” The experience of welcoming community at the school and in the Friends meeting was powerful. Upon returning to the States, Francie became the principal of a very small kindergarten-8th grade school in Marlboro, Vermont. She maintained her connection with Monteverde by bringing 7th-8th graders from Marlboro School to Monteverde and San Luis (University of Georgia) every other year until she retired.. Serving on the board of directors offers her a way to stay connected to Monteverde and to give back to the community that gave her so much.

Treasurer

Jenny Rowe was director of Monteverde Friends School from 1999 to 2005 and recently retired as head of Friends School of Portland in Maine. She and her family retain close connections with friends and Friends in Monteverde and San Luis. She and her husband, Nat Scrimshaw, live in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Secretary

Noelia is from Monteverde and graduated from the Monteverde Friends School in 2009. She has since gotten her bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in Biology and Latin American Studies and an Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. In Monteverde, she has worked at several local organizations, including the Monteverde Community Fund. She is happy to stay connected as a board member to the school and community she grew up in.

Board Member

Adair first visited Monteverde in 1991 as a graduate student.  Subsequent visits to Costa Rica helped her become better acquainted with Monteverde and some of its inhabitants, especially Antonio, the youngest son of Wolf and Lucky Guindon- early Quaker settlers.  Antonio and Adair married and built a house in Monteverde.  Their twins attended the Monteverde Friends School for third grade and the whole family feels closely tied to the Monteverde community.  Adair is the “tia” of a generation of Friends School students.

Board Member

Katy first came to Monteverde in 1980. Since then she has continually focused on cultivating community through sustainable development, education, conservation, and spirituality.  She has been coordinating the Monteverde Commission for Resilience to Climate Change (CORCLIMA) since 2016.  She has served the meeting in many ways:  as presiding clerk, as recording clerk, as clerk of the school committee, as treasurer, as an overseer, on the funeral committee, as liaison to Finca La Bella, on the nominating committee and by teaching yoga in the meeting house.

Board Member

Jonathan Ogle taught in the colegio at the Monteverde Friends School from 2006 to 2015 and was active as a member of the Monteverde Friends Meeting. Those nine years in the Monteverde community have had a powerful impact on his teaching and his work on sustainability and community in the years since. Jonathan currently lives outside of Philadelphia and teaches at Westtown School in Pennsylvania. He returns to Monteverde when he can to reconnect and spend time with beloved friends.

Board Member

Eliza lives in Brattleboro, Vermont with her family. She has been an educator in private and public charter schools for 22 years. She enjoys having adventures outside that include cooking local foods over a fire, biking, paddling, climbing on trails or running. One of her favorite spots to explore ecology is at the ocean. Eliza was a teacher at MFS from 1999-2001.

Our Future is in YOUR hands
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Contact Us

Snail Mail  

Monteverde Friends, U.S.
PO Box 2153
Campton, NH 03223

Email

monteverdefriendsus@gmail.com

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