Carolyn E. Fugett Charitable Fund
Fund Name
Carolyn E. Fugett Charitable Fund
Carolyn E. Fugett Charitable Fund
Fund Description
The Carolyn E. Fugett Charitable Fund (Fugett Fund) is designed to celebrate the life and legacy of Carolyn Fugett, by enshrining philanthropy within the family and giving back to Baltimore. Carolyn Fugett (9/10/1925 - 2/7/2023) believed in disagreeing without being disagreeable, hard work (“just do,” she would say) and community activism. She worked from an early age, as a cleaner, at a butcher shop counter, as a saleslady at Sears & Roebuck and sorting mail for the U.S. Postal Service. Yet, if you asked her occupation she said proudly “I’m a homemaker.” Despite having only a high school education, she saw to it that all six of her children got bachelor’s degrees and most received postgraduate degrees as well. Mrs. Fugett served as an advisor and confidante to all her children, including her eldest son, the entrepreneur Reginald F. Lewis, who relied on his mother for everything from trustee work to political gladhanding to common sense advice. At the time of her passing, she was survived by four of her nine siblings, five children, thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. The Fugett Fund is made possible by generous donations from friends and family and we are deeply grateful to them for allowing us the privilege to give to organizations and causes in the community that we care about.
The Carolyn E. Fugett Charitable Fund (Fugett Fund) is designed to celebrate the life and legacy of Carolyn Fugett, by enshrining philanthropy within the family and giving back to Baltimore. Carolyn Fugett (9/10/1925 - 2/7/2023) believed in disagreeing without being disagreeable, hard work (“just do,” she would say) and community activism. She worked from an early age, as a cleaner, at a butcher shop counter, as a saleslady at Sears & Roebuck and sorting mail for the U.S. Postal Service. Yet, if you asked her occupation she said proudly “I’m a homemaker.” Despite having only a high school education, she saw to it that all six of her children got bachelor’s degrees and most received postgraduate degrees as well. Mrs. Fugett served as an advisor and confidante to all her children, including her eldest son, the entrepreneur Reginald F. Lewis, who relied on his mother for everything from trustee work to political gladhanding to common sense advice. At the time of her passing, she was survived by four of her nine siblings, five children, thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. The Fugett Fund is made possible by generous donations from friends and family and we are deeply grateful to them for allowing us the privilege to give to organizations and causes in the community that we care about.