About The Paul J. Aicher Foundation

The mission of The Paul J. Aicher Foundation is to advance deliberative democracy and improve the quality of public life in the United States.  

Founded in 1982, The Paul J. Aicher Foundation is chartered as an operating foundation. This means that instead of making grants, we achieve our mission by developing ideas and programs and making them available to the widest possible audience. 

The Paul J. Aicher Foundation has an endowment of approximately $6 million, the annual income from which is devoted to supporting our own operating projects. The Foundation also receives generous support from the Aicher Family Foundation.  

Everyday Democracy is the primary project of The Paul J. Aicher Foundation. Additional support for the work of the Center and the Foundation derives from contracts, grants, and in-kind support from other foundations and partner organizations.

About Paul J. Aicher

The Paul J. Aicher Foundation is a product of the creative energies, vision, and commitment of Paul J. Aicher. Mr. Aicher, who died in 2002, left the legacy of a powerful vision for a democracy that is alive with the participation and voice of all its people. Learn more about Mr. Aicher.

The Paul J. Aicher Foundation Officers

• Martha McCoy
  President. Also Executive Director, Everyday Democracy

The Paul J. Aicher Foundation Board of Directors

• Diana Johnson, Board Chair 
  Consultant. Formerly, Senior Vice President and City Executive, US Trust-Bank of America, Providence, R.I.
• V. Duncan Johnson, Esq., Treasurer
  Senior Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Providence, R.I.
• Susan Graseck, Secretary
  Director, The Choices Program, and Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
• Archon Fung, Trustee
  Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• Peter Levine, Trustee
  Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
• Bruce L. Mallory, Trustee
  

  Professor of Education, and Director of The Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire. Also Director, NHListens, Durham, N.H. 

• Jock McClellan, Trustee
  Professor Emeritus, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, Conn.
• Miles Rapoport, Trustee
  President, Dēmos, New York, N.Y.
• Selena Singletary, Trustee
  Community leader. Formerly, Director of Department of Human Relations, Housing and Neighborhood Services, Springfield, Ohio
• Susan Stroud, Trustee
  Executive Director, Innovations in Civic Participation, Washington, D.C.
• Lori Villarosa, Trustee
  Executive Director, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity, Washington, D.C.