The Yawkey Foundation is committed to continuing the legacy of Tom Yawkey and Jean Yawkey by making significant and positive impacts on the quality of life for children, families, and underserved individuals in the places that the Yawkeys called home, Eastern Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world’s leading independent nonprofit dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. WHOI scientists and engineers advance the frontiers of ocean knowledge and accelerate the search for solutions to urgent challenges facing humanity and our ocean planet.