In Heavenly Plea for Direction, Larchmont Man Finds Calling

The founder of the Resource Foundation recalls meager roots, powerful inspiration

When things weren't going as planned, Larchmont resident Loren Finnell looked up at the sky and yelled at God, asking him to make good use of him. It was 1987. He had recently started a non-profit organization out of the basement of his Larchmont home and raised nearly $60,000 in the first year, but that was not enough. "It seems that God heard me," he said during a recent conversation at Gusano Loco in Mamaroneck. Twenty-two years later, Mr. Finnell's Resource Foundation has raised a total of $44 million and assisted development programs all over Latin America and the Caribbean. Among its corporate donors are Citi Foundation, Continental Airlines, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, and Pfizer Inc. The story …

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