List of Donors

Thanks to our contributors who generously supported our mission between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

$25,000 and up

  • Jim Chervenak
  • Linda G. Conway
  • Barbara and Amos Hostetter
  • Josephine & Louise Crane Foundation
  • Phil and Kathy McKnight
  • The Green Foundation

$15,000 - $24,999

  • Bank of America – Perpetual Trust for Charitable Giving
  • Ellen J. Bernstein
  • Dean Foundation for Little Children, Inc.
  • Gilson Family Foundation
  • The Feigenbaum Foundation
  • The Gru Fund

$10,000 - $14,999

  • Bud Ackerman Fund
  • Peter Finn, in memory of Nancy Finn
  • Guardian Life
  • Susan and Edward Kopelowitz
  • Linde Family Foundation
  • Donald C. McGraw Foundation and Elizabeth and Robert McGraw
  • The Malley Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

  • Arbella Insurance Foundation
  • Christine and Tack Burbank
  • Cindy and Ollie Curme
  • Greylock Federal Credit Union
  • Jane Iredale and Robert Montgomery
  • Jewish Women’s Foundation of Berkshire County
  • Mill Town Foundation
  • Mountain One Bank
  • Penny and Claudio Pincus
  • Craig Smith
  • Carol and Irv Smokler
  • TD Charitable Foundation
  • Rebecca and Mike Thompson
  • Dr. Dorothy Altman Weber

$2,500 - $4,999

  • ABC Clothing Shop
  • Glenn Allan
  • BBE Office Interiors
  • Robert Bogomolny and Janice Toran
  • D’Addario Foundation
  • Larry and Rosemary Harnett
  • Joan and Jim Hunter
  • Lee Bank
  • Susan and David Lombard
  • Margaret P. Stevenson Foundation
  • Jane and Robert J. Mayer, M.D.
  • Jacqueline and Jaan Metsma
  • Perry Fund for Others
  • David and Nancy Ratner
  • Ken Stark
  • Alan Strassler and Lorraine Martin-McNulty
  • The Ruth Krauss Foundation, Inc.
  • Town Fair Tire Corporation

$1,000 - $2,499

  • Anonymous (3)
  • Adams Community Bank
  • Ann Appelbaum and Neal Borovitz
  • Barbara Babb and Peter Toran
  • James and Margaret Beauregard
  • Linda J. L. Becker
  • Diana and Jeff Belair
  • Berkshire Community College
  • Berkshires Jazz
  • Big Y Foods
  • Jerry and Helga Bilik
  • Duncan and Susan Brown
  • Deborah Buccino and Eric Plankun
  • Liz and Tom Costley
  • John and Diddy Cullinane
  • Peter and Pamela D’Ambrosio
  • Dr. Fredric Fagelman and Nancy Fagelman
  • Susan Gold
  • Jenny Griffin and Colin Schmidt
  • Werner and Karen Gundersheimer
  • Allie and Zach Gundler
  • Mela and Paul Haklisch
  • Sheila Heffernon and Bill Hattendorf
  • Estate of Fay Janet Henry
  • Allen and Valerie Hyman
  • Interprint, Inc.
  • James Powers Testamentary Trust,
  • Thomas R. Kiley III
  • James Kwak and Sylvia Brandt
  • Maureen Lee
  • Elias Lefferman and Crocus Hale
  • Susan Magazine
  • The Red Lion Inn
  • James and Mary Maxymillian
  • Jim Panichella
  • Daniel and Marcia Parnell
  • Mark and Janice Peterman
  • Smitty Pignatelli
  • Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
  • Bruno and Mary Ann Quinson
  • Christopher Ratcliffe
  • Karen Richards
  • Laura Rosenthal and Jim Himel
  • Hunter Kerr Runnette and Mark Vanden Bosch
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
  • Susan and Robert Schechter
  • Donald and Arlene Shapiro
  • Edward and Carla Slomin
  • Sourcepass
  • Doris Stark
  • Nancy Stark and Stanley Iezman
  • David H. Strassler
  • The Dobbins Foundation
  • Susan Trudeau
  • John Tullock
  • Renata Von Tscharner and Peter Munkenbeck
  • Diana Wall
  • Malvina Wasserman
  • Harriet Wetstone
  • Jennifer Wiley Bell and David Goddeau
  • Women’s Club of the Berkshires
  • William and Adrienne Wootters
  • Cheryl Zaccaro
  • Sharyn Zunz

$500 - $999

  • Anonymous (6)
  • Susan Abramowitz and Aaron Gurwitz
  • Addy Farm
  • Jean Adelson
  • Gideon Argov and Alexandra Fuchs
  • Howard and Sue Arkans
  • Michael Beatty and Jill Rehmann
  • Anne and Philip Becker
  • Berkshire Property Agents Team at Compass
  • Paul and Phyllis Berz
  • Ed and Marge Bride
  • Jill Cancellieri
  • Mary Jo Carpenter
  • Jeffrey and Judith Cook
  • Joy and Chet Douglass
  • Heather Dunhill and Ted Meekma
  • Edwards Church of Northampton
  • Ginger and George Elvin
  • Tom and Ellen Ennis
  • Gintare S. Everett
  • Joan Ferrante and Carey McIntosh
  • Goldy Fried and Av Kadish
  • Ruth Lynn Frommer and Ken Amron
  • Marilyn Gerhard
  • Marita and David Glodt
  • Prof. Frederick Griffiths
  • Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman
  • David and Lynne Harding
  • Nancy Hechinger
  • Ann and Peter Herbst
  • Hillcrest Educational Centers
  • Ira Hillman and Jeremy Barber
  • Sarah Horowitz
  • Lynn and Michael Jacobson
  • Pamela J. Johnson
  • Pat Krol and Steve Chiumenti
  • Nancy Lamoureaux
  • Shawn Leary and Michael Considine
  • Eugene Leibowitz, M.D.
  • Linda Lerner
  • Caitlin and Dusty Lopez
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
  • Stuart and Ellen Masters
  • Jock and Jean McClellan
  • Nancy J. McIntire
  • Seth and Mary Nash
  • Suzanne F. Nash
  • Dr. Carolyn Newberger, in memory of Eli Newberger
  • The Oristaglio Family
  • Elaine Panitz, in memory of Fred Panitz, MD, JD
  • Joel and Madeleine Policzer
  • Charles Popper
  • Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation
  • Suzanne Priebatsch
  • David and Heather Rasche
  • Lori and Joe Rose
  • Loretta Scheel and Robert Bujalski
  • Carol and Richard Seltzer
  • Scott and Marjorie Shreve
  • Yvonne and Errol Smikle
  • Stephanie Steed
  • Elizabeth Strauch
  • The Brien Center
  • The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow
  • Peter and Laurie Thomsen
  • Alexandra Warshaw
  • Terry and Art Wasser
  • Thomas and Suky Werman
  • Pastor Allman-Morton
  • Anne Wichman
  • Robert and Karen Youdelman
  • Richard Ziter, M.D. and Eric Reimer

Under $499

  • Anonymous (10)
  • Margaret Ackerman
  • Richard Allan
  • Aimee V. Annichiarico
  • Robert and Penny Apter
  • Diane M. Austin and Aaron J. Nurick
  • Deborah Balmuth and Colin Harrington
  • Paige Bartels and Nichole Mellow
  • Frank and Colleen Basile
  • Marion Batchelder
  • Dorene Beller
  • Nancy and Mark Belsky
  • Alice Benjamin
  • Joan Benjamin and Laurence Cherkis
  • Berkshire Community Action Council
  • Thomas Bowler and The Berkshire County Sheriff’s Charitable Foundation, Inc.
  • Berkshire District Attorney’s Office
  • Berkshire North Pomona Grange #6
  • Tammy Biagini
  • John and Melissa Bissell
  • Edward Bjork
  • Joan Dix Blair
  • Gina Blake
  • Vicki Bonnington and David Schecker
  • Thomas and Kathleen Borden
  • Jeff and Marcella Bradway
  • Eric Brettschneider
  • Paula Brewer
  • Dan Brooks
  • John and Jytte Brooks
  • Joan and Bob Buccino
  • Jack and Esther Budnick
  • Michael and Nancy Bullock
  • Sara Burke
  • Tom and Sarah Butler
  • John Cadiz
  • Kathryn Cadwgan and Dave Mikuta
  • Margaret Cahill
  • Jeffrey and Linda Caligari
  • Gene Carlson
  • Catherine Cave
  • James N. Cawse and Marietta Rapetti Cawse
  • Jonatha Ceely
  • Claudine Chavanne
  • Child Care of the Berkshires
  • Larry and Penny Choquette
  • Dr. Mark Churchill
  • The Clayman Family
  • Mike and Wendy Coakley
  • Marjorie Cohan
  • MYC Ingredients / Mindy Cohen
  • Michael and Roberta Cohn
  • Mimi Collins
  • Christine Conklin and Jay Kistler
  • James Cooke and Lisa Crockett
  • Claudia Coplan
  • Louis and Joy Costi
  • Susan Coxon
  • Sandra Cozzaglio
  • Anne Horrocks Crider
  • Susan and Edmund Dana
  • Amy Davidson
  • Virginia Davies
  • Dery Funeral Home
  • Dawn Desnoyers and John Powers
  • Alfred Devereaux
  • John and Judith DiSantis
  • Peg Dotchin
  • Marjorie and Skip Durning
  • Shirley Edgerton
  • Deborah Edson
  • Ursula Ehret Dichter
  • John and Brenda Elling
  • Jeff and Adeline Ellis
  • Mr. and Mrs. Walter Engels
  • Mrs. Barbara Feakes
  • Susan Ferlauto
  • David and Lea Finck
  • Dré Finley
  • First Baptist Church of Pittsfield
  • Denny FitzPatrick
  • William and Sandra Flannery
  • Palma Fleck and Hon. Francis X. Spina
  • Mariah Fogg
  • Nancy Forget
  • Judeth Forlenza Wesley
  • Roz Forman and Dolores Lerman
  • King and Debbie Francis
  • Sarah and Ryan Frederick
  • Joanna and Ellis Fribush
  • Maryjane and Jerry Fromm
  • Kathy and Al Garofolo
  • Virginia Giddens, in memory of James Giddens
  • Theodore Ginsburg
  • Joan and Paul Gluck
  • Ellen Stark Gold
  • Dustin and Gale Griffin
  • Carol Grossman
  • Linda Gunderson
  • Candace Hall
  • Linda and Phil Halpern
  • Susan and Edward Hand
  • Barbara Hanson
  • Dr. Elaine S. Hantman and Dr. Paul E. Rosenthal
  • Cliff Harewood
  • Jan and Harry Hartford
  • Cindy Hashim and Lynn Calpeter
  • Anita Heller
  • Elizabeth Heller
  • James and Portia Henle
  • Robert Hildebrand
  • Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc.
  • Merle Hoch
  • Colleen and Mark Holmes
  • William and Judith Hopper
  • Sarah Horne
  • Mr. Stephen P. Imhoff
  • Everett and Margery Jassy
  • Jean and Will Jeffries
  • Vanessa Justice
  • Martin and Wendy Kaplan
  • Michael Kaplan
  • Marilyn and Elihu Katzman
  • Sarah Kelley
  • Mario Kelsey
  • Daniel and Jill Kessler
  • William and Karen Ketcham
  • Christopher and Carolyn King
  • Susanne King and Richard Berlin
  • William Kirby and Anna Lucia Deloia
  • Gay Klaus Scarborough
  • Phyllis Klein
  • Drs. Edwin and Roselyn Kolodny
  • Jeffrey Korff and Shelley Steuer
  • Ann and Howard Koski
  • John Kowalski
  • Carol Kuller
  • Richard and Joyce Lacatell
  • Peter and Roberta Lafayette
  • Judith Lamet
  • Eric and Elisabeth Lamoureaux
  • Brenda and Fred Landes
  • John and Kathleen Lanoue
  • Peter Lazes and Marie Rudden
  • Elaine Lee in memory of Robert Lee
  • Kathleen G Lee
  • Robert Lee
  • Judith Levin
  • Willa Lewis
  • Caren and Dick Lobo
  • Kenneth and Janice Longstreeth
  • Buffy and Scott Lord
  • John and Jude Lubrano
  1. Christine Macbeth
  • Sue MacVeety
  • Barbara Malkas and John Euchler
  • Phil Mamolito
  • Carole Manarchik
  • Amy and Jeffrey Mann
  • Howard and Denise Marshall
  • Akki Martens
  • Kate and Gary Mayne
  • Roberta McCulloch-Dews and Warren Dews
  • Becky and Roy McNiven
  • Sigrid McWilliams
  • Becky Meier and Bob Connors
  • Maureen Meister and David Feigenbaum
  • Fred and Andrea Mensch
  • Enid Michelman
  • Catherine B. Miller
  • Jamie and Joe Moncecchi
  • Gordon and Charlotte Moore
  • Joan Morgan
  • Tina and Mark Moss
  • Linda Mur
  • Erin Murphy
  • Mary Murphy
  • Mr. Raymond Murray
  • Sue Muskat Knoll
  • Glenn Myers and Sharon Kartiganer
  • Alex and Judith Nardacci
  • Molly and Dylan Nash
  • Robert Nason and Lisa Sloane
  • Natalie Johnsonius Neubert and David Neubert
  • Sandra Newman
  • Lisa Newmann
  • Barry and Ellen Nigrosh
  • John and Sandra Nolan
  • Judith Norsigian
  • North Adams Public School District
  • Sandra Nortier
  • Laurence Oberwager and Mary Mullen
  • Michele O’Hana and John Dolan
  • Lesley Oransky
  • Elaine Padilla
  • Rosalie Khushi Pasquale
  • Paula McLean
  • PayPal Giving Fund
  • Bo and Katherine Peabody
  • Ellen Perry
  • Neal and Frieda Pilson
  • James and Barbara Pistrang
  • Karen Pogoda
  • Marcia Powdermaker and Andrew Potler
  • Robert and Mary Proskin
  • Cassandra Pugh
  • Julie R. Quain in memory of Mildred Quain
  • Paul Raverta
  • Raymond R. Houle Construction, Inc.
  • Betsy Reali
  • William Rech, in memory of Patricia Rech
  • Judith Reichert
  • Richard and Linda Rendine
  • Stephen and Wilma Rifkin
  • Helene P. Robillard
  • Elaine and Paul Rocheleau
  • Robert and Darlene Rodowicz
  • Mary and Dean Rogeness
  • Mary Rogers
  • Ruth Rosenthal
  • Ted and Lesley Rosenthal
  • Jeff and Karen Ross
  • Colleen and Joseph Rossi
  • James Ruberto
  • Jane K. Ryan
  • Nina Ryan
  • Marty and Pat Salvadore
  • Linda Saul-Sena and Mark Sena
  • Louise and Leonard Schaper
  • Emily Schiavoni
  • Myron Schiffer
  • Chris and Sarah Schmidt
  • Anne A. Schnesel
  • Louis and Carolyn Schwartz
  • Naomi A. Schwartz
  • Eva Sereghy and Andrew Lipps
  • Audrey Shadle
  • Jacqueline Shepardson
  • Suzanne Shepardson
  • Barbara and Bruce Shickmanter
  • Carole G. Siegel
  • Anna and Don Singleton
  • Ms. Linda Slakey
  • Mary Spina
  • Hayley Spizz
  • St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
  • Elaine St. Onge and Wesley Sargent
  • Shelby Stabile
  • Victoria and Jeff Standring
  • Gwen Steege
  • Lewis and Margery Steinberg
  • Peter and Abbe Steinglass
  • Edward J. Stevenson
  • Donald and Ellen Stiles
  • Sharon Strassfeld and Michael Ramella
  • Sami Strout
  • The Stuart Family
  • Bill and Rose Ann Sturgeon
  • Paul and Lenore Sundberg
  • Andrew Swanton
  • Jonathan Swartz
  • Jan Sweeney
  • Stephanie Talanian
  • Ana Traina and Scott Cohen
  • James Tremblay in memory of Maryellen Tremblay
  • Joan and Michael Ury
  • Mr. Clifford Van Voorhees III
  • Mr. Craig Vickers
  • Barbara Viniar
  • Katherine von Haefen
  • Elsie Walker and Al Kilborne
  • Susan and Kevin Walsh
  • Judith Walter and Irvin Nathan
  • Judith Weiss
  • Marcia Weissman and Mark Abbate
  • Heather Wells Heim and Matt Heim
  • West Stockbridge Grange
  • David Whitehead
  • Cynthia Wick and Chan Gibson
  • Jane and Robert Willis
  • Bo Winiker
  • Irwin and Judith Wrubel
  • Charles and Linda Yanikoski
  • Dr. Natalya Yantovsky DMD
  • Steve and Mary Yarmosky
  • Bryn Zeckhauser

In Kind Support

  • Cradles to Crayons
  • The Johnson String Project
  • H. Maxymillian, Inc.
  • Chocolate Springs
  • Tiny Hearts Farm

Local Funding

  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
  • Berkshire United Way
  • Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
  • Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire
  • Mass Mentoring Partnership
  • Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership
  • Northern Berkshire United Way
  • Pittsfield Cultural Council
  • United Way of Franklin & Hampshire Region
  • Williamstown Community Chest
  • Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts

Public Funding

  • City of North Adams
  • City of Pittsfield
  • MA Children’s Trust Fund / The Children’s Trust
  • MA Department of Children & Families (DCF)
  • MA Department of Early Education and Care (EEC)
  • MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
  • MA Department of Public Health (DPH)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council
  • Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)

In Memory of Dr. Eli Newberger

  • Glenn Allan
  • Ed and Marge Bride
  • Deborah Buccino and Eric Plankun
  • Joan and Bob Buccino
  • Jonatha Ceely
  • Dr. Mark Churchill
  • Mike and Wendy Coakley
  • Virginia Davies
  • Joan Ferrante and Carey McIntosh
  • Denny FitzPatrick
  • Sarah and Ryan Frederick
  • Virginia Giddens
  • Ellen Stark Gold
  • Susan and Edward Hand
  • Colleen and Mark Holmes
  • Daniel and Jill Kessler
  • Brenda and Fred Landes
  • Linda Lerner
  • Susan Magazine
  • Jane and Robert J. Mayer, M.D.
  • Maureen Meister and David Feigenbaum
  • Gordon and Charlotte Moore
  • Linda Mur
  • Judith Norsigian
  • Sandra Nortier
  • Charles Popper
  • Judith Reichert
  • Louise and Leonard Schaper
  • Jacqueline Shepardson
  • Suzanne Shepardson
  • Ken Stark
  • Renata Von Tscharner and Peter Munkenbeck
  • Dr. Dorothy Altman Weber
  • Heather Wells Heim and Matt Heim
  • Bo Winiker

Thank You
We are deeply grateful for your generous support
of 18 Degrees.