List of Donors

We are grateful for the generosity of every donor, funder, and supporter of our mission. The list below reflects gifts received during our Fiscal Year 2024 between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

$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

  • Ellen J. Bernstein
  • Dean Foundation for Little Children, Inc.
  • Sara Hathaway
  • Edward and Susan Kopelowitz
  • The Feigenbaum Foundation

$10,000 - $14,999

  • Bud Ackerman Fund
  • Christine and Tack Burbank
  • The Gru Fund
  • Gilson Family Foundation
  • Guardian Life
  • Linde Family Foundation
  • Donald C. McGraw Foundation and Elizabeth and Robert McGraw
  • The Malley Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

  • Anonymous (2)
  • ABC Clothing Shop
  • Nancy and Peter Finn
  • Greylock Federal Credit Union
  • Werner and Karen Gundersheimer
  • Lee Bank
  • Jane and Robert J. Mayer, M.D.
  • MountainOne
  • Eric Nelson and Joseph J. Mursko
  • Penny and Claudio Pincus
  • William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
  • Carol and Irv Smokler
  • TD Charitable Foundation
  • The Ruth Krauss Foundation, Inc.
  • Rebecca and Mike Thompson
  • Dr. Dorothy Altman Weber in memory of Stephen Weber

$2,500 - $4,999

  • Glenn Allan
  • BBE Office Interiors
  • Berkshire Bank Foundation
  • Robert Bogomolny and Janice Toran
  • Community Access to the Arts
  • D’Addario Foundation
  • Boston Gourmet
  • Larry and Rosemary Harnett
  • Joan and Jim Hunter
  • Huntington Tracy Foundation
  • Jewish Women’s Foundation of Berkshire County
  • Susan and David Lombard
  • Margaret P. Stevenson Foundation
  • Mill Town Foundation, Inc.
  • Perry Fund for Others
  • David and Nancy Ratner

$1,000 - $2,499

  • Anonymous (3)
  • Michael and Courtney Addy
  • Lawrence Altman
  • Ann Appelbaum and Neal Borovitz
  • James and Margaret Beauregard
  • Berkshire Community College
  • Berkshires Jazz
  • Bounti-Fare Restaurant & Catering, La Cocina Reunion
  • Jane Braus
  • Duncan and Susan Brown
  • Izinna Degraffenried
  • David and Anne-Marie Delvecchio
  • Chet and Joy Douglass
  • Dr. Fredric Fagelman and Nancy Fagelman
  • James Fowler
  • Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman
  • Sherwood Guernsey
  • Mela and Paul Haklisch
  • Kristine and Larry Hazzard
  • Sheila Heffernon and Bill Hattendorf
  • Allen and Valerie Hyman
  • Jane Iredale and Robert Montgomery
  • James Powers Testamentary Trust, in memory of Nora Mazzer Powers
  • Elias Lefferman and Crocus Hale
  • Susan Magazine
  • Marcella B. Merker Revocable Trust
  • James and Mary Maxymillian
  • Jacqueline and Jaan Metsma
  • Fiona Morgan Fein
  • Drs. Carolyn and Eli Newberger
  • Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires
  • Fred and Elaine Panitz
  • Daniel and Marcia Parnell
  • Claudia Perles and Gerry Fultz
  • Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation
  • Bruno and Mary Ann Quinson
  • Laura Rosenthal and Jim Himel
  • Carol and Richard Seltzer
  • Donald and Arlene Shapiro
  • Scott and Marjorie Shreve
  • Edward and Carla Slomin
  • Craig Smith and Family, in memory of Virginia Stanton Smith
  • Sourcepass
  • Doris Stark
  • Ken Stark
  • Nancy Stark and Stanley Iezman
  • The Strassler and McNulty Families, in memory of Lorna Strassler
  • David H. Strassler, in memory of Lorna Strassler
  • The Dobbins Foundation
  • Town Fair Tire Corporation
  • John Tullock
  • Michael and Clare Tullock
  • Harriet Wetstone
  • Women’s Club of the Berkshires
  • Richard Ziter, M.D. and Eric Reimer

$500 - $999

  • Anonymous (2)
  • Susan Abramowitz and Aaron Gurwitz
  • Linda J. L. Becker
  • Berkshire Community Action Council
  • Paul and Phyllis Berz
  • Pamela Breslin, in memory of Dr. Andrew J. Breslin
  • Drs. Deborah Buccino and Eric Plakun
  • Mary Jo Carpenter
  • Rebecca Cellana
  • Jim Mahon and Paula Consolini
  • C. Jeffrey and Judith Cook
  • Janice Cook and Cecil Driver
  • Cindy and Ollie Curme
  • Peter and Pamela D’Ambrosio
  • Richard and Carol Daynard
  • Donovan O’Connor & Dodig, LLP
  • Edwards Church of Northampton
  • Ginger and George Elvin
  • Gintare S. Everett
  • Sarah and Ryan Frederick
  • Gideon Argov and Alexandra Fuchs
  • Jill and Hal Gaffin
  • Richard and Susan Grausman
  • Jenny Griffin and Colin Schmidt
  • Prof. Frederick Griffiths
  • Chris and Mary Jean Guidette
  • Hannon Lerner, PC
  • Ann and Peter Herbst
  • Ira Hillman and Jeremy Barber
  • Thomas Kiley
  • Ronni Sachs Kotler
  • Pat Krol and Steve Chiumenti
  • Shawn Leary and Michael Considine
  • Eugene Leibowitz, M.D.
  • Melissa Letalien
  • William Levy and Karen Kelly
  • Caitlin and Dusty Lopez
  • Buffy and Scott Lord
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
  • Nancy J. McIntire
  • Karen Richards
  • J. Frank and Linda B. Russell
  • Betsey Selkowitz
  • Stephanie Steed
  • Elizabeth Strauch
  • The Brien Center
  • UMass Amherst Community Campaign
  • Renata Vontscharner and Peter Munkenbeck
  • Alexandra Warshaw
  • William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty Group
  • William and Adrienne Wootters
  • Sharyn Zunz

$250-$499

  • Margaret Ackerman
  • Hank and Gerry Alpert
  • Barbara Babb and Peter Toran
  • Edward Bjork
  • Diane Blum
  • Paul and Kim Bruce
  • Joan and Bob Buccino
  • Tom and Sarah Butler
  • Lynn Calpeter
  • James N. Cawse and Marietta Rapetti Cawse
  • Christine Conklin
  • Crescent Creamery, Inc.
  • Alfred Devereaux
  • Deborah Edson
  • Ronald Feldman and Elizabeth Morse
  • King and Debbie Francis
  • Kathy and Al Garofolo
  • Marita and David Glodt
  • Susan Gold
  • Dustin and Gale Griffin
  • Bruce and Judith Grinnell
  • Cynthia Hashim
  • James and Portia Henle
  • Hill Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc.
  • Everett and Margery Jassy
  • Jean and Will Jeffries
  • Av Kadish and Goldy Fried
  • Daniel and Jill Kessler
  • William and Karen Ketcham
  • Christopher and Carolyn King
  • Susanne King and Richard Berlin
  • Phyllis Klein
  • Bill Dion
  • Carol and Stuart Kuller
  • Polly Kurasch and David Bartley
  • Maureen Lee
  • Christine Macbeth
  • Howard and Denise Marshall
  • Ken Mask, MD
  • Mark and Hilary McInerney
  • Fred and Andrea Mensch
  • A. Leo and Victoria Nash
  • Seth and Mary Nash
  • Deborah Anderson
  • Sandra Nortier
  • Julie R. Quain in memory of Mildred Quain
  • Robert and Darlene Rodowicz
  • Lori and Joe Rose
  • Terry Rosenberg
  • Roz Forman
  • Susan and Robert Schechter
  • Jane Schember
  • Carolyn and Louis Schwartz
  • Leonard and Lois Sharzer
  • Carole G. Siegel
  • Annette and Vincent Smalls
  • The Triparish Community
  • Lewis and Margery Steinberg
  • Jonathan Swartz
  • Randy and Sheila Thunfors
  • Tic Tac Mo, Inc.
  • Georgia Vlahopoulos
  • Irvin Nathan and Judith Walter
  • Ruth and Martin Weinstein
  • Heather Wells Heim and Matt Heim
  • Diane and Robert Wespiser
  • Dr. Lisa Wong
  • Natalya and Sergey Yantovsky
  • Robert and Karen Youdelman
  • Cheryl Zaccaro

Under $250

  • Anonymous (7)
  • Robert and Christiana Abel
  • Jean Adelson
  • Cara Albuquerque
  • Aimee V. Annichiarico
  • Robert and Penny Apter
  • Richard Arnold and Ruth Levine Arnold
  • Diane Austin and Aaron Nurick
  • Paige Bartels and Nichole Mellow
  • Kate Barton
  • Lisa Baskin
  • Krista Baumann
  • Anne and Philip Becker
  • Kathleen Becker and Linda Enghaven
  • Bernard and Diana Belouin
  • Nancy and Mark Belsky
  • James Bergin and Deborah Monahan
  • Berkshire County Head Start
  • Berkshire Health Systems
  • Thomas and Jennifer Bernard
  • Big Y Community Bag Program
  • Bishop West Real Estate, Inc
  • John and Melissa Bissell
  • Bill and Lisa Blackmer
  • Gina Blake
  • Blue Q
  • The Blue Stockings
  • Sharon Blumenthal
  • Toby Bobbitt
  • Nelson and Carolyn Bonheim
  • Barbara and Michael Borys
  • Deborah Bowen
  • Jeff and Marcella Bradway
  • John and Jane Bresnahan
  • Laura Broad
  • Dan Brooks
  • John and Jytte Brooks
  • Nancy Bullock
  • Sara Burke
  • Anita R. Busch
  • Alex and Beth Carlisle
  • Gene Carlson
  • Robert and Christine Carmel
  • Ann Cashen
  • George and Anne Cerveira
  • Elaine Charland
  • Claudine Chavanne
  • Margie Cohan
  • Phyllis Cohen and Jeff Lazarus
  • Michael and Roberta Cohn
  • Sharon Collins Newton
  • Mimi Collins
  • Comalli Electric, Inc.
  • Claudia Coplan
  • William and Carolyn Corby
  • Sandra Cozzaglio
  • Anne Horrocks Crider
  • Edward and Ann Crosson
  • Judie and John Culver
  • Chuck and Ada Beth Cutler
  • Susan and Edmund Dana
  • Emily Daunis and Dan Wallis
  • Amy Davidson
  • Paula DeCola
  • Kelley DeLorenzo
  • Dery Funeral Home
  • Dawn Desnoyers and John Powers
  • John and Judith DiSantis
  • Charles Dooley
  • Donald Sprague and Dr. Ray Grant
  • Shirley Edgerton
  • John and Janet Egelhofer
  • Ursula Ehret Dichter
  • Jeff and Adeline Ellis
  • Mr. and Mrs. Walter Engels
  • Eugene and Jeanette Chague
  • Michael and Joan Evans
  • Theodore Evans
  • Kathleen and Michael Fabrizio
  • Joan Ferrante and Carey McIntosh
  • William and Sandra Flannery
  • Mariah Fogg
  • Joanna and Ellis Fribush
  • Jerry and Maryjane Fromm
  • Charlotte Gelfand
  • James and Virginia Giddens
  • Kate Gigliotti
  • Judith Glockner
  • Martin Gorman
  • Naomi and Floyd Grossman
  • Linda Gunderson
  • Candace Hall
  • Barbara Hanson
  • Cliff Harewood
  • Jeannette Hargroves
  • Janice and Harry Hartford
  • Linda Hill
  • Pierrce Holmes
  • William and Judith Hopper
  • Elaine Hunter
  • Alvin Inniss
  • J & J Lubrano
  • Lynn and Micahel Jacobson
  • George and Carol Jacobstein
  • Barbara Jacoby
  • George and Susan Jessmer
  • Allen Kaplan
  • Marilyn and Elihu Katzman
  • Fredie Kay
  • Mario Kelsey
  • Mark Kessler and Cheryl Avellanet
  • Kimball Farms Lifecare
  • Thomas and Alice King
  • Anna Kirby
  • Gay Klaus Scarborough
  • Drs. Edwin and Roz Kolodny
  • Ann Koski
  • Tina Krzynowek
  • Richard and Joyce Lacatell
  • Peter and Roberta Lafayette
  • Eric and Elisabeth Lamoureaux
  • Brenda and Fred Landes
  • Barbara and Ed Lane
  • John and Kathleen Lanoue
  • Edith LaSala
  • Lee Audio ‘N Security, Inc.
  • Elaine Lee, in memory of Robert Lee
  • Kathy Lee
  • India Long
  • Kenneth and Janice Longstreeth
  • Cynthia Luce
  • Ingrid MacGillis
  • Kaden MacKay
  • Barbara Mahony
  • Main Street Hospitality Group
  • Philip and Ammy Mamolito
  • Carole Manarchik
  • Albert and Lorraine Mancuso
  • Amy Mann
  • Stuart and Ellen Masters
  • Kate and Gary Mayne
  • Dylan McCullough
  • Paula McLean
  • Becky and Roy McNiven
  • Dan Mead and Sally Eagle
  • Carol Messerschmitt
  • Arthur and Sara Milano
  • Elizabeth Morales
  • Tina and Mark Moss
  • Linda Mur
  • Raymond Murray
  • Judith Nardacci
  • Molly and Dylan Nash
  • Robert Nason and Lisa Sloane
  • Lisa Nelson and Stephen Alsdorf
  • Sandra Newman
  • Barry and Ellen Nigrosh
  • John and Sandra Nolan
  • Lesley Oransky
  • Elaine Padilla
  • Tyler Panetti
  • Jim Panichella
  • Josh Parker and Debby Kittay-Parker
  • Bo and Katherine Peabody
  • Dwight and Carole Pearl
  • Larry and Jane Pellish
  • Linda Pensivy
  • Barbara Pickwell
  • Pierce Machine Company, Inc.
  • Angelina Pierce
  • Libbie Pike
  • Neal and Frieda Pilson
  • James and Barbara Pistrang
  • Joel and Madeleine Policzer
  • Molly Polk
  • Charles Popper
  • Marcia Powdermaker and Andrew Potler
  • Purple Plume
  • Laiken Rapisarda
  • Paul Raverta
  • Betsy Reali
  • William Rech, in memory of Patricia Rech
  • Judith Reichert
  • Richard and Linda Rendine
  • Jenny Reynolds
  • Beth Ritchie
  • Mary Rogers
  • Rena Rose
  • Stanley Rosenberg
  • Colleen and Joseph Rossi
  • Jason Roy
  • James Ruberto
  • Lynne Rudy
  • Jaime Ruiz
  • Dr. Alexandria Russell
  • Joseph and Patricia Salvadore
  • Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff
  • Anne A. Schnesel
  • Naomi A. Schwartz
  • Gillian Sciacca
  • Eyal Shachar
  • Howard and Shirley Shapiro
  • Shear Design, Inc.
  • Timothy and Mary Sheehan
  • Bruce and Barbara Shickmanter
  • Carl and Claudia Shuster
  • Anna and Don Singleton
  • Linda Slakey
  • Matthew Smith
  • Lynne and Mickey Soldato
  • Hayley Spizz
  • Elaine St. Onge and Wesley Sargent
  • St. Patrick’s Church
  • Gwen Steege
  • Peter and Abbe Steinglass
  • Donald and Ellen Stiles
  • Sami Strout
  • William and Rose Ann Sturgeon
  • Suburban Internal Medicine
  • Paul and Lenore Sundberg
  • Sweetwood of Williamstown
  • Robin Tost
  • Barbara Viniar
  • Deborah Vogel
  • Katherine von Haefen
  • Gloria Walker
  • Stephen and Marlene Walt
  • Elise Weller
  • Thomas and Suky Werman
  • Pastor Allman-Morton
  • Anne Wichman
  • Robert and Jane Willis
  • Cheryl and Michael Wilsner
  • David Wise and Debra Chudnow
  • Wohrle’s Foods, Inc.
  • Irwin and Judith Wrubel
  • Charles and Linda Yanikoski
  • Joseph and Rebecca Yannone
  • Steve and Mary Yarmosky
  • Anna Zamarripa
  • Zion Lutheran Church of Pittsfield

In Memory of Stephen Weber

  • Lawrence Altman
  • Linda G. Conway
  • Deborah Anderson
  • Fredie Kay
  • Richard Arnold and Ruth Levine Arnold
  • Sharon Blumenthal
  • Sarah and Ryan Frederick

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

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
  • North Adams Public School District

In-Kind Goods and Services

BBE Office Interiors
Berkshire County Arc
Berkshire WIC – North
Chocolate Springs
Close Encounters With Music
Cradles to Crayons
Edwards Church of Northampton
Eversource
First Baptist Church of Pittsfield
Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum
Guardian Life
J. H. Maxymillian, Inc.
Our Lady of the Hills Parish
Raymond R. Houle Construction, Inc.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
Scott and Karen Murray
Teddy’s Pizza & Restaurant
Temple Anshe Amunim
Teri Scott
The Johnson String Project
Tiny Hearts Farm
United Methodist Church of Lenox
Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Berkshires
Warren Dews and Roberta McCulloch Dews
Zonta Club of Berkshire County

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