List of Donors

We are thankful for each and every donor, funder, and supporter. It is because of you that new beginnings come to light for children, youth, and families throughout western Massachusetts.

The donor list below reflects gifts between July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, allocated to the 2023 Fiscal Year.

$25,000 and up

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

$15,000 - $24,999

Ellen J. Bernstein
Dean Foundation for Little Children, Inc.
Donald C. McGraw Foundation and Elizabeth and Robert McGraw
The Feigenbaum Foundation
Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts

$10,000 - $14,999

Bud Ackerman Fund
Charles H. Hall Foundation
Gilson Family Foundation
Greylock Federal Credit Union
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Lee Bank
Linde Family Foundation
The Gru Fund
The Malley Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

Christine and Tack Burbank
Nancy and Peter Finn
Werner and Karen Gundersheimer
Lawrence and Rosemary Harnett
Jane and Robert Mayer
MountainOne Bank
Drs. Carolyn and Eli Newberger
Penny and Claudio Pincus
Craig E. Smith, in memory of Virginia Stanton Smith
Carol and Irv Smokler
The Ruth Krauss Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Dorothy Altman Weber, in memory of Stephen Weber

$2,500 - $4,999

Susan and David Lombard
Margaret P. Stevenson Foundation
Perry Fund for Others
David and Nancy Ratner
Laura Rosenthal and Jim Hime
Rebecca and Michael Thompson

$1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous
Glenn Allan
Hank Alpert
Lawrence Altman
Ann Appelbaum and Rabbi Neal Borovitz
BBE Office Interiors
James and Margaret Beauregard
Linda J. L. Becker
Jennifer Bell
Berkshire Community Action Council
Berkshires Jazz
Pamela and Andy Breslin
Ed and Marge Bride
Bridge City Collective, LLC
John and Diddy Cullinane
Ollie and Cindy Curme
Donovan O’Connor & Dodig, LLP
DuckDuckGo
Margaret Eagle
Forst Foundation
Paul and Carmela Haklisch
Amy Herring and Christopher Newbound
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Allen and Valerie Hyman
James Powers Testamentary Trust
Joyce Linde
James and Mary Maxymillian
Jacqueline and Jaan Metsma
Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires
Dan and Marcia Parnell
Claudia Perles and Gerry Fultz
Steven R. Perles
Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
Karen and Ron Rettner
Carol and Richard Seltzer
Adrienne Silverstein
Edward and Carla Slomin
Doris Stark
Ken Stark
Nancy Stark and Stanley Iezman
David H. Strassler
The Dobbins Foundation
Town Fair Tire Corporation
John Tullock
Michael and Clare Tullock
Harriet Wetstone
David M. Wise and Debra A. Chudnow
Richard M. Ziter, M.D. and Eric Reimer

$500 - $999

Paul and Phyllis Berz
The Brien Center
Drs. Deborah Buccino and Eric Plakun
Mary Jo Carpenter
Rebecca Cellana
Paula Consolini and James Mahon
Judith and C. Jeffrey Cook
Sarah E. Cook
Susan Coolidge
Country Club of Pittsfield
Emily Daunis and Dan Wallis
Carol and Richard Daynard
Chet and Joy Douglass
Edwards Church of Northampton
Ginger and George Elvin
Thomas and Ellen Ennis
Gintare Everett
Alexandra Fuchs
Jill and Hal Gaffin
Marita and David Glodt
Susan Gold
Prof. Frederick Griffiths
Linda and Phil Halpern
Sara Hathaway
Sheila Heffernon and Bill Hattendorf
Ann and Peter Herbst
Ira Hillman and Jeremy Barber
Gregory P. Howard and Anna Moriarty-Lev
Interprint, Inc.
Mary Elizabeth Dunbar Kiggen Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Pat Krol and Steve Chiumenti
Raymond and Elaine Kushi
Eric and Elisabeth Lamoureaux
Shawn Leary and Michael Considine
Eugene Leibowitz, M.D.
William Levy and Karen Kelly
Caitlin and Dusty Lopez
Buffy D. and Scott Lord
The Rev. Dr. James Lumsden and Dianne K. Demott
Susan Magazine
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Stuart and Ellen Masters
Nancy J. McIntire
Jim Panichella
Price Chopper's Golub Foundation
Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc.
Rosin the Beaux
Hunter Kerr Runnette and Mark Vanden Bosch
J. Frank and Linda B. Russell
The Safran Family
Betsey Selkowitz
Donald and Arlene Shapiro
Scott and Marjorie Shreve
South Congregational Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Stephanie Steed
Elizabeth Strauch
C. Randolph and Sheila Thunfors
Diane and Steve Tobin
Robin Tost
Alexandra Warshaw
Wheelock Whitney
William and Adrienne Wootters
Dr. Sharyn Zunz

Under $500

Anonymous
Susan Abramowitz and Aaron Gurwitz
Jean Adelson
Cara Albuquerque
Margie Altman
Teresa Amabile
Kittredge Family Charitable Fund, in memory of Judith Hill Kittredge
Tony and Amy Anderton
Aimee Annichiarico
Annie Selke Companies
Keith and Felicia Anzel
Robert and Penny Apter
Howard and Sue Arkans
Grace Arzt
Diane Austin and Aaron Nurick
Barbara Babb
Deborah Balmuth
Paige Bartels and Nichole Mellow
Katherine Barton
Frank and Colleen Basile
Yvette Bastow
Jerry Bauers
Kathleen Becker and Linda Enghaven
Joan Benjamin and Laurence Cherkis
Vivian Berard
James Bergin and Deborah Monahan
Berkshire AHEC, Inc.
Thomas and Jennifer Bernard
Robert Berson
Diane A. Berube
Al Bingham and Paula Kelley
Bishop West Real Estate, Inc
John and Melissa Bissell
Edward Bjork
Lisa and William Blackmer
Joan Dix Blair
Gina Blake
Barbara Blitstein
Blue Q
William Bourdon
Thomas and Dayle Bowler
Robert and Carolynne Braun
Gregor Brodsky
John and Jytte Brooks
Lawrence and Joan Brotman
Paul and Kim Bruce
Joan and Bob Buccino
Pam Burger
Sara Burke
Anita R. Busch
John Cadiz
Gene Carlson
James N. Cawse and Marietta Rapetti Cawse
Elaine Charland
Josephine Chaset
Claudine Chavanne
Laurence and Penny Choquette
Salma Choudhury-Muro
Patricia Coates
Margie Cohan
David Cohen
Phyllis Cohen and Jeff Lazarus
Mimi Collins
Linda Colvin
Christine Conklin
Janice Cook and Cecil Driver
Claudia Coplan
Liz and Thomas Costley
Susan Coxon
Sandra Cozzaglio
John and Barbara Craig
CRDN of Western Massachusetts Central
Creating Healthier Communities
Anne Horrocks Crider
Ann E. Crosson
The Rev. Mary Frances Curns
Amy Davidson
Al Devereaux
Jean S. Donati
Marcie Dyer
Shirley Edgerton
EDM Services, Inc.
Deborah Edson
Frances Edwards
John and Janet Egelhofer
Ursula Ehret Dichter
John and Brenda Elling
Eugene and Jeanette Chague
Theodore Evans
Michael and Kathleen Fabrizio
Timothy and Kathleen Face
Jill and Gerry Finkelstein
Timothy J. Finley and The Finley Family Fund
William and Sandra Flannery
Roz Forman
Francis Morris Violins, Inc.
King and Deborah Francis
Sarah and Ryan Frederick
Gerard and MaryJane Fromm
Frontstream – United Way
Marianne Gamelli
Alfred and Kathy Garofolo
Will Garrison
Charlotte Gelfand
Glenna Gerard
Janis Greve
Dustin and Gale Griffin
Bruce and Judith Grinnell
Carol Grossman
Amy Guachione
Christopher and Mary Jean Guidette
Richard and Virginia Guistina
Linda Gunderson
Candace Hall
Hannon Lerner, PC
Barbara Hanson
Debbie and Bob Harper
Harry and Janice Hartford
Eric and Carol Haythorne
Alexandra Heddinger and Marc Warren
Dr. Edwin Helitzer and Cynthia Helitzer
Eric and Yehudit Heller
James and Portia Henle
Mary Anne and Curtis Hicks
Linda Hill
Joseph and Helaine Hirshfeld
Merle Hoch
William and Judith Hopper
Jonathan Huber
John Hussey
Leslie Ioffredo
Jane Iredale and Robert Montgomery
Barbara Jacoby
Jean and Will Jeffries
Ward and Barbara Johnson
Martin and Alice Jonas
Judith Walter and Irvin Nathan
Melissa Kagnoff
Drs. Marvin Kaplan and Alice Jo Siegel
Marilyn and Elie Katzman
Allison Kearns and The Pattern
Francine Kelleher
William and Karen Ketcham
Christopher and Carolyn King
Susanne King and Richard Berlin
Anna Kirby
Carol and Mary Anne Kirby
Jane Klaus
Pamela Knisley
Alison and James Kolesar
Edward and Susan Kopelowitz
Carol and Stuart Kuller
Paula Jane Kurasch and David Bartley
Randi La
Richard and Joyce Lacatell
Peter and Roberta Lafayette
Nancy Lamoureaux
Fred and Brenda Landes
Kathleen G Lee
Robert and Elaine Lee
Elias Lefferman and Crocus Hale
Lenox Chamber of Commerce
Kay Lerner
Gregg Levante
Edward and Marjorie Levin
Ben Liptzin and Elizabeth Schneider
Mary Lo
William Loeb
Kenneth and Janice Longstreeth
John and Jude Lubrano
Christine Macbeth
Ingrid MacGillis
Barbara Mahony
Philip and Ammy Mamolito
Richard Markham
Howard and Denise Marshall
Howie Marshall
Silvia Marx
Elaine Matthew
Catherine F. Mayne and Gary Mayne
Donald and Mary McClelland
Paul and Cynthia McFarland
Paula McLean
Becky and Roy McNiven
Sigrid McWilliams
Becky Meier
Fred and Andrea Mensch
Enid Michelman
Robert and JoDare Mitchell
Sylvia Morris
Mary Mullen and Laurence Oberwager
Mr. Raymond Murray
Dr. Thomas Naidich and Michele Levin Naidich
Alex and Judith Nardacci
Mary and Seth Nash
Mitchell and Caitlin Nash
Molly and Dylan Nash
Suzanne Nash
Sandra Newman
Carol and Davis Noble
John and Sandra Nolan
Anthony Olenik
Fred and Elaine Panitz
Bo and Katherine Peabody
Larry and Jane Pellish
James and Barbara Pistrang
Michael and Ramelle Pulitzer
Julie R. Quain in memory of Mildred Quain
Mary Beth Radke
Mary Jo and Juan Ramos
David and Heather Rasche
Paul and Sharon Raverta
Ray Murray, Inc.
William E. and Patricia V. Rech
Judith Reichert
Richard and Linda Rendine
Karen Richards
Chris and DeAnne Riddle
Barbara Roberts
Paul and Elaine Rocheleau
Mary Rogers
Pamela Rons
Lori Rose
Rena Rose
Steven Rosenthal
Joseph and Colleen Rossi
James Ruberto
Susan and Jeremy Rudd
Jane Ryan
Joseph and Patricia Salvadore
Jane Schember
Anne A. Schnesel
Carolyn and Louis Schwartz
Gillian Sciacca
Howard and Shirley Shapiro
Bruce and Barbara Shickmanter
Carl and Claudia Shuster
Carole G. Siegel
Leonard Sigal
Gordon Simmering and Mary Mott
Linda Slakey
Annette and Vincent Smalls
Deborah Smith
Hayley Spizz
St. Ann Church
St. Vincent De Paul Parish
Neil Stein and Judith Blank
Lewis and Margery Steinberg
Donald and Ellen Stiles
Stop & Shop Community Bag Program
Kristine Strand
Sharon Strassfeld and Michael Ramella
Pamela Streeter
Sami Strout
William and Rose Ann Sturgeon
Erin Sullivan and Christopher Pedersen
Paul and Lenore Sundberg
Ellen Sutherland
Jonathan Swartz
Lisa Tenney
Jonah Tobin
William and Nancy Travis
Eileen and John Tremblay
James and Maryellen Tremblay
UMass Amherst Community Campaign
Clifford Van Voorhees III
Beth P. Vickery
Georgia Vlahopoulos
Katherine von Haefen
Phyllis Walt
Arthur and Terry Wasser
Martin and Ruth Weinstein
West Stockbridge Grange
Pastor Allman-Morton
Tari Wheeler Roosa
Charles Wheeler Jr.
Julie and Jon Williams
Tracy and Heamon Williams
Robert and Jane Willis
Beverly and Stephen Woolf
Irwin and Judy Wrubel
Mark Yale
Charles and Linda Yanikoski
Natalya and Sergey Yantovsky
Dr. Susan Yates
Robert and Karen Youdelman
Cheryl Zaccaro
Peter and Nancy Zawistowski
Dee and Steve Zimmer
Linda Zukowski

In Memory of Stephen Weber

Lawrence Altman
Diane Austin and Aaron Nurick
Linda J. L. Becker
Diane A. Berube
Paul and Phyllis Berz
Barbara Blitstein
Josephine Chaset
Phyllis Cohen and Jeff Lazarus
Linda Colvin
John Cullinane
Margaret Eagle
Jill and Gerry Finkelstein
Timothy Joseph Finley
Nancy and Peter Finn
Ann and Peter Herbst
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Jonathan Huber
John Hussey
Melissa Kagnoff
Carol Noble
Anthony Olenik
Barbara Roberts
Susan and Jeremy Rudd
Vicki and Bruce Safran
Ken Stark and Debbie
Lewis and Margery Steinberg
Kristine Strand

In Memory of Annette Malumphy

Anonymous
William Bourdon
Marianne Gamelli
Elaine Matthew
Leonard Sigal
Pamela Streeter
Lisa Tenney
Tari Wheeler Roosa
Charles Wheeler Jr.
Tracy Williams

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

Berkshire County Juvenile Court
City of North Adams
City of Pittsfield
MA Children’s Trust Fund
MA Department of Children and Families
MA Department of Early Education and Care
MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
MA Department of Public Health
MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Massachusetts Cultural Council
North Adams Public School District

In-Kind Goods and Services

Chocolate Springs
Cradles to Crayons
Stephanie DiMichele
Ronald Feldman and Elizabeth Morse
Yehuda and Hannah Hanani
Tory and Susie Hanna
Susan and Andy Kelly
Massachusetts Association of Insurance Women
Tricia McCormack Photography
Tiny Hearts Farm

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