A Catalog for Giving 2025
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Acknowledgements
Spur Local is made possible by ...
Founder
Harman Family Foundation
Collaborator
Barbara Harman and William E Cain
Crimsonbridge Foundation
Kettering Family Foundation
Investor
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
Jennifer Hillman and Mitchell Berger
J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation
Webber Family Foundation
J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation
Webber Family Foundation
Ally
Anonymous (2)
Jennifer and Vincent Browning
Carol and Landon Butler
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
CGI Federal
DAFgiving360
England Family Foundation
John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Kathryn and Michael Hanley
Claude and Nancy Keener Charitable Fund
Erna and Michael Kerst
Cari and David Rudd
George and Dana Schindler
Share Fund
Sidgmore Family Foundation
Friend
HasNa Foundation
Jockey Hollow Foundation
Eliza Kiplinger
Kiwanis DC
The Korzeniewski Family Foundation
The Herbert J and Dianne J Lerner Foundation
Stanley L and Lucy Lopata Charitable Foundation
The Norton Foundation
Lisa Renstrom and Robert Perkowitz
Luther I Replogle Foundation
Rob and Sheri Rosenfeld
The David S Shrager Foundation
Sumeet and Joya Shrivastava
Lora Franklin Zuk
Rohit Bhayana and Chandrani Ghosh
Katherine Bradley
The Alisann & Terry Collins Foundation
Irwin and Ginny Edlavitch
Forbright Bank
Jeff Hamond and Mauri Ziff
Hon Jane Harman
Supporter
Alicia Alexion and Ed Krauze
Anonymous (2)
THE APA FUND
Brian and Cheryl Argrett
Ethel Badawi
Julie Banzhaf-Stone and Steven Stone
Brandolon Barnett
Bell Creek Consulting
Booz Allen Hamilton
Jennifer Broome
Cozad Foundation
Trey Davis
DCAcar
Mitchell Dolin
Tilman Ehrbeck
Deborah Eichhorn
Fidelity Charitable
Jade Elliot Floyd and Charles Small
Nadine Gabai-Botero and Luis Botero
Fannie Mae Foundation
Foley Hoag Foundation
Bonnie Goldstein and James Grady
Gina Harman
Nicole and Paul Harman
Kristia D Hayes
John and Katherine Ketchum
Mary Kwak and Simon Johnson
Lauralyn and Peter Lee
The Lemon Foundation
J Kendall Lott
Janet and Steven Magel
The Maple Tree Fund
Deborah S Marks
Maureen and Michael McMurphy
Don and Belle Neal
Perlman & Perlman
Laurence Platt and Clare Herington
Judith Seiden
Robert and Maureen Sievers Family Foundation
Julie Simons
Scott and Carol Ann Smallwood
Steven B Sousa
Mark Stacey
Benjamin Staub
Margery Sullivan
David St John
Thread Strategies
Trevelyan Family Foundation
UBS Financial Services
Garrett Ulosevich
Ashit Vora and Nehal Gandhi
Ellen and Jimi Yui
Contributor
AARP Elizabeth Adams Nancy Adams The Aguila Family Raymond Ahlberg Alderson Family Charitable Fund Anonymous (6) Priscilla Annamanthodo and Nigel Twose Kristine Atwater Erica Baca Beacon House Rahsaan Bernard BlackNerd Coffee Alan Bolden Victoria Bor and David DuGoff David Boul and Tom O’Briant Luisa Boyarski Sue Bremner Michael Castellano Natalie Chapman LaToya Clark Margaret Clark Melissa Clark Rose Ann Cleveland Michael Cooperman and Maria Schiff Gabriella Cray Katie and Joel Crevier Jen Daulby Laurie Davis and Joseph Sellers Claudia P Derse-Anthony Kimberly Douglas Sheila Driscoll Anne Eigeman Peter Eisler Pam Feinstein Ashley Fisher Celeste Flores and Ray Hernandez Helen Fox Maura Fredericks Sarah Fredrick Phyllis Freedman Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Matt Gayer and Cristin Anthony Maria Rose Goodwin Daniela Grigioni-Carozza
Karen Hanchett
Leon and Dawn Teresa Harris
Claudia and Christopher Harvie
Brian and Nannette Henderson Family Fund
Sonya Hepinstall
Jill Herscot
Britt Hogue
Lynn Jasek
Sean Jenkins
Scott and Janine Kaufmann
Kay Kendall and Jack Davies
Kelly Kent
Richard and Anita Korzeniewski
Taylor Korzeniewski
Fiona Lachman
Prudence and David Lake
Darcy Langdon
Wendy Lawrence
Richard Levine and Wendy Krasner
Sara Lipka
Maritza Lizama
Ira C Lupu and Nancy Altman
Elizabeth Madjlesi
Greg Martin
Judith F Mazo and Michael Seidman
Patrick McCabe
Elizabeth McMeekin
Cynthia Merifield Tripodi
Carolyn Miller
Elizabeth Miller
Holly D Miller
Jacqueline Moen
Barbara and Robert Moss
Harriet Moss
Mufson Family Foundation
Aline Newman
Cindy Norris
Jenna Notarfrancesco
Eve O’Toole
John Odenwelder
Betty Paugh
Jessica Petro
Tsveta and Chris Polhemus
Nancy Polikoff
Lisa Raisner
Elizabeth Reid
Nancy and Scott Richmond
Troy Riemer
Diane Robertson
Jeremy Robison
Carmen Romero
Kathy and Mark Rondon
Amy Rudnick and Michael Zeldin
Dianne Rudo
Nancy Sanders
Anthony Sartori
Karren Scott
Sear Family Charitable Fund
Jim and Katie Sebastian
Amy Serafino
Adam Shapiro
Heller An Shapiro
Rita Shapiro and Edward Maclary
Shean-Barnes Family Fund
Anthony Shop and Thomas Sanchez
Craig and Erika Singer
Eshauna Smith
Fatima M Smith
M Barbara Srichai-Parsia
John Strand
Jake Sullivan
Judith M Sullivan
Russell Sullivan
Nancy and Wayne Swartz
Zachary Tamer
Jamee Telford
Wesley Tomer
Ann Vaughn
John Vogt
Maria C Volpe
Christie A. Walser
Robert Weiss
Deborah Weinberger
Olga Woltman
Hank Willner
Jim and Bonnie Young
Xenophilia Fund
Yifang Zhao
Donations and pledges of $100 and above made
September 10, 2024 – September 9, 2025
Spur Local is a pillar, a flagship, a force in the DMV and its philanthropic landscape...
Rafael Woldeab, Executive Director, City Blossoms
Reviewers
Access Coaching Collective (Eloise Russo, Adam Levner) African Wildlife Foundation (Julia McLaughlin) Alexandria Tutoring Consortium (Lisa Jacobs) American Journalism Project (Jason Alcorn) Andrea Bufka Consulting (Andrea Bufka) AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation (Jack McCarthy) Arlington Community Foundation (Jamee Hood) Aspire Afterschool Learning (Maggie McCoy) Belong! (Lynn O’Connell) Best Buddies in Virginia & DC (Mary Schafhauser) BlackRock Center for the Arts (Ebonee Price) BoardSource (Shannon Jeffries) Brocade Studio (Robert Burack) Capacity Partners (Barbara Wille) Capital Philanthropy (Marshall Ginn) Caribou Strategies (Cari Rudd) Children’s National Hospital (Olivia Munger) Christ House (Cristin Anthony) College Success Foundation-District of Columbia (Michele Levy) College Tribe (Scott Perry) Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (Sari Raskin) CREW Network (Beth Ann Brown) D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center (Lauren Paley) DC History Center (Sajel Swartz) Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School (Sandy Merilen) Educational Theatre Company (Brian Shaw) Enterprise Community Partners (Ashley Blake)
Equal Justice Works (Michele Crosby)
EVERFI (Jacquie Moen)
Family & Youth Initiative (Susan Punnett) Fannie Mae (Jolene Lester) Federal Highway Administration (Julie Zirlin) Front of the Bus (Julienne Johnson) Gather, Inc (Sarah Fredrick) Girls on the Run of NOVA (Catherine Keller) Glen Echo Pottery (Marget Maurer) Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce (Elise Neil Bengtson) Harbour Capital Advisors, LLC (Betsy Duff) Hattie M Strong Foundation (Sue Bell) Hingham Institution for Savings (Brian Seliber) HumanitiesDC (Rebecca Joseph, Lois Nembhard)
Individuals & Consultants (Amy Peck Abraham, Barbara Baldwin, Meklit Berhan, Renee Boyle, Sue Bremner, Alana Brown, Sally Cole, Tina Dove, Anne Eigeman, Pam Feinstein, Celeste Flores, Michael Freedman, Phyllis Freedman, Nehal Gandhi, Cassandra Hanley, Amy Harbison, Nannette Henderson, Diane Hill, Sabrina Karklins, June Kress, Mary Kwak, Lisa Landmeier, Nancy LaVerda, Erica Lawson, Michael Levin, Noni Lindahl, Mohini Malhotra, Jeffrey Menzer, Veronica Morales, Ursula Oaks, Elaine Pinson, Michele Puryear, Kate Rodgers, Sarah Schweiker, Heller An Shapiro, Andy Smith, Devereux Socas, Laura Suroviak, Rebecca Troth, Kim Vinick, Corbin Walls, Nadine Wettstein, Amee Wurzburg)
Insight Memory Care Center (Amy Stirnweis)
JaM Strategies, LLC (Margaret Chapman)
Jews United for Justice (Jill Rabbino)
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Jeanette McCune)
L.E.E.P. to College Foundation (Lisa Rowe)
Legal Services Corporation (Lynn Jennings)
Live It Learn It (Mariel Smith)
Liz Siddle Coaching & Consulting LLC (Liz Siddle)
Luther I Replogle Foundation (Jessica Gebhard)
Main Street Child Development Center (Christi Schwarten)
Main Street Connect (Sharon Cichy)
Many Hands (Leslie Lawley, Kathryn Zecca)
Maryland Community Connection (Kimblyn Snyder)
MedStar (Christy Kaiser)
Metaphase Consulting (Jeanne Belmonte)
Montgomery County Black Collective (Kim Jones)
Out of the Margins Therapy (Carolyn Hoffman)
Partnership for Public Service (Jill Hyland)
PEP – Parent Encouragement Program (Mindy Chong)
Pollack Badawi Group (Ethel Badawi)
Potomac Community Resources (Stephen Riley)
PPMW (Nancy Frazier)
Prime Coalition (Kimberlee Scott)
Prince George’s Child Resource Center (Yenny Lucero)
Promethean Fundraising (Paul Marengo)
Recovery Café DC (Elizabeth McMeekin)
Reina-Fox Philanthropy Services, LLC (Marianne Alicona)
S&P Global (Brittany (Howard) Vajdich)
San Miguel School (Sierra Goff)
Sarah’s Circle (Jessica Petro)
SARC Consulting (Julia Baer-Cooper)
Scholarship Fund of Alexandria (Alyssa Samuel)
Schoolyard Ventures (Reilly Brooks)
Sitar Arts Center (Paige Girson)
SMJ Consulting (Daphney Jean)
Sourced Economics (John Frechette)
The Haerlee Experience (Erin-Lee Hairston)
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Sarah Hashmall, Katherine McGonagle, Jessica Plocher, Sam Wechsler)
The NEA Foundation (Margaret Porta)
The Pursue Foundation (Patrice Lancaster)
Thread Strategies (Christina Roberts)
Trusted Echo (Preston Knowles)
US Department of Education (Emmanuel Caudillo)
University of Maryland (Susan Berkun)
Vocal Arts DC (Erin Feng)
Washington Area Women’s Foundation (Chika Onwuvuche)
Washington Jesuit Academy (Catherine McCafferty)
YUI&Company (Ellen Yui)
Board of Directors
Jade Elliot Floyd, Global Strategy Group Nadine Gabai-Botero, Focus Fundraising LLC (Vice Chair) Barbara Harman, Harman Family Foundation Mary Kwak, Collective Giving Advocate Cari Rudd, Caribou Strategies
Steve Sousa, CGI
Ellen Yui, YUI&Company, Inc.
Lora Zuk, Aprio Advisory Group, LLC (Treasurer)
Matthew Gayer, Spur Local (ex officio)
Brandelyn Anderson, The Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts
Ethel Badawi, Pollack Badawi Group (Secretary)
Brandolon Barnett, The Regular
Jennifer F Browning, Nonprofit Consultant
Celeste Flores, Social Impact Consultant (Chair)
Staff
Katie Dean, Senior Nonprofit Programs Associate
Chiara Frechette, Nonprofit Programs Director
Matt Gayer, Executive Director
Sarah Hall Aguila, Development Director
Amanda Liaw, Communications & Marketing Director
Elyse Nelson, Deputy Director
Nancy Swartz, Senior Director of Signature Programs
Leslie Aguilera, Adelaide Easter, Blanca Melchor, Kyle Reid, Interns
Managing Editor, Nancy Swartz
Writer, Amanda Liaw
Writing Consultant, Barbara Harman
Designer, Melanie Lowe, mspacedesign.net
You can find all 500+ nonprofit partners at spurlocal.org.
