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A Catalog for Giving 2026
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Founder

Harman Family Foundation

Collaborator

Barbara Harman and William E Cain
Crimsonbridge Foundation
Nancy Keener
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 Share Fund
CGI Federal

Ally

Anonymous (2) Jennifer and Vincent Browning Carol and Landon Butler CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
DAFgiving360 England Family Foundation
Greater Washington Community Foundation Jeff Hamond and Mauri Ziff Kathryn and Michael Hanley HasNa Foundation Erna and Michael Kerst
Richard E and Nancy P Marriott Foundation Cari and David Rudd George and Dana Schindler Sidgmore Family Foundation Henry Willner

Friend

Hon Jane Harman Jockey Hollow Foundation The Korzeniewski Family Foundation Mary Kwak and Simon Johnson Prudence and David Lake The Herbert J and Dianne J Lerner Foundation Anne Lewis
Stanley L and Lucy Lopata Charitable Foundation The Norton Foundation Lisa Renstrom and Robert Perkowitz Rob and Sheri Rosenfeld Ellen and Jimi Yui Lora Franklin Zuk
Bell Creek Consulting
Rohit Bhayana and Chandrani Ghosh Bloomerang Capital Group Private Client Services Irwin and Ginny Edlavitch Forbright Bank Nadine Gabai-Botero and Luis Botero GivingTuesday

Supporter

Anonymous (7) THE APA FUND Brian and Cheryl Argrett Ethel Badawi Julie Banzhaf-Stone and Steven Stone Ellen Bass Robert and Nancy Bloch Katherine Bradley Jennifer Broome Seth Cohen Cozad Foundation Mitchell Dolin Linda and John Donovan Tilman Ehrbeck and Mohini Malhotra Deborah Eichhorn Fidelity Charitable Celeste Flores and Ray Hernandez Jade Elliot Floyd and Charles Small
Giving Compass Clay Goldwein Gina Harman Sonia Hepinstall and Steve Rasin Betty Hudson and Boyd Matson iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility Charis R Keitelman John and Katherine Ketchum Kiwanis DC Garrison Lovelace Janet and Steven Magel The Maple Tree Fund Deborah S Marks Holly D Miller OneDigital Laurence Platt and Clare Herington Public Interest Registry
Nina and Bob Randolph Katie and Josh Sear
Judith Seiden The David S Shrager Foundation Kate Simpson Craig and Erika Singer Sally Sloan David St John Thread Strategies UBS Financial Services Garrett Ulosevich Ulos Group Ann Vaughn Rod and Alexia von Lipsey Ashit Vora and Nehal Gandhi Nadine Wettstein Your Part-Time Controller

Contributor

AARP
Susan Alberts
Anne’s Place
Anonymous (17)
Priscilla Annamanthodo and Nigel Twose
Nana Atokatha Ashmond Brew
Ann Ashton
Kristine Atwater
Nate and Jeannie Rose Barksdale
Brandolon J Barnett
Sara Barker
Allison Beck
Kara Bruntz
Victoria Bor and David DuGoff
Sue Bremner
Kelcie Brewer
Priscilla Bumbaca
Robert Burack
April Cahill
Natalie Chapman
Melissa Clark
Rose Ann Cleveland
Compass Pro Bono
Michael Cooperman and Maria Schiff
Michelle Corder
Gabriella Cray
Amy Cress
Katie and Joel Crevier
Kathy Crutcher
Susan Dankoff
Jen Daulby
Laurie Davis and Joseph Sellers
DC Youth Orchestra Program
Claudia P Derse-Anthony
Jack Deutsch and Lori Berman
Trudie Doudna
Kimberly Douglas
Sheila Driscoll
Betty Dziura
Anne Eigeman
Peter Eisler
Johanna Eklund
Amira El-Gawly
Sue Fajer
Pam Feinstein
Ashley Fisher
Leila Fitzpatrick
Helen Fox
Maura Fredericks Sarah Fredrick Phyllis Freedman Jennifer Friedel Sarah Froman Debansu Ghosh Peter Glassman
Maria Rose Goodwin
Jared Greene
Suzanne Griffith
Daniela Grigioni-Carozza
Corinne Grimaldi
Karen Hanchett
Richard P Harland
Claudia and Christopher Harvie
Kristia Hayes
Brian and Nannette Henderson
Jill Herscot
Sandra Hoehne
Homemade in DC
Christine Hoisington
Amy Houser
Jenna Howard
Rachel Imig
Marlene Jefferson
Sean Jenkins
Jennifer Matis and Travis Miller
Just Neighbors
Sophia Lin Kanno
Ann and Andrew Kay
Erica Killam
Rachel Kronowitz
Francine Lamoriello
Wendy Lawrence
Richard Levine and Wendy Krasner
Wing Li
Robyn Lingo
Ira C Lupu and Nancy Altman
Elizabeth Madjlesi
Marget and Eric Maurer
Judith F Mazo and Michael Seidman
Helen McCall
Tyeshia McIntyre-Bray
Ginny McNair
Christine Mica
Jacqueline Moen Mark Moran Mufson Family Foundation Gael Murphy and Laurie Emrich Tonija Hope Navas Aline Newman Pamela Nieto Cindy Norris John Odenwelder Amanda Parker Jessica Petro Kim Pham Tsveta and Chris Polhemus
Robert Ratcliffe
Amy Regas
Rashida Ricks
Nancy and Scott Richmond
Diane Robertson
Kathy and Mark Rondon
Amy Rosenthal
Katie Rosenthal
Amy Rudnick and Michael Zeldin
Karren Scott
Jim and Katie Sebastian
Heller An Shapiro
Rita Shapiro and Edward Maclary
Allison Shean and Beaudre Barnes
Amy Sheldon
Anthony Shop and Thomas Sanchez
Liz Siddle
Kenneth D Simonson
Eleanor C Slease
Fatima M Smith
M Barbara Srichai-Parsia
John Strand
Jake Sullivan
Paul Sutherland
Nancy and Wayne Swartz
Jamee Telford
Joshua Tobing
Gretchen Van der Veer
Karen Villella
John Vogt
Maria C Volpe
Colleen Williams Vyas and Amit Vyas
Rob Wu
Donations and pledges of $100 and above made September 10, 2025 – September 3, 2026
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Jennifer Longmire-Wright, Executive Director, Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington

Reviewers

After-School All-Stars (Daniela Grigioni)
Alexandria Tutoring Consortium (Lisa Jacobs)
Amazon (Pamela Bidear, Trinesha Longley)
Amentum (Jim Sturim)
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (Jill Hyland)
American Journalism Project (Jason Alcorn)
American Psychiatric Association (Veronica Lee)
American University (Mary Catherine Stoumbos, Corbin Walls, Sandra Walter, Amee Wurzburg)
Aquarius Advising (Lauren Bartolozzi)
Aspire Afterschool Learning (Maggie McCoy)
Bainum Family Foundation (Dana Dutcher)
Barometer XP (Peter Williamson)
Beauvoir School (Oghogho Igodan)
Belong (Lynn O’Connell)
BeneSteps (Jeanne Belmonte)
Better Markets (Emily Russell)
Beyond the Grant Chase (Samantha Gloss)
BlackRock Center for the Arts (Ebonee Price)
Booz Allen Hamilton (Inga Adams)
Brocade Studio (Robert Burack)
Capacity Partners (Audrey Johnson, Barbara Wille)
Capital One (Sonal Goorha)
Capital Philanthropy (Marshall Ginn)
CARFAX (Adetoun Akisanya, Cory Petinga)
Center for Inspired Teaching (Elizabeth Cutler)
CGI Federal (Danielle Applegate, Greg Beyerlein, Raj Gutta, Monica Hargrove, Anuradhika Khullar, Amie Matheson, Parimala Ramu, Leng Szakal)
Cherokee Federal (Paul Platzman)
Children’s National Hospital (Caren Clift, Dhmir Grant)
City Blossoms (Taylor Vandick)
College Tribe (Scott Perry)
Community College Preparatory Academy (BP Walker)
Community Forklift (Katy Kutzner)
Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (Sari Raskin)
Community Foundation of Frederick County (Betsy Day)
Council on Foundations (Annette Lee)
DC Bar Pro Bono Center (Lauren Paley)
DC Government (Brianne Sullivan)
DC Youth Orchestra Program (KellyAnn Nelson)
Dog Tag (Maureen Devine-Ahl)
Educational Theatre Company (Brian Shaw)
Equal Justice Works (Michele Crosby)
Erica Lawson Consulting (Erica Lawson)
Fannie Mae (Tina Savoy-Ross)
Federal Government (Teresa Allison, Emmanuel Caudillo, Dynah Haubert, Patty Keane, Michael Levin, Veronica Morales, Alain Wescott)
Freddie Mac (Theresa McDonald)
Friends of the National Arboretum (Beatrice Dermer)
Friends of Guest House (Megan Judd)
Front of the Bus Productions (Julienne Johnson) FT Global Advisors (Farha Tahir) Galvin Technologies (Lisa Oksala) General Dynamics Information Technology (Lori Dickerson-Odoms, McIntosh Ewell) Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital (Terri Gittings)
Girls on the Run of NOVA (Catherine Keller)
Girls Rock! DC (Noel Schroeder)
Glen Echo Pottery (Marget Maurer)
Good Insight (Ana Chapa)
Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce (Elise Neil Bengtson)
Handshake AI (Melody Amoah)
Harbour Capital Advisors (Betsy Duff)
Hattie M Strong Foundation (Susan Bell)
HDR Engineering (Angelina Twumasi Boakye)
Hingham Institution for Savings (Brian Seliber)
Housing Unlimited (Heidi Webb)
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation (Erica Pressman)
HumanitiesDC (Lois Nembhard)
Individuals (Alicia Alexion, Amy Peck Abraham, Barbara Baldwin, Edberte Beauzile, Allison Beck, Renee Boyle, Kristine Brennan, Sally Cole, Alice Coleman, Bertha Cross, Laurie Davis, Nakeria Davis, Siobhan de Courcy, William Doernbach, Anne Eigeman, Erika Elvander, Jean Falvey, Pam Feinstein, Phyllis Freedman, Julie Freelove-Charton, Irene Garcia, Ashley Golden, Erin Hairston, Amy Harbison, Nannette Henderson, Britt Herstad, Diane Hill, Sabrina Karklins, Rachel Kimboko, Mary Kwak, Lisa Landmeier, Nancy LaVerda, Leslie Lawley, Jolene Lester, Yenny Lucero, Jennifer Matis, Beth May, Jack McCarthy, Angela McClain, Tiffany McPherson, Belachew Mekbib, Jeffrey Menzer, Sandy Merilen, Terri Miller, Alice Nappy, Ursula Oaks, Lauren Pike, Kate Rodgers, Cari Rudd, Mary Anne Salmon, Amy Seyller, Heller An Shapiro, Andy Smith, Devereux Socas, Comfort Somuah, Jeanette Stair, Laura Suroviak, Rebecca Troth, Niki Wanner, Nadine Wettstein, Kate Williams, Lisa Winchester, Lila Young, Kathryn Zecca)
JaM Strategies (Margaret Chapman)
Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation (Manon Matchett)
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Washington (Jannah Yutkovitz)
June Bug Massage (Sean Moore)
JUST TRYAN IT (Maureen Colburn)
Kids Give Back (Denise Gavilan)
Legal Services Corporation (Lynn Jennings)
Leidos Biomedical Research/Frederick National Lab (Claudia Johnson)
Luther I Replogle Foundation (Jessica Gebhard)
Main Street Child Development Center (Christi Schwarten)
Manna Food Center (Michele Levy)
Maryland Community Connection (Kimblyn Snyder)
MedStar (Christy Kaiser)
MENding Families/Anne Arundel County Public Schools (Desiree Ramseur)
Messina Strategies (Andrea Messina)
Mission Growth Strategies (Dusty Rhodes)
Montgomery County DHHS (Bahman Naraghi)
Monument Academy (Anna Scudiero)
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (Melissa Forbes) National Center for Family Philanthropy (Sokol Shtylla) National Park Foundation (Grace Dho) Negotiation Works (Melissa Reinberg)
Neighbor Ride (Andrea Bufka)
Neimand Collaborative (Shannon Rosenthal)
Nixon Peabody (Christine Brosonski)
OneDigital (Samantha Justice Kelley)
Orr Group (Benjamin Lang, Eden Olsberg)
Palmetto Philanthropy (Sarah Miller)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (Rachel Hemphill)
PEP - Parent Encouragement Program (Mindy Chong)
Per Scholas (Tia Abner)
Peraton (Jerry McKinley, Elizabeth Mulenga)
Philanthropos (Jeanette Cotter)
Ploughshares Fund (Kaite Lower)
Polinger Family Foundation (Julia Lipton)
Potomac Community Resources (Stephen Riley)
Project Mend A House (Samantha Simpore)
Promethean Fundraising (Paul Marengo)
Qatar Foundation International (Abby Kahn)
QM Advisors (Joseph Yoon)
Reina-Fox Philanthropy Services (Marianne Alicona)
Rhodes Trust (Christopher Scott)
S&P Global (Brittany Vajdich)
San Miguel School (Sierra Goff, Sheila Hill)
SAP (Chandra Knabel)
SchoolTalk (Jeanette McCune)
Schoolyard Ventures (Reilly Brooks)
Schusterman Family Philanthropies (Andrea Gamboa)
Sitar Arts Center (Paige Girson)
SMART Money Grant Writing (Tarra Nystrom)
SMJ Consulting (Daphney Jean)
Solutions for Igniting Social Change (Sarah Roma)
Spark Point Fundraising (Whitney Brimfield)
Stand Together Foundation (Melissa O’Neil)
Strada Education Foundation (Astrik Tenney)
Strategic Philanthropy Services (Pam Larmee)
Sunshine and Sage Group (Shereen Williams)
Teaching for Change (Keesha Ceran, Lamoussa Tapsoba)
The Coalition (Evette Banfield)
The Human Trafficking Legal Center (Nat Caterino)
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Sarah Hashmall, Katherine McGonagle, Jessica Plocher)
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Abbigail Meah-Ali)
The SEED School of Maryland (Raheem Harvey)
The Washington Home (Tiffany Oscar)
Thompson Gassler (April Gassler)
Thread Strategies (Liz Siddle)
United Nations Foundation (Lara Sonti)
University of Maryland College Park (Susan Berkun, Roxanne Oroxom)
University of Virginia (Matthew Wheelock)
Vital Impact (Emma Creighton, Natasha Rothenbucher)
Vocal Arts DC (Erin Feng)
Washington Area Women’s Foundation (Chika Onwuvuche)
Washington English Center (Phillip Carlisle)
Washington Jesuit Academy (Catherine Zerda)
Washington School for Girls (Aurora Milas)
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (Cecilia Ventura)
Whitman Associates (Elaine Pinson)
YUI&Company (Ellen Yui)

Staff

Allison Beck, Senior Manager of Community Partnerships
Katie Dean, Nonprofit Programs Manager
Chiara Frechette, Nonprofit Programs Director

Matt Gayer, Executive Director
Sarah Hall Aguila, Development Director
Amanda Liaw, Director of Communications and Partnerships

Elyse Nelson, Deputy Director
Nancy Swartz, Senior Director of Signature Programs

Board of Directors

Ethel Badawi, Pollack Badawi Group (Secretary)
Brandolon Barnett, The Regular
Jennifer F Browning,
Nonprofit Consultant
Seth Cohen,
CohnReznick Advisory LLC
Celeste Flores, Social Impact Consultant (Board Chair)
Jade Floyd, Bryson Gillette

Nadine Gabai-Botero, Focus Fundraising LLC (Vice-Chair)
Barbara Harman, Harman Family Foundation
Jill Herscot, Nonprofit Consultant
Mary Kwak, Nonprofit Governance and Collective Giving
Cari Rudd, Caribou Strategies

Steve Sousa, CGI

John Trybus, Georgetown University

Garrett Ulosevich, Bell Creek Consulting

Ellen Yui, YUI&Company, Inc

Lora Franklin Zuk, Aprio Advisory Group LLC (Treasurer)

Spur Team

Nancy Swartz, Managing Editor
Melanie Lowe, Designer, mspacedesign.net

Amanda Liaw, Writer
Matt Gayer & Barbara Harman, Contributing Writers

Elyse Nelson, Proofreader