Emily Jillson
Senior Director of Institutional Advancement
The Edlavitch DCJCC wishes to thank the following donors who enable us to serve the community and have an important impact on our work. This list includes all fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) donors who made commitments or donations of $1,000 or more.
This list is current as of July 12, 2023.
◊ These Community Champions have supported the Edlavitch DCJCC’s FY23 Annual Fund with generous contributions of $5,000 or more. With their support, the Center’s unique programs continue to grow and remain accessible to everyone in our vibrant community.
$100,000+
Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation ◊
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington ◊
Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation ◊
Daniel Hirsch and Brenda Gruss ◊
Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation ◊
National Endowment for the Arts
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Washington Area Community Investment Funds
$50,000-99,999
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Covenant Foundation
DC Department of Homeland Security
Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch ◊
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Sari R. Hornstein
The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation
Nussdorf Family Foundation ◊
Saul and Nancy Pilchen ◊
$25,000-49,999
Dan Adler and Will Smith ◊
Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt ◊
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation ◊
DC Government
The Dweck Family ◊
Lois and Richard England Family Foundation
Rena and Michael Gordon ◊
Patti and Mitchell Herman ◊
Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg
The Kay Family Foundation ◊
The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation
Dianne and Herb Lerner
Amy and Alan Meltzer ◊
Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind ◊
Diane and Arnold Polinger ◊
Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan
Ilene and Steven Rosenthal ◊
Martha and Philip Sagon Family Foundation
Deborah and Michael Salzberg ◊
The Shubert Foundation
$15,000-24,999
Dan Adler and Will Smith ◊
Michele and Allan Berman
Lisa and Josh Bernstein ◊
Bookey Family Foundation
Bruce A. Cohen*
James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler ◊
Susan Sachs Goldman ◊
Cheryl Gorelick
Jill and Robert Granader ◊
Emanuel & Riane Gruss Charitable Foundation ◊
Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Sid and Linda Moskowitz ◊
Patricia Payne ◊
Bella Rosenberg
Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins
Helene and Robert Schlossberg
The Schoenbaum Family Foundation, Inc.
Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff ◊
The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation ◊
Shapiro Family Foundation
The George Wasserman Family Foundation
$10,000-14,999
Anonymous
Suevia and Rudolph B. Behrend Fund
Cathy S. Bernard
CIBC Private Wealth Management ◊
Cyna and Paul Cohen, Sara C. Cohen and Norm J. Rich ◊
Marion Ein Lewin
Stuart Eizenstat
Myrna Fawcett
Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres
Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy ◊
Karen E. Lehmann
Thelma Lenkin ◊
The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer
Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett ◊
The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation
Norman Pozez and Melinda Bieber ◊
Janis and Philip Schiff ◊
Hank Schlosberg*
Share Fund
Richard Solloway
Patti and Jerry Sowalsky
Matthew Watson
$5,000-9,999
Babs and Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz
Janet B. Abrams
Monica and Gavin Abrams
Joan and Alan Berman
Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd
Susan and Dixon Butler
Central Maryland Complex Morgan Stanley
Abby and Andrew Cherner ◊
Marcy and Neil Cohen, Ryna Cohen ◊
Rose and Robert Cohen ◊
Cozen O’Connor ◊
Eva Davis and Justin Kramer ◊
Scott Eric Dreyer and Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer
Bunny Dwin
Jonathan Edelman
Embassy of Canada
Meg and Samuel Flax ◊
Jay Freedman
Mindy Gasthalter
Edith Gelfand, Jenny and Brian Gelfand ◊
Ann Gilbert
Marilyn and Michael Glosserman Community Fund ◊
GMP LLP ◊
Dina Gold
Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman ◊
Michelle and Jonathan Grossman ◊
Harman Family Foundation ◊
Meg and John Hauge
Kay Klass and Mark Levitt ◊
Arlene and Martin Klepper
William Kreisberg
Stuart S. Kurlander and David L. Martin
Sandra and Stephen Lachter
Chani and Steven Laufer ◊
Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin ◊
Ellen and Gary Malasky
Paul and Zena Mason
Dan Mendelson and Jennifer Loew Mendelson
Jeff MenickSherry Nevins
M. Craig Pascal
Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund
Joan and Barry Rosenthal ◊
April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray
Lynn and John Sachs ◊
Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin
Les Silverman
Tina and Albert Small, Jr. ◊
David Bruce Smith
Charles E. Smith Family Foundation
Dr. Stuart Sotsky
Manny Strauss and Betsy Karmin
Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt ◊
The Tides Center Jews of Color Initiative
Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg ◊
Mimi Tygier and Robert Rubin
Dr. Kathryn Veal
Diane Abelman Wattenberg
Eric Zelenko ◊
Judy and Leo Zickler
$2,500-4,999
Stephen and Amy Altman
Lynn and Wolf Blitzer
Deborah and Charles Both
Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher
Nancy Taylor Bubes and Alan Bubes
Susan Cohn
Dave Connick
Cornerstone Research, Inc.
Embassy of Israel
Barry P. Gossett
Leslie and Samuel Kaplan
Aviva Kempner
The Kresge Foundation
Brad and Ali Lackey
Louis Levitt, MD and Joan Bialek
Saskia and Benjamin D. Loewy
Johannah and Jeremiah Lowin
Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather
Philip Margolius
Carol Mates and Mark Kahan
Rona and Allan Mendelsohn
Alyson Myers
Shannon and William Powers
Renay and Bill Regardie
Carol Risher
Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein
Peggy and David Shiffrin
Michael Singer and James Smith
United Bank
Heidi Wachs
Helene Weisz and Richard Lieberman
Joan S. Wessel
Carolyn and William Wolfe
World Bank Group
Yiddish of Greater Washington
$1,000-2,499
Adas Israel Congregation
Dianne Adelberg
Clement and Sandra Alpert Designated Endowment Fund
Andrew Altman
Anonymous
John Ashley
Alison Baraf and Aryeh Portnoy
Cheryl and Herbert Baraf
Joy and Leonard Baxt
Dottie Bennett
Elaine and Richard Binder
Paul Blank
Ito Briones and Warren Coates
Patricia Bryant
Michael L. Burke and Carl W. Smith
Chevy Chase Trust Investment Advisors
Nadine Cohodas
Toby Dershowitz
Jessica Dodson and Jeremy Levine
Sonnie and William Dockser
Leif Dormsjo
Ilana Marcus Drimmer
Shelley and Adam Ducker
John Edelmann
The EJL98 Charitable Trust, on behalf of Edward Lenkin and Roselin Atzwanger
Margery and Mel Elfin
Michelle and Glenn Engelmann
Suzanne and Enrique Fefer
Lois and Michael Fingerhut
David and Patricia Fisher
Samantha Galardi
Morgan and Josh Genderson
Cathy and Michael Gildenhorn
Gail Ginsberg
Rhoda and Daniel Glickman
Linda Goldsmith and Howard Berger
Audrey Goldstein
Kenneth and Mary Gossett
Lois and Hadar Granader
Bonnie and Alan Hammerschlag
Judith Herr and Robert Samuelson
Cragg Hines
Sandra Hoexter
Holland & Knight LLP
Mariana Levinas Huberman
Rob Kallman
The S. Kann Sons Company Foundation, Inc
Sid Kaplan
Irene and Lou Katz
Michael R. Klein and Joan Fabry
Stacey Kluck
Kimberly and Bruce Levin
Linda Lipsett and Jules Bernstein
Arleen Enid Lustig
Samy Mahfar
Mary Lynne Martin
Alan McAdams and Ellen Dykes
Mary Stuart McCamy
Cathy and Scot McCulloch
The Frank H Menaker Jr Family
Michael B. Menaker and Mary Mulcahey
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Donald and Lynne Myers
Joan Nathan
Gayle and Steven Neufeld
Ruth and Stephen Pollak
Alan Roth and Michael Rodgers
Alfred Sanders
David Schectman
David Schnitzer and Claire Bergeron
Ann Schwartz
Barbara Silverstein and Alan Kirschenbaum
Susan Rubin Suleiman
Lise Van Susteren and Jonathan Kempner
Allison and Daniel Turner
Les and Lori Ulanow
United Way of the National Capital Area
Susan Wedlan and Harold Rosen
Jessika and David Wellisch
Janice White
Janet and Robert Wittes
Anita Wolke and Ken Brooks
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