Community Sponsors

Current Campaign
2023-24 Donors
2022-23 Donors

Become a Community Sponsor

Every year, Rochester Area Community Foundation asks people like you who care deeply about this region to support our annual Community Sponsors Campaign. Together we can leverage our resources to build a community in which we can all take pride and create positive, enduring community change.

Make a Gift Today

As a contributor, you provide essential support for the Foundation’s work focusing on issues of equity and vitality in our eight-county region, which includes Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties. You can be sure that your donation is an investment in greater Rochester.

Any gift is greatly appreciated, but you may also choose from the following levels:

Investors: $5,000 or more to the current annual campaign;
Benefactors: $1,000 to $4,999
Patrons: $500 to $999; or
Sponsors: $250 to $499

The Community Foundation is also here to help if you wish to contribute beyond our annual campaign in order to:

Provide for our community’s future
Leave money to charity through your will
Increase your income today and leave a gift for charity tomorrow
Support your favorite nonprofit forever
Make one gift that will support many charities
Turn retirement assets into giving opportunities

If you have questions about these opportunities or anything else related to charitable giving, email Kayleigh Meagher, philanthropic services associate, or call her at 585.341.4331.

Endowed Community Sponsors Contributors

This cumulative listing recognizes those who have made a one-time gift of $5,000 or more to Community Sponsors. These gifts are directed to the endowment for the Community Foundation which supports ongoing operations and support for the region.

Kate and Jerry Alonzo
Tom and Carolyn Argust
Mr. Robert D. Baden
John and Sarah Banks
James M. Boucher
Joyce Boucher
Karen Boucher
Peggy Boucher
Nancy Briggs
Mrs. Paula Briggs
Mrs. John D. Brush, Jr.
Janet Buchanan Smith*
Barbara de Leeuw
Christine Colucci
Christine Dear
Mr. George Ewing Jr.
Joan Feinbloom
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gaffney
Suzanne Gouvernet*
Warren and Joyce Heilbronner
Ray and Erika Hutch
Louis P. Iacona
Marlowe B. Hagood Laiacona
Leo R. and Charlotte K. Landhuis
Georgianna M. Lovejoy Charitable Foundation
Sally Merrill
Kathy and Ted Nixon
Nannette Nocon and Karl Wessendorf
Elizabeth Rennert
Ellen Rusling
Tom Rusling
Dr. Alvani D. and Carol McCullough Santos
Jon L. and Katherine T. Schumacher
Richard and Vicki* Schwartz
Cheryl Shah
Janice E. Silver*
Harvey D. Simmons Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand J. Smith III
Spindler Family Foundation
Jaimala and Krishan Thanik
Robert and Susan Touhsaent
Erik and Judy von Bucher
Thomas F. and Ann M. Ward
Dr. Sidney and Linda S. Weinstein
Janet S. Welch and Dr. Ethan L. Welch

2023-24 Community Sponsors Contributors

The list below includes those who gave $250 and above to the 2023-24 campaign:

ABR Wholesalers Inc.
Susan E. Acker, CRPC
Edward F. and Elizabeth K. Adams
Thomas Adler
Louise E. Allison Fund
Kate and Jerry Alonzo
Mr. Adam and Dr. Jennifer Anolik
Dr. E. David and Barbara Appelbaum
Tom and Carolyn Argust
Dr. Dennis and Dr. Barbara L. Asselin
Mr. Robert D. Baden
Ms. Juanita Ball
Mrs. Ruth C. Baltzer
Mr. and Ms. Jack Baron
Mr. Culver K. Barr, Esq
Mr. James H. Barr
Pamela R. Barres and Suzanne Barres
Mr. Frederick A. Beer
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bello
Mollene B. Benison and Dan Lynck
Scott and Marianne Benjamin
Abby and Doug Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. James V. Bertolone
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Bloom
Richard A. Bloom, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Boland
Dr. and Mrs. Richard F. Borch
Jeff and Kathy Bowen
Nancy Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brincka
Bill and Charlotte Brummett
Jim and Carmen Brush
Richard J. and Michelle Bucenec
Josephine Buckley
Mike Buckley
R. Scott and Christina Burdett
Sharon and Philip Burke
Paul H. Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Butler
Mr. David Calhoun
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Campbell
Betsy and John Carver
Ms. Lynne Charette and Ms. Janet Swarthout
Dan Cholish
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Clar
G. Thomas and Barbara Clark
Mr. Francis J. Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cloen
Mr. Peter Collinge and Ms. Carol Thiel
Christine Colucci
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Compton Jr.
Gwenyth F. and Gary* Conners
Mr. and Mrs. José J. Coronas
Costanza Family Foundation
Frank T. and Susan Crego
Mary G. Crowe
Mr. Patrick Cunningham
Ms. Lin Czop
Mr. and Ms. Paul Danielson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. David
Christine Dear
Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeCarolis
Mr. Brad DeHond
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeRoller
Mr. Richard J. DiMarco Sr.
Mr. Edward J. Doherty and Ms. Patrice Mitchell
Dan and Mary Draper
Mr. Paul V. Dwyer II
Arnold J. Eckert
Mr. Mark A. Eidlin and Ms. Salley Thornton
Mr. Richard K. Ellis
Mrs. Louise W. Epstein
Mr. George Ewing Jr.
Joan Feinbloom
David and Anne Ferris
Ms. Suzanne Fitzgerald
Brian and Karen Flanagan
Sally Forsyth
Jonathan D. Foster
Donald R. and Lisa Fox
Barbara L. Frank
Lauren D. Frank and Annette H. Miller
Ms. Ruth Freeman
Mr. John G. and Dr. Barbara B. Frelinger
David and Linda Friedman
Mrs. Mary J. Fulreader
Ms. Frances V. Fumia
Honorable and Mrs. Frank P. Geraci Jr.
Andy and Jacquie Germanow
R. Thompson Gilman and Kelly A. Nagle
Mr. and Ms. Anthony Glassman
Deborah G. Goldman
John and Roslyn Goldman
Peter F. Goodman
Richard and Kimberly Gray
Mrs. Mary Gulick
Mrs. Alan F. Haefner
Mr. Douglas I. Hague
Jeffrey and Lynne Halik
Nancy and Henry Hamlin
Ms. Sharon Hancock
Ms. Carol K. Hardy
Mr. Roger Hart
Mike and Mary Hartstein
Arthur W. and Sharon J. Hauf
Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Heck
Warren and Joyce Heilbronner
Ms. Ellen B. Hemming
Dr. and Mrs. H. Raul Herrera
Walter B. D. Hickey Jr.
Linda and A. Dirk Hightower
Kenneth Hines and Pamela O’Connor-Chapman
Art and Barb Hirst
Dr. Marvin Hoffman
Ms. Susie Hollenberg
John B. and Bonnie R. Hood
Mrs. Ellen Horey-Thiede
Nancy R. Horn
Mrs. Judith S. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Howk
Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Howlett
Mrs. Marjorie S. Humphrey
Ray and Erika Hutch
Mimi Hwang
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Iacona Sr.
Ms. Theresa R. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Jacobstein
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jaschik
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Jefferson Jr.
Mr. W.C. Johnston
Ms. Barbara J. Jones
Ms. W. Brenda Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Judson Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Kane
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence I. Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kaplan
Stephen and Susan Kelley
Robert and Susan Kessler
Cheryl M. Kieffer D.D.S.
Shirley A. King
Mr. and Mrs. Terence M. Klee
Ms. Victoria Kleehammer
Martin Kleinman
Mrs. Frederick A. Klipstein
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Knauf Jr.
Gerald P. and Karen S. Kral
Dr. Richard E. Kreipe
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kubiak
Edward Kurz
Carl and Dolores Langsenkamp
Jeffrie and Robert* Leahy
Ms. Carolynn L. Leccese
Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayne LeChase
Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston
Mr. James Lesch and Mr. Richard K. LeRoy
Sarah F. Liebschutz, PhD
Mrs. Maryjane K. Link
Jane Littwitz
Mr. John Littwitz
Carol and Nick Love
James R. Low
Mr. Evan M. Lowenstein and Ms. Greta Niu
John and Judy Lynd
Chris Maas
Mr. Ronald MacDonald Jr.
Mr. Ray Macera
Mr. Andrew MacGowan III
Ms. Nancy MacWhinney
Mr. Richard Marchese, Esq.
Mrs. Barbara E. Marshall
Mr. Henry C. Matheis
Sandy and Suzanne Mayer
Ms. Mary Kate McCarren
Mr. and Mrs. Brian McCarthy
Mr. Christopher J. McCormack
Mr. and Mrs. Jon O. McKnight
Ann and Jim McMullen
Mary Lou Medley, Esq.
Richard J. and M. Theresa Mengel
Mrs. Marie R. Merenda
David and Mara P. Metzger
Douglas B. Miles Agency, Inc.
Hilda Jo Anne Milham
Mr. James F. Miller and Ms. Andrea J. Sant
Mr. Hugh Miner
Pat and Tom Mitchell
Mrs. Anthony J. Mordaci
Mr. Andrew Muldoon
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mullin
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Naber Jr.
Emily Neece and Alan Ziegler
Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness
Kathy and Ted Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Norman Sr.
Carolyn G. Nussbaum
William J. O’Connor Jr.
Ms. Deborah Onslow
Denishea and Orlando Ortiz
Ms. Katharine S. Parsons
Ms. Mary Jean Patric
Mr. Luis A. Perez
Ms. Mary-Ellen E. Perry
Bob and Penny Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic C. Piazza
Kathryn Poluch
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Puls
Ms. Sue Ann Raymond
Ms. Helen E. Reagan
Mrs. Shirley A. Reber
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Reed
Abby and Josh Reinhard
Rene Reixach Jr.
Elizabeth Rennert
Tom and Betty Richards
Richard and Laurie Riedman
Tom Riley and Barbara Kelley
Ms. Karen A. Robbins
Nathan and Susan Robfogel
Ms. Linda R. Roca
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Rodenhouse
Mrs. Beatrice Rosenbloom
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Rosenfeld
Bud and Joan Rusitzky
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Sadowski
Arline and Fernando Santiago
Richard W. Sarkis
Hilda Satran
Mr. Kenneth P. Schirmuhly
Mr. Paul A. Sheck
Sheen & Shine, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Mehdi Shemirani
Mrs. Shirley Shumway
Bertha E. Simpkins
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith
Sidney and Barbara Sobel
Hannah J. Solky, MD
Joshua and Kayleigh Stampfler
Mrs. Sally Steinfeldt
Ann H. Stevens and William J. Shattuck
Mr. James W. Strauss
David Strong
Barry Sullivan
Ms. Dorothy Sullivan
Jaimala and Krishan Thanik
Elizabeth A. Thorley
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Thorndike
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tingley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Tobin
Mr. and Mrs. Harbinder S. Toor
Robert and Susan Touhsaent
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Tullio
Mrs. Joyce Underberg
Mario and Linda Urso
Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Vaala
Bill Valenti, MD
Eric and Lori VanAuken
David P. Veniskey and Michelle Prince
Mr. P. Venkataraman
Mr. Justin L. Vigdor
Erik and Judy von Bucher
Mr. Kevin Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Wayland-Smith
Mrs. Jean Carty Weaver
Elizabeth and Pierce Webb
David and Claudia Weber
Philip Wehrheim and Anne Frost Wehrheim
Janet S. Welch and Dr. Ethan L. Welch
Ms. Kathleen R. Whelehan
Mrs. Pamela S. Wilkens White
Amy and Brent Williams
Ms. Betsy Wing Schroeder
Catharine J. Wise
John and Laurie Witmeyer
Rosemarie Wolf and Johann Wolf
Norm and Ellen Wrona
Mr. Albert M. Yu and Ms. Amy S. Hsi
Ms. Mary Zissler

*Deceased

2022-23 Community Sponsors Contributors

The list below includes those who gave $250 and above to the 2022-23 campaign:

Investors ($5,000 or more)

Kate and Jerry Alonzo
Anonymous
Janet Buchanan Smith*
George Ewing Jr.
Warren and Joyce Heilbronner
Robert and Susan Touhsaent

Benefactors ($1,000 -$4,999)

Susan E. Acker
Abby and Josh Reinhard
Louise E. Allison Fund
Anonymous (3)
Robert D. Baden
Mollene B. Benison and Dan Lynck
Abby and Doug Bennett
Richard A. Bloom, MD
Nancy Briggs
Sharon and Philip Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Campbell
Mrs. Robert H. Carrier
Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Chapman
Jill M. Cicero, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. José J. Coronas
Frank T. and Susan Crego
Christine Dear
Mr. Brad DeHond
Mr. Paul V. Dwyer II
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Elder
David and Anne Ferris
Ms. Ruth Freeman
R. Thompson Gilman and Kelly A. Nagle
Deborah G. Goldman
Nancy and Henry Hamlin
Dr. Marvin Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kaplan
Robert and Susan Kessler
Gerald P. and Karen S. Kral
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kubiak
Ms. Carolynn L. Leccese
Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayne LeChase
Mr. Stephen I. Masling
Pat and Tom Mitchell
Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness
Kathy and Ted Nixon
Carolyn Nussbaum and Eric S. Brandt
Ms. Katharine S. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic C. Piazza
Karen and Don Pryor
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Reed
Rene Reixach Jr.
Eric* and Elizabeth Rennert
Tom Riley and Barbara Kelley
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Rodenhouse
Arline and Fernando Santiago
Mrs. Shirley ShumwayMr. and Mrs. Ferdinand J. Smith III
Ann H. Stevens and William J. Shattuck
Jaimala and Krishan Thanik
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Torpey
Mario and Linda Urso
Bill Valenti, MD
Erik and Judy von Bucher
Thomas F. and Ann M. Ward
Philip Wehrheim and Anne Frost Wehrheim
Mrs. Alan S. Weinberg
Mrs. Pamela S. Wilkens White
Norm and Ellen Wrona

Patrons ($500-$999)

Ms. Mary Jane Angelone
Anonymous (2)
Tom and Carolyn Argust
Dr. Dennis and Dr. Barbara L. Asselin
Dr. Gloria Baciewicz
Mike Buckley
Betsy and John Carver
G. Thomas and Barbara Clark
Christine Colucci
Susan Cowell and Marta Maletzke
Gina and Lloyd Cuyler
Mark Eidlin and Salley Thornton
Mrs. Margaret Mary Z. Foxx
Barbara L. Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Kent E. Gardner
Walter B. D. Hickey Jr.
Kenneth Hines and Pamela O’Connor-Chapman
Art and Barb Hirst
Mimi Hwang
Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Jacobstein
Ms. W. Brenda Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence I. Kaplan
Robert A.* and Jeffrie Leahy
Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston
James R. Low
Sandy and Suzanne Mayer
Sherri and Terry McArdle
Stanley McCormack
Ann and Jim McMullen
Richard J. and M. Theresa Mengel
David and Mara P. Metzger
Michael and Frances Millard
Hinda and Michael Miller
Brian S. Mosman
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Norman Sr.
Ms. Sue Ann Raymond
Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Resnick
Tom and Betty Richards
John Rodriguez and Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez
Dr. and Mrs. G. Theodore Ruckert
Richard W. Sarkis
Mr. and Mrs. James Schnell
Janice E. Silver
Harvey D. Simmons Jr.
Elizabeth A. Thorley
David P. Veniskey and Michelle Prince
Elizabeth and Pierce Webb
Amy and Brent Williams
Catharine J. Wise