Individual Donors
Below are our leadership donors for the 2022-2023 campaign year.
These generous donors are leading the way to measurable, long-term change in the lives of our neighbors throughout Coastal and Western Connecticut.
The Tocqueville Society recognizes local philanthropic leaders and volunteer champions who have devoted time, talent, and funds to create long-lasting changes by tackling our communities’ most serious issues. Inspired by Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political philosopher who famously admired American philanthropy, United Way’s Tocqueville Program provides its members with a way to embody that same generous American spirit of our forefathers that Tocqueville complimented nearly 200 years ago.
Ordre d’Indépendance ($250,000 - $499,999)
Anonymous (1)*
Harold A. Spratt*
Bruce and Linda Koe*
Estate of Ernest T. Moorey
John and Sandra Rankin**
La Société Nationale ($100,000-$249,999)
John Ciulla and Erin Fuller**
Ritu and Eric Duenwald**
Ordre de D’Egalité ($50,000-$75,000)
Daniel and Ann Colby*
The Hajdarovic Family*
Philip and Cynthia Merkle**
Aaron and Jaimie Meyer*
John and Victoria Myers*
Michael and Annie Shepherd**
The Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Ordre de Liberté ($25,000-$49,999)
Michael Berrigan
Nicholas and Anita Donofrio**
George and Liz Garrett**
Summer Lang
Ralph and Donna McIntosh*
Mark and Lisa Ouellette*
William Platt
Gerald Rosenberg and Cheryl Wiesenfeld
The Tokeneke Foundation (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
The Meera and Ashok Vasudevan Foundation*
Ken and Rita Weinstein*
Ordre de Consul ($15,000-$24,999)
Martin and Mary Anderson**
Susan Bayley
William Beattie**
Mark and Patti Beckwith
Ed and Tina Beyer (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
John Coykendall
Shelley Duncan
Ronald and Paula Herren**
The Klein Family Foundation
Michael Lorenzo
Kevin and Kim Morgan**
Tracy and David Overbeeke
Lori and Paul Reszutek
Sayles and Maddocks Family Foundation
Daniel and Kelly Sheehan
Kevin Stone
Gerard and Mary Jo Sweeney
Membre de la Société ($10,000-$14,999)
Anonymous (1)
Victor and Isabel Almeida**
Carl and Lauren Bailey*
Theresa and Jason Baker
Cheryl A. Bakewell*
James Barker
Britt and Sean Brennan
Alexandria and Jack deVilliers (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Andrew Doherty
Jessica and Robert Fischer
David Golub and Kathryn Emmett
Michael and Becky Goss (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Evan Hack and Diane D'Isidori**
Gary and Cindy Hawley*
Frank and Frances Kelly**
James Lane
Andrew Luca
Thomas and Allison Mangas*
Kurosh Marjani*
Joseph and Frances McCusker
Marie Mollo
Robert Morris
Denis Mulcahy
Allen and Barbara Pagnotta (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
John and Joanne Patrick
Cleo and Jonathan Sonneborn
Jonathan Sturman (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Robert and Caren Tucker
LEADERSHIP SOCIETY DONORS
Gold Level ($5,000-$9,999)
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous (1)*
Thomas and Donna Berta*
Paul and Kimberly Bruce
Luis Diez*
Peter Foley
James and Patricia Gareau**
Leslie Glenn*
Robert Goldberg
The Maurice Goodman Foundation (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Henry Greig
Carmen and Von Hughes**
Greg Kalnit
Kim Karl*
James and Laura Kennedy
Daniel Kirberger
Andrew Knuth
Janet Layton
Robert and Loire Leavitt*
Marla Lewis
Stephen Liker*
Kurosh and Sadie Marjani
Amy Reina
Dawn Reshen-Doty*
Eli and Maureen Reynolds
Stephen Rogers
Tom Rosamilia and Karen Coblens
Courtney Sachtleben
Kelly Saltzgaber
Joseph Scattergood
Schanne Family Fund (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Adrian and Jenny Schwartz
Michael Stern*
Lisa and Andrea Zana*
Karen Zeilnhofer
Jason and Heather Ziegler
Silver Level ($2,500-$4,999)
Anonymous (2)*
Anonymous (1)
Timothy Ackerly
Margo Amgott
Betsy and Richard Bain
Keith and Kristen Betts*
Raymond and Mary Ellen Boudiette
Eileen Cahill
Denise Canavan
Robert Comerford
A.E. Condon
Michael and Suzanne DeMilt
Christopher Doepper
Timothy Doheny
Michael Dziczkowski
Katherine Francis**
Kumrija-Kim Ganic
Wallace Gregory
Christopher Haggerty
Karen Higgins-Carter
Michael Klingher
Lyn Kobsa
Louis Kuriansky
Marta Jo Lawrence
Ronald Lucas
Kathleen Malone
Anne and Hugh McCrory
Kieran and Deborah McGrath
Jeffrey and Irene Miller
Liz Miskelly
Gary Miyashiro and Rose Tamura
Roland Moots*
James and Marcia Morley
Jacob Van Naarden
Renee and Ronald Noren
John O'Connor
Christine Oliver
Benjamin and Mo Li Perlman
John Sarno
Nikki Schutt
Kay and Ed See Fund (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Anthony Sireci
Robert Spremulli
Kerry Stevens
Sean Sullivan
Pavur Sundaresan**
John and Lisa Teltsch
Mary and Robert Trefry
Daria Veccia
Alexander Wattles
Kenneth and Rita Weinstein
Sara Woods
Bronze Level ($1,000-$2,499)
Anonymous (15)
Raed and Arlene Ajami**
Malcolm Allen
Paulo Almeida
Annette and John Ambler
Frances Aponte
Katherine and Philip Barbagallo
Mark Barnhart
Collin Baron
Nicole Barr-Williams
Paul Beatty*
Wen Yuan Betts
Jennifer Birdseye
James Blose
Michael Blumenthal
Robert Bollinger
Tamara Brown*
Michele Bryant
Jen Buchino (hold place - we may mark anonymous)
Kay and Michael Byrnes
Alyssa Campbell
Gail and Ron Caroll
David and Sara Carson
Jose Juan Casarrubias Adame
Lawrence Cennamo
Kara Chamberlain
Alan Chapple
John Clarke
Kera Connolly
Thomas Cook
Caryn Cosentini
Elizabeth Czajka
Brynn Debold
Faith and Rick Douglass
Annmarie Durkin
Jeffrey Dworken
Glenn Elmblad
Susan and Alvin Epstein
Robert and Elaine Erichson
Peter Fazekas
John Fegley
Barbara Feinson
John Field
Anne Fifick
Gwen Finger
Thomas Robert Fiorella
Deirdre Fletcher
Robert Folman
Dan and Bridget Fox
Dave Francke
Bruce Friedman
Peter Galant
Joseph and Ashley Gaudiano
Carolyn Giampe
Michael and Dorothy Giersch
John Gonski
Keith Goodwin
Joan and William Grabe
Kimberly Greene*
Kenneth Greene
The Stewart and Constance Greenfield Foundation
Laurie and Jeffrey Gross
James Guastello
Deanna and Andre Guilbert
Donald Gustafson*
Duncan Hall
Kate Hampford Donahue
Leo and Janet Hansen
Elizabeth Harrington
Debbie and Robert Hendrick
John Herlihy
Mary-Ann Houser**
Kevin Howard
The Huisking Foundation
Robert and Judith Hurwich
Carole Hynes
Jennifer Ivanov
Penn Johnson
Hilda Johnson
Annmarie Jonsson
Kevin Kearns
Patrick Kelley
Bronze Level ($1,000-$2,499) continued
Barry Kelly
Nathan Kenney
John Keogh
Iryna Kokovskyy
Timothy Kolber
Amy Krahn
Manu Krishnan
Elizabeth Lazarou
Michael Lennon
Roger and Carla Levien
Mark Lieb
Jerry and Deborah Longyear
Dick and Ellie Lowenstien
Nancy Macklin
Charles Malandra
Gregory and Diana Manning*
John and Stephanie Marra
Ronald Martere
William McCarthy
Marilyn McCarthy
Jerome McDermott
Robert McDonald
Jeffrey and Luanne McDonough
Barry McMaster
John and Susan Melillo
Carlos and Terry Mello
Benhur Mesfin
Gary Meyer
Michael Miller
Jessica Mitchell
Donald Morrissey
Deborah Noack
Mark Noe
Trent O'Connor
Audra Paganelli
S. Giles Payne
David Pergola
Domenick Pinto
Eugene Pollastro
Evelyn Quigley
John and Patricia Rayner
George and Theresa Rough**
Andrew Ryan
Michele Sanchez
Edwin Savitsky
Valerie Schanzer
Beth Schneider
George Schott*
Victoria Scofield
Lauren Scopaz-Daunais
Peter Scotch
James Seeth
Shames Family Foundation
Patrick and Jane Shea
Jennifer Sheldon
Kathleen Shoztic
Lee Silva
Justin Stone
Eric Stone
John Szymczyk
Lucy Teixeira
Samuel Tingley
Anthony and Jennifer Tomaino
Robert Ulrich
Addison Unangst
Joe and Lucie Voves
Donald Wainright
Brandon Walters
Susan and Norman Weinberger
Jason Williams
Robert and Betsy Williams
Heidi Winslow
Joseph Zale
Pathway to prosperity campaign
As United Way of Western Connecticut looked to scale up our direct service programs, identifying and reaching ALICE households became a challenge. There was nothing in existence that could help reach those we were trying to serve. We began by sketching out a digital income verification process. From there emerged the idea of a single point of entry for all ALICE households to access various types of programs, discounts, business offers, and information. We formed an ALICE Advisory Board of individuals with lived experience to help guide our development process, test our programs, and design our site. Prosperi-Key is the product of innovation, ingenuity, and inclusivity.