2024 Contributors
We extend our deep thanks and special recognition to the following individuals and institutions who supported our work in 2024. Your generosity makes the critical difference in bringing positive change to people’s lives in Watertown.*
*We make every effort to accurately recognize your contributions. We last updated this list on January 1, 2025. We apologize for any error or oversight.
$100,000+
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$20,000 to $49,000
Eileen Hsü-Balzer and Family
$10,000 to $19,999
Emily Barclay and John Hawes
Kymera Therapeutics
Bob and Missy Shay
SENS Foundation
$5,000 to $9,999
Anonymous
Arsenal Yards Holding
C4 Therapeutics, Inc
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
Watertown Savings Bank
$1,000 to $4,999
Albrik Avanessian
The Atrium School
Jeffrey and Nancy Bilezikian
Senator Will Brownsberger
Gerard D’Souza and Darshna Varia
Ann Feeley
Joseph and Lissa Ferreira
FM Global Foundation
Michael Grady
The Holt Realty Group
Katherine Klosowski
Heather Leary
Christopher Leitz
Peter Levin and Nancy Pepper
Kelly McCoy and Micha Josephy
Alan Medville and Roberta Miller
Mary Ann Mulligan and Frances Carito
Simon Murphy-Holroyd
Tony and Maureen Paolillo
John Petrowsky
Rotary Club of Watertown
Vincent Piccirilli and Anita Meiklejohn
Joanne Shapiro
David Siegel and Erika Geetter
David Simon
Sons and Daughters of Italy
Carl Taplin
Athelia Tilson and Maria Saiz
Michael Ward and Laura Horn
Webb-Seidel Family Fund
Marian Wrobel
$500 to $999
Arsenal Financial LLC
Robert Airasian
The Arsenal Project
AYR Wellness
Julie Balzer
Anne Benaquist
Carole Biewener
Branch Line Restaurant
Lisa Capoccia and Gideon Schreiber
Janice Craige and Steve Singer
Eastern Clothing Company
Nicole and David Gardner
Gigi's Pizza Company
Givinga Foundation
Hampton Inn and Suites
Shannon and John Lawn, Jr.
Sheila J. Lukesh
Donald and S. Kelley MacDonald
Kathryn Madden and Roger Herzog
Jason Mathers and Nathalie M. Highland
Heather McManus and Guy Thompson II
Greg Menounos and Ellen Parker Menounos
Ryan and Jennifer Nicholson
Helen Oliver and Taylor Boas
Steve and Pia Owens
City Councilor Tony Palomba
Leah and Jason Pennino
John Portz and Meredith Montague
Quebrada Baking Company
Roche Brothers Sudbury Farms
Thea Sahr and Patrick Field
John Straus and Liza Ketchum
Felicia Sullivan
Trip Advisor
Walmart
$250 to $499
Andreas Aeppli and Lisa Cole
Noor Al-Kiliddar
Thomas Ballou
Sarah Bansen and Daniel Grossman
Barbara Beck
Jonathan Bockian and Sharon Teitelbaum
William Hank Bonney
Carm Bruncati
Janet and Paul Buck
Katherine Button
James P. Collins and Jill A. Grabowski
Conley’s Pub and Grille
Judith Connell
Paul Connelly
Sandra Cooke
Direct Tire and Auto Service
Eleanor and Anthony Donato
Ryan Gleason
Elizabeth Helfer
Committee to Elect Susan Falkoff
Ninos and Maya Hanna
Shaunna Harrington and Greg Papastoitsis
Mark Heumann and John Millea
Constance Holmes
Deb Hooper and Katherine Codega
Roger and Judith Kamm
Judith Katz and Dean Solomon
Rachel Kay
Markus Kolic
Ilana Mainelli and Dan I. Seidman
Melissa Maslin
Thalia Meehan and Dr. Gretchen Grimshaw
Lindsay Mosca
The Nardozzi Family
Orix Corporation
Sabin-Hecht Family
Joan Savitsky and Anita Karcz
Corey Schofield
Michael and Maureen Schrader
Mark and Mary Beth Sideris
Sun Life Financial
Donna and Matt Tuccinardi
Will and Susan Twombly
Nora Viskin
Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce
Watertown Free Public Library
Cynthia Wentz Charitable Trust
Nathan and Joanna Weston
Katie White
Lauren Coughlin Unsworth and Dan Unsworth
$100 to $249
Anonymous
Arbella
Sharon Bauer and David Breakstone
Caroline Bays and Bill Jones
Devon and Bill Beckett
Thomas Berryman and Joan Ellersick
Phyllis Birnbaum
Lynn Bratley and Seldon Chuck Dickinson
Heather Caldwell and Paul Farnell
Linda and Ted Cocca
Marianne and Michael Collins
Beth and John Coughlin
Althea Cranston
Susan and Jay Darby
Peter Del Tredici
Anthony J. and Elizabeth Donato
Victor Farutin
Sheila Fay
Elana Feldman and Cass Sapir
Judy Fitts and David Palmer
Susan Flint and Nicholas Haddad, Jr.
Jeffrey Follett
John Gannon
Laurie Garden
Mina Gibb
Lenore and Reginald Gibson
Nyla Gislason
Give LIvely Foundation
Keith Glavash and Marylene Altieri
Ora Grodsky and Jonathan Rosenthal
Rebecca Grow and Jeff Krasner
Joe and Cynthia Grzelcyk
Nancy and Theodore Hammett
Scott Hebert and Barbara Epstein
Sarah Herman
Randy Hoover
John Hostage
Jean and Paul Humez
Ellen Isenstein
Emily Izzo
Sandra Kasabian-Hoffman and George Hoffman
Deborah Kaup
Therese Kohlenberg and Thomas Goodwillie
Katherine Kopp
Sarah Laursen
David Leon and Barbara Hansberry
Carolyn Levinson
The Liffiton Fund
Chris and Wilson Lowry
Eric Maillis
Cesar Maiorino
James McDermott and Sharon Bazarian
Dolores Mitchell
Paul Moreton
Robin Nachman
Ruth Nelson
OWL Fitness Studio
Laura Pabo
Anahit Papazian
Dwayne Parmley
Carol and Mark Pennington
Mark Peterson and Deborh Demsy-Peterson
Daniel Evans Pritchard
Hannah Rakoff and Patrick Lavoie
Larry Raskin and Ingrid Joy Wolfson
Carolyn Reckman
Maria Rose
David J. Russo and Matthew McNeff
Stephen Santis
Sharon Schumack and Michael Luckens
Elisabeth Shaw
Victoria Sax
Joan and Harry Stoddard
Lydia Vagts
Ronit and Karl Velde
Stephanie and Steven Venizelos
VFW Post 1105
Lynn and Adam Walder
Bonnie Waltch and Paul Rocklin
Daniel Watson
Rosemary Wilson
Carol and Jeffery Wilson-Braun
Jennifer Wolfrum
Marie Woods
Elizabeth Yong
Up to $100
Patricia Ahern
Carol O. Airasian
Anonymous
Roberta Brown
Cynthia Col
Liz Cremens
Cronin Signs
Julie Dimilla
Anita Roy Dobbs
David and Helen Downes
Judith Dushku
Patrick and Monica Fairbairn
Judy Fallows
Darren Farrington
Susan Fish
Alan Fortunate
Amy Gazin-Schwartz
Margo Guernsey
Joanne Hammil
Sue Hanfling
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin
Jane Holden
Alice Holt
Sandra Jaffe and Jay Blitzman
David Jay
Laura Kahn
Jennifer Kapuscik and Barbara Siegel
Anthony F. Kelley and Joan Parks Kelley
Ann Kelly
Kristen Kopischke
Lisa Laplante
Jesse Lipson
Steve Magoon
Jessica Middlebrook and David Weintraub
Rachel Milbury
Grace Mlady
Ann Munson
Network for Good
Paula R. Nicholas
Mark Ottensmeyer
Arthur and Patricia Patsios
PayPal Giving Fund
Xin Peng
Patricia G. and M.G. Pepper
Sarah Eliza Petrow
Alice Poltorick
Barbara and Jeremy Ruskin
Michael Schade
Karen Schwartz and Jay Thornton
Rosemary Sheehan
Adrienne Sloane
Ruth Spack
Frederica Steinberg
Geraldine and Thomas Sullivan
Elaina Themistos
Carol Tierney and Joel Rosenberg
Marjorie Wayne
Sarah Zoen