2022 Celebration of Giving Program

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For twenty-six years, The Community Foundation’s Montgomery County Advisory Board and staff have connected with hundreds of individuals, families, and businesses, supporting them to make a profound impact through their giving—especially here in our local community. Tonight, we celebrate our network of donors, philanthropic partners, and local nonprofit grantees for growing the spirit of generosity throughout Montgomery County.

We are especially delighted to salute Mimi Brodsky Kress as our 2022 Montgomery County Philanthropist of the Year. Her inspiring example demonstrates what’s possible when one is committed to building communities where all people can reach their full potential.

We are deeply grateful to our corporate event sponsors for underwriting the Celebration and to our Community Champions supporting The Community Foundation’s leadership work. Your support fuels The Community Foundation’s efforts to ignite the power of philanthropy, catalyze community impact, and respond to critical community needs.

Finally, to the new friends here tonight, we hope you will join our community of givers! We are excited to share with you the many ways that you can partner with The Community Foundation to make a deep and lasting impact on the causes you care about most.

Melanie Folstad Anna Hargrave Advisory Board Chair Executive Director

Dear Friends:

2022 Montgomery County

Mimi Brodsky Kress

Mimi Brodsky Kress credits her parents and grandparents for instilling in her the Jewish principle of Tikkun Olam, to repair the world. As a third generation Washingtonian, Mimi and her husband, Michael Kress, continued that tradition by teaching their children, Jenna and Max, the importance of giving back to their home community. As a family, they have devoted significant time, talent, and resources to organizations advancing social justice causes.

Professionally, Mimi got her start in the building industry after graduating from Colby College. Her dad, builder Albert Brodsky, encouraged her to pursue an apprenticeship program which helped Mimi discover her love for the field, as she quickly rose in the ranks in her first job with a homebuilder to become assistant superintendent. After then working with her brother, Joel, for almost a decade building light industrial warehouse projects, they teamed up with Mimi’s friend, Phil Leibovitz, to launch their own homebuilding company, Springbrook Builders. They built hundreds of homes in suburban Maryland and Virginia, and after eight years, Mimi’s brother wanted to go back to commercial building and she wanted to continue with her passion for building homes. Mimi and Phil joined as owners of Sandy Spring Builders in 1998, which at the time was a very small homebuilder. Under their vision and leadership, they grew Sandy Spring Builders into one of the premier custom homebuilders in the area. One of the few women in the industry, Mimi often credits her mother, Lois Badt Brodsky, for being her role model and demonstrating what a strong, independent woman can accomplish. With her signature “take-charge” attitude, Mimi is the heart of the company’s philanthropic leadership, ensuring the team leverages its resources to strengthen the local community which has fostered its success.

Mimi’s skills as a builder and connector have been truly game-changing for several local charities, particularly those expanding access to mental health care and affordable housing. As Board President for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-MC), Mimi’s leadership was instrumental in tripling the program budget, enabling the organization to expand vital supports throughout Montgomery County. In addition, Mimi has educated countless friends on the housing insecurity crisis through her work with Habitat for Humanity Metro Washington, and taught them the unique joy that comes from rolling up one’s sleeves to help people to build their own homes.

With her trademark energy and passion, Mimi’s philanthropic leadership has touched the lives of thousands of people across Montgomery County. We are grateful to her for setting an inspiring example of what’s possible when one is committed to building more equitable, just, and thriving communities where everyone can prosper.

Thank you to Our Host Committee, Celebration Sponsors and Community Champion Supporters

HOST COMMITTEE

Kevin Beverly

Patrice King Brickman

Robin Meisner Cameron

Stew Edelstein

Melanie Folstad

Hope Gleicher and Andy Burness

Solomon Graham

Catherine Leggett

Niki Mock and Phil Leibovitz

Patricia and Craig Ruppert

Jeffrey Z. Slavin

Carol Trawick

Linda and Bob Youngentob

LEADERS

Mary Pat and Darren Alcus

Carl M. Freeman Foundation Lia Dean June Linowitz Marian Osterweis

Peterson Family Foundation Neal and Jennifer Simon Washington Gas

EYA | Linda and Bob Youngentob ArtfulNSoul

PARTNERS

Shirley Brandman and Howard M. Shapiro

Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Lesley-Jane Dixon

The Solomon and Dorothy Graham Charitable Fund Imagination Stage

Kay Family Foundation

Leveraged Leadership Group and Artis Hampshire-Cowan

NAI The Michael Companies, Inc

O’Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore, P.A.

Pettit Family Charitable Foundation

Prince George’s Community College

Prince George’s County Executive’s Office

Patricia and Craig Ruppert Family Fund

Lauren and Gene Sachs Family Fund

Leslie Smith and Jesse Greenspan

United Way of the National Capital Area Universities at Shady Grove Urban Atlantic

M. H. Jim Estepp, Greater Prince George’s Business Roundtable Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

Hope Gleicher and Andy Burness Metropolitan Protective Services, Inc. NFP

Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation

G.S. Proctor and Associates, Inc. Werrlein Properties Act Two Mamas Mozella Ademiluyi

PATRONS

The Arc Prince George’s County Baker Strategy Group Bazilio Cobb Associates, CPA Anna Behnam, APMA Carol and Gary Berman Lois Brodsky Betty Cameron

Robin Meisner Cameron and Glen E. Cameron A. Clarke Law

Complete Landscaping Hon. Dereck E. Davis Lauren Davis Team Dewberry E. Cohen

Stewart Edelstein

Employ Prince George’s Lanta Evans-Motte, MBA, RFC

First Baptist Church of Highland Park, Inc. Rick McUmber and Melanie Folstad Robinson & Geraldo, Attorneys and Manuel & Ingrid Geraldo

Gibbs & Haller

Hon. Calvin Hawkins Hon. Dannielle M. Glaros

PATRONS

Alisha Griffey

GTM Architects

Hon. Sydney J. Harrison Hon. Jolene Ivey IKEA College Park Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, PA LEARN Foundation

Ike and Catherine Leggett Niki Mock and Phil Leibovitz

Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. Rosalyn Levy Jonas Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum

The Momentous Group Montgomery College

MSR & Associates, Dr. Marcia Robinson Multicorp

Tom and Denise Murphy Fund Percy Public Affairs

Craig and Denise Pernick

Prince George’s County Planning Board

Melanie Folstad | RBC Wealth Management Rodgers Consulting

Carolyn and David Ruben Joan Schaffer Shipley & Horne

Bobbi and Larry Shulman SP Plus

Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC

The Traffic Group, Inc. Blake Thomas Carol Trawick

Hon. Todd Turner United Bank Audrey Velanovich Velocity Companies VSJ, Inc. Greg Wells

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS IN

Bainum Family Foundation

Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Capital One

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation IKEA College Park Kaiser Permanente

J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

William J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Pepsi-Co Foundation PNC

Prince Charitable Trusts Washington Gas Wells Fargo Foundation World Bank Community Connections Fund

SPECIAL THANKS

AOTA Creative Group Hutchinson Design Group Habitat for Humanity NAMI-MC

Montgomery County Philanthropists of the Year

We are grateful that our extended Community Foundation family includes the past Philanthropist of the Year honorees.

Since 2007, The Community Foundation in Montgomery County presented the Clifford M. Kendall Award to the following individuals who made a special impact on our community through giving. We deeply appreciate that our past honorees continue to give where they live and set an inspiring example for us all.

2007 Joshua M. Freeman

2008 Craig Ruppert

2009 Stewart Bainum

2010 Carol Trawick

2011 Jeffrey Z. Slavin

2012 Patrice and Scott Brickman

2013 Solomon Graham 2014 Tammy Darvish

2015 Robert and Anna Trone

2017 Cliff White

2018 Linda Youngentob

2019 Hope Gleicher & Andy Burness

2021 Kevin Beverly

In 2016, we marked the 20th Anniversary by presenting two special awards to leaders who were formative to the creation of the Community Foundation in Montgomery County:

VISIONARY AWARD

Clifford and Camille Kendall

INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AWARD

Sally Rudney

Founding Executive Director

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We would like to extend a special and heartfelt thanks to YOU—all the generous people who make up our community of givers at the Greater Washington Community Foundation.

We deeply appreciate the passion you bring to your giving, and the myriad ways you leverage your connections, strategic thinking, and creativity to help our nonprofit grantees deepen their impact. Most importantly, your enthusiasm inspires friends and family to learn more, get involved, and give!

We hope you feel proud of our collective giving and impact on our local region…

IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

In addition to directly supporting hundreds of nonprofits around the world and across the region, we are grateful that so many people, businesses, and foundations choose to pool their giving through our community impact funds.

Here in Montgomery County, your combined generosity enabled us to grant more than $4 million last year to…

• Provide emergency support for those struggling to keep a roof over their heads

• Expand hunger-relief efforts to address food insecurity across our community

• Help kids get back to school and address learning gaps caused by the pandemic

• Discover and boost the efforts of high-impact nonprofits addressing basic needs and supporting people to pursue pathways out of poverty

IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Academy Child Development Center Adventure Theatre Afrithrive

American Muslim Senior Society Artivate, Inc.

Arts on the Block ArtStream, Inc.

Asian American Lead Barker Adoption Foundation

Black & Brown Coalition for Educational Equity and Excellence BlackRock Center for the Arts Care for Your Health CareerCatchers, Inc.

Celestial Manna Center for Adoption Support and Education, Inc.

Charles Koiner Center for Urban Farming

Chinese Culture and Community Service Center

Christ Congregational Church

Clifton Park Baptist Church CollegeTracks

Community Bridges, Inc.

Community Health and Empowerment Through Education and Research (CHEER) Comunibuild Foundation

Court Appointed Special Advocate - Montgomery County, MD Docs in Progress

Dwelling Place, Inc.

Elite Soccer Youth Developement Academy, Inc.

Ethiopian Community Center in Maryland EveryMind

We are proud that the FY22 grantees of our impact funds represent some of the best local nonprofits working to build more equitable, just, and thriving communities.

Family Services Agency, Inc.

Family Services, Inc.

Feed the Fridge / We Care Incorporated

Florence Crittenton Services Of Greater Washington

Future Link, Inc.

Generation Hope

Ghandi Brigade Youth Media

Guru Gobind Singh Foundation

Horizons Greater Washington

Hughes United Methodist Church Identity, Inc.

Imagination Library of Montgomery County, MD Impact Silver Spring Interages, Inc.

Interfaith Works

Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington, Inc.

Kalanidhi Dance

KID Museum, Inc.

Kingdom Fellowship AME Church

Latino Student Fund

Manna Food Center

Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association, Inc. Mary’s Center

Mobile Medical Care, Inc.

Montgomery Child Care Association Training Institute

Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.

Montgomery County Food Council, Inc.

Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc.

Montgomery Moving Forward

National Alliance on Mental Illness of Montgomery County (NAMI-MC) New Orchestra of Washington Nonprofit Montgomery Nonprofit Montgomery, dba Montgomery Moving Forward Nonprofit Village Center, Inc.

Parent Encouragement Program

Rainbow Community Development Center

Red Wiggler Community Farm

Rockville Day Care Association

Sandy Spring Museum

Seneca Creek Community Church

Shepherd’s Table Inc. So What Else, Inc.

Stepping Stones Shelter

Wonders Early Learning and Extended Day, Inc. WUMCO Help Inc

Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington Young Artists of America, Inc.

OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

OFFICERS

Melanie Folstad, Chair

RBC Wealth Management

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Anna Behnam

Behnam & Associates

Robin Meisner Cameron E. Cohen & Company

Stewart Edelstein

Tracey Friedlander

Alisha Griffey Daintree Capital

Anne Gunsteens

Steve Hull

June Linowitz

Christopher J. Martin C.J. Martin Law Group

FOUNDERS AND CHAIR EMERITI

Clifford M. Kendall

R. Robert Linowes

Willard H. Derrick

Rev. Lincoln S. “Lon” Dring, Jr.

Charles Lyons

Dee Carl Metz

Anthony M. Natelli

John G. Puente

Sally Rudney

MONTGOMERY COUNTY STAFF

Anna Hargrave

Executive Director

Kate Daniel

Donor Services Officer

Catherine Leggett, Vice-Chair

Ana Morales

United Bank

Barbara Mulitz Sandy Spring Trust

Stacy Murchison Chevy Chase Trust

Sumindi Peiris Bethesda Magazine Gene Sachs Cresa Partners

Cliff White (ex officio) SWaN Investors

Linda Youngentob

Mary Pat Alcus

Kevin Beverly

Nancy Fax

Karen Leder

Rosalyn Levy Jonas

Thomas D. Murphy

Neal J.B. Simon

Peter Welber

Olivia Hsu

Donor Services Associate

Greater Washington Community Foundation thecommunityfoundation.org info@thecommunityfoundation.org