The Language Connects Foundation is grateful for the generosity of the individuals and organizations below whose support has helped launch our organization. These contributions made in FY 2023 help sustain and ensure a diverse, well-prepared, and highly effective language educator workforce today and for generations to come.
Are you a champion of language education? We invite you to explore ways to give, including one-time, monthly, and planned gifts.
We are grateful to these donors for their generous gifts in 2022-2023:
Luminary – $10,000+
- Martha G. Abbott
- International Society for Language Studies, in memory of Paul Chamness Iida
Benefactor – $5,000+
Founding Donors Circle – $1,967+
- Beckie Bray Rankin
- Ray Clifford
- Thomas Keith Cothrun
- Desa Dawson, dedicated to Dr. Lowell Dunham
- Paul A. Garcia & Alfred A. Doty
- Meet Boston
- Emily Spinelli
- Jacqueline Van Houten
Patron – $1,000+
- Tiziana Aime, dedicated to Heather and Addison Blumberg
- Howie Berman
- Brandon Locke
- Sheri Spaine Long
Steward – $500-999
- Advanced Education Research and Development Fund
- Celia Chomón Zamora
- Carrie Fischer
- Lisa Ritter
- WuKong Education
Champion – $250-499
- Jenny-Lynn Delfini, in memory of John Carlino
- Ainsley Delissaint
- Kit Hall
Friend – $100-249
- Christine L. Brown
- Monique Ennis
- Meg Malone, in honor of Joy Renjilian-Burgy
- Anne G. Nerenz
- Clara Orban
- Kate Paesani, dedicated to Carole Verhelle
- Benjamin Rifkin
- Toni Theisen
- Bridget Yaden
Supporter – up to $99
- Marium Abugasea Heidt
- Yohana Acosta Valencia
- Alene Aguilar McKenzie
- Zelkida Ajdinovic-Skenderija
- Helena A. Alfonzo
- Arianna Allegro
- Aedh Alrubayyi
- Kevin Alvarez
- Stacy Amling
- Carmen R. Andrews
- Shohin Asadov
- Michelle Esther Balletto-Wooten
- Robin Bauer
- Michael Benac
- Elizabeth Bender
- Alexandra Bianchi
- Jennifer Borgerding
- Rhonda J. Branch
- Janice Viná Brown
- Andrew Buck
- Margarita Chavez
- Stacy Clark
- Donna L. Clementi
- Savannah Cook
- Marissa Coulehan
- Alicia Dallman Shoemaker
- Robert R. Daniel, Jr.
- Fatima A. Daspit
- Diane J. Davis
- Michael Dillon
- Bari Doeffinger
- Janice Dowd
- Parthena Draggett
- Stacey Lyn Dreyer
- Molly A. Drum
- Karina Duncker-Hoffmann
- Stella Economou
- Janine Erickson
- Fernanda D. Espinosa
- Karen J. Evans-Romaine
- Chasidy LB Ferro
- Amy B. Ficarello
- Lucero Flores-Paez
- Anna Foxen
- Hartwell Francis
- Yumi Furumoto
- Margarita Garcia
- Alberta Gatti
- Don J. Gentile
- Samantha Godden-Chmielowicz
- Vasilici Gomez
- Amelia I. Groza
- Nubia Guldin, MS
- Tamara Hamlin
- Masashi Harada
- Dawn Hasselbach
- Lynne M. Hendrick
- Suzanne Hendrickson
- David Hirst
- Lucas Hoffman
- Amy L. Holtorf
- Kaia Hudson
- Douglas Hypolite
- Ying Jin
- Di Anne R. Johnson
- Jess Johnson
- Linda M. Kelchner
- Kevin V. Kelton
- Kristy L. Kleckauskas
- Stephanie Ruth Kiang
- Nicole King
- Silvia Kurlat-Ares
- Melissa Larsen-Walker
- Betty Lau
- Gabriela Leon
- Barbara Lindsey
- Yohana Lopez
- Luciane L. Maimone
- Theresa Marlow
- Elizabeth McDyer
- Brenda M. McKenzie
- Mitchell McPherson
- Adriana Merino
- Alice Miano
- Maria Mirtsopoulos
- Farida Mobarek
- Paulette J. Morant
- Ada C. Morley
- Marybeth Neuschatz
- Amanda Nicholson
- Joya Manuela Oasin
- Catherine A. Ousselin
- Ashley M. Pacheco Guilmette
- Claudia Paez Lotero
- Joy Kreeft Peyton
- Donna Podgorny
- Austin Portente
- Adrian Pugh
- Dori Quinones
- Amanda Ramirez
- Thomas F. Ratican
- Paula Read
- Ayvonne Reese
- Diana E. Robbins
- Levyette J. Robinson
- Darcy Rogers
- Lavinia Rogers
- Erin B. Rowley
- Virginia L. G. Rinaldi
- Monica Ryoo
- Lynn Sac
- Misumi Sadler
- Deysi R. Sahagon
- Lelani Sanchez De Armijo
- Maria Santos
- Shelby L. Serrano
- Michael Shaughnessy
- Felisa Sheskin
- Joel Sidwell
- Janet Skrzypek
- Elizabeth Slocum
- Helen I. Small
- Katja Steen
- Bridget Stensaas
- Olga Stepanova
- Emily P. Strohsahl
- Licinia Stoian
- Tara Sujko
- Diana F. Sullivan
- Natalia I. Tchoshanova
- Laura Terrill
- Katherine S. Thornburgh
- Mary A. Thrond
- Madeline Turan
- Marjorie O. Tussing
- Lori A. Vollmer
- Kristina Watkins Mormino
- Sabrina Wengier
- Luke West
- Bonnie Weston
- Erica J. Wetterlow
- Leann L. Wilcoxen
- Paula Winke
- Joanna Witulski
- Lisa Worthington-Groce
- Kazumi Yamashita-Iverson
- Li Yang
- Shahrzad Zahedi
- Junie Zhou