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 since the Foundation's launch in November 2022 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.
Sustaining donors who Give Every Month are recognized among our LCF GEMs. Learn more about this special group below!
We are grateful to these donors for their generous gifts:
Luminary – $10,000+
- Martha G. Abbott*
- International Society for Language Studies, in memory of Paul Chamness Iida
- Klett World Languages
- Vista Higher Learning
Benefactor – $5,000+
- Martha G. Abbott, in honor of the ACTFL Past Presidents
Founding Donors Circle – $1,967+
- Beckie Bray Rankin*
- Ray Clifford*
- Thomas Keith Cothrun*
- Desa Dawson, dedicated to Dr. Lowell Dunham
- Janet Dracksdorf*
- Carrie Fischer*
- Paul A. Garcia & Alfred A. Doty
- Meet Boston
- Aleidine J. Moeller
- Emily Spinelli
- Jacqueline Van Houten
Patron – $1,000+
- Tiziana Aime, dedicated to Heather and Addison Blumberg
- Howie Berman*
- Cate Florenz*
- Connecticut Council of Language Teachers*, dedicated to Celia Chomón Zamora and Meredith White
- Brandon Locke*
- Sheri Spaine Long*
- José Viana*
Steward – $500-999
- Advanced Education Research and Development Fund
- CommGap
- Stella Economou
- Kit Hall*
- Anne Lair*
- Joy Peyton
- Lisa Ritter
- WuKong Education
Champion – $250-499
- MacKenzie Arbogust*
- Christine Austin, in honor of her children
- Breaking the Barrier
- Cheng & Tsui
- Jenny-Lynn Delfini, in memory of John Carlino
- Ainsley Delissaint
- Jane Florenz, dedicated to Cate Florenz
- Barbara Mondloch*
- Paul Sandrock*
- Marisa Scott, in loving memory of ReRe
- Francis Troyan*
- Washington and Lee University, in honor of Martha Abbott
Friend – $100-249
- Aedh Alrubayyi*
- Stacy Amling*
- Rebecca Aubrey*, in honor of the CT COLT Board
- Emily Austin
- Michele Back*
- Christine L. Brown
- Cynthia Chalupa
- Donna L. Clementi*
- Monique Ennis
- Carolyn Gill
- Audrey Heining-Boynton
- Abdulsamad Humaidan*
- Tyler Losey
- Timothy Mahoney
- Meg Malone*, in honor of Joy Renjilian-Burgy and dedicated to Diane Colozzi Eromin
- Elizabeth Matchett*, dedicated to all the selfless ACTFL volunteers
- Russell McGill
- Christopher Medellin
- Kim Nentwig, dedicated to Dr. Jean LeLoup
- Anne G. Nerenz
- Clara Orban
- Catherine Ousselin*, dedicated to Toni Theisen
- Kate Paesani, dedicated to Carole Verhelle
- Carol Petersen
- Lauren Quinn, dedicated to Margarita Valentin
- Perry Ann Reed
- José Ricardo
- Benjamin Rifkin
- John Segota
- Michael Shaughnessy*
- Kristin Swanson
- Martha & Rich Thayer*
- Toni Theisen*
- Milton Alan Turner
- Aimee Viana
- Bridget Yaden
Supporter – up to $99
- Marium Abugasea Heidt
- Yohana Acosta Valencia
- Ludmila Adler
- Alene Aguilar McKenzie
- Vivian Aileen
- Zelkida Ajdinovic-Skenderija
- Helena A. Alfonzo
- Arianna Allegro
- Anna Alsufieva
- Kevin Alvarez
- Luz Maria Alvarez
- Carmen R. Andrews
- Enza Antenos
- Michele Aoki
- Zelika Araiza
- Tricia Arnold
- Shohin Asadov
- Yo Azama
- Michelle Esther Balletto-Wooten*
- Robert Baer
- Robin Bauer*
- Michael Benac
- Elizabeth Bender
- Christine Berg
- Alexandra Bianchi
- Nagia Bogdani-Xheka
- Raquel Bonilla
- Jennifer Borgerding
- Rhonda J. Branch*
- Anna Brassel
- Renee Bready
- Janice Viná Brown
- Andrew Buck
- Megan Budke
- Katherine Campilongo
- Rubia Castro
- Margarita Chavez
- Noor Chehab
- Marty Chen
- Yun Chen
- Stacy Clark
- Laurie Clarcq
- Michelle Compo
- Savannah Cook
- Marissa Coulehan
- Ethan Crisp
- Helena Curtain*
- Patricia Cummins
- Alicia Dallman Shoemaker
- Robert R. Daniel, Jr.*
- Tara Darst
- Fatima A. Daspit
- Diane J. Davis
- Alecia Davis-Hellmers
- Ines Davis-Parks
- Rachel Deluca
- Cerue Diggs
- Michael Dillon
- Bari Doeffinger*
- Janice Dowd
- Parthena Draggett
- Stacey Lyn Dreyer
- Molly A. Drum
- Claudia Dugan
- Karina Duncker-Hoffmann
- Michelle Duprey
- Stella Economou
- Janine Erickson*
- Fernanda D. Espinosa
- Barbara Evans
- Karen J. Evans-Romaine*
- Marie Faine-Czarnecki
- Chasidy LB Ferro
- Amy B. Ficarello
- Andrew Florenz
- Lucero Flores-Paez
- Renée Foisy Kleiner, dedicated to Dr. Mary Jean Green
- Anna Foxen
- Hartwell Francis
- Yumi Furumoto
- Margarita Garcia
- Alberta Gatti
- Richard Gelles
- Don J. Gentile
- Samantha Godden-Chmielowicz
- Vasilici Gomez
- Erica Gordon
- Virginia Graebe
- Amelia I. Groza
- Nubia Guldin, MS
- Catherine Hagarty
- Tamara Hamlin
- Masashi Harada
- Dawn Hasselbach
- Valerie Hecht
- Lynne M. Hendrick
- Suzanne Hendrickson*
- Judith Hernandez
- David Hirst
- Lucas Hoffman
- Amy L. Holtorf
- Seth Hopkins
- Kaia Hudson
- Diahann Hughes
- Kaleb Hyatt
- Douglas Hypolite*
- Cari Jimenez
- Ying Jin
- Di Anne R. Johnson*
- Jess Johnson
- Linda M. Kelchner
- Caroline Kelly
- Kevin V. Kelton*
- Michelle Kindt
- Janice Kittok
- Kristy L. Kleckauskas
- Stephanie Ruth Kiang
- Nicole King
- Kristy Kleckauskas*
- Andrii Kononenko
- Lori Kovac*
- Silvia Kurlat-Ares
- Melissa Larsen-Walker
- Betty Lau
- Gabriela Leon
- Ana Lucia Lico
- Douglas Lightfoot
- Barbara Lindsey
- Jaqueline Long
- Yohana Lopez
- Moussa Ly
- Luciane L. Maimone
- Theresa Marlow*
- April Marshall
- James Martin
- Elizabeth McDyer
- Brenda M. McKenzie
- Mitchell McPherson
- Joerg Meindl*
- Adriana Merino
- Alice Miano
- Maria Milo*
- Ines Miranda
- Maria Mirtsopoulos
- Farida Mobarek
- Paulette J. Morant
- Gentil Moreno
- Gabriela Morgan
- Ada C. Morley
- Carrie Morris*
- Amanda Nagy
- Rebecca Neeley
- Marybeth Neuschatz
- Amanda Nicholson
- Miguel Novella
- Ana-Maria Nuevo
- Joya Manuela Oasin
- Rafael Olavide
- Bayo Omolola
- David Ortega
- Lourdes Ortega
- Ashley M. Pacheco Guilmette
- Claudia Paez Lotero
- Lopa Pandya
- Deborah Paprocki
- Tania Payamps
- Petra Petry
- Donna Podgorny
- Felizitas Pollak Reby*
- Austin Portente
- Adrian Pugh
- Dori Quinones
- Laura Rais
- Amanda Ramirez
- Thomas F. Ratican
- Paula Read
- Ayvonne Reese
- Virginia L. G. Rinaldi
- Cristina Rivera
- Diana E. Robbins*
- Levyette J. Robinson
- Yrma Rodriguez
- Darcy Rogers
- Lavinia Rogers
- Jacqueline Romano
- Amy Romanowski
- Erin B. Rowley
- Victoria Russell
- Monica Ryoo
- Lynn Sac
- Misumi Sadler*
- Deysi R. Sahagon
- Lelani Sanchez De Armijo
- Stephen Santoro
- Maria Santos*
- Paulibus Schumann
- Tatyana Sergeyeva
- Shelby L. Serrano
- Feruzjon Sharipov
- Kathleen Shelton*
- Felisa Sheskin
- Jane Shuffelton
- Joel Sidwell
- Kristine Sieren*
- Karen Singer
- Janet Skrzypek*
- Elizabeth Slocum
- Helen I. Small*
- Thomas Soth
- Katja Steen
- Bridget Stensaas
- Olga Stepanova
- Emily P. Strohsahl
- Licinia Stoian
- Tara Sujko
- Diana F. Sullivan
- Laura Sylvan
- Natalia I. Tchoshanova*
- Laura Terrill*
- Katherine S. Thornburgh
- Mary A. Thrond
- Marlene Torrez-Graham, dedicated to James Alexander Nelson
- Madeline Turan
- Marjorie O. Tussing
- Melissa Viana
- Lori A. Vollmer
- Kristina Watkins Mormino
- Sabrina Wengier*
- Stephanie Werner
- Luke West
- Bonnie Weston
- Erica J. Wetterlow
- Erin Whelchel
- Leann L. Wilcoxen
- Ariel Wind
- Paula Winke
- Joanna Witulski
- Nancy Wolman
- Angie Woods
- Lisa Worthington-Groce
- A. Carolyn Wright*
- Kazumi Yamashita-Iverson*
- Li Yang
- Hyunkyu Yi
- Shahrzad Zahedi
- Iris Zapf-Garcia
- Ingrid Zeller
- Junie Zhou
* Cumulative generous gifts since November 2022.