2025 Thank you for celebrating with us!

On June 17, more than 250 friends, partners, and supporters gathered at the National Museum of Women in the Arts to celebrate the conclusion of the Together, We Prosper Campaign for Economic Justice.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of our staff, Campaign Leadership, donors, and community partners, we successfully mobilized resources to launch new economic strategies that aim to grow opportunity and secure prosperity for all who call this region home.

We were especially honored to present the Champions of Change Awards to Karen Leder and William Taylor, the PNC Foundation, and John Terry Beaty.

Presenting Our Champions of Change Awards

Campaign Champions

Karen Leder and William Taylor

Campaign Co-Chairs Karen Leder and Bill Taylor were honored for their generous contributions and extraordinary leadership to help surpass our ambitious campaign goal and ensure more families in our region will prosper for generations to come.

Corporate Champion

PNC Foundation

The PNC Foundation was honored for its extraordinary investments in strengthening small businesses to create sustainable pathways to prosperity for local entrepreneurs and the communities they serve.

Legacy Champion

John Terry Beaty

John Terry Beaty was honored for his years of dedicated service and visionary leadership, including establishing the Beaty Endowment Challenge Match to help build permanent resources to address our community's evolving needs today and for the future.

Featured Performers

Thank you to our Campaign donors and Event sponsors for making this campaign and our ongoing work possible!

Visionary Circle

  • Anonymous

  • Terry Beaty and Anne Mehringer

  • The Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation

  • Catalyst Fund

  • Andrew A. Isen

  • Karen and Ethan Leder

  • Meyer Foundation

  • Idris Mokhtarzada and Sara Rahnama

  • Prince George’s County Council

  • Prince George’s County Office of the Executive

Innovators

  • Anonymous

  • Clein-Lemann Esperanza Fund

  • Lakshmi and Prabir Dutta

  • Estate of John Glaab

  • Naomi Kashtan Horowitz Family Fund

  • JPMorgan Chase

  • PNC Foundation

  • David and Peggy Shiffrin

  • Debbie and Thomas Sliter

  • Sterling Speirn and Diana Aviv

  • Truist

  • Cliff and Debbie White

Changemakers

  • Anonymous

  • AIM Foundation

  • Decker Anstrom and Sherry Hiemstra

  • Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Fund

  • Sharon and Bob Buchanan

  • Artis Hampshire-Cowan

  • Lia Dean

  • Lesley-Jane Dixon

  • Carlos and May May Horcasitas

  • Open Horizon

  • Public Welfare Foundation

  • Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Fund

  • Sussman Licht Family Fund

  • William and Susan Taylor

  • Stevenson and Linda Weitz

  • Wells Fargo

Past Civic Spirit Award Honorees:

  • Former First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush

  • The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

  • A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

  • Carol Thompson Cole

  • Terri Freeman

  • Lynne and Joe Horning and the Horning Family Fund

  • Alexine Clement Jackson

  • Robert Linowes

  • J.W. “Bill” Marriott Jr.

  • Mario Morino

  • Alex Orfinger

  • Vicki & Roger Sant

  • Richard W. Snowdon, III

  • Patty Stonesifer and Martha’s Table

  • Robert G. Templin, Jr.

  • Anthony Williams

Carol Thompson Cole, 2018 Civic Spirit Award Recipient, and Patty Stonesifer, 2017 Civic Spirit Award Recipient, at the 2018 Celebration of Philanthropy.