You Make This Possible
Every child who learns in Haitian Creole. Every breakfast served. Every teacher inspired. Every family growing food. Every scholarship awarded.
None of it happens without you.
Friends of Matènwa is sustained by a community of generous individuals, families, foundations, churches, businesses, and organizations who believe that children in Haiti deserve the opportunity to learn, thrive, and build a brighter future.
Whether you’ve given once, made a monthly commitment, joined our Visionary, Leadership, or Sustainers Circle, or supported Matènwa for many years, your generosity is changing lives. We are deeply grateful for your partnership.
With love and gratitude,
Foundation Partners
We extend our sincere thanks to the foundations and organizations whose generous support strengthens and expands the work of the Matènwa Community Learning Center.
- Ansara Family Fund
- Atlantic-Midwest Province School Sisters of Notre Dame
- Ayiti Community Trust
- Beyond Borders
- Clermont Foundation
- Eurofins Foundation
- Greater Good Charities
- McMillian-Stewart Foundation
- National Philanthropic Trust
- Once Here Foundation
- Sharon Andrea Lee-Brun Memorial for BAYO Fund
- The Boston Foundation
- The Miami Foundation
- Trees That Feed
- World Vision
Visionary, Leadership, and Sustainers Circle Members
We are deeply grateful to our generous supporters whose solidarity has led them to make a multi-year commitment to investing in the future of Matènwa. Their faithful support is building the long-term sustainability of the Matènwa Community Learning Center for generations to come.
Visionary Circle Members
Michel Anne-Frederic DeGraff
Krystel Armand Kanzki
Christine Barnden
Carole Berotte Joseph
Charles Gregory Berrouet
Connie Biewald
James Celestin
Jeffrey Chen
Meryl Cohen
Anna Grimaldi Colomer
Beverly Fisher Crawford
Tim Dutcher
Anne Ellsworth
Carole Enright
Ellen Evett
Susan Fiallo
Graceful Life Transitions, LLC
Kathy Greeley
Charlie Heath
Eleanor Janeway
Lawrence Jules
Geoff Keith
Tim Kunin
Vladimir LaBorde
Caitlin Elizabeth Low
Teresa Low
Amitava Mazumdar
David O'Meara
Brendan Reilly
Sereda Family Fund
Larry Siegel
Michael C. Sims
Daniel Tetrault
Letitia Graydon Upton
Ricardo Weir
Moana P. Whipple
Leah Williams
Heather Yow
Leadership Circle Members
Jeri Bayer
Larry Blum
Bonnie Chernin
Steven Davis
Jean Kedson Frederic
Marie Kennedy
Stephanie Kip
Pepito Laventure
Gard Little
Bianca Louis
Edy Louis
Daniel W. Lyons
Mary Jean McGuire
Elaine Morse
Victoria Pasquet
Susan Redlich
Regine Severe
Samuel Slavin
Judith Smith
Sustainers Circle Members
Michele Civil
Emily Dexter
Barbara Englesberg
Lynne Hall
Tina Jaillet
Kadosh Ministry
Marie Kennedy
Virginia Killfoile
Wendy Lewis
Rachel Wyon
Unrestricted Recurring Supporters & Breakfast Club Members
Recurring donors provide dependable support that allows us to plan confidently and respond to the needs of students, teachers, and families throughout the year. Whether they make an unrestricted monthly gift or support our Breakfast Club, helping provide a hot, nutritious meal for every student each school day, their faithful generosity keeps our work moving forward, no matter the challenges facing Haiti.
Unrestricted Recurring Supporters
Rita Abraldes
Mona Ahmed
Paul Arezina
Krystel Armand
Jessie Auger
Rich Augustin
Colby Balch
Christine Barnden
Arnaud Bastien
Jeri Bayer
LeGrace Benson
Connie Biewald
Marilyn Boenau
Brittany Boles
Tim Boysen
Amy Bracken
Lauren Burchfield
Lauren Aline Burchfield
Josh Burlinson
Delores Burroughs-Biron
Kelsey Cameron
Sophia Cantave
Ilene S. Carver
Rachel Cohen
Corinthia Cohen
Leslie Z. Cohen
Gabriella Contardo
Jennifer Costa
Hope Curson
Adrienne Curson
Valerie Dantus
Susan Delone
Eleanor Ruth Duckworth
Carol Duncan
KC Dutcher
Nia Easley
Jon-Hallvard Eikeland
Suzanne Farman
Susan Franklin
Peter Galipault
Anne Gibbons
Carol Giesecke
Lynne Hall
Lee Harrison
Diane Hendrix
Nancy Hibbard
John Horvitz
Cheryl Huber
Patrick Isaac
Ellen Israel
Elizabeth Jacobson-Carroll
Lawrence Jules
Brigitte Kavanaugh
Lawrence Kennedy
Ruth Kiefson
Douglas Kincade
Pepito Laventure
Karen Leighton
Nathania Lescouflair
Jennifer Lieber
Beppi Ligonde
Caitlin Elizabeth Low
Teresa Low
Chris Low
Linda Luke
Taydon Mandt
Philippe-Richard Marius
Anne McAuliffe-Antaramian
George McCully
Kathleen A. McGillicuddy
John McGrath
Nabia Meghelli
Sara Melnick
Jennifer Miles
Elaine Morse
Cynthia Neely
Deirdre Oringer
Mercedes Pont
Colleen Powers
Patricia Raney
Michael Robbins
Marcel Robin
Emily Ruddock
Kathleen A. Shannon
Anne Shumway
Eric Simms
Leah Spano
Joel Springer
Kathleen Sullivan
Bruno Surpris
Laura Sylvan
Elizabeth Tappan-deFrees
Mette Tommerup
Letitia Graydon Upton
Jim Donald Verhulst
Jørgen Vestrheim
Eric Weiss
Daniel Wells
Gate West
Anna Whitcomb
Jennifer Wickham
Astrid Williams
Sara Wolf
Joseph Woods
Veda Wright
Breakfast Club Members
Ingrid Acosta
Nael Alexis
Kevin Aravind
Jane Arsham
Neela Atluri
Jessie Auger
Wendy Blum
Brittany Boles
Jessica Boots
Jacqueline Bunke
Kathleen Cash
Jacqueline Celestin
Alexandre Cerqueira
Luiz Cerqueira
Katiana Charles
Jacquelyn Clymore
Siri Craft
Sheila Decter
Marie Francoise Deverson Gonzales
Colleen Doherty
Mara Evans
Jaime Figueroa
Angela Gagliano-Burke
Jeremy Geist
Myriam Germain
Nick Gideonse
Joan Ann Grisham
Anne Hastings
Caroline Hudicourt
Diana G. Jordan
Craig Kafura
Patricia Kantrowitz
Lawrence Kennedy
Ruth Kiefson
Stephanie Kip
Edward Kuh
Syntia Leandre
Mireille L. Leger
Chris Low
Teresa Low
Philippe-Richard Marius
Jakub Markulis
Louis-Henri Mars
Antoinette Marwitz
Lois McCloskey
Mary Jean McGuire
Shannon McKee
Ann Mitchell
Joanna Norris
Ani Oliver
Paola Pierre
Tatiana Pierre-Pierre
Patricia Pletke
Mercedes Pont
Jeannie Ramey
Susan Redlich
Anna Reeve
Mary Renda
Michael Robbins
Caroline Roth
Marietta M Sbraccia
Patricia Seidler
Kenia Selamy
Kathleen A. Shannon
John J Stevens
Jill Stevens
Gregory Stevens
Stacey Stevens
David Sweeterman
Amanda Van Rhyn
Brian Vandenbroucke
Jim Donald Verhulst
Jørgen Vestrheim
Daniel Wells
Gate West
Jerry Wheelock
Kelley Jean White
Jennifer Wickham
Margarita M Wilson
Veda Wright
Rachel Wyon
Heather Yow
Friends of Matènwa Supporters
We are honored to recognize the individuals, families, churches, businesses, and organizations who made one or more charitable gifts during Fiscal Year 2026. Your generosity and solidarity make the work of the Matènwa Community Learning Center possible each and every day. Thank you for standing with the children, families, and educators of Matènwa.
Mona Ahmed
Alana Alexander
Brian Anderson
Rose Marie Anderson
Patricia Appelbaum
Neela Atluri
Susan Avdoian
Chris Bain
Helen Bakeman
Kate Balk
Alison Ball
Cindy Ballenger
Karl Bandtel
Susan Bauman
Sarah Bayer
Mimsy Beckwith
Richard Beckwith
Jodi Beder
Serge Bellegarde
Claudia Bello
Jonathan Benedict
Martha Bestebreurtje
Connie Biewald
Belinda Blay
Larry Blum
Wendy Blum
Mark Boelhouwer
Jill Borenstein
Amy Bowen
Mary J. Briggs
Amelia F. Brower
Lisa Brown
Stephen D. Brown
Jacqueline Bunke
Lauren Burchfield
Katherine H. Button
Aaron Caldwell
Cambridge Community Foundation
Sarah Carleton
Mary Carnie
Susan Carr
Jennifer Carter
Peter Dana Carter
Latisha Cesar
Leslie Chang
Diane Charyk
Bonnie Chernin
Jill Christians
Laura Chumpitaz
Marie Cieri
Elizabeth Claggett-Borne
Judith Beth Cohen
Melanie Collard
Marianne Collins
Anna Grimaldi Colomer
Elise Colomer-Cheadle
Francesca Coltrera-Cornell
Kathleen Corbett
Siri Craft
Terrence Crowley
Ophelia Dahl
Jon Damian
Barbara G. Davis
Steven Davis
Margarita Pont de Arroyo
Susan DeAngelis
Sheila Decter
Charan Devereaux
Chuck Dickinson
Kenneth Dimanche
Colleen Doherty
Norah Dooley-Fairchild
Eleanor Ruth Duckworth
Daniel Dugger
Laura Dupuy
Susan Dutcher
Jefferson Eaton
Fernando Echavarria
Ecolab
Casey Elliott
Jan Elsbach
Encore Capital Group Giving Fund
Schuyler W. Engel
Carole Enright
Marcelle Estriplet
Lynn Evans
Ellen Evett
Andrew Falender
Diane Fenton
Jaime Figueroa
First Parish in Lincoln
Nancy Fishman
Maryanna Foskett
Susan Franklin
Duncan Freake
Ann Froines
Todd Fry
Frank Fuller
Keevin Funderburg
Angela Gagliano-Burke
Katherine B. Gakenheimer
John Galli
Cheri L. Geckler
Jeremy Geist
Anne Gibbons
Nick Gideonse
R.A. Gilbert
Cass Gill
Mara Goldberg
Lynne F. Golden
Elizabeth Goodrich
Grace and Laurance Hoagland Fund
Ann Graham
Kathy Greeley
Alexa Green
Myrna Greenfield
Joan Ann Grisham
David D. Hammond
Nancy B. Hannigan
Doug Hazen
Charlie Heath
Diane Hendrix
Edward Henley
Kayla Hernandez
Krista Hernandez
Nancy Hibbard
Beverly Higgins
Mary S. Hoag
Grace Hoagland
Cathy Hoffman
William Hoffman
Sarah Cannon Holden
Bart Holthuijsen
John Horvitz
Cheryl Huber
Caroline Hudicourt
Yolette Ibokette
Charlie Ill
Kurt Jacobson
Tina Jaillet
Eleanor Janeway
Serge Jean
Nathella Kalamaras
Martha Ellen Katz
Hillary Kearney
Aida Khan
Stephanie Kip
Dan Klemmer
Tim Kunin
Mary LaClair
Ladies Benevolent Society
Judith Laguerre
Carol Lam
Yvon Lamour
Lane Haitian Relief
Ellen Lapowsky
Nancy Latner
Jeanine Launay
Jasper J. Lawson
Judith Lazrus
Mireille L. Leger
John LeVert
Pip Lewis
Robert B. Liberman
Simone Liebman
Virginia Lovett
Caitlin Elizabeth Low
Jamie Low
Garvey Lundy
Daniel W. Lyons
Paul Lyons
Seán Lyons
Dave Mahadevan
Taydon Mandt
Jakub Markulis
Genevieve Martin
Graciela Martinez
Tapas Mazumdar
Ann G. McCann
Lois McCloskey
George McCully
Mary Jean McGuire
Anna McMaken-Marsh
Christian McVey
Peter Meadow
Paul Messier
Claudine Michel
Ann Mitchell
Brian J. Mooney
Scott Morgan
Myriam Morris
Siobhan Morris
Suzanne Morse-Fortier
Mitch Moskowitz
Judy Motzkin
Megan Myers
Timothy Myers
Lourdes Narvaez
Ashley Nazemi
Northern Trust
Giulia Distefano Norton
Raven Ó Cuacach
Lewis O'Connor
Joanie E. Parker
Patricia Parker
Karen Paruolo
Christelle Paul
Barbara Pearlman
Susanne Peter
Brennan Phelan
Pledgeling Foundation
Patricia Pletke
David Plotkin
Barbara Porter
Donna Pressman
Mark Prior
Pat Rathbone
Kathleen Reist
Mary Renda
Johanna Richardson
Marcel Robin
Vanessa Rodriguez
Debra Rolfe
Nicole B. Rosefort
Ruth Rosenfeld
Colleen Ryan
Peter Ryan
Saint Anne's Church Service League
Hilary Sallick
Barbara Sampson
Joanna Sampson
Shirley Sampson
Ellen Sarkisian
Lindsay Sauvage
Marietta M Sbraccia
Kayla Schirf
Aaron Schubert
Second Union Church of San Juan
Frances Serralles de Suarez
Rebecca Severe
Regine Severe
Sara Sezun
Katharine Shapleigh
Jennifer A. Sharp
Wendy Singh
Venia Sipalay
Franklin Smith
Judy Somberg
Leah Spano
Nicole St Victor
St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church
Susan Stec
Janet Stern
Scott Stern
Brian Stevens
Kris Stoesz
Jeremy Sugerman
Kathleen Sullivan
Sandy Sum
Todd Summers
Bruno Surpris
Halima Sussman
Nicholas Tan
Martha C. Taub
Gary Taylor
The First Parish Church of Watertown
Kelsey Thompson
Tamara Thompson
Ashley torres
Susan Twombly
Letitia Graydon Upton
Nayda Bragan Valldejuly Suárez
Erlande Vanqui-Williams
Maria Gabriela Velasquez
Martha J. Velie-Gass
Marcia Vermaire
Jørgen Vestrheim
Donna Wainwright
Kathleen Walker
Regina Walther
Renate Wasserman
Daniel Weichsel
James Weidman
Henry S. Weinberger
Eric Weiss
Jessica Wenning
Marco Werman
Gate West
Westford Academy-Hands 2 Haiti
Jerry Wheelock
Dorla White-Simpson
Douglas Whiting
Emily Whiting
Harriet Whiting
Jeffrey C. Wickham
Jennifer Wickham
Scott Wilder
Richard J. Willey
Aaron Williams
Rebecca Wish
Sara Wolf
Laura Woods
Sheli Wortis
Doris Wright
Mary Jane Wuensch
Barbara Wybar
Rachel Wyon
Stephanie Yesner
Jeff Yost
Heather Yow
William Zachs
Catherine Zusy
With Deep Gratitude
Thank you for believing in the children, families, and educators of Matènwa. Every gift—regardless of size—helps create opportunities that last a lifetime. We are honored to have you as part of the Friends of Matènwa community.
We recognize donors based on our records and make every effort to ensure names are listed accurately. If you prefer to remain anonymous or would like your name updated or removed, please contact us at brian@matenwa.org or (305) 450-2561 and we will gladly make the change.
