11th ANNUAL
AWARD CEREMONY
The 11th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards was held Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
The 11th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards was held as an in-person event for over 450 guests with an online livestream of the program on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. This gala event was created to offer formal acknowledgement to some of Long Island’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations. Over 150 nonprofit applications were submitted to win $5,000 grants in each of six categories: *NEW* DEIA, Innovation, Leadership Excellence, Rising Star, Social Impact and Arts and Culture, and an additional $3,000 Fan Favorite award and $1,000 participant choice award. Of this pool of worthy applicants, 24 were selected as finalists and one in each category was announced as the winner. Thanks to our Diamond Sponsor SterlingRisk Insurance, $1,000 was also granted to each finalist.
OUR FOUNDER
Ken Cerini, CPA, CFP, FABFA
Managing Partner
OUR EMCEE
Doug Geed
Anchor
Judges
Christine Deska
BellesBoard & Nonprofit Sector Strategies
Eleanor (Ellie) Hume, CPA, MBA
Your Part Time Controller, LLC (YPTC)
Joani Madarash
accessLinx
Karen Perry-Weinstat
Event Journal, Inc.
Claudia Poglianich
Stellar Solutions LLC.
Aaron Siegel
Mercury LLC
Sapphire Tucker
The Felix Organization
Winners Videos
EVENT PHOTOS
THANK YOU DIAMOND SPONSOR STERLINGRISK INSURANCE
FINALISTS
BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & ACCESSIBILITY (DEIA) AWARD
Harmony Healthcare Long Island
LGBT Network
Spectrum Designs Foundation
The Viscardi Center, Inc.
BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & ACCESSIBILITY (DEIA) AWARD
Harmony Healthcare Long Island
LGBT Network
Spectrum Designs Foundation
The Viscardi Center, Inc.
CERINI & ASSOCIATES, LLP
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
ECLI-VIBES
Family & Children’s Association
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Inc.
CERINI & ASSOCIATES, LLP
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
ECLI-VIBES
Family & Children’s Association
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Inc.
CERTILMAN BALIN
LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD
Eileen Minogue, Executive Director – Book Fairies
Neela Mukherjee Lockel, MSW, MPA, President & CEO – EAC Network
Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D., President & CEO – Family & Children’s Association
Joe Salamone, Founder & Executive Director – Long Island Coalition Against Bullying
CERTILMAN BALIN
LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD
Eileen Minogue, Executive Director – Book Fairies
Neela Mukherjee Lockel, MSW, MPA, President & CEO – EAC Network
Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D., President & CEO – Family & Children’s Association
Joe Salamone, Founder & Executive Director – Long Island Coalition Against Bullying
THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER FAMILY FOUNDATION
ARTS & CULTURE AWARD
Gold Coast Arts Center
Landmark on Main Street, Inc.
Long Island Children’s Museum
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER FAMILY FOUNDATION
ARTS & CULTURE AWARD
Gold Coast Arts Center
Landmark on Main Street, Inc.
Long Island Children’s Museum
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
FLAGSTAR BANK
INNOVATION AWARD
ACLD (Adults & Children with Learning & Developmental Disabilities)
Developmental Disabilities Institute
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County
United Way of Long Island
OR TEXT “UNITED”
FLAGSTAR BANK
INNOVATION AWARD
ACLD (Adults & Children with Learning & Developmental Disabilities)
Developmental Disabilities Institute
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County
United Way of Long Island
VANGUARD BENEFITS
RISING STAR AWARD
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck
Hair We Share
OR TEXT “REBUILDING”
Winters Center for Autism
OR TEXT “WINTERS”
VANGUARD BENEFITS
RISING STAR AWARD
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck
Hair We Share
Rebuilding Together Long Island
Winters Center for Autism
11th ANNUAL SPONSORS
DIAMOND SPONSOR
PLATINUM SPONSORS
COCKTAIL RECEPTION SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
