2nd Annual
AWARD CEREMONY
The 2nd Annual New York City Imagine Awards, the premier event that shines the spotlight on the nonprofit sector, was held on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at the Guastavino’s. We are extremely excited to bring the Imagine Awards to New York City and its surrounding boroughs. This event has been a mainstay of the Long Island nonprofit sector for the last ten years, so to be able to introduce this to the New York City marketplace is amazing.
This gala event was created to offer formal acknowledgment to some of the City’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations. 501(c)(3) nonprofits located in and/or significantly serving The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens or Staten Island are eligible to apply across five categories, Arts & Culture; Innovation; Leadership Excellence; Rising Star; & Social Impact, with the winner in each category winning a $5,000 grant. In addition, the 20 finalists, 4 in each category, will each receive a professionally produced video, which will be showcased the night of the event.
OUR FOUNDER
Ken Cerini, CPA, CFP, FABFA
Managing Partner
OUR EMCEE
Sonia Rincón
General Assignment Reporter
JUDGES
Marsha R. Bonner
The Legal Aid Society
Helen J. Cummings-Henry
Righteous Uplifting Nourishing International, Inc.
Ivy Fairchild, CFRE, MPH, MA
Landmark Consultants
Wayne M. Rosenfeld
East Midwood Jewish Center
Laura Senkevitch
Human Rights First
Liliana Velez
Urban Resource Institute
Taylor Zografakis
Numerus Partners (Millennium Management)
WINNERS VIDEOS
EVENT PHOTOS
FINALISTS
AETNA RISING STAR AWARD
Family Legal Care
OR TEXT “FLC”
Harlem Grown
OR TEXT “GROWN”
National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City, Inc.
OR TEXT “NAMI”
Young New Yorkers
OR TEXT “YOUNG”
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD
Association to Benefit Children – Gretchen Buchenholz, Executive Director
OR TEXT “ABC”
Avenues for Justice, Inc. (AFJ) – Angel Rodriguez, Co-Founder & Executive Director
OR TEXT “AFJ”
Exponents – Joseph Turner, JD, President & CEO
OR TEXT “EXPONENTS”
The Campaign Against Hunger (TCAH) – Dr. Melony Samuels, CEO & Founder
OR TEXT “TCAH”
CERINI & ASSOCIATES SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
New York Common Pantry
OR TEXT “NYCP”
Project Renewal
OR TEXT “PROJECT”
The Ali Forney Center
OR TEXT “ALI”
Win (Women in Need, Inc.)
OR TEXT “WIN”
THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ARTS & CULTURE AWARD
Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE)
OR TEXT “ARTE”
Education Through Music
OR TEXT “MUSIC”
National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)
OR TEXT “MOMATH”
Omnium Circus
OR TEXT “CIRCUS”
ONEGROUP INNOVATION AWARD
Project Renewal
OR TEXT “PROJECT”
RIP Medical Debt
OR TEXT “RIP”
YAI, Inc. – iHOPE
OR TEXT “IHOPE”
Youth INC
OR TEXT “YOUTH”
SPONSORS
PLATINUM SPONSORS
COCKTAIL RECEPTION SPONSOR
LIVE STREAM SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
