10th ANNUAL
AWARD CEREMONY
The 10th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards was held Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
The 10th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards was held as an in-person event for almost 400 guests with an online livestream of the program on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. 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 five categories: 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, 20 were selected as finalists and one in each category was announced as the winner.
OUR FOUNDER
Ken Cerini, CPA, CFP, FABFA
Managing Partner
OUR EMCEE
Doug Geed
Anchor
Judges
Jennifer Carpenter Low
Independent Consultant
Elizabeth S. Hildebrandt
Elizabeth S. Hildebrandt Inc. – A Creative Marketing Agency
Alison La Ferlita
Nonprofit Resource Hub
Joani Madarash
accessLinx
Jenna Natale
Long Island Business News
Brandy L. Watson
Hempstead Community Land Trust
Nyrekia L. White
Little Flower Children and Family Services of NY
Winners Videos
EVENT PHOTOS
FINALISTS
CERINI & ASSOCIATES SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
Backstretch Employee Service Team of NY
EPIC Long Island
Options for Community Living, Inc.
YES Community Counseling Center
CERTILMAN BALIN LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD
Kathryn Nastri, LCSW, Executive Director – Harmony Heights
Aimee Terzulli, Director of Education – Long Island Children’s Museum
John Castellano, Attorney in Charge and Director of the Mercy Advocacy Program – Mercy Haven, Inc.
Charles Evdos, Executive Director – RISE Life Services
THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER ARTS & CULTURE AWARD
Bay Street Theater
Gold Coast Arts Center & International Film Festival
Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja Inc.
The Eglevsky Ballet
FLUSHING BANK INNOVATION AWARD
East End Food Institute
ELIJA Transitional Programs & Services (TPS)
Family Service League
The Viscardi Center
VANGUARD INSURANCE AGENCY RISING STAR AWARD
Andrew McMorris Foundation
Birthday Wishes of Long Island
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck
Friends of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Suffolk
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