2025 Nominees

Congratulations to the 2025 National Philanthropy Day Nominees!

Outstanding Development Emerging Leader
Ashley Carbonell - KPBS
Logan Goverman - Fiona King
Vivian Grifantini - United Way of San Diego County
Hanna Jensen - Junior Achievement of San Diego County
Daniel Nagey - Adriana Brunner
Anita Scott - YMCA of San Diego County
Taylor Thompson - California Environmental Justice Alliance

Outstanding Development Professional
Susan Arias, CFRE - Adelante!, Blair Search Partners, Lifeline Community Services, MAAC
Amie Brown - Meals on Wheels San Diego County
Niki Brown, CFRE - Jack Alotto, Hannah Berger, Pearl Hoeglund, Selina Hudgins, Amanda Sorgi, Christiann Stewart
Edith Glassey - Falcon Valley Group for Serving Seniors
Sharyn Goodson, CFRE - Jeanne Schmelzer, AJ Steinberg
Miguel Lopez, CFRE - Adriana Brunner
Dana Rivers, CFRE, CSPG - Foundation for Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges

Outstanding Organization for Diversity & Inclusion
Accessity - Self-Nominated
The Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership (DEEP) - Tiffany La Mar
KPBS - Self-Nominated
SDGE - The Chicano Federation, MAAC, MANA de San Diego
The Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC) - Self-Nominated

Outstanding Philanthropic Institution
Alliance Healthcare Foundation - Self-Nominated
Aya Healthcare - Father Joe's Villages, Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Baldwin & Sons - Living Coast Discovery Center, Southwestern College, SBCS, Sharp Healthcare Foundation, Rotary Club of Chula Vista, YMCA of San Diego County
DPR Construction - Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego
Dr. Seuss Foundation - Barrio Logan College Institute, Library Foundation San Diego, Monarch School, San Diego Foundation
Eli Lilly - United Way of San Diego County
International Community Foundation - Blair Search Partners
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego - Townspeople
JPMorgan Chase - The Chicano Federation, MAAC, San Ysidro Health
Life Science Cares San Diego - Blair Search Partners
Mintz - La Jolla Playhouse
Mission Fed Credit Union - Self-Nominated
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation - Blair Search Partners
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Ocelots - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Seven Mile Casino - Living Coast Discovery Center, YMCA of San Diego County
Switchfoot Bro-Am Foundation - A Step Beyond, Feeding San Diego, Challenged Athletes Foundation, Monarch School, Rady Children's Health, Save the Music
TCWGlobal - Cause San Diego, Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego
Walter J. & Betty C. Zable Foundation - San Diego Oasis, Support The Enlisted Project (STEP), TERI, Inc.

Outstanding Philanthropist
Adriana & Cristiano Amon - Father Joe's Villages
Thomas Bancroft - Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego
Dianne L. Bashor - SDSU
Ed & Martha Dennis - La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Opera, San Diego Symphony, Res Med, UC San Diego
Daniel & Phyllis Epstein - California State University San Marcos, KPBS
Rosanne Holliday - La Jolla Playhouse, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Linda Katz
Ben Macias - Chicano Federation, San Ysidro Health
Mary Meigs - A Step Beyond, Carlsbad Rotary, Nativity Prep
Rakesh Patel, MD - Neighborhood Healthcare
Carol Vassiliadis - KPBS

Outstanding Student Volunteer
Muqadas Delawarzai - Reality Changers, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Camden Hall - Curebound
Ella Kaminsky & Anisa Pourteymour - San Ysidro Health
Arthur Wang - Alzheimer's San Diego

Outstanding Volunteer
Jude Awiylika - Promises2Kids
Nancy Basore - Feeding San Diego
Michael Brunker - Urban Leadership Development Institute
Corrine Busta - Neighborhood Healthcare
Michelle Cohn - San Diego Humane Society
Mark Corley - United Way of San Diego County
Michelle Diaz Agha - Living Coast Discovery Center, MANA de San Diego
William Duffield - Shelter to Soldier
Lazaro Herera - Northrop Grumman, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Reena Horowitz - American Heart Association, Mainly Mozart Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, San Diego Automotive Museum
Mateo Magaña - Chicano Federation
Kevin Marshall - South Bay Family YMCA
Pamela Pendrell - Meals on Wheels San Diego County
Mona Shenoda - Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Aubrey Valencia - Curebound