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Changing lives through the power of language
Maedeh’s experience learning English at ILI. This video was filmed and produced by Disquiet Dog as a donation to ILI.
Here are some of the successes that support of ILI’s IMPACT fund made possible this past year:
ILI’s Free English Program supported 200+ immigrants and refugees from around the world, helping them gain the English skills needed to achieve their goals and create stronger, more vibrant communities for everyone.
ILI Volunteer Tutors and 87 English learners worked together for more than 1,700 hours, partnering to focus on pronunciation, reading, writing and understanding – helping students achieve critical education and career goals.
Through ILI’s Workplace Training Program, more than 120 employees at regional businesses strengthened their language skills—boosting communication, job performance, and the overall strength of our regional workforce.
Scholarships sponsored by Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee, the Richard Martin Memorial Scholarship, and our Community Scholarship supported 13 immigrants and refugees from our Free English Program to join international students in the Intensive English Program, tripling their class time and profoundly improving their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
More than 670 students from our World Language Program connected with new cultures by learning German, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, both in-person and online. Through these tutorials and classes, they gained a deeper understanding of the world, transforming their perspectives and broadening their horizons.
21 People travelled internationally to 8 countries through ILI’s Language Travel Service, falling in love with local cultures and gaining fluency in their language of choice.
Our TESOL Certificate program—training teachers of English to speakers of other languages—certified 20 new educators this year, strengthening our local teaching community and expanding the number of skilled instructors across the region and beyond.
32 highly experienced, dedicated teachers and staff continued doing what they love best: working daily on behalf of students and advocating for intercultural understanding and diverse communities.
Your gift to the IMPACT Fund will go far to ensure successes like these continue throughout 2026!
ILI is a thriving, nonprofit language school in the heart of Northampton, MA. We rely on the support of generous donors like you.
When we launched the IMPACT Fund in 2020, the idea was to help transition past the pandemic into a solid, sustainable future. The Fund is now an anchor of our financial strategy, and you are an important part of keeping the Fund viable.
Please make your tax-deductible contribution today!
If you’ve supported us in the past, THANK YOU! And if you’re a new donor, WELCOME!
We can’t do this work without you. A big thanks from the students, teachers, staff and board members at ILI!
The International Language Institute of Massachusetts, Inc. is a private, non-profit (501c3) language school. Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent provided by law.
IMPACT AT ILI: Changing Lives Through Language
Inclusiveness: standing against all forms of discrimination
Mentorship: providing 1,000’s of hours of volunteer tutoring every year, partnering with students to work towards their education, career, and life goals
Purpose: providing the highest quality language instruction and teacher training, investing in the success of every student.
Advocacy: promoting intercultural understanding and celebrating our diverse local communities
Community: working collaboratively building and sustaining the communities we serve, cultivating classroom and community connection where every voice is heard
Transformation: daily investment in life-changing teaching and learning
Ways to Give
A full range of giving options
Whether you are already a donor or new to ILI, we hope the information below helps you decide how best to make an investment in your community language learning center. Supporters like you truly make a difference in so many lives by ensuring ILI continues as a vital part of our local communities!
Donate online
Just click DONATE and follow the instructions on our safe and secure platform. NOTE: We do not share or sell your information.
To make a bigger impact, consider signing up as a recurring donor at $10, $25 or more each month. It’s easy to do online at DONATE and goes a long way to support the ILI team all year long!
Send gifts by mail
Mail a gift via check to ILI at:
International Language Institute of Massachusetts
25 New South Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Workplace Matching
Many companies and workplaces offer matching gift programs. If yours is one, you can increase the impact of your donation with just a few clicks. Check to see if your employer has a matching gift program.
Other Options
- transfers of stocks and securities
- qualified charitable distributions from your IRA through charitable rollovers
- a gift from your donor advised funds
- arrange for memorial and honorary gifts in memory of your loved ones
- leave bequests and legacy gifts to ILI in your will
If you are interested in exploring these options, please contact ILI executive director Caroline Gear (caroline@ili.edu; tel. 413-586-7569, ext. 103). She can provide more information and will be happy to discuss the many available choices with you!
Our Students
“My teacher is the best teacher I have ever had. She always find the way makes class fun and she always makes us to use the things that we learn. Every morning I felt her energy and her will to teach. Whenever I ask something she searched for it and helped me. She is more than a teacher to me.”
Yasemin Toktemir from Turkey studied English at ILI
Stakeholders
Business, Foundation & State Supporters
We are deeply grateful to our business, foundation and state supporters that contributed so much to ILI’s success in 2025. Thanks to their support, we were able to continue our Free English Program for immigrants and refugees, successfully continue online and in-person classes, and ensure the health of our daily operations. Their vote of confidence in ILI made us strong. THANK YOU!
| Inspirational Voices: $2,500+ |
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| Baystate Health Community Benefits |
| Greenfield Savings Bank |
| Health New England |
| Northampton Rotary Club District Grant |
| PeoplesBank |
| Activist Voices: $500+ | |
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| Aquadro & Associates Insurance Agency | |
| Bueno y Sano | |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital | |
| Country Bank | |
| Provisions | |
| Zonta Club of Northampton Area | |
| Community Partners: $499 and under | |
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| Encharter Insurance | |
| Florence Dental Care | |
| International Student Insurance | |
| Iyengar Yoga Center of Western Massachusetts | |
| Legacy Counsellors, PC | |
| Northampton Cooperative Bank | |
| Renew Window Cleaning | |
| Strada Shoes | |
| Webber and Grinnell Insurance | |
| Supporting Voices: $100+ | |
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| bankESB | |
| Esselon | |
| Law Office of Peter Irvine | |
| Welcoming Voices | |
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| Sunshine Committee of the MA Library System (In memory of Michael Coffey) | |
| Zonta Club of Northampton | |
Individual Supporters
Thank You to Our 2025 Supporters
The generosity of our neighbors in western Massachusetts and beyond never ceases to amaze! A big THANKS to all of you!
| Extraordinary Voices: $10,000+ |
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| Ann Barker Family Charitable Fund at Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Michael Cohen and Chia Collins Anonymous Anonymous Leslie & Lyman Wood Language Education Fund |
| Guiding Voices: $5,000 – $9,999 |
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| Anonymous Anonymous |
| Inspirational Voices: $2,500 – $4,999 |
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| * Emmy Clausing Jane and John Dion |
| Motivational Voices: $1,000 – $2,499 |
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| Anonymous Deb Alm Steven Budd – In memory of LaWanza Brewington Ann Erichetti and Mark Keroack Charitable Fund at Community Foundation of Western MA Todd and Andrea Barron Tom Butler & Jody Wax Clarissa Coffin Dean and Annette Cycon Anonymous Fred & Eva Fierst Sarah Fowler & Christof Paar Anonymous Anonymous Shirley Lutgen * Alex McCroson Karle Moore and Kim Wolfson * Alexandra Risley-Schroder Anonymous * Anonymous |
| Activist Voices: $500 – $999 | |
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| Michael and Tina Berins Beth and Timothy Bishop Daisy Broudy Charitable Fund Michael Buckowski – In memory of Marya Mikelyte Carolyn and Andy Coffin Lisa and Robert Dietz Judith Fine and Douglas Luce Caroline Gear and Jim Olsen Timothy Gillis and Catherine Swift – In honor of Jules and Grayson Emily Gladstone Sam Haar Katherine Irwin Kathy Goos and Barry Werth * David Gottsegen * Anonymous Viktoriia Harrison Patricia Hill | Marsha Humphrey and Steve Jasinski Alexis Johnson Markus and Jessica Jones Amy Landry and Stewart Walker Patricia Lee Lewis Rebecca Lorimer Leonard & Ben Leonard * Patrick Love * Lynn Matteson and John Hoops * Kevin McAllister Mary Beth Ogulewcz Victoriz Poletto Joan Rasool Allison Ryan Anonymous Hrayr Tamzarian Nancy Urbschat * David Veleta |
| Leading Voices: $250 – $499 | |
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| * Ernest Alleva Jeanne and Jeff Barron Dan Berger & Laura Katz Dennis Bidwell & Mary Ann Kelly Team Brewster Don Byrum & Theresa Yesu Carly Cavanaugh – In honor of Eva Camancho Anna Cook * Cheryl Darrup-Boychuck Eric Derman Barbara and John Devlin * Anonymous Beth Eustis Anonymous * Peyton Fleming * Maedeh Ghasemzadeh Marina Goldman Michelle Goodfellow Anonymous Kris Holloway & John Bidwell Amy Kahn Meg and Johnathan Kelsey Wright – In honor of Young Song | Elizabeth Kemp * Wendy Labbe Kelsey Lewis Amelia Mosley – In memory of Jason Hightower * Betsy Nicoletti * Margaret Nunnelly Bob Phaneuf Justin Prairie Bob Pura * Karla Reinertson Martha Robert Lellman Sonya & Jhanny Rumpf Laurie Sanders and Fred Morrison – In honor of Caroline Gear and Patricia Lee Lewis Jane Sinauer Anonymous – In memory of Andrea Raphael Michelle Walch and Dana Whitehouse Anonymous Carol Young & Chris Smither |
| Supporting Voices: $100 – $249 | |
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| Gwen Agna Lisa Baskin Amy Ben-Ezra – In memory of Hilda Ben Ezra Janet and Mark Bennet Elizabeth Bigwood – In honor of Jeanne Barron Anonymous Alan Bloomgarden and Kathie Bredin Catherine Bloom Linda Butler Richard Cahillane * Jina Cha Nancy Condon Christina Cronin –In honor of Markus Jones Sarah Crowther Daniel Cuenca Regina Curtis – In honor of Caroline Gear Geraldine De Berly Dee Dice * Michael DiPasquale * Jordi Herold and Elizabeth Dunaway Dolores Elliott David Fierst – In honor of Sonya Fierst Dan and Naomi Fierst Nan Fleming Dodie Gaudet Janet and Brian Grant * Lily Gong Nicole Graves Anonymous Julie Held Hoon Heo * Don Herold * Wendy Hudson | * Megan Lightcap – In memory of Joy Staats Lightcap Judith Luddy – In honor of Lexi * Julie Magri Cindy and Patrick Mahoney Gregory Malynoski Shirley and Jay Markham Anonymous Kara McBride * Ann McEwen and David Thomson Susan Morrello Kris Moses-Libon & Rob Libon Tom Navin Joe O’Rourke * Ardeshir Pezeshk and Mariah Swenson * Patrick Pezzati * Laura Reed John Reily * Martha Richards Betsy Rider – In honor of Caroline Gear Janice Rogers Mary-Lou Rup Sarah Schmidt Stephanie Shafran Joyce Snyder Anonymous Betsy Stone Virginia Sullivan * Jennifer Swender David Thomson Andy Turrett Paul Villani Anonymous * Yu Wang Reynolds Whalen Al Woodhull & Barbara Francis Betsy and John Yount |
| Welcoming Voices | |
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| * Lillian Autler Ivan Balan * Bettina Bergmann * Monica Briggs * Anonymous * Angela Burke * Deborah Christakos * Mary Cowhey Jo Cyr-Mutty Bea Estelle Madeline Etkin Laura Eveleigh & Tank Hood Tatum Flick Steven and Lisa Fuller * Elizabeth Gardner * Hannah Glaser * Kathie Gow and Holly Lee Tamara Grogan Janet Grunwald Sam Haar Joyce and Russ Hansen * Anonymous Josette Henschel – In honor of Caroline and Lexi Edy Howe * Anne Howland Janet Hulnick – In memory of Barbara Hulnick * Vincent Jackson Pam Korza Diana Larkin * Lisa Leary Susan Leigh Triolo Ann Lewis Flora Majumber Dori McCormick Lynn McLaughlin | Rosa Mendez Christopher Misra Juliette Monet * Jill Palmer Katy Peña Moonan Beth Reddish and Caleb Wetmore Michele Reiter Judith Roberts and Jonathan Lagreze – In honor of Caroline Gear * Rommie Rom – In honor of Kris Holloway *Barbara Rouillard Elizabeth Rumelt and Geoffrey Lobenstine Eyad Salha * Elena Sharnoff Jacqueline Sheehan Risa Silverman Mary Ann Simcoe John Stifler Suzanne Strauss and Scott Kennedy – In memory of Andrea Raphael * Christine Thibodeau Rebecca Thomas * Beverly Thompson – In memory of Kevin Thompson Benjamin Turnberg Jimena Valdivia * Kate Walker * Jean Walsh Geri Wharton Wendy Watson * Shelly Zimbalist * Debra |
*New donors
Monthly donors
Questions about donations? Please contact Caroline Gear, caroline@ili.edu
ILI gratefully acknowledges all contributors. This list recognizes support received from January 1 2025 to December 31, 2025. We carefully review lists of donors for accuracy and sincerely apologize for any errors that may have been made.