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2025 Winners
STONY BROOK
Social Impact Award CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Winner of the 2025 Cerini and Associates Social Impact Imagine Award. At Stony Brook Children’s Hospital,
teams of pediatric specialists—doctors, nurses, scientists, technicians, and others—are working together
to create a better future for children. A future in which rapid whole genomic sequencing of critically ill
newborns can expedite diagnosis for life-threatening conditions. Where early diagnosis of Autism and related
neurodevelopmental disabilities enables families to pursue effective interventions. Where teams are making
groundbreaking discoveries in therapies for children with HIV, kidney disease, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and fetal
lung problems and more.
SCOTT J. BEIGEL
Leadership Excellence Award MEMORIAL FUND
Winner of the 2025 Certilman Balin Leadership Imagine Award. Linda Beigel Schulman established the Scott J.
Beigel Memorial Fund on February 16, 2018, two days after my son Scott was murdered in the Parkland High
School massacre. Scott dedicated his life to educating and mentoring children. The SJBMF embodies Scott’s
passion for camp and his unwavering belief in the potential of every child.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, THE HECKSCHER
& Accessibility (DEIA) Award MUSEUM OF ART
Winner of the 2025 The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) Award Sponsored By Chase For
Business Imagine Award. The Heckscher Museum of Art gratefully serves as a forum for community where
sharing and educating lead to better understanding and empathy. Our mission is to create opportunities
for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to
the present, and creates diverse possibilities for the future. Located in the heart of Huntington Village, the
Museum was founded in 1920 by philanthropists Anna and August Heckscher, who believed individuals living
outside urban areas, should have equal access to experience and learn from great art.
DANCING CLASSROOMS
Arts & Culture Award LONG ISLAND
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Winner of the 2025 Claire Friedlander Family Foundation Arts & Culture Imagine Award. In 2007 CoDanceCo
(CDC) received a Dana Foundation grant to become a licensed network affiliate site for Pierre Dulaine’s
acclaimed Dancing Classrooms™ (DC) arts-in-education program. CDC’s mission, dba Dancing Classrooms
Long Island (DCLI), is to foster the physical, social-emotional, and creative health of youth and adults through
the art of dance.
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Innovation Award GURWIN HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM
Winner of the 2025 Flagstar Bank Innovation Imagine Award. Since 1988 Gurwin Healthcare System has been
dedicated to the well-being of frail, elderly and medically complex older adults, combining clinical excellence
with compassionate, person-centric care through our many services and programs. The Gurwin team is
united by a desire to make a positive difference in the lives of older adults, and is imbued with a commitment
to care for every resident as if they are their very own family members, whether in our skilled nursing and
rehabilitation centers, our adult day care and home care programs, or our assisted living and independent
living communities.
Hall of Fame Award LGBT NETWORK
Recipient of the 2025 Jovia Financial Credit Union Hall of Fame Imagine Award. The LGBT Network is a non-
profit organization that serves as a home and a voice for LGBT people, their families, and support systems
across Long Island and Queens. Through its community centers, advocacy efforts, and social change initiatives,
the LGBT Network creates safe spaces where LGBT people can LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, and PRAY.
Fan Favorite Award WE CONNECT THE DOTS
Winner of the 2025 Nerds That Care Fan Favorite Imagine Award. We Connect The Dots, Inc. is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to empowering individuals, particularly those from underrepresented and underserved
communities, by igniting passion and knowledge in modern-day skills such as coding, cybersecurity, and
business automation. Our mission focuses on bridging the gap between education and the demands of
the 21st-century workforce through robust partnerships with community leaders, educational institutions,
government agencies, and industry pioneers.
Rising Star Award SIBSPLACE INC
Winner of the 2025 Vanguard Benefits Rising Star Imagine Award. SIBSPlace (Survivorship in Brothers and
Sisters) is a free program serving well children ages 5-17, with a sibling with cancer or another devastating
medical illness, a parent with a cancer diagnosis and child coping with the death of a sibling or parent.
SIBSPlace provides guided therapeutic peer support to help children develop skills to cope with the emotional
impact of a loved one’s medical diagnosis or loss.
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