Foundation Donate & Contact

The GGCC Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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Please Consider a Gift to the Following Initiatives

Become an Annual Sponsor of the GGCC Community Foundation

Community Hero – 2500
Logo in prominent location on Foundation landing webpage, program page, and donor webpage with hyperlink, logo recognition on signage at Picnic with a Purpose, Annual Golf Tournament, and Annual Gala. Recognition from podium at those events. Includes two golfers at the 2024 annual Golf Tournament or 2 tickets to the 2024 GGCC Gala.

Community Champion – 1200
Smaller logo on Foundation landing webpage, program webpage, and donor webpage, logo recognition on signage at Picnic with a Purpose, Annual Golf Tournament, and Annual Gala.

Community Partner – 600
Name on Foundation landing webpage, program webpage, and donor webpage, name recognition on signage at Picnic with a Purpose, Annual Golf Tournament, and Annual Gala.

Friends of the Foundation – 25-599
Name on Foundation donor webpage.

All gifts to the GGCC Community Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The GGCC Community Foundation is incorporated in Maryland, EIN 92-3563139.

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Contact us:
The GGCC Community Foundation shares office resources and professional staff with the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce.

GGCC Community Foundation
910 Clopper Road Ste 205N
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Foundation@ggchamber.org
President & CEO: Paula Ross, 301-840-1400

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Annual Corporate Sponsors of the GGCC Community Foundation

Hero

Champion

Partner

2025 Friends of the Foundation:

Kempes Jean, Homespire Mortgage

Heather Madison, Peterson Companies & Riley Madison

*2025 Donors to the GGCC’s Scholarship at Montgomery College

• • • Anita Anderson, Leadership MD
    • Beth Borrego, Cruise Planners Borrego & Rodriguez
    • Shah Behzadi, Hughes Network Systems/Echostar
    • Sam Chopra, Hughes Network Systems/Echostar
    • Dan Dellon, Gaithersburg CPAs
    • Jerry Ellis, Ellis-Lopez Travel Partners
    • Kempes Jean, Homespire Mortgage
    • Corby Megorden, ENNIS Legacy Partners
    • D’Ann Melnick, Life in MoCo Rentals
    • Romy Nunez, USI Insurance & DJ Romy
    • Colette Releford, Redfin Real Estate-Releford
    • Scott Ridgeville, 
    • Rob Scheer, Comfort Cases
    • Hilary Schwab, Hilary Schwab Photography
    • Laz Stark, Epic Events
    • Virginia Tehrani, Tehrani Law LLC
    • Jerry Therrien
    • Gary Vaughan, DCWeb Revolution
    • Zip Moving & Storage

*2025 Donors to the GGCC’s Shop with a Cop Donations Initiative

• • • GGCC’s Mastermind Direct Connect group
    • Anita Anderson, Leadership Maryland
    • Steve Barber, Supporting Strategies
    • Shah Behzadi, Hughes Network Systems
    • Jeff Bonilla, Compass
    • Dan Borten, Pinnacle Group
    • Neil Burka, Kite Realty Downtown Crown
    • Joey Chambers, Capital Bank
    • Dan Dellon, Gaithersburg CPAs
    • Kevin Donohew, New York Life
    • Roy Gabriel, Gabriel Maggio Construction
    • Dan Helhowski, Beltway Merchant Services
    • Lisa Henderson, City of Gaithersburg
    • Yamil Hernandez, City of Gaithersburg
    • Martin Hollander, Crown Trophy
    • Sandy LeBlanc, Coldwell Banker Realty
    • Heather Madison, Peterson Companies
    • Paula Ross, GGCC
    • Julian Sisman, Prepare for Performance
    • Paul Smith, Paul Smith Homes
    • Steven Suissa, SHS Payroll LLC
    • Heather Sunderman, McMillan Metro Faerber
    • John Teel, Supporting Strategies
    • Jerry Therrien
    • David West, Capital Bank
    • Jordan Wheeler, Hub International 

*2025 Donors to the Back to School Block Party Initiative:

• • • Montgomery College
    • Rodgers Consulting
    • Universities at Shady Grove
    • Fairchild Apartments/HIP Projects

*These donors have provided additional support at “4 A Cause” events in 2025 (beyond ticket purchases):

• • • Roxana Arias, nymeo Federal Credit Union
    • Jared Bailey, Northwestern Mutual
    • Steve Barber, Supporting Strategies (sponsor)
    • Beltway Merchant Services (sponsor)
    • Jim Bindeman, Celebration Marketing
    • Luis Cardenas, Bargain Movers
    • BNI Central Maryland (sponsor)
    • Joey Chambers, Capital Bank (sponsor)
    • Mick Collins, Pay it Forward Processing
    • Cruise Planners – Beth Borrego & Rod Rodriguez (sponsor)
    • Colie Daniels, Ballpoint Capital
    • Kevin Donohew, New York Life
    • Jeanne Ellinport, National Therapy Center
    • Jim Frangenberg, Wells Fargo
    • Fernando Fuentes, M&T BankUni
    • Machal Hancoff, CBIZ
    • Orville Haye, Groomed by Haye
    • Irlande Heartley, Heartley Notary
    • Dan Helhowski, Beltway Merchant Services (sponsor)
    • Oscar Herrera, Edsol Communications
    • Martin Hollander, Crown Trophy
    • Megan Horst, Flowers World Wide
    • Eiran Hurwitz, ADT
    • Dustin Jackson, Compugen Systems
    • Kempes Jean, The Kempes Group Homespire Mortgage (sponsor)
    • Sandy LeBlanc, Coldwell Banker Realty
    • Pamela Luby, ServPro Team Hall
    • Lucia Lumbreras, GGCC
    • Heather Madison, Peterson Companies
    • Matt Mangan, PMI Potomac
    • Nick Marchetti, AMI Signs
    • Nestor Molano
    • AJ Mohammadi, CMIT Solutions
    • Toby Morrison, Mid Atlantic Contracting
    • Eric Myers, M&T Bank
    • Ivan Nalibotsky, HealthMarkets Insurance Agency
    • Brianna Pacheco, ServPro Clarksburg/Damascus
    • Dan Peddicord, Peddicord Plumbing
    • Cliff Peterson, Integrency
    • Antonia Redko
    • Alex Reyes, Servpro Team Hall
    • Robert Louis Rivera, Jr., AYS Hospitality
    • Craig Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Realty Services RE/MAX Realty Group
    • Paula Ross, GGCC
    • Visa Shanmugam, Aire-Master of Central Maryland
    • Katie Smeltz, SEEC
    • Joseph Smith, Legacy Vested Financial
    • Paul Smith, RLAH
    • Daniel Sullivan, Factor Real Estate Finance
    • Heather Sunderman, McMillan Metro Faerber
    • John Teel, Supporting Strategies (sponsor)
    • Mauricio Vasquez, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Montgomery County
    • Gary Vaughn, DCWebRevolution
    • Richie Vicente, PNC Bank
    • Justin Volman, Volman HR Strategy LLC
    • David West, Capital Bank (sponsor)
    • Supporting Strategies of Northwest Maryland (sponsor)

*Donors at our 4 A Cause events in 2025 have helped to support gifts to these Upcounty nonprofits and causes:

• • • BlackRock Center for the Arts
    • Comfort Cases
    • Veterans Growing America
    • Cornerstone Montgomery
    • Gaithersburg Police Foundation
    • Montgomery County Police Foundation
    • Montgomery Village Youth Football Program

Special thank you to Dan Helhowski (Beltway Merchant Services), JOhn Teel, and Joey Chambers for planning and organizing our 4 A Cause series of joint networking events!

2024 Annual Report – our inaugural year: