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Supporting WBDC = Supporting CT Women Entrepreneurs

There has never been a more critical time to support women business owners.

WBDC was founded so that women in Connecticut would have access to resources that could help them to start and expand businesses, and create sustainable jobs throughout the state.

More than 25 years into this mission, over 18,500 women have worked with WBDC to launch, sustain and grow over 13,900 businesses, create and maintain more than 30,100 jobs in Connecticut, and access more than $54 million in capital.

With your help, we can support an even greater number of these women – job creators and economic influencers who will inspire the next generation of women entrepreneurs.

Donations from Donor Advised Funds are welcome.  WBDC’s Tax ID number is:  06-1493737.

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Thank you to our Donors (as of January 2024)

$500,000+

  • CT Office of Early Childhood
  • CT Comptroller’s Office
  • CT Department of Economic and Community Development
  • Phillip Morris International
  • U.S. Small Business Administration

100,000+

  • City of Waterbury
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Libertas Funding LLC
  • M&T Bank 
  • Webster Bank Charitable Foundation
  • Wells Fargo Private Bank

50,000+

  • TD Charitable Foundation
  • The Fund for Greater Hartford
  • Travelers

25,000+

  • Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC)
  • Pam Kushmerick and Jim Smith
  • MasterCard
  • PwC Charitable Foundation/PwC
  • Roby Dodd Family Charitable Foundation, Inc.
  • Shipman & Goodwin LLP

10,000+

  • Alex Brown/Raymond James
  • Bank of America
  • Eryn and Michael Bingle
  • Bourgeon Capital Management, LLC
  • Cigna
  • CLA/CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
  • Moira Collins Family Fund
  • DR Bank
  • Draft Kings
  • Essex Savings Bank
  • Foxwoods Resort Casino/Wondr Nation
  • Gen Re
  • Galia Gichon
  • Hartford HealthCare
  • Henkel
  • Elizabeth and Steven Hirsch
  • Ion Bank Foundation
  • Liberty Bank Foundation
  • Point72, L.P.
  • Sue & Glyn Thickett
  • Torrington Savings Foundation
  • Tudor Investment Corporation
  • Union Savings Bank
  • Wiggin and Dana LLP

5,000+

  • Alvarez & Marsal
  • Amazon
  • Arnold NYC
  • Allison Worldwide
  • Nisha and Harry Arora
  • Chelsea Groton Foundation
  • The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, Inc.
  • Eversource Energy
  • Hexcel Corporation
  • Hurwitz, Sagarin, Slossberg & Knuff LLC
  • The Honorable Ned and Annie Lamont
  • NewAlliance Foundation
  • Newtown Savings Bank/Newtown Savings Bank Foundation, Inc.
  • Patriot Bank
  • Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Stamford Health
  • Brenda Thickett and Andreas Papadatos
  • David Wezdenko, Blue Leaf Ventures

1,000+

  • AARP Connecticut
  • AdvanceCT
  • Bankwell
  • Larysa Bemko
  • Bernstein Private Wealth Management 
  • Jacqueline O. Berkowitz, Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation
  • Berkshire Bank Foundation, Inc.
  • Jennifer Boyd, Boyd & Associates 
  • Amanda Castellano
  • Charter Communications
  • Roseann Conheeney
  • CT Business & Industry Association (CBIA)
  • CONNSTEP
  • CorePlus Credit Union
  • Isabelle Côté and Jacques Briand
  • The Dean and Laura Davis Family Foundation
  • Deloitte LLP
  • Stella and Robert DeLucia
  • DLA Piper LLP
  • Downes Construction Company
  • Laura Drynan
  • Margaret Eisen
  • F.D. Rich Company
  • Garry and Sue Feldman
  • Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust
  • Finn Dixon & Herling LLP
  • The First Bank of Greenwich
  • First County Bank Foundation, Inc.
  • Five Mile River Advisors
  • Forbes Media
  • Foxcroft Strategy Group LLC
  • Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy
  • FunkkOFF! Inc.
  • Glaxo Smithkline Foundation
  • Guilford Savings Bank
  • Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
  • Anika Howard
  • iCapital
  • Impact Staffing Solutions
  • International Seaways, Inc.
  • Ives Bank
  • Sharon Kane
  • Erin Kang
  • Stacey Kennedy
  • KeyBank
  • The Jaideep and Rachel Khanna Foundation
  • Leslie and Jon Koch
  • Anahaita Kotval
  • Gina LaVersa
  • Lori Lindfors and Bart A. Sayet
  • Littler Mendelson, PC
  • Live Oak Bank
  • Shoshana Lubin
  • Carol Mathis
  • McCarter & English, LPP
  • Miller Klein Group LLC
  • Mintz + Hoke 
  • Miranda Creative, Inc.
  • Monica Moore
  • Flavia Naslausky & Egdardo Soares
  • NBC Sports
  • Glori Norwitt
  • Mairead O’Sullivan
  • Fran Pastore
  • Pavarini North East Construction Co., LLC
  • Pfizer
  • David Phillips
  • Pullman & Comley, LLC
  • R. C. Bigelow, Inc.
  • Aram Rae Family Fund
  • Hattie-Jane Rollins
  • Sacred Heart University
  • The Simmons Family Foundation
  • The Siegfried Group, LLP
  • Stamford Downtown
  • Charlotte and John Suhler
  • Thomaston Savings Bank
  • Troutman Pepper
  • Nichelle Waddell
  • Willis Towers Watson
  • Elisa Wilson
  • The Workplace, Inc.
  • Yale University Office of New Haven Affairs
  • Elizabeth Zessman, Heidrick & Struggles

An investment in WBDC is an investment in women business owners throughout Connecticut.