Type of business: Accountants and consultants
Connecticut employees: 90
Headquarters: Glastonbury (Corporate HQ is in New Jersey)
Top executive: Frank Longobardi, managing partner
Nomination category: Nonprofit advocate of the year
Frank Longobardi is a long-time supporter and advocate of Connecticut charities.
Among his philanthropic causes are the First Tee, St. Francis Hospital, National Conference for Community and Justice, and a 10-year commitment to the Arthritis Foundation.
His passion for helping others has spread throughout J.H. Cohn, which selects a nonprofit as the beneficiary of the firm’s holiday card. Artwork for the card is created by children whose parents work at the firm.
In 2008, Longobardi and J.H. Cohn partnered with the Travelers Championship to administer Birdies for Charity and created Birdies Bonus Bucks, a $15,000 incentive to increase participation in the pledge-based program. Since then, contributions to Birdies have increased by more than 400 percent.
