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Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
ActivePhilanthropy & VoluntarismMakes PRIsFunds Individuals
NEW HAVEN, CTWebsite
About Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Advancing Opportunity + Equity — the Foundation supports community well‑being in Greater New Haven through grantmaking, scholarships, mission investing and programs that advance basic needs, education, health, economic opportunity and neighborhood leadership.
Focus Areas
Basic needs / food, housing, emergency assistanceEducation and scholarshipsHealth and maternal/child health (New Haven Healthy Start)Economic opportunity / mission investingNeighborhood leadership and civic engagementWomen & girlsLatine/Latino community supportRacial equity / Black community initiatives
Who They Fund
underrepresented / underinvested entrepreneurs in Connecticutemerging leaders of color / nonprofit leaders of color
About Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven combines broad community grantmaking with scholarships, mission investing, and program support across Greater New Haven. Its recent record includes a $43.7 million general operating grant to Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc. and large support for local cultural and civic institutions such as Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven Museum and Historical Society, and New Haven Symphony Orchestra. The foundation also uses its assets through program-related investments, including a $2.8 million Liberty Bank EQ2 payment to Better Local Ecosystems LLC in New Haven. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to support both core operations and special-purpose funding. It gave unrestricted support to Connecticut organizations, endowment and general-purpose support to arts and history institutions, and targeted dollars for programs tied to community well-being. Grants also show attention to local infrastructure and organizational capacity, from capital construction to catalytic fundraising and incubator support. The foundation’s work aligns with its stated emphasis on basic needs, education, health, economic opportunity, neighborhood leadership, women and girls, Latine/Latino community support, and racial equity. Recent examples also point to support for historical preservation, arts and cultural institutions, youth programs, and entrepreneurship-related initiatives in New Haven.
What Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Funds
In arts and culture, the foundation backed Long Wharf Theatre with a $4,247,898 grant for the Seedlings Fund for the Long Wharf Theatre endowment, and later provided an endowment distribution to the same institution. It also supported the New Haven Symphony Orchestra with more than one grant for general purposes and for the benefit of the New Haven Museum and Historical Society. Its education and youth giving includes $408,654 to Neighborhood Music School Inc for scholarships and general purposes, plus $363,082 to United Way of Greater New Haven for the Summer Youth Fund. The foundation also supported The William Penn Charter School with $500,000 for the lower school library building. On community facilities and local development, it gave $570,000 to Lost in New Haven Inc for operations and capital construction. For entrepreneurship and climate-tech support, Climatehaven Co the Community Foundation Fo received $500,000 for general operating support for a climate technology incubator/accelerator start-up.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$23.4M
Total Assets
$627.4M
Total Revenue
$55.7M
Total Expenses
$43.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $30K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
WENDY GAMBA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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