$2.7 Million in Total Granted Since Inception
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (The Foundation) and United Way of Greater New Haven (United Way) are pleased to announce that more than $1.4 million has been awarded to 80 organizations from the Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund (The Fund). With these 3rd and 4th round of grants, the Fund has distributed $2.7M to 130 organizations since it was created on March 20, 2020. The Fund is a community-wide effort to raise money for and get resources quickly to Greater New Haven's nonprofits and the people they serve affected by COVID-19. Funding was awarded through an application process with an emphasis on supporting organizations led by and/or partnering with people of color and/or those living in poverty.
“COVID-19 has posed enormous and unprecedented challenges to so many people in our community, from those newly unemployed and needing assistance in meeting their basic needs to those on the front lines providing vital services. Through the extraordinary generosity of donors in our community, the COVID-19 Community Fund has been able to help meet these needs and others by providing much-needed support through these first months of the COVID-19 crisis,” said William W. Ginsberg, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
“We’re very pleased to be able to continue to support our community through this public health crisis through grantmaking from our region’s COVID-19 Fund. Money raised here stays here, and is put to good use helping so many residents in need. These latest rounds of funding, for example, enabled us to support increasing safety measures and creative programming for children and youth in these challenging times,” said United Way of Greater New Haven President and CEO Jennifer Heath.
As with the first two rounds of funding, these third and fourth rounds were conducted by a volunteer Committee that reviewed applications and made grant decisions; members of the Committee consist of current and former Community Foundation and United Way board members, including: Khalilah L. Brown-Dean (bio), Andrew Eder (bio), Judith Meyers (bio), Flemming Norcott, Jr. (bio), Marcella Nuñez-Smith (bio), and Diane Young Turner (bio). The application process is now closed as The Foundation and United Way listen and survey nonprofits and individuals about their needs. A list of Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund grant recipients to date and ways to donate to the Fund are at www.cfgnh.org/covid19fund.
See Grants Recipients List online here https://www.cfgnh.org/articles/greater-new-haven-covid-19-community-fund-distributes-1-4-million-in-3rd-and-4th-grant-rounds
About The Community Foundation
Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is composed of hundreds of individually named funds and distributes millions of dollars in grants annually to build a stronger Greater New Haven region. The Foundation’s 20-town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge. For more information about The Community Foundation, visit www.cfgnh.org, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.org/cfgnh or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cfgnh
About United Way of Greater New Haven
United Way of Greater New Haven fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in greater New Haven. The organization, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020, brings people and organizations together to create solutions to the region's most pressing challenges. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. Join the movement to Live United at www.uwgnh.org.
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Contacts:
Patricia Bogie
Director of Communications
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
pbogie@cfgnh.org
203-710-3610 (mobile)
Mark Allegrini
Senior Director, Marketing and Engagement
United Way of Greater New Haven
mallegrini@uwgnh.org
203-530-5816 (mobile)