Overview & Facts About The Foundation

The Community Foundation's offices are located at 70 Audubon Street in New Haven, CT

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is a philanthropic institution that was established in 1928 through a bequest. For more than 80 years, thousands of donors have built the community endowment by establishing permanent funds or making gifts to existing funds that distribute grants. These donors, past and present, make their gifts to ensure that programs and causes that matter most to them will be supported today and forever.

The Foundation is among the oldest and largest of more than 700 community foundations in the United States and remains the largest grantmaker in a region of twenty-towns located in the heart of central Connecticut.

• Mission: To create positive and sustainable change in Connecticut's Greater New Haven region by increasing the amount of and enhancing the impact of community philanthropy.
• Assets: The Community Foundation currently manages approximately $280 million in charitable assets. It uses a long-term asset allocation model to provide a predictable, increasing amount of revenue for grantmaking while maintaining the endowment’s purchasing power against the effects of inflation. 
• Funds: Over 700 charitable funds established by individuals, families, non-profit and for-profit businesses since 1928.
• Grants made: The Foundation’s funds distribute approximately $14 million in grants, contributing to the missions of hundreds of non-profits in Greater New Haven.

Local Communities Supported

• 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

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