These Food & Shelter Providers Need Your Help

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has pledged to donate $1 for every $2 given to nonprofits providing basic needs services such as food, clothing, fuel and shelter


NEW HAVEN, CT – (October 23, 2009) The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven announces the return of its “Making a Good Gift Better” matching grants program for nonprofits providing food, shelter, clothing, or fuel to Greater New Haven residents. Every $2 donation to the 29 participating nonprofit organizations between November 2, 2009 and January 15, 2010 will be matched with a $1 donation from The Community Foundation up to $5,000 per each organization; participating organizations include:

 Master’s Manna Covenant to Care for Children SARAH Junta for Progressive Action
 
      
Columbus House

Connecticut Mental Health Center

 The Valley YMCA Liberty Community Services


Community Dining Room Inc. Christian Community Action Milford Food Bank Community Soup Kitchen
 
      
Community
Action Agency		 FISH of Greater
New Haven		 Kathleen C.B.
Samela Food
Bank
 Coordinating Council
for Children in Crisis



Fellowship Place
Inc.		 Beth-El Center Inc. Branford Food
Council Inc.		 The Umbrella Program


Integrated Refugee
& Immigrant
Services		 Domestic Violence
Services of Greater New Haven		 Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

The Salvation Army
Cheshire, Greater
Valley Corps, Madison, New Haven, Wallingford

The Making a Good Gift Better program is in its fourth year and was created to encourage nonprofit organizations providing basic needs services to strengthen their operational and development capacities and to focus on increasing their resources by fundraising.

Since 1928, donors to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven have built the community's endowment valued at approximately $275 million. In 2008, The Foundation distributed approximately $14 million in grants from more than 700 different charitable funds supporting a wide range of programs and projects. To learn how to support the good works in your community forever, contact Angela Powers at (203) 777-7068 for a quick and easy guide on how to make a bequest. Or mail your gift to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT 06510. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. For more information about The Community Foundation visit www.cfgnh.org.




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