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Please click on the pdf icon to the left to download a copy of The Community Foundation's 2006 Annual Report.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our donors and the efforts of our grantee organizations to make our community the best it can be.
Thank you!
Please note: the files on this page require Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
Gifts and transfer exceeded $15 million and largely consisted of gifts to funds over which donors exercise grantmaking discretion and transfers to funds managed for other agencies, continuing trends of recent years.
By partnering with community foundations, the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund has enabled their clients to plug into grant making programs, community expertise and local philanthropic peer groups. Donor advised giving through this vehicle at The Foundation increased 133% from 2005 through 2006.
Planned giving is a way to remember the community in your will. A $2.2 million bequest fromWinkler and Virginia Dietz Gosch, the largest gift in 2006, will provide continuing support for environmental causes.
Margaret Mack, a donor, and a member of the Foundation’s Nettie Dayton Society, bequeathed her home to The Foundation. The sale of the property resulted in a gift of approximately $500,000 to the Margaret Mack Fund. |
For the most recent Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, please click here. |
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31 new funds were established by individuals, families and nonprofit groups. We administer over 640 designated, donor advised, preference, unrestricted, and agency endowments. We are grateful for the trust placed in us to help them fulfill their charitable goals.
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Over $11 .6 million in grants were awarded by The Foundation to meet many of the wide range of needs expressed throughout the region. Here are a few examples:
new haven urban resources initiative
Open Spaces as Learning Places provided quality environmental science education for 83 six grade students from Lincoln Bassett School, Hill CentralMusic School and BarnardMagnet School. Pre and post survey results demonstrated that students’ increased their knowledge of the environment by as much as 45%.
 connecticut children’smuseum— multi-year grant
The Creating readers Program welcomed 7,429 kids, teachers and family chaperones to over 100 educational field trips and Saturday programs. Over 5800 books have been distributed to kids.
hispanos unidos contra sida, inc.
CampMeechimuk is a summer camp which cares for up to 80 HIV/AIDS affected children for a week and provides respite care to at least 50 families living with HIV/AIDS.
prevent blindness tri-state
Healthy Eyes for New Haven Kids Project provides vision screening and follow-up services for 200 preschool children attending New Haven Head Start. Kids enter kindergarten “ready to SEE and learn”.
west haven child development center—multi-year grant
With the addition of a full-time nurse practitioner,West Haven Child Development Center is able to ensure that 131 infants, toddlers and preschoolers are up-to-date with immunizations, pediatric well visits and vision and dental screenings.
workforce alliance— multi-year grant
Through youth@Work, an employment program addressing the need to prepare youth for transition from school to careers, 1100 youth were hired by 305 employers. Over 90% of the young people successfully completed their worksite assignment and continued to receive skill training throughout the school year.
strive-new haven— multi-year grant
Participants, 17 and older, gain job training skills through an intense three-week program that prepares them for success in the workplace. 170 individuals were placed in jobs in 2006 and 73% remained employed after one year.
greater new haven community loan fund—multi-year grant
Opportunity to leverage new and expanded capital resources to support both current lending and to embark on new lending as it related to affordable housing in Greater New Haven. A total of 82 new units of affordable housing were financed and 104 units were re-financed for rehabilitation.
new life corporation— multi-year grant
Working in partnership with the Coalition forWorking Families, free tax preparation was available to low-moderate income individuals /families through the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program. Over 1300 clients benefited and $2.9 million in earned income tax credit and federal refunds were accessed.
cityseed—multi-year grant
Four farmers markets in four New Haven neighborhoods contributed to economic impact in excess of $1.2 million. Over 12,000 people (approximately 3000 qualify forWIC or EBT) visited the markets from May through October, and accessed locally grown, healthy food; supported community development and neighborhood revitalization; and promoted farm viability and farmland preservation.
housatonic valley association— multi-year grant
The Housatonic Valley Stream Teams help build public awareness and citizen action opportunities to conserve open space and improve water conditions along the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers and Estuary. The Teams compiled digital data to map shoreline conditions, impacted areas and known polluted sites. These maps are part of the lower housatonic and lower naugatuck rivers Assessment report.
seymour land conservation trust— multi-year grant
Dedicated volunteer groups work to provide a safe network of trails that are handicapped accessible and provide the public with environmental education. Hundreds of people including senior citizens, young families and disabled individuals utilize these trails on a regular basis.
Click here to view the larger list of grants made in 2006. |
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