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The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is the region's largest grantmaker and permanent charitable endowment.
The Community Foundation’s mission is to inspire, support, inform, listen to and collaborate with the people and organizations in Greater New Haven to build an ever more connected, inclusive, equitable and philanthropic community.
As an organization committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, The Community Foundation seeks applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.
When employment opportunities are available at The Community Foundation and/or its partner in philanthropy, the Valley Community Foundation, they will be listed below.
Director of the Connecticut Urban Opportunity Collaborative (CUOC)
APPLY BY MAY 2, 2025
The director will manage a power building initiative to support socio-economic movements focusing on three urban centers in Connecticut — Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport. The Changemaker Fund is the product of a unique collaboration of the three largest community foundations in Connecticut, the Connecticut Urban Opportunity Collaborative (CUOC), established in 2021. The role also manages CUOC’s engagement with local, state, and national partnerships and affiliations.
The centerpiece of the Changemaker Fund is an innovative, three-year direct cash assistance project executed in 2024 in collaboration with UpTogether, a national nonprofit dedicated to working with people experiencing financial hardship using guaranteed income strategies, and Changemaker community leaders from Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport. The successful candidate will continue to implement the project as well as the CUOC’s overall objectives, tactics, and benchmarks, enhancing its commitment to justice and a robust support system for the Changemaker Fund pilot.
The director, working closely with senior staff at CUOC’s three foundations, coordinates the objectives of the Collaborative and organizes periodic working group meetings and executive leadership meetings.
This is a full-time, benefit-eligible, private-grant funded, 2-year position. Continuation beyond 2 years is not guaranteed and contingent on continued funding.
