Nonprofit Leaders Learn, Strengthen Connections at NELI
Nonprofit Executive Leaders’ Institute (NELI) retreat builds a supportive network among Greater New Haven nonprofits.
At the Nonprofit Executive Leaders’ Institute (NELI) retreat in January 2024, 19 local nonprofit leaders (pictured) came together at Madison’s Mercy by the Sea over four days of presentations, panel discussions and networking.
“Since that program, we have partnered,” says Paula Mann-Agnew, member of the inaugural 2023 NELI cohort and executive director of Discovering Amistad, which hosts educational tours on a replica of the historic schooner. “We had an event on the ship, and these organizations came together with the community … it was beautiful.”
This March, NELI participants from Boundless Literacy and Read to Grow co-presented a screening of the documentary film “The Right to Read,” with a panel discussion of leading literacy experts. The event was sponsored by NewAlliance Foundation, another NELI participant.
NELI offers leadership training and connects executive directors, building a supportive network among Greater New Haven nonprofits.
