Generations of donors have created the charitable funds at The Community Foundation, and every fund has a story. Below is a selection of profiles of the people behind the funds. 

Four people, two women and two men, are sitting and standing together on a large tree branch outdoors, smiling at the camera in a sunlit, leafy setting.

Mark and Linda Estacion Family Fund ›

Est. 2022 by Mark and Linda Estacion

A muscular man wearing patterned swim trunks stands outdoors among trees, looking to the side. The image is black and white.

Thomas Smolack Scholarship Foundation Fund ›

Est. 2022 in the Estate of Thomas Smolack, Jeffery Prothero Trustee

Five people stand at a podium labeled Career High School in front of a purple backdrop with CAREER logos. One man speaks into microphones while the others stand by attentively.

Scholarship Offers Pathways to Careers in Bioscience ›

Est. in 2022 by the City of New Haven and the Department of Economic Development with funding from the developer of 101 College Street.

A man in a red shirt and a woman in a blue top sit close together at a wooden table, smiling, with large metal brewing tanks in the background.

The Wolff Family Fund ›

Est. 2022 by Eric and Deborah Wolff

A man in a black suit and a woman in a blue floral dress pose together, smiling, in front of a backdrop with the words Inform. and Invest. and circular tree logos.

Siempre Pa'lante Fund ›

Est. 2022 by Tara Sanabria Davila & Malwin Davila

Two people in blue lab coats and safety goggles work in a laboratory; one writes chemical formulas on a fume hood glass with a marker while the other observes attentively. Colorful sticky notes are visible in the background.

ConnCAT Endowment Fund ›

Est. 2022 by Craig Crews, Ph.D. and Katherine McKenzie, MD, FACP

A man wearing sunglasses hugs a smiling young girl in a pink shirt on a sunny beach, with the ocean and waves in the background.

R. Tony Ciociola Fund ›

Est. 2022 by Christina M. Ciociola

An elderly woman with short white hair is smiling widely while sitting at a restaurant table. She wears a white blouse, gray sweater, and blue scarf. Other diners and restaurant decor are visible in the background.

Jean Sutherland Fund ›

Est. 2022 by the Estate of Jean Sutherland

A smiling man sits facing the camera in a black-and-white photo. He is wearing a patterned button-up shirt and has short hair. The background is softly blurred, drawing focus to his face.

Hands On Foundation Fund ›

Est. 2022 by Xzavier Richardson 

A group of people, some standing and some seated, gather outdoors under canopies and umbrellas. One man in a hat addresses the group while others listen and smile. There is a man in a wheelchair in the foreground.

Nettie J. Dayton Circle Members Gather for October Reception ›

The first in-person gathering in more than two years.

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