The Community Fund for Women & Girls - Greater New Haven

🚨Apply now for this grant opportunity through the NHE3 (New Haven Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem) Initiative.
This grant is part of a $46.6 million statewide initiative to help underserved entrepreneurs and business owners. Eligible applicants can receive up to $6,000.🏦
📌 Deadline: July 31, 2024
Awards are given at the end of August.
▶️ Visit the following link to learn about the eligibility process: E3Connector.com

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Still time to register! Join us online July 10:
As part of its ongoing work to advance racial equity, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is offering free community access to The Groundwater Approach, a racial equity workshop presented by the Racial Equity Institute that builds an understanding of systemic racism through data and historical analysis.
Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/WZKq50Q85iP

The path to continued progress remains what it has always been — finding bold new ways to stay connected and work together.
Read our 2023/24 Report to Our Community → https://ow.ly/WPXo50Slizi

JOIN US ONLINE JULY 10: As part of its ongoing work to advance racial equity, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is offering free community access to The Groundwater Approach, a racial equity workshop presented by the Racial Equity Institute that builds an understanding of systemic racism through data and historical analysis.
Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/WZKq50Q85iP

Thank you to Asset Funders Network for the spotlight on Yolanda Caldera-Durant, VP for Program and Community Engagement at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, and our work to promote inclusive economic growth, create opportunities and reduce inequities across Greater .
Read the interview: https://ow.ly/icTi50SeW96

JOIN US ONLINE JUNE 5: As part of its ongoing work to advance racial equity, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is offering free community access to The Groundwater Approach, a racial equity workshop presented by the Racial Equity Institute that builds an understanding of systemic racism through data and historical analysis.
Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/WZKq50Q85iP

Together with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, The Community Foundation is excited to announce a 5-year, $5.5 million federal grant for New Haven Healthy Start.

"We’re not going to rest until every child born in this city is able to grow up strong and healthy so they can reach their full potential, not just survive, but be able to thrive," U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro.

Sen. Blumenthal and Rep. DeLauro announce $5.5 million for New Haven… Funding aims to improve infant and maternal health

Request for Proposals: Strategic Planning Process
The Community Fund for Women & Girls invites proposals from qualified individuals or firms to help facilitate a strategic planning process.
Submit by July 1, 2024.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/KIAY50RZiv2

Breastfeeding mothers need safe and clean places to nurse their infants or pump when they are outside the home, yet there are only 60 breastfeeding-friendly worksites in all of Connecticut. New Haven Healthy Start, a program of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, is working to increase this number. In partnership with The New Haven Breast/Chestfeeding Task Force, New Haven Healthy Start helped fund the creation of a new lactation and wellness room at 's Union Station. Learn more and get involved here: https://ow.ly/ZxPK50R54ml

THANK YOU, Greater for making 2024 our most successful ever! Thanks to all who came together and raised more than $3.8 MILLION for our local nonprofit community.
Read press release: https://ow.ly/n7MS50RyAO1

30 minutes left in our 36-hour 2024 campaign. If you haven't yet made a gift, visit https://www.thegreatgive.org/ and find a nonprofit that hasn't yet received a gift. Read about their work and donate. Every gift matters, no matter the size. Donate to the causes you care about, and discover new ones.

The Great Give returns May 1-2, 2024! Support Greater nonprofits that help our community. Donate to the causes you care about. Your gifts go farther with matching funds and prizes!
https://www.thegreatgive.org/

20 TOWNS | 36 HOURS | 500+ NONPROFITS

With more tributary rivers per linear coastline mile than any other region in the country, Connecticut offers an ideal environment for oysters to flourish. With a grant from The Quinnipiac River Fund at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, UConn researcher Dr. Zofia Baumann is studying the oyster-rich shores of Morris Creek to gain a better understanding of what makes them thrive. Learn more: https://ow.ly/XPqE50R4ufi

Attention, nonprofits: LAST CHANCE! Register your organization to participate in The Great Give 2024 by 11:59 p.m. TODAY, April 23. Don't miss out on $240,000+ in matching funds and prizes! TheGreatGive.org

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A fellowship established by the late Edder Bennett in honor of Henry “Sam” Chauncey Jr., is helping two Yale University seniors pursue projects in community service. Jonathan Weiss is a young composer passionate about connecting with people with disabilities through music. Samantha Sims, a native and New Haven Promise scholar, is bringing together Black people of the African diaspora to share a traditional meal and discuss their roots in a new tradition called Liberation Table. Learn more about The Chauncey Fellowship here: https://ow.ly/YP4450R4nhK

April 18: Join us online at noon for a free panel discussion on the ways our community supports healthy aging for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, and the opportunities for improvement. We invite you to listen and respond to our panelists who work on these issues every day.

Panelists:
Nora Duncan, AARP-CT
Lauri Lowell, HomeHaven
Michael Rambarose, Whitney Center

Moderator:
Christina Ciociola, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Learn more & register: https://ow.ly/TUC950R7Y7z

Donor Briefing: Aging in Greater New Haven Join us online for a panel discussion on the ways our community supports healthy aging for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, and the…

"I wanted to leave something behind for my neighborhood and the Latino community,” said William Ocasio of his decision to create a named fund with CFGNH. The Ocasio Fund, established with his wife Anaika, partners with nonprofits helping women entrepreneurs like Anaika and her mother, and provides scholarships and grants to high school students who want to learn trades. Read The Ocasios' story here: https://ow.ly/hwmR50R4t1T

CFGNH can help you build a legacy to fund what you love about Greater New Haven. Learn how: https://ow.ly/eooh50R4t1S

JOIN US ONLINE APRIL 24: As part of its ongoing work to advance racial equity, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is offering free community access to The Groundwater Approach, a racial equity workshop presented by the Racial Equity Institute that builds an understanding of systemic racism through data and historical analysis.
Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/WZKq50Q85iP

REMINDER - Apply by March 31!
The Community Foundation Missions Investment Company (TCF MIC) seeks a dedicated Project Director for the Connecticut Consortium for BIPOC Technologists.

💼 The Project Director is responsible for managing the daily operations of an EDA-funded Venture Challenge Build-to-Scale (B2S) grant, with the goal of creating an industry-specific Ecosystem for BIPOC Technology Entrepreneurs.

📌Application Deadline: March 31, 2024.
☑️ Compensation: $90,000 + benefits
🎯 For full details, visit: https://ow.ly/tOAn50QpZNJ

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Reminder - apply by April 1!
📣 Funding opportunity: The Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing grants (up to $15,000) to nonprofits that provide women in Greater with greater economic security through programs that support:
• Women’s workforce training and employment participation
• Women entrepreneurs
• Women’s housing stability
• Innovative childcare which supports women in the workforce

Learn more & apply by April 1, 2024: https://ow.ly/1aj350QKLuv

We're excited to welcome Emily Wang to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven's board of directors, appointed by the City of New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker for a term of 7 years. Wang is a professor in the Yale School of Medicine and director of SEICHE Center for Health and Justice at Yale University. She is also director of the Health Justice Lab and co-founder of the Transitions Clinic Network at Yale. She leads these initiatives with a focus on identifying and applying strategies to improve the health of individuals and communities impacted by incarceration.
Read more: https://ow.ly/kJR950R1hI6

"Women are just simply amazing. We’re industrious, resilient, caring and even when systems are designed to keep us down, we figure out a way to rise above them.
Imagine what we could do if the decks were stacked for us, that’s the message we should all be sharing when we talk about policies that support women.”
—Emily Byrne, Connecticut Voices for Children, panelist at our Disrupting Gender Inequity event in November

The live event was recorded for the Connecticut Public podcast Disrupted, hosted by Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean.

Listen to the conversation, download the "Elusive Equity" report and find more resources here: https://ow.ly/eHFu50QZgiZ

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"Greater New Haven is filled with very talented and strong-minded women who care about the community. That’s the number one criterion: caring deeply about the community.”
— Barbara Chesler

The Community Fund for Women & Girls - Greater New Haven Advisory Board member reflects on the Fund’s evolution over 20+ years of service.

We are deeply grateful to Barbara for her dedication to the advancement of women and girls in Greater !

Read more: https://www.cfgnh.org/articles/advisory-board-spotlight-barbara-chesler

Advisory Board Spotlight: Barbara Chesler Departing Fund for Women & Girls' Advisory Board member reflects on the Fund’s evolution over more than 20 years of service.

The Community Foundation Missions Investment Company (TCF MIC) seeks a dedicated Project Director for the Connecticut Consortium for BIPOC Technologists.

💼 The Project Director is responsible for managing the daily operations of an EDA-funded Venture Challenge Build-to-Scale (B2S) grant, with the goal of creating an industry-specific Ecosystem for BIPOC Technology Entrepreneurs.

📌Application Deadline: March 31, 2024.
☑️ Compensation: $90,000 + benefits
🎯 For full details, visit: https://ow.ly/tOAn50QpZNJ

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HAYVN HATCH - Female Founder Pitch Night
The Community Foundation is pleased to support HAYVN HATCH New Haven - Female Founder Pitch Night at Southern Connecticut State University School of Business. The event showcases six women and minority entrepreneurs in a "shark tank" style pitch competition, that's friendlier!
Join us March 26 for an exciting pitch night and hear from six startups who are ready to grow.
Learn more & register: https://ow.ly/U2l550QSROa

By earning only 84 cents for every $1 a man makes, full-time, year-round working women lose up to $400K over the course of their careers. When job seekers have access to salary ranges upfront, gender disparities in negotiation outcomes decrease, paving the way for fairer opportunities.
Read the latest from on this : https://ow.ly/FZcy50QRxkn

On this International Women's Day, a special shout out to the Fund's supporters - past and present - for helping us advance the status of women and girls in Greater and beyond. In 2020, The Community Fund for Women & Girls - Greater New Haven celebrated our 25th anniversary. See what we made possible together in our first 25 years: http://ow.ly/jl1Q50Ic5BH

📣 Funding opportunity: The Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing grants (up to $15,000) to nonprofits that provide women in Greater with greater economic security through programs that support:
• Women’s workforce training and employment participation
• Women entrepreneurs
• Women’s housing stability
• Innovative childcare which supports women in the workforce

Learn more & apply by April 1, 2024: https://ow.ly/1aj350QKLuv

Nonprofits: Want to have fun & raise money? is an annual 36-hour online fundraising event matching charitable organizations serving Greater with donors in a fun & engaging way. $216K+ in matching funds and prizes is up-for-grabs! Learn more: TheGreatGive.org

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Women's History Month is a special reminder of the impact that women, past and present, have in the Greater community.

The Community Fund for Women & Girls is Greater New Haven's only endowment dedicated to promoting women and girls' social and economic advancement. Learn more: http://ow.ly/hgl850N4U7e