The Community Foundation's donor briefing series offers in-depth presentations and discussions about issues impacting our community, such as immigration, media, arts sustainability and health care access.

Panelists discuss the job readiness at a donor briefing on education, skills and training.

As part of coming together around issues impacting our community, The Community Foundation hosts a series of donor briefings featuring local nonprofit and community leaders. If you are interested in attending future Donor Briefings, please click the button below to register or email Dotty Weston-Murphy.

Notice: Most events are being held online as webinars until further notice.

Past Donor Briefings

Donor Briefing: Land Use, Segregation and the Affordable Housing Crisis ›

05.19.2021

Greater New Haven and Connecticut are at the center of a zoning reform movement that is attempting to make housing more affordable and break open barriers to economic opportunity.

Donor Briefing Recap: Affording Basic Needs During COVID-19 and Beyond ›

04.02.2021

"When people don’t have the necessities of life, poverty becomes quicksand." Broke In America, by Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox.

Donor Briefing Recap: Housing Instability and COVID-19 ›

07.31.2020

During a donor briefing on July 24, a panel of Connecticut housing advocates discussed the current crisis within the larger context of preexisting disparities and segregation.

Donor Briefing Recap: Youth Disrupted ›

07.17.2020

How young people in Greater New Haven have responded to COVID-19.

Donor Briefing Recap: Caring for Mental Health During COVID-19 ›

06.05.2020

A recorded live conversation with local experts about the pandemic, structural racism and mental health.

Community Health Centers Respond to COVID-19 ›

05.15.2020

The CEOs of two local health centers discuss the impact of the pandemic on healthcare delivery.

Donor Briefing Recap: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic ›

05.06.2020

A discussion with Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS.

Donor Briefing Recap: Food Relief During Covid-19 ›

04.29.2020

Steve Werlin, Executive Director of Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, discusses the growing need for food relief.

Donor Briefing Recap: Responding to COVID-19 ›

04.13.2020

On April 8, President and CEO Will Ginsberg and Senior Vice President for Grantmaking and Strategy Christina Ciociola provided donors with an update on The Community Foundation’s response to COVID-19.

Dotty Weston-Murphy, CAP®

Sr. Vice President, Development and Donor Services

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