A Community-wide Effort
The Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund was established on March 20, 2020 by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in partnership with the United Way of Greater New Haven as a community-wide effort to raise money to help Greater New Haven's nonprofit organizations and the thousands of people in our region they serve affected by COVID-19. The two institutions are working together in promoting the fund to donors and in decision-making as to grants from the fund.
The top five critical needs identified by CT nonprofits:
- Food and Basic Needs
- Mental Health Services
- Employment Supports
- Housing
- Childcare
Grants Awarded
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Nonprofit Stories

Local Women's Support Group Goes The Extra Mile ›
Volunteers use COVID-19 grant to distribute wellness packs.
COVID-19 Community Fund Press Releases
Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund Distributes $1.4 Million in 3rd and 4th Grant Rounds ›
$2.7 Million in Total Granted Since Inception
Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund Grant Application ›
For Greater New Haven nonprofit organizations responding to the pandemic.
COVID-19 Community Fund Grants Reach Hardest Hit Populations ›
Over $670,000 Distributed for Communities of Color, Seniors, Low-Income and High Risk Populations
First Grants Awarded from COVID-19 Community Fund ›
Individuals Most Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19 To Benefit
Donors to the Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund
Thank you to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and United Way of Greater New Haven donors below who have chosen to support our local community in these unprecedented times by making a gift to the COVID-19 Community Fund. The following list is as of June 11.
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Joseph Addison
Melvin Aden
Tanya Allen
Karen Anderson, Sunrise New Haven
Anne Hope Bennett Fund
Rick & Nancy Antle
Holly Antolini
Robin Appel
Diane Fried Ariker & Walter H. Ariker Fund
Lynn Aubin
August Family Fund
Autumn Fund
Stephanie Avallone
Marion Avitable
Craig Bailey
Paul & Joanne Bailey
Charles Bailyn
Stephanie Barnes
Sarbani Basu
Bill & Donna Batsford
Richard & Alice Baxter Fund
Be Just Fund at Tides
Dave Bechtel
Benjamin Bechtolsheim & Caroline Scanlan
Nancy Berliner & Alan Plattus
Brittney Berrios
Deepon Bhaumik
Nancy Bianchi
Patricia Bogie
Mary Ann & Geof Bonenberger
Yarden Bornovski
Melanie Boyd
Robert J. & Kathleen G. Bradley
Dawn Brancati
Matt Branum
Thomas Breen
Cynthia Brenner
Amy Brewer
Charlene Brown
Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean
Maz Burbank
Carmen Burgos
Linda Burt
Cacopardo Family
Drs. Chris & Penny Canny
Lincoln Caplan & Susan Carney
Sharon Cappetta
Cara - RTS
Carolyn Foundation
Arnold & Carolyn Cary
Madeline Case
Castro and Eang
Daniel Chabeda
Nathan Chang
Maximilian Chaoulideer
Henry Chauncey Jr.
Chdlsea Company
Yanmei Chen
Jeanne Chesanow
Judith Chevalier
Kellie & Scott Choquette
Christina & Tony Ciociola
Jan Clarke
Constance Clement
Kevin & Roxanne Coady
Brad Collins & Nancy Clayton
Jane Coppock
Katha & John Cox
Stephen Cremin-Endes
Craig Crews & Katherine McKenzie
Critical Public Health Fund
David & Vicki Crompton
John Moore Crossey
Angela A. Crowley
Nancy Crowther
Rich & Katarina Curtis
Dr. Armine Darbinyan
DellaValle
Victoria DiSesa
Lise & Bill Dondy-Kaplan
Michelle Dover
Anastasia Eccles
Annie Eccleston
Eder Family Foundation Inc.
Lazaros Efthymiou
Rev. Nathan & Mrs. Diana Empsall
ERJ Fund
Mark & Linda Estacion
Marie T. Falsey Fund
Dr. Crystal Feimster
Fellows Family Fund
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Emily Fine
A&E Fisher Fund
Renee B. Fisher Foundation Fund
Steve Fontana
Mary Ann Frank
Dr. Kealoha Freidenburg
Julia Friend
Karyn Gallagher
Wendy Gamba
Liana Garcia
Andrew Giering
Ginsberg Family Fund
Glatt Family
Lindy Lee Gold
Linda Goodman
Israel & Adele Gordon Fund
Joseph W. Gordon & Mark Bauer
A. Gottlieb (RTS)
Donna Grajauskas
Vincent Granata
William C. Graustein
Geoffrey Gregory
Robert Gribbon
Stephen Hamm
Connor Hann
Rich Hayden
Hayes Foundation
Health Services Fund
Scott Healy
Rachel Heerema
Megan Heinisch
Dr. Sloane Heller & Harris Eppsteiner
Caroline Hendel & John Wysolmerski
Paul & Kathleen Hermes Fund
Caroline Herrick
Leigh & Leslie Higgins
Hillary
Sidney Hirschman
Ted Hixson
Nina R. Horowitz & Richard A. Sussman Family Fund
Jim Horwitz & Sandy Allison
Zhenyi Hu
Steven Inglese
Kavita Israni-Winger
Eric Jacobs
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Judith & Nathan Janette
Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven
JMS Foundation
Emma Johnson
Roger & Ruth Johnson
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Judy Fund
Jen Just
Dr. Angela Kang
Kantor-Flanagan Family Giving Fund
Lisa Kaston
Margit Kaye
Dr. Danya Keene
David Keiser
Laura Kennedy
KeyBank in partnership with the
First Niagara Foundation
Carol Kim / Ranfone Training Systems
Patrice & Donald Kirshbaum
Karen Kleinerman
Beth E. Klingher
Carolyn Salsgiver Kobsa
Acadia Kocher
Jane Kovel
KP Fund
Diane Krause Charitable Fund
Robert P. & Bonnie B. Kreitler
Kreutter Family Fund
Michael Lachowicz
Carole C. LaMotte
Landes Memorial Fund for the Arts
Dr. Richard B. Larson
Dr. James Leckman
Mary Lesser
Arthur & Betty Levy Fund
Xiuling Li
Lil Liberman
Andrea L. Livolsi
Dr. Yuri Londer
Nomi Lubin
Robert Lyons, Jr.
Craig Machado
Terry & Martha Maguire
Judith Malamut
William & Janet Maley Jr.
Rebecca Mandell
Sven Martson
Jeanne McFarland
Medoff Giving Fund
Lisa Mendes
Venu Menon
Roz & Jerry Meyer
Spencer & Joanna Meyer
William H. & Irene K. Miller
Charitable Account
George W. Mixter Fund
Bill & Julie Moore
Lily Morse
Fernando J. Muñiz
Charles Murphy
Bracken Murphy
Megan Murphy
Stephen Murphy
Kenneth Musen
Ben Muskin
Dr. Kathryn Nagel & Matthew Kingsbury
Paul Neri
Netter Foundation Inc.
New Haven Terminal
New Ways Fund
Lisa Newfield
Newton Family Fund
Dr. Marcella Nuñez-Smith
Courtney Nunley
Nicholas D. Ohly &
Sara Huntington Ohly Fund
Anne Olcott
Steve Ongley
Orchard Foundation
Sara Elizabeth O’Connor Fund
David O’Sullivan
Palitz Family Fund
Helen L. Palmer
“Spirit of the Foundation” Fund
Aine Palmer
The Pandolfi Family
Daniel Pardy & Gerald Saladyga
Cynthia M. Parker Fund
Karin Patriquin
Peace & Social Justice Fund
Hilary G. Pearson
People’s United Community Foundation
Gregory & Ann Pepe
Julie Perlman
Dana Peters
Caitlin Phillips
Keith Phillips
Pikaart-Vaughan Family Fund
Sarah Pillsbury
Possum Fund
Angela G. Powers
William Powers
Melissa Promuto
Ranfone Training System
Hannah Rappaport
Brendan Reilly
Resch Family Fund
Jennifer Richeson
Susanne Roberts
Felicia Romano
Seth Rosen
Judy Sirota Rosenthal
Sheilah Rostow
Rozett Family Fund
Leah Russell
Jane Sarja
Stephen A. Saxe
Amy Schlank
Hon. Chris Schuck
Schwab Charitable Fund
Scripps Family Fund for
Education and the Arts
Barbara Segaloff
Chelsea & ‘B’ito Serenbetz
Louis & Joan M. Sirico Fund
Skye Foundation Fund
Cheryl Smith
Rita & Ray Smith Fund
for Strong Families
Ben Soltoff
Anne Sommer
Anne Sommer & David Rabinowitz
Wenzhi Song
Staff of the Surgical ICU at YNNH
St. Raphael Campus Kirby Stafford
Mary Stahley
Dr. Michael Stankewich
Lisa Stanger & Greg Colodner
Elisabeth Stenger
Louis & Susan Stone Family Fund
Dara Strolovitch
Meaghan Sullivan
Leo T.
Timken Foundation
Tomak Family
Dr. Jasmine Travers
Meghan Tuttle
UI, SCG & CNG — part of the
Avangrid Family
United Way of Greater New Haven
Upper State Street Association Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. James Urbano
Marne Usher
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Erica Veronesi
Vigs
John Charles & Diana Seton Wakerley Fund
Jolyn Washington Walker
Mary Kimbrough Webb Fund
Lianhuan Wei
James Weiner
Noah Weingart
Derek & Morgan Weiss
Family Charitable Fund
Susan Weisselberg
Glenn & Dotty Weston-Murphy
Sam Whiteley
Whitneyville United Church of Christ
Suzanne Whitty & Andrew Zehner
Wilbur Fund
Leshea Wilson
Andrew Wingate
Deanne H. & Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Fund
Mary Woolsey
Deborah Wright
Wenjin Xue
Zdru Family Fund
Lin Zhang
Mengwen Zhang
Hongyu Zhao & Ning Sun
Michael Ziskin
Richard Zubek
as of 6/11/2020