2023 Annual Meeting (RECAP & RECORDING)

On May 2, 2023 The Community Foundation welcomed attendees both online and in person at The Carousel at Lighthouse Point Park.

2023 Annual Meeting Program

Musical Opening
The Chill Band, featuring Monk Youth Jazz

Welcome
"A Time of Progress," William W. Ginsberg, President & CEO
(Read full remarks here.)

Conversation and Reflections: Opportunity and Equity
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, Chair, Board of Directors
Keith B. Churchwell, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, Board of Directors

Kicking off The Great Give 2023
Jackie Downing, Senior Director of Grantmaking and Nonprofit Support

Watch the Highlights

Event Recap

The Foundation’s 2023 Annual Meeting featured a conversation on opportunity and equity between Foundation board member Keith Churchwell, MD, and board chair Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS. In his opening remarks, President and CEO Will Ginsberg spoke about how the private, public and social sectors in our community are increasingly committed to addressing our opportunity and equity challenges in new ways. Churchwell and Nunez-Smith highlighted the ways New Haven’s growing medical and biotech corridor is expanding opportunity, including Yale New Haven Hospital’s investment in creating pathways to medical careers for local residents in order to meet employment needs. With The Great Give online fundraiser taking place on the following day, Jackie Downing, Sr. Director of Grantmaking and Nonprofit Support, inspired attendees to support 500+ nonprofits with the motto, “together we raise, together we rise.”

What We Heard

• The Foundation’s strategic vision is centered on advancing opportunity and equity as one shared goal.
• The past three years has challenged The Community Foundation to work differently to support the community and Greater New Haven nonprofit organizations.
• While Stepping Forward supplemental resources are ending, advancing racial equity and creating opportunity remain top priorities for The Community Foundation.
• New Haven’s growing medical and biotech corridor is expanding opportunity.
• Yale New Haven Hospital is investing in creating pathways to medical careers for local residents in order to meet its employment needs.
• Hospitals, historically focused on acute care treatments, are increasingly looking to improve long-term health with community outreach and investments.
• COVID was a transformational learning experience for the health system.
• While nationally, people of color had a significantly higher mortality rate from COVID than that of the white population, at Yale New Haven Hospital, they had a lower mortality rate than the white population.

Watch the Full Recording

Kicking Off The Great Give 2023

With The Great Give online fundraiser taking place on the day following the annual meeting, Jackie Downing, Senior Director of Grantmaking and Nonprofit Support, inspired attendees to support Greater New Haven nonprofits during the 36-hour online giving event.

"Our motto is 'together we raise, together we rise,' and we truly believe that. Each organization benefits from each gift they receive and each new donor relationship. The Great Give can inspire generous people to explore the nonprofits in our area and give to those with which they connect. The donors of Greater New Haven are extraordinarily generous."

2022/23 Report to Our Community

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