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Vote now to award $2,000 to a local nonprofit that is creating a brighter future for women and girls.

In honor of the Community Fund for Women & Girls’ 30th anniversary, we’re inviting you to add YOUR voice! Cast your vote to tell us which of our Fund grantees or partners inspires you most with their work. The three Greater New Haven nonprofits with the most votes will each receive a Community Vision Award of $2,000 in unrestricted grant funding. Winners will be announced at the Fund’s anniversary celebration on Nov. 13.

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Voting closes at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025. Only one vote per valid email address will be counted. By submitting your info, you agree to receive communications from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Read the complete contest rules here.

Meet Our Community Vision Candidates

The Community Fund for Women & Girls is honored to collaborate with these grantees and partners who are building brighter futures in our community.

The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy is the first Catholic college preparatory high school for girls in Connecticut, and among the first established in the United States.

All Our Kin is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that trains, supports, and sustains community child care providers in order to ensure that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in school and in life.

Alpha Kappa Alpha’s influence extends beyond college campus quads and student interest.  It has a legacy of service that deepens, rather than ends, with college graduation when members join graduate chapters.  The overarching goals of Alpha Kappa Alpha’s program activities center on significant issues in families, communities, government halls and world assembly chambers.  Its efforts constitute a priceless part of the global experience in the 21st century.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater New Haven is the area’s leading out-of-school youth development organization Created with the merger of the Ulbrich Boys & Girls Club and the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven in 2022, our organization provides outstanding youth development programs and services in New Haven, North Haven, and Wallingford.

We educate young women to participate in the political process via learning and networking opportunities.

CERCLE programs focus on improving the learning environments for children and families in neighborhoods where they live and work. Through our network of Black- and Latino-owned early childhood education programs operating in Greater New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, and Stratford, we work as a collaborative.

Christian Community Action, Inc. (CCA) serves families and individuals in crisis, through a continuum of care that assists them in realizing their unique strength and potential.

CitySeed is building resilient livelihoods for farmers, chefs, and food entrepreneurs. It’s Sanctuary Kitchen program helps immigrant women gain economic independence.

The CMWP Foundation is an entrepreneurial support organization (ESO) providing targeted support for Black and brown business owners nationally. It is a member of the Girls of Color Mentoring Network.

The Collective for Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Wellbeing is a nonprofit in New Haven founded in 2020. We partner with underserved refugee and immigrant women with limited power due to gender, ethnicity, poverty, education, language, culture and health disparities.

Since 1977, Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH) has offered pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the Greater New Haven area. It’s SMART Women prorgram  providing single mothers with a resource network, personal financial management training, women’s health, parenting/life skills, and other services leading to self-sufficiency.

CCADV is the voice against domestic violence across Connecticut. We lead a statewide network focused on advocacy, outreach and education.

The mission of the Connecticut Women’s Consortium is to ensure that the behavioral health system responds to the needs of women and the people and organizations that affect them.

The organization enriches the lives of young people and families through affordable, creative, quality program opportunities. It is a member of the Girls of Color Mentoring Network.

Founded in 2004, The Diaper Bank of Connecticut (DBCT) provides basic health needs including diapers, period supplies, and incontinence products to individuals and families in need throughout Connecticut.

Elena’s Light strives to empower refugee and immigrant women and children in Connecticut, particularly in the New Haven area.

Family Centered Services of CT works with families to ensure they are safe and nurturing places where children can succeed. We see a future where every family has access to the resources they need and every child is living in a safe environment free from violence, abuse or neglect.

At Girl Scouts of Connecticut, we believe in every girl’s potential to meet today’s problems with bold solutions and create a better, brighter tomorrow for her community and the world.

Havenly was founded with a mission to break the cycle of marginalization that keeps refugee women in our city in poverty and isolation.

LEAP’s mission is to develop the strengths and talents of young leaders in the New Haven area, who create and implement year-round, community- and school-based programming designed to achieve positive academic and social outcomes for New Haven children living in high-poverty neighborhoods.

Life Health and Wellness Center, Inc is a nonprofit corporation in Ansonia, Connecticut. Our mission is to promote educational programs for the youth and adults through collaboration and partnerships in the community around education and academic success, health, and well-being, including preventing illness and chronic diseases.

MATCH provides contract manufacturing services as a vehicle for commercially relevant manufacturing job training and paid manufacturing experience. As an inclusive and predominantly self-funded public-private non-profit manufacturing facility, MATCH coordinates comprehensive training, mentorship, wrap-around support, and jobs to the New Haven community.

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women works as change agents to influence policy that promotes gender equity in health, education and economic empowerment. They are a member of the Girls of Color Mentoring Network.

The New Haven Alumnae Chapter was chartered on October 3, 1959, by 23 courageous, dynamic, trailblazing women with a desire to continue the commitment begun by our 22 Founders. The chapter is a member of the Girls of Color Mentoring Network.

It is the mission of New Reach to inspire independence for all people affected by homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing and support using the most innovative, progressive, equitable and inclusive methods.

Pequeñas Ligas Hispanas de New Haven is dedicated to the athletic, artistic, educational, social, cultural, leadership and health development of children and families.

Phenomenal I Am is a youth-led organization, established in June 2014 with the mission to address the emotional, social, and overall student engagement needs of our underserved female youth ages 9-18 of New Haven, CT.  Girls of Color Mentoring Network member.

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England provides high quality health care, education, and advocacy to advance equity and protect the fundamental right to sexual health and reproductive freedom for all.

The mission of the Rape Crisis Center of Milford, Inc. serving Ansonia, Derby, Milford, Orange, Seymour, Shelton and West Haven is to provide support and a voice for victims of sexual assault and misconduct and to prevent future instances through education.

She Leads Justice is a statewide nonprofit organization that advocates for and empowers women in Connecticut, especially those who are under-resourced or marginalized. We work to create an equitable society where women thrive.

For almost 20 years, this Chapter of phenomenal women has had a presence in Fairfield and New Haven Counties. Sigma Gamma Rho has been a change agent for over 100 years, and we are dedicated to continuing our legacy. Girls of Color Mentoring Network member.

For the past 53 years, SCOW has successfully implemented its mission, “to respond to the needs of the Latino Community by assisting them to succeed in U.S. society, and to enable Latinos to maintain and share their rich varied cultures with the broader community.” Girls of Color Mentoring Network member.

Student Parenting and Family Services provides child care and family support services in a beautifully renovated space at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven and is open to all students of New Haven Public Schools.

Our mission is to promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women, to serve as advisors for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in our local and global communities, and to foster good fellowship.

The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services provides services for victims and their children at two sites located in Shelton and New Haven. All services offered are free of charge and confidential.

UCA’s mission is to empower families of color to develop healthy attachments and promote physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being while developing a positive connection to their communities. Girls of Color Mentoring Network member.

The West Haven Child Development Center believes that the family unit is the strongest influence in the life of a young child. Our program is designed to support the family by providing the child with a warm, secure, and educationally stimulating environment.

Winning Ways uses a lived experience, evidence, and family-based curriculum to foster the success of the formerly incarcerated or those seeking recovery in underserved communities. It provides women-focussed reentry programs.

The Women & Family Life Center is a privately funded nonprofit 501(c)(3) located in Guilford, CT and has been serving women and families on the Connecticut Shoreline since 1991.

The mission of the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is to support economic prosperity for women and strengthen communities through entrepreneurial and financial education services that create and grow sustainable jobs and businesses across Connecticut.

Better science means better lives. Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) initiates world-class studies on current health challenges for women, while working to uncover sex and gender differences that influence health outcomes.

About the Community Fund for Women & Girls

Since 1995, the Community Fund for Women & Girls – a component fund of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven – has been the region’s only endowment dedicated to promoting the social and economic advancement of women and girls. The Fund tackles gender inequity in the Greater New Haven area through grants, advocacy, strategic philanthropy and collaboration. In addition to funding innovative research-driven initiatives like Pathways to Economic Security and the Girls of Color Mentoring Network, the Fund raises awareness by convening stakeholders and hosting public events with high-profile thought leaders.

About The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Our mission is to inspire, support, inform, listen to and collaborate with the people and organizations of Greater New Haven to build an ever more connected, inclusive, equitable and philanthropic community. Established in 1928, we are one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the country and the largest grant maker in Greater New Haven, fueled by more than three generations of donors who have built our community endowment.

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