Fall 2014 Community Currents - Community Foundation for Greater

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“We Want You Back”
Photo courtesy of New Haven Promise
Empowering River Advocacy
Words For The Largest Promise Student Cohort
To. Through. And Back. This is the message Promise Scholars heard at the 4th
New Haven Promise Scholar Celebration. “Investment made in the future of these
students is ultimately an investment in the development of our workforce and city,”
says Patricia Melton, Executive Director. “Celebrated scholars are being rewarded for
their academic achievement and hard work with financial assistance, as well as having
access to a supportive network to help them succeed while in college and to attract
them back to New Haven to build productive, contributing lives here.” That support
is the newly developed Promise Ambassador Program being piloted at college
campuses across Connecticut this Fall. Learn more at newhavenpromise.org/promise-scholars-we-want-you-back
Did you know that New Haven has three
rivers that run through it? The West River,
Mill River and Quinnipiac River. The rivers flow
through a dozen other towns and municipalities
before entering New Haven, including Bethany
and Woodbridge to the west and Meriden and
Wallingford to the northeast. Although stricter
regulations and mandatory permitting has
helped to protect rivers to some degree in
recent decades, questions persist as to their
impact. Supported with a $20,000 grant from
the Quinnipiac River Fund, the Mill River
Watershed Association’s Urban Rivers Permit
Project will provide a comprehensive catalog
of permits and permit-related regulations for
the entire length of each river to empower
river advocates to identify areas of concern
and speak out for stronger regulation.
For more information, visit www.thequinnipiacriver.com
Mark Your Calendars for These Exciting Fall Events
The  Annual Meeting of
The Community Foundation
for Greater New Haven
Feminisms Frankensteins: The Future of Gender Justice
Tuesday, October 28th 5 – 7 pm
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The Community Foundation's Annual Meeting
Tuesday, November 5th 5 – 8 pm
New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT
Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT
Join supporters of The Community Fund for Women & Girls
for an evening of inspiration with author, blogger, speaker and
activist, Courtney Martin. Courtney is an outspoken and prolific
writer whose work has been featured in The New York Times,
The Washington Post, Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor
and many other prominent publications. She has also appeared
on Good Morning America, The TODAY Show, The O’Reilly
Factor, CNN, and MSNBC.
The Community Foundation’s Annual
Meeting will take place at the Long
Wharf Theatre at One Sargent Drive
in New Haven from 5pm to 8pm on
November 5th. In addition to a report
of our year’s activities, guests will be
treated to a segment of this year’s
production of Our Town.
To register, visit www.fundforwomenandgirls.org
To register, visit www.cfgnh.org/events
Individual’s Love of Travel and Adventure
Inspires New Fund
What can you teach a 2nd grader about
entrepreneurship, mass production and taxes?
Quite a bit, actually, as proven in programs
coordinated by Junior Achievement of
Southwest New England, with support from
The Community Foundation. Junior Achievement
recruits business and community volunteers in
Greater New Haven and matches them up with
K–12 classrooms in Guilford, Hamden, Madison,
New Haven, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford
and West Haven. These volunteers help
students understand money management,
how to start a business and many other aspects
of financial literacy and workforce readiness.
Photo courtesy of Junior Achievement
Photo courtesy of Fellowship Place Inc.
Teaching Youth to
“Own Their Economic Success”
Relaxation Made Possible for Adults Coping with Chronic Mental Illness
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Over the summer, several members of Fellowship Place Inc. attended Camp CONNRI,
an adult retreat and vacation center located on more than 250 acres overlooking a lake
in eastern Connecticut. “The chance to get away to a peaceful place revived my spirits
and makes me feel ready to deal with my many challenges,” remarked one member.
Fellowship Place, a nonprofit that helps adults with chronic mental illness lead more
satisfying lives, will provide three camperships a year for Fellowship members through
the newly-created Birgitta Johnson Campership Fund. The Fund was created by
Fellowship Place to honor the years of dedication Birgitta gave to the agency as a
volunteer and Board member.
For more information, visit www.cfgnh.org/johnsoncamperfund
For more information, visit www.cfgnh.org/news
Professional Advisor Partners
Many attorneys, bankers, accountants and financial planners have found The Community Foundation
to be the ideal vehicle through which their clients can achieve their philanthropic objectives.
We are proud to partner with the professionals listed to build effective philanthropy in Greater New Haven.
Deborah Abildsoe
Asset & Retirement Investment
Associates LLC
Donald W. Anderson
Brenner, Salzman & Wallman LLP
Stephen August
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Greg R. Barringer, Esq.
Reid and Riege PC
Patricia R. Beauregard, Esq.
Pullman & Comley LLC
Thomas Beirne III, CFP
Halsey Associates
Andrew Boone
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Stearns J. Bryant Jr.
Nugent & Bryant
James P. Carley Jr.
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Mary S. Chromik
Law Office of Mary S. Chromik
Karen Clute, Esq.
Wiggin & Dana LLP
William S. Colwell, Esq.
Parrett, Porto, Parese & Colwell PC
Timothy W. Crowley
Crowley Law Offices
Christine L. Curtiss, Esq.
Cohen & Thomas
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Elwood B. Davis
Northeast Financial Consultants Inc.
John D. Gordon, CPA
Donald L. Perlroth & Company
David Ladd
Ladd Capital Management
Lisa Nachmias Davis
Davis, O’Sullivan & Priest LLC
Paul Greenberg
Ritch, Greenberg & Hassan PC
Frederick P. Leaf, Esq.
Frederick P. Leaf Attorney at Law
Kevin J. DiAdamo, Esq.
Law Office of Kevin J. DiAdamo
George Guertin, Esq.
Guertin & Guertin LLC
Elizabeth L. Leamon, Esq.
Leckerling Ladwig & Leamon LLC
Timothy Dillon, Esq.
Sheehy & Dillon
Michael Gulish
LPL Financial
Donna Levine, Esq.
Law Office of Donna R. Levine
Victoria DiSesa, Esq.
DiSesa & DiSesa
Michael Haggerty
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Barbara B. Lindsay, Esq.
Barbara B. Lindsay LLC
Stan R. Dombroski, Esq.
Dombroski Hillis LLC
Elizabeth R. Hartmayer
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Ingi-Mai Loorand, Esq.
Reid and Riege PC
John H. Driscoll Jr., JD, LLM, CFP
Webster Private Bank
Geoffrey A. Hecht
Caplan & Hecht LLC
Pamela J. Matocha, CPA
T.M. Byxbee Company PC
Christian Edmonds, Esq.
Edmonds & Bruno PC
Kimberly Hurd
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.
Sheldon A. Messinger, Esq.
Law Offices of Sheldon Messinger
Barbara Ellinghaus
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Thomas L. Hutchison
Merrill Lynch, The GKH Group
Francis H. Michaud Jr.
Michaud, Accavallo, Woodbridge & Cusano LLC
James E. Fischer, Esq.
Fischer & Fischer
David Kesner, Esq.
Wiggin & Dana LLP
Joan C. Molloy
Loughlin FitzGerald PC
Norman F. Fishbein, Esq.
Fishbein Law Firm LLC
Hon. John A. Keyes
Probate Judge, New Haven
Granville R. Morris, Esq.
Essex Savings Bank
Colin M. Gershon, Esq.
Colin M. Gershon Attorney at Law
Charles C. Kingsley, Esq.
Wiggin & Dana LLP
Martha Murray, Esq.
Martha Murray, Attorney-at-Law
Christopher Getman
Soundview Capital Management
Charles F. Kreitler, CFP
Kreitler Financial
Charles Noble III
Nobel Wealth Advisory Group
Marshal D. Gibson, Esq.
Law Offices of Marshal D. Gibson PC
Robert P. Kreitler, CFP
Kreitler Financial
Susan Baltimore Nobleman
Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari LLC
Professional Advisor Partners CONTINUED
Sandra Vigliotti Senich
U.S. Trust, Bank of America
Alan J. Tyma, Esq.
Ryan & Tyma
Bette Lynn Paez, CFP
Bette Lynn Paez LLC
Fred D. Sette, Esq.
Sette & Bonadies PC
Joshua A. Weinshank
Berchem, Moses & Devlin PC
Gregory J. Pepe, Esq.
Neubert, Pepe & Monteith PC
Fay Sheppard, CFM
Wells Fargo Advisors
John H. Welch Jr.
Welch, Teodosio, Stanek & Blake LLC
Thomas J. Perrone
New England Consulting Group of Guilford Inc.
Mary Shropshire
Wells Fargo Private Bank
Thomas J. Welch
Welch, Teodosio, Stanek & Blake LLC
Matthew R. Peterson
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
Michael I. Silverberg, CLU, ChFC
Michael I. Silverberg LLC
Shelby L. Wilson
Berchem, Moses & Devlin PC
Henry T. Petry, CLU, ChFC
Henry T. Petry, CLU, ChFC
Mark Sklarz, Esq.
Day Pitney LLP
Karen E. Yates
Withers Bergman LLP
Louis Piscatelli
Withers Bergman LLP
Laura M. Sklaver
Susman, Duffy & Segaloff PC
John J. Zaprzalka, CPA
Apicella, Testa & Company PC
Kathy Priest, Esq.
Davis, O’Sullivan & Priest LLC
Daniel M. Smith, JD, CFBS, AEP, CLTC, SCP
Daniel M. Smith & Associates
Helene Robbins, CTFA
Wells Fargo Private Bank
Sara R. Stadler, Esq.
Murtha Cullina LLP
Donald S. Rotzien, CTFA
First Niagara
Gregory Stamos, Esq.
Law Office of Gregory J. Stamos
Michael D. Saffer, Esq.
The Pellegrino Law Firm PC
Fred Stanek, Esq.
May & Stanek
Stephen Saltzman, Esq.
Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP
Carolyn Staub
Planning Partners
Anthony Santore, CPA
Beers, Hamerman & Co. PC
Thomas M. Sutnik, Esq.
Law Offices of Thomas Sutnik
Steven D. Sax
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Salvatore Tartaglione
The Aegis Group
at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Irving S. Schloss, Esq.
Murtha Cullina LLP
Appreciated stock make
great charitable gifts.
Learn more at
www.cfgnh.org/securities
On July 15th, more than 50 professional
advisors and friends gathered for a networking
reception at Mory’s in New Haven. Hosts
Karen Clute of Wiggin & Dana, Chris Getman
of Soundview Capital and Mark Sklarz of
Day Pitney offered remarks about their
respective work with both the Jewish
Foundation and The Community Foundation.
All of our professional advisor partners
help clients carry-out their philanthropy in
alignment with their estate plans and financial
goals, creating enormous impact. If you are a
professional advisor currently working with
clients to fulfill their philanthropic goals in our
community, please let us know as we can help.
Photo Amy Goldman
Darin L. Offerdahl, MBA, CPA
Michaud, Accavallo, Woodbridge & Cusano LLC
David R. Schaefer, Esq.
Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP
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Colleagues Gather to Swap Stories
Andrew H. Testa
Apicella, Testa & Company PC
Dominick Thomas
Cohen & Thomas
For more information, visit www.cfgnh.org/advisors
For more information, contact Dotty Weston-Murphy
at 203-777-7081, or Amy Goldman at 203-777-7083
or visit www.cfgnh.org/advisors
Success in Building Community Partnerships
Results in $5.4 Million for New Haven
Maternal & Child Health
Issues & Opportunities
in New Haven
Photo Kenn Harris
Many factors play a role in fueling maternal
health disparities, including: poverty
unemployment, domestic violence, higher
teenage birth rates, lower education levels
and higher levels of mental health needs as a
consequence of stressful life circumstances.
New Funding Will Improve Maternal & Child Health and Father Engagement
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The Community Foundation has been awarded $5.4 Million for 2014–2019 from the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to continue its New Haven Healthy
Start Program, an initiative that coordinates the systems of care for women, children
and families in New Haven to ensure healthy birth outcomes and community
wellbeing. New Haven Healthy Start was among 87 programs across the nation to
successfully compete for $65 Million in total federal aid to reduce high infant mortality
rates and improve maternal care in high risk communities. It achieves its work through
community partnerships with primary care health centers, such as Yale-New Haven
Hospital, and other community organizations.
For more information, visit www.nhhealthystart.org
Black and Hispanic women in New Haven
have worse health outcomes overall than
the City’s White women, particularly on
indicators of maternal health, according to
DataHaven’s Community Wellbeing Index
(2013). New Haven’s Black women have the
highest rates of infant mortality and babies
born at low birth weight, and Black and
Hispanic women in the City and are less likely
than White women to have adequate prenatal
care. These disparities mirror State and
National rates.
Over the next five years, New Haven Healthy
Start will use its new grant funds to continue:
1. improving women’s health,
2. promoting quality services,
3. strengthening family resilience,
4. achieving collective impact, and
5. increasing accountability.
Creative Placemaking
Photo courtesy of The Little Theatre
A Dramatic Dedication to Community
Combine professional actors and youth from
the Greater New Haven area, add a little music
and choreography, and you have the next
production from The Whitney Players Theater
Company. Since 2001, The Whitney Players has
produced full-length musicals featuring youth
from Hamden and the surrounding towns,
teaching them the basics about acting and
helping them appreciate theatre. The result
is an affordable evening of entertainment for
the community. A nonprofit organization
co-sponsored by the Hamden Arts Commission,
The Whitney Players is also a participating
nonprofit on giveGreater.org®, The Community
Foundation’s resource for learning and giving in
Greater New Haven.
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In 1924, the Little Theatre on Lincoln Street raised its first curtain. Later converted to a
movie house, the Little Theatre building narrowly escaped being torn down for
condominiums. Instead, it survived to become part of the Educational Center for the
Arts, a high school arts program located in the Audubon Arts District, an enclave of
arts education spaces that are a vital part of the City’s reputation as a place of
opportunities for artists of all ages. Learn more about the inspirational spaces near you,
such as the Legacy Theatre in Branford’s Stony Creek, Cheshire’s proposed Ball &
Socket Arts complex and New Haven’s City-Wide Open Studios.
For more information, visit www.cfgnh.org/creativeplacemaking
Photo courtesy of The Whitney Players
Rejuvenating Structures, Improving Civic Vitality through the Arts
For a list of arts organizations serving our region,
visit www.giveGreater.org®
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A Wonderful Life Remembered
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In August, The Community Foundation and the Greater New Haven region lost a dear
friend and advocate, Foundation Board member, Jim Perillo, pictured above with his wife
Eileen. Jim was a great community leader and a devoted son of New Haven, with a record
of community service extending back four decades, including service as the executive
director of the New Haven Colliseum, a Democratic Alderman to New Haven’s Seventh
Ward in “The Hill,” and a mathematics teacher in Guilford High School. As a Foundation
Board member, Jim was a long-time leader of our scholarship work and served as Board
Vice-Chair in 2013. He pushed all of us to do our best work and was a person with a very
big heart. He is very much missed.
To make a gift in his memory, visit www.cfgnh.org/perillofund
William S. Colwell
Vice Chair
Emily Byrne
Alicia Caraballo
Howard K. Hill
Charles H. Long
Kica Matos
James E. Ryan
Shelly Saczynski
Rolan Joni Young Smith
William W. Ginsberg
President & CEO
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Jim Perillo (1943–2014)
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