Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven

Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven

The Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven operates as a Type 1 supporting organization to the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, which is its sole member. Its mission is to promote philanthropy and steward a permanent endowment that generated $73 million in total assets (Altss estimate) to ensure long-term support for Jewish life, education, and social services in Connecticut. Lisa Stanger serves as Executive Director, and Eric Green chairs the Board of Trustees. The Foundation allocates across a deliberately diversified portfolio spanning direct investments, fund commitments, and specialized fixed-income instruments. Asset classes include venture capital, buyout, growth equity, mezzanine, distressed debt, secondaries, natural resources, and timber. The balance sheet holds commercial real estate — notably the Foundation headquarters at 360 Amity Road in Woodbridge — as well as a private real assets portfolio, a note receivable tied to Camp Laurelwood in Madison, and cash surrender value from life insurance policies. The Foundation co-invests through the Catalytic Capital for Israel initiative alongside peer federations, and partners with JLens for values-aligned investing. Operationally, the Foundation participates in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's 'Create a Jewish Legacy' initiative, a collaborative endowment program. It is a member of the Jewish Federations of North America professional network and the Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut's advocacy arm. The donor ecosystem includes entities like the Arthur Eder Family Fund and the Women of Vision Society, while a personal collection of Anni Albers prints and artifacts from the Jewish Home for the Aged sit outside the tradable portfolio. The Foundation's structural differentiator lies in its dual identity: a fiduciary asset manager running a replicable institutional multi-asset pool, and a community-based philanthropic vehicle. Its holdings combine market-rate private equity funds with direct ownership of mission-aligned real estate and cultural property. The supporting-organization governance model — answerable to a single federation member — concentrates fiduciary oversight while maintaining independence in investment committee decisions.