community foundation series
By Bob Valasek
This is the fourth installment of a six-part series in 2020 highlighting the New Albany Community Foundation as it celebrates 25 years of transformative impact on our community.
Maintaining a Strong Foundation W
hile the New Albany Community Foundation’s impact can be felt in visionary programs such as the Jefferson Series and ambitious projects such as the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, the foundation’s most meaningful influence may be when it helps the community meet its most basic needs. As COVID-19 turned the daily lives 24
of New Albany residents upside down, the foundation, its donors and its community partners solidified a plan, quickly refocusing on community-based efforts that support those in need during this unprecedented time. Working as a convener, the foundation gathered city, school, business and community leaders to help raise, prioritize and distribute
funds to programs that could assist and benefit the community. Whether the partner was a large corporation or the donor was a local family, the foundation served as the community connector to ensure the effort had the greatest impact. When Facebook broke ground on the New Albany data center in 2017, the plan was always to form a strong comwww.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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Foundation donors help community respond to COVID-19 challenge
