Open Letter to GNH Community

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

GNH Community is Closing:
An Evolution of Our Shared Digital Space

 
To: Members, Partners, and Friends of the Greater New Haven Nonprofit Sector on GNH Community 

From: Lee Cruz, Director of Strategic Partnerships, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

RE: GNH Community Platform to Freeze on Oct.14, Close on Nov. 30

Dear Friends,

When we first launched the GNH Community platform in 2008, the digital landscape looked profoundly different than it does today. Dedicated online community spaces were still emerging. Many local grassroots organizations and regional nonprofit agencies did not yet have access to user-friendly websites, integrated blogging tools, or online community calendars.

GNH Community was created to help fill that gap. For nearly two decades, it has served as a digital town square: a place to share vital information, promote events, lift the visibility of smaller organizations, and strengthen connections across Greater New Haven. Communities evolve, and technology evolves with them.

Today, nonprofits have many more accessible ways to share their work and reach their audiences directly. Organizations routinely manage their own websites, publish blogs, use specialized job boards, and rely on a wide range of social media platforms and digital tools. The Ning-based platform we built in 2008 had a clear purpose and an important place in its time. That time has now passed, and the platform’s lifecycle is ending.

After reviewing user feedback and the changing digital landscape, The Community Foundation has decided to officially discontinue the GNH Community platform on November  30, 2026.

What This Means for You and Next Steps

Alternative resources: We want to help ensure that your events and notices continue to reach the community. We have compiled a directory of alternative regional calendars and specialized posting sites, which you can review now on our current homepage at www.gnhcommunity.org.

Platform freeze — October 14, 2026: the site will transition to a read-only archive. You will still be able to log in and access the site, but new posts, events, and comments will no longer be accepted.

Preserving your content: Because the platform does not offer an automated bulk-export tool for individual members, we encourage you to manually copy and save any historical blog posts, photos, videos, text archives, or other materials you wish to keep before the site permanently closes on November 30, 2026.

Stay connected with The Community Foundation: The Foundation remains deeply committed to convening and supporting Greater New Haven’s nonprofit ecosystem. If you have not already done so, please add your contact information to our electronic mailing list to receive newsletters and invitations to Foundation events.  Click here to sign up.

Thank you for every event shared, every story posted, and every connection made on this platform since 2008. You helped build this digital neighborhood, and I look forward to continuing our shared work in the many spaces — digital and physical — across Greater New Haven.

Questions? Please feel free to reach out directly to Lee Cruz.

Local Events Calendars: 

- New Haven Independent

- Valley Independent Sentinel

- New Haven Register

- Daily Nutmeg

- Patch News

- Arts Council Grt. New Haven

- Info New Haven

- New Haven Town Green

- The New Haven List

- WPAA.TV

- WYBC Radio

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