NACF Strengthens the Four Pillars with Thriving Resources

From the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts to the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, the New Community Foundation is bringing vital resources.

Standing on the top step of the entrance to the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, one can see the Georgian-style bricks on the […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:19-04:00February 24th, 2020|Community|

Foundation in Focus: New Albany’s Jefferson Series promotes dialogue, learning

Article by Bilan Yakoub

As a young student coming of age at New Albany High School, I needed an inspiration to push me to become a contributing citizen in my community.

I was different from most of my peers and the broader community. I saw the world through the lens of a young, Muslim and black American […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:55-04:00January 30th, 2020|Community, The New Albany Lecture Series|

Foundation in Focus: Endowments fund grants for community groups, schools

Article by Lynne Redgrave

Since its inception, the New Albany Community Foundation has awarded more than $12 million in grants to community organizations that enrich the lives of New Albany residents.

In May, another round of grants was approved, totaling nearly $190,000.

Many generous families, companies and organizations in the community have established endowment funds at the foundation […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:56-04:00January 30th, 2020|Community|

Foundation Announces McCoy Award Honorees and Major Gift

Melanie and Michael DeAscentis Family honored with Jeanne & John G. McCoy Community Service Award
New Albany Community Foundation receives leadership gift from the Raines Cadieux Family in support of the Rose Run Park/Corridor


NEW ALBANY, OHIO (December 16, 2019)The New Albany Community Foundation’s 17th annual Remarkable Evening […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:56-04:00December 17th, 2019|Community, Grants, Remarkable Evening, The New Albany Lecture Series|

2019-2020 Jefferson Series Season Debuts with a Panel Discussion from Former Secretaries of State, Dr. Madeleine K. Albright and General Colin Powell, Moderated by Dr. Fareed Zakaria

The New Albany Community Foundation hosted another sold out audience at the debut of The Jefferson Series’ seventh season.  Two former Secretaries of State, Dr. Madeleine K. Albright and General Colin Powell, engaged in an enriching and dynamic discussion on current events moderated by Dr. Fareed Zakaria, whose Fareed Zakaria GPS program aired portions of […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:56-04:00October 9th, 2019|Community, The New Albany Lecture Series|

2019-2020 Season Announced

Newt Gingrich and Valerie Jarrett, Michael Phelps, plus a Fareed Zakaria moderated panel discussion featuring former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell on tap for the seventh season

Tickets to the 2019-2020 Jefferson Series go on sale Wednesday, August 21st at 10:00 am through Ticketmaster. All of the lectures are expected to sell […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:56-04:00August 19th, 2019|Community, The New Albany Lecture Series|

The NACF Has Humble Beginning with Visionary Leaders

By Bob Valasek

Twenty-five years ago, the New Albany we know now was just getting started.

It is difficult to picture New Albany without the many amenities residents and visitors enjoy today. Twenty-five years ago, the New Albany we know now was just getting started; and much of what makes it one of America’s top communities can […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:56-04:00January 26th, 2019|Community|

Glenn Close Inspires Community to Talk Openly About Mental Health and Well-Being

Fresh off of winning Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice Awards for Best Actress for her role in The Wife, actress Glenn Close spent a day in New Albany on January 15 to talk about her accomplished career and her efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness. Close’s lecture was the third in the 2018-2019 Jefferson Series season, […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:57-04:00January 18th, 2019|Community, The New Albany Lecture Series|

Elizabeth Vargas Shares Insights With Students and the Community During Her Visit to New Albany as Part of the Jefferson Series

The New Albany Community Foundation welcomed Elizabeth Vargas, former co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20 and author of Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction, as the fourth and final lecture of the 2017-2018 Jefferson Series season.

Earlier in the day, Vargas met with hundreds of students representing nearly 20 area high schools.  She discussed how she […]

By |2021-07-07T19:42:57-04:00August 8th, 2018|Community|
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