NEW HAVEN, CT— Columbus House awarded the John S. Martinez Community Service Award to Liberty Bank Foundation at the nonprofit's annual meeting Dec. 7 at the New Haven Lawn Club.
Corporate Giving
BLOOMFIELD, CT -- Mary Tullis Engvall, of Canton, is the new Director of Civic Affairs, Corporate Responsibility and Executive Director of the Cigna Foundation.
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation is facing a very stiff tax penalty that could cause it to sell off its ownership in the food conglomerate that shares its name or even disband altogether if a provision in the tax reform bill currently being deliberated is not included.
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship received a $10,000 grant from the Newman’s Own Foundation to support student internships. “The gift from the Newman Foundation will be used to offer stipends to students doing social impact and entrepreneurship work during the summer,” explained Makaela Kingsley ’98, director of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. “We are grateful for the support of Newman’s Own and our other donors who make this work possible.”
RIDGEFIELD, CT -- The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have joined forces to make the season brighter for lung cancer patients through the Bring Hope Home for the Holidays partnership. This program is helping lung cancer patients make holiday memories across the nation through December 20, 2017.
WASHINGTON, DC -- A decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian could force the sale of the late actor Paul Newman’s food company, and dismantle his charity.