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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Connecticut to Join The Boston Fed's "Working Cities Challenge" to Help Communitites Improve Economic Outcomes

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy has announced that Connecticut will be the latest state participating in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Working Cities Challenge competition, an economic development effort that builds cross-sector collaboration and leadership to solve challenges affecting urban communities. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) has played a significant role as the catalyst and aggregator of matching funds from the private sector for the Working Cities Challenge.

Thursday, March 17, 2016
CT Philanthropy Digest - Mar 2016
The March Digest includes feature headlines: CCP President Maggie Osborn Accepts New Post in Washington; Record-Breaking Grantmaking Topped $33.1M in 2015; Fairfield County’s Giving Day Raises a Record $1.2M; New Report Aims to Strengthen Tech Training System; Funding Partnership Moves Science Forward; Collaborative Effort Rethinks Food Waste; 10-year Health Leadership Fullfills 2 of 3 Goals; Program Redesign will Fulfill the 3rd; Betty Knox Turns 50: The Betty Knox Foundation That Is; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
Monday, March 14, 2016
CCP President Maggie Osborn Accepts New Post in Washington
HARTFORD, CT — Maggie Gunther Osborn, President of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP), will leave the organization at the end of June to assume the post of Chief Strategy Officer for the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Forum) in Washington, DC.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
CT Philanthropy Digest - Feb 2016
The February Digest includes feature headlines: $15M in State Grants to Enhance Nonprofit Provider Services; New White Paper is a Nonprofit 101; Study Finds Tax Incentives Influence Giving; JPMorgan Chase Invests in New Skills for Youth State Grant Opportunity; Health Equity Organization Receives $300K for Policy Work; ALICE® Update Shows How Housing Costs Impacts Many CT Families; 200 First-generation Students to Receive College Support; Girls in STEM Conference Supported By Petit Family Foundation; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
Thursday, January 28, 2016
CT Philanthropy Digest - Jan 2016
The January Digest includes feature headlines: Foundation Launches $3.95 Million Career Pathways Initiative; $900K Hartford Generation Work Grant Will Connect Young Adults to Employment; Playbook Launched To Help Philanthropic Community Respond To Disasters; "Here in New Haven" Gives $1K per Day for 30 Days; Report Gives CT High Marks for Civic Health; Four Foundations and State to Fund Mandated Healthcare Cost Reduction Study; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; GRANTS & RFPS; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Local Connecticut charities to feel loss of GE, employees
NORWALK, CT -- With General Electric responsible for some 25 to 30 percent of its funding, the local chapter of the United Way, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, is reeling over the company’s planned departure from Connecticut. The GE Foundation’s charitable donations cover a broad spectrum globally, ranging from $20 million for maternal and child health care programs in a half-dozen African countries to a gift of $1.25 million to health centers in Fairfield County, but Maggie Osborn, President of Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, says the real loss for Fairfield County and Connecticut is the loss of the high-net-worth employees.
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