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NORWALK, CT -- The Child & Family Guidance Center, (CFGC), has actively put in place swift and dramatic measures to ensure the safety of their workforce and community while continuing essential services to the neediest families. Key to making this possible has been a generous $25,000 grant from The Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, and a  $10,000 grant from Near & Far Aid to provide telehealth services, deep cleaning and hygiene services as well as general support for the continuation of services during the COVID-19 crisis.

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HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced a round of grants totaling $716,334 to several nonprofits around the state, including many that are in or serve the north-central region. The grants constitute the fourth round of funding as part of the charitable organization’s COVID-19 Response Fund, which was launched in March, bringing the total amount donated through the fund to about $4 million.

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WATERBURY, CT -- Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills, an online giving event hosted by the Connecticut Community Foundation for the eighth year, concluded a 36-hour flurry of giving at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, raising a record-breaking $1.8 million.

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HARTFORD, CT -- Today the City of Hartford conducted two significant distributions of PPE.  The first distribution today is in partnership with the State of Connecticut and CBIA-CONNSTEP, which will provide more than 3,500 recently donated surgical masks to more than 100 essential businesses in Hartford that registered online. A partnership between the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and New Britain medical equipment manufacturer OKAY Industries, Inc., produced 4,000 face shields for more than a dozen regional non-profits. 

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TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded $40,350 in Rapid Response Grants to nonprofits providing for basic needs in Northwest Connecticut.

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The Ion Bank Foundation has awarded $152,000 for COVID-19 Relief to area United Ways including United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut.

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WATERBURY, CT -- Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills, an online giving event hosted by the Connecticut Community Foundation for the eighth year, concluded a 36-hour flurry of giving at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, raising a record-breaking $1.8 million.

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WATERBURY, CT -- The Covid-19 Response Fund, established by the Connecticut Community Foundation and United Way of Greater Waterbury less than a month ago, is responding quickly to address community needs.

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TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded $40,350 in Rapid Response Grants to nonprofits providing for basic needs in Northwest Connecticut.

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