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WASHINGTON, DC -- In rare bipartisan agreement, Congress on Friday approved a massive budget deal that will increase federal spending in Connecticut, providing big boosts for the state’s defense industry and health care programs and even helping schools educate displaced students from Puerto Rico. ...A new measure was added to the extenders package that would help Westport’s Newman’s Own Foundation, which gives 100 percent of the profits made from the Newman’s Own food business to charity, but would have been hit with a 200 percent tax this year unless it divested or got the exception.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is now accepting grant applications from nonprofits serving its 20-town region. Deadline to apply through the Responsive grant process is Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- A massive budget agreement headed for a vote in the Senate contains a provision that would save Newman’s Own from a thorny tax problem that threatens Paul Newman’s iconic food company.
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WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The Seniors Job Bank has received a grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Described as a Small Agency Grant, the funds are designated to aid with strategic planning by the 38-year-old organization that helps people over 50 find work. Dennis Carrithers, Seniors Job Bank co-president, ...
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DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut and the City of Danbury celebrated their successful application for a $450,000 Working Cities Challenge grant. The City's 10-year plan to reduce poverty in Danbury by 30 percent will be aided by the grant. Their three-part strategy includes building trust among immigrants and minorities, improving the quality of affordable childcare, and coordinating the city’s English language programs so that more people can use them.
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COLEBROOK, CT -- The Colebrook Preservation Society announced it received a $24,000 grant from the Draper Foundation Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, to pay for work on the restoration of the Colebrook Store which CPS, a non-profit organization, owns on behalf for ...
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FAIRFIELD, CT -- Through a company-wide employee pledge program and corporate donations, Fairfield County Bank raised nearly $40,000 for four local United Way organizations; United Way of Western Connecticut, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, United Way of Greater Waterbury, and United Way of ...
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- Patches won’t fix LEAP’s roof. But a new $75,000 grant will. The grant is coming from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA). LEAP (Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership) is a leading after-school and summer education and rec program for city kids.
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WALLINGFORD, CT -- A $75,000 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority will allow Gaylord Specialty Healthcare to purchase and install new, ceiling-mounted lift equipment for safe patient transfers.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- A grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven will increase legal support for nonprofits in the tri-state area. Pro Bono Partnership — a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting tri-state region nonprofits to free legal services from volunteer lawyers — received a $15,000 grant from the Foundation last month.... The grant comes at a time when nonprofit organizations are suffering from substantial budget cuts in Connecticut. According to Morganstern, the loss ...