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HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation is pleased to announce three new appointments to its Board of Directors. Estela López of East Hartford and I. Charles Matthews and Mark Overmyer-Velázquez of West Hartford will each begin their terms on January 1, 2019 on the Board of the Hartford Foundation, the community foundation for Hartford and 28 surrounding communities.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is delighted to welcome Liana Garcia Fresher as director of gift planning. Garcia Fresher joins the development and donor services team, where she will assist Foundation donors in reaching their philanthropic goals and enhance the Foundation’s partnerships with professional advisors.
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NORWALK, CT -- Tracee Ellis Ross is the keynote speaker at the Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) Fund for Women & Girls Annual Luncheon on April 4th at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, CT.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Governor-elect Ned Lamont nominated state Sen. Beth Bye to oversee the Office of Early Childhood, an office dedicated to coordinating and improving the state's childhood system.
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NORWALK, CT -- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s (FCCF) launched this year’s Legislative Forums in December at FCCF’s headquarters in Norwalk and at UConn’s Stamford campus.
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Following a highly successful first year, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) will offer a second series of in-depth capacity building workshops in 2019 designed to help local non-profit organizations strengthen their boards and achieve greater impact. Application Deadline is January 31.
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The DECEMBER 2018 DIGEST includes feature headlines: Tras la Tormenta: Puerto Rico One Year After Maria; 29 Greater Hartford Cities and Towns to Benefit from Town-specific Endowed Funds; Good News: Long Island Sound Report Card Reveals Substantial Improvement; Cross-Sector Strategic Collaboratives Full-Day Workshop Announced; Corporate Foundation to Continue to Serve the Community as a Private Charitable Foundation; Plus -- LEADERSHIP TRAINING; PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut Health Foundation's Paul H. Mounds, Jr., has been named to Gov.-elect Ned Lamont's adminstrative staff. Mounds will become chief operating officer -- a newly created role in the governor's office -- when Lamont assumes the governor's seat in January. Mounds will oversee and work with all state agency commissioners to leverage Lamont's agenda into initiatives.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The next decennial survey isn’t until 2020. But on Tuesday in downtown Hartford, representatives from the Census Bureau, local and state government, and community groups got together to jump-start their outreach plans to get every resident counted.
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TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded grants to 27 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $123,350 during its third grant cycle of 2018. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall.