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NEW BRITAIN and WATERBURY, CT -- The cities of New Britain and Waterbury have made significant progress on many key human services issues over the past decade, according to the “2018: A Demographic, Social & Environmental Scan,” reports released by the American Savings Foundation. The Foundation released a separate report for each city.
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NORWALK, CT -- For many nonprofit organizations, Giving Day is their annual opportunity to shine and raise much needed funds to support their missions. Powered by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, the Fifth Annual Giving Day on March 1st is guaranteed to once again be an inspiring day of philanthropy in Fairfield County benefiting a host of nonprofits. As the February 1st deadline for registration is quickly approaching the Community Foundation is reaching out to nonprofits throughout Fairfield County to join the fun and reap the rewards. Already over 280 nonprofits have registered!
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BRANFORD, CT -- In an effort to improve transparency and effectiveness of its grants, the Branford Community Foundation (BCF) has revised its grant making procedures and updated its grant application for 2018. BCF will accept completed grant applications for 2018 between February 1 and March 15, 2018.
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- United Way of New Britain and Berlin Regional Advisory Board today announced $14,400 in awards for programs and partnerships that benefit children, youth and families in local communities.
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- For the eighth consecutive year, employee volunteers from Farmington Bank spent a day at Holmes Elementary School using Junior Achievement curricula to teach the fundamentals of business and economics.
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DANBURY, CT -- As in previous years, the United Way of Western Connecticut administers the fund at no charge, so 100 percent of the donations go to the cases. Any donations received above the amount needed for a case will benefit underfunded cases. If all are funded, then the money will be used for other United ...
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Since establishing the fund within 48 hours of the devastating hurricane hitting the island of Puerto Rico we’ve collected $41,428 in gifts and grants from individuals and organizations including support from our own foundation and the American Savings Foundation. An additional $7,500 was granted and designated by our Foundation for local efforts raising our total amounted committed to $48,928.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The economic impact of three marquee sporting events continue to underscore the significance of local corporations coming through to sustain the events. Eversource's Hartford Marathon, the Travelers Championship and United Technologies Connecticut Open.