Connecticut Community Foundation’s board of trustees proudly announces the appointment of Kathy Taylor as the organization’s next president and Chief Executive Officer.
In the heart of Waterbury, a vibrant initiative called It’s Time Waterbury is stirring a transformative movement. It’s a campaign school designed by and for Waterbury residents to expand political engagement.
Waterbury, CT - Connecticut Community Foundation’s members have elected four community leaders with a history of service in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills to join their Board of Trustees. Avery Gaddis, Tomas Olivo, Jean Solomon and Saran D. White will join a board composed of local residents from across 21 towns in the Foundation’s service area.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Momentum Fund announced today that it has awarded $8.5 million in grants to 129 501(c)(3) organizations around the country managing COVID-19 relief funds that provide grants and other forms of direct support to community-run organizations working with communities of color, historically marginalized populations, and other groups being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic that continues to ravage these communities.
WATERBURY, CT -- From April through June, Connecticut Community Foundation awarded over $750,000 in grants to dozens of nonprofit organizations serving residents of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
CHESHIRE, CT -- A team effort full of heart will help more than 100 non-profits in more than 20 towns in the Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills areas continue their important work during the COVID-19 pandemic. That team effort is happening at Marion Manufacturing in Cheshire, where workers have volunteered their time to unpack a truck load of PPE so representatives from the non-profits could pick them up. We’re talking about 200,000 surgical masks, 4,000 face shields, close to 800 N-95 masks. All of that made possible because of donations made to a COVID-19 Response Fund by the Greater Waterbury United Way and the Connecticut Community Foundation.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood today announced that it has launched “CTCARES for Family Child Care” to provide support to licensed family child care providers during the COVID-19 public health emergency and beyond.
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.
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.
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.
WATERBURY, CT -- Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills, an online giving event hosted by Connecticut Community Foundation for the eighth year, concluded a 36-hour flurry of giving at 7 p.m. on April 22 raising a record breaking $1.8 million.
NEW YORK, NY -- Inside Philanthropy's series look at the response of funders in different regions of the U.S. to the coronavirus pandemic. This post links to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's COVID-19 Resources and Response Funds webpages, and mentions the efforts of CCP menbers, including Aurora Fund for Women and Girls, Bank of America, Connecticut Community Foundation, Fairfield County's Community Foundation, Perrin Family Foundation, and Ritter Family Foundation.
WATERBURY, CT -- A COVID-19 Response Fund, established by the Connecticut Community Foundation and United Way of Greater Waterbury less than a month ago, is responding to people’s needs. Each non-profit organization added $50,000 to start the fund, so that local organizations could submit and receive grants in a timeframe that is condensed to days instead of weeks or even months.
WATERBURY — The Connecticut Community Foundation is accepting applications for college scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year. First-time applications to the foundation are due by March 15.
WATERBURY, CT -- Regular contributors to the Greater Waterbury Campership Fund once again have provided a nice boost to the cause as March arrives. The Sue Strisik Grossman Fund at the Connecticut Community Foundation made its annual donation in February, this time for $2,499.84, continuing a legacy of thousands of dollars donated to the Campership Fund the past several years.
HARTFORD, CT -- This op-ed, written and supported by leaders from Connecticut's philanthropic community, urges the state government to invest additional funds in the 2020 Census to ensure an accurate count or risk recieving a full compliment of federal funds.
HARTFORD, CT -- This op-ed, written and supported by leaders from Connecticut's philanthropic community, urges the state government to invest additional funds in the 2020 Census to ensure an accurate count or risk recieving a full compliment of federal funds.
HARTFORD, CT -- As 2020 begins, the fast approaching decennial 2020 United States Census looms large. To increase awareness and understanding of the importance of the Census to Connecticut, to explain precisely how it will work, and to seek the assistance of organizations in communities statewide, the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and Connecticut Data Collaborative will be co-sponsoring a series of workshops for nonprofit organizations throughout January.
NAUGATUCK, CT -- Liberty Bank Foundation, Ion Bank Foundation, People’s United Bank and Connecticut Community Foundation awarded the YMCA grants totaling $45,000 to repair its roof. These funds are part of a match to the state Department of Economic and Community Development's $50,000 historic preservation grant.
NEW MILFORD, CT -- The Marc R. Mills Memorial Fund, through the Connecticut Community Foundation, has awarded grants to The Pratt Nature Center.