CFECT Grants More Than $750K in Scholarships
Release Date:
08/26/2019
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut has awarded $725,489 in scholarships to 283 students throughout eastern Connecticut.
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Collective Impact Opportunity Fund Awards More than $1 Million in First Round of Local Grant Funding
Release Date:
08/26/2019
NORWALK, CT -- Underscoring their commitment to collaboratively support public agencies and non-profit organizations striving to close education, workforce and other opportunity gaps in Connecticut, the founding members of the Collective Impact Opportunity Fund today announced the initial distribution of grants from the Fund — bestowing $1,032,000 to 10 organizations serving the region.
Field for Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate Will Be Its Biggest
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08/24/2019
SIMSBURY, CT -- The Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate will have its biggest field yet when 18 teams come to play Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury Sept. 7-8. The tournament is organized by the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Foundation.
Year-End Critical Needs Grants Now Available
Release Date:
08/23/2019
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has allocated a minimum of $55,000 to distribute to public charities and faith-based organizations in its 20-town service area* for year-end critical-needs grants. Grants are made possible through the Draper Foundation Fund and the Marion Wm. & Alice Edwards Fund. Applications are due by Friday, October 11, 2019. Grants will be awarded in December 2019.
Keeler Tavern Digitizes 7000 Historic Ridgefield Photographs
Release Date:
08/22/2019
RIDGEFIELD, CT -- Over the last seven months, Terry McManus has spent dozens of hours at Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center digitizing glass plate negatives that photographer Joseph Hartmann created of Ridgefield residents and the town during the early 20th century. Purchase of the digital scanner was made possible through funds raised at the 2018 Fairfield County Giving Day sponsored by Fairfield County's Community Foundation and Bank of America.
New VNA Program to Help First-time Moms
Release Date:
08/22/2019
NEW MILFORD, CT -- New Milford Visiting Nurse & Hospice has received a United Way of Western Connecticut grant to help launch a new program in the Greater New Milford Area called Nurse-Family Partnership.
Passport to Plymouth to Celebrate Town’s 225th Anniversary
Release Date:
08/22/2019
PLYMOUTH, CT -- A $1,400 grant from the Betts Family Fund and the Bristol Brass General Grant Fund at Main Street Community Foundation was recently awarded to the Plymouth Historical Society to support the 16-page Passport to Plymouth.
Nonprofits Learn About American Savings Foundation's Grant Program
Release Date:
08/21/2019
BERLIN, CT -- The American Savings Foundation held an informational session for local nonprofits at the Berlin-Peck Library on Tuesday to learn about the foundation’s new Community Grants program.
Trustees of Connecticut Community Foundation Announce 2019 Awards
Release Date:
08/21/2019
Geralynn McGee Joins Connecticut Health Foundation as Policy Director
Release Date:
08/20/2019
HARTFORD, CT -- Geralynn McGee is joining the Connecticut Health Foundation as policy director, leading strategies for advocacy and policies that will help eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities and improve the health of all Connecticut residents.
Pilobolus to Perform and Teach at Guilford Performing Arts Festival
Release Date:
08/19/2019
Guilford, CT -- The internationally acclaimed dance company Pilobolus will perform, teach in the public schools, and hold dance and movement classes for the public as part of the 2019 Guilford Performing Arts Festival. The Guilford Foundation, Connecticut Humanities, and Community Foundation for Greater New Haven have also lent crucial support to enable the festival to bring Pilobolus to Guilford.
Environmental Champions To Receive Awards from The Rockfall Foundation
Release Date:
08/19/2019
Awardees from Essex, Durham, Cheshire and Marlborough to be Honored on October 3
Scholarships Awarded to Bridgewater Students
Release Date:
08/17/2019
BRIDGEWATER, CT -- The Persbacker Family Scholarship Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded college scholarships of $3,500 to six Bridgewater residents for the 2019-20 academic year.
Cigna Foundation Announces Availability of $5 Million in Grants to Reduce Child Food Insecurity
Release Date:
08/15/2019
BLOOMFIELD, CT -- The Cigna Foundation is inviting nonprofit organizations working to reduce child food insecurity to apply for funding through its Healthier Kids For Our Future grant program. The program will provide grants to community organizations totaling up to $5 million over the next year.
New fund at the Main Street Community Foundation Awards Its First Grant
Release Date:
08/15/2019
BRISTOL, CT -- A new fund at the Main Street Community Foundation, the Geoffrey M. Pierce Memorial Fund, made its first grant to BEST-4-Bristol Thursday to assist with their youth substance abuse prevention efforts.
Melillo Awarded Alison Varian Scholarship
Release Date:
08/15/2019
GUILFORD, CT -- Chloe Melillo of Killingworth, a graduate of the Sound School who will attend The University of Rhode Island in the fall to study aquaculture and fisheries technology, was the recipient of the second annual Alison Varian Memorial Scholarship, a fund held at The Guilford Foundation.
Norwalk Community Health Center Receives $30K Grant
Release Date:
08/14/2019
NORWALK, CT -- Norwalk Community Health Center, Inc. (NCHC) has received a $30,000 grant from Fairfield County's Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls to provide low income teens and women of child bearing age tools to make informed decisions about family planning and family spacing and expand access to appropriate contraception.
59 Area Nonprofits Receive Over $1.2 Million in Grants from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Release Date:
08/13/2019
NORWALK, CT -- This summer, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation distributed funds totaling $1,274,091 to 59 nonprofit organizations who align with the Community Foundation’s result areas and its vision to close the opportunity gap in Fairfield County by eliminating disparities in income, education, employment, housing and health.
Webster Bank Named Presenting Sponsor of Hartford Marathon Foundation's Inaugural RiMaConn Relay
Release Date:
08/12/2019
GLASTONBURY, CT -- The Hartford Marathon Foundation (HMF) is proud to announce Webster Bank as the Presenting Sponsor of the RiMaConn Relay, its first-ever team relay on the East Coast Greenway. The sold-out event will engage over 700 participants in a day-long race spanning 21 communities in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut on Saturday, August 24, 2019.
Ulysses B. Hammond Named To Chelsea Groton Bank Board
Release Date:
08/12/2019
GROTON, CT -- "Retired Connecticut College vice president and former D.C. Court System executive officer Ulysses B. Hammond was named to the Chelsea Groton Bank's Board of Trustees. A former bank corporator and Chesea Groton Bank Foundation board member, Hammond has spent nearly three decades in public service at all levels of government.