BRISTOL, CT -- From now until Nov. 18, Liberty Bank locations across Connecticut are collecting monetary donations to local Rotary Clubs to provide families in need with a traditional Thanksgiving feast. Every dollar donated at a Liberty Bank branch will be matched with 25 cents from the Liberty Bank Foundation.
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Board of Directors of the Rockfall Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports environmental education and conservation in the Lower Connecticut River Valley, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Marino as Executive Director.
DALLAS, TX -- EARN announced today at #FinCon17 that SaverLife, EARN’s user-centric savings platform initially launched in San Francisco, is on track to pass a million dollars saved by users. To celebrate this milestone, EARN is launching SaverLife nationwide today. Designed to serve consumers making an average income of $25,000, SaverLife is transforming the way low-to-moderate income Americans can use financial technology to save money. EARN's expansion of SaverLife is supported by national funders JPMorgan Chase, MetLife Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, and Capital One.
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The Waveny Park Conservancy, with a $18,000 grant from New Canaan Community Foundation and a $2,500 contribution from New Canaan Rotary Club, has contructed two new bridges on the grounds and made other grounds and trails improvements.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Aetna Foundation and National Quality Forum seek to identify, quantify, and account for the effect of social determinants of health on health outcomes. Garth Williams, president of the Aetna Foundation, and John Bernot, MD, senior director, quality measurement at the National Quality Forum, are co-writers on this blog for Health Affairs.
DERBY, CT -- As part of a community-wide planned giving effort called the Valley Gives Back™, the Valley Community Foundation aims to build philanthropy in the region by providing local nonprofits and professional advisors with planned giving work
GREENWICH, CT -- Earlier this month, over eighty women with a newly discovered passion for public service attended the inaugural one-day training created by the Women's Campaign School at Yale, a non-partisan, issue neutral political campaign training program for women interested in running for office and in campaign management. The training was underwritten by a generous grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls.
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut manufacturers have said they are struggling to find skilled labor both for a growing number of existing positions and to replenish a workforce from which baby boomers are retiring at a rapid pace.
NEW CANAAN, CT -- This holiday season, several businesses will change the lives of local families by helping to keep them from becoming homeless. The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness announced today the launch of its annual be homeful for the holidays promotion featuring Paddington Bear™. The organization is partnering with businesses and communities throughout the state to hold bear-raiser drives that will raise funds for giving emergency assistance to families on the verge of becoming homeless. This promotion is made possible through the generous support of CT REALTORS® Foundation, Citizens Bank, and the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- On behalf of the University and its partners at the charitable organization United Way of Greater New Haven, University President Peter Salovey kicked off the 2017–2018 Yale United Way fundraising campaign on Oct. 3. The campaign will raise money for the nonprofit, which brings the community together around the Greater New Haven area to tackle issues of health, education and financial stability.
HARTFORD CT - The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation presented its 12th Annual Signature Breakfast, Building Futures for Women and Girls, on October 20, 2017 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.
FAIRFIELD and HARTFORD, CT -- Leadership Development Roundtable (LDR) is currently recruiting for 2018 Fairfield and Hartford Cohorts. Applications are due December 1, 2017.
HARTFORD, CT -- This week, small teams of Prudential employees in Newark and Hartford are pairing up with local nonprofits, offering support and advice on business strategy, finance, marketing and HR. The events are part of Pro Bono Week, a worldwide celebration of professional services donated in the public interest.
BRIDGEPORT, CT -- People's United Bank , N.A. a subsidiary of People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT), will celebrate its 175th anniversary on December 24th. To commence the celebration, the bank today announced a $175,000 grant from People's United Community Foundation to Junior Achievement USA, who will use the funding for upcoming regional financial literacy and career-readiness programs for youth across six states that align with the People's United footprint, including: CT, NY, MA, VT, NH, ME. This is the single largest one-time grant gifted by the Foundation to a non-profit organization since launching in 2007.
MANSFIELD, CT -- The Natchaug Hospital’s Care Plus New London site and the city’s first responders will have better access to a kit that can help save the lives of opioid overdose victims due to funding from the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.
NEW LONDON, CT -- Maryam Elahi, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, contributed an opinion editorial about the how preserving and investing in natural spaces improves our mental and physical well-being and provides tremendous economic benefits as well.
HARTFORD, CT -- A panel, organized by the Melville Charitable Trust, brought stakeholders in the supportive-housing system together with some of those youth themselves to mend gaps in understanding and empathy.
HARTFORD, CT -- From MetroHartford Alliance: The Travelers has awarded a $25,000 presenting sponsorship to the Hartford Public Library's Beyond Words 2017 event which will take place on Wednesday, November 29, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Marriott Downtown Hartford. Marlene Ibsen, President, Travelers Foundation is the honorary chair and will present the Caroline M. Hewins Medal posthumously to Sharon O'Meara. O'Meara was a lead program officer at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for many years, impacting hundreds of nonprofits and their clients in the Hartford Region, and was instrumental in creating the American Place at the Hartford Public Library.
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The iQuilt Partnership has just two weeks left to raise enough money to open and operate Winterfest Hartford, the free outdoor skating rink in Bushnell Park, for the 2017-2018 season. They have raised 74 percent of the funds needed to date from corporations and foundations and more than 70 individuals: Travelers, LAZ Parking, The Hartford, Hartford SteamBoiler/Munich Re, Niagara Bottling, United Technologies Corporation, Aetna, Bank of America, Jim Lyon, Lincoln Financial Group Employees, MetroHartford Alliance, Roggi’s Automotive, UnitedHealthcare, Metropolitan District Commission, Robinson & Cole, Freed Marcroft LLC, Champions Ice Management, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Peter Stevens, Phoenix/Nassau RE, SINA, The Betty Knox Foundation, BlumShapiro, Carter Realty, Coltsville, Coursey & Company, JCJ, Larry Dooley, Salute, Sullivan & LeShane, VHB, Szilagyi & Daly, and Gould Killian.
HARTFORD, CT -- Eighty Bank of America employee volunteers recently worked with five Habitat for Humanity chapters across Connecticut to build homes and provide crucial repairs for nine families. In addition to the volunteers’ time, Bank of America (BOA) also provided $60,000 in funding to the Habitat chapters.