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This section features reports, webinars, member spotlights, best practices, sample documents, and resources we believe can help grantmakers and foundations. Some of these items are only available to members. There are several different ways to search the resource library. Using the filters on the right side of this page, you can search by type of Resource Type, Topic, Funding Area, or Audience. For example, if you are looking for a Report, select Resource Type, then you can filter by Audience or Topic to refine the results.

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Metro Hartford Progress Points

Publication date: 
07/2016

The third edition of Metro Hartford Progress Points, driven by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, is the result of collaboration between nine stakeholders representing local government, businesses, nonprofits, academic and philanthropic institutions and organizations, and including the United Way of Central and Northeastern CT, committed to making long-term progress in our region.

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Report
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Facts, Figures, Trends

Co-Creation: Viewing Partnerships Through A New Lens

Publication date: 
05/2016

"Co-Creation," written by Patricia Bowie, is a case study about the Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. The case study examines co-creation, an emerging systems change collaboration model which grew out of a funder-and-state partnership. This unique partnership led to the creation by executive order of a new and independent Office of Early Childhood, which was formally approved by the Connecticut State Legislature in 2013. The new case study is significant, as there is much written about funder partnerships and collaboration success stories, but little discussion on different kinds of collaborative ventures and the lessons learned by philanthropy.

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Case Study
Audience: 
CCP Members
Policy Makers
Topic(s): 
Sector Collaboration
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

Improving the Odds: Seven Principles for Investing in Early Care and Education

Publication date: 
05/2016
This FSG guide is written for funders (including private, community, and corporate foundations as well as individual philanthropists) who are new to investing in ECE, who seek to understand how their investments fit into the larger picture, or who want to complement programmatic grantmaking with investments that build a stronger system.
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Best Practice
Audience: 
CCP Members
Non-member Grantmaker
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together

Publication date: 
05/2016
In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building strong relationships and resolving conflicts, and figuring out if the collaborative you're in is working. Contributors also offer ample proof that collaboratives are leading the field in bringing the voices of nonfunders - grantees, intended beneficiaries, experts, and others - into the process of making grants.
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Best Practice
Guide
Audience: 
CCP Members
Non-member Grantmaker
Topic(s): 
Collaboration
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

What Early Learning in ESSA Can Look Like for States and Districts

Publication date: 
05/2016

First Five Years Fund (FFYF) has developed this resource to serve as a helpful tool for states writing innovative ESSA early learning plans. This shareable, downloadable resource highlights the law’s express early learning provisions, as well as others that could strengthen and expand early childhood initiatives at the state and local level.

 
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Toolkit
Audience: 
CCP Members
Policy Makers
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood
Education

Meeting Resources - Eastern Connecticut Funder Network - 3/14/2016

Publication date: 
03/2016
Access resources about the challenges nonprofits face and the essential shifts for a thriving nonprofit sector. These resources were shared at the Eastern Connecticut Funder Network meeting held on March 14, 2016.

2016 Connecticut Civic Health Index

Publication date: 
01/2016
HARTFORD, CT -- The 2016 Connecticut Health Index measures citizen engagement in the constitution state in voting, volunteerism and community involvement. A coalition of groups — including the Secretary of the State, Everyday Democracy, the National Conference on Citizenship and DataHaven — launched the 2016 Civic Health Index Report today. The survey evaluates the depth of citizen engagement through a variety of indicators such as voting, volunteering and other forms of community involvement.
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Report
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Audience: 
CCP Members
Policy Makers
Funding Area: 
Civil Rights, Social Action

Giving in Connecticut 2015

Publication date: 
12/2015

Giving in Connecticut 2015 looks at charitable giving in Connecticut and by Connecticut grantmakers and residents (FYE 2013), including: individual giving through reported contributions, bequests made through estate giving, and foundation giving. Beyond the data, analysis about cross-sector collaboration, stories about funders making a difference, and quick facts about CCP members are also included.

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