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The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Receives $2 Million U.S. Dept of Commerce Grant to Support Underserved Tech Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Startups
New Haven, Conn. (Dec. 8, 2023) — U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S.
Black Giving Circle Fund Awards Two Grants to Support Food Delivery and Home Improvement Projects for Residents in Need
The Black Giving Circle Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has approved two grants to local nonprofit organizations.
Connecticut Data Collaborative Earns Two-Year Grant from Hartford Foundation to Support Accessible Data Initiatives
William W. Ginsberg to retire in late 2024 from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Hartford Foundation Awards More Than $224,000 in Grants to Support Food Programs, Other Basic Services
Hartford Foundation Awards $175,000 in Grants to Support Housing and Homeless Prevention Policy and Advocacy Efforts
Special Funder Briefing: Insights & Intelligence around the 2024 Legislative Session
2023 Racial Equity Case Stories
We provide space for our members to connect, learn and share together on how to effectively address racial equity in their work as philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs), and works to share our members’ learnings with the broader philanthropy field. As part of these efforts, we are pleased to share case stories from our members about their racial equity work.
Emerging Impacts: The Effects of MacKenzie Scott's Large, Unrestricted Gifts
Funder Briefing: Understanding Housing Issues in CT & Building Philanthropic Strategies
Eight Nonprofits Join the Hartford Foundation's Social Enterprise Accelerator 2023
Strengthening A Nascent Field: Lessons from the Building Leadership and Organizing Capacity Initiative
Over the past five years, the need for – and power of – young people’s leadership and action in the civic sphere has been palpable. Whether challenging the criminalization of youth of color in schools and communities, advancing the rights of immigrant and undocumented youth and families, or mobilizing to challenge current gun policies, young people have disrupted the status quo, advanced a bold vision for equity and justice, and held those with governing power, from city councils and school boards to the halls of Congress, accountable in order to change unjust laws and policies.
Seen and Heard: Race, COVID and What Philanthropy Can Do to Support Youth
In March of 2020, in an effort to ensure the safety of youth and communities in the face of the burgeoning global pandemic brought about by COVID19, schools across the state of Connecticut abruptly shut down. Youth and their caregivers were notified that school buildings would reopen when it was deemed safe, and that plans for “remote learning” would be forthcoming.
A New Role for CT Youth
Young People have been at the center of movements for progressive social change throughout the history of our nation. There are a number of ways in which young people become involved in change movements. Some may have a generational exposure to civic activism through their families; others may have a critical awakening during their college years; others may choose to participate in the political electoral process.
Hartford Foundation Awards CIL Grant to Launch Atlantic Works Conference Center
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a $31,850 grant to The Corporation for Independent Living (CIL), a Hartford-based nonprofit real estate developer, to support the organizations move to 57 Charter Oak Avenue in Hartford, home of the re