In 2020 MacKenzie Scott shook up the funding world by announcing an unprecedented series of large gifts, distributing $1.7 billion to 116 nonprofit organizations – many of which focused on issues of racial equity. Not only were these the largest gifts most of the organizations had ever received, but each donation was also made with no restrictions and minimal reporting requirements.
See this directory for the 21 community foundations serving Connecticut across the state They range from small foundations with no staff that generally serve one town, to foundations that serve many towns in a region and are among the largest of their kind in the country.
Join co-hosts the CT Council for Philanthropy and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for a special briefing focused on Hartford. In this program, we’ll share exclusive analysis of Connecticut’s use of funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in the Greater Hartford area, and a look at opportunities for Hartford philanthropy to make greater impact.
Join co-hosts the CT Council for Philanthropy and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for a special program including exclusive analysis of Connecticut’s use of funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and a look at opportunities for philanthropy to make a greater impact.
Join CCP for a special program with Dr. Lucy Bernholz, Director, Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS; Senior Research Scholar, Stanford PACS and author of the new book, “How We Give Now: A Philanthropic Guide for the Rest of Us.
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid will host a webinar to highlight findings from the 2021 Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. The report is an annual publication by CDP and Candid that examines how much funding addresses long-term disaster recovery, preparedness and risk reduction as well as immediate relief.
BRISTOL, CT -- Main Street Community Foundation awarded $465,226 in general operating support grants to help sustain nonprofit organizations in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott.
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.
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.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving's new Community Impact team will be led by vice president Elysa Gordon, who is now responsible for the overall executive direction of Community Impact and the newly created Impact Leadership Team comprised of her and four Directors: Megan Burke, Director of Community Impact Grantmaking; Judy McBride, Director of Strategic Partnership Investments; Kate Szczerbacki, Director of Strategic Learning and Evaluation; and Melanie Tavares, Director of Capacity Building and Nonprofit Support.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity. Eleven high school students who came up with distinctive solutions to problems faced by their schools, communities, families and the world received a total of $136,000 in college scholarships (payable over four years of college.) In addition, seven high school students receiving honorable mentions were awarded a total of $3,500 in scholarships.
BRISTOL, CT -- The New England Carousel Museum has been awarded a $5,000 grant from The Main Street Community Foundation to create a virtual tour program for second graders in Bristol Public Schools.
TORRINGTON, CT -- From June 15-July 31, more than 50 Northwest Connecticut nonprofits posted giving campaigns to www.northwestcornergives.org, a crowdfunding program of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, to raise funds to meet the challenges of operating amid social distancing and remote work requirements created by COVID-19.
HARTFORD, CT -- Despite an uptick in individual contributions aided by the surging stock market, Connecticut nonprofit leaders say huge losses in fee-for-service revenue during the coronavirus pandemic have led to reductions in staffing, loss of access for needy residents and — in some cases — programs shutting down entirely. Melanie Tavares, director of the Nonprofit Support Program at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, comments on changes that philanthropy is making in their funding.
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut awarded more than $758,000 in scholarships to 309 students from across the region this year, an increase of 26 individual scholarships and over $33,000 in total awards from 2019.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded more than $180,000 in scholarships and awards to local students for the 2020-2021 academic year.
LITCHFIELD, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council has raised $6,250 for its Artist Relief Fund over the past five months. Proceedings go directly to artists in financial need in Litchfield County.