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New Canaan Community Foundation Awards $650K in Grants
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The New Canaan Community Foundation celebrated its annual Grant Awards Ceremony Thursday morning, where the agency divided $650,000 among 80 local nonprofit organizations.
Community Foundation Tops Last Year's Grant Awards with Highest Amount Yet
NEW LONDON, CT – The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut has issued its latest round of charitable grants made throughout the eastern Connecticut region totaling $1,989,319. These latest grants are made possible by the Foundation’s generous donors throughout the region, and bring its year-to-date charitable community investments to $3.7 million.
Nonprofits Receive $103,950 in Spring Grants
Foundation’s $30,000 Grant to FoodCorps Will Give Waterbury and Naugatuck Schoolchildren Creative, Hands-On Lessons in Healthy Eating
WATERBURY, CT -- A $30,000 grant from Connecticut Community Foundation to the Connecticut affiliate of FoodCorps, a national organization that connects kids to healthy foods, will give schoolchildren in four Waterbury and Naugatuck schools hands-on lessons in healthy eating in order to promote their preferences for fruits and vegetables—and improve overall nutrition and wellness. The award is among 51 new grants totaling $366,600 made by the Foundation in their April grant round to nonprofit organizations serving communities in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
Summer Youth Employment Program to Run in Bristol
Hartford Foundation Supports Opioid Education for Medical Providers
HARTFORD, CT -- Thanks to an $80,000 grant funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) has been able to support the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Comprehensive Education and Needs Training (NASCENT) project. This project was created to educate clinicians about their role in decreasing opioid misuse, thus reducing the number of individuals exposed to opioids in the first place – a critical public health concern.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Invests in Economic and Community Development in the North End
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded Upper Albany Main Street a three-year $287,000 grant that will allow the organization to bring on additional staff to oversee the administrative aspects of the the Route 44 Safety Improvement Project.
Hartford Foundation Sponsors Report on K-12 School District Regionalization
Fairfield County’s Advocacy Day Registration Open to All Nonprofits
The Great(est) Give: Over $1.7 Million Raised for Local Nonprofits
Transit-Oriented Development in Kensington Boosted by Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Grant
Berlin Programs Among Beneficiaries of More than $250,000 in Grants as Community Foundation Makes First Awards of 2018
Women & Girls Fund Supports Financial Literacy, Job Skills
Animal Haven Unveils Remodeled Facility and Breaks Ground for New Cat Wing
NORTH HAVEN, CT -- The Animal Haven, one of the oldest, private, no kill shelters for homeless dogs and cats in Connecticut, today celebrated its grand reopening and broke ground for the construction of a new cat wing. The renovations were made possible in part by a grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven from the Lillian and Henry A. Konopacke Fund.
Renowned Board Governance Expert Coming to Northwest Corner
TORRINGTON, CT -- Chuck Loring CFRE, MBA, considered one of the nation’s top authorities on board governance and board fundraising will hold a workshop, “High Performing Fundraising Boards,” Thursday May 17, 8:00 a.m.
More than $250,000 Awarded as Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Makes First Grants of 2018
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain’s first grant awards of 2018 have been made, with more than a quarter of a million dollars being awarded to local non-profit organizations and programs serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
Charitable Giving Under Threat with New Tax Law
HARTFORD, CT -- David Obedzinski, president of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, voices his concerns about changes in the federal tax law that may negatively impact charitable giving in 2018. He encourages increased volunteering and giving to nonprofits, "Let's work together to shift the focus to what's best for our community without leaning on a potential tax deduction as a motivator. Let's do it for the right reasons, together, as one generous nation, indivisible and with care for all."
Connecticut Community Foundation to Host 6th Annual Online Give-A-Thon on April 24-25
The 36-hour “Give Local” campaign will benefit 257 local nonprofits
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, New Britain Bees Partner to Support Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) and New Britain Bees professional baseball club will join forces on Saturday, May 19, to raise money for victims of Hurricane Maria and to treat hundreds of New Britain school students and their family members from Puerto Rico displaced by last fall’s devastating storm to a night at the ballpark.