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Nonprofits Receive $79,045 in Late June Grants
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has made awards to 21 area nonprofit organizations, totaling more than $79,045 during its second grant cycle of 2017. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall.
Community Foundation Congratulates the 2017 LEAP Graduates
Moraima Gutierrez Named Chair of Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
$227K Grant for Asnuntuck Community College to Help SNAP Students Succeed
SPRINGFIELD, MA -- Asnuntuck Community College recently held a celebration after receiving a grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (HFPG) to partially fund a full-time Success Coach to work with Supplemental Nutrition Employment and Training Program (SNAP) students. The event was held on their Enfield campus on Thursday, June 22 along with the Connecticut Department of Social Services.
Northwestern Connecticut Community College Receives Grant for Food Insecure Students
WINSTED, CT -- Northwestern Connecticut Community College has received a $6,000 grant from the Keroden Endowed Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Inc.
Northwest Connecticut Students Awarded Scholarships
Community Foundation Awards Record $664K in Scholarships to 268 Students from Eastern Connecticut
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut (CFECT) announces more than 260 students from its 42 communities in Eastern Connecticut were selected by The Foundation’s Scholarship Committees to receive over $664,000 in single and multi-year awards.
Giving Back: New Fund Embodies Love of New Britain Children
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- To help enrich lives of New Britain school children, Fran Wolski, a former school district employee and school board member, has established a family fund at the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain.
The Hartford Foundation’s Nonprofit Support Program Announces Launch of “New England Consultant Directory” to Assist Nonprofits
Planning a Community Event? The Community Foundation Can Help
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- For the past four years, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has helped numerous community events and event organizers with more than $35,000 in funding provided through its Community Sponsorship Awards program. And more sponsorships are about to be awarded. Applications are due August 1.
Changing Leadership At Helm of Local Nonprofit Organizations
HARTFORD, CT -- When Jay Williams takes over the leadership of The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving next week, he will be part of a significant changing of the guard in leading community nonprofit and business organizations. The article also mentions the changing leradership at CCP Member organzaitions Children's Fund of Connecticut and MetroHartford Alliance.
Local Funds Save Part of Youth Summer Jobs Program
NEW LONDON, CT -- The lack of a state budget has kept $500,000 in state funding from making its way to Eastern Connecticut for the region's Summer Youth Employment Program. Led by the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board several organizations collectively contributed $375,334 to keep it going. Contributing organizations were the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation, Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, Liberty Bank Foundation, Mystic Aquarium, New London Public Schools, Windham Regional Community Council and People's United Community Foundation, along with federal funds.
Community Foundation Seeks Proposals for Catalyst Fund Grant
Giving Circle Connects and Informs Donors, Supports Women and Girls
New Hartford Foundation President Promises To 'Roll Up Our Sleeves And Get Involved'
HARTFORD, CT -- Jay Williams, 45, will find himself in the Insurance Capital, where he will take over on July 17 as president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the 92-year-old community group with nearly a billion dollars in assets. He arrives in Hartford at a moment of political and civic upheaval: State legislators are unable to agree on a budget amid fiscal crisis, and Aetna, a steady civic mainstay in Hartford for more than 160 years, has announced a move of its corporate headquarters to New York City.
The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Receives $275,000 Grant from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Cultural Alliance of Western CT receives $12,500 from Fairfield County's Community Foundation
New Canaan Community Foundation Names New Board Chair
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The New Canaan Community Foundation (NCCF) elected Sharon Stevenson as the foundation’s new Board Chair, effective July 1, the start of the foundation’s fiscal year.