The November 2017 Digest includes feature headlines: A Story of Irrefutable Intersectionality: The U.S. Mainland, La Isla del Encanto and Connecticut; Foundations Join Forces to Advance Obesity Prevention; Neighborhood Builder Receipient to Provide Green Job Opportunities; Public Policy Update - State Budget and Federal Tax Reform; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; SCHOLARSHIP NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
NEW HAVEN, CT -- Volunters from Avangrid dropped by New Haven and Ansonia elementary schools recently to share their love of literacy with local schoolchildren.
HARTFORD, CT -- Paul H. Mounds Jr. will join the Connecticut Health Foundation as vice president of policy and communications.
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings, and the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna, today announced that the organizations will highlight their newest initiative on community health at the fifth annual Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, taking place November 1-3, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
HARTFORD, CT -- Jay Williams, president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, has written an op-ed for CT Viewpoints describing several of the things that the Hartford Foundation is doing differently in order to respond to the challenging and uncertain fiscal times facing our region.
RIDGEFIELD, CT -- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation is making sure that more underserved children have the opportunity to attend educational and culturally enriching live theatrical performances by increasing its support of The Ridgefield Playhouse’s “Arts for Everyone” Program for its 2017-2018 season. The Foundation recently presented The Playhouse with a $15,000 grant from The Barbara Benton Davis Fund to benefit ticket-outreach programs at The Playhouse.
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut will host a community conversation on women’s equality from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St., Willimantic.
WASHINGTON, DC -- As part of its continued effort to address social determinants of health, the Aetna Foundation announced today more than $2 million in grants to 25 nonprofit organizations across the U.S., as part of its Cultivating Healthy Communities initiative.
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, honored Senators Bob and Elizabeth Dole for their commitment to public service and especially their devoted leadership and support of veterans.
BRISTOL, CT -- From now until Nov. 18, Liberty Bank locations across Connecticut are collecting monetary donations to local Rotary Clubs to provide families in need with a traditional Thanksgiving feast. Every dollar donated at a Liberty Bank branch will be matched with 25 cents from the Liberty Bank Foundation.
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Rockfall Foundation, a Middletown-based education and conservation organization with a focus on the Lower Connecticut River Valley, has named a longtime administrator and board member, Tony Marino, as its executive director.
NEW LONDON, CT -- Maryam Elahi, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, contributed an opinion editorial about the how preserving and investing in natural spaces improves our mental and physical well-being and provides tremendous economic benefits as well.
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- Middletown received a $15,000 design grant to develop a plan to improve the lives of low-income Middletown residents by decreasing poverty rates among single heads of household with children under 18, hoping to reduce our current rate of 41 percent to our goal of 25 percent over the next 10 years. Since March, a collaborative team led by Middlesex United Way, The Connection and the city of Middletown, representatives from over 30 other organizations and businesses and Middletown residents have been meeting monthly to develop a plan to achieve this goal, and in turn, improve the lives of low-income residents.
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The Waveny Park Conservancy, with a $18,000 grant from New Canaan Community Foundation and a $2,500 contribution from New Canaan Rotary Club, has contructed two new bridges on the grounds and made other grounds and trails improvements.
DERBY, CT -- As part of a community-wide planned giving effort called the Valley Gives Back™, the Valley Community Foundation aims to build philanthropy in the region by providing local nonprofits and professional advisors with planned giving work
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Board of Directors of the Rockfall Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports environmental education and conservation in the Lower Connecticut River Valley, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Marino as Executive Director.
HARTFORD CT - The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation presented its 12th Annual Signature Breakfast, Building Futures for Women and Girls, on October 20, 2017 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.
GREENWICH, CT -- Earlier this month, over eighty women with a newly discovered passion for public service attended the inaugural one-day training created by the Women's Campaign School at Yale, a non-partisan, issue neutral political campaign training program for women interested in running for office and in campaign management. The training was underwritten by a generous grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls.
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut manufacturers have said they are struggling to find skilled labor both for a growing number of existing positions and to replenish a workforce from which baby boomers are retiring at a rapid pace.
DALLAS, TX -- EARN announced today at #FinCon17 that SaverLife, EARN’s user-centric savings platform initially launched in San Francisco, is on track to pass a million dollars saved by users. To celebrate this milestone, EARN is launching SaverLife nationwide today. Designed to serve consumers making an average income of $25,000, SaverLife is transforming the way low-to-moderate income Americans can use financial technology to save money. EARN's expansion of SaverLife is supported by national funders JPMorgan Chase, MetLife Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, and Capital One.
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