Site Search
- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.
PERSPECTIVE: Access to Healthy Foods: How Far Are You Willing to Go?
HARTFORD, CT -- Blog post by by Garth Graham, M.D., MPH, is a leading authority on social determinants of health. President of the Aetna Foundation since 2013 and Vice President of Community Health for Aetna, Inc., Dr. Graham is a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
For the first time in the history of the United States, today’s youth are expected to have a shorter life-span than their parents. With medical, scientific and technological advances, this notion seems dumbfounding. But when we step away from the science and technology and take a deeper look at our communities, you can find the root causes. Access to healthy food, public safety and environmental factors are all driving forces behind this decline in longevity. These social determinants of health are becoming increasingly influential to our health . . .
Hartford Public Library Receives almost $300,000 to Reduce Digital Divide in Hartford
Over $51,000 in Grants Announced at Women & Girls’ Fund Annual Meeting & Grantee Reception
Area Foundations Rally Support for Puerto Rican Families Relocating to Greater Waterbury After Hurricanes
Danbury’s Promise for Children Partnership Hosts Community Report Out
A New Year’s Resolution for Greater Advocacy and Civic Dialogue
Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program
Cox Trust Closes with Early-Stage Investments in Education, Environment, and Health
Nonprofits to Vie for $100,000 in Giving Day 2018 Prizes
Eversource Hartford Marathon Brought $14.5 Million in Economic Benefit to Region in 2017
HARTFORD, CT -- The economic impact of three marquee sporting events continue to underscore the significance of local corporations coming through to sustain the events. Eversource's Hartford Marathon, the Travelers Championship and United Technologies Connecticut Open.
Branford Community Foundation Announces Four New Board Members
BRANFORD, CT -- The Branford Community Foundation (BCF) has announced four new board members: Rita Berkson, Stephanie Donegan Dietz, Bob Mobeck, and Colin Sheehan.
Chelsea Groton Foundation Gives Over $170K to Area Organizations
What Race Discussions Should Look Like: Model Dialogue Helped Participants and Audience Confront Racial Themes
STORRS, CT -- Confronting Racism Together: A Model Dialogue, was one of many events that took place at UCONN on the day of metanoia. Valeriano Ramos, Director of Strategic Alliances and Equity Officer at “Everyday Democracy,” co-facilitated the discussion of Nine members of the UConn community – administrators, graduate students and professors alike – on the Konover auditorium stage.
Member eBrief - January 2018
Bank of America Names Joe Gianni Market President for Hartford
Greater New Haven and Fairfield Area Launch Sustainable CT
GREATER NEW HAVEN and FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT -- Sustainable CT, a new statewide initiative to support Connecticut’s cities and towns, will have its regional launch at two events in the Fairfield and New Haven areas on January 9th, one at the Comstock Community Center, in collaboration with the Western Council of Governments, at 1:00 p.m., and the other in Bowers Auditorium at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at 6:30 p.m. The initiative was developed under the leadership of the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University in partnership with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. Three Connecticut philanthropies – the New Haven-based Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, the Hampshire Foundation, and the Common Sense Fund – have supported the program's development and launch.
$200K in New Grants End Community Foundation's Grantmaking Year
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- For several years, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) has embraced a subtle but important enhancement of its mission, that of community leadership to complement its traditional and fundamental duties as grantmaker. The Foundation has now taken this evolution a step further, awarding nearly $200,000 from within the newly created category of Community Initiative Grants.