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Targeting Skyrocketing Drug Prices, Yale Students Prepare Roadmap for Lawmakers
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP), in collaboration with the National Physicians Alliance and the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, released a policy white paper, “Curbing Unfair Drug Prices: A Primer for States,” this week that seeks to advance state-level legislative efforts to rein in prescription drug prices by providing lawmakers with a clear picture of the strategies at their disposal.
Home-visiting Program for First-time Families Expands in CT
NEW HAVEN, CT -- Yale University’s Minding the Baby® (MTB) National Office was awarded an 18-month grant from the Grossman Family Foundation beginning in January 2017 to expand the MTB home visiting intervention in Connecticut. The MTB National Office is partnering with Family & Children’s Agency in Norwalk and Family Centers in Stamford to replicate the MTB model to serve young families through these agencies.
CT’s Beardsley Zoo Receives $30K Grant
BRIDGEPORT, CT -- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has received a $30,000 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, including a $15,000 award from the foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls. The funds will be used to support the Zoo’s teen program, Conservation Discovery Corps (CDC).
Charter Oak Health Center Receives $300K Grant for Facility Renovation Project to Provide Specialty Health Care Services
$4.3 Million in Grants Awarded by the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
Danbury Senior Volunteers Contribute Service Valued At More Than $200,000 to City
Perrin Family Foundation Adds New Team Member
Member eBrief - August 2017
Rockfall Foundation Planning Restoration, Expansion At Historic Middletown Headquarters
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Rockfall Foundation has recently begun a multiyear renovation effort to preserve its 1790s deKoven House headquarters and potentially open up even more available office space for environmentally-focused nonprofit organizations. Rockfall recently received a $10,700 grant from the 1772 Foundation and Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation that, with a required match from the organization, will pay for masonry work, painting and other exterior repairs.
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Announces New Board Members
With New Name & Vision, United Philanthropy Forum Leads a New Network to Advance Philanthropy
Announcing the 2017-2018 Tow Playwrights in Residence
Sharon Hospital Joins Health Quest
SHARON, CT -- Sharon Hospital’s patients can stay better connected with excellent healthcare services in their community now that the hospital has joined Health Quest, a family of hospitals and healthcare professionals based in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York. The Foundation for Community Health, the nonprofit based in Sharon that brought Health Quest and Sharon Hospital together, will play an important role in the transition of the hospital to nonprofit status.
United Way Seeks Sponsors for Back-To-School Programs in Danbury and Greater New Milford
Charitable Givers Expect Uptick in Nonprofit Demands
HARTFORD, CT -- John Stearns of the Hartford Business Journal reports on the " uncertain local and state budgets that are clouding nonprofits' financial forecasts. CCP President Karla Fortunato, The Hartford's VP of Corporate Sustainabilty Diane Cantello and TANGO's Director of Nonprofit Education and Consulting Jack Horak give quotes, through the article.
Points of Light Names Comcast NBCUniversal One of America’s Most Community-Minded Companies
Women & Girls’ Fund Hosting Lunch & Learn
BRISTOL, CT -- The Women & Girls' Fund of Main Street Community Foundation is hosting a Lunch & Learn for local nonprofit professionals and volunteers to discuss the Fund’s grant process as well as the critical needs and issues local girls and women face. This luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 24, 2017 from 11 am – 1 pm at Tunxis@Bristol, which is located at 430 North Main Street in Bristol.
Draper Foundation Fund Provides $665,565 in Support of Area Nonprofits
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.