Where Collaboration, Environment, and DEI Meet: A Case Study of the L. I. Sound Funders Collaborative
Learn how funders joined together to make their small investments more impactful on the preservation and restoration of the Long Island Sound.
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Learn how funders joined together to make their small investments more impactful on the preservation and restoration of the Long Island Sound.
A Public Service Executive Leadership Collaborative Workshop
Nellie Mae Education Foundation's brief explores the foundation's journey in funding the Grassroots Portfolio and shares lessons learned.
HARTFORD, CT --A federal tax law reducing the incentive for charitable giving and Connecticut’s continual budget woes are putting a squeeze on the state’s nonprofits, according to experts in the field. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance surveyed the state’s nonprofits earlier this year and found 43 percent received or expected to receive fewer donations in 2019 as a result of federal tax law changes, according to data published in May. Individual charitable giving nationwide increased 6 percent from 2015 to 2016, but it decreased 4.5 percent in Connecticut, from $3.81 billion to $3.32 billion, according to CCP’s Connecticut Giving Reports from 2018 and 2019.
BOSTON, MA -- When billionaire Robert E. Smith decided to pay off the student loans of the graduating class of 2019 at Morehouse College, he suggested that others follow his lead. But is there even enough black private wealth in the United States to pay off all black student loan debt?