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CHEFA whiffs on $63M in tax credits for CT nonprofit developments
Release Date:
07/20/2020
... to attract private investment for developments in poorer census tracts. CHEFA will try again when it submits an ...
Hartford Foundation Announces Final Round of Phase One Grants from COVID-19 Response Fund
Release Date:
07/16/2020
... month, the Foundation announced that for the remainder of 2020, the Fund will transition from emergency response to ... - Grant will provide support for a campaign to increase Census completion in the Hartford region through youth ... consequences of COVID-19 will persist through the end of 2020. To learn more about the COVID-19 Response Fund or to ...
Community Food Drive to Be Held on August 7 & 8 at Danbury Fair Mall
Release Date:
07/16/2020
United Way's 2020 Day of Action Will Benefit the Danbury Food ... Way of Western Connecticut’s annual Day of Action for 2020. The donation process is CONTACT-FREE via drive through. ... to get out of their vehicles. WHEN: Friday, August 7, 2020 – 2 pm to 6 pm Saturday, August 8, 2020 – 9 am to 12 ...
Connecticut Will Have Its First Statewide, Publicly Accessible Data Source to Assist Voter Registration, Voter Turnout Efforts
Release Date:
07/16/2020
... unprecedented initiative, CT Data is utilizing the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year estimates ... to create a comparison, in each of the state’s 2,580 census block groups, that will reflect the estimated gap ... Center Program and Connecticut’s official source for 2020 Census data. CT Data creates interactive data portals, ...
Grants Available from COVID-19 Response Fund
Release Date:
07/15/2020
... by COVID-19. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 14, 2020 at 4 p.m. To be eligible for funding, organizations must ... at least 7 business days prior to the August 14, 2020 deadline. In March, MSCF established the COVID-19 ...
Hartford Foundation Awards $200,000 in Grants to Support Census and Voter Registration Efforts
Release Date:
07/13/2020
... over eighteen months to support voter engagement and Census participation activities among several ... strategies to encourage residents to fill out the Census and register to vote. This past spring, the Foundation ... than 10,000 residents on the importance of completing the 2020 Census and to assist more than 2,200 in completing the ...
Summer Youth Learning and Employment Program to serve 1,500 of the Region’s Youth
Release Date:
07/09/2020
... COVID-19 and high unemployment. The program begins July 6, 2020 and runs until August 28, 2020. SYELP supports low-income youth in summer employment ... of East Hartford is excited to be part of the regional 2020 Summer Youth Employment program, with the goal of ...
Hartford Foundation and First Book Award $1 Million in Grants to Six Connecticut School Districts for Computers and Home Internet Access, Funded by The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation
Release Date:
07/09/2020
... & knob configuration are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2020 The LEGO Group. About First Book Founded in Washington, ...
The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley
Release Date:
07/07/2020
NEW HAVEN, CT -- A new public-private partnership is offering low-interest and partially forgivable loans to local minority-owned and women-owned small businesses. The initial loan pool of $1.5 million will offer loans of up to $25,000 for small businesses located in New Haven and the lower Naugatuck Valley cities of Derby and Ansonia. The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley was created through a partnership among The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, HEDCO, Inc., the Amour Propre Fund and The City of New Haven.
Funder Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication date:
06/2020
... representative survey of nonprofit leaders in May 2020, The Center for Effective Philanthropy's report sheds ...
25 Years of Grantmaking Celebrated by Local Community Foundation
Release Date:
07/02/2020
... date is $105,330. The following grants were awarded in the 2020 Competitive Spring Grant Cycle from the various funds as ... Area Habitat for Humanity - $2,500 - Bristol Build 2020 - Construction related costs to build two new housing ... Sustainable Connecticut, Inc. - $2,500 - Sustainable CT 2020 Fellows program to provide technical support to assist ...
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
Publication date:
07/2020
A new report by a bipartisan commission created two years ago by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, outlines steps to strengthen and reform American democracy.
2020 Travelers Championship Generates More Than $1.6 Million for Charity
Release Date:
06/28/2020
... -- The Travelers Companies, Inc. today announced that the 2020 Travelers Championship generated more than $1.6 million ... made a difference from a distance. Congratulations to our 2020 Travelers Championship winner, Dustin Johnson. Against ... mwhitmer@travelers.com Website: www.travelers.com 2020 Travelers Championship Generates More Than $1.6 Million ...
Second Round of 2020 Grants Announced
Release Date:
06/24/2020
... Fund for two development-training programs in 2020 Girl Scouts of Connecticut, $2,000.00 from the A. W. ... kduncan@cfgnb.org Website: www.cfgnb.org Second Round of 2020 Grants Announced ...
Over 150 Students Awarded $228,000 in Scholarships
Release Date:
06/23/2020
... Board of Directors evaluates all applicants. The 2020 Main Street Community Foundation scholarship recipients ...
18 Connecticut High School Seniors Receive $45K in Scholarships from Comcast’s Leaders and Achievers Program
Release Date:
06/15/2020
... NBCUniversal has awarded $45,000 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year to 18 Connecticut students as part of ...
Dominion Energy Commits $5 Million to Social Justice, Community Rebuilding Efforts
Release Date:
06/04/2020
RICHMOND, VA -- Dominion Energy and its charitable foundation are committing $5 million to help community reconciliation and rebuilding across the company's 20-state footprint.
Cigna Foundation Announces Availability of $5 Million in Grants to Address Children's Mental Health, Childhood Hunger
Release Date:
06/15/2020
... Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Stress and Coping . 2020. (3) ...
American Savings Foundation Announces Spring 2020 Grants
Release Date:
04/23/2020
... accepted for the program’s next deadline of October 15, 2020. Awards will be announced in December. The Community ... at www.asfdn.org . Community Grants announced in Spring 2020: $1,500 to Arts Escape for the Threads, Weaving Words ... . ### American Savings Foundation Announces Spring 2020 Grants ...