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Doing Good Is About to Get Better

Release Date: 
02/06/2015
This post appeared in PHILANTOPIC, the Philanthropy News Digest Blog, a service of the Foundation Center. As the ... The Get on the Map campaign encourages funders to share grants data using Foundation Center’s eReporting standard, ... accurate story of local philanthropy to policy makers and other interested parties. And your members will have access ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members
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Data Standardization

A Wake-Up Call for the Nonprofit Sector

Release Date: 
08/19/2015
... fundraising challenges, have few professional development opportunities and work for organizations that do little or no ... very little money goes into professional development and other supports[ii] for nonprofit leaders. Only half (54%) of ... pay out at least 6% of their assets annually in grants, replacing the 5% standard which many foundations now ...

What Philanthropy Can Do

Release Date: 
10/17/2015
... and lacking basic empathy, but she has little time to do other than make a quick note, certainly she doesn’t have ... service, and we can make it easier for them. Multiple-year grants? Yes. Funding for think-tanks? Yes. More dollars going into grants for service and less into our own internal ...
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About Philanthropy

Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure

Release Date: 
02/02/2016
... of deep regional roots and a broad nationwide reach. No other organization in philanthropy brings these assets to the ... staff professional development and peer-to-peer networking opportunities to help people be effective in their regional ... to the Forum Network through committee service and in many other ways.  CCP adds expertise and leadership to our ...
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About Philanthropy

Are You Ready? Philanthropy Needs to be Prepared to Respond to Disasters

Release Date: 
06/08/2016
... a playbook for the field was created. There are also other writings in the field that help address the importance ... in preparation for when disaster strikes. Here are a few other key thoughts or ideas for you to begin making your ... initial resources had been dispersed or were targeted for other uses. Is this the unique space in disaster relief that ...

Sheila Perrin Honored with Philanthropy Award

Release Date: 
05/25/2017

HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) named SHEILA PERRIN the recipient of the 2017 John H. Filer Award for her leadership in promoting private action for the public good. Sheila Perrin, co-founder and board chair of New Haven-based Perrin Family Foundation, has been a leader in local and state philanthropy for more than 20 years.

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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Diane Sierpina Honored with Philanthropy Award

Release Date: 
05/25/2017

HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) named DIANE SIERPINA, Director of Justice Initiatives for New Canaan-based The Tow Foundation, the recipient of the 2017 Martha S. Newman Award. Diane, a resident of Stamford, CT, was honored for her demonstrated, sustained and exemplary service to the philanthropic sector in the state.

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Member eBrief - May 2017

Release Date: 
05/04/2017
... calendar >> The power of good connections . . . Member news >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >>      Trends and perspectives >>       Other events >> The power of good people . . . Colleague news ... and Lynn Grossman is a board member. While the foundation grants primarily in Astoria and Long Island City, NY, Lynn ...
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CCP Johnson Amendment Letter to CT Congressmen

Publication date: 
04/2017

Read the letter that Connecticut Council for Philanthropy delivered to political leaders in Congress and shared with leaders in the state, about preserving the Johnson Amendment "Protect the integrity of America’s nonprofit sector by maintaining the current law that keeps politics and campaign contributions out of the work of charities."

Grantmakers Welcome a New Statewide Leader

Release Date: 
04/28/2017
... foundations, collectively giving more than $858 million in grants and contributions annually. CCP brings its members ... organizations work, and importantly, where there are opportunities to work across sectors for a stronger ... when they can connect, learn, and collaborate with each other," said Fortunato.  "I look forward to bringing ...
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CT Philanthropy Digest - April 2017

Release Date: 
04/27/2017
... to the CCP Member Directory which lists additional news about the featured CCP member organization. FEATURED ... >> Ten Receive Connecticut Working Cities Challenge Design Grants >> CT United Ways Partner With EARN to Bring ALICE® ... PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS >> GRANTS and RFPS >> EVENTS and OTHER OPPORTUNITIES >> THE POWER OF GOOD PEOPLE >> JOBS IN ...

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