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Hartford Foundation Grant to Hartford Consortium for Higher Education to Expand College and Career Program

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08/12/2019

... schools, businesses, volunteers/mentors and parents in a coordinated effort to ensure that more teenagers pursue ... the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant to enable the Hartford Consortium ... Consortium Executive Director Martin Estey. “We all have a vested interest in ensuring that all our young people have ...

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$2500 Grant Will Bolster MARC Community Resources' Employment Program

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08/08/2019

MIDDLETOWN, CT -- People’s United Community Foundation recently awarded MARC Community Resources $2,500 to help break down the obstacles people with intellectual and developmental disabilities face in finding work.

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Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News

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Corporate Giving

Joseph Baker Named Vice President of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

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08/09/2019

... Foundation of Greater New Britain. He brings to BTCF a background in nonprofit finance and development, as the former head of a United Way and a nonprofit service organization. He also developed Danbury ...

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Aug

CT Funder Collaborative to Promote Civic Engagement - Census & Voter Engagement

A conversation of CEOs focused on the 2020 Census and Voter ...

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Affinity Meeting

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Civil Rights, Social Action

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Census 2020

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Sep

State Data Plan: Healthcare & Service Delivery

... Data Collaborative and the state’s Chief Data Officer in a discussion about advancing the State Data ...

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Non-member Grantmaker

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Health

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State Data Plan: Education & Workforce Development Data Forum

The Connecticut Data Collaborative in partnership with the Chief Data Officer Tyler Kleykamp is hosting two Data Forums to discuss the Focal Points in the State Data Plan.

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#GIVEBLACKCT Day of Giving

In observance of Black Philanthropy Month (BPM) in Aug

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Knowledgebase

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers

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06/2019

... consultants and grantmakers alike look through issues with a DEI lens. The toolkit consists of key resources recommended ...

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Toolkit

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Consultants/Advisors

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Equity and Inclusion

Understanding Community Health Workers: Who they are and why they matter for Connecticut

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04/2019

Connecticut Health Foundation's new reportdescribes the role of community health workers in Connecticut and their potential to improve health outcomes.

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Strengthening a Nascent Field: Lessons from the Building Leadership and Organizing Capacity Initiative

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05/2019

Published in May 2019, Strengthening a Nascent Field: Lessons from the Building Leadership and ... in advancing social change. Strengthening a Nascent Field: Lessons from the Building Leadership and ...

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Community Improvement & Capacity

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Family Foundation

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Building Power: One Foundation’s Story of Funding Grassroots Organizing and Engagement

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06/2019

... Demand component of NMEF's grantmaking strategy. Following a Foundation-wide equity assessment in 2017, and a review of the Foundation's strategy, NMEF commissioned ...

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Liberty Bank Foundation Partners with Community Foundation of Greater New Britain to Build Nonprofit Capacity

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07/30/2019

... the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) in a program designed to build the capacity of nonprofits in the ... area of Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, and Southington. A $3,500 grant from Liberty will underwrite a subscription to the Foundation Center database, an online ...

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Grants Allow Students to Continue Music Education Through Summer Break

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07/30/2019

... how his memory could inspire and help others. Dan had a lifelong commitment to music, so they turned to the Main Street Community Foundation to help them set up a fund to provide music lessons for Bristol students, who ... lived it, he played it, he wanted other people to have a part of that music. Our family feels very grateful to have ...

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Arts, Culture & Humanities

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Sep

Black Generosity: The Past, Present, and Future

The Black Giving Circle Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is celebrating Black Philanthropy Month #BPM2019 with an event featuring Dr. Tyrone Freeman Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Unversity of Indiana, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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People's United Community Foundation Announces Recent Connecticut Grants

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07/26/2019

... (PUCF), the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, N.A., today announced that it awarded $372,000 to Connecticut ... cycle.

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Opportunities in Health Care, Evaluation of Career Connectictions Program at Norwalk Community College

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05/2019

... evaluated their Career Connections program and produced a report, Opportunities in Health Care, Evaluation of Career ... Research Evaluatiuon. The Career Connections program was a career pathways program at Norwalk Community College (NCC) ... Student Cohort Experiences Read the report >> Read a story of one Career Connections student: Finding a Career ...

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The State Of The Arts In Greater Hartford; The Story Of Hip-Hop And Breaking In Connecticut

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07/26/2019

... report, Greater Hartford Arts Landscape Study, paints a picture of the arts in Greater Hartford, a scene that’s both colorful and rocky. Jackie Coleman, ... also look back on the early years of hip-hop and breaking (a.k.a. breakdancing) in Connecticut, and hear how some young ...

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