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Over 170 Students to Share $216,000 in Scholarships Thanks to Funds Established by Local Donors

Release Date: 
06/06/2019
... at varying levels of their academic careers were awarded a total of $216,285 in scholarships from Main Street ... in pursuing their education and career goals; they have a belief that helping students ease the financial obligations ... in the future. All scholarships are awarded through a competitive application process. A volunteer selection ...
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Community Foundation
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Scholarships

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Awards $25K to Hartford Working Cities

Release Date: 
05/30/2019
... South Green neighborhoods. For years, United Way has been a leader in developing and launching integrated programs that ... success. Hartford’s Working Cities initiative is a focused, concentrated and urgent effort that tackles two ... and retain employers to the city and the region. Using a placed-based strategy to improve employment outcomes for ...
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Connecticut Community Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report Celebrates the Transformative Power of Communities That Cared

Release Date: 
05/30/2019
... CT -- “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” Connecticut ... , opens with those words from Margaret J. Wheatley as a tribute to the Foundation’s donors and community partners ... include: Donors and nonprofit organizations contributed a total of $7,419,927 to be distributed through grants now ...
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Community Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Grantmaking Focused on Building Thriving Communities in Eastern CT

Release Date: 
05/29/2019
... of $1,943,371 to 145 nonprofit organizations to ensure a healthy, thriving, sustainable Eastern Connecticut for all ... interests, this cycle of grants is focused on addressing a wide variety of needs and basic rights in our community. ... strategically for greater impact. “We are thankful that a growing family of generous people see the Community ...
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Hartford Area Inner City Capital Connections Launches Capacity-building Training Initiative for Over 60 Businesses

Release Date: 
05/29/2019
... for Public Giving, in partnership with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and the City of Hartford, ... class of the program. These local businesses attended a full-day opening seminar at the Chrysalis Center in Hartford. ICCC is a tuition-free, high-level executive education program that ...
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Community Foundation
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Economic Development
Workforce

Nonprofits Receive $107,700 in Spring Grants

Release Date: 
05/29/2019
... grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall. Noteworthy ... adults and children aged 6 to 100 together to explore in a completely new way the relationship between art and ... music. S/he will learn about each medium, and discover a new dimension of listening to music, and of looking at ...
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Response to Financial Challenges: Funder - Nonprofit Survey Report

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05/2019
... sector facing numerous challenges in Connecticut – as a result of state budget cuts and the new federal tax law – ... Funder – Nonprofit Survey , used feedback from a survey circulated in January and February of this year that ... 39 foundations and 110 nonprofits. Respondents represented a variety of nonprofit and foundation types and are working ...

Hartford Foundation Names Brad Drazen as Vice President, Communications and Marketing

Release Date: 
05/22/2019
... President Jay Williams. “As the Foundation embarks on a new strategic direction, we are looking for more ways to ... to ensure Greater Hartford reaches its full potential as a vibrant, thriving and contributing force for regional and state prosperity.” A resident of West Hartford, Drazen has served on the boards ...

Member eBrief - May 2019

Release Date: 
05/28/2019
... leadership, and impact. Our #CCP50 conference featured a panel discussion , break-out sessions , networking, the ... Luria, updates by CCP President Karla Fortunato , and a keynote address by Titus Kaphar . Once more, we thank our ... sector facing numerous challenges in Connecticut – as a result of state budget cuts and the new federal tax law – ...
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Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Names Susan Dana as Director of Development -- Major Gifts Program

Release Date: 
05/17/2019
... Program. Dana comes to the role with more than 20 years as a senior-level philanthropy director with vast solicitation ... President for Development Deborah Rothstein. “She has a successful track record of closing large gifts at hospitals and educational institutions and serving in a leadership capacity in major capital campaigns. Sue’s ...
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Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens

Publication date: 
05/2019
In the 12 years since the original Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens guide was published the country’s ... has produced an updated guide. The daily practice of using a racial equity lens in social change as well as in grantmaking has established a baseline understanding of structural racism and has led to ...
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Equity and Inclusion

CCP Policy Update: Bills That Would Have Levied Taxes on Nonprofits with Endowments - May 15, 2019

Release Date: 
05/14/2019

HARTFORD, CT -- CCP follows up on bills SB1137 and SB38, that would have levied new taxes on nonprofits with endowments, pension accounts, or significant savings accounts.

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