Danbury United Way Back-To-School Drive Valued at $43,770
Release Date:
09/06/2018
... 720 children were served by the program, which represented a value of $136,370 invested into the region. This year, ...
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Progreso Latino Fund Celebrates 15 Years with Gala
Release Date:
09/05/2018
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Progreso Latino Fund Gala: Celebrando 15 Años de Progreso
WHO: Progreso Latino Fund, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Hartford Foundation Launches “Your Giving, Your Way” Scholarship Fund Ad Campaign
Release Date:
09/04/2018
Campaign Demonstrates How You Can Help Make a Student’s Dreams Come True HARTFORD, CT -- Everyone has ... in our region who are looking to further their education. A new advertising campaign launched by the Hartford ... needs of students with those who have hope for the future, a passion for education, and the desire to make a difference. ...
Year-End Critical Needs Grants Now Available
Release Date:
09/04/2018
... Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has allocated a minimum of $55,000 to distribute to public charities and ...
Your Voice in How Money Is Spent - A Conversation with Hartford Decides
Release Date:
08/30/2018
... -- Everyday Democracy and Hartford Decide$ are presenting a free workshop on September 27 at the Hartford Public Library. Join them for a conversation about participatory budgeting, and how you can ... Hartford Decide$ promotes participatory budgeting through a process in which residents brainstorm spending ...
Join the Women & Girls Fund for “The Not So Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife”
Release Date:
08/30/2018
TORRINGTON, CT -- Join the Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, for ... the adage, “There is no growth without change.” She is a teacher, author, former Brazilian dairy farm owner, and expert on New England’s colonial women. Moving into a 1770 Connecticut farmhouse ignited Velya’s obsession with ...
Center for Children’s Advocacy Receives $260K to Support Services for Young People Transitioning Back to the Community from Juvenile Justice and DCF Custody
Release Date:
08/28/2018
... child welfare system ceases to provide legal services when a youth turns 18, unless he is connected to education ... The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded a three-year, $260,000 grant to the Center for Children’s ... or aging out of foster care – are at great risk of a critical misstep in successful community reintegration,” ...
New Report: 4 out of 10 Families in Connecticut Struggle to Pay for Basic Needs
Release Date:
09/02/2018
... care, technology, and transportation. ALICE, stands for - A sset L imited I ncome C onstrained E mployed. United Ways ... other states are promoting the ALICE initiative to place a spotlight on a large population of residents who are working, but have ...
Legal Challenge Seeks to End Prison Gerrymandering in CT
Release Date:
08/26/2018
... and 2016 – but that legislation has failed to pass. A 2013 report by the Prison Policy initiative and ...
Member eBrief - September 2018
Release Date:
09/17/2018
... grants. When you share your grant information, you make a powerful contribution to data initiatives that CCP has ... of giving in our state. Connecticut Foundation Maps , a highly interactive, searchable mapping platform that lets ... your data on CCP's Get on the Map webpage , including a grant data template, information on the required and ...
New Funding for Critically Conscious Youth Development
Release Date:
08/20/2018
... building opportunity with the intention of sharing a framework that introduces a new lens for youth development programs, focused on ... identity, lived experience, and political education as a core competency. The framework of Critical Consciousness ...
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Awards Get Out The Vote Grants
Release Date:
08/16/2018
... organizations that applied were dynamic and energetic. As a result of the high caliber of applicants and the large ... FCCF selected 18 organizations that will each receive a $1,000 civic engagement grant. In addition to the grant, ... Event on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, and be recognized as a partner on FCCF’s website and during the Community ...
2018 Legislative Session Update - OEC
Publication date:
06/2018
... State Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has provided a 2018 Legislative Session Update on how the OEC fared in the ...
Leading Together for a Thriving Eastern Connecticut: Community Foundation Releases 2017 Annual Report to Community
Release Date:
08/10/2018
... with generous donors and nonprofit organizations to make a lasting, positive impact on people and places in eastern ... advancing animal welfare. In 2017, the Foundation awarded a record $6.7 million in grants and scholarships. “Our ... of growth and progress, but also marks the launch of a new era of providing community leadership for collective ...
New Report Finds Medicaid's Impact Goes Beyond Health Care in CT
Release Date:
08/21/2018
HARTFORD, CT -- Medicaid is best known as a health insurance program that provides coverage to low-income Connecticut residents, but it also plays a key role in the state’s economy, budget, and ability to weather economic challenges, according to a report released this week by the Connecticut Health ...
Engaging Citizens from the Ground Up: Hartford Foundation Announces Get Out The Vote Initiative
Release Date:
08/21/2018
... the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has launched a nonpartisan Get Out The Vote initiative for Greater ... foundation for Greater Hartford, we believe we have a role to fill in helping local nonprofit organizations ... them and cast their ballot on Election Day. This is just a part of a long-term effort to empower the residents of our ...
Bimal Patel to Lead United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's 2018 Community Campaign
Release Date:
08/10/2018
... the 2018 United Way Community Campaign because making a difference in one person’s life has the power to affect ... leaders to help shape our future by giving more than a donation; their time, guidance and leadership are ... provides the structure and processes to support building a stronger community and we have to leverage its strength, ...
Danbury Senior Volunteers Contribute Service Valued At More Than $210,000 to City
Release Date:
08/08/2018
... with local organizations. “The SAVE Program provides a remarkable opportunity for older adults in Danbury to age ... and nonprofit agencies in the City of Danbury for a value of $211,519.33. About United Way of Western ... of Stamford by focusing on the vital building blocks for a good life: Education, Financial Stability and Health. We ...
Northwest Connecticut Students Awarded Scholarships
Release Date:
08/09/2018
... MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Anna Clinkscales (Torrington) STEVEN A. CHUPKA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Abigail Hanlon (Torrington) ... JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Cassidy Neumann (Torrington) JOHN A. AND ANN K. METTLING SCHOLARSHIP Carmen Pochet (Torrington) ... Morgan Daley (Norfolk) TORRINGTON UNICO RAYMOND A. AND GLORIA ONEGLIA SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Bugryn (Torrington) ...
Letter on Census Citizenship Question
Publication date:
08/2018
... of 33 philanthropy serving organizations that signed onto a letter opposing the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. They are aligned ... Community Foundation . These efforts were the result of a partnership between United Philanthropy Forum and the ...