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Branford Community Foundation Announces Four New Board Members

Release Date: 
11/30/2017
... care with the causes that matter. Rita Berkson has been a Branford resident for the past 25 years, and has enjoyed ... work with nonprofit organizations throughout Connecticut. A graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health with a degree in Health Policy & Management, Rita has served in ...

Chelsea Groton Foundation Gives Over $170K to Area Organizations

Release Date: 
12/20/2017
NORWICH, CT -- Chelsea Groton Bank’s gift of a $5 million endowment to the Chelsea Groton Foundation in December 2016 enabled the Foundation to provide a greater level of financial support to organizations that ... economic development; and arts and culture. “As a community bank, one of our most important responsibilities ...
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United Way of New Britain and Berlin to Invest $14,400 in Community

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01/10/2018
... case management and connections to other resources for a minimum of 500 lower-income families or up to 1,000 people ... New Britain struggle to afford basic needs, according to a Connecticut United Way ALICE Report. This includes ... services in their community. With funding from United Way a 2-1-1 kiosk will be installed at City Hall. Residents will ...
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Human Services

Nonprofits Receive $135,965 in Late Fall Grants

Release Date: 
01/09/2018
... grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall. Noteworthy ... studio time to professionals, the proposed studio will be a public educational facility where members of the community ... Launchpad Initiative. This Strategic Partnership is a revolving two year program where graduates of the art ...
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Community Foundation
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Member eBrief - January 2018

Release Date: 
01/11/2018
... nominations for the Nancy P. Roberts Award , which honors a foundation or grantmaking organization for innovation in ... impact or effect in Connecticut—statewide, in a region or in a community. The Melville Charitable Trust received the first ...
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Newman's Own Threatened With Punitive Tax After Exemption Nixed From Tax Overhaul

Release Date: 
01/05/2018
... the Westport food company founded by Paul Newman, faces a crippling tax penalty that threatens the iconic ... set to expire in November. When it does, the IRS will levy a 200 percent tax on the foundation’s assets.  There are ... 25 other charities based on the Newman's Own model, with a for-profit company on one side and a foundation funneling ...

Comcast Employees Participate in Operation Gratitude

Release Date: 
01/04/2018
... their friends and family, have knitted and crocheted for a cause. This year the group handmade over 260 hats and ... most of which were donated to Operation Gratitude, a non-profit organization that distributes care packages to ... own cash to purchase yarn to create these unique one of a kind unconditional gifts of love. I am humbled.” In the ...
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CCP Members
Corporate Giving
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Environment and Human Health Embarks on a New Project to Encourage Schools to Be Healthier Places for Children

Release Date: 
01/04/2018
... and public health professionals, is embarking on a new project to make schools healthier places for students ... health departments and superintendents of schools with a new brochure that lists 12 ways to make schools healthier ... . Environment and Human Health Embarks on a New Project to Encourage Schools to Be Healthier Places for ...
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Health

Hartford Foundation Names Elysa Gordon Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President

Release Date: 
01/03/2018
... the Hartford Foundation, I have come to rely on Elysa as a trusted advisor whose extensive knowledge of our ... where she developed the Babies Can’t Wait Initiative, a court-based innovation to maximize the well-being and permanency of infants in foster care.  A resident of West Hartford, Gordon earned her juris ...

American Savings Foundation Awards $85K to Children's Law Center

Release Date: 
12/15/2017
... to the Families in Transition program.   Organized by a coalition of parents and professionals in 1992, the agency ... in Connecticut. The American Savings Foundation provided a $75,000 grant to the agency’s Legal Representation ... For the second year, the Foundation also awarded a $10,000 grant to the Families in Transition program.  The ...
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Crime/Courts/Legal Services

$200K in New Grants End Community Foundation's Grantmaking Year

Release Date: 
12/29/2017
... Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) has embraced a subtle but important enhancement of its mission, that of ... as grantmaker. The Foundation has now taken this evolution a step further, awarding nearly $200,000 from within the ... $198,233 in Community Initiative Grants, are reflective of a wide array of Foundation-inspired programs and initiatives ...

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Welcomes David M. Roth to Board of Directors

Release Date: 
12/21/2017
... members of the Hartford Foundation's Board of Directors to a five year term will begin January 1, 2018. Roth has also ... of the Hartford Foundation's Investment Committee. Roth is a Senior Managing Partner of SouthOcean Capital Partners Inc. ... involvement with SouthOcean Capital Partners, he was a Principal and Managing Director of WLD Enterprises, Inc., a ...

Bonnie J. Malley Named New Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Release Date: 
12/20/2017
... Foundation’s executive leadership team, Malley will play a critical role in advancing the organization’s mission by ... invested and managed. “The Hartford Foundation is a landmark institution in our region and I’m excited about ... to continue to do that in my role at the Foundation.” A longtime resident of the Hartford region, Malley has been ...

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