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Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Launches 2017/2018 Advocacy Series with Legislative Forums

Release Date: 
12/20/2017
... year’s program with Legislative Forums in December with a focus on strengthening relationships between nonprofit ... session? Fairfield County’s Community Foundation has a history of strong relationships with their nonprofit ... County’s Community Foundation promotes philanthropy as a means to create change in Fairfield County, focusing on ...
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Challenge Moves Forward for CT’s Working Cities

Release Date: 
12/19/2017
... Reserve Bank of Boston’s Working Cities Challenge —a grant competition designed to build cross-sector (public, ... of color. The teams were awarded $15,000 grants to support a six-month “ design phase ,” and over the past six ... their collaboratives, engaging their communities in a meaningful way, and refining their initiative proposals. ...
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Philanthropy News
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CCP Members
Policy Makers
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Workforce
Working Cities Challenge

Trust for Learning Welcomes Libby Doggett to its Board of Advisors

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12/19/2017
WESTON, CT -- Trust for Learning , a group of grantmakers that accelerates the supply of ideal ... National Head Start Association. She began her career as a bilingual first-grade teacher at Ortega Elementary School in Austin, and holds a doctorate from the University of Texas in early childhood ...
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Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News
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CCP Members
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Education

Capital Workforce Partners Awarded $150K Hartford Foundation Grant to Support Student Internship Program

Release Date: 
12/19/2017
HARTFORD, CT -- In spring 2017, Alexis Rivera, a junior at Hartford’s Pathways Academy, knew it was time ... from his guidance counselor who showed him how to prepare a resume and apply. In January 2017, Alexis was selected for a spring internship in the Hartford Student Internship ...

For the Fifth Consecutive Year, Lincoln Financial Group Employees Pledge More Than $1 Million to United Way

Release Date: 
12/19/2017
... in our communities.” The United Way campaign has been a tradition for more than three decades at Lincoln and is ... and the arts in communities where Lincoln Financial has a strong business presence. More information on Lincoln’s ... under management as of September 30, 2017. Lincoln is a committed corporate citizen and was named one ...
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Member News
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CCP Members
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Program to Empower Latino Parents Receives Grant from the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Release Date: 
12/18/2017
HARTFORD, CT -- As the primary caregivers and a child’s first teachers, parents constantly strive to ... they need to be successful in school and in life. A parent’s relationship with their child’s school relies ... challenging for any parent, it is even more difficult for a parent who may not speak English as their primary language ...
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CCP Members
Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
Education
Equity and Inclusion

Aetna and Aetna Foundation Offer Assistance to Those Affected by Wildfires in Southern California

Release Date: 
12/15/2017
... who use Aetna’s mail-order pharmacy can either get a prescription at an alternate delivery location or refill a prescription that may have been lost, damaged or destroyed. ... impact, the Aetna Foundation announced it will be making a $60,000 contribution to Direct Relief and a $40,000 ...
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Member News
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CCP Members
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Disaster Relief

Donaghue Awards $250K for Two Studies on Elder Care

Release Date: 
12/12/2017
... homes or other care facilities. Researchers identify a stakeholder in the care delivery or policy arena with whom ... and who is willing to work with the researcher to develop a research product that may be readily used to improve care ... older adults, unnecessary emergency department visits are a major source of excess morbidity and health care spending. ...
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CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Aging
Health

Nancy Wheeler Appointed Alliance Interim President and CEO

Release Date: 
12/13/2017
... Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2018. "We have a tremendous team and foundation in place at the Alliance and ... Wheeler. "I have enjoyed working alongside Oz, who made a lasting impact on this organization and community and I look forward to serving in this new role and a successful transition to a new CEO." Nancy has been an ...
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Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News
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CCP Members
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Philanthropy 101: The Great Debates in Philanthropy

Philanthropy 101 is a members-only, five-part series that helps all working in ... >> Session 5: July 13, 2018 - So You’re Working for a Foundation: Power and Your New Community >> This interactive series provides a historical overview of philanthropy, reviews foundation ...
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Skill Building
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CCP Members

Newman's Own Foundation Supports Wild Earth Allies With $500K Grant

Release Date: 
12/11/2017
... by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, provided a grant of $500,000 to Wild Earth Allies to support their ... and habitats. The grant announcement was made during a field visit with Wild Earth Allies in Rwanda by Bob ... in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. Their visit included a conservation briefing by Eugène Rutagarama, Goldman ...
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CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Environment & Animals

$60,000 Awarded for Northwest Corner Critical Needs

Release Date: 
12/08/2017

TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation through the Draper Foundation Fund, the Marion Wm. and Alice Edwards Fund, and through gifts made by an anonymous local donor, has awarded 53 charitable organizations serving some of the area’s most economically distressed residents grants totaling $60,000. Grants will help provide the most basic of necessities – food, warm clothing and shelter.

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Member News
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CCP Members
Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
Human Services

Draper Foundation Fund Provides $763,978 in Support of Area Nonprofits

Release Date: 
12/07/2017
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Draper Foundation Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, ... Charlotte Hungerford Hospital - $10,000 to support a Medical Protocol and Competency Development initiative of ... Litchfield County residents, and organizing and supporting a corps of Recovery Support Specialists. “We believe that ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Grants Distribution

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