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The Independent Sector's Connecticut state profile highlights the economic importance, diversity and community impact of the nonprofit sector in Connecticut.

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Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together

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02/2015

This guide from Grantcraft looks at how funders approach building capacity with grantees. Through examples from foundations ranging in size, mission, and geography, we explore various strategies for capacity building and the types of awareness that funders can choose to incorporate in decision making to facilitate informed, thoughtful judgments about strengthening organizations.

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Member eBrief - March 2015

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03/04/2015

A monthly benefit of Council membership, the March 2015 Member eBrief features: Annual Meeting; Online, On Point!; Member Renewals Deadline; Public Policy Update; Council Event Schedule; Member News; Trends & Perspectives; New Resources and Colleague News. Remember to login to access this member benefit!

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Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter?

An infographic highlighting a 2014 national field survey conducted by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) about how grantmakers are supporting nonprofit resilience and where there's still room for improvement.

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Community Improvement & Capacity

CT Philanthropy Digest - Feb 2015

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02/19/2015

... Connecticut : 203-639-0550, fpadilla@universalhealthct.org . top Foundation Kick-starts Be Homeful Project to ... to End Homelessness, 860-721-7876, kkenney@cceh.org . top Reduced Youth Crime Target of Violence Free-Zone ... Health Foundation, 860-724-1580, maryland@cthealth.org . top Business Training Shown to Empower Artists ...

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Sponsorship Package - 2018 CCP Conference

Find sponsorship information for the 2018 CCP Conference on May 16, 2018.

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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

CT Philanthropy Digest - Jan 2015

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01/26/2015

... Allia, Tow Foundation, 203-594-4120, nadia@towfoundation.org . top New Tool Designed to Help Nonprofits with ... for Greater New Haven, 203-777-2386, tcaldwell@cfgnh.org . top Two CT School Districts Part of $16M Award for ... Foundation, 781-348-4204, sadamec@nmefoundation.org . top Annual Survey Seeks to Strengthen ...

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New Report Sheds Light on the Impact of Immigration in Greater New Haven

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01/20/2015

... and community action. It is available online at www.cfgnh.org/immigrationreport or by calling The Community Foundation ... rate, promote local philanthropy through www.giveGreater.org and encourage community awareness at www.cfgnh.org/learn . For more information, visit our website at ...

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Get on the Map! Template

... 2. EMAIL your report to egrants@foundationcenter.org . Please indicate your CCP membership in the subject line ...

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CT Philanthropy Digest - Dec 2014

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12/19/2014

... of the nutrition grantees, visit: www.newmansownfoundation.org . For more information: Jan Schaefer, ... Newman's Own Foundation, media@NewmansOwnFoundation.org . top Legal Aid Gets Boost from Public/Private ... Way of Greater New Haven, 203-691-4229, jmamis@uwgnh.org . top New London County Nonprofits: Essential for ...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2014: Data to Drive Decisions

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12/2014

Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2014: Data to Drive Decisions, a new report by Foundation Center and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) helps donors, NGOs, government agencies, and media gain an increased understanding of how much foundation funding is spent on disasters each year, by whom, and for what activities. The report presents an analysis of funding for disasters by the largest U.S. foundations. It finds that, in 2012, 234 foundations made 884 grants totaling $111 million for disasters.

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The Aurora Report

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01/2014

The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation, through a generous grant from The Ensworth Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee, commissioned the first comprehensive study of women and girls in Hartford County. The study examines the opportunities and challenges for Hartford County females in education, economic security, leadership, health and well being, and crime and safety, as well as the demographic composition of women and girls and their philanthropic giving.

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CT Philanthropy Digest - Nov 2014

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11/24/2014

... of Connecticut, 860-571-7501, richard.porth@ctunitedway.org . top Public Policy Update: National Organizations ... information: Maggie Gunther Osborn, 860-525-5585, mosborn@CTphilanthropy.org . top Highnet Worth Study Forcasts Positive Giving ...

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Letter to House and Senate Leadership from Six National Organizations 11-19-14

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11/2014

Six national organizations representing tens of thousands of charitable nonprofits and foundations from across the country have sent a letter to House and Senate leadership and tax writers asking for their support of the provisions of the America Gives More Act, H.R.4719. The letter requests their action in the remaining weeks of the 113rd Congress, to enact the five charitable provisions as part of any end-of-year tax legislation.

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The Nonprofit Sector in Connecticut

Publication date:

09/2014

The Independent Sector's state profile highlights the economic importance, diversity and community impact of the nonprofit sector in Connecticut.

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Philanthropy’s Role in a Healthy Democracy

Publication date:

09/2014

Maggie Gunther Osborn, President of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy was published in the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits, September 2014 member magazine, Nonprofit Advantage.