Building Power: One Foundation’s Story of Funding Grassroots Organizing and Engagement
Nellie Mae Education Foundation's brief explores the foundation's journey in funding the Grassroots Portfolio and shares lessons learned.
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Nellie Mae Education Foundation's brief explores the foundation's journey in funding the Grassroots Portfolio and shares lessons learned.
The Black Giving Circle Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is celebrating Black Philanthropy Month #BPM2019 with an event featuring Dr. Tyrone Freeman Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Unversity of Indiana, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Fairfield County's Community Foundation evaluated their Career Connections program and produced a report with lessons learned.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving's new report, Greater Hartford Arts Landscape Study, paints a picture of the arts in Greater Hartford, a scene that’s both colorful and rocky. Jackie Coleman, Senior Education Investments Officer at Hartford Foundation, joins WNPR's Lydia Brown and Lucy Nalpathanchil, and others to consider efforts to better support the region’s artists. They also look back on the early years of hip-hop and breaking (a.k.a. breakdancing) in Connecticut, and hear how some young people are learning and performing these styles today.
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The New Canaan Community Foundation has awarded $586,000 in grant investments supporting 78 local nonprofit organizations.
The Tow Foundation, the Perrin Family Foundation and the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven are co-hosting a Funders Briefing to discuss two key research findings and explore the implications for Connecticut.
HARTFORD, CT --A federal tax law reducing the incentive for charitable giving and Connecticut’s continual budget woes are putting a squeeze on the state’s nonprofits, according to experts in the field. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance surveyed the state’s nonprofits earlier this year and found 43 percent received or expected to receive fewer donations in 2019 as a result of federal tax law changes, according to data published in May. Individual charitable giving nationwide increased 6 percent from 2015 to 2016, but it decreased 4.5 percent in Connecticut, from $3.81 billion to $3.32 billion, according to CCP’s Connecticut Giving Reports from 2018 and 2019.