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Baseline Survey Report for EngAGEment Initiative

Publication date: 
06/2011
To establish a baseline of information, this past June 2011, the Council surveyed its members and non-members to determine their current “aging” awareness, activities and future programming ideas. This baseline survey was conducted as part of the Council's work on the EngAGEment Initiative, a national program led by Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) on philanthropy and aging issues. The overall goal of this two-year initiative is to build Connecticut Funders’ understanding, interest and momentum around aging issues.
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Survey Summary
Topic(s): 
Grantmaking Issue
Funding Area: 
Aging

2-1-1 Barometer: Connecticut's Older Adults

Publication date: 
10/2011
Ensuring that older adults remain connected to needed resources is essential to community-based strategies for this growing segment of our population. This 2-1-1 Barometer reviews the thousands of calls 2-1-1 receives annually from older adults or their family members for resources and programs designed to assist older adults, including some interesting United Way initiatives aimed at aging in place.
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Report
Audience: 
Nonprofit Staff
Topic(s): 
Grantmaking Issue
Funding Area: 
Aging

Aging Ready Communities - Challenges, Opportunities, National and Local Models - November 30, 2011

Publication date: 
11/2011
Aging in place experts, Philip B. Stafford, Ph.D., Director of the Center on Aging and Community at Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, and Mia Oberlink, M.A., Project Director, Community Innovations for Aging in Place Initiative TAG Team and Senior Research Associate for the Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Services of New York, shared their insight and knowledge about the positive influences, productive potential and healthy benefits of aging-ready communities.
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Policy Makers
Topic(s): 
Grantmaking Issue
Funding Area: 
Aging

Funders at Work in Aging

The Council compiles examples of the many ways in which Connecticut grantmakers provide funding and leadership in aging and help build communities for all ages.

How a Public/Private Partnership Brought $30 Million and 6,650 Jobs to Connecticut

Publication date: 
07/2012
This report describes the significant challenges and innovative solutions of the partnership that successfully secured millions in federal stimulus funds for the state in 2010 and 2011. The state’s philanthropic community, government representatives and nonprofit advocates partnered to leverage the funds through the Emergency Contingency Funds of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

Donors

A donor can be an individual, an institution or an organzition. They help others by making strategic and informed giving decisions with their resources and monetary awards.

Member Resources

Your membership in the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) offers a wealth of local, regional and national resources that will strengthen the work of your staff and trustees.

Membership Eligibility - Foundations & Giving Programs

You are eligible to become a member in the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) if you represent an organization or are an individual* whose principal function is the making of grants for charitable purposes.

Our History

In 1969, the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) was founded in Hartford with just 7 members as the Coordinating Council for Foundations. Today CCP is the state’s association of grantmakers committed to promoting and supporting effective philanthropy for the public good. CCP's 110 members annually grant more than $1 billion from assets of more than $8.4 billion. Read a brief account of CCP's 50-year history and timeline.

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