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CT Philanthropy Digest - September 2020

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09/17/2020

... Hunt Library Receives Grants to Enhance Distancing >> William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund How $241,500 in Grants ... Letter of Intent: R3 Making Research Relevant & Ready >> William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund AWARDED ONGOING: ...

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15 - 29

CCP 2020 Virtual Conference

... director, and Lisa Graustein , board chair , of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund for a unique program ...

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Grantmaking with an Equity Lens

... New Haven; Fairfield County’s Community Foundation; William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; William C. Graustein; the Hartford Foundation for Public ...

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Sep

Racial Equity 101

... New Haven; Fairfield County’s Community Foundation; William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; William C. Graustein; the Hartford Foundation for Public ...

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Skill Building

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Equity and Inclusion

Connecticut Humanities Receives $100,000 from CHEFA for Collaborative COVID-19 Assistance to Connecticut’s Cultural Sector

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08/10/2020

MIDDLETOWN, CT -- Connecticut Humanities (CTH) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $100,000 to partner with the CT Office of the Arts (COA) to provide support for arts and cultural organizations in Connecticut.

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Member eBrief - AUGUST 2020

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08/03/2020

... Community College >> Communications Specialist - William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund >> Program Officer - ...

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Partnership to provide free, citywide wifi network accessible to all residents and small businesses in Connecticut’s Capitol City

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07/29/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- Today Mayor Luke Bronin announced that the City of Hartford will build a free, citywide wifi network accessible to all residents.

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Supporting Organizing Work in Connecticut: Insights from Organizers

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10/2019

SOW-CT's Supporting Organizing Work in Connecticut report is focused primarily on gaps, barriers, and potential solutions for SOW-CT to consider when seeking opportunities to support the field of organizing.

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Supporting Organizing Work Connecticut

... The Tow Foundation Universal Healthcare Foundation William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund Co-chairs and Staff ... Philanthropy Malwin Davila Malwin Davila Program Officer William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund ...

Hartford Foundation Announces Final Round of Phase One Grants from COVID-19 Response Fund

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07/16/2020

The latest round of the Hartford Foundation's COVID-19 Response Fund grants totaling $1,173,338 support community-based organizations that provide a variety of critical supports.

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Coalition Asks Connecticut Legislature to Act on Land Use Reforms

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07/14/2020

Initiatives will increase housing supply, generate housing diversity, and improve the process for approving new residential development

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Hartford Foundation and First Book Award $1 Million in Grants to Six Connecticut School Districts for Computers and Home Internet Access, Funded by The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation

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07/09/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- Six school districts in Connecticut will begin the school year with new Chromebooks and home Internet connectivity, enabling distance learning for the first time for nearly 3,000 students from underserved communities. The $1 million initiative will support students in kindergarten through Grade 5 in the Bloomfield, East Hartford, Manchester, Vernon, Windsor, and Windsor Locks school districts. The grants, awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and made possible through funding from The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation, are being distributed by First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education.

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How $241,500 in grants will help New Haven schools address racial equity

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07/09/2020

... support racial equity within the school district. The two William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund grants — the ...

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Hartford Foundation and the Travelers Championship Provide Grant to Launch Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations in Greater Hartford

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06/30/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the Travelers Championship are providing a two-year grant to the University of New Haven’s Center for Advanced Policing (CAP) and Tow Youth Justice Institute (TYJI) to launch the Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations (CIYPR) in Greater Hartford.

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Youth Violence Prevention

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Equity and Inclusion

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The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley

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07/07/2020

NEW HAVEN, CT -- A new public-private partnership is offering low-interest and partially forgivable loans to local minority-owned and women-owned small businesses. The initial loan pool of $1.5 million will offer loans of up to $25,000 for small businesses located in New Haven and the lower Naugatuck Valley cities of Derby and Ansonia. The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley was created through a partnership among The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, HEDCO, Inc., the Amour Propre Fund and The City of New Haven.

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Connecticut Health Foundation names Kenneth R. Alleyne new board chair

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06/29/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health Foundation elected Kenneth R. Alleyne as chair of its board of directors. He succeeds David I. Newton in chairing the board of Connecticut’s largest independent health philanthropy. In addition to electing a new chair, the foundation board appointed two new members and awarded $342,025 in grants this quarter.

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Over 150 Students Awarded $228,000 in Scholarships

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06/23/2020

Thanks to scholarship funds established by local donors

BRISTOL, CT -- Much has changed in the last few months but one thing has not – students are still finding ways to further their education.

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Scholarships

Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund Distributes $1.4 Million in 3rd and 4th Rounds of Grants $2.7 Million in Total Granted Since Inception

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06/18/2020

... through these first months of the COVID-19 crisis,” said William W. Ginsberg, President and Chief Executive Officer at The ...

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