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Main Street Community Foundation Shifts Focus Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Awards Over $465,000 in Operating Grants to Nonprofits

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09/21/2020

BRISTOL, CT -- Local nonprofits are struggling due to the challenging effects of the unprecedented COVID-19 ... revenue. Main Street Community Foundation has listened to the nonprofits in your communities and adapted its ... DePaul Mission of Bristol Tabernacle Christian Church – Giving Back Food Pantry United Way of West Central ...

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COVID-19

Over $750,000 in New Grants by Connecticut Community Foundation Include Funds to Combat Hunger, Child Sex Trafficking, Substance Abuse and Chronic Disease

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09/04/2020

... Community Foundation awarded over $750,000 in grants to dozens of nonprofit organizations serving residents of ... Hills. The funds will bring vital programs and services to people in need.

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Momentum Fund Announces $8.5 Million in Grants

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09/17/2020

... announced today that it has awarded $8.5 million in grants to 129 501(c)(3) organizations around the country managing ... sector has a moral obligation to adopt a paradigm of giving that recognizes the disproportionate pain and ... had the highest total numbers of grantees, mirroring the ways that COVID-19 continues to harm vulnerable communities ...

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Partnering with Purpose: Boehringer Ingelheim Gives Back

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09/01/2020

Sheila Denton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Boehringer Ingelheim, shares how the legal team – in partnership with the BI Cares Foundation and the United Way of Western Connecticut – is helping local communities tackle today’s biggest challenges.

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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Aurora Foundation’s Women’s Giving Circle Rapid Response Fund Donates $20,000 to Community Organizations Supporting Women and Girls Impacted by COVID-19

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09/14/2020

... CT -- Continuing its 20-year tradition of responding to the needs of women and girls in greater Hartford, the ...

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Hartford Foundation Announces Redesigned Grantmaking Team

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09/11/2020

Community Impact Team to be led by Elysa Gordon HARTFORD, CT -- Earlier this year, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving engaged in an extensive organizational redesign ... Relations Officer Hartford Foundation for Public Giving O:860-548-1888 x1050; M: 860-716-4861 csenecal@hfpg.org ...

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Guiding a Giving Response to Anti-Black Injustice

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09/2020

... Bridgespan Group collaborated on a new report, Guiding a Giving Response to Anti-Black Injustice . The report offers funders potential ... racial justice ecosystem. It provides principles for giving that can help funders make investments with sustained ...

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Milton Fisher Fund Awards More Than $135,000 in College Scholarships

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09/10/2020

... largest grantmaker and charitable endowment, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Milton Fisher Scholarship ... submitted for consideration highlighted a creative project, scholarships were awarded to the candidates who ... providing students with a clean canvas for their art and giving hundreds of students a creative and relaxing activity ...

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Northwest Corner Gives Raises $635,280 for Local Nonprofits

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09/08/2020

... 31, more than 50 Northwest Connecticut nonprofits posted giving campaigns to www.northwestcornergives.org , a crowdfunding program of ... additional funds for our Chromebook/Distance Learning Project and will assist us in serving some of Northwest ...

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Connecticut nonprofits cutting staff, services in pandemic as revenue from services plunges despite uptick in contributions

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09/07/2020

... revenue during the coronavirus pandemic have led to reductions in staffing, loss of access for needy residents ... Support Program at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, comments on changes that philanthropy is making in ...

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Report: Number of Working Poor on the Rise in CT Leading Up to the Pandemic

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09/07/2020

CONNECTICUT -- For more than a decade prior to the pandemic, a growing number of working poor families in ... stagnating wages and a rising cost of living, according to a new report from the United Way . The latest biennial ... level. Connecticut’s income inequality also continued to skew along racial lines, with more Black and Hispanic ...

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New Report: Even Before the Pandemic, 38% of Families in Connecticut Struggled to Pay for Basic Needs

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09/07/2020

The Connecticut United Ways’ 2020 ALICE Report Lays Bare the Severity of the ... Many Families in the State and Outlines Proven Strategies to Move These Families Toward Financial Security. ROCKY HILL, ... meet. Those are the findings of the Connecticut United Ways’ 2020 ALICE Report, a study on financial hardship. The ...

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Essential Skills for Grant-Writing Success: Research, Writing and Assessment Tools to Get Your Grant Applications to Stand Out

... is contingent on its mission, vision, governance, ability to run quality programs and most importantly on its ability to raise funds. Organizations with the knowledge, skills and expertise to seek out and successfully win grants are more likely to ...

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The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Announces A Record $758,507 In Scholarship Awards

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09/02/2020

... Connecticut awarded more than $758,000 in scholarships to 309 students from across the region this year, an increase ... scholarship season was different from last year in other ways as well. “The pandemic changed both the financial ... stated Community Foundation Program Director Jennifer O’Brien. In addition, at least 18 students in this year’s ...

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Bank of America Opens Grant Proposal Window for 2021 Art Conservation Project

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09/01/2020

... accepted for the 2021 Bank of America Art Conservation Project. Nonprofit cultural institutions with artwork ... much-needed conservation are welcome and encouraged to apply at www.bankofamerica.com/artconservation . All ... its resilience with cultural institutions adapting to new ways of sharing their collections with the world,” said ...

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May

Next Generation Manager and Leader Cohort

... Spinning Your Wheels: Using Results-Based Accountability to Steer Your Agency to Success,” and Ron Schack, Managing Director, Charter Oak ... Spinning Your Wheels: Using Results-Based Accountability to Steer Your Agency to Success” MARCH 26, 2021: 10:30 AM ...

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Developing and Supporting a Resilient Team

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Practical Performance Evaluation for Practitioners and Funders

... Spinning Your Wheels: Using Results-Based Accountability to Steer Your Agency to Success” WORKSHOP FEES General Public - $75 CCP Members ... Spinning Your Wheels: Using Results-Based Accountability to Steer Your Agency to Success,” and Ron Schack, Managing ...

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