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

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08/10/2020

... (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 Humanities is grateful for this funding to help expand and increase the impact of our COVID-19 ...

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Community Food Drive to Be Held on August 7 & 8 at Danbury Fair Mall

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08/03/2020

... Connecticut is partnering with the Danbury Fair Mall to conduct a food drive to benefit the Danbury Food Collaborative and its member ... home from school since March, many families have struggled to feed their children and put food on their tables. WHAT: ...

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Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Newman's Own Gives $1 Million to Virtual Camp for Children with Serious Illnesses

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08/04/2020

... SeriousFun with $1 million over and above their regular giving to help SeriousFun's 16 Member Camps provide virtual camp and ... at-home activity resources, and camp-inspired recipes to make at home, among many more. All programming and ...

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Youth Development

Women & Girls Fund Supports COVID-19 Relief for Child Care Centers

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07/31/2020

... support of two local child care centers that are working to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 at their facilities. ... toward their Northwest Corner Gives crowdfunding goal to help cover increased operating expenses needed for ... families basic needs must come first.” Established as a giving circle in 1999 by a small group of women who shared a ...

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Women & Girls

CFGNB Catalyst Fund Focused on COVID-19 Impact on Arts Organizations

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07/15/2020

... is accepting grant applications with requests of up to $3,000 each from small to mid-sized arts organizations with revenue of $500,000 or ... grants are part of the Foundation’s annual Catalyst Giving Circle comprised of community members who seek to ...

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Member eBrief - AUGUST 2020

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08/03/2020

... to regular CCP Member Check-in calls , CCP has three ways for you to stay connected with your CCP colleagues ... Collaborative), Hartford (Hartford Foundation for Public Giving), and New Haven (The Community Foundation for Greater ... Perrin Family Foundation launched a youth communication project to capture how young people were experiencing the ...

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Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Awarded CHEFA COVID-Relief Grant to Purchase Ultraviolet Cleaning Machine, Intubation Equipment

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07/30/2020

... Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) to help purchase COVID-related equipment. The generous grant will be used to purchase an ultraviolet disinfecting machine and bulb ... with UV light is one of the safest and quickest ways of killing bacteria and viruses throughout all areas of ...

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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

... will build a free, citywide wifi network accessible to all residents. In partnership with the Dalio Foundation and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the City of Hartford will install an extensive ... be able to access higher than LTE-speed internet. "This project is about bridging the digital divide, fighting for ...

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Valley Community Foundation Awards Nearly $890,000 in Single- and Multi-Year Grants

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07/30/2020

... CT -- The Valley Community Foundation (VCF) is pleased to announce that $884,900 has been awarded to 10 organizations as a result of its 2020 Responsive Grants ... farm-based education and events. $4,400 Online Journalism Project – To provide general operating support for The ...

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Nonprofits Raise Covid-19 Funds Through Northwest Corner Gives

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07/24/2020

... Gives ( www.northwestcornergives.org ), a crowdfunding giving platform, created by the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation to help local nonprofits raise matching funds for Covid-19 ...

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Supporting Organizing Work in Connecticut: Insights from Organizers

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10/2019

... on gaps, barriers, and potential solutions for SOW-CT to consider when seeking opportunities to support the field of organizing. Data and information were ... Current funding practices and systems can create barriers to accessing resources. The Connecticut organizing ecosystem ...

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Youth Voice & COVID-19

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07/23/2020

... -- In April of 2020, as part of our institutional response to COVID19, The Perrin Family Foundation launched a youth communication project intended to capture how young people were experiencing the global ...

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Nellie Mae Education Foundation Announces Their Supporting Organizations Led By People of Color and Amplifying Youth Voice Grant Recipients

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07/20/2020

... first grant awards under their new organizational strategy to advance racial equity in public education. The Supporting ... will provide $100,000 annually for three years to organizations led by leaders of color who are working to ... challenges, and advocates for policies and programs that give all students access to a quality education. Step Up New ...

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Butterflies Are Free. Saving Them Isn't, So Branford Is Helping

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07/23/2020

... Fire Department , working with Sustainable CT , is happy to do what it can to help. Project organizers are asking the community to join the ...

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Environment & Animals

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Virtual Immigration Convening

... nonprofits and leaders of the immigrant community to strategize the best ways to support Fairfield County’s immigrants and their ...

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Immigration & Refugees

Farmington Bank Community Foundation Approves $160,000 in Education Grants

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07/21/2020

... programming and educational enrichment. Grants were made to organizations located in Hartford County. Given the ... flexible in their funding allowing organizations to adapt and modify operations in order to best serve their ... Big Brothers Big Sisters Our Piece of the Pie Real Art Ways Trinity College Compass Youth Collaborative Connecticut ...

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Norwalk Public Schools Launches Educational Equity Study

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07/21/2020

... Schools will launch a comprehensive initiative designed to examine and address educational equity in Norwalk. ... Temple University's Dr. Edward Fergus on an eight-month project that will include implicit bias and diversity ... at Fairfield County's Community Foundation has committed to funding the Norwalk Educational Equity Initiative. This ...

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Supporting Organizing Work Connecticut

SOW-CT is a philanthropic effort to develop a shared strategy and pool resources across grantmakers in order to strengthen the organizing capacity of grassroots groups ... Community Foundation Hartford Foundation for Public Giving The Leever Foundation Melville Charitable Trust Nellie ...

CHEFA whiffs on $63M in tax credits for CT nonprofit developments

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07/20/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- Aquasi-public state agency that hoped to draw $63 million in federal tax credits to finance nonprofit development projects in low-income and ... so-called New Market Tax Credit program, created in 2003 to attract private investment for developments in poorer ...

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