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Community Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Grantmaking Focused on Building Thriving Communities in Eastern CT

Release Date: 
05/29/2019
... Connecticut announced today its grants of $1,943,371 to 145 nonprofit organizations to ensure a healthy, thriving, ... foster career and life skills in youth in Windham. Project Oceanology - $10,000 for “6th Grade at Sea,” ... hands-on, experimental, STEM-focused learning in Project O laboratories and aboard their floating classroom for all ...
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Community Foundation

Hartford Area Inner City Capital Connections Launches Capacity-building Training Initiative for Over 60 Businesses

Release Date: 
05/29/2019
... CT -- In February, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, in partnership with the Initiative for a Competitive ... Area Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program to drive job creation, capital investment, and economic ... I want to thank the Hartford Foundation for Public giving and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City for ...
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Community Foundation
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Economic Development
Workforce

Nonprofits Receive $107,700 in Spring Grants

Release Date: 
05/29/2019
... Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded grants to 23 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $107,700 during ... 2019. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early ... educational program for children and adults “This project for, and FREE to, CT’s NW Corner residents, brings ...
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Community Foundation

Member eBrief - May 2019

Release Date: 
05/28/2019
... to dramatically improve the quality and availability of giving data for our region. It all starts with YOU sharing ... uncovers how funders can invest more and in better ways in the rich diversity that fuels the success of our country. "This groundbreaking project reveals the truth about the under-resourcing of ...
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CCP Members

Travelers, Community Volunteers Build New Playground In One Day at Hartford Riverfront

Release Date: 
05/17/2019
... design of the park, which took just six hours for the team to raise, was based on drawings by kids in neighboring ... Playground nonprofit KaBOOM! helped organize the project, which was part of a broaded effort led by the organization and Travelers to ensure communities have quality places for kids and ...
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Corporate Giving
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Recreation/Sports/Leisure

CCP Policy Update: Bills That Would Have Levied Taxes on Nonprofits with Endowments - May 15, 2019

Release Date: 
05/14/2019
On April 25th, we alerted you to SB 1137,  An Act Concerning Deposits In Lieu Of Taxes , ... of Connecticut , the  Hartford Foundation for Public Giving , and all of the organizations that submitted ... this bill are limited. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving submitted testimony that well articulates these ...
May
14

Aurora Women’s Leadership Forum: Collaboration and Connection for Women and Girls

... connection are strategies adopted by several new groups to advance policies focused on the needs of women and girls. ... of Women, we're recognizing the power of joining forces to share resources and amplify the call for gender equity. ... Richard P. Garmany Fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in honor of Lydia Garmany Aurora Women’s Leadership ...
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Other Event
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CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Women & Girls

CCP 2019 Conference Recap and Resources

Publication date: 
05/2019
... in photos , and visual notetaking , and you may find links to these and conference presentation materials below. CCP's ... Colleagues with the Conference App Didn't have a chance to connect with all 275 Conference attendees? You can still ... is building, sharing, and using power, and identified ways to transform programs and operations for lasting, ...
Jun
04

Beyond DEI: Bridging Divides to Build Partnerships that Work

... We're all on board with the concept, but now it's time to actually do something. That's why our 2019 conference ... than one elephant in the room when the conversation turns to equity issues ... but unless we acknowledge those critters and look them in the eye, nothing is going to change. We've asked some top-notch thinkers to tell us ...

Launch of DanburyWORKS to Take Place on May 20

Release Date: 
05/07/2019
... 2019, Danbury community leaders will convene at City Hall to officially launch DanburyWORKS.   WHAT: DanburyWORKS ... Launch Event . WHEN: Monday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.   WHERE: Danbury City Hall, 155 Deer Hill Avenue, ... major Danbury entities together to work in new ways for the benefit of our citizens.”   Kim Morgan, CEO ...
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CCP Members
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Workforce
Working Cities Challenge

CCP Public Hearing Testimony Against "An Act Concerning Deposits in Lieu of Taxes"

Publication date: 
04/2019
... Assembly Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, I write to you with strong opposition to SB 1137, An Act Concerning Deposits In Lieu Of Taxes and ... taxes on nonprofits, and also is depressing charitable giving to nonprofits – in Connecticut and around the ...
May
09

Civility and Civil Discourse in An Age of Divisiveness

... civic health and promotes community well-being are invited to join this dynamic group of individuals making a difference ... divisiveness have reached new heights. How can we find new ways to talk to each other across difference? How can we find it in ourselves to be open-minded for considering new ways of thinking? How can we engage with those who hold ...
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Other Event
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Civil Rights, Social Action

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