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The Growth in Total Household Giving Is Camouflaging a Decline in Giving by Small and Medium Donors: What Can We Do about It?

Release Date: 
09/13/2018
BOSTON, MA -- Research on giving in the United States has now produced definitive empirical evidence to show a decline in the participation and amounts donated by ... charitable deduction. The Growth in Total Household Giving Is Camouflaging a Decline in Giving by Small and ...

Grand Opening for the Bushnell Park Playground

Release Date: 
11/19/2018
HARTFORD, CT -- The Bushnell Park Foundation is excited to announce the new playground officially opened on Saturday, ... Williams, President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The carousel was open for free rides from 12-1pm. The ... Hartford Parks Trust Fund Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Beatrice Fox Auerbach Fund at the Hartford Foundation ...
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CCP Members
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Arts, Culture & Humanities

Hartford Foundation will invest $2.9 million for 29 Hartford-area municipalities to fund local initiatives

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11/16/2018
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving said Thursday it would invest $2.9 million to provide each of the 29 cities and towns it serves with a fund of $100,000 to use as the communities see fit. “We are exceptionally ...

More Data, More Networking, More Equity

Release Date: 
11/09/2018
... leaves are changing, and at CCP, our team is working hard to plan for 2019. Next year's plans are deeply informed by ... on the Foundation Center and IRS for data on charitable giving in the state. Foundation Center's data powers our new ... share them with me ! We are always on the lookout for ways in which we can respond to our members' needs. Karla ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members

Member eBrief - November 2018

Release Date: 
11/15/2018
... More Networking, More Equity Did you miss CCP's latest Giving Voice Blog? CCP President Karla Fortunato reports on ... peer network as we continue to look for new and innovative ways of supporting philanthropy in Connecticut. If you are ... Papers is open to organizations that are NOT current VISTA project sponsors. Please share this notice with your networks ...
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eBrief
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Valley Community Foundation Awards nearly $750,000 in Single- and Multi-Year Grants

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10/26/2018
... CT -- The Valley Community Foundation (VCF) is pleased to announce that $740,250 has been awarded as a result of its ... of financial uncertainty.  “The VCF Board is pleased to serve as a catalyst and partner with local nonprofits to ... : to support Mentally Engaging through Technology, a new project that will provide multi-sensory stimulation through ...
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Community Foundation

Making Good Happen At Work

Release Date: 
10/24/2018
... Work. Designed for business, human resource and corporate giving/volunteer leaders, the session will focus on how to create, grow and measure an effective corporate service and giving program. Learn from professionals at Fidelity ...
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Corporate Giving

CCP's Public Policy

... Connecticut Council for Philanthropy is the leading voice to policy makers on behalf of Connecticut’s grantmakers. ... and the potential impact on the philanthropic sector and giving. View past Policy Updates >> Promoting the importance ... and enhancing the capacity of foundations and corporate giving programs to be involved in the policy area. Developing ...

Jane Williams Joins Women & Girls Fund Executive Committee

Release Date: 
10/23/2018
TORRINGTON, CT -- Jane Williams of Winsted has been named to the executive committee of the Women & Girls Fund of the ... Foundation. The Fund’s current funding priority is to support, through annual grant awards, women and girls in ... and Northwest Council of Government. Established as a giving circle in 1999 by a small group of women who shared a ...

Children in Enfield and Manchester Are Having a Great Time Learning the Old-Fashioned Way - Through Play

Release Date: 
10/19/2018
... $250,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to The Town of Manchester, in partnership with Enfield ... Initiatives to Education), to support Play On!. Since the project began in 2017, the two towns have built a partnership ... and caregivers all about play and how to incorporate it in ways that won’t break the bank, we’re working to inform ...

Now Accepting Applications: Institute for Community Change Leaders

Release Date: 
10/05/2018
... the power of voice and participation as a pathway to equitable change on the issues your community is ... on the meaning of democracy in this moment, consider ways to address racial equity in the current context, create ... community change in inclusive, participatory and equitable ways. The practicum and retreat will take place December 10 ...
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Civil Rights, Social Action

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