Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Offers Get Out The Vote Grants
Release Date:
07/12/2018
... innovative nonpartisan initiative is designed to fund efforts to increase voter registration and information access for all ...
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Are You Ready for Night Fall?
Release Date:
07/09/2018
... and change. The end of the fall season, a welcome to a winter season on the horizon. Night Fall. Thanks to ... a donor advised fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, free public workshops are being offered across the ... of each neighborhood and park it visits. You too can give almost anywhere, anytime, to any charity of your choice. ...
Boehringer Ingelheim Presents the 7th Annual Seminar for Nonprofits in September
Release Date:
07/09/2018
... WHY: Join other non-profits in interactive sessions to gain valuable insights regarding legal and business issues relevant to your organizations. TOPICS: Employment Law Workplace ... in community projects, applying their expertise to help nonprofits meet their objectives and strengthen our ...
Trust for Learning Announces RFP to Advance Ideal Learning in the Public Sector
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Trust for Learning (the Trust) is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for projects that ... education, or Ideal Learning. The goal of the RFP is to support providers of Ideal Learning as they collaborate with one another to expand access to these approaches in the public sector by: ...
Get Out the Vote: Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Is Accepting Applications for a new civic engagement grants program
Release Date:
07/10/2018
... Foundation's new, nonpartisan initiative is designed to fund efforts to increase voter registration and information access for all ... EIN #: – If you have a separate fiscal sponsor, please give their name and EIN#: For More Information: Please ...
Member eBrief - July 2018
Release Date:
07/16/2018
... Connecticut foundations, and offers insights into the giving priorities, populations served, and strategies of the ... City of Hartford, will provide an overview of the project, which includes a comprehensive, community-wide ... grantmakers in all fields who are looking for innovative ways to reflect the opportunities associated with an older ...
Connecticut Has More Billionaires Than Ever
Release Date:
07/05/2018
... and the percentage of millionaires is rising. And contrary to the specious narrative that Connecticut corporations are ...
Women’s Giving Circle, Aiming to Improve Lives of Women and Girls in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills, Awards First Grants
Release Date:
07/03/2018
... energized and activated” WATERBURY, CT -- The Women’s Giving Circle at Connecticut Community Foundation, formed in ... dollars, study local issues and award grants together to nonprofit organizations tackling issues affecting women ... helped Women’s Giving Circle members learn about their project at a circle meeting. Photo courtesy of Connecticut ...
Connecticut Community Foundation Awards College Scholarships to 420 Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills Students
Release Date:
06/25/2018
... in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills thanks to scholarships awarded by Connecticut Community Foundation ... institutions will determine and direct those scholarships to worthy students, many of whom are “non-traditional” ... his desire to pursue a career that will “somehow try to give people more appreciation for where they live, their ...
Local Nonprofits and Residents to Benefit from Community Foundation Grants
Release Date:
06/25/2018
BRISTOL, CT -- Bringing history to life. Expanding early literacy. Meeting basic needs. Those are a few ways that the recent grants awarded by Main Street Community ... were awarded from 29 endowed funds established by donors to support the local community and the causes they care ...
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Presents Storyscape
Release Date:
11/29/2018
... by visiting different towns across the state and listening to their stories. Join William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund ... Seymour , Managing Consultant, WCGMF 25th Anniversary Project. William Caspar Graustein Memorial Presents Storyscape ...
Aetna and United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Team Up For Exciting Collaboration
Release Date:
07/02/2018
... Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with Aetna and the Hartford Yard Goats to keep kids healthy and on track this summer. For every walk ... 40-town region by mobilizing people and organizations to give, advocate and volunteer to promote early childhood ...
Free Tax Filing Returns More Than $28 million to Central and Northeastern Connecticut Taxpayers This Year
Release Date:
06/27/2018
... area received $28,732,417 in refunds and credits thanks to the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and ... Bank Community Foundation; Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the IRS, United Way of Central and Northeastern ... 40-town region by mobilizing people and organizations to give, advocate and volunteer to promote early childhood ...
United Way’s Day of Action Engages Volunteers in Projects Throughout Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield Counties
Release Date:
06/27/2018
... national focus for United Way Day of Action, allowing UWWC to more precisely serve hard-working Western Connecticut ... ALICE comprises 38% of Connecticut households who struggle to afford the necessities of life: housing, healthcare, food, ... other nonprofits – is part of United Way’s strategy to help kids succeed in school, work and life. United Way was ...
$2,200 Raised to Support Local Men and Boys’ Needs
Release Date:
06/28/2018
... Main Street Community Foundation raising more than $2,200 to fund grants for existing programs and to provide for small immediate needs. “The community ... Attendees heard two short, informal presentations giving background on the needs of local men and boys and the ...
Total Charitable Donations In Connecticut Rises; Number Of Individuals Giving Falls
Release Date:
06/21/2018
... are on the rise in Connecticut, but fewer people are giving, a report released last week from the Connecticut ... Council for Philanthropy found. In its Connecticut Giving Report, the council shared how both individuals and ... Giving from foundations rose from $1.02 billion in 2014 to $1.2 billion in 2015, while individual donations rose from ...
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, Presented $150,000 of Neighbors Helping Neighbors Grants to Community Organizations
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Funds help provide a safety net to the 38% of Connecticut households in financial hardship ...
Draper Foundation Fund Provides $664,800 in Support of Area Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/21/2018
... area nonprofits $664,800. The Fund awarded $535,500 to 19 designated nonprofits and $129,300 in donor-advised grants to nonprofits that provide essential programs and services ... Community Playground at Pearson School “The goal of this project is to develop a community playground that will not ...
DataHaven Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Innovation Awards
Release Date:
06/20/2018
NEW HAVEN, CT -- To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, DataHaven has announced ... the inaugural DataHaven Innovation Awards designed to recognize individuals and groups who employ data to make Connecticut a better place. The awards, which will be ...
Civic Engagement Project: Get Out the Vote
Release Date:
06/18/2018
... out among particular populations in our region, referred to as “underrepresented voters.” [1] The lowest rates of ... residents of Hartford. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is pleased to announce funding to enhance local ... region. The Hartford Foundation Civic Engagement Project: Get Out the Vote Campaign is a nonpartisan ...