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New Fund at Community Foundation of Greater New Britain to Honor Long-Time New Britain Dentist Dr. Walter R. Fletcher, Jr. and Family
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- For nearly 40 years, Dr. Walter Fletcher tended to the oral health needs of countless children and families from New Britain and beyond at his 55 West Main Street dental practice in Downtown New Britain. When the beloved Dr. Fletcher’s life was unexpectedly cut short in 1982 at age 60 following a heart attack, a seed was planted to one day honor the legacy of a man who cared deeply for his hometown and the people who lived here.
Community Foundation Webinar: Managing your Leadership Development Programs
Corporate Giving Webinar: Employee Resource Groups
A webinar is designed for staff involved with corporate foundations, giving programs, or advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend.
Family Philanthropy Webinar: Impact Investing
A webinar designed for staff involved with family foundations or who manage donor advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend
Cigna Grant Enables March of Dimes to Expand Supportive Pregnancy Care
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls Annual Luncheon Featuring Tracee Ellis Ross
Julia Wasserman Animal Welfare Fund Bestows Inaugural Gifts to Local Nonprofits
OEC Wins $8.5 M Federal Award to Advance Child Success
Funder Resources for Immigration and Refugees
Find resources for grantmakers funding immigrants and refugees.
Two Staff Members Join Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
SHEFFIELD, MA -- Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced today that it has expanded its staff with two new senior management positions.
FCCF Launches 2018/2019 Legislative Forum Series
Connecticut Factors In 'Trust' To Avoid Undercount In 2020 Census
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Provides Support to Merrimack Valley Communities Affected by Gas Explosions
Webster Bank Supports Connecticut United Ways New Savings Program
Multiple Funding Opportunities from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to local nonprofits, announces several grant opportunities with various application deadlines in the coming weeks.
Organizations Focused on Progress for Women and Girls Form Statewide Collective
CONNECTICUT -- The Connecticut Collective for Women and Girls (CCWG), launched last month with more than 20 members and six funders, gathered at Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to celebrate the beginning of the Collective.
CT Philanthropy Digest - December 2018
The DECEMBER 2018 DIGEST includes feature headlines: Tras la Tormenta: Puerto Rico One Year After Maria; 29 Greater Hartford Cities and Towns to Benefit from Town-specific Endowed Funds; Good News: Long Island Sound Report Card Reveals Substantial Improvement; Cross-Sector Strategic Collaboratives Full-Day Workshop Announced; Corporate Foundation to Continue to Serve the Community as a Private Charitable Foundation; Plus -- LEADERSHIP TRAINING; PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
The Problem With Charitable Giving
NEW YORK, NY -- Starting this fall, and well into the future, medical students at New York University will get free tuition. In a few years, shiny new facilities will welcome cancer patients in Atlanta and brain researchers at Stanford. The announcements about these developments credit generous philanthropists, but fail to mention who else is footing much of the bill: American taxpayers. Like most charitable giving, health care philanthropy is tax-deductible. When wealthy people give away millions of dollars, their tax bills go down. But that leaves the rest of us either to pick up the slack or go without the investments that our government could have made with those funds.
The Leever Foundation Welcomes Saran D. White as Executive Director
WATERBURY, CT -- The Leever Foundation is delighted to welcome Saran D. White as its inaugural Executive Director effective December 3, 2018.