Connecticut Philanthropy: Leaning Into Our Leadership
CCP President Maggie Gunther Osborn's remarks from CCP's 22nd Annual Luncheon and Philanthropic Awards that took place on May 2, 2014.
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CCP President Maggie Gunther Osborn's remarks from CCP's 22nd Annual Luncheon and Philanthropic Awards that took place on May 2, 2014.
This post appeared in PHILANTOPIC, the Philanthropy News Digest Blog, a service of the Foundation Center, on the Get on the Map Campaign.
Dear Colleagues:
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CCP President Maggie Osborn recently wrote this blog for the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) as part of an occasional series on perspectives from regional grantmaking associations on philanthropy and foundation effectiveness.
David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, on the opportunity to lead a vibrant and growing organization.
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Maggie Gunther Osborn has been the president of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) since May 2013. She leaves CCP on June 30 to assume the post of chief strategy officer at CCP’s national organization, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (FORUM), on August 1.
HAMDEN, CT -- The Trustees of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund have selected R. David Addams to be the foundation’s next executive director. Mr. Addams will take on the role on March 3rd, when the current executive director, David Nee, retires after 20 years in the position.
HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) named SHEILA PERRIN the recipient of the 2017 John H. Filer Award for her leadership in promoting private action for the public good. Sheila Perrin, co-founder and board chair of New Haven-based Perrin Family Foundation, has been a leader in local and state philanthropy for more than 20 years.
HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) named DIANE SIERPINA, Director of Justice Initiatives for New Canaan-based The Tow Foundation, the recipient of the 2017 Martha S. Newman Award. Diane, a resident of Stamford, CT, was honored for her demonstrated, sustained and exemplary service to the philanthropic sector in the state.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced today the appointment of Jay Williams of Washington, D.C. as President of the Hartford Foundation. He will assume responsibilities on July 17, 2017 and succeeds former Board Chair Yvette Melendez, now acting as Interim President, following the planned retirement of Linda J. Kelly who served the Foundation as its President for over 11 years.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's public policy update from April 21, 2017 includes information H.B. No. 7322 with a provision to repeal exemption of nonprofits from the sales tax.
Read the letter that Connecticut Council for Philanthropy delivered to political leaders in Congress and shared with leaders in the state, about preserving the Johnson Amendment "Protect the integrity of America’s nonprofit sector by maintaining the current law that keeps politics and campaign contributions out of the work of charities."
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP), the state’s association of grantmakers, welcomes its new president, Karla Fortunato, who starts work on Monday, May 1, at the organization’s office in Hartford.