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Webster Bank Announces Support for Customers and Communities in Response to COVID-19

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03/17/2020

WATERBURY, CT -- Webster Bank today announced support for consumers and businesses facing financial hardship due to the economic impact of COVID-19, as well as additional funding for local community organizations.

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Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Launches COVID-19 Response Fund

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03/16/2020

... disasters. We are redeploying that fund and renaming it to address the urgent needs during the current coronavirus ... to include representatives of the business community, philanthropy, nonprofits and faith-based organizations. ...

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Comcast Increases Access to and Speeds of Internet Essentials’ Low-Income Internet Service to Support Americans Through the Coronavirus Pandemic

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03/16/2020

... due to the Coronavirus. “During this extraordinary time, it is vital that as many Americans as possible stay connected ...

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Nonprofits Say State Funding Boost Would Save Taxpayers Money

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02/24/2020

... and foundations, according to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy." Nonprofits Say State Funding Boost Would Save ...

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Coronavirus Resources for Funders and Nonprofits

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06/2020

... racial data on the pandemic from across the United States. It is a collaboration of the COVID Tracking Project and the ... or are at risk when stay-at-home orders are in place. Philanthropy's Response to COVID-19 >> Candid is compiling a ...

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COVID-19 Q&A with Dr. Richard Wenzel

... Network presents Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Wentzel on What to Know and How to Communicate about COVID-19. The news ... is evolving seemingly by the hour. That makes it difficult to keep up, know what to do, and figure out the role our sector should be ...

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How CCP Is Responding to Coronavirus

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03/12/2020

... when schools are closed. For example, a coalition of philanthropy, government, and business partners have created ... System | The Center for Popular Democracy (3/13/20) How Philanthropy Can Support and Enhance the Government Response to COVID-19 | Philanthropy California (3/12/20) Funder to Funder Call: ...

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06/2018

... The 2018 CT ALICE Report on financial hardship takes a deeper look at the growing financial challenges that ...

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Funder to Funder Call: Sharing Approaches to COVID-19 Community Response

... more, visit the Council's Coronavirus Resource Hub . *Philanthropy California will host an additional learning opportunity Thursday, March 12 entitled, How Philanthropy Can Support and Enhance the Government Response ... on Foundations Brad Ward, Lead Strategist for Community Philanthropy, Council on Foundations Additional speakers are ...

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The Nellie Mae Education Foundation Welcomes Betty Francisco to Board of Directors, and Jessica Jones and Juliette Menga as Board Advisors on Investments

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03/10/2020

... resides in Boston with her husband and two daughters. “It is so exciting to join the Foundation at a pivotal time as it implements its racial equity strategy,” she says. “I ... through resource distribution, whose voices are heard, what rules are in place, and who has authority and influence. ...

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United Technologies Announces Multimillion Dollar STEM Partnership with National Academy Foundation (NAF)

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03/05/2020

... will also extend to supporting NAF's Academies of IT and engaging NAF alumni through its NAFTrack platform. ...

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How Philanthropy Can Support and Enhance the Government Response to COVID-19

... of COVID-19 outbreaks in California and across the world, philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting ... and response. In order to do so most effectively, it is important to first understand the way the government response is organized, and how philanthropy can support and augment local, state, and ...

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A View from the Classroom: What Teachers Can Tell Philanthropy About the Needs of Schools

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02/2020

What can over a million teachers tell funders about the needs ... teachers are using their voice in identifying what American classrooms lack via crowdfunding websites like ... needs. A View from the Classroom: What Teachers Can Tell Philanthropy About the Needs of Schools ...

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2020 Education Grantmakers Institute

... of relevant and pressing issues in education and philanthropy. This year’s Institute will bring funders to ... to the future of each in terms of research, policy and philanthropy. The institute will tackle intersectional issues ...

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COVID-19 Coronavirus: How Philanthropy Can Respond

... the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated it is not a matter of if, but when the virus will spread across the United States. Now is the time for philanthropy to begin planning how it will respond and how it ... at 2 p.m. ET to discuss how philanthropy can respond and what the most likely needs will be at each stage of the ...

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Hartford Foundation’s Grantmaking Topped $36.8 Million in 2019

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02/26/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation for 29 cities and towns in Greater Hartford, awarded more than $36.8 million in grants to the region’s nonprofit agencies in 2019.

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Over $1.65 Million Raised for 390 Fairfield County Nonprofit Will Change Lives

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02/28/2020

... Generous Donors Fuel Region’s Most Energizing Day of Philanthropy NORWALK, CT -- Fairfield County’s Giving Day ... spirit of philanthropy in Fairfield County and it is so exciting,” states Juanita James, President and ... that provide needed services to our communities. It is wonderful to see how partnerships can make our towns ...

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