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Jan
22

A Funder Conversation with Phil Buchanan - Hartford

... or unlike investing? Should nonprofits be encouraged to act “like business?” These are among the questions ... real stories well told, and provocative in ways that shed more light than heat.” The first 25 registrants will ... Philanthropy, arms donors with what it takes to do more good more quickly and to avoid predictable errors that ...

DanburyWORKS Receives $22,000 Grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

Release Date: 
10/02/2019
... Police Department, and Danbury Fire Department), Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut, Danbury Chamber of ... of hard-working, struggling households by mobilizing the resources of local communities to create lasting change. We ... published in September 2018 revealed that in Connecticut, more than 1 in 3 households has earnings above the Federal ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
Workforce
Working Cities Challenge

United Technologies Expands Strategic Partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA

Release Date: 
09/20/2019
... in bringing their knowledge and expertise to helping build more resilient communities through sustainable infrastructure ... to expand our partnership and commitment to achieve even more.”    EWB-USA’s volunteers address some of the ... a project scheduled to commence later this year in Central America. UTC will support  disaster relief  efforts ...
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Audience: 
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Science & Technology

Grants Will Support Community Organizations, Clinical Care Providers Working Together in Hartford and Waterbury

Release Date: 
09/26/2019
... from the Connecticut Health Foundation intended to support more systematic links between community-based organizations ... database between the agencies to identify how to best use resources. The funding from the Connecticut Health Foundation ... measuring and reporting outcomes – to work in a more systematic way with Saint Francis, including potentially ...
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Member News
Funding Area: 
Health

Foundation Awards Grants to Bolster Community Organizing in Waterbury

Release Date: 
10/02/2019
... With the aid we have received, we can progress towards a more cooperative future.” The new grantees include: ... for expressing their views and learning from others. Read more about the Foundation’s grassroots grants at ... and corporations to administer charitable funds. Learn more at www.conncf.org . Photo Caption: Neighborhood Housing ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Community Organizing
Funding Area: 
Youth Development
Nov
23

Civic Leadership Drives Change

... Civic Ambassadors for a day of sharing thought provoking action ideas to drive our communities toward a positive ... civics education organizations in the country, promoting Action Civics across diverse geographies through ...
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Other Event
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Civil Rights, Social Action

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls Reveals Latest Research to Guide New Community Investments

Release Date: 
09/26/2019
... keynote speaker, Ted Bunch, Chief Development Officer of A CALL TO MEN, who spoke on his internationally recognized work ... and donors, left with specific strategies and recommended action steps to inform their work and advance all aspects of ... able to invest in the most sustainable solutions with the resources we have,” stated Tricia Hyacinth, Senior ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Facts, Figures, Trends
Funding Area: 
Women & Girls

State of the Child in Bridgeport

Publication date: 
09/2016
... and adult education; Health, well-being, and so much more. State of the Child in Bridgeport ...
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Report

Metro Hartford Progress Points

Publication date: 
07/2016

The third edition of Metro Hartford Progress Points, driven by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, is the result of collaboration between nine stakeholders representing local government, businesses, nonprofits, academic and philanthropic institutions and organizations, and including the United Way of Central and Northeastern CT, committed to making long-term progress in our region.

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Report
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Facts, Figures, Trends

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation and DataHaven Unveil Community Wellbeing Index 2019

Release Date: 
09/24/2019
... (28 percent) are severely cost-burdened, meaning that more than 50 percent of their income goes towards housing. ... core values are critical to advancing its mission and act as a guiding force in all that it does. These values are ... that every county resident should have equal access to the resources and tools to succeed,” stated Mendi Blue-Paca, ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Facts, Figures, Trends

Hartford Foundation Launches Get Out the Vote/Get Out the Count Initiative

Release Date: 
09/23/2019
... community-based nonprofits successfully registered more than 1,000 new voters and received 1,500 pledges to ... the 2018 effort, the Hartford Foundation initiated an open call for proposals supporting voter registration and ... Bureau. Their objectives are to share information and resources, and to collaborate on Census outreach efforts. The ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
Civil Rights, Social Action

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