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Nearly $1 Million in Scholarship Opportunities Announced by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

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02/04/2019

... and health. A major step in that direction is finding resources to pay for higher education,” stated Juanita T. ...

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Drug Money: No One Lining Up to Return Sackler Donations

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02/01/2019

... and protesters pursuing their company, Purdue Pharma . CCP President Karla Fortunato comments, “From where I sit, ...

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Area Students Encouraged to Apply for Robert T. Kenney Scholarship

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01/31/2019

... students who will be enrolled in college for the 2019-2020 academic year. This year, the Foundation expects to ...

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Newly Restored WPA-era Paintings Highlighted in New Exhibition at Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

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01/09/2019

BROOKLYN, NY -- Thanks to a generous gift from the Class of 1964, the portrait of a young woman now hangs with 12 other paintings restored to their former vibrancy in the new Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, part of the exhibit “A New Deal for Artists: Connecting Brooklyn College to Its Past, Present, and Future.”

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Recession in 2019? Charities Wring Their Hands but Do Little to Prepare

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01/29/2019

... for 2019, economic cognoscenti say, if not inevitable by 2020, particularly given the drag of the monthlong ...

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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Awards More Than $1.25 Million to 885 Organizations in 2018

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01/28/2019

... – Brain Injury Association of NH (Concord), Caregiver Conference $5,000 – The CareGivers, Inc. (Manchester), ... 1980, the Foundation has awarded $150 million in funds and resources throughout the four states. For more information, ...

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Community Foundation Seeking Grant and Scholarship Applicants

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01/24/2019

... The Foundation is also awarding scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Scholarship applications are now ...

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Member eBrief - January 2019

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01/25/2019

The power of good work . . . CCP updates >> The power of good networks . . . CCP ... Jobs in Philanthropy >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >> Trends and perspectives >> The power ... storytellers, and youth education. Yale Philanthropy Conference >> FEBRUARY 22: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM: Edward P. Evans ...

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Over $55,000 in Grants Announced at Women & Girls’ Fund Annual Meeting & Grantee Reception

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01/18/2019

BRISTOL, CT -- A record $55,227 in grants was awarded during the Women & Girls’ Fund Annual Meeting & Grantee Reception.

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More than $150,000 in Scholarships Available for Northwest CT Students

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01/17/2019

... Community Foundation is awarding scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Scholarship applications are now ... Foundation website. Scholarship applications for the 2019-2020 academic year must be submitted by April 1, 2019. The ...

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State Budget Impact Forum

... Ned Lamont will address the philanthropic community at CCP's State Budget Impact Forum. Statewide meeting open to CCP members. CCP's State Budget Impact Forum will bring the philanthropic ...

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CCP Founding Members

... In 1969, the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) was founded in Hartford with just 7 members as the Coordinating Council for Foundations (CCF). Today, CCP's 110 members annually grant more than $1 billion from assets of more than $8.4 billion. CCP Founding Members Current members bolded Hartford ...

With Support from Hartford Foundation, New Hartford Land Bank to Conduct Citywide Property Survey and Market Analysis

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01/16/2019

... property owners, including the elderly, by providing resources they need to maintain their properties. The ... to execute a blight remediation strategy to target resources where they will be most effective. This strategy ...

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Hartford Foundation Get Out The Vote Initiative Successfully Registered More Than 1,000 New Voters

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01/11/2019

... a campaign encouraging all residents to participate in the 2020 Census. There has been concern that a decision to ...

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Latino Youth Internship, Mentoring, College Prep and Financial Literacy Program Receives Grant from the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation

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01/14/2019

HARTFORD, CT -- More Greater Hartford Latino youth will have an opportunity to gain real-life job experience, thanks to a $20,000 grant to the Center for Latino Progress from the Latino Endowment Fund (LEF) at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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United Way Launches Coalition to Help Those Impacted By Government Shutdown

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01/15/2019

... is better positioned than United Way to bring critical resources together for those who need help. Our reach into ... our communities who bring passion, expertise, and resources needed to get things done, and we invite everyone ...

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American Savings Foundation Launches New Website

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01/15/2019

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