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Draper Foundation Fund Provides $664,800 in Support of Area Nonprofits

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06/21/2018
... CT -- The Draper Foundation Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, recently awarded area ... essential programs and services for residents of Northwest Connecticut. Noteworthy donor-advised grants include: $4,000 ... Its total endowment, comprised of more than 280 funds, has grown from initial assets of $15,000 to more than ...
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Civic Engagement Project: Get Out the Vote

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06/18/2018
... residents of Hartford. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is pleased to announce funding to enhance local ... voter pledge activities, and other voter engagement. Resources, materials, and tools for a successful voter ... the community foundation for the 29-town Greater Hartford, Connecticut region, dedicated to improving the quality of ...

United Way of Western Connecticut Seeks Nominations for Emerging Hero Awards

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06/15/2018
... Heroes Benefit Dinner DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) seeks nominations of youth leaders in ... are open to young people from the following Western Connecticut towns and cities: Bethel, Bridgewater, ... of hard-working, struggling households by mobilizing the resources of local communities to create lasting change. We ...
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Harvard Pilgrim Awards Quality Grant Funding to 11 Providers for 2018

Release Date: 
05/14/2018
... kidney disease WELLESLEY, MA -- Physician practices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire will ... and Opioid Addiction in Federally-Qualified Health Centers Connecticut Center for Primary Care and ProHealth Physicians ...

Latino Endowment Fund Hosts Event on Puerto Rico Hurricanes and Impact on Greater Hartford

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06/14/2018
... Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving hosted more than 70 people at the Lyceum in Hartford ... island resulted in thousands of Puerto Ricans coming to Connecticut. Williams mentioned that a substantial portion ... how the welcome center effectively used extremely limited resources, powered by 380 volunteers and a handful of ...
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Disaster Relief

Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Gaining New Fans through Wide Variety of New Initiatives

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05/16/2018
... kick off its 2018 season June 7 at the Hospital of Central Connecticut with more members than it has seen in years, ... Wruck at  jwruck@cfgnb.org  or 860-229-6018, ext. 307. Giving Brewsday 2017 Young Philanthropy Initiative: The ... non-profit organizations access to useful and relevant resources they might not otherwise have or can afford. The ...

Danbury Early College Opportunity Program at Danbury High Gets $30K Grant

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06/15/2018

DANBURY, CT -- The Danbury Early College Opportunity (DECO) program at Danbury High School has received a $30,000 grant from the Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF). The grant will give students in the program access to course programming that will help them in their pursuit of an Associate Degree in Computer Information Sciences.

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Valley Community Foundation Celebrates 14 Years of Community Philanthropy

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05/25/2018
... endowment grew to $25 Million in assets and over 180 funds. VCF received $2 Million in gifts and awarded $1.7 ... for the Valley through heightened awareness of planned giving opportunities.  In an otherwise festive atmosphere, ... as a sponsoring partner. The 36-hour community-wide online giving event raised more than $1.7 million overall for the ...

Women & Girls Fund Executive Committee Welcomes New Members

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05/16/2018
... committee of the Women & Girls Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation. The Fund awards grants ... of the New Hartford Historical Society. Established as a giving circle in 1999 by a small group of women who shared a ... Nicole Carlson Easley Communications Director Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation 860-626-1245 ...

CT Reaches New Philanthropic High, But Fewer Residents Are Giving

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06/14/2018
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut residents donated an all-time high of $5 billion ... to charity in 2015, according to a recent report from the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. However, the number of ... “You have wealthy individuals and large foundations giving more, which is reflected in the dollar number going ...

New Connecticut Community Foundation Grants Open Doors to 23 Community Events

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06/13/2018
WATERBURY, CT -- In its May grant round, Connecticut Community Foundation awarded a total of $18,800 ... Coalition , $1,000: BLUE BASH! A Celebration of Our Water Resources, September 23 Watertown Historical Society , ... to establish and steward scholarships and charitable funds. Learn more at www.conncf.org . Photo caption: ...

Three Funders Join Forces with The Groundtruth Project to Place Local Reporters in Host Newsrooms

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06/13/2018

BOSTON, MA -- The Tow Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies have partnered with GroundTruth to support Report for America in its efforts to place 1,000 local reporters in host newsrooms across America over the next five years. The GroundTruth Project, a nonprofit news organization that supports and inspires a new generation of journalists, will receive a total of $650,000 in multi-year funding for its new initiative.

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Community Improvement & Capacity

Charitable Giving in Connecticut Hits New High of $5B

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06/12/2018
NEW HAVEN, CT -- Charitable giving rose by 11 percent to reach $5 billion in 2015, the ... recent year for which data is available, according to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. In a report released ... individuals, bequests and foundations. The majority of Connecticut’s charitable giving in 2015 came from ...
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