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Webster Bank President Honored by United Way of Western Connecticut

Release Date: 
06/06/2017
STAMFORD, CT -- United Way  of Western Connecticut honored  Webster Bank  President  John Ciulla ... Stamford Marriott. The award honored Ciulla for Webster’s volunteerism policy which gives employees 16 hours of paid ... Webster Bank President Honored by United Way of Western Connecticut ...

CCP's Philanthropy Awards

Release Date: 
06/02/2017
... leaders gathered at the Marriott in Hartford for  The Connecticut Council on Philanthropy’s  (CCP) Annual Meeting and Philanthropy Awards Luncheon. ... were given to Sheila Perrin and Diane Sierpina. CCP's Philanthropy Awards ...
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CCP Members
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Member eBrief - June 2017

Release Date: 
06/08/2017
... . . . Member news >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >>      Trends and perspectives >>       ... in the areas of entrepreneurship and/or education. Through partnerships and collaborative efforts, the foundation is ... analyzes how place and race influence how children and families fare.   IMMIGRANTS Grantmakers Concerned with ...
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CCP Members

2016 ALICE Update Report - Webinar Recording

Publication date: 
12/2016
... security through an informational webinar hosted by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. ABOUT ALICE On October 9, 2016, Connecticut United Ways Released their 2 nd  ALICE Report- ... households. More than one in four (361,521) households in Connecticut are defined as ALICE- having earnings above the ...
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Webinar Recording
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CCP Members
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Employment/Jobs
Human Services
Workforce

Philanthropy’s Role in a Healthy Democracy

Release Date: 
09/02/2014
Maggie Osborn, President, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy This blog post is ... from my remarks for Connecticut Nonprofit Association’s Nonprofit Advantage Magazine. In the study of early ... deeply about roles. The New Deal and the deployment of resources and opportunity post WWII, brought about a ...

Key Learnings From a Leader

Release Date: 
08/06/2014
... had to learn the hard way. Yours is a world of too few resources, chasing too many challenges. Too many difficult ... on what you promise. Again, I’d like to thank the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy for this honor. I have ... they can become employable again and can provide for their families. Whether a gifted student who benefits from the ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members
Non-member Grantmaker

Reflections from a Recovering Grantee: Remarks from the Council’s Annual Luncheon – May 2, 2014

Release Date: 
06/04/2014
... and achievement gaps, and our lack of scale, which makes resources difficult to find and the task of influencing the ... initiative, which has supported the development of partnerships, consensus and leadership in over 50 communities ... that requires we walk away at some point in the full knowledge that we are not needed in order to sustain ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members
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Connecticut Philanthropy: Leaning Into Our Leadership

Release Date: 
05/05/2014
This blog post is created from my remarks at the Council’s 22nd annual luncheon and philanthropic awards program that ... Frances Padilla from Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, who also led the conversation on May 2nd, will ... leader working to improve the quality of life and use our resources and positions to focus on balancing the inequality ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members
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Civil Rights, Social Action

Philanthropy’s Response to the Government Shutdown

Release Date: 
10/08/2013
... on communities and people. -- Maggie Gunther Osborn Poor Families Taking a Hit from Government Shutdown October 4, ... nation? Is it children and families or is it parks?” In Connecticut, we have seen 1200 children in Bridgeport locked ... by government irresponsibility. We could exhaust all the resources held in private philanthropy and not sustain ...

The Largest Organization Supporting Philanthropy in the World

Release Date: 
08/26/2013
... of regional associations of grantmakers, to which the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy belongs, represents the ... and opportunities to leverage our statewide philanthropic resources. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, as a ... the poorest communities in the country.  As the Council’s leader, how do I balance and leverage the breadth of our ...

Greetings from Maggie

Release Date: 
07/23/2013
As a transplant to Connecticut, I  fully embrace the state motto “Qui ... hope and anticipation of my work as the President of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy to build philanthropy to build a better Connecticut.  This blog will be an opportunity for us to ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members
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Doing Good Is About to Get Better

Release Date: 
02/06/2015
... funders to share grants data using Foundation Center’s eReporting standard, which is easy to export in most grants ... engage in collaborations, and explore public-private partnerships. This is about useful, real-time information ... about it. Maggie Gunther Osborn is president of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy , an association of ...
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CCP Members
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Topic(s): 
Data Standardization

Philanthropy Advisors Should Partner with Regional Associations of Grantmakers

Release Date: 
02/09/2015
... advisors partnering with knowledgable and trusted resources in an ever-changing and complicated charitable ... landscape. Philanthropy is personal, especially to families who need guidance beyond the financial and legal ... the strategies and tactics to achieve them.” Read the full text here: ...

The Power of a Network to Amplify Philanthropy’s Voice

Release Date: 
04/23/2015
... recently posted on the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) site.  This post is about the power of the network to which the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy belongs and the ... of grantmakers. I’d love to dialogue with any of our Connecticut CCP members and colleagues about the work we are ...

The Music of Philanthropy

Release Date: 
09/22/2015
... past few months have marked my third summer living in Connecticut. After far too long, I decided it was finally time to take advantage of New England’s incredible music scene. And so I spent an amazing evening ... deeply — how remarkably stunning it is to experience a full orchestra playing a classic masterwork. Jazz, on the ...
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Giving Voice
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CCP Members
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Topic(s): 
About Philanthropy
Funding Area: 
Arts, Culture & Humanities

Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure

Release Date: 
02/02/2016
... of 33 regional philanthropy associations – including the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) – with more than ... 5,500 participating organizations. The Forum Network’s greatest strength is that we bring together the dual assets ... regional associations to share data, information, and resources. And we help regional associations pool their ...
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CCP Members
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About Philanthropy

Are You Ready? Philanthropy Needs to be Prepared to Respond to Disasters

Release Date: 
06/08/2016
... moment and think about these questions and to access some resources in recognition of the first week of the 2016 ... community so that all people will be equally prepared and equitable served in times of disaster and is of a size that ... more strategic decisions about their investments in the full life cycle of disasters, including preparedness and ...

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