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Member eBrief - June 2017
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... . . . Member news >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >> Trends and perspectives >> ... Heather McGhee on how all Americans can work to bridge our nation’s racial divide. It also included networking ... Mae Education Foundation - The Student-Centered Learning Podcast Series >> MEMBER WEBSITE REFRESH AVANGRID >> ...
2016 ALICE Update Report - Webinar Recording
Publication date:
12/2016
... poverty level but below a basic cost of living. ALICE lives and works in every town and city in Connecticut and may be our friend, neighbor, coworker or family member. Do you know ...
Philanthropy’s Role in a Healthy Democracy
Release Date:
09/02/2014
... immediate recognition of the conflicting corner stones of our psyche: fierce independence and individuality, and ... deeply about roles. The New Deal and the deployment of resources and opportunity post WWII, brought about a ... its unique capabilities and role in meeting social needs independent of market constrictions or the acute pluralism ...
Key Learnings From a Leader
Release Date:
08/06/2014
We continue with our posts related to the vibrant conversations and comments ... had to learn the hard way. Yours is a world of too few resources, chasing too many challenges. Too many difficult ... his company to become one of North America’s largest independent paperboard packaging manufacturers. He merged his ...
Reflections from a Recovering Grantee: Remarks from the Council’s Annual Luncheon – May 2, 2014
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... I say wall since we seem remote and walled in to our grantees, and now that I am on the other side, I wonder ... philanthropists have had a different experience than their elders and therefore a different baseline from which to view ... and achievement gaps, and our lack of scale, which makes resources difficult to find and the task of influencing the ...
Connecticut Philanthropy: Leaning Into Our Leadership
Release Date:
05/05/2014
... 2014. My hope is to support an active conversation about our collective philanthropic leadership and the important ... leader working to improve the quality of life and use our resources and positions to focus on balancing the inequality ... we must recognize the vital role of philanthropy in a healthy democracy. This demands that we support efforts to ...
Philanthropy’s Response to the Government Shutdown
Release Date:
10/08/2013
... throughout the day and perusing the halls and walkways of our national museums and parks. But for millions of the ... $75 a month to buy the right foods she needs to provide healthy breast milk to her baby. “[WIC] keeps our cycle of ... 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 knowledge, experience and opportunities to leverage our statewide philanthropic resources. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, as a ... leader, how do I balance and leverage the breadth of our reach with the depth of Connecticut’s inequity and ...
Greetings from Maggie
Release Date:
07/23/2013
... how we do this work together. My goal is to absorb what I am seeing in the field, digest what is happening and think ... patient revolution. I look forward to the conversation and am happy to be a transplant in this beautiful state. I am certain to bloom where planted with such fertile ground. ...
Doing Good Is About to Get Better
Release Date:
02/06/2015
... around us. Sound familiar? This lack of data to inform our work is even more problematic when coupled with all the ... adequately respond because we don’t really know who our collective dollars are serving and whether our grantees mirror the communities we are trying to serve. ...
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 ... support effective philanthropy for the common good through our relationship with them. We welcome the partnership from ... is more than transactional. It can be transformational by helping families identify and share values, deepen existing ...
The Power of a Network to Amplify Philanthropy’s Voice
Release Date:
04/23/2015
... of grantmakers. I’d love to dialogue with any of our Connecticut CCP members and colleagues about the work we ... good things can happen to advance philanthropy in our country. David Biemesderfer is chair of the Board of ...
We are Watching
Release Date:
06/04/2015
... we have a very positive and productive relationship with our regulators to ensure that bad actors are weeded out and ...
A Wake-Up Call for the Nonprofit Sector
Release Date:
08/19/2015
... in the six New England states, is a wakeup call for our sector. We’ve been asleep at the switch for far too ... to persist. The fact that 88% of the leaders surveyed in our study report that they’re happy or very happy in their ... the opportunity that this shift in leadership presents at our peril. If we fail to wake up to it soon, we’re in ...
The Music of Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... struggle — victory and resilience in the language of our common experience and humanity — to be effective. Like our history, our art has reinforced cultural paradigms that are inaccurate ...
What Philanthropy Can Do
Release Date:
10/17/2015
... I find simply powerful for all of us who work to improve our communities and are struggling with the issues of gun ... if the priorities of this country were on growing healthy and sane children, these tragedies could be averted. I am thinking about the teacher with too many kids in her ...
Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure
Release Date:
02/02/2016
... of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. I am incredibly excited to have an opportunity to lead a ... regional associations to share data, information, and resources. And we help regional associations pool their ... in many other ways. CCP adds expertise and leadership to our national network in several areas, including public ...
Are You Ready? Philanthropy Needs to be Prepared to Respond to Disasters
Release Date:
06/08/2016
... Maggie Gunther Osborn, gives her pitch to be prepared: If our recent history in Connecticut and around the world tell ... moment and think about these questions and to access some resources in recognition of the first week of the 2016 ... counseling and longer term recovery and yet the initial resources had been dispersed or were targeted for other uses. ...
A Reflection on My Time Serving Connecticut
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... and financial capital every day on behalf of the people of our state. Connecticut is full of hope and promise because of ... geographic borders are less and less relevant in how we live, work and play within a state or region. Economic ... philanthropy is essential to this work, bringing strategy, resources and a longer view. Members of CCP are coming ...