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New Online Resource Gives Local Nonprofit Organizations 50,000 Professional Volunteers at their Fingertips

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03/05/2018

WATERBURY, CT -- Connecticut Community Foundation has partnered with Catchafire to create an online platform that connects local nonprofit organizations to a network of over 50,000 passionate and skilled volunteers throughout the country—for free.

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Hartford Foundation’s Record-Breaking Grantmaking Topped $34.5 Million in 2017

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03/01/2018

... families by connecting them to appropriate community resources. VCN will use the dollars to contract with a ...

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United Way, Hartford Public Schools to Celebrate Read Across America Day, March 2

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03/01/2018

... and Northeastern Connecticut brings together people and resources committed to the well-being of children and ...

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Education

CHEFA Announces $250K Grant to United Way of Connecticut to Battle Opiod Crisis

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01/26/2018

... grant awarded to United Way of Connecticut to increase resources and training to fight opioid abuse and overdose in ... provides funding for improved access to information and resources for opioid treatment and addiction services ... significantly increased their knowledge about additional resources available in the State of Connecticut,” says ...

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Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

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MARCH 1st is Fairfield County Giving Day! “Give Where You Live” & Help Your Community Thrive at FCGives.org

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02/28/2018

... throughout our region. Their need is great and their resources are vastly depleted. Over the past four years you, ...

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Hartford Foundation-Sponsored Survey of Displaced Persons from Hurricanes Moving into Region is Underway

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02/27/2018

... provided by the responses can further support all relief efforts in the Hartford region.” Results from the ...

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Nine National Foundations Join to Address Nationwide Housing Instability

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02/23/2018

... support. Drawing on their diverse expertise and collective resources, members of Funders for Housing and Opportunity ... www.melvilletrust.org . The Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social and ...

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Webster Bank Makes Donation to Aid CT Hurricane Maria Evacuees

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02/22/2018

WATERBURY, CT -- Webster Bank today announced it is donating $20,000 to the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut’s Neighbors in Need Fund to be used to assist Hurricane Maria e

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Hartford Foundation Welcomes Two New Senior Officers

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02/22/2018

... responsible for ensuring that the Foundation’s program resources are effectively invested and monitored to produce ...

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Danbury Named As Finalist In Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 Mayors Challenge

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02/21/2018

... of hard-working, struggling households by mobilizing the resources of local communities to create lasting change. We ...

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Farmington Bank Donates $1.1 Million to Non-Profits in 2017

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02/21/2018

... services that address critical needs or provide tools and resources to create positive change for families and ...

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Membership Drive Begins for Community Foundation’s Catalyst Fund

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02/20/2018

... of time and money,” said Wruck. “By pooling the resources of fellow members and the Community Foundation, and ...

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United Way and Praxair Partnered to Celebrate Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Black History Month

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02/16/2018

... of hard-working, struggling households by mobilizing the resources of local communities to create lasting change. We ...

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United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Provides an Additional $62,000 to Help Displaced Residents

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02/15/2018

... Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief services, housing and relocation and food (e.g. ...

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Disaster Relief

Applications for Grant Funding Now Available to Local Non-Profit Organizations Helping Victims of Hurricane Maria

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02/15/2018

Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund Surpasses $42,000 in Donations; Local Grants to ... NEW BRITAIN, CT -- With the Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund well on its way to $50,000 in donations, the ... available at www.cfgnb.org/requests-for-proposals. “With resources to assist those in need so limited, and local ...

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