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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 >>       ... Philanthropy Awards Luncheon Attracts Record Attendees The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's (CCP) May 12th Annual ... Foundations >> The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers is pleased to announce that the Foundation Legal ...
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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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Employment/Jobs
Human Services
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Philanthropy’s Role in a Healthy Democracy

Release Date: 
09/02/2014
Maggie Osborn, President, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy This blog post is ... deeply about roles. The New Deal and the deployment of resources and opportunity post WWII, brought about a ... Philanthropy was seen as having the ability to utilize resources in ways different than the private sector or ...

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 ... that vision with all of the expertise, innovation and resources you can muster. Key Learning #2 You must embrace ... on what you promise. Again, I’d like to thank the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy for this honor. I have ...
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Reflections from a Recovering Grantee: Remarks from the Council’s Annual Luncheon – May 2, 2014

Release Date: 
06/04/2014
... sector’s role was subject to new limitations as well. In Connecticut, these challenges are compounded by our ... and achievement gaps, and our lack of scale, which makes resources difficult to find and the task of influencing the ... discussions and trends more difficult. As leaders with resources, experiences and purpose, we must partner with ...
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Connecticut Philanthropy: Leaning Into Our Leadership

Release Date: 
05/05/2014
... 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 ... relationships are possible because we are small, where resources and assets are abundant in the private and ...
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Civil Rights, Social Action

Philanthropy’s Response to the Government Shutdown

Release Date: 
10/08/2013
... 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 ... new seeds of engagement throughout America utilizing our resources and access to re-energize a democracy of the ...

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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Doing Good Is About to Get Better

Release Date: 
02/06/2015
... an earlier post, you heard from Joyce White , president of Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington , who shared ... in her region. When the Forum for Regional Associations of Grantmakers and Foundation Center formed a strategic alliance ... about it. Maggie Gunther Osborn is president of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy , an association of ...
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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 ... trained to offer. Partnering with organizations like the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) and  Regional Associations of Grantmakers across the country offers the opportunity to ...

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

Release Date: 
02/02/2016
... President & CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers In January, I took on a new role as president and ... of 33 regional philanthropy associations – including the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) – with more than ... regional associations to share data, information, and resources. And we help regional associations pool their ...
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About Philanthropy

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

Release Date: 
06/08/2016
... gives her pitch to be prepared: If our recent history in Connecticut and around the world tell us anything it is that ... moment and think about these questions and to access some resources in recognition of the first week of the 2016 ... in partnership with the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy a ...

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