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United Way Seeks Northern Fairfield County Partners to Administer New Fund
Release Date:
02/01/2017
... paycheck to paycheck DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) is seeking nonprofit agency, foundation, ... Fund, please contact Bridget Fox at United Way of Western Connecticut at 203-883-0960 or bridget.fox@uwwesternct.org . ABOUT UNITED WAY OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) helps ...
Fairfield County's Community Wellbeing Index 2016
Publication date:
01/2017
... well-being that are better than those of the typical US or Connecticut resident. Death rates— compared either in terms ... interviews with 16,219 randomly-selected adults throughout Connecticut, including 4,962 in Fairfield County in the past ... of local government, financial security, access to resources and basic needs, transportation, and other social ...
Member eBrief - February 2017
Release Date:
02/08/2017
... . . . Member news >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >> Trends and perspectives >> Other ... Silver The Travelers Companies, Inc. Bronze BlumShapiro Connecticut Health Foundation New Alliance Foundation ... President & CEO of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers , has highlighted the importance of philanthropy ...
PowerPoint: Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2016
Publication date:
01/2017
Mark Abraham of DataHaven and Nancy von Euler of Fairfield County's Community Foundation presented their 2016 Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index and 2015 Community Wellbeing Survey PowerPoint during the the Fairfield County Funder Network's January 19, 2017 meeting.
Women & Girls Fund Accepting Grant Applications
Release Date:
01/27/2017
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation invites nonprofits to apply ... for high school girls. Established in 1969, the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation serves 20 towns in Northwest Connecticut. Its total endowment, comprised of more than 250 ...
Design Principles for a New School Funding Formula in Connecticut
Publication date:
01/2017
Leading Connecticut Education Organizations Agree To Design Principles For New School Funding Formula Diverse group of ... funding formula that supports student learning. These guiding principles were developed with Professor Ken Wong, of ... our students and educators get the critical instructional resources they need,” said Connecticut Association of ...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Working Cities Celebrates Expansion to Connecticut
Release Date:
10/04/2016
... partners, the Working Cities Challenge celebrated 16 Connecticut communities that are eligible to pursue ... of low-income people in small- and mid-size cities in Connecticut. Working Cities Celebrates Expansion to Connecticut ...
Welcoming the Challenge to CT’s Working Cities
Release Date:
08/02/2016
BOSTON, CT -- David Radcliffe, director of the Connecticut Working Cities Challenge at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, blogs about the Connecticut Working Cities Challenge. In a move to help ... Reserve Bank of Boston officially announced in March that Connecticut will be the latest New England state ...
Connecticut Working Cities Challenge
Connecticut is the latest state participating in the Federal ... to solve challenges affecting urban communities. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) has played a ... the private sector for the Working Cities Challenge. The Connecticut Working Cities Challenge, a grant competition, ...
Community Foundation Accepting Grant and Scholarship Applications
Release Date:
01/25/2017
BRISTOL, CT -- Main Street Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from area nonprofit organizations through its competitive General Grant Cycle and the Plainville Community Fund while scholarship applications are being accepted from local students. General Grant Cycle proposals are due March 31, 2017. Plainville Community Fund proposals are due March 15, 2017. Scholarships are March 17, 2017.
Avangrid Foundation Gives $10K to Neighbors Helping Neighbors Initiative
Release Date:
01/20/2017
... to 10,000 individuals) who struggle to make ends meet. In Connecticut, the bare-minimum Household Survival Budget (HSB) ...
More than $130,000 in Scholarships Available for Northwest CT Students
Release Date:
01/20/2017
TORRINGTON, CT --The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation is awarding scholarships for ... year must be submitted by April 1, 2017. The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation serves Litchfield County ... .
Study: Fewer Big Bequests in Connecticut Dented Nonprofit Coffers
Release Date:
01/13/2017
DANBURY, CT -- The NewsTimes reports on CCP's Giving in Connecticut Report: Connecticut residents and chariable foundations donated $4.5 billion in 2014, according to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy , a 3.1 percent ...
Dominion to Award $1 Million in Environmental Education and Stewardship Grants
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... up to $5,000 each */ /*--> */ RICHMOND, VA -- Dominion Resources announced today that it will once again provide $1 ... teach students, as well as the public, to treasure natural resources and use them wisely." There are two components to ... education programs. Eligible organizations in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, ...
Connecticut Community Foundation Announces College Scholarship Opportunities for Students in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... Litchfield Hills to apply for college scholarships from Connecticut Community Foundation for the 2017-18 academic ... can thrive.” To establish a scholarship fund at Connecticut Community Foundation, contact Julie Loughran, ... x 116 or jloughran@conncf.org . Established in 1923, Connecticut Community Foundation fosters creative ...
Applications Now Available for Avangrid Foundation Energy & Environment Scholarships
Release Date:
12/13/2016
... University, Cornell University, the University of Connecticut, Oregon State University, the Rochester Institute ...