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Liberty Bank Foundation Approves $241,500 in Grants

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10/30/2018

CONNECTICUT -- The Liberty Bank Foundation has approved $241,500 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving Liberty Bank’s market area and surrounding towns to support programs that will provide early childhood education, affordable housing, and basic human needs.

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Affordable Housing

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Liberty Bank, Rotary Clubs Raise Record $426,607 to Help Fill Thanksgiving Food Baskets

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11/20/2018

... just days away. To offset this hardship, the 15th annual Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive has raised ...

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Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Liberty Bank Honors Jennifer Height for Volunteerism

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11/29/2018

EAST HADDAM, CT – Jennifer Height, Liberty Bank’s Moodus branch manager, has been inducted into the Liberty Bank Volunteer Hall of Fame, the bank’s highest honor for community service by its employees.

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The Broad View Fund Awards Grant to Innovative Collaboration

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11/29/2018

... and challenging behaviors in young children. With limited resources it is critical that INMELC and BPCCC foster the ... made possible from the proceeds of Cocktails@Eight , an annual event hosted by BBK. “This is about the spirit and ... Website: www.mainstreetfoundation.org The Broad View Fund Awards Grant to Innovative Collaboration ...

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Community Foundation

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Children & Youth Services

Early Childhood

Community Foundation highlights music and dance at annual meeting

... Community Foundation highlights music and dance at annual meeting ...

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Announces New 2019 Board Chair, Officers & Members

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11/27/2018

... Community Foundation brings passionate people and trusted resources to solve our region’s challenges through ... in Stamford. Johnna Torsone who joined the board in 2017, was appointed Secretary and serves as Vice Chair of ... Fairfield County’s Community Foundation promotes philanthropy as a means to create change in Fairfield County, ...

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Give Everyone the Same Tax Incentive to Donate — Not Just the Rich

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11/27/2018

... Opinion piece by Rob Reich, author of "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better." ... faculty co-director of Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Give Everyone the Same Tax ...

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The Problem With Charitable Giving

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11/27/2018

... taxpayers. Like most charitable giving, health care philanthropy is tax-deductible. When wealthy people give away ...

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Draper Foundation Fund Provides Over $800,000 in Support of Area Nonprofits

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11/21/2018

... designated by the Draper Foundation Fund receive awards twice annually: Beardsley & Memorial Library Colebrook ...

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Community Foundation

The Leever Foundation Welcomes Saran D. White as Executive Director

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11/16/2018

... Leever’s vision.” She has an impressive background in philanthropy, K-12 education, civic engagement and ... the Leever Foundation in 1991 after decades of dedicated philanthropy. The Foundation’s mission is to create ...

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Family Foundation

Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Board Welcomes Two New Members

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11/20/2018

... Committee. She is also a founding member of “Women in Philanthropy” group. She is immediate past Chair of the ...

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The NEA Foundation Names Sara Sneed New President and CEO

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11/20/2018

... educators, districts, and unions with the support and resources they need to develop educator-led and designed ... to provide educators, their schools, and districts with resources and tools they need to do their best work.” ... as a laboratory of learning, offering funding and other resources to public school educators, their schools, and ...

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Insurers Unite to Help 'Seed' Hartford's Financial Reboot

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11/19/2018

... of Hartford this summer, they were making good on a March 2017 pledge to help the city regain its financial footing by ... of what they and the city hope will be four more annual payments of $10 million. Of that first amount, $8.1 ...

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Sector Collaboration

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Arts, Culture & Humanities

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

A Spotlight on Corporate Giving and Nonprofits - Hartford Business Journal Community Excellence and Nonprofit Awards

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11/19/2018

... launched their inaugural Community Excellence & Nonprofit Awards. The independent panel of judges — Susan D. ... Hartford, City of Hartford, Hartford Public Library, and CCP members Aetna Inc., and Travelers Cos. A Spotlight on ... Business Journal Community Excellence and Nonprofit Awards ...

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90% of the Wealthy Give to Charity and 48% Volunteer, Study Says

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10/24/2018

... -- The biennial 2018 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy found that 90 percent of affluent households gave to charity in 2017, and 48 percent of them volunteered at nonprofits. In addition, annual giving among the wealthy in 2017 rose by 15 percent ...

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The Growth in Total Household Giving Is Camouflaging a Decline in Giving by Small and Medium Donors: What Can We Do about It?

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09/13/2018

... should make every reader stop and envision the future of philanthropy in our democracy. Nonprfit Quarterly's Patrick ...

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IRS Announces Higher 2019 Estate And Gift Tax Limits

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11/15/2018

... a married couple will be able to shield $22.8 million. The annual gift exclusion amount remains the same at $15,000. For ...

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Nonprofits Are at Risk as the Wealthy Gain More Philanthropic Clout, Report Argues

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11/19/2018

... latest in a series of reports and critiques focused on big philanthropy. Nearly a third of itemized charitable ...

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Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Establishes James G. Williamson Education Assistance Fund in Memory of Former President

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11/16/2018

... who retired as Community Foundation President in August 2017 and passed away on November 1 of this year at age 69, ...

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