Site Search

Funding Area:

Economic Development

Member eBrief - November 2019

Release Date:

11/21/2019

... you at meetings, conferences, and celebrations around the state. I hope to see many more of you at CCP’s Dec. 3 rd ... . . Job opportunities >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >> The power of good people . . . Colleague news >> ... served, and the location where that funding is having an impact is crucial to creating a more informed philanthropic ...

Find More By

News type:

eBrief

Audience:

CCP Members

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Awards $15,000 in Grants to Six CT Non-Profits for Health and Wellness Initiatives

Release Date:

11/07/2019

... 1980, the Foundation has awarded $150 million in funds and resources throughout the four states. ### Contact: Kim Winn ...

Find More By

News type:

Audience:

Corporate Giving

Funding Area:

Health

The Community Foundation Awards Nearly $3 million to Local Nonprofit Partners

Release Date:

11/04/2019

... at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. “State funding cuts continue to be a concern for many ... Haven Land Trust and New Haven Farms have programs that impact the health of thousands of families in our region. A ... Foundation. These types of funds provide broad flexible resources for our local community. To learn more on how to ...

Find More By

News type:

Audience:

Community Foundation

Connecticut will lose $2900 in federal funding for every person not counted in the 2020 Census

Release Date:

10/31/2019

... billions of dollars in federal funding on the line, the state has committed $500,000 to boost participation in the ...

Find More By

News type:

Topic(s):

Connecticut Finds $500,000 for Census Outreach

Release Date:

10/31/2019

... Gov. Ned Lamont pledged $500,000 Thursday in discretionary state funds for community outreach in the 2020 census, ... to give more than $400,000 to local groups. With the state funds and charitable match, the available resources for outreach in the hard-to-count tracts will be at ...

Find More By

News type:

Topic(s):

Census 2020: Lack of State Funding Raises Risk of an Inaccurate 2020 Census Count

Publication date:

10/2019

... Voices for Children's report, Census 2020: Lack of State Funding Raises Risk of an Inaccurate 2020 Census Count ... Census. In response to these findings, CT Voices is urging state leaders to prioritize statewide planning and investment in Census outreach and education to ensure our state isn’t impacted by the far-reaching consequences of an ...

Find More By

Resource type:

Report

Topic(s):

Connecticut Voices for Children Report: The State Faces Risk of Losing Federal Funds for Essential Benefits and Programs If We Fail To Adequately Invest In Census Outreach

Release Date:

10/30/2019

... Census. In response to these findings, CT Voices is urging state leaders to prioritize statewide planning and investment ... that everyone is counted and that all residents have the resources they need and deserve." As of October 2019, ... and advertising methods that leverage state agency resources and communications vehicles to educate residents ...

Find More By

News type:

Topic(s):

Nov

Workforce Affinity Group

... of the Workforce Affinity Group where we will be joined by state leaders to discuss Connecticut’s emerging workforce ...

Find More By

Event type:

Affinity Meeting

Audience:

CCP Members

Funding Area:

Workforce

Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program Open

Release Date:

10/30/2019

... with Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, State Senator Douglas McCrory, State Representative Catherine Abercrombie and ...

Find More By

News type:

Audience:

Funding Area:

In Some States, the Census Is An Investment. Not Connecticut.

Release Date:

10/30/2019

HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut is among the half of states in the nation spending no money on the census, instead relying on philanthropy and networks of volunteer committees to bolster U.S. Census workers, who will try to find and count the millions of Americans who do not respond next spring. CCP President Karla Fortunato is quoted twice and along with CCP Member Jay Williams, President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

Find More By

News type:

Audience:

Topic(s):

Bank of America Announces 2019 Neighborhood Builder Award Recipients

Release Date:

10/30/2019

... to end homelessness in the capital region and launching a state-of-the-art Digital Media Lab. As an awardee, each ... and the opportunity to access capital to expand their impact.

Find More By

News type:

Audience:

Corporate Giving

Funding Area:

Housing & Shelter

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Launches County-Wide Civic Education Initiative

Release Date:

10/28/2019

... and Stamford. The grantee partners selected are Career Resources, Inc.; CT Students for a Dream; Faith Acts for ... Grantee Projects Career Resources, Inc.

Find More By

News type:

Civil Rights, Social Action

Audience:

Community Foundation

Funding Area:

Susan Thomas Named President of the Melville Charitable Trust

Release Date:

10/28/2019

... and racial equity efforts for five years and manages a state and national portfolio of grants supporting solutions ... solutions that empower people with the least resources and biggest barriers to success. And where ...

Find More By

News type:

Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News

Audience:

CCP Members

Funding Area:

Housing & Shelter

Connecticut Data Collaborative to Hold Statewide Conference Focused on “Counting What Matters”

Release Date:

10/28/2019

... and services, budgeting and decision making at the state, regional and local levels. This will be the 12th ... Service (EOHHS), where she developed and now oversees the state’s Data Ecosystem, a pioneering analytic approach that ... Sense: Using Data Storytelling to Understand the State Budget - Erika Haynes & Patrick Gibson (CT School Finance ...

Find More By

News type:

Topic(s):

Nov

CTData Conference 2019: Counting What Matters

... Service (EOHHS), where she developed and now oversees the state’s Data Ecosystem, a pioneering analytic approach that connects data at the person level, across state agencies. In addition to the keynote and multiple ... Sense: Using Data Storytelling to Understand the State Budget - Erika Haynes & Patrick Gibson (CT School Finance ...

Find More By

Event type:

Topic(s):

Nov

Northeast Opportunity Youth Conference

... NYC, Boston, Maine, Aspen Institute Opportunity Youth Forum, the National Youth Employment Coalition, Jobs for the ... and national attention to this issue.

Find More By

Event type:

Funding Area:

Workforce

Nov

A Guide to Impact Investing: Beyond Business as Usual

... and the environment. reSET chose this year’s theme of Impact Investing to involve Hartford-area change agents in ... their knowledge of this growing field of social change. Impact investing is a mission-driven and community-based ... that generates a return that includes both a profit and an impact defined by the investor and the business. This ...

Find More By

Event type:

United Way of Western Connecticut to Build Digital Social Service Platform

Release Date:

10/23/2019

... 90 years, I am confident that we can achieve measurable impact at scale via a cutting-edge digital platform.” ...

Find More By

News type:

Nov

Connecticut Takes the Lead: Employment, Education, and the Generations

... the oldest workforce and populations in the country. Our State’s increasingly multi-generational workplace creates ...

Find More By

Event type: