Peter Lewandowski, Assistant General Counsel, Connecticut Office of State Ethics, answers Frequently Asked Questions about lobbying and advocacy issues under the Connecticut State Code of Ethics for Lobbyists.
This short article reviews the basics of how foundations can engage in Federal advocacy work, and gives information on when various types of grantmakers can lobby.
Foundations and state and local governments have a long history of working together and a common goal of supporting the quality of life in their communities.
The Council has compiled information and resources for dealing with the affects of Hurricane Sandy. ... Connecticut 2-1-1 Hurricane Sandy Disaster Information & Resources United Way of Connecticut's 2-1-1 provides links to ... and Recovery The 2-1-1 Barometer utilizes 2-1-1 data and other information to explore issues affecting Connecticut ...
Associate Grant Makers compiled resources for responding to the Boston Marathon Bombing - ... subsequent actions by the Watertown Police Department and other public safety agencies, the Watertown Community ...
By volunteering their time, talent or financial resources 4,000 citizens of all ages, income levels, genders ... Gardens and Greenspaces Program is made possible by many other organizations, including The New Haven Land Trust and The Urban Resources Initiative, in collaboration with The Yale School ...
... Trust first invested in the Firebox Restaurant in Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood, its goal was to ... 50 Frog Hollow residents, many of whom have gone on to other jobs and training in the culinary field. It has served ... two of them from Gourmet Magazine and The New York Times. Hartford's struggling Frog Hollow community ...
... green jobs. Green energy and jobs policy agenda As with any foundation convening of this type, the sharing of ... efficiency of $100 million (a reasonable estimate of what the market will bear) hundreds of new jobs could be ... and potential opportunities for collaboration. He invited other foundations to join the initiative. Leading By Example: ...
... out-of-school suspensions. Its achievements in this and other areas have caught the attention of national and ... Connecticut as a model for juvenile justice reform work in other states and nationally, and attracted local and national ...
The SisterTalk Hartford Resource Center , supported by the collaborative ... By using faith, community and sisterhood, SisterTalk Hartford establishes positive eating habits and lifestyle ... weight loss and long-term weight control. The SisterTalk Hartford program, conducted in churches by lay leaders with ...
Thanks to an $844,000 three-year grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving through its Brighter Futures Initiative , the Hartford Public Schools significantly improved the reading ... Through this pilot literacy project, teachers and other professional staff in five Hartford elementary schools ...