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Fairfield County's Giving Day is Just A Few Days Away - On March 1st, Over 430 Nonprofits Will Appeal To Your Generosity

Release Date: 
02/20/2018
NORWALK, CT -- In just a few days, Fairfield County’s Giving Day, the region’s biggest and most exciting philanthropic event that unites ... or more to the nonprofit or cause close to their heart. What’s truly amazing about Giving Day is that it’s an ...

Membership Drive Begins for Community Foundation’s Catalyst Fund

Release Date: 
02/20/2018
... Community Schools to support the school system’s Alternative Learning Center, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain’s Catalyst Fund has opened 2018 membership with new ... of time and money,” said Wruck. “By pooling the resources of fellow members and the Community Foundation, and ...

Applications for Grant Funding Now Available to Local Non-Profit Organizations Helping Victims of Hurricane Maria

Release Date: 
02/15/2018
... available at www.cfgnb.org/requests-for-proposals. “With resources to assist those in need so limited, and local agencies struggling to do what they can for victims who more than four months after the storm hit still may not know where their next night will be spent, this fund and the modest grants it ...
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Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

Release Date: 
02/01/2018
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and ... donating a total of $500 million to charity since Newman's Own started in 1982. The company is celebrating its ... served, visit:  http://newmansownfoundation.org/what-we-support/our-grantees/ ### Contact: Jan Schaefer ...
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CCP Members
Corporate Giving
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Newman's Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness

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01/30/2018
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and ... by giving back because, as Paul Newman said, "It's just the right thing to do." In recognition of reaching the ... and their good deeds on social media. "Paul once asked, 'What could be better than to hold out your hand to those less ...
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CCP Members
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Greater New Haven NAACP and Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Announce New Partnership for $10,000 Down Payment Assistance Program

Release Date: 
02/12/2018
... lower monthly expense than renting. We hope that over the next several years that many of residents of the Greater New ... New Haven (NHS) and the Chair the Greater New Haven Branch's Housing Committee, along with the lending team at NHS, will ...
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Affordable Housing

Bracket-Style Fundraising Tournament to Raise Awareness and Funds for Connecticut Charities

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02/13/2018
... and $10,000 from Stanley Black & Decker CONNECTICUT -- Next month, 59 nonprofits in Connecticut will have the ... keep the donations received during tournament play. It’s competitive giving. Everybody wins. How to Get Involved ... strength and health of their community. This dedication is what drove us to launch in Hartford in 2017, and to expand ...
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Philanthropy News
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Donors
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut to Invest $253,000 in Greater Hartford Region

Release Date: 
02/12/2018
... shelters and domestic violence organizations. “It’s important that preschoolers, youth and those needing basic ... be harmed by reductions in public funding,” said Paula S. Gilberto, President and CEO, United Way of Central and ... and Northeastern Connecticut brings together people and resources committed to the well-being of children and ...
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Human Services

Funding Opportunities from The Community Foundation for Nonprofit Grantseekers

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02/08/2018
... Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent charitable endowment and largest funder of area ... (3) organizations are encouraged to visit The Foundation’s website at www.cfgnh.org for eligibility criteria, ... region. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s 20 town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, ...

Danbury Wins Boston Fed’s Working Cities Challenge Competition

Release Date: 
02/06/2018
... grant to bolster economic equality in Connecticut’s smaller cities DANBURY, CT -- Danbury has won the Working ... that prohibit or limit the identified population’s ability to participate in education and/or job training ... but challenging three years as we attempt to build the resources that low wage earners need in order to improve ...
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CCP Members
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Working Cities Challenge

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Welcomes Chief Financial Officer

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02/06/2018
... for the development and operation of United Way’s administrative, financial, legal and risk management ... She will also oversee the Information Technology, Human Resources and Facilities Management functions of the ... of her experience in finance, administration, human resources, information technology and resource development is ...
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Member eBrief - February 2018

Release Date: 
02/16/2018
... Jobs in Philanthropy >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >>      Trends and perspectives >> The power of ... work . . . CCP updates     Registration Opens for CCP's 2018 Conference on March 6! With uncertainty at the federal ... 26! FEATURED PROGRAM: Connecticut’s Opioid Crisis: What Funders Need to Know >> For staff and trustees of ...
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Hartford Foundation’s Respond-Rebuild-Renew Fund Awards First Grants to Support Newly Relocated Residents from Natural Disaster Areas

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02/05/2018
... and human-made disasters that align with the Foundation's core values of equity, diversity and inclusion. This month, ... in Florida, Houston, Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands," said Hartford Foundation president Jay ... needs of residents and communities. Gaps where public resources are unavailable. Cross-sector collaborations with ...
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CCP Members
Community Foundation
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Disaster Relief

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