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United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut to Invest $7.5 Million in Community

Release Date: 
06/28/2017
... where the needs are within our communities,” said Paula S. Gilberto, President and CEO of United Way of Central and ... to use in a way that makes a difference.” Here’s how: More than $4 million to give children access to ... and Northeastern Connecticut brings together people and resources committed to the well-being of children and ...

Making a Difference from Manchester to Maine

Release Date: 
06/30/2017
... and seedlings in the community garden, built a children’s play area and picnic tables, and hosted healthy cooking ... fresh food for area families. Everyone working together is what helps us continue to build community into the garden,” ... work with so many terrific people. I can't wait for the next one. I'm also so thrilled to be working for a company ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Bridgeport Prospers Collective Impact Movement Names Allison Logan Executive Director

Release Date: 
07/10/2017
... these past 3 months, and we are confident that Allison’s knowledge, skills, and passion for the children of Bridgeport are exactly what we need to continue to move Bridgeport Prospers ... I am confident she will be as impactful as she connects resources and strategies through Bridgeport Prospers ...
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Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Receives $275,000 Grant from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Release Date: 
07/10/2017
... job.  Such stories are all too common for Connecticut’s families, many of whom live their lives one paycheck away ... less likely to continue their education. “At a time when resources for housing and homelessness are at risk, it is ... Erika Frank. “No young person should have to know what homelessness feels like.” The Hartford Foundation for ...

Cultural Alliance of Western CT receives $12,500 from Fairfield County's Community Foundation

Release Date: 
07/07/2017
... Connecticut has been awarded $12,500 by Fairfield County's Community Foundation to support its operations, allowing ... and arts enthusiasts to continue and grow. The Foundation's tagline, "Together We Thrive," is an appropriate complement ... a strong arts presence, and to provide opportunities and resources to the creative artists that live in them. The ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
Arts, Culture & Humanities

Member eBrief - July 2017

Release Date: 
07/13/2017
... Jobs in Philanthropy >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >>      Trends and perspectives >>       ... of good work . . . CCP updates     WEIGH IN ON CCP's PROGRAMS AND WORK Did you respond to the CCP Member Survey ... Bill Will Hurt Many >> MEMBER VIDEO Everyday Democracy - What Democracy Feels Like >>           Addressing ...
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eBrief

Williamson, Community Foundation Honored with National Award For Leadership in Tackling Chronic Absence in New Britain Schools

Release Date: 
06/20/2017
... educators both locally and nationwide. In New Britain, resources and data were needed, not only to understand the ... on early childhood development through the Foundation’s First Years First initiative – recognized the need. They ... “For me, such recognition is really more about what our Foundation, and particularly our board, has allowed ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
Education

Cigna Foundation Provides $100,000 Grant to Back on My Feet; Cigna Executive Dave Guilmette Named as Vice Chair of Back on My Feet Board

Release Date: 
07/06/2017
... community support and essential employment and housing resources. Dave Guilmette, President, Global Employer and ... experience in the health care industry.   With Guilmette's leadership and the $100,000 in grant support from the ... to run three days a week. The second phase of the program, Next Steps, provides educational support, job training ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Health
Housing & Shelter

Points of Light Names Comcast NBCUniversal One of America's Most Community-Minded Companies

Release Date: 
06/23/2017
... companies in the nation, by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service.  ... into all product development work. Comcast’s next-generation X1 Talking Guide and Voice Remote are just ... how companies can use their time, skills and other resources to improve the quality of life in the communities ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Corporate Giving

United Way of Western Connecticut Announces Education Funding for Region

Release Date: 
06/26/2017
... in any of the 15 towns served by UWWC. United Way’s funding was allocated as follows: A total of $316,160 is ... crucial to a child’s academic and social success and is what sets children from lower-income families apart from ... of hard-working, struggling households by mobilizing the resources of local communities to create lasting change. We ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood
Education
Out-of-School/After School

Oz Griebel to Step Down as MetroHartford Alliance President and CEO

Release Date: 
06/28/2017
... at the helm for more than 16 years leading the Alliance’s economic development efforts in the Region. As a result of Oz’s leadership, we have established numerous initiatives that ... the Alliance looks forward to continuing to do so in his next role in helping to drive growth in private sector ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members

Local Nonprofits and Residents to Benefit from Community Foundation Grants

Release Date: 
07/05/2017
... in grant awards. This is the result of the Foundation’s 2017 General Competitive Grant Cycle, which saw the ... local residents that comprise the Community Foundation’s volunteer Distribution Committee. “The Distribution ... teachers (Fuller & Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education) CW Resources - Online work-readiness program to train adults ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Grants Distribution

After 18 Years of Leadership, CHDI Founding Chief Executive Judith Meyers Announces Plans to Step Down

Release Date: 
06/19/2017
... 30, 2017, but will remain President & CEO of the Children's Fund of Connecticut through September 2018 Board will ... Vice President for Mental Health Initiatives to become the next President and CEO effective October 1, 2017. Meyers will ... and was charged with building the two organizations into what they are today. Under her tenure, CHDI grew from one to ...
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Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood
Health

CCP Releases Public Sector Perspective on Public-Private Partnership Collaboration Model

Release Date: 
03/27/2017
... to go beyond collective agreements and begin to understand what we each could and could not do based on the ... structure in response to the desire within Connecticut’s philanthropic community to achieve meaningful and ... effective philanthropy for the public good. CCP’s members are foundations (private, corporate, community), ...
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News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Non-member Grantmaker
Policy Makers
Topic(s): 
Partnerships
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

CT Philanthropy Digest - June 2017

Release Date: 
06/20/2017
... or other factors. His contributions to children’s mental health, education, and human services made a ... president for mental health initiatives, to become the next President and CEO effective October 1, 2017. Meyers will ... and was charged with building the two organizations into what they are today. Meyers currently serves as Board chair ...
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Digest

Member eBrief - June 2017

Release Date: 
06/08/2017
... . . . Member news >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >>      Trends and perspectives >>       ... power of good work . . . CCP updates     RECAP: CCP's Annual Meeting & Philanthropy Awards Luncheon Attracts ... how and when your organization will respond and at what level (includes funding, product donations, in-kind ...
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eBrief
Audience: 
CCP Members

Philanthropy’s Role in a Healthy Democracy

Release Date: 
09/02/2014
... from my remarks for Connecticut Nonprofit Association’s Nonprofit Advantage Magazine. In the study of early ... and the like responded to the desire to pay back some of what they had gained to the betterment of society. This was ... deeply about roles. The New Deal and the deployment of resources and opportunity post WWII, brought about a ...

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