Fairfield County’s Community Foundation 25-Year Anniversary Gala Celebrated Founders, Donors, Supporters & Community Impact
Release Date:
11/03/2017
... member Gerry Fox with his wife Kathy celebrate the 25th anniversary with ...
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CT Philanthropy Digest - November 2017
Release Date:
11/13/2017
The November 2017 Digest includes feature headlines: A Story of Irrefutable Intersectionality: The U.S. Mainland, La Isla del Encanto and Connecticut; Foundations Join Forces to Advance Obesity Prevention; Neighborhood Builder Receipient to Provide Green Job Opportunities; Public Policy Update - State Budget and Federal Tax Reform; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; SCHOLARSHIP NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
Paul Mounds Jr. to join the Connecticut Health Foundation as Vice President of Policy and Communications
Release Date:
11/02/2017
... fully the need for achieving a more equitable health care system for people of color and underserved populations,” ...
U.S. News and Aetna Foundation Unveil Healthiest Communities at National Healthcare of Tomorrow Forum
Release Date:
11/01/2017
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings, and the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna, today announced that the organizations will highlight their newest initiative on community health at the fifth annual Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, taking place November 1-3, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
The Aetna Foundation Helps Improve the Health of 25 Communities Nationwide Through More Than $2 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... Child Development - Two generation integrated service system teaching families about self-sufficiency - North ...
The Rockfall Foundation Announces New Executive Director
Release Date:
10/26/2017
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Board of Directors of the Rockfall Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports environmental education and conservation in the Lower Connecticut River Valley, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Marino as Executive Director.
The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation’s 12th Annual Signature Breakfast Raises Funds for Women and Girls in Greater Hartford
Release Date:
10/25/2017
HARTFORD CT - The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation presented its 12th Annual Signature Breakfast, Building Futures for Women and Girls, on October 20, 2017 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.
Women’s Campaign School at Yale Visits Fairfield County - Fund for Women & Girls Encourages Political Passion
Release Date:
10/26/2017
GREENWICH, CT -- Earlier this month, over eighty women with a newly discovered passion for public service attended the inaugural one-day training created by the Women's Campaign School at Yale, a non-partisan, issue neutral political campaign training program for women interested in running for office and in campaign management. The training was underwritten by a generous grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls.
Program to Recruit and Train Women In Manufacturing Careers Receives $50,000 from Catalyst Endowment Fund at Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... a comprehensive education and workforce development system designed to advance the employability of low-income, ...
Leadership Roundtable 2018 Cohort
Release Date:
10/24/2017
FAIRFIELD and HARTFORD, CT -- Leadership Development Roundtable (LDR) is currently recruiting for 2018 Fairfield and Hartford Cohorts. Applications are due December 1, 2017.
Reentry Integration Strategic Grants
Release Date:
10/01/2017
... for those that have been directly impacted by the system of mass incarceration to exercise collective ... of youth and young adults directly impacted by the justice system to address systemic issues that they have identified ...
Liberty Bank Foundation Approves $99,800 in Grants
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... expand the position of the shelter to manager to include system change work to end youth homelessness Celebrating its ...
Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity receives $240,000 General Operating Support Grant from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Release Date:
10/19/2017
HARTFORD, CT -- In an effort to support initiatives that provide families with access to quality housing, the Hartford Foundation has awarded a three-year, $240,000 General Operating Support grant to Hartford Habitat for Humanity.
Formerly Homeless Youth Lead Hartford Panel On Helping Their Own
Release Date:
10/20/2017
... Trust, brought stakeholders in the supportive-housing system together with some of those youth themselves to mend ...
Musician John Mayer Gives His Dad A Gift That Will Keep On Giving
Release Date:
10/17/2017
NORWALK, CT -- Singer/songwriter John Mayer has established the Richard Mayer Scholarship Fund at Fairfield County's Community Foundation in honor of his father, Richard, who turned 90 last week. The four-year scholarship will provide funds to a student pursuing the field of education.
Introducing Giving Voice, a blog for and about grantmakers in Connecticut
Release Date:
10/17/2017
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut Council for Philanthropy introduces Giving Voice, a blog for and about grantmakers in Connecticut.
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Programs Hope to Assist Non-College-Bound Students with Community Foundation Help
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... on Stanley Black & Decker’s New Britain campus. Paulette Fox of the Opportunities Industrialization Center One ... productive lives,” said OIC Executive Director Paulette Fox. “We view this funding as an ideal opportunity to ...
More than $200K in Grants Approved by Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Center. A $35,000 grant to match 2017-2018 school system funding for the Center, which provides support, ... the Collaborative’s work aimed at creating a coordinated system early care, education and child development in ...
Member eBrief - October 2017
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... brief, A Journey Through Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System . The brief looks at the past to show the progress ...