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The Foundation Center compiles Foundation Landscapes that combine multiple resources, including data visualization tools, original research, and more to illuminate critical issues in philanthropy. This page, focused on racial equity, includes a collection of research, upcoming trainings and webinars, news articles, and blog posts from experts in the field.
MERIDEN, CT -- Cox Communications announced the award of $40,000 in “Tech Boosts” grants to four organizations devoted to improving the lives of children and families through technology-driven education to empower them to better futures.
Cox Charities Northeast, a charitable giving initiative of Cox Communications, is currently accepting applications for its 2019 Cox Charities Community Grant program. The application deadline is January 16, 2019.
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations engaged in the workforce development area.
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) today announced that ArtsMentors, a community engagement program for underserved youth, has received $10,000 in funding support from both the National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America Program and the Richard P. Garmany Fund, a donor-advised fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
HARTFORD, CT -- United Technologies Corporation (UTC) receives a recognition honoring the company’s 20-year sponsorship of the WTIC Holiday Stores.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded grants to 27 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $123,350 during its third grant cycle of 2018. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall.
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations in Greater Hartford.
HARTFORD, CT -- New York state is leading a group of 18 states, 10 cities, four counties and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in a lawsuit against the Census Bureau and Commerce Department to try to remove a new citizenship question from the 2020 census questionnaire. It was originally filed April 3, more than a week after California filed a similar lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the bureau, and Census Bureau officials. The city of San Jose, Calif., as well as a group of individuals from Maryland and Arizona, have also taken separate legal actions to block the citizenship question. The states joining New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
HARTFORD, CT -- The next decennial survey isn’t until 2020. But on Tuesday in downtown Hartford, representatives from the Census Bureau, local and state government, and community groups got together to jump-start their outreach plans to get every resident counted.
NEW YORK, NY -- The Travelers Foundation, the charitable arm of The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV), today announced that it is accepting applications for its annual Travelers Excellence in Community Resilience Award. Applications will be accepted through Dec. 17, 2018.
NEWARK, NJ -- In response to the ongoing wildfires throughout California that have devasted communities and displaced thousands, Prudential is committing $100,000 to the California Community Foundation and has launched an employee matching gifts campaign of up to $25,000 to California Fire Foundation.
WELLESLEY, MA -- To assist communities in the Merrimack Valley affected by the devasting gas explosions on September 13, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is establishing special procedures for emergency premium assistance for individuals directly enrolled. In addition to the emergency support to ensure coverage, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation is donating $10,000 to the Greater Lawrence Disaster Relief Fund at the Essex County Community Fund.
NORWICH, CT -- The Chelsea Groton Foundation recently presented a grant donation of $100,000 to NCDC’s Global City Norwich program, to be used specifically for assisting multicultural entrepreneurs and small business owners who are interested in occupying storefront spaces in the Downtown area, or who currently own businesses and are looking to grow.
NEW LONDON, CT -- The National Coast Guard Museum Association, Inc. gratefully announces a generous pledge of $100,000 from the Chelsea Groton Foundation.
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations in Eastern Connecticut
ROCKY HILL, CT -- Connecticut United Ways received a $10,000 grant from Webster Bank to support a new campaign to boost emergency savings for financially-struggling families. ALICE Saves will provide participants with cash rewards to kick-start a life-long habit of saving.
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations in eastern Connecticut.
For CCP members who have responsibility for foundation operations and administration.
For CCP members who have responsibility for foundation operations and administration.