Grantseekers
As part of the Council’s mission to promote effective philanthropy, we seek to enhance the grantmaker/grantseeker relationship. In addition to convening gatherings where grantmakers and grantseekers come together to share information, we provide information and resources for grantseekers including a searchable database of over 2,200 funders in Connecticut – Connecticut Grantmakers Online (CGO).
In This Area
- Connecticut Grantmakers Online
The largest and most comprehensive online database of Connecticut foundations and corporate grantmakers.
- Opportunities for Grantseekers
Grantseekers may find Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other opportunities and announcements from Council member funders.
- Grantmaker News
Find the latest news about Connecticut grantmakers.
- Capital and Major Campaigns
Report on the recently completed, current and anticipated campaign activities for Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven counties.
- Common Application and Report Forms
Common forms developed to facilitate the application and reporting process for grantmakers and grantseekers.
- Starting a nonprofit in Connecticut
General assistance in organizing and maintaining a nonprofit charitable corporation in Connecticut
- Philanthropy Basics
An introduction to philanthropy and the different types of foundations and grantmakers.
- Women's Philanthropy
Throughout the world, philanthropy by women and girls and for women and girls has grown, strengthened and become more visible. Here in Connecticut, women’s and girls’ funds have become a force in philanthropy.
- Ways to Share, A Holiday Wish List
The "Holiday Wish List" is a collection of the seasonal needs of nonprofits that directly serve children, families and adults from Thanksgiving to Three Kings Day (Jan 6). Find how a Connecticut nonprofit can participate in this resource.
- TANF Information
The federal stimulus package creates potential opportunities for funders to invest their private funds to leverage funding at a rate of $1 to $4! An investment of $100,000 can leverage $400,000 in Federal Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds.
- Federal Recovery Act - ARRA Resources
Find materials and resources to help nonprofit organizations and groups of organizations to compete for the Federal ARRA money.
Links
- Foundations and Their Role in Philanthropy
Foundation Center's free webinar gives you the answers to the most frequently asked questions about a little-understood vehicle for philanthropy: foundations. 60 minutes.
- The New Form 990: Video Series Introduction
Each video in this series, offered by the IRS, covers a key area of the Form 990 using facts from a case study, and run between five and ten minutes long in viewing time.
- Glasspockets
A web site launched by the Foundation Center, features foundations that have taken the lead in communicating about their work, particularly using online resources and social networks. Visitors to the site will find essential facts about all 97,000 U.S. foundations, illustrations of philanthropy's impact on the issues that people care about, and information on the ways in which foundations are striving to become more transparent.
- Alliance for Justice
A national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. The Alliance advances the cause of justice for all Americans.
- Connecticut Association of Nonprofits
CT Nonprofits, a statewide organization, supports and strengthens nonprofit organizations in building and sustaining healthy communities in Connecticut.
