Media - Press Room

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Laurie Allen
Communications Manager
860-525-5585, Ext. 10
lallen@CTphilanthropy.org

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    The Connecticut Philanthropy Digest is a summary of recent activities by Connecticut foundations and grantmakers.
  • Press Room Archives
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  • Statistics and Trends
    Profiles of giving and philanthropy in Connecticut, including "Connecticut Grantmaking Highlights."
  • Reports
    The Council's Annual reports, Capital Campaign reports, Women and Girls Funds report, Community Foundation Survey results and other reports.

Current Member Press Releases

  • Grant Supports Shubert Centennial Plan
    May 24, 2013 (NEW HAVEN, CT) The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to not-for-profit organizations serving the Greater New Haven region, announces that it has awarded $250,000 to the Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) for the renovation of the Shubert Theater in New Haven.
  • Simple Gifts Fund Awards Summer Enrichment Grants
    May 22, 2013 (SHEFFIELD, MA) The Simple Gifts Fund, an endowment of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, has awarded $6,000 in grants to 21 young people in the Berkshire Taconic area.
  • United Technologies Endows Yale Cancer Center Professorship for Research
    May 15, 2013 (HARTFORD, CT) The fight against cancer in Connecticut is getting a major boost from United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), which has donated $3 million to establish a new endowed professorship at the Yale Cancer Center (YCC) in New Haven, CT.
  • Three Honored by Council for Philanthropy
    May 14, 2013 (HARTFORD, CT) More than 250 philanthropists, grantmakers and community leaders gathered last week at the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy’s annual Connecticut Philanthropy Summit to honor three philanthropic leaders: ANDY EDER of Eder Bros. Inc. and the Eder Family Foundation; DAVID NEE of William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; and NANCY ROBERTS, recently retired president of the Council.
  • Office of The Healthcare Advocate Receives Grant to Evaluate the Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership
    May 14, 2013 (HARTFORD, CT) The Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) Board of Directors awarded the Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate (OHA) a one-year $85,000 grant to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated mental health and substance abuse care. Specifically, the grant will allow OHA to oversee an evaluation of how the state’s Behavioral Health Partnership (BHP), anecdotally regarded by many as a model for the state, delivers mental health care and substance abuse treatment to those on public insurance.
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Current Members In The News

  • Andy Eder honored by CT Council for Philanthropy - Jewish Ledger
    May 22, 2013 (HARTFORD, CT) Andy Eder of Guilford is one of three philanthropists honored earlier this month by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy at the organization’s annual Connecticut Philanthropy Summit. The event, held on May 9, was attended by more than 250 philanthropists, grant makers and community leaders gathered last week to honor three philanthropic leaders. In addition to Eder, the other honorees were David Nee and Nancy Roberts.
  • Harvard Pilgrim delays CT entry - Hartford Business Journal
    May 20, 2013 (HARTFORD, CT) Faced with a time crunch to prepare for health care reform and other corporate strategy moves, Massachusetts's Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is delaying its entrance into the Connecticut market, officials confirmed.
  • Historical society gets $10,000 foundation grant for roof - Republican-American
    May 18, 2013 (TORRINGTON, CT) The Torrington Historical Society received a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut to install a slate roof on the Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum.
  • New Approach to Giving Allows Heron Wider Array of Options - Chronicle of Philanthropy
    May 19, 2013 (New York, NY) The F.B. Heron Foundation plans to shift way from a strict asset-allocation and move its entire $274-million endowment into investments that produce social and financial returns.
  • Feel Your ART Beat—Aetna Arts Week: May 19-25
    May 16, 2013 (HARTFORD, CT) Aetna Arts Week, a week-long celebration of the arts in and around downtown Hartford, kicks off on Sunday. Sponsored by Aetna, Aetna Arts Week provides an incredible opportunity to take pART in our cultural community—all thanks to your generous donations to Greater Hartford Arts Council's United Arts Campaign.
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