All Grantmakers
As part of the Council’s mission, to promote effective philanthropy, we seek to enhance the grantmaker/grantseeker relationship. In addition to Dialogue With Donor gatherings where grantmakers and grantseekers come together to share information, we provide information and resources including a searchable database of over 1700 funders in Connecticut – Connecticut Grantmakers Online (CGO), tips for organizing a nonprofit organization and tips for fund raising.
In This Area
- TANF Emergency Contigency Fund
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.
- Disaster Relief
Find disaster relief information and resources for funders or individuals who want to support organizations responding to national and world wide disasters.
- The Bridgespan Group Resources
Visit the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's exclusive resource page on the Bridgespan Group's website. Resources include articles about and a toolkit for high impact philanthropy.
- Philanthropy In/Sight
A one-of-a-kind data visualization tool to help grantmakers understand the impact of their grants.
- Resources for Funding in Uncertain Times
A compilation of resources, tools, opinions and ideas to help the philanthropic community respond to the economic crisis.
- Networks and Collaborations
Information about funder networking opportunities and funder collaboratives in Connecticut and nationally
- Connecticut Grantmakers Online
The largest and most comprehensive online database of Connecticut foundations and corporate grantmakers.
- Women's Philanthropy
Throughout the world, philanthropy by women and girls and for women and girls has grown, strengthened and become more visible. In Connecticut, women’s and girls’ funds have become a force in philanthropy.
- Toolkit for Giving
A thoughtful guide to giving choices.
- Major and Capital 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.
- Project Streamline
Project Streamline is a collaborative effort that seeks to improve grant application and reporting.
- Online Resources
A list of external links to national and state sites and resources.
Materials
- Recommended Web Designers (DOC)
View a list of Council member recommended web designers. In a response to a request from a member, the Council collected information on recommended web designers that members have used and liked.
Links
- 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.
- Foundation Desk Reference
This book is a compendium of private foundation rules discussing everything you need to know to get organized. Written by Benjamin T. White, Esq., it is available for a nominal charge through the Southeastern Council of Foundations.
- Listening to Grantees: What Nonprofits Value in their Foundation Funders
The Center for Effective Philanthropy's April 2004 report which draws on surveys of thousands of nonprofit grantees to identify the key dimensions influencing grantee perceptions of large foundations.
- Ways to Share . . . A Holiday Wish List
Find information on how a nonprofit can participate in this resource for holiday charitable giving and volunteering. 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).
