TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Women & Girls Fund has awarded $5,000 in grants in support of two local child care centers that are working to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 at their facilities.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,000 to Winsted Area Child Care Center to support child care tuition
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Women & Girls Fund invites nonprofits to apply for grants. The application deadline is February 29, 2020.
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut announces $210,554 in 2019 grants to 53 nonprofits aimed at providing greater equity for women and girls throughout Eastern Connecticut from its four Women & Girls Funds.
BRISTOL, CT -- On this National Philanthropy Day, Friday, November 15, 2019, Main Street Community Foundation wants to celebrate the extraordinary change that fundraising and philanthropy have helped to create in your communities, specifically through two of the Foundation’s community endowments – the Women & Girls’ Fund (WGF) and the Men & Boys’ Fund (MBF).
NORWALK, CT -- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls’ unveiled research today that will guide The Fund’s development of new investment areas, competitive grant making and advocacy efforts for 2020 and beyond.
BRISTOL, CT -- Every day, women in the state of Connecticut are forging equity in women’s education, health, leadership and economic advancement.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,245 to Northwest Connecticut YMCA to support citizenship classes, including ESL and civics instruction for mothers and daughters.
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The fifth annual Camp LiveGirl brought together 130 girls from across Connecticut, including girls from as far away as the Waterbury Boys & Girls Club and the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants. The New Canaan Community Foundation, the Connecticut Community Foundation, the Grace J. Fippinger Foundation, and Refinitiv funded camp scholarships.
WATERBURY, CT -- The Women's Giving Circle at Connecticut Community Foundation—65 women of all ages eager to make an impact for women and girls in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills—awarded grants totaling $29,500 to five organizations serving the region.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- At The Community Fund for Women & Girls’ annual meeting, newly appointed Chair Karen Peart announced grant awards totaling $130,000 to 12 nonprofit partner organizations working to advance gender equity in the region.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,000 to CT Women’s Education and Legal Fund to support the work of th
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $4,275 to Northwestern Connecticut Community College to support a Girls and Women in Manufacturing, a program that includes manufacturing, and financial literacy courses.
GREENWICH, CT -- Commemorating its history of community impact, Tracee Ellis Ross was the featured keynote speaker at Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls Annual Luncheon. More than 800 friends and supporters from Connecticut and beyond were part of this celebration held at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut, on April 4, 2019.
BRISTOL, CT -- MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER is the theme for the Women & Girls’ Fund at Main Street Community Foundation’s 18th Annual Wonder of Women (WOW) event to be held on Tuesday, April 23 at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville.
BRISTOL, CT -- A record $55,227 in grants was awarded during the Women & Girls’ Fund Annual Meeting & Grantee Reception.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation invites nonprofits to apply for grants. The application deadline is March 1, 2019.
NORWALK, CT -- Tracee Ellis Ross is the keynote speaker at the Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) Fund for Women & Girls Annual Luncheon on April 4th at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, CT.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to local nonprofits, announces several grant opportunities with various application deadlines in the coming weeks.
CONNECTICUT -- The Connecticut Collective for Women and Girls (CCWG), launched last month with more than 20 members and six funders, gathered at Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to celebrate the beginning of the Collective.
TORRINGTON, CT -- Jane Williams of Winsted has been named to the executive committee of the Women & Girls Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation.
NORWALK, CT -- The Connecticut Collective for Women and Girls, a new network, launched today to provide support and collaboration for organizations serving women and girls.
NORWALK, CT -- Tracee Ellis Ross, award-winning actress, producer and activist will be featured as the keynote speaker at the 2019 Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls Annual Luncheon on April 4, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut.
GOSHEN, CT -- On October 13, 2018 at the Clubhouse at Woodbridge Lake in Goshen, Karla Fortunato, president of Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, delivered the keynote for Connecticut Community Foundation's celebration honoring 25 years of women's philanthropy.
NORWALK, CT -- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls (FWG) is pleased to announce the launch of The Sexual Violence Prevention Collaborative of Fairfield County, their latest philanthropic initiative with their partners to address sexual assault in the region.
TORRINGTON, CT -- Join the Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, for an evening full of laughs and thoughtful insights with Velya Jancz-Urban onOctober 18, 2018.
TORRINGTON, CT -- Susan (Susie) Payne of Washington and Frances Stoffer of New Hartford have been named to the executive committee of the Women & Girls Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation. The Fund awards grants annually for programs and capital needs with a focus on promoting economic self-sufficiency for women and girls through education, financial literacy and social services.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded $9,500 in grants in support of local organizations that are working to develop economic self-sufficiency for women by means of education, financial literacy and social services.
GREENWICH, CT -- Celebrating 20 years of community impact, Billie Jean King was the featured keynote speaker at Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls. Close to 1,000 friends and supporters from Connecticut and beyond were part of this auspicious event held at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich.
NEW LONDON, CT -- On March 8, International Women’s Day, advocates around the globe celebrate the achievements of women and call for advancing gender equality. Locally, the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut (CFECT) is bringing together leaders at MoveFORWARD* to share advances, identify obstacles, and -- together with the participation of the audience -- propose strategies to drive effective community action.
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut commissioned DataHaven to develop a report on the Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut, and the findings provide an insightful snapshot of disparities that persist, and challenges that remain and may increase, as well as diminish, in the years ahead.
NEW LONDON, CT -- While a new report on the status of women and girls in eastern Connecticut will serve the region as a rich source of statistics, solutions and challenges, it is really an iron hand in a velvet glove. It comes with an agenda The Day heartily endorses: a coordinated philanthropic strategy for better lives for girls and women. The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut has begun the rollout of the report, subtitled "A Catalyst for Action," to document where women of all ages stand in regard to health, education level, employment, financial stability and security from domestic violence.
BRISTOL, CT -- At their Annual Meeting & Grantee Reception on January 18, 2018, the Women & Girls’ Fund of Main Street Community Foundation awarded a record $51,111 in grants to 14 organizations serving women and girls in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott.
NORWALK, CT -- 2018 marks the 20th yea
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Northeast Connecticut Women and Girls of Fund of The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut hosted a Founders Celebration, on Dec. 7, at the Taylor Brooke Winery in Woodstock. Grants totaling $10,015 were given out to five nonprofit organizations and foundations for their work with women and girls in northeastern Connecticut.
STAMFORD, CT -- Throughout their community impact work, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’ Fund for Women & Girls focuses on encouraging girls to develop confidence, find their voices, learn life skills, and make healthy choices. Today’s fifth annual Girls Leadership Summit held at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford is a perfect example of how this organization addresses issues head on by creating inspiring opportunities.
HARTFORD, CT -- Interval House, the state’s busiest domestic violence intervention and prevention organization, has received an $11,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut will host a community conversation on women’s equality from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St., Willimantic.
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut manufacturers have said they are struggling to find skilled labor both for a growing number of existing positions and to replenish a workforce from which baby boomers ar
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.
MYSTIC, CT -- Dozens of women — and a few men — packed the ballroom of the Hilton Mystic on Friday morning for the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut's annual Celebration of Women Breakfast. It was a chance for the Community Foundation to reflect on the programs that ran last year with financial support from its Southeast Area Women & Girls Fund, and to encourage donors to continue their support.
TORRINGTON, CT -- Gina Barreca, academic, humorist and author will be our guest speaker at this humor-filled luncheon fundraiser for The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut
BRIDGEPORT, CT -- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has received a $30,000 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, including a $15,000 award from the foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls. The funds will be used to support the Zoo’s teen program, Conservation Discovery Corps (CDC).
BRISTOL, CT -- The Women & Girls' Fund of Main Street Community Foundation is hosting a Lunch & Learn for local nonprofit professionals and volunteers to discuss the Fund’s grant process as well as the critical needs and issues local girls and women face. This luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 24, 2017 from 11 am – 1 pm at Tunxis@Bristol, which is located at 430 North Main Street in Bristol.
WATERBURY, CT -- Women of all ages and backgrounds who want to improve and enrich the lives of women and girls in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills have a new opportunity to learn about and address community issues through the Women’s Giving Circle at the Connecticut Community Foundation.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Women & Girls Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation invites nonprofits to apply for grants. Programs eligible for grants include those that serve women and girls in the development of economic self-sufficiency by means of education, financial literacy and social services. Applicants may request up to $5,000 for programs. The application deadline is March 8, 2017.