Community Foundation

Thursday, July 16, 2020
Connecticut Will Have Its First Statewide, Publicly Accessible Data Source to Assist Voter Registration, Voter Turnout Efforts

HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Data Collaborative (CT Data) is constructing a public data platform designed to provide organizations seeking to increase voter registration and voting in Connecticut with the data necessary to more effectively target their efforts. Utilizing civic engagement grant funds awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, CT Data will provide data, analysis and technical assistance that will encourage the use of data to inform voter registration outreach efforts.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation and DataHaven Unveil Community Wellbeing Index 2019

NORWALK, CT -- Forward Fairfield County: A Day of Data-Driven Conversation, presented by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF), was held today in conjunction with the release of its latest research initiatives, including the updated Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2019 (CWI) and new research from the Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls.

Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Berkshire Taconic Announces Launch of ACloserLook.Net

SHEFFIELD, MA -- Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation today announced the launch of ACloserLook.net, an easy-to-navigate, interactive web resource providing current data, resident perspectives and multimedia stories on the four-county region Berkshire Taconic serves.

Monday, June 11, 2018
CT Data Collaborative to Work with Nonprofits on Data Literacy

HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Data Collaborative will intensify efforts to improve the data literacy skills of nonprofit organizations through an array of workshops, courses, training, focus groups and evaluations in a multi-pronged, three-year plan that has earned the financial support of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Northwest CT Community Foundation Releases Demographics Report

TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has published, Community Crossroads - Northwest Connecticut - Where we are now and were we are headed. Community Crossroads is an extensive research project focused on the demographic composition of Northwest Connecticut communities – now and in the future – and core community wellbeing indicators, such as housing, employment, education, healthcare and crime

Friday, September 15, 2017
In the Berkshires, locals struggle as tourism booms

SHEFFIELD, MA -- The Berkshires are rich with art, dance, theater, and music, dotted with picturesque towns and rolling hills that bloom red and gold in the fall. Tourists and second-home owners have been flocking here in increasing numbers, but for many of the people who live and work here year-round, getting by is a greater struggle than it used to be. The number of people in poverty in Berkshire County rose by nearly a third between 2000 and 2015, even as the overall year-round population dipped and the number of seasonal home owners increased almost 19 percent, according to data compiled for a recent study by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

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