Friday, May 1, 2015
HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy named BARBARA NETTER the recipient of the 2015 John H. Filer Award for her leadership in promoting private action for the public good.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- More than 200 philanthropists, grantmakers and community leaders will gather on April 30 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven for the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy’s Annual Meeting and Philanthropy Awards, Philanthropy’s Role in Empowering Change--in recognition of the 50th anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965--and honoring leaders in the philanthropic field.