Featuring the work of local, regional and national philanthropy and highlighting the work of Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) members. January 2016 |
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Foundation Launches $3.95 Million Career Pathways Initiative Hartford Foundation for Public Giving today announced the Career Pathways Initiative, a collaborative, cross-cutting approach to providing residents with education and workforce training that will help them ascend a career ladder in industries that have job openings. The Initiative will be supported by $3.95 million over three years in grants and technical assistance. The Career Pathways Initiative targets low-literate and low-skilled residents of the Capitol Region, including single parents, at-risk youth, immigrants, homeless heads of household, former offenders, and others who need a broad range of coordinated services to be successful. The initiative enhances or expands existing programs and pilots new approaches. "The Career Pathways Initiative is a strategic approach to a serious community problem," said Linda J. Kelly, president of the Hartford Foundation. "It requires partnerships among adult literacy, community college, workforce development and employment sectors to develop realistic and attainable career pathways leading to jobs for residents facing the most formidable barriers to success." Read more >> |
$900K Generation Work Grant Will Connect Young Adults to Employment "Generation Work" grants over the next four years to increase job opportunities for young adults from low income families in Hartford and four other communities (Cleveland, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Seattle). Hartford expects to receive up to $900K over the grant period for planning and implementation. The initiative will connect young adults, including those out-of-school or work or underemployed, with education, training and employment for careers in manufacturing and healthcare. |
Playbook Launched To Help Philanthropic Community Respond To Disasters The Disaster Philanthropy Playbook, a comprehensive resource of best practices and innovative approaches to guide the philanthropic community in responding to future disasters, is now available for use at www.disasterplaybook.org. "We are proud to have been a part of the creation of the Disaster Philanthropy Playbook and look forward to its use by our member organizations," said David Biemesderfer, president and CEO of the Forum. "Many of our regional associations and their member organizations have been confronted with disasters in their communities and have responded to the best of their ability and knowledge. Now, with access to the information in the Playbook, they can create proactive plans to respond when future disasters strike." Read more >> |
"Here in New Haven" Gives $1K per Day for 30 Days Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven have launched "Here in New Haven," a charitable giving initiative to support 30 local non-profit organizations dedicated to strengthening the greater New Haven community. The initiative, which coincides with Alexion's move to its new global headquarters in New Haven, will provide a $1,000 grant each day over a period of 30 business days, culminating on February 29, 2016, which is Global Rare Disease Day. "We are thrilled to partner with Alexion on this initiative, which utilizes giveGreater.org® to recognize and support the many deserving organizations serving New Haven that help our community continue to grow and thrive," said William W. Ginsberg, president and CEO of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. "We are equally thrilled that Alexion is returning to New Haven and appreciate the commitment of the company and its employees to our community." Read more >> |
Report Gives CT High Marks for Civic Health The report gives Connecticut relatively high marks compared to the national average for volunteering (29.1% vs. 26.2%) and charitable giving (57.9% vs. 50.7%) in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Residents in Connecticut are also more likely than the rest of the country to have attended a public meeting (10.5% vs. 8.7%) or worked with neighbors to fix or improve something in the community (9.2% vs. 8.2%) during those years. |
Four Foundations and State to Fund Mandated Healthcare Cost Reduction Study The state will partner with four nonprofit health foundations to fund a study that will recommend ways to reduce healthcare costs. The study will examine how other states are working to reduce the cost of care and will make recommendations that address the rising cost of care in Connecticut. Connecticut Health Foundation President and CEO Patricia Baker said, "The Connecticut Health Foundation asks state leaders to remain open to what the findings and recommendations of this study may suggest. There is much to learn from other states that could be locally adapted to the benefit of the state budget and consumers struggling to afford needed care." |
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CCP Members Aetna Foundation & Aetna American Savings Foundation Aurora Women and Girls Foundation AVANGRID Bank of America Charitable Foundation Cigna Foundation Comcast Connecticut Community Foundation Connecticut Humanities Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut Fairfield County's Community Foundation Farmington Bank Community Foundation Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Main Street Community Foundation MassMutual Melville Charitable Trust New Canaan Community Foundation Newman's Own Foundation People's United Community Foundation SI Financial Group Foundation United Way of Coastal Fairfield County |
Non-members American Eagle Financial Credit Union Bigelow Tea Bristol Business Education Foundation First Niagara Financial Group GE Foundation John Patrick Flanagan Foundation HAI Group LEGO Community Fund U.S. Lilly Endowment Inc. Open Society Foundation; Gary and Phyllis Gladstein Starwood Hotels Foundation State Farm; United Way of Western Connecticut; Wells Fargo Tariq Farid Foundation Tudor Foundation; United Way of Greenwich |
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Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Tuesday, February 2 - Application deadline: James C. Kapteyn Endowment Fund for excellence in teaching. Tuesday, March 1 - Application deadline: Harvard Business School's 'Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management' program. Tuesday, March 1 - Application deadline: The Green Pastures Fund that supports small, community-based agricultural ventures. Learn more >> |
Valley Community Foundation Wednesday, February 3, 9:30 - 11:30 am, Derby Public Library - Informational orientation for grantseekers Friday, March 4 - Application deadline: Community Grants
Thursday, March 31 - Application deadline: Responsive Grants |
New Canaan Community Foundation |
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven |
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities (CHEFA) |
Main Street Community Foundation |
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Bank of America Student Leader Program Tuesday, February 2 - Extended application deadline |
United Way Readers Monday, February 8 - Friday, May 20, Enfield, New Britain or Hartford The United Way of Central and Northeast Connecticut is currently recruiting volunteer United Way Readers to read with children in Enfield, Hartford and New Britain once a week from February through May. The is one part of United Way's role as a leader in the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, which is part of a national effort to involve the whole community - including volunteers - so all children stay on track to read on grade level by the fourth grade. Learn more >> |
Yale Philanthropy Conference: Fostering Ecosystems of Change Friday, February 12, 2016, Evans Hall, New Haven, CT The Yale Philanthropy Conference brings together more than 300 philanthropy professionals from a variety of sectors and functions, creating a platform for learning, networking and innovation. Fostering Ecosystems of Change, will examine how to harness tools for nurturing positive outcomes and amplifying impact in a constantly evolving philanthropic ecosystem. Learn more and register >> |
Fairfield County's Giving Day February 18 - Registration deadline Thursday, March 10 - Fairfield County's Giving Day Fairfield County's Giving Day, powered by Fairfield County's Community Foundation, and Bank of America, is a 24-hour online fundraising competition that unites community around local causes. Last year, $1,066,091 was donated by 13,161 individuals for 386 nonprofits that serve Fairfield County. Learn more >> |
Nonprofit Resource Center's Spring 2016 Workshop Series Monday, February 29 - How to Build the Perfect Donor Newsletter, Print and Digital Thursday, March 17 - ABCs of Nonprofit Law The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut is pleased to join the Public Library of New London, a Foundation Center Network Partner, in sponsoring the Spring 2016 Workshop Series for Nonprofits. Learn more >> |
Give Local Greater Waterbury & Litchfield Hills Tuesday, March 1 - Application for eligibility Thursday, March 30 - Registration deadline Tuesday, May 3 - Wednesday, May 4 - Give Local Greater Waterbury & Litchfield Hills Connecticut Community Foundation will host its fourth annual online community giving challenge, Give Local Greater Waterbury & Litchfield Hills, from 7 am on May 3 to 7 pm on May 4. Since the first event in 2013, Give Local has infused the nonprofit community with nearly $2 million in unrestricted funding. Ion Bank Foundation is the presenting sponsor of the event. Learn more >> |
Words to Give By Tuesday, March 1 - Thursday, March 31 - various dates and locations The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and WNPR have announced plans to offer another opportunity for people to share their stories of how an act of kindness made a positive impact on their lives or the lives of others. Anyone with a story to share is invited to sign up at WordsToGiveBy.org to be interviewed at one of five locations in the Greater Hartford area throughout the month of March. Learn more >> |
Wonder of Women (WOW) Wednesday, March 30 - Aqua Turf Club, Southington Main Street Community Foundation will present its 15th annual Wonder of Women (WOW) event with guest speaker Kara Sundlun, WFSB Emmy Award Winning Television Personality and Author of the book, Finding Dad: From "Love Child" to Daughter. Learn more >> |
Fund for Women and Girls Annual Luncheon Thursday, April 7- Greenwich Hyatt, Greenwich Fairfield County's Community Foundation's Fund for Women and Girls Annual Luncheon will feature Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team phenoms as keynote speakers. Learn more >> |
The Great Give® Friday, April 15 - Nonprofit registration deadline Tuesday, May 3 - Wednesday, May 4 - The Great Give® The Great Give® 2016 is a 36-hr online giving event starting 8:00 am on May 3rd. Every gift will be amplified with matching dollars provided by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, its affiliate the Valley Community Foundation and other generous community sponsors. Last year, the community responded with unprecedented giving with more than $1.2 Million raised to benefit nonprofits that serve the Greater New Haven region. Learn more >> |
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American Savings Foundation has elected two new members to its board of directors: James Jones, dean of students at New Britain's Slade Middle School, and James Little, formerly the vice president of American Savings Trust Department, and currenty the director of development for Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Read more >> |
Thaddeus Gray of Lakeville has joined the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's board of directors. Mr. Gray is a managing director of Abbott Capital Management, a New York-based investment advisor. He serves on Berkshire Taconic's Investment Committee and the board of the East Side Settlement House. Gray and three others - Ellen Casey Boyd of West Stockbridge, MA, Michael E. MacDonald of Pittsfield, MA, and Richard Weininger of Claverack, NY - join a regional board of 20 members. Read more >> |
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven's Progreso Latino Fund has featured Norma Rodriguez-Teyes in their Celebrating Latino Leaders series. Rodriguez-Reyes is president of La Voz Hispana de Connecticut (The Hispanic Voice of Connecticut), now the largest Spanish language newspaper in the state. Read more >> |
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, has appointed Justice Flemming L. Norcott Jr. and Roxanne J. Coady to their Board of Directors. Both began seven-year terms as of January 1, taking the seats of Howard K. Hill and Shelly Saczynski, respectively, whose terms expired at the end of 2015. "Roxanne Coady has long been a great community leader - as a businesswoman, a nonprofit leader and a passionate advocate for education, literacy and reading. Nick Norcott is an unparalleled leader too, as one of the outstanding jurists of his generation," says William Ginsberg, President and CEO of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. "We welcome them with great enthusiasm and great expectations for all that they will contribute to The Foundation over the next seven years." Read more >> |
Retired healthcare executive Laurence A. Tanner, the former long-time President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital of Central Connecticut, has assumed the position of board chair of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, heading a slate of Foundation leadership that includes a new vice chair and two new board members. Hospital for Special Care (HSC) President and Chief Executive Officer Lynn Ricci, a Foundation board member for the past two years, is the new Vice Chair. Joining the Foundation's board of directors for the first time are former Berlin Mayor Adam Salina and current Plainville Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jeffrey Kitching. Read more >> |
Oz Griebel, president and chief executive officer of the MetroHartford Alliance, has been appointed to serve on the volunteer board of directors of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The appointment was made by the MetroHartford Alliance, one of the Foundation's six outside appointing authorities. He succeeds Bonnie Malley, executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Phoenix Companies, Inc., who completed ten years on the board, the last two years as vice chair. In other board appointments, Yvette Meléndez of Glastonbury was re-elected as chair, JoAnn Price of Avon was elected vice chair and Robert B. Goldfarb of West Hartford was re-elected treasurer. Ms. Meléndez, who joined the Board in 2005, is vice president for government and community alliances for Hartford Healthcare and Hartford Hospital. Ms. Price, who joined the Board in 2010, is co-founder and managing partner of Fairview Capital Partners. Mr. Goldfarb, who joined the board in 2007, is president of HRW Resources, Inc. Read more >> |
Following the announcement of a historic investment of up to $200 million over five years, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (Nellie Mae) is increasing its capacity in the areas of both research and evaluation by naming two prominent experts to leadership positions within the Foundation. Nellie Mae recently named Eve Goldberg as director of research, and Sonia Caus Gleason has joined the Foundation as the director of strategic learning and evaluation. In these roles, Goldberg and Gleason will support Nellie Mae as part of its new strategy to reach a benchmark goal of 80% college and career readiness for all high school students across New England through student-centered learning. Read more >> |
New Milford resident Nancy Heaton, CEO of the Foundation for Community Health, has been reappointed to serve on the 21-volunteer member board of Connecticut's Legislative Commission on Aging by House Minority Leader Themis Klarides (R). Read more >> |
Michael Johnston, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, is one of thirteen "2015 Movers & Shakers" named by the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. The Ledger selects individuals throughout the state who are making a significant difference in Connecticut's Jewish communities. This year's the list focuses exclusively on Jewish communal workers - dedicated professionals on staff at Connecticut's many Jewish organizations. Read more >> |
Paula Gilberto, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's current senior vice president, was elected as one of Hartford Business Journal's "5 to Watch in 2016," a Greater Hartford nonprofit leader who will be under the spotlight in 2016 as she leads her organizations through major changes and developments. Gilberto was interviewed about her coming appointment as president and CEO of the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut when she replaces Susan B. Dunn, who will retire in March 2016. Read more >> |
John M. Horak, a partner with Reid and Riege and past CCP board member, makes a case for a for-profit charity and uses the "poignant question from CCP's Giving in Connecticut 2015 report. Read more >> |
According to the Associated Press, businessman and philanthropist Ted Stanley, who made one of the largest private donations for scientific research, has died. In 2014, Stanley committed $650 million to the Broad Institute, a biomedical research center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the study of psychiatric disorders. The cause was embraced by Stanley and his late wife, Vada Stanley, after their son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was in college in 1988. Read more >> |
ABOUT CCP |
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 The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) is an association of grantmakers committed to promoting and supporting effective philanthropy for the public good. CCP's members are foundations (private, corporate, community), business and corporate giving programs, bank trusts, donor-advised funds, individual philanthropists, and those serving the philanthropic sector. CCP members granted more than $720 million in 2013 from assets of more than $6.3 billion. CCP is dedicated to providing its members with the highest quality programs, resources and services, networking opportunities, and insight and news about grantmaking and philanthropy. For more news about philanthropy in Connecticut, go to the CCP's News Room, Connecticut Philanthropy Digest archives and our blog, CTPhilanthropyNotes.org. News about Connecticut funders may be submitted to the CCP for consideration. The Connecticut Philanthropy Digest is brought to you by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. Edited by Laurie Allen, Communications Manager . |
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