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The February Digest includes feature headlines: $15M in State Grants to Enhance Nonprofit Provider Services; New White Paper is a Nonprofit 101; Study Finds Tax Incentives Influence Giving; JPMorgan Chase Invests in New Skills for Youth State Grant Opportunity; Health Equity Organization Receives $300K for Policy Work; ALICE® Update Shows How Housing Costs Impacts Many CT Families; 200 First-generation Students to Receive College Support; Girls in STEM Conference Supported By Petit Family Foundation; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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A monthly benefit of Council membership, the February 2016 Member eBrief features: 2016 The Year of Influence and Data; CCP Updates; Member News & Releases; New Resources; Colleague News and Other Events. Remember to login to access this member benefit!
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David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, on the opportunity to lead a vibrant and growing organization.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- In a welcoming blog, The new president & CEO of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Forum), David Biemesderfer, briefly outlines the organization's new vision to be implemented in the coming two years. The Forum is the largest network serving philanthropy in America, consisting of 33 regional philanthropy associations – including the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy – with more than 5,500 participating organizations.
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The January Digest includes feature headlines: Foundation Launches $3.95 Million Career Pathways Initiative; $900K Hartford Generation Work Grant Will Connect Young Adults to Employment; Playbook Launched To Help Philanthropic Community Respond To Disasters; "Here in New Haven" Gives $1K per Day for 30 Days; Report Gives CT High Marks for Civic Health; Four Foundations and State to Fund Mandated Healthcare Cost Reduction Study; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; GRANTS & RFPS; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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A monthly benefit of Council membership, the January 2016 Member eBrief features: 2016 The Year of Influence and Data; CCP Updates; Member News & Releases; New Resources; Colleague News and Other Events. Remember to login to access this member benefit!
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NORWALK, CT -- With General Electric responsible for some 25 to 30 percent of its funding, the local chapter of the United Way, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, is reeling over the company’s planned departure from Connecticut. The GE Foundation’s charitable donations cover a broad spectrum globally, ranging from $20 million for maternal and child health care programs in a half-dozen African countries to a gift of $1.25 million to health centers in Fairfield County, but Maggie Osborn, President of Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, says the real loss for Fairfield County and Connecticut is the loss of the high-net-worth employees.
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NEW HAVEN, CT — Avangrid, INC. and its Connecticut subsidiaries, The United Illuminating Company, The Southern Connecticut Gas Company and Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, announced today they distributed $268,000 to 39 nonprofit organizations, through the State of Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA).

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The December Digest includes feature headlines: Giving in Connecticut 2015 Reports 22% Increase in Foundation Assets; Largest Data Set on CT Wellbeing Now Complete; $1.5M Will Support Veterans Services; $100K to be Matched for Immigration Integration; Philanthropy Forecast Takes Social Economy & Digital Infrastructure as Given; Grant to Bolster Staff, Increase Effectiveness of Homeless Shelter; Two Regional Studies to Help Tackle Food Access/Insecurity; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; EVENTS & TRAININGS; GRANTS, RFPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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HARTFORD, CT -- Individuals and foundations in Connecticut made $4.66 billion in charitable contributions in 2013, a report from the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy finds.
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