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This section features reports, webinars, member spotlights, best practices, sample documents, and resources we believe can help grantmakers and foundations. Some of these items are only available to members. There are several different ways to search the resource library. Using the filters on the right side of this page, you can search by type of Resource Type, Topic, Funding Area, or Audience. For example, if you are looking for a Report, select Resource Type, then you can filter by Audience or Topic to refine the results.

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Directory of Community Foundations Serving Connecticut

Publication date: 
12/2022

See this directory for the 21 community foundations serving Connecticut across the state They range from small foundations with no staff that generally serve one town, to foundations that serve many towns in a region and are among the largest of their kind in the country.

Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits

Publication date: 
12/2022

In 2020 MacKenzie Scott shook up the funding world by announcing an unprecedented series of large gifts, distributing $1.7 billion to 116 nonprofit organizations – many of which focused on issues of racial equity. Not only were these the largest gifts most of the organizations had ever received, but each donation was also made with no restrictions and minimal reporting requirements.

Funders and Advocacy: What You Need To Know Webinar

Publication date: 
12/2022

This webinar is a recording of our March 2022 training with Alliance for Justice. It provides guidance on what funders need to know from both the state and federal level, helps gain a clear understanding of the kinds of advocacy activities your foundation can safely engage in, and discuss best practices for grantmaking to give your grantees the most flexibility under the law for their advocacy efforts.

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Advocacy

CT Public-Private Partnership Summit Webinar

Publication date: 
12/2022

This webinar is a recording of our October 2022 CT Public-Private Partnership Summit. This was a networking and interactive summit on collaboration required among Connecticut’s public and philanthropic organizations to strategically address together the many persistent community challenges facing our state. 

Participatory and Community-Led Grantmaking Webinar

Publication date: 
11/2022

A growing number of funders in Connecticut are exploring ways to incorporate community voices into the philanthropic process. Recognizing that authentic relationships and clear accountability to communities are core to advancing equity in philanthropy, funders are increasing impact by inviting communities closest to an issue to bring analysis, expertise and solutions to the table.   

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Advocacy and Public Policy Decision-making Framework

Publication date: 
11/2021

The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy is the leading voice to policy makers on behalf of Connecticut’s grantmakers. CCP works with its members to connect the ideas and insights of the Connecticut philanthropic community to policy makers. CCP will engage in public policy advocacy as one strategy toward its mission of organizing, inspiring, and equipping a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change.

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