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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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CCP's 2018 Strategic Vision

Publication date:

06/2018

CCP's 2018 Strategic Vision describes its comitments and five strategies for moving forward.

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CCP Members

2018 Legislative Session Update - OEC

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06/2018

The Connecticut State Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has provided a 2018 Legislative Session Update on how the OEC fared in the state budget, as well as important bills that were passed, including two agency bills.

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Public Policy Materials

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CCP Members

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Public Policy

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Early Childhood

Knowledgebase

Insight, Impact, and Equity – Collecting Demographic Data

Publication date:

06/2018

For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served and the communities impacted. That data should be used to assess practices and drive decision making.

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ALICE Reports

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06/2018

The ALICE Project is an initiative of United Ways in a number of states and provides a framework, language, and tools to measure and understand the struggles of a population called ALICE — an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.

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Report

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Facts, Figures, Trends

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Employment/Jobs

Human Services

CCP Member Orientation Webinar Recording

Publication date:

04/2018

Get acquainted or reacquainted with all CCP has to offer its members in this recorded webinar. The presentation includes a guided tour of CCP’s website.

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Webinar Recording

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CCP Members

Non-member Grantmaker

Open for Good: Knowledge Sharing to Strengthen Grantmaking

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04/2018

In Open for Good: Knowledge Sharing to Strengthen Grantmaking, grantmakers make a strong case for foundations to openly share knowledge as an integral and strategic aspect of philanthropy.

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Guide

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CCP Members

Non-member Grantmaker

Topic(s):

Evaluation

Organizational Capacity

Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut

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02/2018

The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, in conjunction with researchers at DataHaven, has developed their first “Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut.”

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Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut

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02/2018

The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, in conjunction with researchers at DataHaven, have developed their first Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut.

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Report

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Community Foundation

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Facts, Figures, Trends

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Women & Girls

Community Crossroads

Publication date:

02/2018

Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has released, Community Crossroads, an extensive research project focused on the demographic composition of their communities.

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Report

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Community Foundation

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Facts, Figures, Trends

Funder Collaborations — Flourish or Flounder?

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12/2017

From The Foundation Review's December 2017 article examines funder collaboration illustrated by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Education First's funding efforts to support the Common Core State Standards in the nation's K-12 public education system.

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Giving in Connecticut - 2016

Publication date:

12/2017

Giving in Connecticut 2016 looks at charitable giving in Connecticut for calendar year 2014 and includes individual giving through reported contributions, bequests made through estate giving, and foundation giving. Giving in Connecticut 2016 uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the IRS Statistics of income Division, the Foundation Center, and self-reported data gathered by CCP.

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Policy Makers

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Connecticut Early Childhood Trauma Training Needs Assessment

Publication date:

12/2017

Connecticut Association for Infant Mental Health (CT-AIMH) and their Early Childhood Trauma Collaborative partners are striving to increase the competency and capacity of the workforce serving infants and young children and their families to address the needs of children and families experiencing, or who have experienced trauma. In preparation for this work Lorentson Consulting was contracted to conduct a comprehensive statewide needs assessment in line with the tenets of participatory evaluation. The report was made possible by the Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy.

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A Closer Look

Publication date:

11/2017

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation has launched 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.