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COVID-19 Crisis Streamlines Nonprofit Funding Process
HARTFORD, CT -- CCP President Karla Fortunato and Erika Frank, Senior Community Investments Officer for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, comment on the changes made to the grantmaking processes in the current COVID-19 crisis.
CT Philanthropy Digest - Summer 2020
The SUMMER 2020 DIGEST includes FEATURED NEWS STORIES - Philanthropy Issues Calls To Action on Racial Equity and Justice; New Report on Health Equity and COVID-19; Four Recommendations to Ensure CT's COVID Response Leaves No One Behind; New Report: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century; CHEFA Grants $3M Statewide in Response to COVID-19 Crisis; and Grants & RFPs; COVID-19 FUNDER RESPONSE; PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; POLICY UPDATE; EVENTS AND RESOURCES; THE POWER OF GOOD PEOPLE; and JOBS!
Conversation on Next Steps for Doing Anti-Racist Work
A conversation for funder CEOs and Board Members.
Facing racism: A call to action for philanthropy
HARTFORD, CT -- This Blog post is from Tiffany Donelson, vice president of program for the Connecticut Health Foundation. In September 2020, she will become the foundation’s president and CEO.
Foundations Influencing Policy: Engaging the Board & Building Buy-In
This interactive discussion presented by CEP and Board Source will explore the #1 challenge that foundation leaders face in their policy efforts: building board support.
Rapid Response of CT Philanthropy Amidst COVID-19
CONNECTICUT -- Elaine Mintz and Karla Fortunato write about how Connecticut’s philanthropic community has responded to address the immediate needs of the Covid-19 crisis. Elaine is the VP of Operations for Fairfield County's Community Foundation and Board Chair of Connecticut Council of Philanthropy (CCP). Karla is CCP's president.
Connecticut teams up with Indeed on back-to-work initiative
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut has teamed with employment search engine Indeed to create a state-specific online portal to link those who have lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic with employers as the economy reopens. Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday the portal is the first of its kind in the country and part of a new program called the CT Back to Work Initiative, which also will include an online job fair and online job training programs for the approximately 610,000 state residents who have filed for unemployment during the pandemic.
The 2020 Election: Will we all be heard?
A webinar about the mechanics and challenges of voting during a pandemic.
COVID-19: Support for Mental Health, Bereavement and Grief
The seventh and final COVID-19 Series webinarpresented by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
COVID-19: Managing a Global Response
Sixth COVID-19 Series webinar presented by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy
CT spends nothing as other states invest millions in 2020 census
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut is among the half of states in the nation spending no money on the census, instead relying on philanthropy and networks of volunteer committees to bolster U.S. Census workers, who will try to find and count the millions of Americans who do not respond next spring. CCP President Karla Fortunato is quoted twice and along with CCP Member Jay Williams, President & CEO of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
West Hartford residents Donelson, Hutensky elected to Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
HARTFORD — During its April board meeting, the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy elected Elaine V. Mintz, vice president of operations, Fairfield County's Community Foundation, as its new board chair to succeed outgoing chair Kathryn Luria, senior vice president of community affairs and director of philanthropy, Webster Bank. Joining CCP’s executive board leadership is Vice Chair Tiffany Donelson, vice president of programs, Connecticut Health Foundation, a West Hartford resident. Also from West Hartford is Jill Hutensky, senior vice president, Hartford market manager, Bank of America, who is one of six newly elected CCP Board members.
Coronavirus Response: Building a future that reimagines systems for justice
A webinar for grantmakers
How Foundations Are Shaping Policy During COVID-19
The philanthropic sector’s ability to influence public policy has been a pathway to significant social change in the United States.
An Eye-Opening Look at US Food & Ag Systems and How Today's Crises Were Created
A webinar for funders only
Policy Influence: What Foundations Are Doing and Why
New insight on foundation influence on policy
CCP Members Respond to Calls for Racial Equity and Justice
Funders are responding to calls for racial equity and justice in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and in the midst of a global pandemic revealing stark racial inequities. CCP has compiled member statements of support and commitments to action.