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Danbury Early College Opportunity Program at Danbury High Gets $30K Grant
DANBURY, CT -- The Danbury Early College Opportunity (DECO) program at Danbury High School has received a $30,000 grant from the Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF). The grant will give students in the program access to course programming that will help them in their pursuit of an Associate Degree in Computer Information Sciences.
Valley Community Foundation Celebrates 14 Years of Community Philanthropy
Women & Girls Fund Executive Committee Welcomes New Members
New Connecticut Community Foundation Grants Open Doors to 23 Community Events
CT Data Collaborative to Work with Nonprofits on Data Literacy
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Data Collaborative will intensify efforts to improve the data literacy skills of nonprofit organizations through an array of workshops, courses, training, focus groups and evaluations in a multi-pronged, three-year plan that has earned the financial support of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Nutmeg Nuggets: Philanthropic Group is Foundation; for Nutmeg, Other Nonprofits
TORRINGTON, CT -- Two now-legendary entities began in Torrington at almost the same instant in 1969 and have evolved into major institutions with important ties to each other. While Sharon Dante was launching a dance school called Nutmeg Ballet, members of the Torrington Club were starting a philanthropic group called the Torrington Area Foundation for Public Giving. Both began modestly and grew up together just a few blocks apart, changing their names over the years to become the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation.
New Canaan Community Foundation Gives to Stamford Crisis Center
NEW CANAAN, CT -- At the New Canaan Community Foundation's awards ceremony at the New Canaan Library, The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education (The Center) received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation. A recognition that sexual violence is a problem in every community, this generous grant will fund The Center's prevention education programming in New Canaan and surrounding communities.
Over 130 Nonprofit Leaders Magnify Their Voices at Fairfield County’s Advocacy Day
Connecticut Community Foundation’s Annual Report Celebrates its Donors and Community Partners—the “Bridge Builders” of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills
VCF Celebrates 14 Years of Community Philanthropy
New Canaan Community Foundation Awards $650K in Grants
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The New Canaan Community Foundation celebrated its annual Grant Awards Ceremony Thursday morning, where the agency divided $650,000 among 80 local nonprofit organizations.
Community Foundation Tops Last Year's Grant Awards with Highest Amount Yet
Nonprofits Receive $103,950 in Spring Grants
Foundation’s $30,000 Grant to FoodCorps Will Give Waterbury and Naugatuck Schoolchildren Creative, Hands-On Lessons in Healthy Eating
WATERBURY, CT -- A $30,000 grant from Connecticut Community Foundation to the Connecticut affiliate of FoodCorps, a national organization that connects kids to healthy foods, will give schoolchildren in four Waterbury and Naugatuck schools hands-on lessons in healthy eating in order to promote their preferences for fruits and vegetables—and improve overall nutrition and wellness. The award is among 51 new grants totaling $366,600 made by the Foundation in their April grant round to nonprofit organizations serving communities in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
Summer Youth Employment Program to Run in Bristol
Summer Work Experience Program Offered for Second Year
Hartford Foundation Supports Opioid Education for Medical Providers
HARTFORD, CT -- Thanks to an $80,000 grant funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) has been able to support the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Comprehensive Education and Needs Training (NASCENT) project. This project was created to educate clinicians about their role in decreasing opioid misuse, thus reducing the number of individuals exposed to opioids in the first place – a critical public health concern.