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Nonprofits and Grantmakers Bear the Weight of CT's Enduring Budget Crisis
Community Foundation’s New Trustees Bring a Range of Experiences and Deep Commitment to Eastern Connecticut
Community Foundation Event Brews Interest in Membership
Wallet Hub Report: Connecticut Is a Top Charitable State
Amid State Funding Cuts, Nonprofits Rethink Their Operations
State Budget Woes Impacting Nonprofits, Grantmakers
Citizens Charitable Foundation Announces $250,000 in Grants To Non-Profits
Juanita James: Shaping a Better Future on Giving Tuesday
Two to Join American Savings Foundation Board
NEW BRITAIN -The American Savings Foundation recently elected two new directors: Michael Carrier and Caitlyn Prescott
On Giving Tuesday, Nonprofits Take Stock of Connecticut Philanthropy
Newman's Own Tax Break
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Newman’s Own Foundation isn’t mentioned in the Senate or House tax bills by name, but appears to be the target of a specific carveout—among the many highly targeted breaks and exemptions in the new GOP tax plans. The unusual structure of the Newman’s Own Foundation, a nonprofit charity that wholly owns a for-profit food company, leaves it vulnerable to a punitive 200 percent tax that would break up the arrangement, and for the past nine years it has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying Congress to change U.S. law so it can be exempt.
Darien and New Canaan Will Compete to See Who is More Charitable on Giving Tuesday
Giving Guide: Business Gives Back
Fairfield County’s Giving Day 2018 Slated for March 1st
Farmington Bank, 102.9 The Whale and Whole Foods Collect 2,600 Pounds of Thanksgiving Food and Money Donations For Hands On Hartford
Hartford Bishops Foundation Raises more than $1.7 for Catholic Education and Faith Formation
PROSPECT, CT -- The second annual Hartford Bishops’ Foundation Gala at the Aria in Prospect on Nov. 18 raised more than $1.7 million to support Catholic education and faith formation for people of all ages in the Archdiocese of Hartford. The gala was chaired by Jim Torgerson, CEO of Avangrid, Inc., and his wife MaryAnn. Torgerson is a regional chairman of the Hartford Bishops’ Foundation.
Newman's Own Foundation is Teaming Up with CrowdRise To Launch $500,000 Holiday Challenge
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, has teamed up with CrowdRise, now part of GoFundMe—the world's largest social fundraising platform—to sponsor CrowdRise's annual Holiday Challenge. Launching November 21, right before Giving Tuesday, and lasting through January 3, the Newman's Own Foundation Holiday Challenge will donate half a million dollars to competing charities, based on certain criteria and challenges over the course of the campaign. This year's program marks the largest holiday challenge to date for CrowdRise, with over 4,000 nonprofits registered to participate.