Liberty Bank Foundation Wins John S. Martinez Community Service Award
NEW HAVEN, CT— Columbus House awarded the John S. Martinez Community Service Award to Liberty Bank Foundation at the nonprofit's annual meeting Dec. 7 at the New Haven Lawn Club.
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NEW HAVEN, CT— Columbus House awarded the John S. Martinez Community Service Award to Liberty Bank Foundation at the nonprofit's annual meeting Dec. 7 at the New Haven Lawn Club.
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation is facing a very stiff tax penalty that could cause it to sell off its ownership in the food conglomerate that shares its name or even disband altogether if a provision in the tax reform bill currently being deliberated is not included.
WASHINGTON, DC -- A decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian could force the sale of the late actor Paul Newman’s food company, and dismantle his charity.
RIDGEFIELD, CT -- The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have joined forces to make the season brighter for lung cancer patients through the Bring Hope Home for the Holidays partnership. This program is helping lung cancer patients make holiday memories across the nation through December 20, 2017.
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Citizens Charitable Foundation today announced the recipients for nearly $250,000 in grants to non-profit organizations serving those in need across the communities served by the bank.
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.
FARMINGTON, CT -- Farmington Bank joined forces with 102.9 The Whale and Whole Foods Market to host a two-week Thanksgiving food drive benefitting those served by Hands On Hartford’s MANNA Community Food Pantry.
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.
FARMINGTON, CT -- Farmington Bank has joined forces with 102.9 The Whale and Whole Foods Market to host a two week food drive to benefit those served by Hartford-based social service agency Hands
STAMFORD, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) mobilized more than 200 corporate volunteers from 15 companies on Thursday, October 5, 2017 in projects across the Stamford community for its annual Day of Action.
HARTFORD, CT -- This week, small teams of Prudential employees in Newark and Hartford are pairing up with local nonprofits, offering support and advice on business strategy, finance, marketing and HR. The events are part of Pro Bono Week, a worldwide celebration of professional services donated in the public interest.
ORANGE, CT -- Avandrid is providing assistance to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico by deploying a Tactical Power Restoration Team specializing in the supervision of transmission and distribution system recovery. The Avangrid team, comprised of employees from across many of its Northeast subsidiaries, will assist ongoing efforts to address the island's power crisis after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico on September 20 as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- Volunters from Avangrid dropped by New Haven and Ansonia elementary schools recently to share their love of literacy with local schoolchildren.
BOSTON, MA -- Armed with paint brushes, rakes, gloves and basketballs, 150 Harvard Pilgrim, City Year and Boston Celtics' volunteers joined for a day of service to create clean, safe and healthy environments at Boston’s Joseph Lee K-8 school.
RIDGEFIELD, CT -- The Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation (BI Cares), today announced the addition of new leaders to oversee the Foundation’s direction and programs, including Karen Iannella as president.
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- This year marks the 20th anniversary of both the Liberty Bank Foundation and the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, and Middlesex United Way recounts their accomplishments and highlights some of their successful collaborations, including the Middlesex County Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, and the Middletown Thanksgiving Community Project.
DETROIT, MI -- Today, CrowdRise announced that its annual holiday giving campaign will be sponsored by Newman’s Own Foundation, with $500,000 in funding and matching donations for participating charities. The Challenge, which launches November 21, is now accepting charity applications at crowdrise.com/NewmansHolidayChallenge.
WESTPORT, CT – It was on August 25, 1982, that Newman’s Own shipped its first bottles of salad dressing. The late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman, launched the company with his homemade recipe salad dressing, declaring that all profits would go to charity. Now, 35 years later, the company has more than 300 products with 100% of the profits continuing to help charities around the world.
FARMINGTON, CT -- More than a dozen employees from Farmington Bank recently participated in the CFA Society Corporate 5K which started near the Arch in Bushnell Park and passed the State Capitol and other historic buildings.
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- For the fourth consecutive year, Comcast NBCUniversal has been named to “The Civic 50,” which recognizes the most community-minded companies in the nation, by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service.