Philanthropy’s Role in a Healthy Democracy
CCP President Maggie Gunther Osborn's remarks for Connecticut Nonprofit Association’s Nonprofit Advantage Magazine.
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CCP President Maggie Gunther Osborn's remarks for Connecticut Nonprofit Association’s Nonprofit Advantage Magazine.
The national network of regional associations of grantmakers, to which the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy belongs, represents the largest organization supporting philanthropy in the world. The Council is one of the 34 members of this network which connects us to more than 5,000 grantmaking organizations with a national pool of knowledge, experience and opportunities to leverage our statewide philanthropic resources.
Dear Colleagues:
CCP President Maggie Osborn recently wrote this blog for the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) as part of an occasional series on perspectives from regional grantmaking associations on philanthropy and foundation effectiveness.
I wanted to share a piece written by a colleague Kathie Olsen, Program Officer at the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation in Oregon which I find simply powerful for all of us who work to improve our communities and are struggling with the issues of gun violence and mental health. — Maggie Osborn, President, CCP
David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, on the opportunity to lead a vibrant and growing organization.
Maggie Gunther Osborn has been the president of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) since May 2013. She leaves CCP on June 30 to assume the post of chief strategy officer at CCP’s national organization, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (FORUM), on August 1.
WATERBURY, CT -- Webster Bank is pleased to announce that Linda Cote, vice president, Commercial Real Estate, has been elected to a two-year term as chairperson of the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Central Connecticut Charitable Foundation, the organization’s philanthropic arm.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- More than 200 philanthropists, grantmakers and community leaders will gather on April 30 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven for the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy’s Annual Meeting and Philanthropy Awards, Philanthropy’s Role in Empowering Change--in recognition of the 50th anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965--and honoring leaders in the philanthropic field.