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Community Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Members
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has elected three new board members to join the Foundation’s already-strong team of volunteers. Elected to serve new multi-year board terms were John Cookley, Dr. Camelia Lawrence, and Dr. Zulma Toro.
Tracey and Russell Golden Honored with Philanthropy Award
Comcast Cares Day Improves Communities
Comcast Cares Day has grown into one of the largest corporate commitments to volunteerism.
Get ready to “Give Local” on April 23 and 24!
Unassuming Watertown Man Leaves Connecticut Community Foundation $4 Million for Local Causes
CCP Policy Update (3/1/19)
Webster Bank United Way Employee Campaign Raises $1.55 Million in 2018
WATERBURY, CT -- Webster Bank today announced its 2018 Webster United Way Employee Campaign garnered a record-breaking $1.55 million through pledges from bankers as well as fundraising events and a corporate contribution – a $53,000 increase from 2017.
MEDIA ADVISORY: 6th Annual Fairfield County GIVING DAY Celebration
Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills
Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills is an annual community-wide giving tradition to raise dollars for the vital work of hundreds of local causes.
Fairfield County's Giving Day
Hosted by Fairfield County's Community Foundation, Giving Day is a 24-hour online giving marathon to amplify the of ther nonprofit community.
Yale Philanthropy Conference
Fairfield County’s Giving Day 2019 Launches New WHY I GIVE Video Contest!
Latino Endowment Fund Successfully Raises $50,000 to Receive Matching Grant from the Knight Foundation
HARTFORD, CT -- In May 2017, Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, came to Hartford and announced a surprise in the form of a $50,000 matching grant to the Latino Endowment Fund (LEF) at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Less than two years after Ibargüen’s announcement, the Latino Endowment Fund is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised $50,000 making it eligible for the dollar for dollar grant, thus doubling the matching contribution from new or renewing memberships and other donations.
2 Information Giants, Foundation Center and GuideStar, to Join Forces
NEW YORK, NY -- The Foundation Center, which has collected information on philanthropy for more than half a century, today announced that it will join forces with GuideStar, an electronic database of about 2.7 million nonprofits, to form a new nonprofit organization known as Candid.
What It Takes for a Foundation to Achieve Success: Essential Ingredients and Lessons Learned
FARMINGTON, CT -- Children's Fund of Connecticut and Child Health and Development Institute President and CEO Jeffrey Vanderploeg teamed up with past president and CEO Judith Meyers to share tips for running a successful foundation in the January issue of Grant Makers in Health. Their article was based on CHDI's Celebrating 20 Years publication and includes five key components and nine lessons learned.
Comcast Foundation Awards Grants to Connecticut Organizations
BERLIN, CT -- The Comcast Foundation announced, today, that they have awarded over $20,000 in grants to 15 Connecticut organizations in support of their volunteer efforts during Comcast Cares Day, which took place earlier this year.
Liberty Bank Honors Jennifer Height for Volunteerism
A Spotlight on Corporate Giving and Nonprofits - Hartford Business Journal Community Excellence and Nonprofit Awards
HARTFORD, CT -- As part of Hartford Business Journal's efforts to spotlight the important role of nonprofits, and the businesses that support them, they've launched their inaugural Community Excellence & Nonprofit Awards. The independent panel of judges — Susan D. Sadecki, president and CEO, Main Street Community Foundation; Eric Daniels, partner, Robinson & Cole LLP; and David Garvey, director, nonprofit leadership program and adjunct professor, Department of Public Policy, UConn — selected the winners, who were nominated by the public, in seven different categories ranging from corporate citizenship and volunteer of the year to nonprofit and nonprofit leader of the year. Honorees for the Partnership Award include: include The Hartford, City of Hartford, Hartford Public Library, and CCP members Aetna Inc., and Travelers Cos.
Hartford Foundation will invest $2.9 million for 29 Hartford-area municipalities to fund local initiatives
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving said Thursday it would invest $2.9 million to provide each of the 29 cities and towns it serves with a fund of $100,000 to use as the communities see fit. “We are exceptionally excited about this new approach,” Hartford Foundation President Jay Williams said, noting that it was prompted by his listening tour of the cities and towns the foundation serves.