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Youth Voice & COVID-19
NEW HAVEN, CT -- In April of 2020, as part of our institutional response to COVID19, The Perrin Family Foundation launched a youth communication project intended to capture how young people were experiencing the global crisis. Over the next few weeks the Foundation will be sharing the youth experiences and connecting the stories to larger themes and issues.
Butterflies Are Free. Saving Them Isn't, So Branford Is Helping
BRANFORD, CT -- Bees and other natural pollinators are incredibly efficient little critters, but they could always use a little help fulfilling their unique role in the world’s ecosystem — and the Branford Fire Department, working with Sustainable CT, is happy to do what it can to help. Project organizers are asking the community to join the initiative by donating money or volunteering in the effort. All community donations will be doubled by Sustainable CT’s Community Match Fund, funded by the Smart Seed Fund, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Connecticut Green Bank, provides a dollar-for-dollar match to donations raised from the community, doubling local investment in projects.
How $241,500 in grants will help New Haven schools address racial equity
NEW HAVEN, CT -- Two grants from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund totaling $241,500 are intended to help the New Haven Public Schools support racial equity within the school district.
Office of Early Childhood launches CTCARES for Family Child Care
Family Foundation Webinar Series | Top 10 Tips for Navigating Red Flags Leading a Private Foundation
A webinar designed for staff involved with family foundations or who manage donor advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend
Family Foundation Webinar Series | Preparing New Generations to Serve on Family Foundation Boards
A webinar designed for staff involved with family foundations or who manage donor advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend
Connecticut Has 10 Years of Big Youth Justice Wins, But Much More Work Needs to Be Done
NEW CANAAN, CT -- Diane Sierpina, director of justice initiative for The Tow Foundation celebrates the progress of Connecticut's juvenile justice efforts over the last 10 years, and shares information about the barriers for improved outcomes for youth with high needs and high risk of breaking the law.
Age Well Ambassadors Program to Launch in Greater Danbury
In The Thick, a politics podcast, travels to Three Rivers Community College and Eastern Connecticut State University
Expanded Wheels to Learning Program Continues its Support for Transportation Funding for School Field Trips
Strengthening a Nascent Field: Lessons from the Building Leadership and Organizing Capacity Initiative
Perrin Family Foundation produces a report on the impacts of their BLOC Initiative.
Waveny Park Conservancy in New Canaan Celebrates Donors, Projects
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The Waveny Park Conservancy in New Canaan, Connecticut, held a reception Saturday, June 15, 2019, in the restored parterre garden to celebrate its donors, including the Harlan and Lois Anderson Family Foundation, and longtime New Canaan resident Carole Clarkson, and her family’s foundation, the Jeniam Foundation.
Magdalena Cwintal Joins the Tow Foundation as Account
Ten Ways for Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices
These guides are designed to help foundations consider how more diverse and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of communities served. By highlighting 10 ways foundations can approach diversity, this guide seeks to spark ideas and launch further dialogue.
Family Philanthropy Webinar: Impact Investing
A webinar designed for staff involved with family foundations or who manage donor advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend
Family Philanthropy Webinar: Board Governance
A webinar designed for staff involved with family foundations or who manage donor advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend.
Family Philanthropy Webinar: Values-Based Grantmaking in Family Foundations
A webinar designed for staff involved with family foundations or who manage donor advised funds at a community foundation; however, grantmakers of all types are invited to attend.
Hartford Data Sharing: How Funders Can Help
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations in Greater Hartford.
Eastern Connecticut Funder Network
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations in Eastern Connecticut