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Give Local Returns April 21-22! Get Ready to ‘Give Where You Live’ and choose to support your favorite nonprofits and causes in our region in our annual 36-hour, online giving event. This year our goal is to raise $3 million for our neighbors in under 2 days. We can do it with your help! Every donation makes a difference! NONPROFITS: Register by April 1.

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A community foundation building rewarding lives and thriving communities in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills since 1923.

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Young Voices Speak of Equality, Resilience, and Freedom

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Special Thanks to Ion Bank Foundation for their $30k Match to the Impact NOW Fund

Beth Messina2025-11-20T15:39:06-05:00November 19, 2025|

Scholarship Winner Thriving at Harvard

Beth Messina2025-11-13T09:51:18-05:00November 13, 2025|

Our Donors

“I thought that creating the scholarship fund was a great way of keeping his memory alive and lessening the financial burden for students like him whose goals are to become physicians.” — JOYCE DECESARE OF WATERBURY, ON HER STEPFATHER

Our Grantees

“Our idea for the school program was that if you could assess and intervene early, you can prevent more significant mental health problems from presenting later on.” —JOHN SIMONCELLI, GREENWOODS COUNSELING AND REFERRALS