Catchafire: Equipping Nonprofits with the Power of Skilled Volunteers
Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury opened its doors 149 years ago, but rich history aside, it didn’t want to look like a 19th century relic.The library, the largest [...]
Womens Giving Circle: Supporting and Empowering Women and Girls
The Women's Giving Circle at Connecticut Community Foundation awarded a $7,350 grant to Waterbury Youth Services to support an afterschool club for 14 high school girls based [...]
“This place saved me”
Connecticut Community Foundation's grant delivered medical equipment, exam tables and computers to Wellmore Behavioral Health's new Promoting Integrated Care clinic in Waterbury. [Photos by Jake Koteen Photography] [...]
John Staver’s Legacy of Love
The Staver Fund will help the Greater Waterbury YMCA expand the breadth and quality of its preschool. [Photo by Jake Koteen Photography] It wasn’t quite Valentine’s [...]
An Astounding Outpouring of Generosity: Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills Raises $1.36 Million in 36 Hours
Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills, an online giving event hosted by Connecticut Community Foundation for the seventh year, concluded a 36-hour flurry of giving at [...]
April 2019 News
Words cannot express our gratitude to you and the thousands of other donors, partners, sponsors and nonprofit organizations who worked together to make Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield [...]
March 2019 Newsletter
Our March 2019 newsletter features the story of John Staver of Watertown, whose bequest of $4 million is the largest donation by an individual in the Foundation's [...]
Unassuming Watertown Man Leaves Connecticut Community Foundation $4 Million for Local Causes
John Staver helps a woman prepare her taxes. (March 2007 photo by Jamison C. Bazinet, Republican-American) The donation is the largest by an individual in the [...]
Foundation’s Newest Grantees Galvanize Young People to Steward the Environment
$98,000 in new grants awarded to 11 organizations serving Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield HillsCollege interns helping local land trusts mark trails and preserves. High school students clearing [...]
February 2019 Newsletter
The impact of our donors and grantees shines through our February 2019 newsletter, with stories of youth working to make the water in Western Connecticut communities cleaner, human service [...]