“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” Connecticut Community Foundation’s 2018 annual report, You Cared, opens with those words from [...]
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 [...]
When the call came to meet about the needs of Woodbury’s older residents, even the local grocer showed up.The concerns were many. Requests for fuel and food assistance [...]
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 Day, but [...]
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 7 [...]
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 [...]
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 96-year [...]
$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 [...]
Seventh annual philanthropic give-a-thon returns to benefit 265 charities across Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield HillsRecord-breaking generosity has been the hallmark of Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield [...]
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 [...]