Connecting Nature and Health Through Catchafire
For small nonprofits with limited resources, finding quality, affordable professional services is hard. And finding volunteers who can provide those services for free is even harder. [...]
Connecticut Legal Services: “Catchafire can help us go from good to great…”
Earlier this year, Connecticut Community Foundation introduced an exciting capacity-building tool for local nonprofit organizations: Catchafire. A powerful, national online platform, Catchafire connects skilled volunteers with nonprofits [...]
October 2018 Newsletter: Sparking Change for Stronger Organizations
In March 2018, Connecticut Community Foundation introduced an exciting capacity-building tool for local nonprofit organizations: Catchafire. A powerful, national, online platform, Catchafire connects skilled volunteers with [...]
September 2018 Newsletter
Our September 2018 newsletter includes a story about Sarah Gager of Washington, Connecticut. Sarah traveled around the world helping to save a vital natural resource, but [...]
Waterbury’s Juneteeth: Inspiring Cultural Pride to Improve Communities
Sean Mosley was only five or six years old, but he remembers those Saturday mornings going door-to-door with his parents to various Waterbury neighborhoods, registering people to [...]
August 2018 Newsletter
In our August 2018 newsletter, read the stories (and watch the videos) about Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries and Waterbury's Juneteenth Celebration Committee, and you'll see why they [...]
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries: Feeding Community
The line starts forming as early as 4 a.m. at the food pantry run by Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries (GWIM). It’s the last Monday of the month, [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation Trustees Recognize Innovation and Collaboration with 2018 Awards to Community Groups
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries (GWIM) and the Waterbury Juneteenth Celebration Committee are the recipients of the 2018 Trustee Fund Award, an honor created by current [...]
Southbury’s Brian M. Jones and Roxbury’s Stephen Seward Join Connecticut Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Connecticut Community Foundation’s members have elected Brian M. Jones of Southbury and Stephen Seward of Roxbury to three-year terms on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Jones and [...]
#ScholarsGiveBack Photo/Video Contest
We are incredibly proud of the student scholars from across Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills who have earned one of our college scholarships for the 2018-19 academic [...]