A Tribute to their Mothers Makes College Dreams Come True
The Mother's Fund, established by Emily and Eric Anderson “When we started the fund, we didn’t have a lot of money. But, we wanted to support the dreams [...]
Helping Children Achieve Their Greatest Potential
Alex's Helping Hands Fund “All children deserve a chance to access the therapeutic services they need to achieve their greatest potential. Their family’s financial status shouldn’t keep kids [...]
Partners in Life, Philanthropy and Community Service
The Powers-Baker Fund “Because we know Connecticut Community Foundation’s inner workings so well, we have confidence that they will do great things for the community with our fund, [...]
A Mentor’s Enduring Legacy: Hector Riollano Fund for Education
Hector Riollano retired after 30 years as director of community schools and assistant principal in Waterbury schools. Yet, every morning post-retirement he still headed to Carrington Elementary School to meet [...]
Brian Gibbons Homeless Outreach Fund: Giving Hope, Housing and a New Lease on Life
Through the Brian Gibbons Homeless Outreach Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation, Rick Povilaitis provides a lifeline to people who are homeless in [...]
A Caregiver’s Journey Inspires Fund: Dosi-Do Fund
Southbury resident Kathie Nitz is the caregiver to her 89-year-old mother, Doreen Phillips, who has dementia. "My mom had a very difficult childhood as did many children of [...]
Chris Brooks Leaves a Legacy for a Better Waterbury
Christopher Brooks As a young accountant in the 1970s, I could see that Waterbury, my hometown, was experiencing seismic changes and that philanthropy would be [...]
Dan Sherr Gives his Time and Talents to Local Nonprofits
Nonprofit Assistance Initiative (NAI) Advisor Connecticut Community Foundation is fortunate to have a corps of volunteers who dedicate their time and talents to strengthen our region’s nonprofit community [...]
Lois Livingston McMillen Fund
A Family’s Love and Loss Leaves a Legacy to Help Women in our Community In 2000, Josephine and Russell McMillen created two funds at the Connecticut Community Foundation [...]
The Marc R. Mills Memorial Fund
Everyone knew Marc Mills. Growing up in New Milford, Connecticut, he was active in youth sports, art and especially music. When Marc passed away [...]