Isabelle Curtiss’s long and accomplished career as a certified public accountant and personal financial specialist is peppered with awards and accolades. She was the first woman to receive the [...]
Cedric C. Ellis has created a scholarship endowment fund for Waterbury residents of African descent. The fund is supporting students today and will grow in the future through a [...]
When people ask Selim Noujaim why he immigrated from his native Lebanon to settle in Waterbury, his answer is simple: “I followed a Waterbury girl.” Selim and his wife Linda, [...]
Looking toward our next hundred years, we have launched the Second Century Fund, an unrestricted endowment fund to help ensure the Foundation has the resources it needs to meet community [...]
George Lachance working the audio mix board at Landmark Community Theater At a time when many young people struggle to find connection, stability, and self-confidence, Thomaston’s Landmark Community Theater [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation has supported local students over the past three decades. This school year local scholars will receive more than $1 million in scholarship support to attend two-year [...]
A staggering fact: The risk of maternal death is three to four times higher for Black women than for their white counterparts. Even accounting for differences in income or [...]
(Pictured from left to right) Representatives of the Ungroup Society: Nadine Leach, administrative assistant, Warren Leach, executive director, and Rhonda Hunter-Gatling, chief financial officer Connecticut Community Foundation's [...]
Janie L. McDermott, James A. Higgins. Not pictured: Adrienne Parkmond. Photo courtesy of Allan Vega. Three Community Leaders Join Connecticut Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees Connecticut Community Foundation’s members have [...]
The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. The ranks of the food insecure [...]