The COVID-19 Pandemic has deeply affected children and exacerbated existing social, economic, and health inequities. Children have lost opportunities to practice the executive function, pre-literacy, math, and social skills [...]
Dr. Becky Eleck is a family physician and medical director at Wheeler Health in Waterbury. Becky also serves on Connecticut Community Foundation's Board of Trustees. She lives in Middlebury, [...]
$337,923 in New Grants from Connecticut Community Foundation Include Funds to Combat Hunger, the Effects of COVID, Homelessness and Environmental Contamination WATERBURY—Connecticut Community Foundation recently awarded $337,923 in grants [...]
Last week, we all witnessed unprecedented and inexcusable acts of anti-democratic violence targeting pillars of American democracy, including universal voting rights, the peaceful transition of power, and the ability [...]
Part 1: Our Strategic Direction: Equity as the North Star Professor Kathy Taylor, chair of the board of Connecticut Community Foundation, comes at the issue of racial disparities from [...]
For more than twenty years, students have found inspiration and opened their minds to new possibilities through literary, performing, visual and culinary arts programs offered by [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation Awards over $950,000 in College Scholarships WATERBURY—College will be more affordable for more than 370 students residing in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation Helps Waterbury Pride NAACP Youth Council Have A Seat At The Table At The National 110th NAACP Annual Convention. In 1998, Priscilla Whittemore [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded a total of $13,000 to four Waterbury-based organizations working to engage people in historically marginalized communities through sharing information, opening new [...]
Calvin Dunbar Jr. doesn’t sugarcoat the life he lived as a younger man. It’s one of the most powerful motivations for the life he leads today, he [...]