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Southbury Women’s Club’s Operation Backpack 2023 has Begun Fundraising Efforts to Provide Students with School Supplies
While the last day of school has barely passed, Southbury Women’s Club’s Operation Backpack committee is already hard at work behind the scenes fundraising and sales to prepare for the [...]
Seven Bridgewater Students Awarded $4,000 Scholarships from Persbacker Family Fund
The Persbacker Family Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation proudly announces the recipients of its prestigious college scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year. Seven outstanding Bridgewater students have each been [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation Grant Supports Wheeler’s Walk With Me Program
Wheeler’s Waterbury Family Health & Wellness Center received a $7,000 grant from Connecticut Community Foundation’s Pride in the Hills Fund to support its Walk With Me program. The grant will [...]
The Foundation Awards Four Waterbury Organizations $600,000 in Multi-year, General Operating Support Grants
Connecticut Community Foundation has launched a General Operating Support (GOS) Program that will distribute multi-year, unrestricted grant awards to four organizations whose missions align with the Foundation's strategic priorities. [...]
Supporting Grassroots Youth Leadership: Connecticut Community Foundation Grant Advocates for Equitable School Spending
Supporting Grassroots Youth Leadership: Connecticut Community Foundation Grant Advocates for Equitable School Spending Amid widening social and economic disparities that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut Community Foundation works [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation Awards $462,573 in Grants to Local Organizations
WATERBURY—Connecticut Community Foundation recently awarded $462,573 in grants to more than 50 nonprofit organizations serving residents of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills. The funds will bring vital programs [...]
Grassroots Community-Building Seeds Shelter for Naugatuck Valley’s Housing-Insecure
Sara Locke is an activist who was trained by the Naugatuck Valley Project. As a result of her efforts in Oxford, she was invited to serve as an [...]
Second Century Fund Looks Toward Future Impact
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 [...]
A Reboot of Landmark Community Theater’s Youth Programming Bolsters Confidence Through Performing Arts
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 [...]
How To Help: Hurricane Assistance for the Caribbean and Florida
Our neighbors in the Caribbean and Florida have been battered by recent hurricane activity that has caused widespread flooding, power outages, and destruction. If you would like to donate toward [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation Scholarships Reach $1 Million Milestone
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 [...]
Advocacy, Collaboration and Culturally Responsive Interventions Seek to Improve Maternal Health in Waterbury
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 [...]
Trustee Fund Honors Two Local Nonprofits for Their Collaborative and Innovative Service in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills
(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 [...]
Three Community Leaders Join Connecticut Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees
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 [...]
Food Rescue US Uses Technology to Decrease Food Waste and Food Insecurity in Litchfield County
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 [...]