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Special Thanks to Ion Bank Foundation for their $30k Match to the Impact NOW Fund
Volunteers at St. Vincent DePaul Mission Soup Kitchen in Waterbury cook, prepare and serve 'grab-and-go' meals and provide pantry items for hundreds of people each week. Just [...]
Scholarship Winner Thriving at Harvard
Nadina Bhadrasain, Harvard University, Class of 2029 In August, Nadina Bhadrasain stepped onto Harvard’s Cambridge campus, ready for the next chapter: Class of 2029. The 2025 Waterbury [...]
Forum in Litchfield Explores Responsive Change and Action
On October 28, we at the Foundation were inspired and gratified by the overwhelming turnout and the wonderful community response at our forum titled "This Is The Moment: Shaping [...]
Women’s Giving Circle Kickoff Celebrates Women of Philanthropy
In October, the Women’s Giving Circle kicked off their 2025 season with a warm and energized group that included friends from the Waterbury Black Giving Circle and the Pride [...]
At Our Annual Meeting, We Challenged Our Community: Dare To Thrive!
At the Foundation, we’re Daring to Thrive! At our Annual Meeting in September, we came together as a community to reflect, celebrate, and look ahead. With the theme Dare [...]
End Child Poverty Now. Watch The Full Program.
End Child Poverty Now - A Community Forum Originally published in the CT Mirror, August, 2025: While Connecticut, one of the wealthiest states in our country, may [...]
We’re Streamlining Our Grantmaking Cycle – Mark Your Calendars!
Beginning August 1, 2025, we are making important changes to our grantmaking process to streamline the application and reporting, and to open up new opportunities for our nonprofit partners [...]
Giving Circles Award Grants and Celebrate Together
This June, the Women’s Giving Circle and the Waterbury Black Giving Circle rounded out their annual grantmaking cycles by awarding funds to several deserving, change-making groups who work to [...]
Is Connecticut A Great Place To Be A Child?
Thank you to our speakers: (Left to right) Mark Abraham of DataHaven, our moderator Ginny Monk of the Connecticut Mirror, Kathy Taylor, President and CEO of the Connecticut [...]
Our Community is Geared Up for Give Local!
The amazing Rivera Memorial Dance/Cheer Squad got us geared up for GIVING! “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James “Celebrate! [...]
The Power of Give Local 2025
This Op-Ed article appeared in the Waterbury Republican-American, April 29, 2025 By Kathy Taylor, Esq. President and CEO, Connecticut Community Foundation At the heart of every strong community is the [...]
Circles of Influence: Women Lead the Collective Giving Movement
Women participating in the February, 2025 gathering of the Women's Giving Circle are joined here by Foundation President and CEO, Kathy Taylor (center). “Joyful and transformative and [...]
Is CT A Great Place To Be A Child? For Many, No.
Is CT A Great Place To Be A Child? For Many, No. As published in The Connecticut Mirror, CT VIEWPOINTS, February 18, 2025 By Kathy Taylor et. al. While Connecticut, [...]
Our Steadfast Commitment
Clear In Our Purpose, We Remain Dedicated To Serving Our Community A Joint Public Statement from Connecticut Community Foundation and United Way of Greater Waterbury January 30, 2025 As partners [...]
2024-25 Scholarship Recipients Look Forward to Giving Back
Scholarship Applications for the 2025-26 Academic Year are open! Renewal applications are due by February 19th, and first-time applications are due by March 17th. High school students from our 21-town region [...]