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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 [...]
2022 Persbacker Family Scholarships Awarded
The Persbacker Family Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded college scholarships of $5,000 each to five Bridgewater residents for the 2022-23 academic year. The Persbacker Family Fund is [...]
CIRI Provides a Legal Lifeline to Local Immigrants
In his small Waterbury apartment, Delio Placido candidly shares the story of his arrival in the United States and the odyssey that followed. Delio came to Waterbury from his [...]
Foundation Awarded Grants for Spring 2022
One of many programs awarded grants by the Foundation this spring. The Young Civic Learners Academy received $7,300 to provide local youth with an interactive platform to learn about [...]
Featured Women’s Giving Circle Member – Crystal Weed
Featured Women’s Giving Circle Member – Crystal Weed What made me join the Women's Giving Circle? My first exposure to the Women's Giving Circle was as a plus one at [...]
Like a Starfish, Local Scholar Heals Herself—And Others
On an ordinary autumn afternoon in 2018, Litchfield High School then-sophomore Allison Davenport had no idea she was about to experience the biggest challenge she had ever faced. Stepping [...]
Culinary Training Program Will Change Lives and Provide Second Chances
Left image: Chef Phil (staff) serving soup at the St. Vincent DePaul Mission soup kitchen. Three right images: Various community volunteers serving food. This Waterbury location has a commercial [...]
In December, the Foundation Awarded $623,954 in Grants Including Funds for Workforce Readiness, Vision Care for Children and Much More
WATERBURY—In December, Connecticut Community Foundation awarded $623,954 in grants to 62 nonprofit organizations serving residents of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills. The funds will bring vital programs and [...]
Susan B. Anthony is Helping Domestic Violence Victims in Uncertain Times
Candlelight Vigil for a victim of domestic violence – via Susan B. Anthony Project Susan B. Anthony is Helping Domestic Violence Victims in Uncertain Times As Domestic [...]
Cheshire’s Darcey School Shines With Its Circle of Security Program
Donna Notti and Kim Dessert. Cheshire's Darcey School Shines in its Circle of Security Program Parenting can be the most rewarding chapter in a person’s life. Every parent can remember [...]
Part 5: All Together Now
As we wrap up our five-part series showcasing Connecticut Community Foundation's strategic direction, it's only fitting that we turn the equity lens on the Foundation itself. In 2019, to inform [...]