First Community Foundation Grants of 2017 Total Nearly $100,000 Funding Includes More than $50,000 in Grants for Summer Education Programs New Britain, Conn., April 20, 2017 – Paced by more than $50,000 in grants to support education programs combatting summer learning loss and promoting math skills, the Community foundation of Greater New Britain has kicked [...]
Community Providers Network Plans for the Future Dynamic Group Initiates Community-Wide Discussion on Health and Wellness New Britain, Conn., April 20, 2017 – The notion of bringing together diverse stakeholders to tackle community-wide challenges that can’t necessarily be effectively addressed by a single entity alone is not new. There are scores of success stories in [...]
Berlin Upbeat Alumni Pay it Forward Through Establishment of Alice Mitchell Vision and Leadership Fund Charitable Fund a “Fitting” Tribute to Retired Director of Revered Berlin High School Character Development and Leadership Training Program New Britain, Conn., April 20, 2017 – Alice Mitchell spent 49 years at Berlin High School before her retirement last year – including [...]
Change, Growth and Impact: Jim Williamson Reflects on Nearly 13 Years at the Helm of the Community Foundation Later this year, Jim Williamson will retire after nearly 13 years as president of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain. During that time the Community Foundation has seen its endowment grow 64 percent to more than [...]
Community Foundation’s Williamson to Retire; Led Foundation through Period of Growth, Change Board Retains The Strategy Group of Darien to Lead Executive Transition Process New Britain, Conn., April 6, 2017 – Jim Williamson, who as president of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain for the past 12-plus years led the organization through a transformative period [...]
“Workforce of the Future” to be Focus of 2017 Catalyst Grant Funding Public Invited to Join Initiative; First Meeting to be Held June 8 New Britain, Conn., March 15, 2017 – With spring on the horizon, members of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain’s Catalyst Fund are preparing to explore how they can help [...]
Greater New Britain Community Providers Network Offers Local Stakeholders Opportunity to Shape the Future Health and Human Service Providers, Policy Makers, Community Invited; “Invest Health New Britain” to be Featured Topic of April 18 Gathering New Britain, Conn., March 15, 2017 – A new, local initiative designed to afford those who shape and deliver health and human [...]
Retired Board Members Reflect on Service, Community Foundation Miller, Walden Take Time Out from Florida Retirement to Look Back New Britain, Conn., March 15, 2017 – Retirement typically affords one the opportunity to look back at the past in a new light, one not so occupied with businesses to operate, meetings to make, quotas to [...]
$17,000 donation helps upgrade New Britain H.S. Academy of Finance (The following article, featuring the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain's support of New Britain High School's Academy of Finance, appeared in The New Britain Herald on Thursday, February 16, 2017. The $17,000 grant to fund the Academy's Financial Skills Lab was made as part [...]
Looking Back: Nearly $1.4 Million in Grants, Increased Gifts, 75th Anniversary Celebration Highlight Community Foundation’s 2016 New Gifts and Grants Up 3 Percent; First Years First Investment in Early Childhood Development Surpasses $2 Million New Britain, Conn., February 16, 2017 – The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain awarded nearly $1.4 million in grants and scholarships [...]