Philanthropy = Good Business More than 50 leaders from the Greater New Britain business and non-profit communities gathered at The Foundation Center at 74A Vine Street on Thursday, April 12, 2018, to network and learn about the work of the Community Foundation at a Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce Business After-Hours event. Guests [...]

Giving Brewsday More than 100 young professionals were in hand at Alvarium Beer Company in New Britain on November 28, 2017 as the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain hosted its first "Giving Brewsday” event. The event introduced young professionals and other members of the community to the work of the Community Foundation and [...]

Catalyst Fund, November 2017 Catalyst Fund members held their final meeting of 2017 on November 9. 2017 Catalyst grantee Family Promise of Central Connecticut provided the group with an update on their efforts to address youth and family homelessness. The group later convened and awarded the 2017 Catalyst grant to Plainville Public Schools to [...]

Fall Listening Tour 2017 In October, new Community Foundation of Greater New Britain President David Obedzinski scheduled a series of gatherings with local leaders in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington as part of a "Fall Listening Tour" providing both Obedzinski and local grantees and non-profit programs a chance to get to know each [...]

A Fond Farewell, A Warm Welcome A large gathering of community leaders, donors, friends and colleagues gathered at the New Britain Museum of American Art on Monday, September 25, 2017, to bid a fond farewell to retired CFGNB President Jim Williamson and a warm welcome to new President David Obedzinski (photos by John Atashian.) [...]