A report produced by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy finds Connecticut’s top 100 grant makers gave more dollars ($188.1 million) to organizations outside of the state than to those in Connecticut ($129.2 million).
At the same time, another survey by the New York-based Foundation Center reported 40 foundations outside of Connecticut provided more than $169 million in grants to Connecticut nonprofits.
The report, “Top 100 Grantmakers in Connecticut,” presents data compiled by the foundation center on behalf of the Connecticut Council about all grants of more than $2,000 in 2005. The report’s purpose is to provide insight into what issues and regions are being funded, and by whom.
This first-ever analysis of giving by foundations in Connecticut examined 8,084 grants totaling $317.3 million. The 100 largest foundations gave $358.3 million or 70 percent of the $509.6 million granted by all Connecticut foundations in 2005.
Approximately $30 million could not be analyzed either because they were grants of less than $2,000 or there was not enough information.
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration and The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor have teamed up to help save the rapidly declining African penguin population. Through August, the aquarium and more than 15 stores at Evergreen Walk will collect “Pennies for Penguins.”
Aquarium guests and Evergreen Walk customers can also enter to win a one-of-a-kind piece of art created by the aquarium’s penguins, awarded monthly through August.
Bobbie Woronow, outgoing president of the Mandell JCC, was honored by its more than 3,000 member families at its 94th annual meeting.
Woronow presided over a two-year term of growth, including the opening of a new 20,000-square-foot recreation and fitness wing and a 60 percent larger membership that continues to surge despite the economy.
During the meeting, Diane Greenfield was presented the Gerald Steinberg Award for Outstanding Leadership for her ongoing and greatly appreciated work with our community’s seniors.
Jay Schultz of Glastonbury was honored for his work as chair of the Downtown YMCA’s Strong Kids Annual Campaign at the Strong Kids annual campaign appreciation reception held at The Pond House Café in West Hartford. The Strong Kids Annual Campaign strengthens the YMCA’s ability to provide values- based programs and activities to people in the Greater Hartford region, regardless of their ability to pay.
