Dear nonprofit leader:

In our continued effort to gather information on the state of the nonprofit sector in our region we are encouraging you to participate in the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) annual survey. The Nonprofit Finance Fund has agreed to provide The Foundation with the aggregate data on our twenty-town region. This data will continue to help us understand the economic…

Be a role model for youth who want to enter your career field! By taking part in New Haven Academy's Student Internship Program, you are improving the quality of high school education in the greater New Haven area. Your participation is sincerely appreciated.

The Internship Program is designed to allow students to intern full-time, Monday through Thursday, for three weeks (May 14th- May 31st). Each student is placed with a host organization based on their personal…

Are We Living In A Post-Racial America?  Every young Black and Hispanic male should read this article.  Parents, please teach your sons and daughters how to try and stay safe in this our “Post-Racial” America.  It is important to have the conversation regardless of how safe you think your children might be.  Racial profiling  seems to be thriving in our post-racial America; so are gangs, bullies, drug predators and a host of…

New Haven, CT parents can find a lot more information about the school choices you have by reading our 1/9/12 schools information blog at: http://oneworldpi.org/blog/

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2012 Applications Now Available for

New Haven Neighborhood Leadership Grants

Deadline to apply is February 13, 2012

The…

RICHARD CORNUELLE AWARD FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Each year since 2001, the Institute, in conjunction with a committee of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and foundation leaders, selects up to five individuals who have originated and effectively implemented a nonprofit organization providing direct services to those in need. Nominations for the $25,000 awards are solicited not from the organizations or individuals themselves but from donors—who…

Help Common Ground win $10,000 for a new teaching kitchen from IKEA New Haven!  This kitchen will be designed to teach children, high school students and the community about healthy cooking with locally grown food. The impact? Healthier kids who love real food. Young people headed into culinary careers and launching entrepreneurial ventures. Cooking classes for adults and families. Join…

Director of Advocacy Resources

General Purpose

Help guide the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity's rapidly-expanding work on food marketing to young people. Coordinate and lead the Rudd Center's work to educate and inform community organizations about issues related to food marketing, and develop resources to help identify and implement appropriate strategies for intervention.

Essential Duties

• Develop a comprehensive advocacy liaison strategy…

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While 2011 was a big year for political unrest, another uprising was afoot in the world of content creators and artists. Everywhere you look, artists are…

GCA, the contractor for part-time custodian jobs with the New Haven Public Schools, will be holding 2 New Haven resident job fairs this week at Career HS. A flyer is attached.  The quick turnaround is due to the fact that they are looking for people to start Jan 2!  The scheduled times are 4-7pm on Tuesday (Dec 20) & Thursday (Dec 22). 

Flyer: NH Job Fair Flyer.pdf

Help Us Work on Our Documentary

Youth Rights Media seeks volunteers to help transcribe video footage for our documentary on youth gun violence in New Haven.  This entails watching the footage or listening to audio files of the footage, such as interviews, and typing out the dialogue in a Word document so our video producers and editors can have a better understanding of our content before editing.  We can email the files so you can work from…

ELVES NEEDED TODAY!!!!

Dear friends and colleagues:

This afternoon, Youth As Leaders is sponsoring a “Holiday Fair” for the 3th, 4^th and 5^th grade students who attend Hill Central School.   We only have 1 hour to set up the fair!    Consequently, we need extra “elves” to help us out!    The set up will begin at 1pm…

Nonprofits in the service area of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven:

The following checklist will help you gather the materials and information needed to complete your organization’s profile on giveGreater.org:



GENERAL:

Mailing and Street Addresses

Phone Numbers

Organization E-Mail and Website

Mission Statement/Vision

History and overall description

Geographic Areas Served…

Ben & Jerry's Foundation offers competitive grants to not-for-profit, grassroots community organizations throughout the United States and in Vermont, working to bring about progressive social change by addressing the…

If I Was A Poor Black Kid - http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2011/12/12/if-i-was-a-poor-black-kid/

President Obama gave an excellent speech last week in Kansas about inequality in America.

“This is the…

 New Loans Available to

Local Nonprofits

Do you know a woman who is struggling to continue her education, get a good job and make things better for her family? Yes? Then you need to tell her about the Women's Opportunity Award!! It is a special educational grant given by our volunteer service organization, Soroptimist International of Greater New Haven. The grant is described below and the application materials are attached. If you could make this information available to any women who you feel may be good candidates, I would…

Founded in 1993, College Summit is a national non-profit organization with a mission to transform the college admissions process and increase the college enrollment rate of low-income students. Today’s college admissions system leaves behind a key portion of America’s talent: low-income, academically mid-tier students. Working in partnership with the critical players in the college-access challenge – students, parents, high schools, and colleges –College Summit enables all these players to…

And even if there are no commemoration activities in New Haven you and everyone you love should know:  

• What Is HIV/AIDS?
• How Do You Get HIV or AIDS?…