“LOCAL MATTERS” in Middlesex County. Join us as we welcome new faces around the CFMC table, thank our amazing Board members, announce grants approved in 2024, celebrate our National Standards Reaccreditation, and share our 2023-2024 Community Report. Click here to check out our January e-news.
We are pleased to announce that we have received reaccreditation with Community Foundations National Standards™, the nation’s highest and most rigorous standard for philanthropic excellence. National Standards affirms our commitment to excellence and accountability. It provides assurance that we have sound policies and procedures in place for governance, grantmaking and operations. CFMC earned its first accreditation in 2006 and at the time was the fourth community foundation in Connecticut to receive accreditation. Since then we are proud to have met the required standards for reaccreditation at each renewal period. To earn our reaccreditation, we met strict benchmarks for 26 National…
Please join us as we welcome these amazing individuals to CFMC’s Board of Directors in 2025! We are proud to announce our officers and directors for 2025.
2024 once again proved to be a year of thinking locally and giving locally in our region. Middlesex County neighbors joined other donors and Fund advisors at CFMC and established 19 new Funds, bringing the total number of Funds to 345. This collective effort provided a greater impact for all. In fact, thanks to the generosity of our community, 576 grants totaling $2,102,227 were approved to support vital, local nonprofit programs and services in 2024. This is a testament to what we can achieve when we come together. Read on for some examples of what was accomplished in just one…
This year – and every year – the spotlight is on YOU, the most caring and generous people of the plant. YOUR partnership with CFMC made so many amazing things happen in 2024 and for that we are GRATEFUL! Click here to check out our e-news and take a quick look at just a few of the many great programs and services you supported this year.
Released on behalf of Liberty Bank In collaboration with 40 local Rotary Clubs, East Haddam Community Lions Club and the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (CFMC), Liberty Bank Foundation announced today that $728,712 raised through its 21st Annual Thanksgiving Drive. The total amount raised by the Rotary Clubs was $582,970. Liberty Bank Foundation provided a 25-cent match for each dollar raised which grew the grand total for 2024 to $728,712. As a result, more than 80 organizations addressing food insecurity across Liberty Bank’s footprint will benefit from the proceeds of the Drive. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving…
Giving Tuesday: collective actions by friends, neighbors, and entire communities giving time, expertise, and resources of every kind. Today, on Giving Tuesday – and every day – please consider giving back, paying forward, volunteering, sharing an act of kindness, or donating to your favorite charity. Every act of generosity and kindness counts, not just on Giving Tuesday, but every day! That’s why we’re celebrating with a CFMC pop up grant opportunity! Pop up grants are small gestures that say “Thank you for all you do!” in a big way. At CFMC, we love to award pop up grants – and…
A Buddy Bench is a special place – far more than just a bench – where friends and neighbors can take a few moments to sit, relax, and enjoy a conversation. It has the power to connect people of all ages and experiences. So where did the idea of a Buddy Bench come from? In 2009 CFMC’s Council of Business Partners, in partnership with the Interfaith Golf Tournament and Rushford Prevention Services, established the No Bully Zone Program and later expanded it to the Campaign for Bully-Free Communities. Then in 2017, a new partner joined the Campaign, Rushford’s Residential Treatment…
New Fund Established to Expand Support for Student Enrichment Programs The Community Foundation of Middlesex County (CFMC) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Essex Elementary School Student Enrichment Fund at CFMC to carry on the work of the Essex Elementary School Foundation (EESF). Since its inception in 1996, the all-volunteer EESF group has worked with the administration and staff at Essex Elementary School to support supplemental enrichment programs that would not otherwise be available through traditional funding from the school system budget. After much discussion and consideration, the EESF board of directors made the decision at their September…
Gifts That Keep on Giving – in More Ways Than One These gifts are guaranteed for: Instant smiles, Lots of hugs, AND Lasting IMPACT on the community. P.S. No wrapping necessary! For That Special Someone on Your List … A friend, a family member, a colleague – who has everything and wants nothing – we can help you give a gift that they will treasure. You can make a gift in their honor that supports what matters to them – such as arts and culture, community development, education, health, human services, animal welfare, and so much more. You make the…
