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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Evaluation helps agencies 'learn more about our clients and ourselves'

 

"This was invaluable training and the first thing I did upon returning to the office was get right to work!" 

 

What generates such enthusiasm?
It's the Building Evaluation Capacity program run by the Nonprofit Support Program (NSP) at the Hartford Foundation. 

 

The program is designed to help nonprofits use evaluation to track and improve their programs and operations to better fulfill their missions, said Amy Studwell, the NSP program officer who oversees the program.
  

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SOMEPLACE TO JUST TALK

DebUllman_YWCAAdvanced Leaders Circle provides nonprofit leaders a place to share experiences, expertise 
 

After decades as a business executive and as the CEO of a nonprofit organization, Deborah Ullman was no stranger to leadership training programs.
 

Then why sign up for the Advanced Leaders Circle, sponsored by the Nonprofit Support Program (NSP) at the Hartford Foundation?

 

"I knew it was different. I just needed a place to talk about sticky issues and get ideas for solving them, knowing that it would all be held in confidence," Deb said.  

  

 

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OUR HELPING HAND FOR NONPROFITS
Message from
Linda J. Kelly, President

 

We're proud of the fact that the Hartford Foundation provides capacity building assistance to 60 percent of its grantees, six times the national average, according to a study by the national Center for Effective Philanthropy of more than 400 foundations.

Our Nonprofit Support Program, under the leadership of Annemarie Riemer, is the backbone of that assistance.

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CONNECTING THE DOTS
Fellowship offers bird's-eye view of philanthropy
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Sedrick Miles has seen philanthropy at work at the local level - "the grassroots" - as a mentor and manager at nonprofits. Now he's viewing it from another angle - what he calls "the stratosphere" - during a yearlong fellowship at the Hartford Foundation.

 

 

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TWO NONPROFITS ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH NSP PROGRAMS

Getting 7,000 Works of Art and Artifacts to Go Global

 

How do you take a historic collection of nearly 7,000 works of art, artifacts, and archives and make it available -with a few clicks on a screen -for education, leisure and scholarly pursuits to anyone around the world? 

 

Ultimately, that's what The Amistad Center for Art & Culture wants to do with their outstanding collection, which documents more than 300 years of the artistic, literary and military history of enslaved and free people of African descent in America.

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Health Collective Benefits from Array of Services

  

The tools and knowledge provided by the Nonprofit Support Program (NSP) at the Hartford Foundation are "a tremendous asset to entire communities where these nonprofits offer their services," said Linda Estabrook, executive director of the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. 

 

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FROM THE HEART...

Growing Latino Philanthropy 

 

"Generosity is a part of Latino culture. You can ask any Latino and they can tell you a family member or friend they have helped financially," says Germán Bermúdez, chair of the steering committee of the Latino Endowment Fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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New Funds & Planned Gifts 

  

Generous donors created 12 new funds and two planned gifts in the first half of 2012.

 

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INSIDE HARTFORD FOUNDATION...

New Staff

 

Carol Buckheit, Liana Garcia-Fresher, Jennyfer Holmes, and Doug Shipman have joined the Hartford Foundation.

 

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"CONVERSATIONS"

"Conversations" is published by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving - the community

foundation for Greater Hartford. Devoted to improving the quality of life in the region, the Foundation provides grants and other support

to a broad range of nonprofit organizations,

helps donors make effective charitable giving decisions, and brings people together to

address important community issues. 

 

Board Chair - Edward J. Forand Jr.
President - Linda J. Kelly
Managing Editor - Donna E. Jolly
Vice President for Communications and Marketing - djolly@hfpg.org
Editor - George Chappell
Communications Officer - gchappell@hfpg.org
Project Manager - Michelle C. Mays
Communications Associate - mmays@hfpg.org

Contributing Writers -
Carol Buckheit, Chris Senecal

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