CT social service providers, after years of underfunding, have sights set on the budget surplus to fix understaffing and other issues.
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Lamont proposes to ban flavored vaping, legalize marijuana in new budget
Gov. Ned Lamont opened the new legislative session with proposals to ban flavored vaping product sales and to take initial, tentative steps toward legalizing marijuana.
Posted inCities & Towns, News
Solution: Hartford’s largest nonprofits contribute more
Hartford’s largest tax-exempt institutions argue they simply can’t afford to pledge any significant revenue to the city’s operating budget.
Posted inNews
CT reaches new philanthropic high, but fewer residents are giving
Connecticut residents donated an all-time high of $5 billion to charity in 2015, according to a recent report from the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. In-state foundations gave $1.2 billion in donations while the remaining $3.8 billion came from independent individuals and their families, the council said.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Tax bill glitch endangers future of Newman’s Own and actor’s foundation
WASHINGTON — The Westport-based Newman’s Own Foundation was on the verge of securing a provision in the federal tax overhaul that would have spared it from an unusual 200 percent tax hike it is facing, when the Senate parliamentarian forced lawmakers to strip it out of the massive bill. That decision could result in the sale of late actor Paul Newman’s food company and significantly damage the foundation’s ability to continue to fund charities.
Posted inHealth, Money, Politics
Finance panel eyes ending sales tax exemption for nonprofits
The legislature’s tax-writing panel is considering a measure that would repeal the sales tax exemption on goods and services sold to nonprofits — a provision that saves these entities more than $200 million per year.
Posted inPolitics
Advocacy groups for nonprofits to merge
Two prominent lobbying groups that represent nonprofits plan to merge next month, days before the start of a legislative session likely to find them trying to avert funding cuts to their members.
Posted inFundraising
The Mirror’s Micro-Give begins today
Last year on The Mirror audience survey, a number of you asked if we could reset the support levels so you could give a smaller donation. So to close the annual feedback cycle, we listened, and this week we’re launching The Mirror Micro-Give.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Is your Connecticut nonprofit trying to get the word out?
Nonprofits rely on The Connecticut Mirror and now the organization’s other digital publications, CTViewpoints and TrendCT, for public policy news, analysis and opinion. After months of shaping CTViewpoints’ identity, we believe we can offer more.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut nonprofits are in an abusive relationship… with the state
For almost a quarter of a century the state has depended on private nonprofit organizations to provide services to people with disabilities in Connecticut. This includes services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and addictions. For over two decades, the average increase to the contracts with these providers has been less than one percent per year.
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Connecticut nonprofits are in an abusive relationship… with the state
For almost a quarter of a century the state has depended on private nonprofit organizations to provide services to people with disabilities in Connecticut. This includes services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and addictions. For over two decades, the average increase to the contracts with these providers has been less than one percent per year.
Posted inFundraising
Live in Fairfield County? Please support the Mirror today
The Connecticut Mirror (listed as The Connecticut News Project, Inc. during this drive) was invited to participate in Fairfield County Community Foundation’s Giving Day. The drive is today and today only. How does it work? Fairfield County Giving Day is a new, innovative way you can help support the important work of local nonprofits. The […]
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CT mental health clinics brace for state cuts tied to Obamacare
While Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has touted a proposal to increase spending on mental health services, agencies that run mental health and substance abuse clinics are bracing for more than $10 million in cuts to state grants starting July 1. And they say the cut could mean treating fewer people.
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Nonprofits try again to make their case: ‘We’re at a breaking point’
“I’ve had legislators say to me, ‘Pat, every year you come to me and you tell me how difficult it is, but you’re still in business,'” said Patrick J. Johnson, president of Oak Hill, which serves people with disabilities. “And I think as long as we continue to provide the services on the backs of our employees, because that’s how we’re doing it, then the world goes on.”