Individuals and foundations in Connecticut gave $4.97 billion in charitable contributions during 2016, falling slightly from the prior year’s $5 billion giving total, according to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP). The decline in Connecticut individual giving occurred even as individual giving grew by 6% nationally.
Read MoreThe retail industry has gone through a substantial transformation over the past decade, and it continues to evolve. Brick and mortar stores still dominate retail sales transactions. However, they are under siege from online competition, causing them to adopt new strategies. Retail in Connecticut is holding its own.
Read More“Heath care moves fast. Keep up.” Those words appear prominently on the website of AIM Specialty Care, a subsidiary of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and a provider of utilization management services, better known as the “pre-authorization” that medical providers require before agreeing to see patients with insurance coverage. In the first days of this month, AIM did not keep up.
Read More12,000 individual donors participated in a 36-hour online giving event held over two days in May for Greater New Haven nonprofit organizations. The $1.8 million raised for more than 390 nonprofits surpassed the event’s previous record set last year. The Great Give was indeed.
Read MoreIndividuals who use statins for more than two years have an increased risk of developing diabetes compared with those who do not use the cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a study by a Southern Connecticut State University assistant professor of public health.
Read MoreIllinois became the 11th state in the nation to legalize recreational cannabis this week, as the issue continues to face an uncertain future in Connecticut, with the state’s business community among those raising questions that slowed progress to the point of inaction in the just-concluded legislative session.
Read MoreThe Civic 50 recognizes the 50 most community-minded companies in the nation each year as determined by an annual survey produced by the Points of Light Foundation, the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service.
Read MoreThe showpiece of Hartford-based nonprofit Oak Hill’s innovation is the Smart Home on Wheels, which provides a glimpse of the potential of smart technologies to help an aging population stay safely in their homes. Visits to check out the technology are free, and gaining national notice.
Read MoreThe full page paid advertisement appearing this month in a Hartford business publication did not tout the virtues of a Connecticut business or community, nonprofit organization or coalition. It stated, boldly, that “North Carolina is home to the lowest corporate income tax in the country.”
Read MoreOne of the many questions surrounding the pending merger between United Technologies and Massachusetts-headquartered Raytheon is what happens next year? Will the merged company, Raytheon Technologies, continue to support nonprofit organizations in Connecticut to the extent that UTC has, in many instances, for decades. Among those wondering is Special Olympics.
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