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Foundation: Connecticut Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut
The Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut announces its opening for scholarship applications online. Student residents of the Foundation’s 20-town service area are eligible and are asked to comply with certain requirements.
The Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut serves Litchfield County with a collection of over 250 funds from local donors to show support for nonprofit groups and provide scholarships to area students throughout the Northwest Corner.
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Foundation: Ripley County Community Foundation
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Social Entrepreneurs Who Don’t Self-Define as Social Entrepreneurs
Village Capital announced the winners of the $50,000 prize awarded to social entrepreneurs who don’t “self-define as social entrepreneurs”. The winners didn’t start out thinking of themselves as social enterprises.