Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in Connecticut. Today we're covering 7 key stories including updates on connecticut nonprofit headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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Arts for Learning Connecticut received a $1,750 grant from the Chelsea Groton Foundation to support arts-integrated programming at Regional Multicultural Magnet School in New London.
For CT nonprofit professionals, this illustrates how smaller community foundations partner with arts education nonprofits to fill gaps in public school programming.
The Connecticut Community Foundation has published its 2025 grants list, spanning Arts and Culture, Building Equitable Opportunity, Grassroots Leadership, Health and Environmental Justice, the Lois Livingston McMillen Fund, the Herbst Fund for Eye Research, and Pathways programs.
CT nonprofit professionals can review awarded funding areas to align future proposals with the foundation's current priorities and identify potential partnership opportunities.
The source provides a Connecticut-specific guide to legally start and register a nonprofit, then meet required state filing steps, including annual report obligations.
CT nonprofit professionals can use this as a practical roadmap for getting organized correctly at launch and staying compliant over time.
The Greater Hartford Gives Foundation has published its current grant opportunities for eligible organizations.
CT nonprofit professionals in the Greater Hartford region can now apply for funding to support their programs and operations.
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Negligent-screening claims arise not from failing to have a screening policy, but from failing to follow the policy that exists. A documented policy with inconsistent enforcement is harder to defend than no policy at all, because the deviation is evidence of negligence.
Insurance carriers tighten coverage on organizations with screening-process gaps. The cost of consistent enforcement is small; the cost of a single uninvestigated incident can close the organization.
Donor-restricted gifts must be tracked separately and used only for the restricted purpose; using them for general operations — even with intent to "pay back" later — is a fiduciary breach and an audit finding. The most-common fact pattern: cash-flow shortage in operations, restricted-grant balance available, transfer "borrowed" with no formal repayment plan.
State attorneys general have authority over restricted-gift compliance and have pursued individual board members and executives. Auditors are required to disclose restricted-fund violations in the management letter.
The streamlined Form 1023-EZ is available only to organizations meeting specific limits on projected revenue, assets, and activity types. Filing 1023-EZ when ineligible produces a determination that is technically valid but vulnerable to retroactive revocation if discovered. The full 1023 is harder to file but harder to challenge.
Loss of exemption is retroactive to the original determination, exposing the organization to back-tax liability. The eligibility checklist is the only protection.
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