Education

CT Community Colleges Offer Free Classes to SNAP Eligible Students

Liberty Bank Foundation has a long record of supporting community colleges in our market area. Quite clearly, they’re a perfect[...]

Education

To Appreciate Nonprofits’ Work, Seeing is Believing

On Friday, September 21, 2018 the wheels on the bus went ‘round and ‘round carrying town officials, philanthropic funders, and[...]

Education

Pledge to Vote for Kids

The CT Early Childhood Alliance’s nonpartisan campaign, “We Vote for Kids” to raise awareness about early-childhood issues, is off and[...]

Education

Savory “Flavors” Helps ESL Students Get Ahead

Many first- or second-generation immigrants to the US are able to carry on a conversation in English, ask questions and[...]

Education

US Census Expected to Overlook One-Million-Plus Kids

Almost a quarter of the nation’s children younger than age five are at risk of not being counted in the[...]

Education

Goodnight, Moon. Hello, Rocket Scientist.

Children experience rapid brain development only once – between birth and age five. What happens in this window can shape[...]

Education

Free Learning Opportunities for Nonprofits

The kids are just about to head back to class, so you might as well, too. The Community Foundation of[...]

Education

The School of Opportunity Knocks

‘Summer’ and ‘school’ — two words most kids do not want to hear uttered together. Unless, of course, those kids[...]

Education

Nothing Says Welcome Like a Grant Check

With just days on the job, Higher Edge’s new Executive Director, Theresa Armendarez, receives a hearty welcome from Liberty Bank[...]

Education

When Adults Learn to Read a Whole New World Opens Up

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably never considered what life is like for the illiterate. Their worlds can be pretty[...]

Liberty Bank Foundation empowers low-income Connecticut residents through grants to education programs that support economic success and to affordable housing, and fosters advocacy and community collaboration.