In 2021, the Hartford Foundation launched the Access Grants initiative to support nonprofits aligned with its strategic priorities: dismantle structural racism and increase social and economic mobility for Greater Hartford’s communities of color.
The Black Giving Circle Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has approved two grants to local nonprofit organizations.
The Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData) has been awarded a two-year, $260,000 grant by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for core support to advance effective planning and decision-making through the use of open and accessible data.
To assist more Greater Hartford families seeking to become first-time homebuyers, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded the Housing Development Fund a $600,000 grant to support the Homeownership Equity Fund.
The Catalyst Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded the Center a one-year, $68,000 grant to support a collaboration with the Connecticut Tenants Union (CTTU) to support tenant groups in developing capacity and wiel
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has provided $224,5000 in grants to 21 nonprofit organizations to provide food and other basic human needs to residents of towns throughout Greater Hartford.
Hartford Family Child Care Educators, a community of Latine women offering home-based childcare services received a grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to provide members with access to “The Business Series,” a curriculum designed
Eight nonprofit organizations have been selected to participate in the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving’s Social Enterprise Accelerator (SEA), a 30-month process to strengthen their entrepreneurial capacity by launching or growing revenue gen
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a $31,850 grant to The Corporation for Independent Living (CIL), a Hartford-based nonprofit real estate developer, to support the organizations move to 57 Charter Oak Avenue in Hartford, home of the re
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded 44 nonprofit organizations a total of $359,500 to provide food and other basic human needs to residents throughout Greater Hartford.
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded $54.5 million in grants to the region’s nonprofit agencies in 2022.
Andrew Worthington, CEO/partner and managing director with Long River Wealth Management, has been elected to serve as chair of the volunteer board of directors of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving – the community foundation for the 29-town
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy today announced the election of two new members to the organization’s Board of Directors effective July 2021. Alexis Bivens and Elysa Gordon add a myriad of experiences to the Council board and are a welcome addition.
(Norwalk, CT) — For the past several years, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Fairfield County’s Community Foundation have been working together on collective strategies to help dismantle structural and systemic racism and achieve equity in social and economic mobility in their communities. In support of these efforts, the trio of Connecticut community foundations have hired Cesar Aleman to serve as Director of the CUOC.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving's new Community Impact team will be led by vice president Elysa Gordon, who is now responsible for the overall executive direction of Community Impact and the newly created Impact Leadership Team comprised of her and four Directors: Megan Burke, Director of Community Impact Grantmaking; Judy McBride, Director of Strategic Partnership Investments; Kate Szczerbacki, Director of Strategic Learning and Evaluation; and Melanie Tavares, Director of Capacity Building and Nonprofit Support.
HARTFORD, CT -- Despite an uptick in individual contributions aided by the surging stock market, Connecticut nonprofit leaders say huge losses in fee-for-service revenue during the coronavirus pandemic have led to reductions in staffing, loss of access for needy residents and — in some cases — programs shutting down entirely. Melanie Tavares, director of the Nonprofit Support Program at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, comments on changes that philanthropy is making in their funding.
HARTFORD, CT -- The second round of Phase Two of COVID-19 Response Fund grants totaling $424,142 to support community-based organizations that provide a variety of critical supports.
CATALYST for the ARTS Capacity-Building Program will Allow Arts Organizations to Develop Sustainable Models in New Landscape and Promote Collaboration
HARTFORD, CT -- Congratulations to Erika Frank, Senior Community Investments Officer with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, for being named as one of the Hartford Business Journal's 2020 40 Under Forty honorees.
HARTFORD, CT -- Today Mayor Luke Bronin announced that the City of Hartford will build a free, citywide wifi network accessible to all residents.