Hartford Foundation Announces Second Round of Grants from COVID-19 Response Fund
Release Date:
04/15/2020
Grants to date totaling $2.16 million are supporting community-based organizations that provide basic human needs to local residents
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04/14/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving President and CEO Jay Williams spoke with MetroHartford Alliance Content Manager Nan Price about how the Foundation responds to and meets the community’s needs during challenging times.
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Release Date:
04/13/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- Last week, Congressman John Larson’s campaign announce the creation of a new fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving intended to provide support for local nonprofit organizations to provide meals to health care workers.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Announces First Round of Grants from COVID-19 Response Fund
Release Date:
04/08/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The first round of the Hartford Foundation's COVID-19 Response Fund, with a grant total of $1.6 million, is supporting community-based organizations that provide basic human needs to residents with the greatest need.
Larson Campaign Establishes Fund at Hartford Foundation to Provide Meals to Health Care Workers on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Crisis
Release Date:
03/31/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- John B. Larson Healthcare Worker Nourishment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving will contribute to organizations that provide onsite, on-the-job nourishment and sustenance to those health care workers who are treating and caring for people impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Connecticut’s First Congressional District.
Hartford Foundation, service organizations respond to crisis with new funds, new approaches
Release Date:
03/17/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced Monday that it had created a fund to tackle community needs which grow out of the crisis. Working with the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Hartford Foundation is “bringing to bear every resource at our disposal," Williams says, to provide both short-term and long-term support to those in need. Will Ginsberg, president of the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, says that organization is set to announce its own rapid response fund “within days.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Launches COVID-19 Response Fund
Release Date:
03/16/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has launched a fund to rapidly deploy resources to support the residents who are most significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Greater Hartford Wellbeing Index Highlights Challenges and Opportunities in the Region
Release Date:
03/12/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- We are excited to share the highlights from the Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019 to build a shared understanding and promote dialogue on the challenges and opportunities we face as a community.
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Inner City Launches Second Round of Inner City Capital Connections Program
Release Date:
03/05/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, in collaboration with Boston-based nonprofit Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), is launching the second round of the Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program to the Hartford.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Launches New Website
Release Date:
03/04/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has launched a new website to more effectively communicate its strategic focus and make it easier for donors, nonprofit agencies and community partners to support efforts to reduce disparities in and around Greater Hartford. (The website address remains hfpg.org.)
Hartford Foundation Awarded Nearly $37 Million in Grants in 2019
Release Date:
02/28/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, which serves 29 communities in the Hartford area, says it awarded nearly $37 million in grants to nonprofit agencies in 2019. "The Hartford Foundation was able to support our community with significant resources this past year,” said Jay Williams, president of the foundation. “We continue to look for ways to work together with our donors, nonprofits, and community partners to ensure greater Hartford residents have access to opportunities that enrich their lives and to secure a better future for our region.”
Hartford Foundation Submits Testimony in Support of House Bill HB 5040
Release Date:
02/27/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- On Thursday, February 27, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving submitted testimony to the General Assembly’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee in support of House Bill HB 5040, An Act Establishing an Excise Tax on Ammunition.
Little Theatre Of Manchester Receives Grant
Release Date:
02/27/2020
MANCHESTER, CT – The Little Theatre of Manchester (LTM) is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $90,000 over three years from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. These funds will support a new program that will provide access to performance space for smaller, diverse local arts and cultural organizations in Greater Hartford.
Hartford Foundation’s Grantmaking Topped $36.8 Million in 2019
Release Date:
02/26/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation for 29 cities and towns in Greater Hartford, awarded more than $36.8 million in grants to the region’s nonprofit agencies in 2019.
Hartford Foundation Awards Grants to Reach City Youth With Arts
Release Date:
02/24/2020
HARTFORD, CT --The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced a total of $360,000 in grants to support arts programs that benefit Hartford youth.
Opinion: Census 2020: Connecticut’s avoidable fiscal problem
Release Date:
02/24/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- This op-ed, written and supported by leaders from Connecticut's philanthropic community, urges the state government to invest additional funds in the 2020 Census to ensure an accurate count or risk recieving a full compliment of federal funds.
Connecticut Must Invest in Census or Risk Losing Federal Funds
Release Date:
02/21/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- This op-ed, written and supported by leaders from Connecticut's philanthropic community, urges the state government to invest additional funds in the 2020 Census to ensure an accurate count or risk recieving a full compliment of federal funds.
Children’s Museum Receives Grant to Bring STEAM to Hartford’s Latinx Children
Release Date:
01/17/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- To increase access to STEAM experiences for 800 Hartford Latinx children, the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded The Children’s Museum a one-year, $20,000 grant to support its “Bringing STEAM to Hartford Latinx Children & Families” program.
Hartford Foundation Awards More Than $900,000 to Help Reduce Homelessness in Greater Hartford
Release Date:
01/14/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- More than 1,400 Greater Hartford individuals and families who are facing homelessness will receive much needed help thanks to the work of five area nonprofit agencies and funding of more than $928,000 from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Hartford Foundation Board Names New Officers and New Director
Release Date:
01/07/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- Theodore “Ted” Sergi 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 Greater Hartford region.