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UI and SCG Help Downtown Businesses Recover from COVID-19 Impacts

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06/23/2020

ORANGE, CT -- As part of a broader commitment to support COVID-19 relief and recovery AVANGRID subsidiaries, United Illuminating and Southern Connecticut Gas, are providing funding to support the struggling downtown business districts in Bridgeport and New Haven. They are providing $20,000 to Bridgeport's Downtown Special Services District to help small, independent, ground-floor businesses plan and execute their reopening. Another $20,000 grant will help the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven/REX Development provide micro-grants so that downtown restaurants and shops can provide safe outdoor dining and retail spaces.

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Wadsworth Atheneum gets $50000 grant to restore statue of Connecticut hero Nathan Hale

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05/13/2020

HARTFORD, CT -- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art of Hartford has received a $50,000 grant from the Avandrid Foundation to restore and upgrade the bronze statue of Nathan Hale that has stood outside the 600 Main St. museum since 1894.

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Avangrid Foundation Announces Grants of Previously Committed $1 Million

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05/05/2020

ORANGE, CT -- The Avangrid Foundation, the independent, philanthropic arm of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), today announced the allocation of $1 million in grants to nonprofit partners and community relief funds as part of a broader commitment to provide assistance for coronavirus relief and recovery across the United States

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AVANGRID Companies and Avangrid Foundation Commit $2 Million to Support Coronavirus Response and Recovery

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03/25/2020

ORANGE, CT -- The Avangrid Foundation and AVANGRID, Inc. announced a $2 million commitment to support national and local organizations that support vulnerable communities as they deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Avangrid Foundation Releases Annual Report Focusing on Powering Momentum through Partnerships

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08/29/2019

ORANGE, CT -- The Avangrid Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of a diversified clean energy company, AVANGRID, Inc., today announced the release of the Avangrid Foundation Annual Report, "Momentum in Our Communities."

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The Avangrid Foundation Awards $50K Grant to Holberton School New Haven

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01/24/2019

NEW HAVEN, CT -- Holberton School New Haven, a college alternative for software engineers at the District Tech and Innovation Campus, today announced that it was awarded a $50,000 grant from Avangrid Foundation, the principal philanthropic arm of AVANGRID, Inc.

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Avangrid Foundation Celebrates the Season of Giving

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12/28/2017

ORANGE, CT -- The Avangrid Foundation, the principal philanthropic arm of Avangrid, Inc. and its subsidiary companies, donated nearly $6 million to more than 650 organizations through grants, scholarships and matching gift programs throughout 2017.

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Nonprofits Get Grants Through Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act

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12/23/2017

HARTFORD, CT -- Dozens of state nonprofits have received grants provided under the auspices of Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit program. Among contributors to the program is Avangrid, and its subsidiaries, United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, which have distributed more than $417,000 in grants aimed at helping community and neighborhood organizations improve energy efficiency and save on energy costs, the company said in a press release. The three AVANGRID subsidiaries recently presented grants to 56 nonprofits at a ceremony at the Energize Connecticut Center.

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Hartford Bishops Foundation Raises more than $1.7 for Catholic Education and Faith Formation

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11/20/2017

PROSPECT, CT -- The second annual Hartford Bishops’ Foundation Gala at the Aria in Prospect on Nov. 18 raised more than $1.7 million to support Catholic education and faith formation for people of all ages in the Archdiocese of Hartford. The gala was chaired by Jim Torgerson, CEO of Avangrid, Inc., and his wife MaryAnn. Torgerson is a regional chairman of the Hartford Bishops’ Foundation.

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AVANGRID Provides $2 Million Grant To Continue CT Zero-Emission Vehicle Rebates

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11/18/2017

ORANGE, CT -- AVANGRID, Inc., a diversified U.S. energy company, today announced a $2 million grant that will allow the State of Connecticut to continue offering a popular rebate program for zero-emissions vehicles.

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Avangrid Deploys Tactical Storm Recovery Experts to Assist in Puerto Rico

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11/02/2017

ORANGE, CT -- Avandrid is providing assistance to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico by deploying a Tactical Power Restoration Team specializing in the supervision of transmission and distribution system recovery. The Avangrid team, comprised of employees from across many of its Northeast subsidiaries, will assist ongoing efforts to address the island's power crisis after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico on September 20 as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph.

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Avangrid Shares Joy Of Reading In New Haven

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11/02/2017

NEW HAVEN, CT -- Volunters from Avangrid dropped by New Haven and Ansonia elementary schools recently to share their love of literacy with local schoolchildren.

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Peabody Museum to Present Annual Celebration of Latino Cultures

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10/11/2017

NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will host “Fiesta Latina,” its 15th annual celebration of Latin American cultures, on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Fiesta Latina is sponsored by Avangrid Foundation, UNIVISION, UNIMAS Hartford, and Yale Latino Networking Group.

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Avangrid Foundation Donates $50,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief for Hurricane Harvey

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08/29/2017

ORANGE, CT -- In response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, AVANGRID Inc., a diversified energy and utility company, announced today a $50,000 contribution to American Red Cross Disaster Relief through the Avangrid Foundation. This contribution will help the Red Cross provide food, emergency shelter, relief supplies and comfort to those affected by disasters like Hurricane Harvey and countless other crises.

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Avangrid Corporate Headquarters To Be in Orange, Connecticut

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07/27/2017

ORANGE, CT -- Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) announced today that it is its consolidating administrative and executive functions at a facility that it owns in Orange, Connecticut.

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Avangrid Foundation Gives $10K to Neighbors Helping Neighbors Initiative

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01/20/2017

BRIDGEPORT, CT -- Avangrid (formerly United Illuminating) has granted $10,000 to United Way of Coastal Fairfield County's Neighbors Helping Neighbors initiative.

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Applications Now Available for Avangrid Foundation Energy & Environment Scholarships

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12/13/2016

NEW GLOUCESTER, ME -- The Avangrid Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for master’s studies in energy and/or the environment at Binghamton University, Cornell University, the University of Connecticut, Oregon State University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Maine, and the University of Rochester in the United States; ICAI School of Engineering in Spain; and the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom for the 2017/2018 academic year. The Scholarship application deadline is 8 a.m. (EST) February 17, 2017.

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Connecticut to Join The Boston Fed’s “Working Cities Challenge” to Help Communities Improve Economic Outcomes

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07/04/2016

HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut will be the latest state participating in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Working Cities Challenge competition, an economic development effort that builds cross-sector collaboration and leadership to solve challenges affecting urban communities.

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Avangrid donates $268,000 through Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act

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12/29/2015

NEW HAVEN, CT — Avangrid, INC. and its Connecticut subsidiaries, The United Illuminating Company, The Southern Connecticut Gas Company and Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, announced today they distributed $268,000 to 39 nonprofit organizations, through the State of Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA).

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