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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Awards Over $2.3M to More Than 900 Organizations in 2017
WELLESLEY, MA -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation today announced that it awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to more than 900 nonprofit organizations in over 300 communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire in 2017. Since its inception in 1980, the Foundation has granted more than $145 million in funds throughout the four states.
United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Raises $60,000 in Grants to Support Neighbors in Need
HARTFORD, CT -- United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is pleased to announce that it has received $60,000 in grants to support Neighbors in Need, a local effort that will help meet the immediate and longer term needs of children and families displaced by the devastation of recent hurricanes and others needing basic human services. United Way has itself contributed $100,000 to Neighbors in Need.
Foundation Grant Will Help Meet the Needs of Area Youth Struggling with Homelessness
Households Which Earned $54,000 or Less in 2017 Can File State and Federal Taxes for FREE
PERSPECTIVE: Access to Healthy Foods: How Far Are You Willing to Go?
HARTFORD, CT -- Blog post by by Garth Graham, M.D., MPH, is a leading authority on social determinants of health. President of the Aetna Foundation since 2013 and Vice President of Community Health for Aetna, Inc., Dr. Graham is a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
For the first time in the history of the United States, today’s youth are expected to have a shorter life-span than their parents. With medical, scientific and technological advances, this notion seems dumbfounding. But when we step away from the science and technology and take a deeper look at our communities, you can find the root causes. Access to healthy food, public safety and environmental factors are all driving forces behind this decline in longevity. These social determinants of health are becoming increasingly influential to our health . . .
Hartford Public Library Receives almost $300,000 to Reduce Digital Divide in Hartford
Over $51,000 in Grants Announced at Women & Girls’ Fund Annual Meeting & Grantee Reception
Area Foundations Rally Support for Puerto Rican Families Relocating to Greater Waterbury After Hurricanes
Danbury’s Promise for Children Partnership Hosts Community Report Out
A New Year’s Resolution for Greater Advocacy and Civic Dialogue
Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program
Cox Trust Closes with Early-Stage Investments in Education, Environment, and Health
Nonprofits to Vie for $100,000 in Giving Day 2018 Prizes
Eversource Hartford Marathon Brought $14.5 Million in Economic Benefit to Region in 2017
HARTFORD, CT -- The economic impact of three marquee sporting events continue to underscore the significance of local corporations coming through to sustain the events. Eversource's Hartford Marathon, the Travelers Championship and United Technologies Connecticut Open.
Branford Community Foundation Announces Four New Board Members
BRANFORD, CT -- The Branford Community Foundation (BCF) has announced four new board members: Rita Berkson, Stephanie Donegan Dietz, Bob Mobeck, and Colin Sheehan.
Chelsea Groton Foundation Gives Over $170K to Area Organizations
What Race Discussions Should Look Like: Model Dialogue Helped Participants and Audience Confront Racial Themes
STORRS, CT -- Confronting Racism Together: A Model Dialogue, was one of many events that took place at UCONN on the day of metanoia. Valeriano Ramos, Director of Strategic Alliances and Equity Officer at “Everyday Democracy,” co-facilitated the discussion of Nine members of the UConn community – administrators, graduate students and professors alike – on the Konover auditorium stage.