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- Age 14 or Older
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Grant Awards
In 2024, the Greater Hartford Gives Hartford Community Fund announced the recipients of its latest grants to 11 organizations that do work to benefit the residents of Hartford.
Through its 2024 grant cycle, the Greater Hartford Hartford Community Fund proudly supported 11 organizations making a difference in the lives of Hartford residents.
The 2024 grants recommended for funding and awarded includes:
Hartford Catholic Worker, $4,000, to assist with food, rent payments, utilities, clothes, and funeral expenses for residents in North Hartford in need of these core necessities.
Just Be Big, $4,000, to support a “Big Beautiful Wellness Retreat” that will provide a holistic experience that empowers plus-size women by focusing on mental, physical and emotional well-being.
Theta Alpha Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, $3,500, to host a community baby shower for roughly 50 expectant mothers, primarily Hartford residents. The event offers essential supplies and education geared towards improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities. Read Theta Alpha Sigma’s announcement of the grant here.
Aknew.org, $3,500, to support their program, Life Skills 2025. Funds will be used for a series of cooking and sewing classes for children and adults – six cooking classes, eight sewing classes, 10 families a week for each class.
Invent the Summer, $3,080, to support Hartford Community STEM Workshops. Eight STEM workshops will be held in summer 2025 for Hartford children 5 to 12 years old.
Night Fall, $3,000, to provide community workshops with Night Fall artists. Night Fall will stage six hands-on workshops for local families, up to 120 participants.
Connecticut Invention Convention, $2,500, to support a year-long STEM program aimed at youth and educators that will provide both educational enrichment activities and teacher training. The program is estimated to serve 550 youth and will culminate with a “shark tank meets science fair” where participants showcase their work and compete for prizes.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford, $2,500, to support Career Pathways, a program designed to move low-income, low-literate adults forward along the career pathway, leading participants to secure sustained employment. The program includes literacy and computer skills training, job training, career counseling, and job placement.
Covenant to Care for Children, $2,500, to provide basic essential goods to at-risk children who are abused, neglected, or impoverished. Essential items include car seats, beds, cribs, clothing and other household goods.
Gifts of Love, $2,500, to help provide food, clothing, household and personal care items to clients who reside in Hartford.
New England Carousel Museum, $2,500, to present “The Carousel Museum Comes to Hartford.” The Bristol-based Museum will offer eight on-site programs for Hartford community members – four at senior centers and four at library branches – and a week of free museum admission for all Hartford residents.
Past Grant Recipients
2023
Invent the Summer, $3,300, to support “Hartford Community STEM workshops,” eight STEM workshops in summer 2024 for Hartford children 5 to 12 years old.
Choir School of Hartford, $3,100, for new keyboards and supplies such as instruments, music stand lights and binders.
Active City, $3,000, to expand Hoop Wave, its annual basketball showcase.
Theta Alpha Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, $3,000, to offer “Project Cradle Care,” a community baby shower geared to improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities.
Literacy Volunteers, $2,500, to support its Career Pathways, which provides a range of support and services, from literacy and computer skills classes to career counseling, and job-training and placement programs.
Keney Park Sustainability Project, $2,500, to stage a series of wellness popups offering vaccinations, dental screenings, pharmacy, nursing, yoga, drumming, and activities for kids.
United Methodist Church of Hartford, $2,500, to launch “Harmony Community: Breakfasts/Luncheons Monthly,” a breakfast or lunch series that brings the vulnerable, needy, low-income families and single mothers together for food and fellowship.
Covenant to Care for Children, $2,000, to provide funds to purchase goods for Connecticut children, birth to 18, who are abused, neglected, impoverished or otherwise at risk. Among the goods are basic essentials such as furniture and clothing.
Mayor Mike Peters’ Little League, $1,800, to purchase catcher’s equipment for its teams.
Aknew.org, $500, to help with seed funds for the project “Enhancing Wellness,” a wellness retreat with a focus on coping skills that includes yoga, meditation, group discussions, hiking, and arts and crafts.
Klassy Katz Elite Dance Team, $500, to support “Let’s Move,” a series of dance workshops that will help promote physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health and wellness.
2022
Active City, Inc. To expand its annual basketball showcase $2,500
ActUp Theater, Inc. To support youth and their families attending a community theater production in Hartford $2,250
Hartford’s Proud Drill, Drum & Dance Corp. To purchase equipment for a new studio/practice space $2,500
Keney Park Sustainability Project, Inc. To support Wellness Pop-Ups $4,500
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford To support the Career Pathways program $5,000
McDonough Middle School To support the Bundle Up program to supply warm clothing to families at McDonough Middle School, a part of the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Hartford $3,000
The Police Athletic and Activities League of Hartford, Inc. To support PAL activities $2,500
Theta Alpha Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. To support community baby showers geared to improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities $3,000
West Indian Independence Celebrations To support the Youth Caribbean Costume Workshop $1,200
2021
Hartford Promise, which received $2,500 to support its work with the Hartford public high schools
Lawyers for Children America, which received $2,000 to support its work to reduce abuse and neglect of children in Hartford
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford, which received $2,500 to support its work with Hartford adults enrolled in ESOL and basic literacy/pre-GED classes
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