Since 1925, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has quietly helped make good things happen in the Capitol Region of Connecticut.
The foundation has been a reliable resource for the local charitable community, including donors, community leaders, and nonprofit organizations of all types and sizes.
The Hands On Hartford was awarded four grants by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving amounting $20,000 to support its Backpack Nutrition Program for children.
The recipients of the grants...more
Sila Maria Calderon, the former governor of Puerto Rico and founder of her own philanthropic foundation will be the keynote speaker in September at a meeting of the Hartford Foundation for Public...more
The Hartford Foundation receives gifts from thousands of generous individuals and families and in 2011 awarded grants of almost $29 million to a broad range of area nonprofit organizations. For more...more
Sila Mara Caldern, the former governor of Puerto Rico and founder of her own philanthropic foundation will be the keynote speaker in September at a meeting of the Hartford Foundation for Public...more
Germn Bermdez of West Hartford is named the new chairman of the steering committee for the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation serving the...more
The president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Linda J. Kelly, has been included in the Community Foundation Leadership Team at the Council on Foundations, a national association of...more
Two of the Hartford Healthcare Units, the Institute of Living and the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center, was awarded with grants totaling $4.9 million.
The Institute of Living received a $4.4...more
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has declared war on what officials describe as “summer learning loss,” making 68 grants totaling $771000 to 46 agencies. National research shows that all...more
With education and workforce readiness gap widening in the Hartford region, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has a strategic plan entitled Accelerate Success. Cyrus Driver, vice president for...more
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded $28 million in grants last year and about $150,000 went toward scholarships, technology needs and educational programs in Farmington.
Other...more
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