The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Inc. has donated $250,000 to the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. The gift will be used to create the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Primary Care Fellowship, which will provide full, four-year financial support to an outstanding student in the medical school’s class of 2019 who is committed to pursuing a career in primary care medicine.
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Lincoln Financial Foundation is supporting adult literacy, preparing low-income individuals for the job market and providing financial literacy training through $80,000 in grants to five Hartford nonprofit organizations, including: Knox Parks Foundation, Billings Forge Community Works, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford, Center for Urban Research Education and Training and Dress for Success.
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St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, in partnership with the Hispanic Health Council, has received a $498,980 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand a “Breastfeeding: Heritage and Pride” program to low-income African-American and Hispanic mothers who are patients at the St. Francis Center for Women’s Health. The program recruits, trains, and hires women from Hartford’s low-income neighborhoods who have successfully breast-fed their own infants for at least six months.
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The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded more than $135,000 in year-end grants to nonprofit organizations and programs serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington, including more than $55,000 in grants targeting early childhood education as part of the foundation’s First Years First initiative. The funding marked the foundation’s third round of community grants in 2014 and completed its grant awards for the year.
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The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded a three-year, $225,000 grant to The Amistad Center for Art & Culture in Hartford. The general operating support grant will be used to build the organization’s development and marketing capacity, with the objective of increasing public awareness of and support for The Amistad Center’s wide range of exhibitions and programs.
