People’s United Community Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) to kick-start the “be homeful” project, which is a campaign to raise awareness and funds to end family homelessness in Connecticut.
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The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to Wheeler Clinic to support its community health outreach efforts at the agency’s Health & Wellness Center in Bristol. Wheeler opened the Health & Wellness Center in 2013 to help address community needs and has developed a multi-level strategy for outreach, providing education, health promotion activities and assistance accessing health insurance and specialty care.
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The American Savings Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Operation Fuel to provide emergency energy assistance for residents of New Britain and Waterbury.
Operation Fuel provides emergency energy assistance throughout Connecticut to lower-income working families and individuals, the elderly and disabled individuals who are not eligible for energy assistance from government-funded programs.
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Berkshire Bank Foundation awarded a total of $1,518,133 in grants to nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Vermont during 2014. The grants supported education and community development initiatives as well as health and human service and cultural programs. In addition, Berkshire Bank provided $500,622 in community sponsorships, raising Berkshire’s total contributions in the community to over $2 million.
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The Nutmeg Foundation awarded $20,000 to the Hartford Public Library to fund a new Online High School Diploma pilot project. The pilot will provide online high school classes to a cohort of 10 Hartford students as a more flexible and accessible alternative to the traditional GED test. The project will build on the library’s existing volunteer tutor mentoring program by assigning tutors to work with students on topics like math, where the presence of a teacher or guide is often required.
