The Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center has received a $3,086 gift from the Rock Cats Foundation. The gift supports the Y’s annual campaign, which helps members access YMCA programs and services regardless of ability to pay.
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The People’s United Community Foundation awarded $121,828 during its first grant cycle of 2015 to nonprofit organizations in Hartford County. Eighteen organizations received funding including the Connecticut Association for Human Services, Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation, Middlesex Habitat for Humanity, and Rebuilding Together Manchester.
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Hartford’s Charter Oak Cultural Center recently received a Kyocera color copier from the grant program sponsored by ACT Group. ACT Group’s grant program donates office equipment to local nonprofit organizations. The Cromwell-based company sells office equipment, 3D equipment and service, and document management services.
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The Greater Hartford Arts Council has awarded $125,000 in Ignition Grants to 10 arts and cultural organizations in the Greater Hartford region. Funded by the Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign with significant support from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Ignition Grants funds up-and-coming organizations with cutting-edge programs.
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The Mercy Community, a West Hartford retirement center, was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from The Maxmilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation to expand its Palliative Care Program and create a dedicated unit inside St. Mary Home on the campus of The Mercy Community. The grant will be used to convert a number of rooms that were double occupancy to single occupancy, as well as to create a family room in the Palliative Care Unit.n
