The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is launching a “Building On Success” program that will involve 12 nonprofits from the Greater Hartford region.
The two-year initiative, designed to combine capacity building support and small grants, includes quarterly group learning sessions, individual organizational consultation, and grant support. Each organization that fully participates will be awarded a total of $10,000, over two years.
The program is tailored to meet the needs of small nonprofit organizations that have limited knowledge of and access to capacity building resources.
The nonprofits who will participate include: the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association; Hartford 2000, Inc.; Hartford Artisans Weaving Center; Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus; and Padres Abriendo Puertas, Inc., all in Hartford; the Building Healthy Families in Manchester; Carter Cares, Inc. in South Windsor; Circle of Life in East Hartford; Community Accounting Aid & Services, Inc. in Rocky Hill; CT Alliance for Victims of Violence & their Families in Farmington; Ironwood Community Partners, Inc. in Bloomfield and Vernon Community Arts Center in Vernon.
Of the estimated 2,750 public charities operating in Greater Hartford, approximately 2,100, like those participating in this program, have annual revenues below $200,000, said Judy Rozie-Battle, senior vice president for community investments at the Hartford Foundation. The new program is a reflection of the foundation’s “strategic focus” on strengthening the region’s nonprofit sector, she said.
