The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the region’s largest philanthropic gatekeeper, says it disbursed in 2014 more than $32.5 million in grants to community and education nonprofits – a record for the 90-year-old community chest.
The 1,997 grants to nonprofits in 29 Greater Hartford communities also set a record, foundation President Linda J. Kelly said Thursday.
Of the disbursements, Kelly said grants for family and social services received 22.5 percent; health, 15 percent; arts and culture, 14 percent; community and economic development, 8.6 percent, general, 6.9 percent; and summer programs, 3.4 percent.
According to the latest unaudited estimates, the foundation ended 2014 with assets of $930 million, in 1,091 funds, another record, she said.
In 2013, the foundation dished out $29.5 million through 1,856 grants, ending that year with around $923 million in assets, a spokesman said.
Since its founding in 1925, the foundation has awarded approximately $621 million in grants, Kelly said.
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