The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced Monday it was doling out more than $110,000 in grants for six community engagement programs in the region.
The foundation announced that it’s giving out six grants totaling $110,874 to organizations working on local civic engagement efforts in their respective communities. The six groups receiving inaugural Resident Engagement grants are:
- $24,999 for the Advocacy to Legacy to establish a youth-led campaign focusing on addressing and educating people about the issues immigrants commonly face with state issued identification and licensure.
- $17,500 for the Center for Leadership and Justice to fund an extensive research project aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the Urban Suburban Affordables program, an affordable housing program launched in Hartford in 1992.
- $15,000 to Community First School Inc. for its “Putting Community First” project, which is designed to further empower residents living in Hartford’s Northeast neighborhood through meetings and roundtable discussions.
- $24,435 to HartBeat Ensemble Inc., to support the “(im)migration 360” performance series that paints a picture about the local immigrant experience in America.
- $23,940 to the National Conference for Community and Justice for the organization’s community-wide inclusive conversations covering topics such as racism and LGBTQIA+ issues with both urban and suburban audiences in the Foundation’s service area.
- $5,000 to the Ujima African American Alliance to support its work toward inclusivity in Enfield through changes to the community’s education system. This grant supported an inaugural, community-driven Juneteenth celebration in Enfield this year.
According to the foundation, the organization did not dictate a preferred method of engaging residents through the grants. But the organization did require that the community engagement efforts have a strong chance of increasing civic inclusivity and participation.
