KeyBank is giving $345,000 to 25 nonprofit organizations in Connecticut and Massachusetts, the company announced this week.
The new round of donations, made through the bank’s charitable group KeyBank Foundation, range from between $7,500 and $39,000 each and focus on organizations addressing homelessness, education, job creation and workforce development.
The 18 Connecticut nonprofits that received grants are:
- The New Haven Community Reads Community Book Bank Inc. to support its summer internship program.
- CT Science Center to support the museum’s education enrichment offerings to underserved teens
- ECSU Foundation Inc. to support the Summer Transition to Eastern Program
- Hartford Promise for its integrated college success model
- The WorkPlace in Bridgeport for its mobile education bus
- Youth Entrepreneurs in Hamden to support its Genius Generation program for greater New Haven middle school students
- Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology in New Haven for its Innovative Workforce Development program
- New Haven Promise for its Back New Haven job placement and career development program
- New Opportunities Inc. in Waterbury to acquire upgraded technology for CARES mobile job portal
- Urban League of Greater Hartford to support Project Ready college access program
- Clifford Beers Guidance Center Inc. for its lifeguard program
- New Reach, New Haven for its emergency shelter plan for women and children
- International Hartford to support programs for immigrants, refugees, and other minority groups
- Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc. for its I Heart My Home financial literacy and homeownership counseling program
- NeighborWorks New Horizons/Mutual Housing of Southern CT supporting its new affordable housing rehab projects in Newhallville and the Hill neighborhoods.
- Holy Family Home and Shelter in Willimantic for financial literacy and self-sufficiency resources for the homeless
- The state Community Economic Development Fund to support small business development
- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Hartford supporting its affordable housing projects for Hartford families
