The Hartford has committed $16 million over five years to help small business owners grow through its new Communities with HART initiative. T
he first two investments include $1.25 million to the Accion U.S. Network to benefit 500 small businesses and $1.5 million to Junior Achievement USA to support 100,000 students.
In partnership with JA, The Hartford will be the title sponsor of its flagship JA Company Program, helping to inspire the students of today to become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
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The Arthritis Foundation New England Region and honorary co-chairs, I. Bradley Hoffman of the Hoffman Auto Group and Joseph Savage of Webster Bank, hosted “An Evening with Hall of Fame Coach Jim Calhoun” to benefit the Arthritis Foundation.
The event brought 150 people together to raise over $130,000. Webster Bank and Hoffman Lexus joined together to present coach Calhoun with the Arthritis Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Hartford Stage’s recent Tony Award winning play “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” could thank one local nonprofit for its recent success.
The play, which was developed and first performed at Hartford Stage in 2012 and then opened on Broadway in Nov. 2013, received a $100,000 grant from the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in April 2012.
Previously, a $35,000 grant from the Garmany Fund supported a workshop to develop the show.
Hartford Stage’s Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and the play earned four Tony Awards, which are given annually to the best Broadway productions.
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Hartford’s Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation received a grant for $6,160 from Connecticut Humanities in support of “Beyond the Gates: Cedar Hill Celebrates 150 Years.”
To be held on the grounds of Cedar Hill on Saturday, Sept. 13, Beyond the Gates is a free community event that will illuminate the cemetery’s rich 19th-century history.
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The 1772 Foundation, partnering with the Land Trust Alliance, awarded grants totaling $787,000 to 17 northeast land trusts protecting farmland located with a 100-mile radius of Boston or New York City.
The grants ranged from $34,000 to $50,000. Awards were made for acquisition capital costs as well as transaction-related expenses, such as appraisals, legal and recording fees, and surveys. Locally, the Connecticut Farmland Trust received $50,000 to protect the Williams Farm in Lebanon.
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The YMCA of Greater Hartford has received over 200 new basketballs as a donation from NBA Cares, DICK’s Sporting Goods and Spalding. The donation provides new basketballs to children who participate in YMCA’s youth development and camping programs. The YMCA of Greater Hartford is one of more than 200 Ys nationwide to receive a donation of basketballs.
