Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, a nonprofit community development corporation working to revitalize the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, received a $10,000 grant from the People’s United Community Foundation to support NINA’s initiative to expand homeownership opportunities in Asylum Hill for low- to moderate-income families.• • •St. Mary Home of The Mercy Community in West Hartford […]
Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, a nonprofit community development corporation working to revitalize the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, received a $10,000 grant from the People's United Community Foundation to support NINA's initiative to expand homeownership opportunities in Asylum Hill for low- to moderate-income families.
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St. Mary Home of The Mercy Community in West Hartford was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the NewAlliance Foundation in support of Music and Memory: A therapeutic music program in which The Mercy Community is certified. The grant will enable St. Mary Home to purchase headphones suitable for residents and clients, MP3 players and iTunes gift cards for the program.
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Panera Bread's 16 owner-operated bakery-cafes in Connecticut helped raise over $21,000 during the month of October to support local families battling cancer. Panera Bread held its annual, month-long Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign leading up to its 5th annual SPOOK-A-THON family fundraiser, both benefiting the Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer.
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The American School for the Deaf received a $33,000 grant from the Rotary International Foundation to support the school's visual media studio program. The program offers students hands-on learning opportunities in photoliteracy, videography, and broadcast journalism. The grant has supported the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for the visual media studio, as well as professional development training for staff directly involved with the studio and program.
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Foodshare announced a $25,000 grant from Morgan Stanley to expand its child-hunger initiatives. The grant is part of the latest phase in Morgan Stanley's more than $14 million commitment to Feeding America and its network of 200 local food banks that distribute millions of meals every year to children and families across the United States.
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The state is no longer the captain of the Amistad schooner. Ownership of the historical teaching vessel has been turned over to a nonprofit called Discovering Amistad Inc.
Ownership of the schooner was transferred to Discovering Amistad following allocation of state bond funds for the purchase of the ship by the new organization. A Superior Court judge officially dissolved the now-defunct charitable organization, Amistad America Inc., at the state's request.
The state took action after revelations that Amistad America's tax-exempt status had been revoked by the IRS and that the organization had accumulated significant debts.
A court-approved advisory committee recommended the formation of a new nonprofit to oversee the ship.
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Nonprofit Profile: United Way of Connecticut
