Hartford Performs received a $2,000 grant from The Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving.Hartford Performs is a nonprofit collaborative that brings teaching artists into Hartford Public Schools to teach curriculum in creative ways that engage students. Pictured (from left) are: Andrea Drag, Wireless Zone social media and content coordinator; Rie Poirier-Campbell, Hartford Performs executive director.• • […]
Hartford Performs received a $2,000 grant from The Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving.
Hartford Performs is a nonprofit collaborative that brings teaching artists into Hartford Public Schools to teach curriculum in creative ways that engage students. Pictured (from left) are: Andrea Drag, Wireless Zone social media and content coordinator; Rie Poirier-Campbell, Hartford Performs executive director.
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Catholic Charities' Parker Memorial Family Center's Fatherhood initiative received a $10,000 grant from the Black Giving Circle Fund. The funds will help provide fathers with education and support to build strong social-emotional connections with their children to ensure that their children are reaching literacy proficiency.
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The Hartford Bishops' Foundation raised $770,075 during a recent gala to benefit the Cathedral of St. Joseph, the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Hartford. The money raised will support the construction of a new Cathedral Hall featuring education and community meeting facilities, dining area and mausoleum, as well as other renovations.
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Capital for Change (C4C) was presented with a $500,000 check from Eversource to purchase the allocation of tax credits awarded to C4C earlier this year by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Housing Tax Credit Contribution Program. The contribution will provide loan capital to support C4C's affordable housing and energy-efficiency lending programs.
