A look at the finances and leadership of the nonprofit Universal Health Care Foundation of CT, as well as other nonprofit news from Greater Hartford.
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The Greater Hartford Arts Council will award funding to over 20 arts and cultural organizations through its Artscape Grants program. Supported by the Arts Council's United Arts Campaign, Artscape grants provide funding for arts programs that improve quality of life for residents. Among the organizations that will benefit from the grants are: Unified Theater (whose program participants are shown, above right, wearing orange shirts), SHIFT Scoliosis & Orthopedics, Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra and CCARC Inc.
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The United Bank Foundation pledged $100,000 to Asnuntuck Community College's Foundation to support the college's Academic Skills Center.
The donation is the largest single gift in the college's history. The funds will be used to relocate and improve the college's tutoring space, as well as financing the center's tutors.
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Mayor Marcia A. Leclerc of East Hartford presented a $6,000 donation to Connecticut's Old State House to fund the construction of an office for Connecticut's Kid Governor and a Civics Action Lab to help teach kids about government and civic involvement in their community. The Old State House is one of nine nonprofit organizations that will benefit from the 2016 Mayor's Charity Ball. Pictured (from left) are: Patrick Sheehan, chairman of the CT Public Affairs Network; Elena Tipton, Kid Governor; Marcia A. Leclerc, mayor of East Hartford; Sally Whipple, executive director, CT's Old State House; Cynthia Ritchie, asst. superintendent, East Hartford Public Schools; Beatrice Corrado, asst. principal, O'Connell Elementary School; and Greg Fox, principal, O'Connell Elementary School.
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