The Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center received a $3,500 grant from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation to support its Y Achievers Program.Y Achievers fosters academic success and career development for youth in grades five through 12. Pictured (from left) are: Gary Wolff, president of GTW Financial Services; and Clinton Hamilton, executive director of […]
The Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center received a $3,500 grant from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation to support its Y Achievers Program.
Y Achievers fosters academic success and career development for youth in grades five through 12. Pictured (from left) are: Gary Wolff, president of GTW Financial Services; and Clinton Hamilton, executive director of the Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center
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Middletown's Wesleyan University said it recently wrapped its most successful fundraising campaign ever, a multi-year effort that netted $482 million.
That surpassed the private school's original goal of $400 million, officially set in 2013. President Michael Roth reported in March of that year that the university had already raised $283 million towards its goal. Its largest single year was fiscal year 2016, when it raised $79 million in gifts and pledges.
Officials said the biggest portion of the haul was $274 million from the “This Is Why” campaign, to be used for student financial aid, including the creation of 152 new endowed scholarships. The funds will also help recruit and retain faculty.
More than 34,000 donors gave to the campaign, with 80 percent of alumni donating, according to Wesleyan. The school said Wesleyan parents donated $51 million.
The campaign included multiple events featuring big-name alums and parents like Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, Seinfield and Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and the creators of the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail.
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Connecticut Humanities will provide more than $175,500 in major grants to support 10 nonprofit organizations. Grants will support the Connecticut Dance Alliance, Goodwin College, the Butler-McCook House & Garden and New Britain's Klingberg Family Centers. Funding for these grants is provided by money allocated to Connecticut Humanities in the 2015-16 state budget.
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The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has given a $36,000 grant to The Urban League. The grant will be used towards the publication of “The 2016 State of Black Hartford,” a comprehensive book on the history of African and Caribbean-Americans in Hartford.
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The First Niagara Foundation has donated $10,000 to Hartford's new Youth Service Corps, an organization that provides unemployed young people, ages 16 to 24, with part-time employment completing community service projects.
