KNOX Inc. has received a $35,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation in support of its “Hartford Grown Headquarters” urban farming program. The program provides land and resources to gardeners who are ready to turn growing fresh produce into a business. The grant will fund the planning and build-out of satellite farms on vacant lots […]
KNOX Inc. has received a $35,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation in support of its “Hartford Grown Headquarters” urban farming program. The program provides land and resources to gardeners who are ready to turn growing fresh produce into a business. The grant will fund the planning and build-out of satellite farms on vacant lots in Hartford.
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The Seniors Job Bank has received a $3,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The grant will help the Seniors Job Bank continue to connect people over age 50 seeking work to local businesses and households with jobs to be filled.
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Girl Scouts of Connecticut has received a $25,000 grant from Travelers to provide Girl Scouting to nearly 900 girls in Hartford. Girl Scouts of Connecticut strives to make its leadership development programs available to every girl in the state who wants to participate, regardless of her family's resources.
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The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has concluded its 2016 grantmaking year with more than $230,000 in grants and scholarships. The grants benefit nonprofit organizations and programs serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
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The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is providing grants totaling more than $1.1 million to six nonprofits working to end homelessness in Greater Hartford.
Grants were awarded to AIDS Connecticut ($102,000), Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness ($30,000), Corporation for Supportive Housing ($300,000), ImmaCare ($144,000), My Sisters' Place ($220,000) and The Salvation Army ($326,544).
The groups are expected to provide a broad range of services aimed at preventing homelessness to more than 1,500 Greater Hartford individuals and families.
