Foundation Doles Out $344K To Help The Needy

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford-based giving foundation recently completed another round of grants to help the impoverished, doing so just in time for the holiday season.

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced that 38 nonprofit organizations received a total of $344,300 to provide food and other basic needs to residents throughout Greater Hartford.

In August, the foundation awarded an additional $344,000 in emergency assistance grants to 33 organizations.

Since 2022, the foundation has made emergency assistance grants available twice a year, based on feedback from nonprofits.

The foundation’s emergency assistance grants focus on increasing access to food and addressing immediate needs such as personal care items (e.g., deodorant, diapers), utility assistance, emergency transportation, and other items essential to well-being (such as reading glasses and assistive canes).

This grant opportunity prioritizes nonprofits that serve neighborhoods and towns in the region with a higher percentage of residents living in poverty.

These grants support both regional and local agencies in Greater Hartford.

Grants range from $3,000 and $20,000 through support from the foundation’s discretionary funding and in partnership with the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation.

Of the 38 grants, the primary needs served include:

• 18 are primarily for food or food assistance ($151,500).

• 12 are primarily for emergency financial aid assistance ($106,300).

• Four are primarily for personal care items ($25,500).

• Three are for organizations to provide emergency case management ($41,000).

• One is for emergency clothing needs ($20,000)

“When individuals and families cannot afford to pay for groceries, housing, medical care or other basic necessities, it is incredibly challenging for children to perform in school or for adults to go to work each and every day,” said Hartford Foundation Senior Community Investments Officer Cierra Stancil.

“Providing the most basic of human needs helps individuals and families stabilize themselves on their way toward upward social and economic mobility.”

For more information and a specific list of all grant recipients, click on this link.