Hartford Organization Doles Out $360K To Battle Hunger/Poverty

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

HARTFORD, CT — A regional, nonprofit foundation out of Hartford has doled about nearly $360,000 to several organizations dedicated to helping stave off hunger due to poverty.

A total of 44 nonprofit organizations receiveda total of $359,500 from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to provide food and other basic human needs to residents throughout Greater Hartford.

This is the second year the foundation has made emergency assistance grants available twice a year.

The application process for the second round of Basic Human Needs (BHN) grants began on Aug. 1.

The Foundation’s BHN Emergency Assistance grants focus on increasing access to food and addressing immediate needs such as personal care items (deodorant, diapers), utility assistance, emergency transportation and other items essential to well-being.

"This grant opportunity prioritizes nonprofits that serve neighborhoods and towns in the region with a higher percentage of residents living in poverty, seek to reduce barriers to equitable access to basic needs and provide direct support to clients," wrote the foundation.

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

Grants range from $3,000 and $20,000 and are primarily funded through the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation with additional dollars from the foundation’s discretionary funding.

To learn more about this and other grant opportunities, nonprofits can visit https://www.hfpg.org/nonprofits/current-grant-opportunities.

For more information on this specific grant program, click on this link.