Organization Name

Project Description

Area Served

Grant Amount

Asylum Hill Congregational Church

Grant supports expansion
of the weekly Community Meals program.

Hartford and Tolland Counties, particularly Vernon, Rockville, and Manchester

$6,000

Bloomfield Congregational Church

Grant supports upgrading
the community kitchen to support program expansion.

Northeast, East Hartford, East Windsor, Hartford, Manchester, Windsor

$6,500

Center for Leadership and Justice

Grant supports hiring a bilingual, bi-cultural community organizer to support residents of the Frog Hollow neighborhood.  The community organizer will assist resident leaders in identifying action areas and strategies.

Frog Hollow

$15,000

Christ Church Cathedral

Grant supports providing guests of Church Street Eats with personal hygiene products at Christ Church Cathedral location and at Bushnell Park at the time of meal distribution.

Asylum Hill, Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Downtown, Frog Hollow, Parkville, Sheldon-Charter Oak, South Green

$6,500

Congregation Beth Israel

Grant supports creation of
a formal diversity, inclusion and equity assessment of the congregation, facilitated conversations and sharing the process and lessons learned with other Hartford area faith communities.

Asylum Hill, Blue Hills, Downtown, Frog Hollow, Northeast, Parkville, South End, Upper Albany, West End, Greater Hartford

$5,000

Emanuel Lutheran Church

Grant supports creation of
a 12-month wellness program for women of color. Focusing on a cohort of 10 women, services to be offered include group coaching, individual follow up, assistance with job coaching, social connection, and service resources.

Asylum Hill, Barry Square, Behind the Rocks, Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Frog Hollow, North Meadows, Northeast, Parkville, Sheldon-Charter Oak, South End, South Green, South Meadows, Southwest, Upper Albany, West End

$9,000

Enfield People for People, Inc

Grant supports securing space in the Enfield area for use as a warming center for homeless population and providing an array of outreach services, including basic human needs supports.

East Windsor, Enfield, Somers, Suffield, Windsor Locks

$12,000

Faith Congregational Church

Grant supports the Faith in Our Future Project to re-instate, reinvigorate, and expand their service and strong commitment to the community by renewing the Faith Community Initiatives nonprofit which provides programs and basic supports for families and children.

Asylum Hill, Clay Arsenal, Downtown, Upper Albany, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Windsor

$6,000

FaithActs for Education

Grant supports a collaboration with partner churches in Greater Hartford to provide coronavirus relief to their neediest members, expand nonpartisan civic engagement programming, and build support for community engagement focused on social and racial justice.

Behind the Rocks, Clay Arsenal, Frog Hollow, North Meadows, South End, Bloomfield, Canton, East Hartford, East Windsor, Enfield, Hartford, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks

$12,000

Families United Serving and Embracing (FUSE)

Grant supports offering Brave Embrace's Bold Girls for Gender and Racial Equity program in Greater Hartford. FUSE plans to offer the Bold program to cohorts of vulnerable and minority girls at no cost, partnering with local church youth groups and high-need schools for participant recruitment.

Greater Hartford

$5,000

First Church of Christ Congregational Glastonbury, CT

Grant supports decreasing barriers to education by ensuring uniforms and appropriate clothing are available to students of the O'Brien STEM Academy.

Glastonbury

$10,000

Glastonbury Links Together

Grant supports the creation of a free choice food pantry in Glastonbury.

Glastonbury

$10,000

Glory Chapel International Cathedral

Grant supports providing outreach to underserved Hartford residents to promote engagement in faith-based best practices recovery-oriented services, peer support, advocacy,
and provision of basic
needs. Partners will
conduct monthly neighborhood outreach throughout the City, provide virtual and on-site peer support opportunities and mentoring, helping people access and engage in treatment, aftercare and re-entry support in the context of community, and provide information on community resources.

Asylum Hill, Behind the Rocks, Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Frog Hollow, South End, South Green, Upper Albany, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Manchester, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor

$12,000

Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford CT

Grant supports a project to create a community action plan to make a difference in the structural racism, and social and economic disparities experienced by residents in Parkville.

Parkville

$8,000

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

Grant supports a program designed to bring people together weekly for enrichment and discovery. Residents will have the opportunity to gather and engage in conversation on a topic, employing Ted Talks as the basis for the discussion. The program will be promoted at Friday dinners (100+ people), monthly meetings and newsletters and at a nearby food pantry.

Asylum Hill, Avon, Bloomfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor

$5,000

Hartford City Mission

Grant supports free summer camp operating July 12, 2021 to August 20, 2021, five days per week providing breakfast, lunch and dinner, and a free after-school program emphasizing homework help, leadership training utilizing Black history as the curriculum and social-emotional support.

Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Northeast, Upper Albany

$6,000

Hartford Seminary

Grant supports The Black Ministries Program at Hartford Seminary and My People’s Community Services collaboration to provide training, mentoring and counseling to religious leaders and community members. Faithful Healing will comprise three main components, extensive training for Hartford clergy, chaplains and religious leadership; post-training, professional mentorship for program participants; and psychological counseling for those most in distress.

Asylum Hill, Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, North Meadows, Northeast, Parkville, Upper Albany, West End, Greater Hartford

$14,000

Horace Bushnell Children's Food Pantry

Grant supports the Northside Faith in Action Collaborative to address and mitigate communal barriers that prevent resident access to services, quality employment, and community involvement.

Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Northeast, Upper Albany, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Manchester, West Hartford, Windsor

$12,000

International Gospel Fellowship

Grant supports a series of six Saturday workshops starting in September 2021 and a conference in October 2021. Workshop topics will be selected based on the needs of people in the church and community as well as community data.
The conference will address challenges of isolation, mental health of family caregivers, grief support, as well as domestic violence issues. 

Blue Hills, North Meadows, Northeast, Sheldon-Charter Oak, Upper Albany, Bloomfield, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Hartford, Manchester, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks

$7,000

Lawson Chapel/Urban Hope Refuge Church

Grant supports a community program to provide youth with leadership skills in social justice, social action and advocacy with an emphasis on civic engagement. Activities will range from round-table discussions and attending and observing public school boards and commissions to community organizing and public-awareness campaigns to affect systems change and transform their community, primarily through positive use of youth social media.

Northeast, East Hartford, East Windsor, Hartford, Manchester, Windsor

$12,000

Mount Olive Baptist Church, Inc.

Grant supports an 11-week, six day per week food program.  Three churches will support the programing on separate days to improve access for residents.

Clay Arsenal, Northeast

$14,000

New Antioch Baptist Missionary Baptist Church

Grant supports a community breakfast project designed to feed families in Greater Hartford. Volunteers will prepare a full breakfast every Saturday.

Asylum Hill, Northeast, Bloomfield, East Hartford, West Hartford, Windsor

$7,000

Rehoboth Church of God

Grant supports broadening community outreach and support.  Project supports improving service capacity at the daycare, expanding food pantry's capacity to deliver food, strengthening counseling services, and/or expanding economic assistance program. 

Asylum Hill, Blue Hills, Upper Albany, Bloomfield, Windsor

$7,000

Saint Monica's Episcopal Church

Grant supports the Your Place Hartford Youth Leadership Initiative (YPHYLI), which will
engage young people in the community ages 13-18 to: 1) develop self-awareness and self-esteem; 2) secure the knowledge, skills and qualities needed for effective leadership; 3) encourage and build youth leadership through meaningful engagement in real community issues; and 4) provide a stipend for participation.

Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Frog Hollow, Northeast, East Hartford, East Windsor, West Hartford, Windsor

$8,000

South Congregational Church, Granby

Grant supports expansion of the Waste Not Want Not food program.

Greater Granby Region

$15,000

St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Grant supports the creation of a public space, “Abraham's Welcome”, on Farmington Avenue at the front of St. John’s campus. The space will have three connected uses: benches for rest, a Blessing Box for provisions (small free food pantry), and a community message board for connection and information.

Asylum Hill, West End, West Hartford

$6,000

The Cornerstone Foundation

Grant supports developing
a One-Stop Resource Center for basic needs
and workforce development for homeless or long-term unemployed individuals. This program will provide pre-employment training and coaching, assistance in skill development, outreach to potential employers, serve as a temporary agency for clients and employers, and manage two sites which clients can use as a mailing address and to access other resources.

Hartford and Tolland Counties, particularly Vernon, Rockville, and Manchester

$ 15,000

The Emanuel Synagogue

Grant supports bringing public restrooms into compliance with ADA standards, updating fixtures and lighting to support reengaging seniors and people with disabilities.

West Hartford

$5,000

The Salvation Army

Grant supports The Salvation Army’s Parents Second Time Around (PSTA) Program, which addresses the growing demands of individuals and families caring for their grandchildren and/or kin through caregiver education, support groups, and adult and child respite. 

Asylum Hill, Barry Square, Behind the Rocks, Blue Hills, Clay Arsenal, Downtown, Frog Hollow, North Meadows, Northeast, Parkville, Sheldon-Charter Oak, South End, South Green, South Meadows, Southwest, Upper Albany, West End, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Newington, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor

$5,000

University of Connecticut Hillel

Grant supports expansion of the distribution of hygiene totes to women, girls and individuals in Hartford. through nonprofit partners working with Dignity Grows.

Downtown Hartford

$8,000

The United Methodist Church of Hartford

Grant supports five monthly Harmony Conference panel discussion events, community Zoom/dinner events, which will gather the community around topics of anti-racism and diversity. Topics include: mass incarceration, segregated communities, safety, education; unjust poor, homelessness, reparations, police brutality, and environmental racism.

Asylum Hill, Frog Hollow, Upper Albany, West End, West Hartford

$6,000

Unitarian Universalist Society: East

Grant supports providing culturally appropriate, accessible, empowering and free, developmentally appropriate activities to low-income Black and brown children and youth isolated in two neighborhoods, Spruce Street and Squire Village.  Through creative arts and workshops, individual mentors will work with a group of youth who have experienced COVID related trauma such as the loss of family members, household job losses, and/or economic stress. Mentoring will include tutoring and financial literacy activities supported by the Community Child Guidance Clinic.

Manchester

$15,000

Urban Alliance

Grant supports the Beyond the Basics program, which builds capacity in basic needs programs to yield deeper and more holistic outcomes in the lives of the people served.

Greater Hartford

$10,000