The Red Sox Foundation has announced that the voting period is now open for the 8th Annual IMPACT Awards presented by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Five nonprofit organizations from each state in New England, dedicated to raising awareness and improving mental health outcomes, have been nominated to receive grants.
Read MoreJunior Achievement of Southwest New England (JA) has received a $250,000 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA), JA USA has recognized Travelers and The Hartford for their involvement in JA programs, and JA Worldwide has been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
Read MoreThe challenge was to create a public awareness campaign to raise awareness of local resources that address food insecurity in the Greater Hartford region. United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut has announced that the 2021 Emerging Leaders Society (ELS) Case Competition was won by HSB’s team, Steam United.
Read MoreFor the second consecutive year, a pair of leading Connecticut non-profit organizations have merged, determining that splitting the relatively small state into two geographic regions was no longer the most efficient way to operate.
Read MoreA Stamford-based organization which teaches music to over 1,000 young people ages 3-17 has been named as recipient of The Lewis Prize for Music’s Accelerator Award, which brings a $500,000 multi-year grant. The organization is one of four nationally to receive the top award.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Health Foundation has awarded 24 grants totaling $1.2 million to organizations on the frontlines of health equity and to media organizations that are devoting reporting to the subject, which has gained greater attention – and concern – during the pandemic.
Read MoreAll Tech Is Human – a nonprofit organization launched just a few years ago in Greater Hartford - has announced that it has secured over $650,000 in funding to support projects related to building the responsible tech pipeline and better aligning tech with the public interest.
Read MoreAs Connecticut's only statewide organization “focused broadly on supporting access to and providing funding for public humanities,” Connecticut Humanities, in its 2020-2023 Strategic Plan, laid out a multi-pronged aspiration “to strengthen our communities and society in the long term.” Following through, amidst a pandemic, has seen unanticipated challenges and opportunities.
Read MoreConnecticut-based Wheeler has received a five-year, $625,000 federal Mental Health Awareness Training Emergency Services (MHAT-ES) grant to deliver Mental Health First Aid training to emergency services and other frontline personnel across Connecticut. The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Read MoreConnecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) is furthering its support of student well-being and mental health by joining JED Campus, a nationwide program of The Jed Foundation (JED), designed to help schools evaluate and strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems.
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