Hartford Foundation kicks off centennial year with new $2.9M investment

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced a new $2.9 million investment that will provide an additional $100,000 allocation to the Community Funds program in each of the 29 towns and cities it serves.

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The foundation has established separate funds for each municipality within its region, allowing local communities to address their own unique needs. Each committee consists of volunteers who live in the town.

The “Greater Together Community Funds investment” gives each municipality’s fund $50,000 for grantmaking and $50,000 to be invested in its endowment.

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This is the first of several major investments to commemorate the foundation’s centennial year in 2025, the organization said.

“The Greater Together Community Funds were created to engage and empower community residents; the people who are best equipped to respond to the needs of their towns,” said Jay Williams, CEO and president of the Hartford Foundation. “When we set up a program rooted in inclusion, participatory decision making and community resident leadership, we knew the work would be both rewarding and challenging.”

As of December 2024, the 29 town committees had made 659 individual grants totaling $2.48 million. 

The Hartford Foundation created the program in 2019 with an initial investment of $2.9 million. 

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In 2022, the foundation invested an additional $1.45 million, providing each town’s fund with $50,000 ($30,000 for grantmaking and $20,000 in endowments).

The towns and cities in the foundation’s region are: Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and Windsor Locks.

For more information about the Greater Together Community Funds, or to donate, visit www.hfpg.org/communityfunds.

The foundation has awarded grants of more than $1 billion million since it was founded in 1925.