Hartford Nonprofits and Charities

For over 12 years, I’ve supported and contributed to Gardner’s House, an organization unlike any other. Its members stay connected with you during and after treatment, ensuring that your basic needs—like food, clothing, and shelter—are met. Beyond these essentials, Gardner’s House members are dedicated to uplifting those in treatment with smiles, prayers, and supportive group gatherings. It is crucial for this organization to keep thriving, as the services it provides are highly sought after in the Hartford area and surrounding communities.

Greatful that tenants from Gillet St., Farmington Ave., Sherman St., Jefferson St., and most recently Madison St. received help from volunteers organizers of Vecinos Unidos to confront and expose their slumlanlords. <br><br>

Person with serious challenges,brain injury who will testify that United Way is ONLY about fundraising for ITSELF

AIC IS CORRUPT THEY BREAK FAMILIES UP DONT ALLOW FAMILIES BACK TOGETHER THEY ARE JUST LIKE DCF BLACK INMATE FAMILY BREAKERS!NO BUSINESS STICKING THIER NOSE WHERE IT DONT BELONG!SAYING WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE OR NOT LIVE JUST BECAUSE THEIR HOUSE HAD A FIRE NUN YA BUSINESS STAY OUT OF IT!DONT DESERVE ANY STARSGave a 1 should have a spot for a zero

This is an amazing resource for anyone that is looking for a ferret or who wants to help ferrets. I adopted two of my ferrets through them and it was a great experience. They are so knowledgeable and kind. They gave me tons of advice of ferret keeping. They also helped me find the perfect siblings for my ferrets! Cannot recommend them enough!

I was there on April 6th. Drove 2 hours, sat there at intake for 4 hours which I guess is normal. <br>I got in and was nervous, wanted to leave. A VERY nice nurse Practitioner talked me into it. <br>I had not eaten all day and said I had chest pains or heart burn. I ate a Tuna sandwich and felt fine. <br>Next thing I know is the head nurse that night discharged me because I refuse to go to the emergency room for chest pain which was fine and went away like I said. <br>The main managers don’t care about you. Food is better in jail, they treat you like an inmate without any human morals. <br>Even if I did have chest pain why would you DISGHARGE me from a hospital and send me home instead of keeping an eye on me at least. Maybe if it happened agin I’d go. <br>The nurse who worked the night of April 6th should not be making life decisions. I’m a civil engineer and very educated, legal matters will follow

This scholarship covered the cost of my books and materials for the first two years of my college education. As a financially independent first-generation college student every single dollar counts. A lot fo scholarships apply directly to your fee bill which is certainly helpful but it often does not help a student buy textbooks. I am eternally grateful for this scholarship. In just a few months I will graduate from UConn with my BA in political science. I have already been admitted to UConn's 5th-year master's program for political science and will receive my MA next year. I was able to focus on my studies because I did not have to work the ridiculous amount of hours a week many students do out of necessity in order to purchase class materials. It is not because I am smarter or better. It is because I had the resources to succeed. Please donate to the Virginia Pinnock Scholarship Fund. Help another bright young student succeed.

As an employee for Harc over the last two years I have encounter caring people who are committed to Harc's mission. They truely live their mission everyday. It is an honor to work at Harc and make a difference in the lives of those we serve!

I do not recommend this cemetery to no one, the worst place to bury your love one.<br>No compassion , everything that they can profit of , they will.<br>Not upfront with all their specifications and rules, they just sweet talk you into how beautiful the cemetery is , but do not disclosed the things that they do not allow, they say they give you a handbook, but Really? in a time of grief and pain, you want us to sit a read the whole pamphlet. when I ask about my Mom's flat stone, I was told 12"x24" with round edges, that is all I was told. So I went ahead and order a beautiful flat stone for my mom, and they ask me to remove the picture, I was so devastated and upset, I went back and redesign a different stone without my mom's picture and now they say I can have no color on the design and words that I am dedicating to Mom. I guess I have to just order an ordinary ugly old fashion stone to please the cemetery. Very Disappointed. You know , we are in 2017, and in a few years new generation of sons and daughters are going to be burring their parents or love ones and I'm pretty sure your old fashion ugly standards and specifications are not going to be appealing to new customers and your business is not going to be as lucrative as it is right now.<br>You need to modernize a little and take into consideration and be flexible with customers requests. The cemetery is not going to stop being beautiful, the contrary it will show the beautiful diversity of cultures reflected on each individual stones., and will attract more clientele.<br>

What attracted me to Hartford Food System was its focus on solving the underlying problems in our food system, rather than solely on short-term food issues (as important as those are). I have the honor of working closely with the fundraising staff, who are dedicated to using HFS's resources smartly and efficiently to fund the organization's vital programs. I am still new to the board, but I look forward to many years of working with HFS to achieve long-term solutions to the challenges facing low-income residents' ability to access healthy food. I am especially excited to be part of an organization that is educating children to grow and prepare healthy food, which will only make Hartford an even stronger community in the future.

I was so moved by a performance of &ldquo;In My Shoes&rdquo; that I was inspired to give to the Judy Dworin Performance Project [JDPP]. &ldquo;In My Shoes&rdquo; brings the voices of the women at York Correctional Institution to the public. Six guest artists - some of whom were previously incarcerated, and another who is a child of a parent who was incarcerated - perform with JDPP&rsquo;s professional ensemble members to tell the story of the walk to, through, and out of prison. My reaction to their spoken words, dances, and songs was so visceral that I didn&rsquo;t even realize I had been holding my breath until the tears welling up in my eyes began to fall down my cheeks. <br><br>I was overcome by these women who had such courage to share their own and others&rsquo; painful stories and bare their souls. They were so brave; I wondered if I were in their shoes, if I would have had the personal fortitude to deal with what happened, to move on with my life, to try to learn how to be free. <br><br>Because this touched my heart, I knew I wanted to do something to express my gratitude to the performers and to JDPP. I wanted to thank the performers for the privilege of being witness to their heartfelt transformation. And I wanted to thank JDPP for creating such beautiful and important art. And I felt so good knowing that I would be helping them to continue to enrich my life and the lives of others. #MyGivingStory #GivingTuesday #JDPPMoving4Change<br>

Connecticut Farmland Trust is an accredited land trust. Accreditation means Connecticut Farmland Trust meets national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. Connecticut Farmland Trust has demonstrated to the Land Trust Accreditation Commission its commitment to excellence. Accredited land trusts meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. These land trusts demonstrate their commitment to excellence by adopting Land Trust Standards and Practices, the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust, and meeting the accreditation requirements drawn from them. Learn More: http://www.landtrustaccreditation.org/about.

I heard about Marycare from its president, my dear friend Anne Bates, and I was immediately struck by the grass-roots nature of this organization. Their latest projects are under the guidance of Nigerian doctors and nurses and leaders and Fr. Emmanuel, a Nigerian priest who is pastor of 2 parishes in Hartford, Connecticut. With their hep Marycare has brought clean water to the priest's home village, Umuoduwa, one of the five villages of Ejemekwuru, a town of 10,000 people in Imo State in rural Nigeria. This means that the children previously taking hours to fetch unclean water from the river can now be in school, and that the mortality rate has declined dramatically. And Marycare has also recently built a medical clinic in Ejemekwuru and it is already attracting patients from the region at large, an area completely lacking in medical facilities. The doctors and nurses are all Nigerian, and are eagerly awaiting extensive medical supplies and equipment which Marycare will be sending over from the USA in the next few months. Marycare always collaborates with the community leaders already in place--that way there is a mutual giving and receiving. 95% of Marycare's donations go directly to its programs because of the completely volunteer staff in the USA.

This company has been empowering Hartford's youth for over 35 years! Not only do they provide tutoring and mentoring to students in kindergarten through eighth grade through the school year, but they also have a summer program that gives students enrichment opportunities. It's programs like this that Hartford needs to continuously help our young people make better and brighter choices for the future! I love being part of this organization and hope it continues to empower Hartford's youth for years to come!

Founded in 1983, Mercy Housing & Shelter Corps, headquartered in Hartford, Ct. has a long history of success in helping individuals and families by providing housing assistance and supportive services to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Our service area is primarily Greater Hartford and Middlesex County. We work to empower clients to become independent, so they may live and work with dignity and respect. We seek to end homelessness by advocating for changes in the social systems that perpetuate homelessness. We welcome and serve all in need, in the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy, who founded the organization. In the last year, 272 individuals took advantage of our residential programs to work their way out of homelessness, and 107 individuals and families lived successfully in permanent housing with intensive support services. In addition, our Friendship Center provides free meals and case workers to connect individuals to an array of health and employment services. Through the generosity of many active volunteers and donors and the expertise of our professional staff, many lives are changed for the better! When I have the opportunity to interact with our clients, I am always struck by their gratitude and perseverance, and the often heartbreaking stories that have lead to their current circumstances. Without a safe place to call "home", it is exceedingly difficult to manage one's life well or negotiate the systems to success...Mercy H&S understands this and does remarkable work to help individuals turn that around!!

My kids have all been through the CIC. It's a 30+ year old institution in CT, and a staple alongside the Science Fair. Kids are taught to invention a solution to a problem they have, and then go through prototyping, researching patents, creating marketing, etc. Winners of local invention conventions get to go to the State level at UCONN's Gambel Pavilion where you have almost 1000 kids showing off their inventions. Each year the CIC teaches about 15000 kids in 200 schools to be inventors, which I think is just awesome. Very efficient from a funding point of view too--they do all of this with just a few full time staffers and a boatload of volunteers. Very awesome program. I have been volunteering with them since my first of four kids went through the program.

This collective does great work in the community. So many people give of their time, talents, hearts and donate to help others! They hold wonderful fundraisers and have one coming up in March! Check their web site for info

Years ago a friend of mine and her family were greatly helped by this organization. We highly recommend them.

It is of concern that this organization reports a loss for 2011 when the salary and expenses of the leader role is in excess of $100,000 annually. This reflects just under 9 percent of the budget for a grassroots organization. There is no doubt that there are layers of good intentions and work but as many grass root ideas grow the lure of money results in a dull diamond

I have been a volunteer at the Bushnell for nearly 13 years. It is one of the best and most rewarding things I have ever signed up to do. The volunteers at the Bushnell are treated with respect and are continuously told how valuable we are. We are many people's first impression of the establishment and we are all proud to put our best foot forward to offer the best customer service we possibly can. I wouldn't trade my years at the Bushnell for anything. I serve with joy, gratitude and pride.

The Brothers of Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. are committed to helping young males, especially Black males, achieve college level education. By donating to this Fund, I am helping to get Black males off the streets and headed towards positive careers with responsible objectives. They set a goal of donating $50,000.00 to a Black College for 2012 and successfully reached their goal in October 2012.

I give to this organization because I believe in what they are doing and how they are helping our young people to grow, blossom, and just be the great people that they are. The staff is very dedicated to and I am happy to be able to contribute as I feel that they are very deserving.

I have witnessed the personal transformation of many residents in our community, particularly parents and youths that have been touched by our the services offered to the community!

Once a week during the school year, I leave the ringing phones, e-mails, and demands at my desk and travel to a local school where I meet up with my reading partner for about 45 minutes during his lunch. He is a very bright young man, but in the beginning, he wasn't a great reader. When we started, I read to him, but over time and with encouragement, he started to read aloud to me. So the simple act of reading with this child has improved his reading level, given him greater confidence to participate in the classroom because he's engaged and thereby improves his classroom behavior. This time we spend together is the highlight of my week! Here are some startling statistics - if a child isn't reading at their grade level by 3rd Grade, we will most likely not see that child graduate from high school. There are some states that predict their prison populations by 3rd grade reading abilities!

I was first introduced to IEET as an organization at the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Conference in Tucson, Arizona in 2007. At the time, I was just beginning to understand how possible emerging technologies might effect me in the future, but I was unaware of how to pursue information dealing with near future aspects of nanotech, an how to get myself involved with the community at large. IEET gave me direction via their website, newsletters, and their general out going personalities. Mike Treder and Chris Phoenix both helped me get into contact with other interesting people and organizations, and have continued to foster their relationships with me 3 years after first meeting them. IEET.org has some of the most comprehensive information and articles available concerning a wide variety of topics in the realms of future and ethical technologies by a wide variety of people. Theirs is the first site I turn to when I wonder what my peers are thinking about something new and wonderful! Without IEET providing me with a little direction, I may not have continued with my futurist inclinations and may not have become as involved with the community I love so much today.