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Hartford Foundation and Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Join with More Perfect to Seed National Project to Expand Youth Community Service Opportunities
Contact: Maureen O’Connell, moconnell@jcfhartford.org The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving,...
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Laura Whitney to Lead Three-Person Finance Team Laura Whitney has been appointed Chief Financial...
Yale’s Jewish Singing Group Opens New Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
Endowment Fund will Provide Permanent Source of Financial Support It’s music to our ears. Magevet,...
Jewish Community Foundation’s Giving Circles Grant $20,000 to Local Nonprofits
WEST HARTFORD – August 2022 – The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford’s giving...
Jewish Community Foundation Announces Two New Members to its Board of Trustees
July 2022 – Two community leaders have joined the Board of Trustees for the Jewish Community...
LIFE & LEGACY for Greater Hartford Secures Commitments for Estimated $7.5 Million in After-Lifetime Gifts
WEST HARTFORD – July 7, 2022 – The inaugural year of the LIFE & LEGACY program for Greater...
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Kicks Off Year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration with Mosaic Project
Community Members Invited to Help Tile Unique Piece of Art, March 30 – April 5 at the Mandell JCC...
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Announces New Members to its Board of Trustees
September 10, 2021 – Four community leaders have joined the Board of Trustees for the Jewish...
Fifteen Jewish Organizations to Participate in Greater Hartford Legacy Giving Initiative
WEST HARTFORD, CT – February 15, 2021 – The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford (The Foundation) is spearheading a regional legacy giving initiative with 14 Jewish organizations that’s part of Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s (HGF) Life & Legacyprogram. A nationwide Jewish legacy giving initiative, Life & Legacy has secured more than 28,000 after-lifetime commitments with an estimated value of over a billion dollars for Jewish organizations across North America.
Greater Hartford Jewish Community Selected to Participate in National Jewish Legacy Giving Program Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford to lead the initiative
WEST HARTFORD, CT – The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford (The Foundation) was selected to join 69 other Jewish Community Foundations and Jewish Federations in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s (HGF) LIFE & LEGACY® program. A nationwide Jewish legacy giving initiative, LIFE & LEGACY has secured more than 28,000 after-lifetime commitments with an estimated value of over a billion dollars for Jewish organizations across North America.
Foundation and Federation Grant $600,000 to Address Pandemic-Related Needs
WEST HARTFORD, CT (December 14, 2020) – Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford have distributed more than $600,000 in grants to the people, agencies, and synagogues of Greater Hartford’s Jewish community experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic. The grants were made through the Jewish Hartford Rapid Relief and Recovery Fund (RRR Fund), a joint initiative created in March 2020 in response to the pandemic.