Jorge Casasnovas of Avon has been named chair of the steering committee for the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation serving the 29-town Greater Hartford region. Casasnovas is the principal of Casasnovas Consulting, LLC, an independent retirement consulting firm that provides support to plan sponsors, recordkeeping companies, third party administrators and financial advisors.

With road races halted for the pandemic, HMF created new ways to encourage runners in 2020. The Foundation will continue to rally support for community charities and provide opportunities for runners and walkers to enjoy mental and physical benefits of exercise. Looking optimistically toward the possibility of in-person races in 2021, HMF releases the race calendar and opens limited field registration for the annual Eversource Hartford Marathon & Half Marathon (October 9, 2021).

The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority (CHESLA) has reduced the interest rate it will charge student loan refinance borrowers on future loans. The lower rates will make the refinance program more impactful for our applicants.

(Middletown, CT. Jan. 19, 2021.) David W. Glidden, President and CEO of Liberty Bank and President of the Liberty Bank Foundation, today announced the Liberty Bank team has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Middlesex County NAACP to support two much-needed and timely programming initiatives for children and adults.The $10,000 grant, through the Liberty Bank Foundation, will support two critical programs offered by the Middlesex County NAACP: “Young Reader’s Pilot Reading Program for African American and Latino Boys” and “Protecting our Health from the Impacts of Race, Racism, and COVID-19.”

Despite the challenges of 2020, the third cohort of Upward’s innovation program continued in-person over the last six months, bringing live use cases to Hartford properties and healthcare partners. The ten companies’ virtual presentations on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021, will address how their technologies alleviated critical health and operational issues amplified by COVID-19, such as social isolation for seniors, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency in buildings.

A three-year, $2.7 million federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) will facilitate and expand family-based addiction treatment and other services for pregnant and postpartum women with histories of substance use disorders. Wheeler received $337,500 annually for three years and is partnering with DMHAS on a pilot program entitled, “PROUD: Parents Recovering from Opioid Use Disorders.” Wheeler will serve individuals in New Britain, Bristol, and surrounding communities.

Anonymous donor gives $10,000, pledges up to $5,000 more, to show improvement in health outcomes through fitness and exercise.

The Foundation’s Artists of Color Unite! (AOCU) advisory group announces three grants totaling $400,000 to support arts projects, capacity building and COVID-19 relief for artists of color in the region. 

Foodshare’s food distribution at Rentschler Field will start back up again on Tuesday, January 12.

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Addition to Expand Firm’s Real Estate Practice in Florida

January 4, 2021 (New York) – Day Pitney LLP announced that it has elected four new partners, effective January 1, 2021.

The organizations are exploring ways to more effectively serve Connecticut.

Zayas Law Fund for Arts and Education at the Hartford Foundation will support arts and cultural youth activities involving the visual and performing arts; painting, sculpture, music, theater, literature or innovation in the creative and cultural sectors. The fund will focus its support on youth from low-income families in urban areas in Greater Hartford, Greater Bridgeport and Greater New Haven who may lack the resources to engage in these vital activities.

December 18, 2020 – In the spirit of the holidays and to reinforce its long-term commitment to assisting families in need, American Eagle Financial Credit Union (AEFCU) has awarded $3,000 in grants from its Donor-Advised Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to three nonprofit diaper banks in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.

Five organizations and individuals were recognized by Wheeler for outstanding support of its mission at the organization’s 10th Annual Hands & Hearts event, held virtually this year on December 16, 2020.