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Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Made More Than $45 Million in Grants in 2021
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Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Made More Than $45 Million in Grants in 2021

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded more than $45 million in grants to the region’s nonprofit agencies in 2021. This is the second largest grantmaking total in the Foundation’s 96-year history, behind only the record $52.7 million in grants made during the peak of the pandemic’s public health and economic crises in 2020. According to the latest, unaudited numbers, the Foundation ended 2021 with total assets of nearly  $1.25 billion. Individuals, families and a variety of organizations opened a total of 83 new funds, and the Foundation received gifts totaling more than $24.5 million. Since its founding in 1925, the Foundation has awarded more than $894 million in grants. 

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