HARTFORD, CT -- Six school districts in Connecticut will begin the school year with new Chromebooks and home Internet connectivity, enabling distance learning for the first time for nearly 3,000 students from underserved communities. The $1 million initiative will support students in kindergarten through Grade 5 in the Bloomfield, East Hartford, Manchester, Vernon, Windsor, and Windsor Locks school districts. The grants, awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and made possible through funding from The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation, are being distributed by First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
Friday, June 12, 2020
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The New Canaan Community Foundation recently announced $531,000 in grant investments supporting local nonprofit organizations.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
WATERBURY, CT -- Webster Bank announced today a new program with The Governor’s Prevention Partnership that will enable The Partnership’s in-school mentoring program to transition to an online foru
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is excited to announce that a $1.3 Million, 5-year grant has been awarded to New Haven Promise.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Initiative will launch the first Academies of Engineering in select Puerto Rico high schools
Monday, February 24, 2020
HARTFORD, CT --The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced a total of $360,000 in grants to support arts programs that benefit Hartford youth.