Hartford Organization Announces Grant For LGBTQ Community

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford-based charitable foundation has announced a new round of funding designed to help the local LGBTQIA+ community.

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has recently announced a competitive grant opportunity through its Equality Fund to support the well-being of LGBTQIA+ residents in the Greater Hartford region.

The Foundation welcomes requests of up to $50,000 for grant activities implemented over one year and expects to provide up to $200,000 in grants this year.

Established in 2018 by Joel Roskin, The Equality Fund supports organizations serving the Greater Hartford region that empower people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions to thrive.

The Foundation has contributed a portion of its unrestricted grantmaking dollars to bolster grantmaking through The Equality Fund.

With a grant from The Equality Fund, the Foundation commissioned a LGBTQIA+ Resident Wellbeing study in partnership with DataHaven in late 2023 to illustrate the current state of the LGBTQIA+ community’s quality of life in the Greater Hartford area.

Grants awarded through The Equality Fund will be considered for Greater Hartford organizations with missions that explicitly support the LGBTQIA+ community.

“The Foundation is pleased to be offering this opportunity for nonprofit organizations in our region to develop proposals that seek to address the needs of Greater Hartford’s LGBTQIA+ community,” said Senior Community Impact Officer Kate Piotrowski.

“The report issued in 2023 pointed to a broad range of challenges and offered a roadmap for the type of services our region needs to support this community. We are so grateful to be launching this first request for proposals for The Equality Fund, which will serve as a foundation to build upon in the future.”

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is the community foundation for Hartford and 28 surrounding towns. For more information, visit www.hfpg.org or call 860-548-1888.