2011 Grant Awards
2011 Grant Awards: Arts
The Fund for Greater Hartford committed over $700,000 to the Greater Hartford community in 2011. We gave out $100,000 in the Arts, with half going to the Greater Hartford Arts Council and the other half going to community groups.
ARTS: For education and outreach to children and families
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Ballet Theatre Company |
after-school programming for children attending the Hillcrest Area Neighborhood Outreach Center |
$5,000 |
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Billings Forge Community Works |
Artists in Residence at the Workshops to provide ongoing after-school programs for neighborhood children |
$3,000 |
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Charter Oak Cultural Center |
Stretching for Life, a free dance program for neighborhood youth, serving 450 children |
$6,000 |
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The Cultural Dance Troupe of the West Indies |
to support their West Indian dance after-school and Saturday programming for young children; children may even become part of the West Indian Parade! |
$3,000 |
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Greater Hartford Arts Council |
a challenge grant matching new and increased donations to donors who give to the Arts Council though the workplace giving program |
$50,000 |
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HartBeat Ensemble |
for an inter-district program that brings together high school students in Hartford and West Hartford, to combine forces to create a topical dramatic piece that is performed for the Greater Hartford community |
$7,500 |
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Hartford Chorale |
to help this premier chorale group to reach out to high school and college students so that they may participate in the Chorale and to provide free tickets for those who might otherwise not be able to attend performances |
$3,000 |
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Middletown Parks and Recreation Department |
for a dynamic dance program for middle school youth in Middletown |
$2,500 |
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Middletown Public Schools Cultural Council |
to support Middletown High School Goes to the Symphony, which nurtures young musicians and gives them the opportunity to perform on the “big stage” at the Bushnell |
$5,000 |
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Real Art Ways |
support for the Film Field Trips program, which brings in elementary, middle and high school students to view important socially relevant films and engage in facilitated group discussions around issues of race, social change, and the role of youth in communities |
$5,000 |
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Sankofa Kuumba Cultural Arts Council |
for The Creative You after-school programming at Milner and Martin Luther King Schools; this program promotes academics, physical fitness, and arts development |
$5,000 |
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Wesleyan University |
for the children’s after-school programming at the Green Street Arts Center in the North End of Middletown; more than half the children come from the neighborhood |
$5,000 |