Foundation Pledges $86K To Hartford Nonprofit Fighting Homelessness

Overview: With the city of Hartford in a budget crisis and on the brink of bankruptcy, the Trust made a grant to Journey Home to ensure their work ending chronic homelessness continues. Janice Elliott, the Trust’s Executive Director, explained, “I don’t see philanthropy coming in and assisting at a time like this as a replacement for government funding, nor should it be — it’s more of us jumping in while all hands are on deck and doing what’s necessary to work through this crisis.”

Date: July 6, 2017

Publications: Hartford Courant and Fox 61

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