The Greater Hartford Gives Foundation has awarded $200K in grants to support the wellness of the LGBTQ+ community in Greater Hartford, Connecticut. Grantees were selected through the Foundation’s Equality Fund, which is administrating them.
Grantees include Q Plus, receiving $50K; Equality Connecticut, $50K; the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus, $15K; The Health Collective, $50K; The People’s Saturday School, $25K; and West Hartford Pride, $10K.
Notes the press announcement:
With a grant from The Equality Fund in 2024, the Foundation commissioned a LGBTQIA+ Resident Wellbeing study in partnership with DataHaven to illustrate the current state of the LGBTQIA+ community’s quality of life in Greater Hartford. Findings provided in this report were designed to assist organizations and funders in understanding conditions that affect LGBTQIA+ residents’ health and wellbeing to better direct resources and meet the needs and opportunities of this growing community. The study provided disaggregated data to explore LGBTQIA+ residents’ lives at the intersection of other identities including age, disability, race, and ethnicity in relation to their experiences with housing stability, financial security, health outcomes, health access, and a sense of belonging and social connectedness.
While the study identified Connecticut as a national leader in LGBTQIA+ protections and resources, the report also highlighted some recurring themes and recommendations about ways to further strengthen the LGBTQIA+ community and promote better quality of life: through increased support for queer youth, increased access to quality and affirming healthcare, and continued advocacy for LGBTQIA+ needs around disparate health and wellbeing outcomes.
Grants awarded through the Equality Fund were considered for Greater Hartford organizations that have missions that explicitly support the LGBTQIA+ community or have programs designed specifically to address the unique needs of the LGBTQIA+ community.
— from an Equality Fund/Greater Hartford Gives press release
More: greaterhartfordgives.org