The Equality Fund of The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded eight grants, totaling $200K, to support the wellbeing of Greater Hartford, Connecticut’s LGBTQIA+ community.
In an effort to expand its services, Anchor Health, a leading LGBTQ+ health care center in the state, received a $43,000 grant from the Equality Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, to support the launch of a LGBTQIA+ pop-up clinic at The Health Collective East in Manchester, providing primary care, gender-affirming medicine, HIV prevention/treatment, and mental health services to 300 patients from Manchester, East Hartford, Vernon, Tolland, and surrounding towns.
Colored Hemisphere received $7,500 to expand their emergency response service delivering free, at home HIV test kits and crisis support resources to underserved LGBTQUIA+2 communities within Greater Hartford.
Equality Connecticut has intentionally built systems and processes to engage key stakeholders and develop a truly community informed policy agenda. Its $30K grant will allow the organization to hire a policy analyst or to contract with policy experts, to complement their developed strengths in community organizing and strategic communications.
Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford received $18K to increase the services and numbers serves by its Trans-Evolution Program (TV-365) over a 12-month period. It seeks to serve 50 people. It will collaborate with Harriott Home Health to provide employment training/counseling, culturally competent health education, outreach and introduction/integration of Harriot Home Health and other racial/ethnic minority organizations to events held by mainstream providers.
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England was awarded $25K to engage in a 12-month project to expand access to high-quality, gender-affirming care for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse individuals in the Hartford Foundation’s 29-town region. This project will focus on greater access to gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), sexual health services, and individualized patient support.
Queer Youth Program (Q Plus) received $25K for its 14 monthly group sessions in Hartford, Simsbury, Newington and West Hartford, to help them maintain their mission-driven work, to reach more youth in the region and increase their attendance.
The Health Collective’s Queer Health and Connection is a one-year project designed to expand access to culturally affirming care while deepening health equity and social connection among LGBTQIA+ residents across Greater Hartford. The project was awarded $35 to address urgent gaps identified in the 2023 LGBTQIA+ Resident Wellbeing Report including affirming medical care, mental health access, and inclusive spaces for youth.
The People’s Saturday School received $16,500 for its proposal for a year of Just Kin programming, starting Fall 2025 with the next iteration of the People’s Saturday School Book Club, continuing in the Spring 2026 with a workshop series for queer and trans people on navigating conflict, harm, and desire in interpersonal relationships inspired by Dean Spade’s recent book Love in a F*cked Up World, and culminating with an multi-day Arts Festival in Summer 2026.
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