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The ABBP promotes and sustains black business, professionals, programs and initiatives through training and education.

CoJourn is a personal growth and goal achievement program that trains pairs of people to buddy up for more external accountability, connection, and support as they go after their big goals and dreams. The program helps you finally prioritize what matters most to you, while connecting with a partner you choose for mutual support and accountability.

Established in 1923, Connecticut Community Foundation was created by and for the people of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills. While serving this 21-town region, the Foundation provides leadership in addressing the community’s critical issues, strengthens local nonprofit organizations through grants and technical assistance programs, and works with individuals, families and corporations to steward charitable and scholarship funds.

CMSC's mission is to be the catalyst that ignites Connecticut’s Main Streets as the cornerstone of thriving communities. CMSC is dedicated to community and economic development within the context of historic preservation, and is committed to bringing Connecticut’s commercial districts back to life socially and economically.

CWEALF provides an information, referral and advocacy service while also training and empowering women in Connecticut to advocate for themselves. Each year, CWEALF helps thousands of women and low-income people navigate legal and social service systems.

A new(er) nonprofit organization based in Hartford which aims to promote Latino culture and heritage in the region. It is an effort by a number of committed individuals who see the value of the many contributions made by Latinos over several decades across several disciplines.

The Discovery Center is committed to building an equitable and just world where everyone has what they need to grow and thrive. We work in partnership with youth, families, schools, and communities to facilitate nurturing spaces where people can understand and challenge systemic racism and oppression. In all of our programs, we practice critical questioning, cultivate connection, and inspire action.

Girls For Technology, is a youth development 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing after-school, summer enrichment programs, and workshops for underserved, underrepresented adolescent girls ages 11-17 in Greater Hartford, CT school district, and neighboring towns. Its main focus is to pique girls’ interest in Technology and Engineering.

Girls on the Run® is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.

Goodwin College is an innovative learning community that empowers hard-working students to become sought-after employees

The Human Service Forum was founded in 1986 as an association of nonprofit and public agencies as well as individuals providing human services in the Pioneer Valley. The Forum was envisioned by its founders to be a vehicle for communicating the important contributions of human services to the quality of life in Pioneer Valley communities and for members to network, address problems of mutual concern, and discuss major trends and changes impacting human services.

Ignite the Voice is a collaborative organization derived from the positive minds of New Haven, to provide youth with an outlet for self-expression.  Our mission is to inspire and equip youth with the power and ability to strengthen their community through self-expression, open collaboration and art.

Founded in 1977, Leadership Greater Hartford is one of the largest, most diverse, and effective community leadership organizations in the country. Our mission is to develop, connect, and inspire diverse leaders to build strong and vibrant communities.

Love146 is an international human rights organization working to end child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care and prevention. The trafficking and exploitation of children is one of the darkest stories and most severe human rights abuses imaginable. But for us, the hope of ending it is a reality. Love146 is helping grow the movement to end child trafficking while providing effective, thoughtful solutions. We believe in the power of love and its ability to effect sustainable change. Love is the foundation of our motivation.

It is the mission of Manchester Adult and Continuing Education to meet the education needs of Manchester’s adult learners and to prepare them for new technologies and 21st century economic globalization. This will be attained through goal setting and successful literacy skill acquisition, English language acquisition, high school completion, transition to postsecondary education and training, and transition to employment.

Menefee Associates Consulting is a business and educational consulting firm that provides organizational management services for strategies in operations. Menefee methods are a 360 & collaborative experience so clients understand their data & processes; identify solutions or gaps within them; create a detailed plan to implement; and most importantly, learn how to sustain their improved model. “Planning the Pillars for Your Success” represents the 3 areas that create a holistic view of an organization: its People, Processes and Technology.

Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, Inc. (NHSW) is a non-profit, HUD certified organization that was founded in 1980 with the purpose of revitalizing neighborhoods and creating homeownership opportunities throughout the city of Waterbury. Our purpose reflects the organization’s embrace of a broad range of business lines and programs to meet its objectives of community revitalization and individual economic empowerment

Public Allies is a national movement committed to advancing social justice and equity by engaging and activating the leadership of young people.

reSET, Social Enterprise Trust is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the social enterprise sector. Its strategic goals are threefold: to be the “go-to” place for impact entrepreneurs, to make Hartford the Impact City, and Connecticut the social enterprise state.

YES is a statewide initiative seeking to empower young people to create a vibrant Connecticut. YES does so by giving young people the tools they need to transform their communities and the state into a place where young professionals want to live, work, and play through civic engagement and participation on local boards and commissions.