Local Impact Grants

Meet the leaders of the 6 organizations who received a grant from NBC and Telemundo Connecticut.

NBC Connecticut & Telemundo Connecticut along with Comcast NBCUniversal announced $227,000 has been awarded to six local nonprofit organizations through the 2024 NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants. Since 2018, NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut have now provided more than $1.5 million to 43 nonprofits through the grant program. The competitive grant challenge, now in its seventh year, provides unrestricted funding to eligible nonprofits that provide...

Nonprofit Dignity Grows handed out hundreds of tote bags filled with feminine hygiene products in West Hartford on Thursday. It’s all in an effort to end period poverty, one bag at a time.

Rebuilding Together of Manchester is making a difference in the community, with some help from a NBC Universal Local Impact Grant that it was awarded last year.

Step by step, brush stroke by brushstroke, volunteers are changing hundreds of lives, one home repair at a time. Rebuilding Together of Manchester is making a difference in the community, with some help from a NBC Universal Local Impact Grant that it was awarded last year. The nonprofit helps income-eligible homeowners do emergency repairs and maintain their homes for free….

Dignity Grows’ mission is to end period poverty. The national nonprofit was founded in Hartford five years ago and has since expanded to nearly 30 other states.

This week at The Bushnell, about 200 volunteers lined up to fill hundreds of tote bags with feminine hygiene products.  “It is always wonderful to feel the support of the community behind our mission and vision,” Dignity Grows President Jennifer Tolman said. Dignity Grows’ mission is to end period poverty. The national nonprofit was founded in Hartford five years ago…

Executive Director Candace Wright shared how their organization put the funds to use.

Applications are open for NBCUniversal’s Local Impact Grants, an effort to help area nonprofits make a difference in our communities. One of NBC Connecticut’s past grant recipients is Dignity Grows, an organization that addresses the issue of period poverty.

Applications are open for NBCUniversal’s Local Impact Grants, an effort to help area nonprofits make a difference in our communities. One of NBC Connecticut’s past grant recipients is Dignity Grows, an organization that addresses the issue of period poverty. According to a 2023 report by Dignity Grows, more than one-third of American women experience period poverty at some point...

Applications can be submitted from now until April 19th by visiting NBCCONNECTICUT.com/Grants.