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www.HartfordBusiness.com October 10, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 17 Led by UConn, a higher education alliance focused on expanding diversity in STEM fields has received $3.5 million for its work from the National Science Foundation. The seven New England schools that make up the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NELSAMP) will use the five-year grant to continue developing a pipeline to increase the number of underrep- resented students in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, said Maria D. Martinez, UConn's assistant vice provost of the Institute for Student Success. In addition to UConn, which assumed a leadership role in the alliance this fall, the group is comprised of Northeastern Universi- ty; Tufts University; University of Massachu- setts, Amherst; University of Rhode Island; and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Founded in 2001, NELSAMP works to raise recruitment, retention and graduation rates for students from racial and ethnic minority groups who are pursuing STEM-related under- graduate degrees. Over time, enrollment in the alliance has increased from 1,000 to 3,800. • • • Asnuntuck Community College received a three-year, $227,600 grant from the Hart- ford Foundation for Public Giving to sup- port employment and job-training programs for low-income students. The grant will support a full-time Success Coach to work with SNAP Employment and Training Program students, provide student support funds, and develop and implement a computer literacy class. • • • Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation has been awarded a $435,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide its elite German Shepherd Guide Dogs to service members or veterans. This grant follows an initial grant award of $106,000 received in 2015. • • • The Collection Digitization and Universal Access Project at the Connecticut Histori- cal Society (CHS) has received a $300,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The award will allow the CHS to hire staff to help preserve photographs, maps, manu- scripts, documents and other printed and recorded materials onto digital formats. • • • The Governor's Prevention Partner- ship and Hartford Public Schools received a $140,000 grant from the Connecticut Commission on Community Service to address chronic absenteeism at Simpson- Waverly School in Hartford. The funds will provide additional student supports, including mentoring, tutoring and parent engagement. • • • SI Financial Foundation Inc. recently awarded $5,000 to Horizons Inc. in support of its Now More Than Ever Project. The project allows Horizons to continue providing recreational opportunities for indi- viduals who have developmental disabilities and equally valuable respite opportunities for their families. NONPROFIT NOTEBOOK NONPROFIT PROFILE United Way of Connecticut 1344 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill | www.CTUnitedWay.org MISSION To help meet the needs of Connecticut and its residents by providing information, education and connections to services. TOP EXECUTIVE SERVICES Richard J. Porth, President & CEO Health and human services and child- care programs. FY 2015 SUMMARY 2014 2015 Total Employees 231 255 Total Assets $4,489,387 $4,563,689 Total Liabilities $2,660,168 $2,612,288 REVENUES Contributions & Grants $13,820,388 $16,078,063 Program Service Revenue $638,897 $577,590 Investment Income $0 $0 Other $36,235 $45,713 TOTAL $14,495,520 $16,701,366 EXPENSES Grants $0 $0 Member Benefits $0 $0 Salaries/Employee Benefits $10,735,505 $11,535,537 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 Other $3,526,306 $5,043,647 TOTAL $14,261,811 $16,579,184 MARGIN $233,709 $122,182 TOP PAID EXECUTIVES (FY 2015) Base Salary Total Compensation & Benefits Richard Porth, President/CEO $178,837 $217,330 Leo Pellerin, Chief Information Officer $128,744 $162,236 Cheryl Sutera, SR VP Child Care $123,133 $155,881 S O U R C E : G U I D E S T A R I R S 9 9 0 T A X F O R M Sun. October 23, 2016 | 1:00 pm Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing Event Co-Chairs: Kathy Binder, Kathy Fishman, Cara Paiuk Thank You Mandell JCC Partners! 2016-2017 Zachs Campus 335 Bloomfield Ave West Hartford, CT 06117 860-236-4571 www.mandelljcc.org 860-231-6316 tickets@mandelljcc.org www.mandelljcc.org Box Office "Hungry Heart is a fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. With candor, wit, and insight, Jennifer Weiner writes beautifully about her darkest struggles and brightest triumphs, about growing up and getting on with it, about gaining and losing, about herself and also— ultimately—about all of us. I was spellbound by Hungry Heart from the first page to the last." -Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild