HANDS ON HARTFORD INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P200

Classification

1000

Street

55 BARTHOLOMEW AVENUE

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM ORIENTS, TRAINS, SUPPORTS, AND PLACES VOLUNTEERS WITH ALL OF OUR DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO MANAGES LARGER CUSTOMIZED SERVICE PROJECTS, IMMERSIONS AND "DASH FOR A DIFFERENCE" EVENTS PROVIDING SERVICE LEARNING BOTH AT HANDS ON HARTFORD AND AT NON-PROFITS, SCHOOLS AND PARKS THROUGHOUT HARTFORD. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE FACES OF HOMELESSNESS SPEAKERS' BUREAU, THROUGH WHICH SPEAKERS SHARE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS WITH DIVERSE AUDIENCES. IN 2024, OVER 1,400 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 22,000 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE HARTFORD AREA.

  Expenses $4,891,388 · Revenue $1,594,902

• OUR HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM OFFERS REFERRALS, UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDS AND OPERATION FUEL, SECURITY DEPOSIT AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND REFERRALS, NUTRITION EDUCATION AND HEALTH SCREENINGS TO HARTFORD RESIDENTS. WE PROVIDED HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES TO ABOUT 300 HOUSEHOLDS IN 2024. OUR DAY CENTER IS OPEN FOUR DAYS AND ONE EVENING A WEEK (INCLUDING A FREE DINNER), WHICH IS A WELCOMING PLACE WHERE CARING STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS GIVE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY TO THOSE WHO OFTEN LIVE ISOLATED LIVES, AND WHERE GUESTS CAN SPEND THE DAY INDOORS. STAFF TRAINED IN SOCIAL WORK HELP GUESTS STABILIZE THEIR SITUATIONS AND TAKE STEPS TO MOVE TOWARD PERMANENT HOUSING AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND HEALTH-CHECKS, A BIMONTHLY WALK-IN CLINIC, ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, RISK REDUCTION ITEMS AND HELP WITH REFERRALS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. THIS PROGRAM OFTEN BECOMES A SPRINGBOARD FOR POSITIVE LIFE CHANGES, INCLUDING ACCESSING RESOURCES TO HELP WITH BENEFITS, HOUSING, AND EMPLOYMENT.

• THE MANNA COMMUNITY PANTRY IS A FULL CHOICE SHOPPING MODEL PANTRY, ALLOWING CLIENTS TO CHOOSE FOOD THAT WILL SUIT THEIR FAMILIES' NEEDS AND TASTES, MINIMIZING FOOD WASTE AND MAXIMIZING NUTRITIONAL VALUE. PRE-BAGGED GROCERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE BASED ON CLIENT CHOICE. GROCERIES INCLUDE NON-PERISHABLE STAPLES, ALONG WITH BREAD, MILK, EGGS, FRESH PRODUCE, FROZEN MEAT (INCLUDING HALAL MEAT). FOOD IS LABELED BASED ON THE SWAP (SUPPORTING WELLNESS AT PANTRIES) SYSTEM, RATING IT BASED ON SUGAR, SALT AND SATURATED FAT CONTENT. WE ALSO OFFER BASIC PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS AND DIAPERS. WE SERVED AN AVERAGE OF OVER 800 HOUSEHOLDS EACH MONTH THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. IN 2025, AND DISTRIBUTED ABOUT 500,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.

• BACKPACK NUTRITION PROGRAMTHE BACKPACK NUTRITION PROGRAM SERVES HARTFORD CHILDREN WHO RELY ON FREE-OF-CHARGE SCHOOL BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE SEND HOME A BACKPACK CONTAINING TWO BREAKFASTS AND TWO LUNCHES ALONG WITH DRINKS AND SNACKS (INCLUDING SHELF STABLE MILK) EACH FRIDAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE ALSO ADD WEEKLY ENHANCEMENTS, SUCH AS FRESH FRUIT, CANNED CHICKEN, COMMUNITY RESOURCES INFORMATION, NUTRITION RESOURCE INFORMATION, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY (HOPE)THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION WITH CONNECTICUT HARM REDUCTION COALITION AIMED AT HELPING TO GET FOLKS WHO ARE 60 AND OLDER WHO ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED INTO PERMANENT HOMES OF THEIR OWN. THE TEAM SEEKS OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN TENTS, UNDER BRIDGES, IN WOODED AREAS, ETC., PROVIDES THEM WITH WARM CLOTHING, SNACKS, BEVERAGES, AND WORKS TO FIND THEM A WARM PLACE TO SLEEP INDOORS. THEY ALSO CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 60 AND OLDER AND HOMELESS WHO ATTEND OUR DAY CENTER (INREACH). THEY CONNECT THEM WITH MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE WHERE NEEDED, AND WORK TO MATCH THEM TO HOUSING PROGRAMS WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT EACH PERSON THEY ENCOUNTER FINDS A SAFE AND STABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME. HOMELESS TO HOUSING (H2H)THE HOMELESS TO HOUSING PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION WITH MERCY HOUSING AND SHELTER CORPORATION AIMED AT HELPING TO GET FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED INTO PERMANENT HOMES OF THEIR OWN. A PEER SUPPORT PERSON SEEKS OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN TENTS, UNDER BRIDGES, IN WOODED AREAS, ETC., PROVIDES THEM WITH WARM CLOTHING, SNACKS, BEVERAGES, AND WORKS TO FIND THEM A WARM PLACE TO SLEEP INDOORS. THEY CONNECT THEM WITH MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE WHERE NEEDED, AND WORK TO MATCH THEM TO HOUSING PROGRAMS WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT EACH PERSON THEY ENCOUNTER FINDS A SAFE AND STABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME. CONNECTICUT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS (CIHHN)THROUGH THE CIHHN PROGRAM, WE SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS IN FINDING AND KEEPING SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDE HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT AND PATIENT NAVIGATION SERVICES TO INCREASE HOUSING STABILITY AND POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. PARTICIPANTS WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS, HAVE COMPLEX MEDICAL ISSUES AND ARE HIGH USERS OF MEDICAID-SUPPORTED HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVICES. HANDS ON HARTFORD HOUSING SERVICESWE PROVIDE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FOLKS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES (INCLUDING THOSE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS), BOTH ONSITE, AND IN INDIVIDUAL'S HOMES THROUGHOUT THE HARTFORD AREA. WE ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND INDIVIDUALIZED HOUSING STABILIZATION OR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDE LINKAGE AND REFERRAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT A 32-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED INCOME.PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES (PSH)WE PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR UP TO 24 FOLKS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES LIVING IN VARIOUS SCATTERED SITE LOCATIONS IN THE HARTFORD AREA.ZEZZO HOUSE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICESWE PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 18 HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAVE MEMBERS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES (INCLUDING THOSE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS), AT AN OFFSITE RESIDENCE IN HARTFORD.FAXON APARTMENTS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICESWE PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR TENANTS IN 14 APARTMENTS DEDICATED TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN WEST HARTFORD.COMMUNITY KITCHEN/SHARED USE KITCHENHANDS ON HARTFORD'S SHARED USE KITCHEN IS AVAILABLE FOR USE BY QUALIFIED FOOD OPERATORS ON A MEMBERSHIP BASIS ON AN HOURLY BASIS. SMALL CULINARY BUSINESSES JOIN THE SHARED KITCHEN AND BENEFIT FROM A MODERN, RENOVATED, LICENSED KITCHEN FOR PRODUCT PREPARATION AND DEVELOPMENT, COOKING CLASSES, ETC. WE ALSO WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A GROUP OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO RUN THE CULINARY COLLABORATIVE, DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OUR KITCHEN TO STRENGTHEN AND FURTHER THEIR BUSINESSES. GATHER55 DAYTIME SERVICEGATHER55 IS A "PARTICIPATION MODEL" RESTAURANT OPEN FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AT OUR 55 BARTHOLOMEW STREET LOCATION AND IS DESIGNED TO BRING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER WHILE ENSURING LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORS HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS AND APPETIZING MEALS. PATRONS MAY PAY THE POSTED PRICE ON THE MENU, OR A MINIMUM OF $3 OR $5. FOR THOSE UNABLE TO PAY, WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER FOR A HOUR, SERVING COFFEE, CLEARING TABLES, HELPING IN THE KITCHEN, ETC. AS AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF PARTICIPATING IN OUR MISSION. AND FOR THOSE UNABLE TO PAY OR VOLUNTEER, WE OFFER "ON-THE-HOUSE" VOUCHERS FOR MEALS. WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 40,000 GUESTS DURING THE DAY IN 2024. APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THOSE SERVED PAID THE MINIMUM, VOLUNTEERED, OR USED VOUCHERS.GATHER55 EVENING SERVICEGATHER55'S DINNER SERVICE MODEL IS OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENINGS. DINNER IS A FINE-DINING EXPERIENCE BASED ON A PRIX FIXE MENU. A PERCENTAGE OF RESERVATIONS PER EVENING ARE RESERVED FOR FOLKS NOT ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR MEALS. THIS ALLOWS THESE DINERS TO ENJOY A SPECIAL NIGHT OUT AND FURTHERS OUR MISSION OF CONNECTING COMMUNITIES. MENUS ARE DEVELOPED MONTHLY BY LOCALLY POPULAR GUEST CHEFS AND INCOME EARNED THROUGH THE EVENING SERVICE HELPS TO OFFSET THE COST OF BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SERVICE.55B APARTMENTSTHIRTEEN ONE-BEDROOM AND EFFICIENCY STYLE APARTMENTS AT HANDS ON HARTFORD PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING TO 13 INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES BECAUSE OF SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. 24/7 SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAM.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $6,591,590

  Expenses

  $6,312,020

  Contributions

  $4,985,854

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,215,222

  Expenses

  $5,707,288

  Contributions

  $3,766,216

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,800,491

  Expenses

  $5,207,980

  Contributions

  $3,392,194

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,226,732

  Expenses

  $4,208,607

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,513,144

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,045,150

  Expenses

  $4,123,442

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,657,334

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,214,034

  Expenses

  $3,537,296

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,812,215

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,934,785

  Expenses

  $3,198,176

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,104,810

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,376,563

  Expenses

  $2,932,509

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,723,076

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,706,855

  Expenses

  $2,520,600

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,136,169

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,195,220

  Expenses

  $2,542,997

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,974,285

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,503,539

  Expenses

  $2,426,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,248,487

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,464,954

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,116,526

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,522,192

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,307,088

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• JOURNEY HOME INCORPORATED

  $634,497

  2024 · HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE

• JOURNEY HOME INCORPORATED

  $354,847

  2022 · HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE

• JOURNEY HOME INCORPORATED

  $287,664

  2023 · HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE

• FORGOOD INC

  $222,031

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $197,264

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FORGOOD INC

  $176,398

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $158,023

  2022 · CAPACITY BUILDING

• FORGOOD INC

  $139,831

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $88,283

  2023 · BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $80,154

  2024 · BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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