New Reach Inc. Awarded $300,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation To Support FISH Food Security Program
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New Reach has received a $300,000 Community Impact Grant from KeyBank Foundation to support their FISH food security program in New Haven. The grant, distributed over three years, will help stabilize operations and core expenses for FISH, which delivers groceries to homebound residents. FISH serves over 1,200 residents from more than 800 households monthly. The program merged with New Reach in 2023, benefiting from their infrastructure and support services. New Reach serves over 5,000 adults and children annually through various crisis and housing programs.
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- Secured $300,000 grant funding over three years
- Serves substantial customer base of 1,200 residents monthly
- Benefits from operational synergies post-merger with New Reach
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NEW HAVEN, CT / ACCESSWIRE / October 30, 2024 / KeyBank:
New Reach, Inc. of New Haven has received a
"I want to extend our deepest gratitude to KeyBank for their incredibly generous donation to FISH, our food security program," said New Reach CEO Kellyann Day. "Their support not only helps to provide essential resources to those in need but also strengthens our mission of ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry. This donation will make a real, lasting impact, and we are truly thankful for their commitment to creating positive change."
New Reach strives to make homelessness and hunger a rare, brief, and one-time experience for everyone it serves. As a leader in Connecticut, the agency has been providing innovative interventions and supportive services to people in crisis for the last 34 years. New Reach serves over 5,000 adults and children annually in Greater New Haven and Fairfield County through a broad spectrum of prevention, crisis, and housing programs. Last year, New Reach added FISH to its organization, a nonprofit focused on food security that had become an institution in the New Haven area over its 55 years of service. The merger has enabled FISH to benefit operationally from New Reach's infrastructure, including administrative support, quality assurance, and fundraising efforts. FISH serves over 1,200 residents from more than 800 households each month, including elderly persons and young children.
"KeyBank Foundation focuses on improving lives in the communities that our bank serves by partnering with nonprofits who create safe, healthy, affordable, inclusive communities," said KeyBank Market President Matthew Hummel. "We share New Reach's vision to create access to affordable housing, nutritious food, and other basic services that residents need to be healthy and self-sufficient."
KeyBank Foundation grants are part of a
About New Reach Inc. and FISH, A Program of New Reach
New Reach is the entry point to an integrated system of care, providing a solution-oriented process with the goal of achievable and sustainable results. The multifaceted organization offers eviction prevention, shelter diversion, shelters for women and children, FISH, rapid rehousing, supportive housing, and affordable housing. New Reach attributes its success to its best practice model, commitment to long-term impact, strategic planning, and dedicated staff, all working together toward the mission to inspire lasting independence for all affected by homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing and support, using the most innovative, progressive, equitable and inclusive methods.
FISH, previously FISH of Greater New Haven, operated for 55 years as a standalone community organization. Its mission-driven work was refined to a food security focus under a pantry model for the last 30 years, evolving over time in response to the growing need for a delivery system to serve mobility-compromised homebound clients. FISH credits its success to its resourceful staff and dedicated volunteers. Every month, over one hundred people give their time to assist the program team with preparing packages of groceries and making home deliveries. With the merger officially integrating FISH as a program, New Reach is committed to ensuring that the operation continues to deliver the vital service that clients have come to count on, providing food security and promoting wellbeing within the community.
About KeyBank Foundation:
KeyBank Foundation serves to fulfill KeyBank's purpose to help clients and communities thrive, and its mission is to support organizations and programs that prepare people for thriving futures. The Foundation's mission is advanced through three funding priorities - neighbors, education, and workforce - and through community service. To provide meaningful philanthropy that transforms lives, KeyBank Foundation listens carefully to understand the unique characteristics and needs of its communities and then backs solutions with targeted philanthropic investments. KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation, funded by KeyCorp.
About KeyCorp/KeyBank
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately
Media contacts:
New Reach: Sheridan Robles, Development, Marketing & Communication Officer| 475-480-4016 | srobles@newreach.org
KeyBank: Karen Crane, Communications Manager | 203-789-2752 | karen_crane@keybank.com
Leaders from KeyBank, New Reach/FISH and board members gathered at FISH's Warehouse on Peck Street in New Haven for a check presentation. Pictured from left: Jane Glassman, New Reach Board Member; Julia Hunt Bogardus, New Reach Board Member; Chelsea Reid, New Reach Director of Operations; Joe Arnone, FISH Operations Manager; Nancy Williams, FISH Pantry Manager; Matt Hummel, KeyBank Market President; Jocelyn Antunes, New Reach Program Director; Kristin Bures, KeyBank Business Banker; Meredith Clay, New Reach Chief Quality and Compliance Officer; William Dow, New Reach Board Member; Tara Courtmanche, New Reach Board Member; Dwayne Hicks, KeyBank Branch Manager; and Analisha Michanczyk, KeyBank Corporate Responsibility Officer.
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