Who We Are
Community Involvement
BlumShapiro has long been an active citizen in our community. Our firm is a proud contributor to and sponsor of many Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island charitable, arts and civic organizations.
Partners and staff donate time serving as board members and in top leadership roles in over 160 organizations including the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, American Red Cross, World Affairs Council, Greater Hartford Arts Council, the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, University of Massachusetts, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Boys and Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, The Thomas Merton Center, Family Services Woodfield, Connecticut Burns Foundation, University of Rhode Island Foundation and the March of Dimes, Rhode Island Chapter.
As a firm, we conduct annual employee fund drives for the United Way and the Greater Hartford Arts Council. These efforts have generated nearly $75,000 in the past two years alone. Other activities we have engaged in include volunteer days for Junior Achievement and Habitat for Humanity, participation in Big Brothers/Big Sisters during the school year and collections for holiday food and gift drives. Through the BlumShapiro Foundation, we donate approximately $100,000 to worthy organizations annually.
For three consecutive years, BlumShapiro has sponsored the 5k fundraising event at the Travelers Championship with financial support, event organization, race participation and recruitment of volunteers. The family oriented event includes a 5K race along the roads that line the fairways and greens of the TPC River Highlands, a Kids Fun Run and many activities for children of all ages. The race benefits local charities.
In 2012, BlumShapiro began a partnership with Christian Community Action (CCA) to provide Thanksgiving Day meals to more than 2,300 families and seniors in New Haven. The BlumShapiro Thanksgiving Food Basket Campaign for Christian Community Action is a community wide, hands-on program that collects non-perishable food items and financial contributions, as well as provide volunteers to help bag all donated items for distribution to families and seniors right before Thanksgiving Day.
Some of the organizations we support include:
Action for Bridgeport Community Development
American Red Cross - Connecticut Region
The Bridge Family Center
Bridgeport Regional Business Council
The Bushnell
Bristol Chamber of Commerce
Boys and Girls Club of Warwick
Cardinal Shehan Center
Catholic Charities Diocese of Bridgeport
Central CT Coast YMCA
Christian Community Action - Thanksgiving Food Basket Campaign
Columbus House
Connecticut Business & Industry Association
Construction Institute - Univ. of Hartford
Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County
Domus for Kids
East Hartford Shelter
Foodshare Commission of Greater Hartford
Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce
Greater Hartford Arts Council
Greater New Haven Chamber
Greater Norwalk Chamber
Greater Providence YMCA
Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
Hartford Children’s Theatre
Hill-Stead Museum
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
Junior Achievement
Kennedy Center
Klingberg Family Centers
Manchester Area Conference of Churches (MACC)
Mark Twain House and Museum
Merton House
MetroHartford Alliance
Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
Rhode Island Coaltion for the Homeless
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Saint Mary's Hospital Foundation
South Shore Chamber of Commerce
South Shore Habitat for Humanity
South Shore Hospital
South Shore YMCA
Special Olympics - Connecticut
St Vincent's Hospital
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Waterbury
United Way of the Central and Northeastern Connecticut
Valley United Way
The Village for Families and Children
Thomas G. Cavanagh Memorial Fund
Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce
