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Hartford Nonprofit that Helps New England Entrepreneurs with Environmental or Social Missions Gets Support from Conn. Insurance Agency Committed to Community

A Hartford nonprofit that helps New England entrepreneurs with environmental and/or social missions is teaming up with a local company that extensively supports nonprofits.

GoodWorks Insurance, a Glastonbury-based insurance agency, recently announced a $5,000 grant to reSET, whose mission is to advance the social enterprise sector. The unrestricted funds will go towards reSET’s operations and enable it to apply for matching funds from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

GoodWorks Insurance donates half of its profits through GoodWorks Community Grants to local nonprofits.

“GoodWorks is in a league of its own in terms of creating good in the communities it works,” said reSET managing director Ojala Naeem. “Besides being one of the Northeast’s fastest-growing insurance agencies, they’re a great example of a company that’s doing so much more than turning a profit. They’re committed to supporting the next generation of businesses.”

Additionally, GoodWorks Insurance has been named a reSET general partner and will collaborate with it to run workshops on insurance and risk management for its entrepreneurial community. Participants will be eligible for various insurance benefits.

“reSET fits in perfectly with our philosophy to do well and to do good,” said GoodWorks Insurance senior vice president Edward F. Ryan. “We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with them.”

reSET serves entrepreneurs who are busy conceiving solutions for some of our most pressing problems, from climate change to food and water insecurity to post-incarceration reentry, according to Naeem.

Besides Glastonbury, GoodWorks Insurance has Connecticut offices in Avon, Columbia and New Milford, and Massachusetts offices in Great Barrington and Worcester.

Serving more than 10,000 clients, GoodWorks Insurance offers auto, home insurance, business insurance and surety bonds. Besides insuring families and small businesses in general, it has special expertise in nonprofits, fuel dealers, aerospace firms, manufacturers and surety bonds.

reSET is a nonprofit organization whose mission is advancing the social enterprise sector. Its strategic goals are threefold: to be the “go-to” place for impact entrepreneurs, to make Hartford known as Impact City, and Connecticut the Social Enterprise state. reSET serves all entrepreneurs but specializes in social enterprise ? impact-driven business with a double or triple bottom line. In addition to providing coworking space, accelerator and mentoring programs, reSET aims to inspire innovation and community collaboration, and to support entrepreneurs in creating market-based solutions to community challenges. reSET’s goal is to meet entrepreneurs wherever they are in their trajectory and to help them take their businesses to the next level.