The Boston-based Arbella Insurance Foundation said it donated $2.8 million to nonprofit organizations in New England in 2015.

Arbella Insurance Group employees supported local organizations by volunteering, organizing and contributing to a wide variety of causes, the company said. Employees dedicated 1,600 volunteer hours, including 152 charity walks and 61 other events. The company also matched donations made by employees to various nonprofits.

“Our employees and independent agents are enormously valuable because of their outstanding work both in the office and in their communities,” said John Donohue, chairman, president and CEO of Arbella Insurance Group and chairman of Arbella’s foundation.

“Our foundation finds great value in working with and supporting Arbella employees and agents because they give us a deeper understanding of local causes and our neighbor’s needs. Their compassion and proactivity enables us to allocate our funds directly to where there is need,” he said.

Together, the foundation and Arbella’s independent agents donated more than $778,000 in 2015, and more than $3 million through its Agent Matching Gift Program over the past 10 years.

Local charities supported by Arbella Foundation include:

YMCAs.
Boys & Girls Clubs.
Project Bread’s annual Walk for Hunger (donated more than $85,000 to the walk).
Connecticut’s Food Share.
Greater Boston Food Bank.
American Red Cross.
Friends of Boston’s Homeless.
South Shore Habitat for Humanity.
Boston Harbor Islands Alliance Veterans.
New England Center and Home for Veterans.
American Warrior U.S. Inc.

The Bearingstar Insurance Charitable Fund, a division of Arbella’s Foundation, also donated more than $105,000 to a wide range of causes such as Special Olympics Connecticut, Birthday Wishes and local YMCAs.

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Arbella Foundation gave $2.8M to New England nonprofits in 2015

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