The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has given $1,500 to STRIVE in South Portland. The funds will be used to support renovations to the organization’s main program space.

STRIVE provides programs and support for developmentally disabled youth, teens and young adults.

To commemorate those Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the company created the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. This program allows each Harvard Pilgrim employee to give a $500 grant to the local charity of their choice each year. And this year three employees chose STRIVE.

Since the community grants program began in 2002, Harvard Pilgrim employees have directed more than $4.6 million to thousands of organizations throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.