Hartford Business Journal · 2026
A Business ExcellenceAwards honoree.
Named in the Family-Owned Business, 250+ Employees category, and published in the newspaper on 24 August 2026.
2026The newspaper’s own masthead, supplied by Hartford Business Journal. It issues no honoree badge, and a gold roundel nobody conferred is a forgery however carefully it is drawn.
Hartford Business Journal named Endurance Home Care, a family-founded home care agency headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, a 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Awards honoree in the Family-Owned Business, 250+ Employees category.
The Connecticut Business Excellence Awards are new. Hartford Business Journal describes 2026 as the inaugural year of the programme, which brought the newspaper’s existing Family Business Awards in as one category alongside for-profit companies, nonprofit organizations and women-owned enterprises. Eighteen organizations were named honorees across the whole programme, and every profile sits on the newspaper’s own site.
Endurance was founded in 2024 by brothers Chris Weldon and Tom Weldon, who are both still working in the business. That is the fact the category turns on: the newspaper placed the company among family-owned businesses of more than 250 employees, and its profile records the founders as the family members employed and the first generation as the one running it.
What the newspaper assessed, and what it did not
It is a business award, judged on how the company is built and run. Nobody from the newspaper reviewed a care plan, visited a client, or assessed a caregiver, and the recognition says nothing about the care any family receives.
- How the company is built and runWhether any individual care plan is any good
- Business success, innovation, and service to the community, in the newspaper's own wordsWhether a caregiver turned up, on time, at the right house
- That the business is family owned, and by whomWhether the family who owns it has ever met your family
- Headcount, which is what puts Endurance in the 250+ employees bandWhether there are enough caregivers free in your town this week
It is also an honoree listing rather than a victory. Hartford Business Journal names a slate in each category and recognizes winners from those categories at the awards evening. Endurance is on the slate. This site will not print the word winner for it, and will not print a rank nobody awarded.
What the people who received the care saidHow a care plan is built
The programme, and the evening
Hartford Business Journal describes the programme as recognizing organizations from across the state that have distinguished themselves through business success, innovation and service to their communities. Categories split by organization type and then by headcount, in bands of 1 to 50, 51 to 250, and more than 250 employees. The 2026 programme is presented by Beacon Bank.
- 24 August 2026Hartford Business Journal publishes the honoree profilesIn print and online, one profile per honoree, across four category groups: for-profit companies, nonprofit organizations, family-owned businesses and women-owned enterprises.
- 30 September 2026The awards eveningConnecticut Business Excellence 2026 Awards, 5pm to 8pm at Farmington Gardens, 999 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06032. The newspaper runs the evening and sells the tickets; winners are recognized from the categories on the night.
- AfterwardsThe profile stays where it was publishedThe honoree profile remains live on hartfordbusiness.com, which is why every mention of this recognition on this site links there rather than to a picture of a badge.
Is Endurance Home Care an award winning home care agency?
Endurance Home Care is a 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Awards honoree, named by Hartford Business Journal in the Family-Owned Business, 250+ Employees category and published on 24 August 2026. It is a business award. No award on this site assessed the care itself.
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Questions about this award
What award did Endurance Home Care receive?
Hartford Business Journal named Endurance Home Care a 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Awards honoree in the Family-Owned Business, 250+ Employees category. The honoree profile was published by the newspaper on 24 August 2026, in print and online.
Is Endurance Home Care an honoree or a winner?
An honoree. Hartford Business Journal names a slate of honorees across its categories and publishes each one's profile, then recognizes winners from those categories at the awards event. This site uses the word the newspaper used and does not upgrade it.
What did Hartford Business Journal assess?
The newspaper describes the programme as recognizing organizations that have distinguished themselves through business success, innovation and service to their communities. It considered the company. Nobody from the newspaper reviewed a care plan, visited a client, or assessed a caregiver.
When is the awards event?
Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 5pm to 8pm at Farmington Gardens, 999 Farmington Ave, Farmington, Connecticut. Hartford Business Journal runs the event and sells tickets to it. Honoree profiles were published on 24 August 2026, ahead of the evening.
The newspaper looked at the company. You should look at the care.
Tell us what changed at home. We will tell you what fits, what it would cost, and honestly whether we are the right people for it.