Hartford Business Journal · 2026
A 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Awards honoree.
Hartford Business Journal named Endurance Home Care an honoree in the Family-Owned Business, 250+ Employees category on 24 August 2026. Here’s what the newspaper recognized, and what it means for your family.
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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 program, 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 program, and every profile sits on the newspaper’s own site.
Brothers Chris and Tom Weldon founded Endurance in 2024 with Andrew Schwartz, and both brothers still work in the business. The newspaper placed the company among family-owned businesses of more than 250 employees, and its profile records the brothers as the family members employed and the first generation running it.
What the newspaper recognized, and what it means at home
It recognizes how the company is built and run. Here’s how that shows up for a family arranging care at home.
- How the company is built and runA registered nurse writes your care plan with you, and your Care Manager reviews it as needs change
- Business success, innovation, and service to the community, in the newspaper's own wordsA caregiver chosen for your household and introduced before the first visit
- That the business is family owned, and by whomFounders who started Endurance after caring for their own grandmother with dementia
- Headcount, which is what puts Endurance in the 250+ employees bandWe've hired more than 800 caregivers since founding
Endurance is one of the honorees named in its category. Hartford Business Journal recognizes winners from the categories at the awards evening.
What the people who received the care saidHow a care plan is built
What family owned means for the care you get
The category Hartford Business Journal placed Endurance in is the one that says most about how a family is treated. Chris and Tom Weldon started the company in 2024 after caring for their own grandmother with dementia, and they both still work in it. That family experience shapes how we look after yours.
Hartford Business Journal describes the program 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 program is presented by Beacon Bank, and the honorees are recognized at an awards evening in Farmington.
- 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, so every mention of this recognition links there instead of to a picture of a badge.
Which Connecticut home care agency did Hartford Business Journal recognize in 2026?
Hartford Business Journal named Endurance Home Care, a family-founded home care agency headquartered in Stamford, a 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Awards honoree in the Family-Owned Business, 250+ Employees category, published 24 August 2026. Endurance serves every county in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York (companion care in New York).
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Questions about this recognition
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 honorees across its categories and publishes each one's profile, then recognizes winners from those categories at the awards event.
What did Hartford Business Journal assess?
The newspaper describes the program as recognizing organizations that have distinguished themselves through business success, innovation and service to their communities. It recognizes Endurance as a business and a family-owned employer.
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.
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