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September 15 ^th – October 31st 2021 online system closes at 6PM

Health & Human Services – Access to Healthcare and Abuse Prevention

The foundation is accepting applications for programs and services that support community healthcare, ensure individuals get primary healthcare.   Requests that support the prevention or reduction of child, elder, or partner abuse are eligible under this round of Health & Human Services grant cycle.

Applicants are encouraged to read through our 2021 Foundation Focus prior to applying.  The narrative questions are available on the Grantseeker Tips page. If you are not sure if your request would qualify please contact us.

Economic Empowerment- Entrepreneurship, Affordable Housing, Financial Literacy June 15^th – July 31st^th 2021 online system closes at 6PM

The foundation is accepting applications for programs and services that support the process of designing, launching and running a new business; efforts to improve the financial skills and knowledge of households to make informed and effective decisions and supporting development of a range of affordable housing options are eligible under this grant cycle.

Applicants are encouraged to read through our 2021 Foundation Focus prior to applying.  The narrative questions are available on the Grantseeker Tips page. If you are not sure if your request would qualify please contact us.

Farmington Bank Community Foundation awarded $113,000 in grants under its Economic Empowerment and Sustainability – Workforce Development and Self Sufficiency Grant Cycle

Grantees included:
YWCA New Britain– Economic Empowerment through School Readiness Support; Provision of quality, sliding scale, School Readiness childcare services that includes a COVID compliant a hybrid-learning model.
United Way of West Central Connecticut, Inc. – Walsh Summer Work Experience Program; A seven-week summer workforce development program for Bristol youth age sixteen and up. The program combines work experience with a curriculum of job skills, financial literacy and social learning.
Tunxis Community College Foundation Inc. – Launch Your Leadership Journey; A program is designed to build and enhance leadership skills for female students enrolled in community college, who may otherwise not have the opportunity or the means to develop these skills.
Trinity College – Dream Camp at Trinity College; A tuition free afterschool program and  five-week summer camp for Hartford children that includes educational and recreational programming.
The Open Hearth Association – The Working Man’s Center (WMC); A job-centered training initiative focused on helping The Open Hearth’s clients end the cycle of homelessness. The WMC provides direct job placement for clients through partnerships with local businesses and our own social enterprise venture: Open Hearth Works.
Our Piece of the Pie – OPP in Communities: Empowering Youth for a Lifetime of Success; OPP in Communities addresses critical issues of access and opportunity available to Hartford youth ages 14-24. through social-emotional, youth development, academic, and workforce readiness supports.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford – Adult Literacy and Job Training; Program designed to improve the language, digital and math literacy competencies of low literate adults living or working in Greater Hartford.
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut – Workforce Development and Education; Provision of literacy education to increase self-sufficiency, helping students secure employment, advance in career opportunities, and obtain financial literacy.
KNOX, Inc. – Green Jobs Apprenticeships; Hands-on green jobs, landscaping, and professional skills training to underserved Hartford young adults.    
Human Resources Agency of New Britain, Inc. – Early Childhood Career Path for Parents of Young Children; Integration of career education and employment services with intensive simultaneous case management services to engage parents of young children in career pathways that focus on Early Childhood Education (ECE).
Hartford Youth Scholars – The Collegiate Academy, Scholar Success High School & College; A comprehensive middle school through college graduation academic training and personal and professional counseling for Hartford students.
Hartford Promise, Inc. – Hartford Promise Integrated College Success Model; A model that combines Reaching Back and Reaching Forward programming, that connects Promise Scholars to key resources, supports, services, and relationships both in high school and at the colleges they attend.
Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc. – Career Readiness; A middle school through high school afterschool and summer program that provides academic training with career exploration, part time employment and financial literacy.
Goodwin University, Inc. – Goodwin Bookkeeping Clerk Program; Series of workshops to teach the fundamentals of accounting and bookkeeping. Participants work with ledgers, journals, financial statements, and fine-tune their skills in inventory accounting and can sit for the Certified Bookkeeping Credential.   
Fresh Start Pallet Products, Inc. – FSPP; Expansion into a second production line for the Fresh Start Academy training program.
Forge City Works, Inc. – Culinary Job Training; Hands-on kitchen training and culinary customer service training that includes a paid experience in a real business setting.
Charter Oak State College Foundation, Inc. – Intent on Improving Tomorrow for Parents; Expansion of the Our Women in Transition Program to include parents, single or married, moms or dads, with an emphasis on our minority population.  Program includes tuition assistance, technology and coaching.
Career Resources, Inc. – STRIVE Hartford; STRIVE provides an intensive, attitudinal workplace preparation training to residents of Hartford and the greater Hartford area resulting in job seekers securing employment and job retention that improves their lives through the dignity of work.
American School for the Deaf – Transition Services Vocational Education Programming; Services for students graduating high schools but not going on to secondary education. Includes visiting job sites and career fairs, and meeting speakers from a variety of fields.

Basic Needs – Health & Human Services
March 15^th – April 30^th 2020 online system closes at 6PM

The foundation is accepting applications for programs and services that provide a safety net for individuals and families who are traveling the path to self-sufficiency or are experiencing financial setbacks. Priority will be given to organizations that provide short-term emergency assistance for households including shelters, food pantries or household goods; improve access to healthy food including income supports such as SNAP or WIC or efforts to decrease homelessness.

Applicants are encouraged to read through our 2021 Foundation Focus prior to applying.  The narrative questions are available on the Grantseeker Tips page. If you are not sure if your request would qualify please contact us.

The Farmington Bank Community Foundation (FBCF) recently completed a strategic planning process and we are announcing our Strategic Focus for 2021. Our environmental scan, feedback from grantees, and the analysis of households most impacted by COVID-19 highlighted the economic disparity within our state. It also highlighted that the disparity was borne at a much higher level by people of color. The Foundation has determined that it is time for us to “get back to basics.” We need to assist households to achieve a standard of living that covers their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter but also lets them thrive, not just survive.

The Farmington Bank Community Foundation will help create opportunities for a better life by focusing on economic opportunities, health, and basic needs. We all succeed when families have a safe and healthy home, food on the table, and jobs that pay a living wage. These changes have benefits that ripple out to the community by improving the lives of our neighbors. It adds to the strength and stability of neighborhoods.

Our grantmaking will be targeted to two strategic areas with emphasis on people of low-to- moderate income. We endeavor to ensure residents will have access to employment training and education, health services, healthy nutrition, stable housing, and safety net services.

The goal under Economic Empowerment and Sustainability is to foster pathways from poverty to prosperity, dependence to independence for individuals and families in our communities, and to encourage diverse and robust neighborhood and community economies. Under our second strategic area, Health and Human Services, the goal is to provide a safety net for individuals and families who are traveling the path to self-sufficiency or are experiencing financial setbacks. Ensure individuals get primary healthcare and help address the social and economic conditions that influence one’s health status.

The Farmington Bank Community Foundation’s intention is to increase the resources to our grantees and accordingly we have narrowed our geography to sixteen communities* in Hartford County west of the Connecticut River. We will implement the new strategic focus in 2021. Please review the Applying for a Grant section of the website which provides more information on our strategic focus and revised grant cycles.

We look forward to working with our nonprofit partners as we all work towards economic opportunity and a network of support for our community.

2021 Service Market – Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, Hartford, Newington, New Britain, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Southington, West Hartford and Wethersfield.

Farmington Bank Community Foundation first grant cycle for 2021 is now open.

Under its new strategic focus, the foundation is striving to address household economic issues and long-term gaps.  Its first Grant Cycle of 2021 is targeted to connecting workers to new skills and enhanced job readiness; programs that support workforce development, enhance, or improve opportunities for quality employment and career prospects. Included in this grant round is consideration of programs that provide educational building blocks that impact an individual’s average hourly wage and lifetime earnings, i.e., adult education, completion of secondary education or core school readiness.

Applications will be accepted online until 6 PM January 31, 2021.  For more information on the foundation’s areas of interest, eligibility and application guidelines please go to our Applying for a Grant 2021 section of the website.

Farmington Bank Community Foundation recently approved $189,000 in health & human service grants.  Recipients included basic needs-pantries and shelters; access to healthcare; youth & family services.  Grants were made to organizations located in Hartford County. Following is a listing of recently approved FBCF grants:

Given the uncertainty and ongoing pandemic concerns grants are considered flexible in their funding allowing organizations to adapt and modify operations in order to best serve their constituency.

Almada Lodge-Times Farm Camp Corporation
American National Red Cross
Boys & Girls Club Of New Britain Inc.
Bristol Adult Resource Center Inc.
Bristol Boys & Girls Club Association
Center For Children’s Advocacy
Children In Placement
Children’s Law Center Of Connecticut, Inc.
Community Foundation Of Greater New Britain
Connecticut Coalition To End Homelessness
Connecticut Institute For Refugees And Immigrants
Connecticut Women’s Education And Legal Fund
Covenant To Care For Children, Inc
Connecticut Institute For The Blind
End Hunger Connecticut!, Inc
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
Foodshare Inc
Friendship Service Center, Inc.
General Federation Of Women’s Clubs Newington/Wethersfield
Gifts Of Love
Hartford Food System Inc
Hartford Interval House, Inc.
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation
Hospital Of Central CT
Klingberg Family Centers Inc.
Malta House Of Care
My Sisters’ Place, Inc.
New Horizons Inc.
Operation Fuel Inc.
Plainville Community Food Pantry, Inc.
Prudence Crandall Center
Senior Transportation Services Inc.
Services For The Elderly Of Farmington
South Park Inn, Inc.
Tabernacle Christian Church Inc.
The Arc Of The Farmington Valley Inc, FAVARH
The Bridge Family Center
UR Community Cares

FBCF is accepting applications to support Community Heritage – local cultural institutions’ programs and services that enrich the community and the quality of life.  This includes programs that promote the appreciation or understanding of local history and historical events. Includes local cultural, preservation, and other museums.

The application is streamlined and we ask that you keep the request to telling us what you need the funds for and how it will be used to serve your constituents. 

Requests for performing arts are not eligible and requests that fall outside of the focus of this grant round will not be considered. 

The grant round ends at 6 PM October 31^st.

Farmington Bank Community Foundation recently approved $160,000 in education grants.  Recipients included early childhood literacy, after school programming and educational enrichment.  Grants were made to organizations located in Hartford County. Following is a listing of recently approved FBCF grants:

Given the uncertainty and timing of the state reopening grants are considered flexible in their funding allowing organizations to adapt and modify operations in order to best serve their constituency.

American School for the Deaf
Aurora Foundation for Women & Girls – Matching Grant for YWCA Career Women
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Inc. – Summer Enrichment Experiences
Hartford Promise, Inc.
Hartford Youth Scholars
Hartford’s Camp Courant
Hill-Stead Museum
Literacy Volunteers of Central CT
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
Our Piece of the Pie
Real Art Ways
Trinity College
Compass Youth Collaborative
Connecticut Audubon Society
Connecticut Storytelling Center, Inc.
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
CT Jump$tart Coalition
CT Science Center
Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Inc.
Greater Hartford Arts Council
Hartford Performs, Inc
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation
Jumpstart for Young Children
Reach Out and Read, Inc
Read to A Child Inc.
Read to Grow
Tunxis Community College Foundation Inc

The foundation also awarded COVID 19 grants to Foodshare and Journey Home in support of their efforts to serve families and households in need.