Newington Greater Together Community Fund

02/24/2022

Newington’s Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the opening of its second grant application period for funding of programs that will improve or enhance the quality of life of Newington or otherwise contribute to solving a direct need of the Newington community. A total of $25,000 in grant funds will be awarded in this second round of grantmaking, with a maximum grant award of $5,000. All projects must benefit the residents of Newington and any nonprofit registered as a 501c3 organization that serves the residents of Newington is eligible to submit. Applications are due by March 15, 2022, and grants will be awarded in early May 2022.

The application is available here:

07/14/2021

The Newington Greater Together Community Fund is excited to announce our first round of grant recipients! In total, we have now awarded $19,550 to the following organizations…

The Children's Law Center of Connecticut

GFWC - Newington/Wethersfield CT

Lucy Robbins Welles Library

Newington Children's Theatre Company

UR Community Cares, Inc.

Visit here for more information on each grant and organization:

In 2019, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving established $100,000 community funds for each of the 29 towns in the Foundation’s region, which includes the town of Newington. The purpose of the community funds is to support residents in taking ownership around the needs in their towns, ...

04/14/2021

Newington’s Community Fund Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the opening of its first grant application period for funding of programs that will improve or enhance the quality of life of Newington or otherwise contribute to solving a direct need of the Newington community. A total of $25,000 in grant funds will be awarded in the first round of grantmaking, with a maximum grant award of $5,000. All projects must benefit the residents of Newington and any nonprofit registered as a 501c3 organization that serves the residents of Newington is eligible to submit. Applications are due by May 3, 2021 and grants will be awarded in early June 2021.

Link to Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SOa8FPbeKar4BJtHt9EILklyvHoeSlgv/view

02/27/2021

The Newington Community Fund is pleased to announce an open call for Letters of Intent for our first round of grant-making. Any 501c3 which serves Newington in some capacity is eligible! Groups of residents can also apply with an approved fiscal sponsor.

The first round of grants will be $25,000 with a maximum grant of $5,000.

Visit our website at http://hfpg.org/newingtoncf for further instructions and a link to the LOI application. You can email [email protected] with any questions.

We look forward to reading your requests!

Newington Greater Together Community Fund