2020 Grants & Initiatives

Through December 31, 2020 the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded $1,813,579 in grants and scholarships. Thank you for your support!

Community Initiatives

The CFGNB is proactive with a portion of its grant making in order to seek out, create and support projects and initiatives that focus on the broader community as well as the non-profits that serve the community. By being strategic and investing resources in this manner, the foundation fulfills its community leadership goal of defining challenges and investing in solutions.

The Catalyst Program

Catalyst is a “giving circle” of local citizens who seek to learn about community issues in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington. Anyone can become a part of this group by making a contribution of $250 to the Catalyst Fund and completing a membership form. “Discovery” memberships are available to first-time members (and their families) for a gift of $50 for the first year, and a “Business” membership offers local businesses the opportunity to engage their employees in local philanthropy. Members gather three times per year to learn about a member-chosen issue facing their community, and to consider funding requests from charitable organizations addressing the issue. The year concludes with a grant of up to $12,500.

  • $1,864 to the Art League of New Britain for a virtual figure drawing class to enhance their online gallery exhibit,
  • $3,000 to CONCORA for PPE and barriers needed for “Virtual CONCORA”,
  • $3,000 to CT Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra for equipment needed for live streaming and virtual programming,
  • $1,500 to New Britain Symphony to cover the cost to live stream the Young People’s concert scheduled for April 2021, and
  • $2,500 to New Britain Youth Museum to create virtual educational programs.

Capacity Building Initiative

The Foundation’s Capacity Building Initiative supports the non-profit organizations in our service area which in turn, strengthens our communities. The Initiative has several components, one of which offers hands-on workshops and training for local organizations. Topics covered by the workshops include strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, board development and more. In 2020, Capacity Building grants were dedicated to making mini grants to nonprofit organizations in the form of mini grants totaling $34,022 to help organizations through the pandemic. Grants were made in partnership with Farmington Bank Community Foundation.

  • $1,398 to the Art League of New Britain to purchase an Air Scrubber to maintain healthy air quality for indoor programming
  • $2,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain to purchase PPE equipment and supplies to maintain a safe and sanitary environment
  • $2,000 the Bread for Life to purchase picnic tables for safe outdoor seating and dining of guest
  • $1,925 to CCARC for equipment/technology supplies needed for additional staff and clients to participate in in the Day Services program
  • $2,000 to Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington for technology projects that will facilitate operations and communications
  • $1,500 to Girls With Voices to create a website to support programming and other social marketing opportunities
  • $1,290 to Giving Back Food Pantry to purchase equipment to transition food distribution and programs to an outdoor drive-thru model
  • $600 to House of Heroes, CT Chapter to purchase a printer needed to facilitate programming and services for veterans
  • $1,500 to Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut to purchase the digital version of “Easy English News” for use of students and tutors during the COVID pandemic
  • $2,000 to Main Street Children’s Choir to support costs associated with the transition to online learning during the COVID pandemic
  • $2,000 to New Britain Industrial Museum to support the creation of a safe and socially distant exhibit to continue programming during the pandemic
  • $2,000 to New Britain Museum of American Art to purchase laptops and tablets for use by the Education Department to facilitate online programming and remote work
  • $909 to New Britain Public Library to purchase Zoom licenses, webcams and the Canva graphic design platform to improve programming and marketing capabilities during the pandemic
  • $1,000 to New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park to purchase a laptop and a Zoom subscription to facilitate remote staff meetings, fundraisers and the presentation of virtual educational programming for school aged children
  • $2,000 to Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain to support a website re-design to improve outreach to target audience and for marketing and fundraising
  • $2,000 to ParaDYM Academy for technology and PPE specific to media production to facilitate after school programming
  • $1,750 to Prudence Crandall Center to purchase laptops needed to allow staff to return safely to work on-site
  • $1,200 to Queen Ann Nzinga Center for Cultural Education & Social Change for social media assistance to produce a video for fundraising and marketing
  • $1,000 to Siena Learning Center for equipment needed to provide training workshops for tutors to help them shift to online learning and teach virtually
  • $2,000 to Southington Community Services for the production of 2 videos that will 1) to increase awareness of SCC services and 2) to promote and market the pantry marketing purposes
  • $1,950 to the Sudanese American House in CT for two laptops and a Zoom account to facilitate online meetings, programming and communication with clients

Disaster Response

The Greater New Britain Disaster Response Fund was established in 2019 and makes resources available to local government community service departments and crisis coordinators to meet the basic needs of residents from Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, and Southington who are displaced from their homes for an extended period of time due to a natural disaster.
In 2020, four grant awards were made totaling just over $2,700 to New Britain Community Services and Southington Community Services to support the needs of families and individuals who suffered loss due to apartment fires.

Two additional grants were made from this Fund when Puerto Rico suffered an earthquake early in 2020. Local New Britain area residents with close ties to family and friends in Puerto Rico asked if the CFGNB would accept donations to contribute in support of the impacted residents; similar to when the Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund was established in 2017. Two grants were made from the Greater New Britain Disaster Response Fund in 2020 to support earthquake victims with the help of Ray Guasp of Veterans Response in Chester, Connecticut as follows:

• $2,500 to Accion Social de Puerto Rico for elderly care for earthquake victims in the shelter
• $2,500 to Veterans Response to establish clean water pumping stations, tents, solar lights, air mattresses and other supplies to help 40-60 earthquake victims

First Years First

We believe that preparing the children of Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington for success in school and in life by enhancing their early childhood development education experience is fundamental to any meaningful expression of the Foundation’s mission.

  • $11,750 over 18 months to the Berlin Public Schools to establish a Berlin Early Childhood Council, a new organization focused on early childhood in the Berlin community.
  • $7,500 to EdAdvance to support a statewide effort in collaboration with the CT Office of Early Childhood (OEC) that will support and enhance more than 1,000 family childcare homes (59 in our four towns), and about 4,000 children and 3,200 families.
  • $20,000 to Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut to support programming for parents and their young children at the Central Connecticut Family Literacy Center.
  • $10,000 to the Plainville Family Resource Network for virtual summer programming and the technology to support it
  • $35,000 matching grant to Southington Public Schools to support 2020-21 school year and 2021 programming at the Family Resource Center of Southington.
  • $7,500 to the YWCA of New Britain to support the purchase of sanitizing equipment for the YWCA childcare program.

Sub-Total, Community Initiatives Grants: $142,636

Arts, Culture and Heritage

We believe that when the Foundation supports arts, culture and heritage programs, we not only enhance the quality of life for all residents in those communities, but also invest in the long-term economic vitality and well-being of the Greater New Britain area.

  • CONCORA, $3,500.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund to support the 2021 Spring Concerts
  • Shakesperience Productions, Inc., $5,000.00
    from the Talcott Stanley Fund for Curricular Enhancement Program for students in the Consolidated School District of New Britain

Community & Economic Development

We believe that supporting community and economic development efforts adds to the strength and stability of neighborhoods and the citizens that live within them.

  • Kensington Garden Club, Inc., $2,500.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for Volunteer Park project
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of N.B. Inc., $10,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund to support Financial Empowerment & Community Building services
  • New Britain Community Services Department, $7,500.00
    from the Johnstone Vance Memorial Fund to support the Eviction/Foreclosure Mediator Program
  • Senior Transportation Services, $10,000.00
    from the Howland Rogers Family Fund to support the free rides program
  • Town of Southington, $25,000 ($50,000.00 over two years)
    from the Louis G. and Ada C. Amodio Fund for Children, Alix W. Stanley Charitable Fund, and A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for a capital grant to support the new Memorial Park Playscape

Education

We believe in the saying that “knowledge is power.” When the Foundation invests in education, it is helping to provide citizens with a key that can help open many doors.

  • Berlin Upbeat Program, $4,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for the two development-training programs in 2020
  • Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc., $10,000.00
    from the Vicenta Alverio Memorial Fund, Alix W. Stanley Charitable Fund, and Spencer P. Torell Fund for Youth development programming at the Club.
  • Charter Oak State College, $10,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for the College’s capacity building project
  • Connecticut Science Center, $10,000.00
    from the J. Edward and Justine B. Melson Family Fund, Grove Hill Medical Center Fund, Robert A. and Phyllis T. Mugford Fund, and A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund to provide Next Generation Science Standards professional development for educators in New Britain.
  • Consolidated School District of New Britain, $40,000.00
    from the Anonymous Fund, Charles L. Munford, Jr., Memorial Fund, Jeannette Elizabeth Westlake Memorial Fund, and A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund to support SEE, CREATE, and XTREME.
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut, $2,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for Leadership Experience for youth in CFGNB’s catchment area
  • Literacy Volunteers of Central CT, Inc., $5,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for Strategic Planning
  • Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain, Inc., $10,000.00
    from the Anonymous Fund, Joseph A. Mlynarski, MD, Memorial Fund, and Georgia Knapp Thomson Fund for Tier 1 Summer Youth Employment for New Britain students.
  • ParaDYM Academy, $15,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for New Britain Cares website project
  • Siena Learning Center, $6,750.00
    from the Elizabeth J. Berry Fund, Vic and Jane Darnell Fund, Anna Thornton Fund, and Georgia Knapp Thomson Fund to accommodate additional SLC learners.
  • Southington Public Schools, $10,000.00
    from the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund to support the new SPS Community Support Network

Health and Human Services

We believe that having access to services that help maintain or improve health, or which help citizens gain access to basic human services, is fundamental to quality of life.

  • CASA of Northern Connecticut, $5,000.00
    from the Johnstone Vance Memorial Fund to support CASA Volunteer Training
  • CCARC, Inc., $25,000.00 ($50,000.00 over two years)
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for the Make Dreams Happen Campaign for capital campaign support to upgrade and renovate group homes for people with intellectual and physical disabilities
  • Chrysalis Center, $5,000.00
    from the Johnstone Vance Memorial Fund to support St. Philip House in providing housing and social services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Community Mental Health Affiliates, $25,000 ($50,000.00 over two years)
    from the Marshall A. Pease Memorial Fund, Carolyn’s Healthy Environment Fund, Elizabeth J. Berry Fund, and CFGNB Trust Endowment for capital campaign support to renovate the new CMHA building
  • Futures, $5,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund to support the Café at HFSC
  • Gilead Community Services, Inc., $20,000.00
    from the Johnstone Vance Memorial Fund, Weld Fund for Capital Needs, Catharine McHenry Rogers Fund, and Anna Thornton Fund for to install air conditioning at Farrell Treatment Center.
  • Hartford Food System Inc., $13,000.00
    from the William E. Attwood Jr. Fund, Anna T. Deutsch Fund, Donald W. and Virginia C. Davis Fund, and Marjorie Wright Tomlinson Fund to support a Statewide Food Action Plan and New Britain Food Policy Council.
  • Hospital for Special Care, $35,000.00 ($75,000.00 over two years)
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund, William H. Judd, Jr. Fund, Georgia Knapp Thomson Fund, and William and Bette Batchelor Fund for the Superheroes for Autism capital campaign to support the expansion of autism services for children and youth in the Greater New Britain community
  • Hospital of Central Connecticut, $10,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for the Breast Cancer Early Detection program
  • Lewis Educational Agriculture Farm, $20,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund to support the LEAF’s winterization project
  • PARC, $1,350.00
    from the Johnstone Vance Memorial Fund for sign installation and sign inserts.
  • Plainville Community Food Pantry, Inc., $10,000.00
    from the Ted and Nancy Howe Fund for general operating support
  • Salvation Army, $10,000.00
    from the Junior League of Greater New Britain Funds and, Helen M. Lynch Fund  for the Pathway to Hope Program to support the new program in Greater New Britain.
  • Southington Community Services, $5,000.00
    from the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for to purchase a new generator to purchase a new generator

Sub-total, Community Response Grants: $375,600

Donor Advised Grants

  • Helen T. Bianca Nursing Scholarship Fund
    • $3,000.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for general operating in honor of the nurses at HOCC
  • The Keith and Ann Bova Family Fund
    • $170.00 to the Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. for general operating
  • Kevin and Christine (Malachowski) Bruemmer Fund
    • $100.00 to the Bova Family Fund at CFGNB
    • $250.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for COVID-19 Face Shield Project
    • $500.00 to First Congregational Church of Southington for general operating
    • $250.00 to Saint Joachim Parish for Saint Mary’s Church and food bank
    • $250.00 to The Discovery for General Operating
    • $250.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for general support in honor of all HOCC healthcare workers
    • $150.00 to Foodshare for general operating
    • $250.00 to the CCARC, Inc. for general operating
    • $150.00 to the Siena Learning Center for general operating
    • $250.00 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. to celebrate James Jones as being the new Boy & Girls Club executive director
    • $400.00 to the YWCA of New Britain for individual craft packets for school-aged group students
  • Conry Asset Management Charitable Fund
    • $2,500.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for COVID-19 Face Shield Project
    • $1,000.00 to the Klingberg Family Centers, Inc. for Klingberg Family Pantry
  • Walter R. Fletcher, Jr., DMD Family Fund
    • $3,100.00 to the Independent Day School for financial aid purposes
  • Frank and Ernestine Fraprie Fund
    • $1,500.00 to CCARC, Inc. for general operating
    • $1,000.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for general operating
  • Howey Family Fund
    • $5,000.00 to the YWCA of New Britain for general operating
    • $5,000.00 to the Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. for general operating
    • $3,000.00 to the Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc. for general operating
    • $4,000.00 to the Klingberg Family Centers, Inc. for general operating
    • $4,000.00 to the Wheeler Clinic, Inc. for general operating
  • Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund
    • $5,810.00 to Instituto Socio Economico Comunitario to support additional micro-entreprenuers on the island
  • Kindelan Family Fund
    • $1,040.00 to the COVID-19 Initiatives Fund
  • Lasher Fund in Memory of Douglas S. Lasher
    • $2,070.00 to Hospital of Central Connecticut for COVID-19 Face Shield Project
  • Mayor’s Trophy Charitable Fund
    • $250.00 to The Sunshine Kids Foundation in support of the January 25th BHHS Fundraising Event
    • $300.00 to the City of New Britain Community Services Department for the Mayor’s Wellness Initiative
    • $520.00 to OIC New Britain to support the “Unsung Heroes Matter” Annual Gala
    • $1,000.00 to the CT Breast Health Initiative for Race in the Park
    • $250.00 to New Britain Little League in support of youth baseball and softball
    • $500.00 to Race CF for cycling team initiatives to support and mentor people
    • $1,000.00 to CCSU Center for Africana Studies for the 26th Annual Giving Program
    • $500.00 to Sacred Heart School for their Annual Giving Program
    • $400.00 to New Britain Community Services in support of the Tony March “Paying it Backward”
    • $1,000.00 to New Britain ROOTS, Inc. for City Grower Sponsorship
    • $200.00 to the Connecticut Recreation & Parks Association for continuing education
    • $800.00 to the City of New Britain Parks and Recreation for Walnut Hill Park Rental Fees
    • $1,000.00 to the Best Buddies in Connecticut for Hallowheels Event at New Britain Stadium
    • $500.00 to the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc. for Walk, Run, Ride 2020 for Team Bill DeMaio
    • $250.00 to the Jefferson Elementary School PTA for in support of the Eileen Riccio Memorial Bench
    • $500.00 to the The Hospital of Central Connecticut for Annual Giving Campaign 2021
    • $250.00 to the Sacred Heart School for 2020/2021 Annual Giving Campaign
    • $500.00 to the For Goodness Sake for general operating
    • $500.00 to Warm the Children Fund of New Britain for general operating
    • $900.00 to the City of New Britain Parks and Recreation for Walnut Hill Park rental fees for YCWA recital
    • $800.00 to the City of New Britain Parks and Recreation for the Children’s Charities Tennis Classic
    • $800.00 to the New Britain Parks & Recreation Dept. for the Juneteenth Celebration at Walnut Hill Park
    • $500.00 to the New Britain Museum of American Art for Creative Kits
    • $100.00 to the Lions Club of New Britain for 40th Annual Golf Tournament
    • $100.00 to Saint Paul School for the 31st Annual Golf Open
    • $1,000.00 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. for the Annual Golf Tournament
    • $500.00 to the Holmes School PTA for general operating
    • $1,000.00 to Klingberg Family Center for costs associated with COVID-19 PPE
    • $5,000.00 to New Britain Youth Museum for the “Please Touch” initiative at the downtown site.
  • Naples Family Fund
    • $480.00 to New Britain Community Services in support of the Tony March “Paying it Backward”
    • $200.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for COVID-19 Face Shield Project
    • $500.00 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. for Game Room project
    • $500.00 to the YWCA of New Britain for Zono Sanitation Project
  • Obedzinski Family Charitable Fund
    • $60.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for COVID-19 Face Shields Project
    • $25.00 to the Coast Guard Foundation, Inc. for general operating
    • $25.00 to Cuatro Puntos for general operating
    • $75.00 to the Hospital of Central Connecticut for general operating
    • $75.00 to Foodshare for general operating
    • $40.00 to the New Britain Industrial Museum for general operating
    • $118.00 to the Hillel Foundation at Purdue University for general operating
    • $50.00 to the New Britain Public Library for general support
    • $100.00 to Hartford Men in Harmony for Night with the Champs
    • $25.00 to CCARC for general operating
    • $25.00 to the HOCC Auxiliary at New Britain General for general operating
    • $50.00 to Warm the Children Fund of New Britain for general operating
  • Perra Family Fund
    • $1,000.00 to the Hill-Stead Museum for general operating support
    • $1,000.00 to the Foodshare for general operating support in the Memory of David J. Waltz
  • Maria Pietrantuono Fund
    • $720.00 to the Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. for general operating
  • Rotary Club of New Britain-Berlin, Inc. Fund
    • $2,500 to the YWCA to purchase a Zono Disinfecting and Sanitizing Cabinet
  • Round Table Fund
    • $1,050.00 to the Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. for general operating
  • Saturday Night Club Fund
    • $1,000 to the Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology Academy Fund at CFGNB
  • Schaller Auto World Fund
    • $2,000.00 to the Miracle League of Connecticut for for the Golf Classic
    • $5,000.00 to New Britain High School for Safety Improvements
    • $5,000.00 to Plainville Community Schools for Safety Improvements
    • $5,000.00 to Southington High School for Safety Improvements
    • $5,000.00 to Berlin High School for Safety Improvements
  • Spirit of Beth Telfer Memorial Fund
    • $600.00 to Living in Safe Alternatives (L.I.S.A) for general operating support
  • Raymond and Frances Wolski Family Fund
    • $1,000.00 to the Friends of the New Britain Public Library for COVID-19 Book Project
    • $600.00 to Warm the Children Fund of New Britain for general operating
    • $400.00 to the New Britain Public Library for Outdoor Mime Performance
    • $1,500.00 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. for Game Room Project

Sub-Total, Donor Advised Grants: $101,628

Designated Grants

  • Anonymous Fund
    Foundation of Special Care, Pulmonary Support Group/Special Care Breath-Takers
  • The Bialkowski Family Fund
    Sacred Heart School, financial aid for students
  • The Bialkowski Family Religious Fund
    Divine Word Missionaries, for training of young persons for priesthood or as missionaries
    Salesian Missions, training young persons for priesthood or as missionaries
    The Marist Brothers, Inc., for training young persons for priesthood or as missionaries
    Saint Lawrence Seminary, training young persons for priesthood or as missionaries
    Oblate Missions of Mary Immaculate, training young persons for priesthood or as missionaries
    Scared Heart Church, for its general purposes
  • Carlson Family Fund
    Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut
  • Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin, Inc. Fund
    Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin
  • CFGNB Administrative Endowment Fund
    Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
  • Greta Rogers Cook Fund
    Klingberg Family Centers New Britain
    New Britain Public Library
  • Fred A. Damiani and Jeannette C. Varkal Fund
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut
  • John Noxon “Nox” and Cherry Howard Fund
    Boys and Girls Club of New Britain, Inc.
    Wheeler Clinic, Inc.
  • Iaia Fund in Memory of Antonio, Ignazia, Joseph and Paul
    St. Ann Church
  • Curtis and Degi Jennings Fund
    Jefferson Elementary School, for enrichment and extracurricular activities
  • Edith Johnson Fund
    First Lutheran Church of the Reformation, advance the causes of music and young people
    New Britain Area Interfaith Conference, Inc., public education efforts
  • Henry and Christa Juengst Fund
    American Cancer Society, Inc.
    American Diabetes Association, Inc.
    American Heart Association, Inc.
    Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Foundation
    Kensington Congregational Church
    Salvation Army
  • Stanley and Anelia Kustra Fund
    Foundation of Special Care, pediatric programs
    Hartford Hospital, cardiac programs
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut, George Bray Cancer Center
    Salvation Army of New Britain
  • Robert J. Loughery Fund
    Sisters of Mercy, Northeast Community
  • Stanley J. Markiewicz Fund
    Archdiocese of Hartford, Archbishop’s Annual Appeal
  • New Britain High School Foundation Fund
    New Britain High School Foundation
  • Myrna M. Pauloz Senior Center Fund
    Berlin Senior Center, to support the physical needs and activities of the organization
  • Myrna M. Pauloz Hospital of Central Connecticut New Britain Campus Fund
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut, to support medical research relating to inpatient care and to directly benefit inpatient in  other ways
  • Hugh and Lois Penney Fund
    CCARC
    Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, Administrative Endowment
    Connecticut Conference of United Church of Christ
    Friendship Service Center
    Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain
    Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut
    New Britain Museum of American Art
    South Congregational-First Baptist Church
    YMCA of New Britain-Berlin
  • Penneys for the Foundation Fund
    Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Administrative Endowment
  • Herbert M. and Edyth Woodruff Peterson Fund
    Friendship Service Center
    Salvation Army of New Britain
    South Congregational-First Baptist Church, New Britain
    YMCA of New Britain-Berlin
    YWCA of New Britain
  • Joanne Michelini Pigott Fund
    Berlin Peck Memorial Library, for book acquisition
  • Father John J. Reilley Fund
    Archdiocese of Hartford, Educational Fund
  • Sacred Heart School Fund
    Sacred Heart School, New Britain
  • Joseph and Christine J. Schribert Designated Fund
    American Red Cross Connecticut Chapter
    Arthritis Foundation- Connecticut
    Church of St. Mary
    Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Foundation
    Foundation for Special Care
    Hartford Hospital, to add to the Endowment for Cardiac Programs and research
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut, to benefit the George Bray Cancer Center
    VNA Healthcare, Inc., to provide hospice care to the people of New Britain
  • Southington Library Endowment Fund
    Southington Library Endowment
  • Southington Library Donor Endowment Fund
    Southington Library Endowment Donor Fund
  • Stanley Memorial Church Fund
    Stanley Memorial-Fountain of Life Church
  • The Tanner Family Fund
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut
  • Helen P.G. and John C. Vibberts Fund
    New Britain Museum of American Art, for conservation and maintenance of the Sanford B.D. Low Collection
  • John C. and Helen P.G. Vibberts Fund
    Foundation of Special Care, to support Hospital for Special Care
  • The Weld Fund
    American Legion Eddy Glover Post #6
    Art League of New Britain
    Boy Scouts of America, Connecticut River Council, to benefit New Britain Scouts
    Boys and Girls Club of New Britain
    Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
    CONCORA
    Connecticut Theatre Company
    Foundation of Special Care
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut
    Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain
    ount Holyoke College
    New Britain Garden Club
    New Britain Industrial Museum
    New Britain Museum of American Art
    New Britain Public Library
    New Britain Symphony Society
    New Britain Youth Museum
    Repertory Theater of New Britain
    St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Britain
    United Way of New Britain & Berlin, Inc.
    YWCA of New Britain

Sub-Total, Designated Grants: $437,856

Scholarships Awarded

The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain awarded a total of $279,280 in scholarships to students from Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, Southington and other towns.

Sub-total, Scholarships:$279,280

Community Chest of New Britain & Berlin

Total CCNBB Grants Approved: $240,854

Community Sponsorship Awards From the A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund

  • Alzheimer’s Association, $500.00 for the Annual Walk
  • Autism Families CT, $750.00 for the 10th Anniversary Sparkling Celebration Gala
  • Boys and Girls Club NB, $300.00 for the annual Golf Tournament
  • CCARC, $500.00 for “When you wish upon a star”
  • CCSU Women’s Center, $500.00 for the Health Fair
  • Diaspora Multicultural Society, $500.00 for their Multicultural Festival
  • Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce, $500.00 for their Golf Tournament
  • Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce/OIC, $300.00 for the Summer Youth Employment Program
  • Hartford Barbershop Harmony Society, $500.00 for the Everyone in Harmony event at Trinity on Main
  • Hoops for Homeless, $500.00 for the annual Hoops for Homeless event
  • LEAF, $750.00 Sponsorship of their Cookbook
  • LVCC, $500.00 for the Annual Love of Literacy event
  • NB Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, $100.00 for the Commemoration of MLK event
  • NB Symphony Orchestra, $500.00 for the Young People’s Concert
  • NBMAA, $750.00 for Create Space – Highlighting female artists
  • New Britain Little League, $650.00, for the 2020 Season
  • OIC, $500.00 for the “Unsung Heroes Matter” annual event
  • Plainville High School/Wheeler YMCA, $500.00 for Project Graduation
  • Plainville Choral Society, $500.00 for the Anniversary Golden Oldies Show
  • Plainville Family Resource Network, $500.00 for their Family Fest
  • Southington Chamber of Commerce, $750.00 for the Roaring Good Time 82nd Annual Auction
  • Southington Education Foundation, $500.00 for the Spring for Education event
  • Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs, $475.00 for the Apple Harvest Festival Road Race
  • St. Paul School, $500.00 to support the 24th Annual Auction
  • VFW, $500.00 to support the Poppy Fundraiser

Total Community Sponsorship Awards Approved: $12,825

COVID-19 Grants

In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, the Foundation is allocating funds to support local organizations serving the residents of Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, and Southington and also to respond to community needs for the most vulnerable during this crisis. To date, the following grants have been made:

• $3,000 to Autism Families CONNECTicut for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $900 to Berlin-Peck Memorial Library to create an newspaper advertisement or insert to promote the library’s digital services to residents during COVID-19
• $7,500 to Bread for Life for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $2,500 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain for COVID-19 general operating support
• $5,000 to CCARC to purchase laptops and accompanying software, licenses and hardware that will facilitate remote work among employees and services for clients
• $3,000 to Chrysalis Center to provide supportive housing and case management services for formerly homeless individuals living in Columbus Commons in New Britain and St. Philips House in Plainville
• $2,500 to CONCORA for COVID-19 general operating support
• $5,000 to Community Mental Health Affiliates to purchase the technology necessary to provide telehealth services
• $2,500 to the Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (CIRC) to support the basic needs of Syrian and other refugee families in New Britain who are in struggling due to the pandemic
• $3,000 to CT Students for a Dream (C4D) to help meet the needs of undocumented youth and their families due to COVID-19.
• $3,000 to Coram Deo Recovery to create a quarantine home for women in their program should they become infected with the virus or be exposed to someone who is infected
• $10,000 to Coram Deo Recovery for COVID-19 general operating support
• $2,500 to Family & Children’s Aid to purchase supplies needed by clinicians working with families in in New Britain in the Intensive In-Home Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Services program
• $5,000 to Family Promise for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $10,000 to the Friendship Service Center for COVID-19 general operating support
• $5,000 to Gilead Community Services’ Farrell Treatment Center to enable the agency to provide telehealth services and establish a quarantine environment for clients.
• $5,000 to Giving Back Food Pantry for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $10,000 to the Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $7,500 to the Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $20,000 to the Hospital of Central CT and Hartford Healthcare, Hospital for Special Care, Berlin-New Britain-Plainville-Southington Police, Fire, and EMS, and the NB EMS Academy to fund the production of at least 18,000 face shields by OKAY Industries and a team of community volunteers for distribution and use as PPE by health care workers and first responders in our region.
• $7,500 to Klingberg Family Center to support the start up of an emergency food pantry for the families served by most of Klingberg’s 20 programs, a majority of which live below the poverty line
• $10,000 to Living in Safe Alternatives (LISA) 1) to help fund PPE, designated quarantine areas, medical supplies and enrichment tools to support the academic needs, social development and the emotional well-being of program residents and 2) for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $7,500 to Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $2,500 to Neighborhood Housing Services for PPE to prepare 800 Care Kits for residents of the North Oak neighborhood
• $5,000 to the New Britain Museum of American Art for expenses related to the remote work transition for staff as well as additional sanitizing stations and cleaning supplies to protect staff and visitors.
• $5,000 to New Britain ROOTS to support “Victory Gardens for Connecticut,” a pilot project aimed at alleviating the growing rates of food insecurity through promoting and coordinating the donation of produce from home gardeners in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington
• $9,500 to the New Britain-Berlin YMCA for emergency operational support due to COVID-19, and to offset the cost of a ramp needed since the COVID-19 outbreak for the safety and health of employees and Members-In-Residence who live at the facility.
• $2,500 to New Life II in New Britain to develop a safe and temporary quarantine environment for up men in its recovery housing
• $5,000 to No Boundaries Youth Theater for COVID19 Emergency Operating Support
• $5,000 to Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain for COVID-19 general operating support
• $5,000 to Prudence Crandall Center for initiatives that will allow the organization to maintain the multi-family dwellings and communal living it provides for clients and minimize exposure to COVID-19.
• $10,000 to Prudence Crandall Center for COVID-19 general operating support
• $3,000 to the Salvation Army to support the New Britain Emergency Services program in order to meet the increased need for food, necessities and financial assistance to those who have experienced a financial loss as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis
• $7,500 to the Southington Chamber of Commerce for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $7,500 to the Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $2,000 to Southington Community Cultural Arts to create “art bags” for 40 All Access adults with disabilities that will provide this vulnerable population with structure, socialization, connection to their community during this health crisis.
• $3,000 to Southington Community Cultural Arts for COVID-19 general operating support
• $2,500 to the Sudanese American House in CT for emergency operational support due to COVID-19
• $5,000 to the United Way of Central and Northeastern CT for Neighbors in Need COVID-19 Response
• $5,000 to VetFuel for COVID-19 general operating support

Sub-total, COVID-19 Grants: $222,900