Together Matters Fund This fund was established by Bill and Sue Butler in order to assist New Britain High School’s Together Matters program, which is a class offered at the high school that develops and implements a pre-teaching experience for students interested in careers in education. Together Matters provides elementary school students with high [...]
Scholarships Available from New CFGNB Fund in Memory of Beloved Pastor New Britain, Conn., April 26, 2022 – The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain is proud to announce its newly established scholarship fund, the Festa Italiana Scholarship. The scholarship was created in honor of the beloved and generous former pastor of St. Ann’s Church, [...]
Festa Italiana Scholarship The scholarship was created in honor of the beloved and giving past pastor of St. Ann’s Church, Father Reverend Augustine Henry Giusani. Giusani was the founder and member of the Board of Directors of the New Britain Police Athletic League, which led to his appointment as a delegate to the White [...]
New Coram Deo Recovery Fund Launches Foundation's Imagine Match Campaign New Britain, Conn., April 6, 2022 –The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) is excited to announce a newly established agency endowment fund, the Coram Deo Recovery Fund. An agency endowment is a type of designated fund established by a charity at a community [...]
Coram Deo Recovery Fund At Coram Deo we recognize that we will never be able to fully meet the need of women in recovery - it will always be there. Creating an endowment therefore, is about more than just long term sustainability - it is about serving the next generation of women caught in [...]
Foundation Approves Over $300,000 in First Round of Grants New Britain, Conn., March 24, 2022 – After their first board meeting of the year, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) has approved their first round of grants and awarded more than $870,000 to a wide variety of community programs serving Berlin, New Britain, [...]
Spencer’s Hero Academia Memorial Scholarship Fund This fund honors the courage and vision of Spencer Paul Tracy. Spencer was diagnosed with AML, a rare and aggressive form of leukemia at the age of 15. Following a series of treatments and a stem cell transplant, Spencer developed life threatening respiratory complications and passed away at [...]
Association of Fundraising Professionals and Community Foundation Offer Fundraising Workshops New Britain, Conn. March 17, 2022 – The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) is proud to partner with the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Connecticut Chapter to offer the 2022 Principles of Fundraising Certificate Program. The program is a series of workshops that [...]
Foundation Welcomes Four New Board Members New Britain, Conn., March 16, 2022 – The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has elected four new board members to join the Foundation’s already-strong team of volunteers. Elected to serve new multi-year board terms were Zachary Alexander, Timothy Fitzpatrick, Fawatih Mohamed-Abouh, and Violet Jiménez Sims. Zachary Alexander [...]
Grace Church - The One Fund An unendowed designated fund established by the church, with an initial estate gift from former church member Hasty Pearl Foreman, that will solicit contributions and ultimately fund a new community center, other capital improvements, or programs at the church. Donate Now [...]