More Than $200,000 in Community Foundation Year-End Grants Major Support for Early Childhood and Supportive Housing Programs Included New Britain, Conn., December 17, 2015 – Up to $91,000 in grant awards to support early childhood development programs and a grant of $30,000 for supportive housing on North Street in New Britain for the homeless are [...]

(Since 2013, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has played an integral role in supporting and funding the Consolidated School District of New Britain's Chronic Absenteeism Initiative. This success story was featured in The New York Times on October 16, 2015.) Stopping Absenteeism at Age 5 By Rikha Sharma Rani New York Times Two [...]

Longtime New Britain-Area Cultural Organization Teams with Community Foundation to Establish Scholarship Fund Austrian Donau Society Seeks to Help Area Youth Achieve Educational Goals New Britain, Conn., November 16, 2015 – New Britain’s Austrian Donau Society, which since 1920 has been a cultural anchor and driver of events and programs for the region’s German and [...]

Application Deadline Looms for Grant Funding From Community Chest of New Britain & Berlin Funding Focus is on Health and Human Services Programming New Britain, Conn., October 5, 2015 – The application deadline for the second and final round of 2015 grant funding from the Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin (CCNBB) is fast [...]

Financial Assistance Available for 2016 Community Events Application Deadline for Community Sponsorship Award Funding is Nov. 1 New Britain, Conn., October 7, 2015 – The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain is again making available financial assistance to non-profit groups and organizations planning community events in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington, this time for [...]

Introducing Your “New” Community Foundation: Where Good Begins Rejuvenated Mission/Vision, Brand, Website Designed to Elevate Foundation’s Connection with Donors, Community New Britain, Conn., September 16, 2015 – When it came right down to it, it was all about the fundamental notion of goodness – where it begins, how it impacts us all and how it [...]

First Years First Early Childhood Development Funding Paces Nearly $200,000 in Community Foundation Grants Health and Human Services, Arts Programs Also Receive Major Support New Britain, Conn., September 15, 2015 – Major grants to local programs supporting early childhood development – including $38,000 to the Consolidated School District of New Britain’s three Family Resource Centers [...]

Change for Community Foundation’s 2015 Catalyst Fund Grant Members Hope to Help Multiple Local Programs with $10,000 Award; Local Non-Profits Encouraged to Answer Recent Survey New Britain, Conn., July 15, 2015 – “I think it’s absolutely vital for the success of our state.” That’s what Patrick McKenna, training and membership services coordinator at the Connecticut [...]

Want a Better Community? Answer the Call By Jim Williamson (July 15, 2015) In today’s age of communication overload, when it seems that just about every friend, acquaintance, stranger or shoe polish salesman is invading our personal space every moment of the day via phone, text, message or tweet, it is understandable that so many [...]

Record Scholarships, Youth Coalition, Trinity-on-Main Head List of More than $330,000 in Community Foundation Grants Summer Arts Programs at Local Libraries Also Receive Funding New Britain, Conn., July 15, 2015 – Record-setting scholarship awards to 60 area students, funding to sustain the newly renamed Coalition for New Britain’s Youth, and additional funds to support Downtown [...]