The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain connects donors who care with causes that matter in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington. If you'd like to make a difference in your community, please contact us for more information.

2007 Grants and Initiatives


Discretionary Grants

Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, $2,500
Designated by Celebrate New Britain! Honoree

Capital Workforce Partners, $25,000
To support implementation of the Low Income Families Employment (LIFE) program in New Britain

Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, $20,000
To increase the number of mobile assessments for senior citizens in New Britain and to expand community outreach

Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington, Up to $7,500
From the Early Childhood Development Fund
To support the collaborative’s efforts to improve outcomes for young children in Southington

Friends of Panthorn Park (Southington), $4,000
To support School Nature Day and the 10th anniversary celebration

Friendship Service Center, $50,000
Additional support for the Center’s revised capital campaign (contingent upon state funding)

Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (Pathways/Senderos), $15,000
Second-year support of organizational restructuring aimed at strengthening the delivery of services

Hospital of Central Connecticut, Up to $50,000
1:1 matching grant to support the expansion and renovation of the hospital’s emergency department

Junior Woman’s Club of Berlin, $2,500
Designated by Celebrate Berlin! honoree

New Britain Discovery Collaborative , $40,000
From the Early Childhood Development Fund
To support the collaborative’s efforts to improve outcomes for young children in New Britain

New Britain Museum of American Art, $50,000
To support education and outreach programs in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington

New Britain School Readiness Council, $7,704
From the Early Childhood Development Fund
To support parent outreach activities

New Britain Symphony, $25,536
To support organizational upgrades and strategic planning aimed at strengthening the symphony

Plainville Community Food Pantry, $2,500
Designated by Celebrate Plainville! honoree

Plainville Community Food Pantry, $8,000
To support the Food Pantry's Bread Distribution Program

Plainville Family Resource Network, $11,540
From the Early Childhood Development Fund
To expand services to children and families in the areas of literacy, parent/childcare provider workshops and playgroups

Rebuilding Together New Britain, $27,000
For organizational capacity building aimed at improving development efforts and expanding services

Southington Historical Society, $17,000
To provide the final funding needed to complete the renovation of the Southington Historical Society and Museum

Southington Science and Math Initiative, $2,500
Designated by Celebrate Southington! honoree

Trinity-on-Main, Up to $75,000
1:1 matching grant to support restoration of the tower

YMCA of New Britain-Berlin and YWCA of New Britain, $36,500
To support a joint proposal for technology upgrades that will build the capacity of both organizations

Sub-total Discretionary Grants, $479,780

Donor Advised Grants

Boys and Girls Club of New Britain
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

Carolina for Kibera, Inc., University of North Carolina
From the Rathgeber Family Fund

City of New Britain “Save the Franklin School Paintings”
From the Susie and Charles Gustin Memorial Fund

City of New Britain “Save the Franklin School Paintings”
From the Saturday Night Club of New Britain Fund

Connecticut Community Care
From the Gilrain Family Fund

Covenant to Care for Children
From the Schaller Auto World Fund

The Denan Project (Ethiopia)
From the Rotary Club of New Britain and Berlin Fund

First Church of Christ Congregational, New Britain
From the Rathgeber Family Fund

First Church of Christ Congregational, West Hartford
From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund

Foodshare of Greater Hartford
From the Conry Asset Management Charitable and New Britain Day Nursery Funds

Foundation of Special Care
From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund

The Hospital of Central Connecticut
From the Frank and Ernestine Fraprie and Stanley and Bernice Shepard Funds

Klingberg Family Centers
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

Living in Safe Alternatives, Inc.
From the Junior League of Greater New Britain Fund

Manes & Motions
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

Metropolitan Opera Guild (New York)
From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund

Mom's Program at the Hospital for Central Connecticut
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

New Britain Food Security Collaborative
From the Catalyst Fund

New Britain Public Library
From the Leonard W. and Jeannette C. Varkal Fund

New Britain Symphony
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

New Britain Youth Museum
From the Schaller Auto World Fund

Oak Hill, for outdoor swing set at Saddlebrook Home (Southington)
From the Spirit of Beth Telfer Memorial Fund

Pathways Senderos
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

Prudence Crandall Center
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

Southington Board of Education CAMPY on Campus conference for Southington schoolchildren
From the Southington Science and Mathematics Initiative Fund

Southington Board of Education Schools Nature Day at Panthorn Park for Southington 4th graders
From the Southington Science and Mathematics Initiative Fund

Spanish Speaking Center
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund
  
United Way of New Britain & Berlin
From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund

United Way of Southington
From the Grove Hill Medical Center Fund

University of Hartford
From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund

VNA of Central Connecticut “HIP HOP” program
From the Saturday Night Club of New Britain Fund

VNA of Central Connecticut Hospice programs
From the Frank and Ernestine Fraprie Fund

Warm the Children
From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund

YMCA of New Britain-Berlin
From the New Britain Day Nursery, Schaller Auto World and Stanley and Bernice Shepard Funds

YWCA of New Britain
From the Schaller Auto World Fund

Sub-total Donor Advised Grants, $46,197

Designated Grants

Designated funds at the Community Foundation are established by individual parties to benefit one or more specific charities. In 2007, a total of $276, 975 in designated grants were approved by the Community Foundation's Board of Directors in accordance with the wishes of each fund's established provisions.

Sub-total Designated Grants, $276,975

Scholarships

In 2007, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain awarded a total of $76,840 in scholarships to 37 students from Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, Southington and other towns. Scholarships were awarded from all 31 of the Foundation's named scholarship funds. Click here for a full list of available scholarships.

Sub-total Scholarships, $76,840


Total 2007 Grants and Scholarships, $879,792


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