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Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Concludes 2007 With $168,389 in Fourth-Quarter Grants and Scholarships

Grants and Scholarships for the Year Total Nearly $900,000

(January 9, 2008) The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain recently concluded its 2007 grantmaking year with fourth-quarter grants and scholarships totaling $168,389, bringing the Foundation’s total community impact for the year in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington to $879,792.

The Foundation awards grants on a quarterly basis and each year distributes upwards of $1 million to nonprofit agencies and organizations in its service area. Funding traditionally supports a wide variety of Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and/or Southington-based programs and initiatives in education, early childhood development, health and human services, community and economic development, and arts and humanities.

The Foundation has four fund categories: discretionary, donor advised, designated and scholarship. Discretionary funds are awarded at the discretion of the Foundation’s board of directors; donor advised funds are established by an individual, family, company or organization with that party playing an active role in the grant-awarding process; scholarship funds are also established by a individual party and tailored to that party’s personal wishes; designated funds, too, are established by an individual party and benefit one or more specific charities.

Fourth-quarter 2007 grants include:

Discretionary Grants ($139,036)

•    YMCA of New Britain-Berlin and YWCA of New Britain (area wide), $36,500. To support a joint proposal for technology upgrades that will build the capacity of both organizations. The total grant will be $59,600 over two years - $40,000 to the YMCA, $19,600 to the YWCA.

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

•    New Britain Symphony (area wide), $25,536. To support organizational upgrades and strategic planning aimed at strengthening the symphony.

•    Capital Workforce Partners (New Britain), $25,000. To support implementation of the Low Income Families Employment (LIFE) program in New Britain. The total grant will be $50,000 over two years.

•    Southington Historical Society (Southington), $17,000. To provide the final funding needed to complete the renovation of the Southington Historical Society and Museum and open it to the public full-time.

•    Plainville Community Food Pantry (Plainville), $8,000. To support the Food Pantry’s Bread Distribution Program.

Donor Advised Grants ($25,553)

•    Boys and Girls Club of New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for sports equipment.

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

•    First Church of Christ Congregational, New Britain. From the Rathgeber Family Fund for the Thailand Orphan 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 to benefit food assistance programs in Berlin and New Britain.

•    Foundation of Special Care, New Britain. From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund.

•    The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain. From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund.

•    Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for library books.

•    Living in Safe Alternatives, Inc., Plainville. From the Junior League of Greater New Britain Fund for tables and chairs.

•    Manes & Motions, New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for riding equipment.

•    Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York City. From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund.

•    Mom’s Program at the Hospital for Central Connecticut. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for infant clothing.

•    New Britain Food Security Collaborative. From the Catalyst Fund for development of a coordinated, systemic response to food insecurity in New Britain.

•    New Britain Symphony. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for the Children’s Concert.

•    New Britain Youth Museum. From the Schaller Auto World Fund to support the museum’s annual campaign.

•    Pathways Senderos, New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for books for the reading literacy circle.

•    Prudence Crandall Center, New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for children’s clothing.

•    Spanish Speaking Center, New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund form diapers and formula.

•    United Way of New Britain and Berlin. From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund.

•    United Way of Southington. From the Grove Hill Medical Center Fund to support the LifeSkills Training Program for elementary and middle school students.

•    University of Hartford. From the Stanley and Bernice Shepard Fund.

•    Warm the Children, New Britain. From the New Britain Day Nursery Fund for clothing for New Britain children.

•    YMCA of New Britain-Berlin. Grants from the New Britain Day Nursery, Schaller Auto World and Stanley and Bernice Shepard Funds for multiple purposes.

•    YWCA of New Britain. From the Schaller Auto World Fund to support the YWCA’s joint technology upgrade project with the YMCA.

Scholarships ($3,800)

•    Vernon-James Riley, Yale University. From the Alma Exley Scholarship Fund.

•    Violetta Sims, Connecticut Department of Higher Education. From the Alma Exley Scholarship Fund for Alternative Route to Certification.

For a complete listing of 2007 grants and scholarships, please visit www.cfgnb.org.

Established in 1941, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain connects donors who care with causes that matter in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington. For more information on the Foundation, please call (860) 229-6018 or visit www.cfgnb.org.


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