East Granby Greater Together Community Fund
In 2019, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving established $100,000 Greater Together Community Funds for each of the 29 towns in the Foundation’s region, which includes the town of East Granby.
The purpose of the Greater Together Community Funds program is to:
- support the community in taking ownership around the needs in their towns
- encourage broad and inclusive civic engagement
- anchor the Hartford Foundation in East Granby and 28 other towns in the region
Announcing Call for Grant Applications
The East Granby Greater Together Community Fund is pleased to announce the availability of funding from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for projects directly benefiting the East Granby community. The purpose of East Granby’s Community Fund is to support residents in taking ownership around the needs in their towns and encourage broad and inclusive civic engagement.
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The minimum amount of a grant request is $250. The maximum amount of a grant request is $25,000. Deadline to apply - April 4, 2025.
- Upon completion of the project, a final report shall be provided. Information about the final report (photos, write up, invitation to grant event, etc.) will be shared when the grant is awarded.
Eligibility Criteria:
- The project/program proposed must directly benefit the residents of East Granby.
- Any nonprofit registered as a 501c3 organization, the town itself, or state/federal municipalities that serve the residents of East Granby are eligible to apply.
- Organizations must be classified as a 501c3 or have a fiscal sponsorship through a registered organization. Our town may serve as a fiscal sponsor to an organization who is not a registered 501c3. If you need help finding a fiscal sponsor, please contact the advisory committee at eastgranbygreatertogether@gmail.com.
- 509a3 charities and private foundations are not eligible.
- Grants need to be for future projects. Money cannot be requested to refund past projects.
Process:
Applications can be completed as Google Docs, Word documents, or as a PDF. Deadline to apply - April 4, 2025.
Click here for application
Please answer the application questions and submit a budget outline for this proposal.
Final Report Template for Awardees
Please email completed applications to East Granby Greater Together Community Fund at: EastGranby@hfpgcommunityfunds.org
Applications can also be submitted via mail to: Jennifer Kovaleski, East Granby Greater Together, 73 Old County Road, East Granby, CT 06026.
Grant Awards
Grants Awarded in 2024
4-H VEX Robotics - 4-H VEX Robotics Team Expansion- adding a competition super kit to be able to add members to their teams, which include East Granby residents.
East Granby Parks & Recreation - East Granby Farms playscape replacement- removing old wooden structure, expanding area, and having a new playscape installed.
Operation Fuel - Support emergency energy distribution in East Granby through funding home fuel purchases
East Granby Congregational Church, UUC - Supporting replacing the elevator in their building. The upstairs meeting room hosts many support groups for the East Granby community
Special Olympics Connecticut's Windsor Locks local program - Support cost of athlete registration fees, purchasing new equipment to replace outdated/broken items, and subsidizing the cost of transportaion to state competitions.
Grants Awarded in 2023
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To support the Doreen Jacius Story Trail project ($13,673.29) |
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To support digitizing "Let's Talk Turkey" editions from 1996-2023 ($982) |
To support Emergency Energy Assistance for East Granby residents ($5,000)
To support East Granby Student Lunch Gift Card program ($3,900)
Grants Awarded in 2022
to support the purchase of a storage shed
to support the East Granby Community Garden's 2022 growing season
to support updating the Pinewood Derby track, timing equipment and software
to support creation of a digital archive of the Historical Room resources
to support East Granby clients of the Victim to Survivor program
to support engineering design development for the Tom and Ginnie Howard Educational Preserve Trail
The East Granby Greater Together Community Fund made inaugural grants to three community organizations in 2021:
($9,300) to support bringing STEM technology and programming to the entire East Granby community.
($8,500) to support the Senior Community Center rug replacement project.
($4,000) to support UR Community Cares in East Granby.
East Granby Greater Together Community Fund Committee
The role of the Committee is to design and lead an inclusive process to identify the needs in your community, and design a grantmaking process aimed to ensure that the Greater Together Community Funds can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents.
The Committee members for your town are:
Tanvi Bandikalu, Thomas Carroll, Joe Doering, Merry Kimberley, Jennifer Kovaleski (Chair), Hansika Lenkala-Secretary, Deborah Ann Ludwig, Jennifer Russell, Amie Smith, and Kristen Strzegowski (Vice Chair).
For more information about the committee, please review the Committee FAQ.
Join the GTCF Program as a volunteer!
To start your GTCF volunteer journey and learn more about this volunteering opportunity, click here for more information and for our online volunteer application.
Click here to read the Committee Conflict of Interest Policy.
For more information about the Committee, please review the FAQ.
Questions? Please contact the committee at eastgranby@hfpgcommunityfunds.org.
For media inquiries, contact Chris Senecal at csenecal@hfpg.org.
The role of the Committee is to design and lead an inclusive process to identify the needs in your community, and design a grantmaking process aimed to ensure that the Greater Together Community Funds can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents.
The Committee members for your town are:
Tanvi Bandikalu, Thomas Carroll, Joe Doering, Merry Kimberley, Jennifer Kovaleski (Chair), Hansika Lenkala-Secretary, Deborah Ann Ludwig, Jennifer Russell, Amie Smith, and Kristen Strzegowski (Vice Chair).