Hebron Greater Together Community Fund
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has established a Greater Together Community Fund for the Town of Hebron.
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 and
- anchor the Hartford Foundation in each town.
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2025 Project Grant Application
Deadline: OCTOBER 1, 2024
HebronCommunityFund@gmail.com
The Goal of the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund is to award grants that will support programs addressing a need that improves the quality of life for the citizens of the Hebron Community.
Hebron Greater Together Community Fund Objectives
- Improve the diverse participation and impact of current programs.
- Encourage the creation of innovative NEW initiatives for underserved populations.
- Develop enhancements to current programs.
Eligible Applicants
- Non-profit 501c3 organizations that serve the citizens of Hebron.
- Hebron individuals or groups of citizens may submit an application in partnership with a registered non-profit organization that has agreed to serve as the fiscal agent for the proposed project.
- Monies from previous grants awarded by The Hebron Greater Together Community Fund must be spent before a new grant can be awarded.
- Projects must primarily benefit Hebron citizens.
- Final Report for previous Grants must be completed.
- Grant awards must be spent within 1 year of the award date unless an extension is approved by The Hebron Greater Together Community Fund.
- Grantee must be willing to display information stating that HGTCF funded, in part, your project.
Grant Awards
- Minimum grant: $500.
- Maximum grant: $5,000.
- Grants less than $1,000 - do not require matching $ donations.
- Grants over $1,000 - require matching $ donations of either monetary (cash) and/or in-kind donations of equipment, labor, materials, services, etc.
To Apply
- Download the application form here
- Download the budget form here
- Submit Completed Application and project budget in a Word Document and send to: HebronCommunityFund@gmail.com Deadline is October 1, 2024
Application Review Process
- Each applicant will be interviewed by a member(s) of the Hebron Community Fund Advisory Committee.
- The Committee will evaluate the Applications based on the Fund’s Goal and Objectives.
- Hebron Greater Together Community Fund 2025 Grant Award Announcements will be made on or around January 2025
Hebron Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee
John E. Ostrout, Chair; Pam Atwood; Dwayne Bruender; Althea Carr; Robert Fitzgerald; Emily Lucenko; Christiane O’Brien; Mary Rose; Connor Rydel
Grant Award History
2024
- Coalition on Diversity & Equity $ 3,400 for Celebrate Juneteenth
- Junior Achievement $3,000 to Teach real life business lessons to over 100 RHAM students
- The Town Center Project $ 5,000 Money to run Maple Fest to bring it back to being about Hebron and it's Maple Sugar Producers
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church $ 3,000 to bring in professional Performers to enrich the cultural experience of residents of Hebron
- Hebron Paths & Trails $ 3,500 to clean up and maintain trails in Hebron
2023
2022
- Hebron Interfaith Human Services (HIHS) $567 for Veterans Memorial site improvement
- St. Peter’s Episcopal Church $5,000 for The Sanctuary Performing Arts Concert Series (Sept – May)
- Hebron Historical Society $2,600 for walking tour signage of Historical Hebron.
- Coalition on Diversity and Equity (CoDE) $3,000 for a seminar “Waking Up White” in America.
- Hebron Community Chorus $2,000 for Spring and Fall Concerts.
- Hebron Interfaith Human Services (HIHS) $1,200 for pet watering and waste stations for Town events.
- Atwood Dementia Group $2,500 for Memory Café program.
- New England Animal Bond Foundation $4,725 for student support groups at RHAM Middle and High Schools.
- Pollinator Pathway at Hebron Interfaith Human Services (HIHS) $1,000 for pollinator and invasive plant signage at Raymond Brook Preserve.
- The Town Center Project $3,000 for Hebron Summer Outdoor Concert Series.
The Hebron Greater Together Community Fund made inaugural grants to eleven community projects, $25,000 in total. The grants funded projects that improve or enhance the quality of life in Hebron or otherwise contribute to address a direct need in the town.
- Friends of the Office of State Archaeology -$4,000 used “to foster a multidisciplinary collaboration focused on Hebron’s Cesar Peters home site among RHAM Middle and High School staff, State Archaeologist Office, Hebron Historical Society, and the Witness Stones Project
- Andover, Hebron, Marlborough Youth & Family Services - $1,000 for the CHORES project.
- Easter Seals at Oak Hill Camp Hemlocks - $3,650 for the aquatics program.
- HAMR Softball - $2,500 for improvements to the softball field at Veterans Memorial Park.
- Senior Friends of Hebron - $1,500 for benches along trails and seminars.
- Douglas Library at Hebron - $1,000 for an anti-racism/white supremacy education series.
- UR Community Cares - $950 for a technology-supported program for seniors and people living with disabilities in Hebron.
- RHAM Music Boosters - $1,500 for intergenerational music program with residents at Colebrook Village at Hebron.
- Hebron Interfaith Human Services - $2,500 for trauma-informed design improvements at the new food pantry on Pendleton drive.
- Hebron Interfaith Human Services - $2,500 for a student food pantry at RHAM High School.
- St. Peter’s Church - $3,500 for Sacred Ground program building racial reconciliation.