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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2026 Project Grant Application
Deadline: October 1, 2025
Hebron@hfpgcommunityfunds.org
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.
- The HGTCF Committee invites projects connected to or in some way commemorating the 250th anniversary of the USA's independence.
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: $7,500.
- 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
- Submit Completed Application and project budget in a Word Document and send to: Hebron@Hfpgcommunityfunds.org Deadline is October 1, 2025
Application Review Process
- Each applicant will be interviewed by a member(s) of the Hebron GTCF Committee.
- The Committee will evaluate the Applications based on the Fund’s Goal and Objectives.
- Hebron Greater Together Community Fund 2026 Grant Award Announcements will be made on or around January 2026
Hebron Greater Together Community Fund Committee
John E. Ostrout, Chair; Pam Atwood; Dwayne Bruender; Althea Carr; Robert Fitzgerald; Christiane O’Brien; Mary Rose
Grant Award History
The Hebron Greater Together Community Fund Committee recently invited representatives from organizations that have received project grants to gather at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Community Hall and share how their projects have succeeded in improving the quality of life in Hebron.
Hebron 2025 Grants:
- Gilead Congregational Church - $600 for goat yoga and story time to promote mental health.
- Hebron Interfaith Human Services - $1,500 to expand the gardens at the Hebron Community Food Pantry
- Hebron Pollinator Pathway - $760 to improve signage of the herb garden
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church - $5,000 to introduce musical acts to appeal to a younger audience
- Special Olympics Connecticut - $2,500 to offset expenses for Hebron participants
- Hebron Paths and Trails Foundation - $3,100 to maintain established trails and open trails that have become overgrown
- Operation Fuel - $2,500 for fuel assistance for Hebron residents
- Douglas Library of Hebron - $1,000 for new furniture in the “teen zone”
- The Hebron Historical Society - $1,100 to bring old time Fife and Drum bands to the Hebron Music Week.
- Connecticut Invention Convention - $2,500 to expand STEM program in Hebron schools.
- The Town Center Project - $3,000 to support the Creative Collective
- Coalition on Diversity & Equity - $2,500 to provide programming for children on diversity
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- 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
- 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.
- 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.