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.
Now Accepting Applications for 2024 Funding
The Hebron Greater Together Community Fund is now accepting applications for funding of projects that will take place during 2024 that will help make Hebron a better place to live. To apply, please download the application here and email the completed application to hebroncommunityfund@gmail.com by November 1, 2023.
The Hebron Community Fund Advisory is currently seeking new members
Learn how to apply to become a member
Please send completed applications to HebronCommunityFund@gmail.com by the application deadline on October 15, 2023.
Grant Awards
In 2023, the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund awarded $25,000 in grants for 10 diverse projects that will improve the quality of Hebron’s community life.
In July 2021, the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund made inaugural grants to eleven community projects, $25,000 in total. These grants are to fund 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.
Advisory Committee Members
Top row: John Ostrout (chair), Althea Carr, Dwayne Bruender, Florence O'Sullivan, David Rose, Christiane Hellner-OBrien; Bottom row: Connor Rydel, Emily Lucenko. Heather Holbrook (not pictured)
The role of the Advisory 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 Advisory Committee members for your town are:
Dwayne Bruender, Althea Carr, Heather Holbrook, Christiane Hellner-O'Brien, Emily Lucenko, John Ostrout (Chair), Connor Rydel, David Rose
Click here to read the Advisory Committee Conflict of Interest Policy
For any questions about the Hebron Community Fund, grant eligibility, or the membership application, please contact the Hebron Advisory Committee at hebroncommunityfund@gmail.com.
For media inquiries, please contact Chris Senecal at csenecal@hfpg.org.