The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has established a $100,000 Greater Together Community Fund for the Town of Marlborough.

The purpose of the Greater Together Community Funds 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.

Call For Grant Applications

The Marlborough Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee (Marlborough Community Fund) is currently accepting grant applications. The Marlborough Community Fund supports the community in taking ownership around the needs of the town and encourages broad and inclusive civic engagement.

Organizations that support the Marlborough community are encouraged to apply for a grant. Requests can range from $500 to $8,000. To be considered, the organization must be a registered nonprofit with a 501(c)3 designation as a public charity or must obtain a fiscal sponsor registered as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Groups of town residents may prepare an application in partnership with a registered nonprofit that has agreed to serve as a fiscal sponsor for the proposed project.

A budget form template is available here. Please email completed budget form to communityfund.marlborough@gmail.com

Submission of applications will be accepted until November 30, 2023. 

For questions, please contact the Marlborough advisory committee at communityfund.marlborough@gmail.com.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a grant, the applying organization must be: (1) a Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (NOTE: Section 509(a)(3) charities and private foundations are not eligible), OR (2)have a fiscal sponsor that is a Section 501(c)(3) organization or a municipality.

The project must: (1) positively impact residents of Marlborough; and (2) not be religious in nature (the applying organization may be a religious organization, as long as the project does not have a religious purpose)

Organizations receiving a grant must agree to submit a final report to the Committee outlining how the funds were used.

To Apply:  Please click here to access the online application.

The deadline to submit this application is November 30, 2023.

Please email  communityfund.marlborough@gmail.com with any questions or for a status update on your application.

Marlborough Greater Together Community Fund Announces Inaugural Grant Awards

In November 2021, the following organizations were recipients of inaugural grant awards:

A grant reporting form is available for download, here. Please respond reflectively and email completed forms to communityfund.marlborough@gmail.com. 

Advisory Committee Members

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 Community Funds can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents.

The Advisory Committee members for your town are:

Diana Cardet; Cynthia Christie; Debbie Ghirlanda; Elizabeth Keister; Christopher Richard

Click here to read the Advisory Committee Conflict of Interest Policy

For questions, please contact the Marlborough advisory committee at communityfund.marlborough@gmail.com.

For media inquiries, please contact Chris Senecal at csenecal@hfpg.org.