CCF Awards More Than $313,500 to Area Nonprofits
WATERBURY, CT — May 25, 2011 — Nonprofits in the region recently received grants from CCF. Grants for new and continuing programs, as well as sponsorships for public events, totaled $315,565.
Grants from funds established by area donors supported arts, education, employment and career advancement, environment, health care, families, youth programs and technology and planning assistance for local nonprofits.
In this first round of grant making for 2011, CCF awarded more than $100K to nonprofits that help seniors in the area to remain in their homes. Grants were awarded through Pathways: Linking Seniors to Services, a new initiative made possible by the East Hill Woods Fund at CCF. Established in 2009 by the Board of Trustees of East Hill Woods, Inc. with a gift of $9.2 million, the group designated the advised fund to benefit seniors in our region. This was the first time that CCF awarded grants through the Pathways program.
CCF also awarded more than $8,500 in sponsorships to area nonprofits for arts, cultural, and environmental programs and events that were open to the public. Organizations supported include Audubon Center at Bent of the River, Creative Arts Center of New Milford, Litchfield Historical Society, Morris Land Trust, Oxford Cultural Arts Commission, Palace Theater, Pratt Nature Center, Southbury Public Library and Waterbury Symphony Orchestra.
For more information, contact 203-753-1315, grants@conncf.org.
| Arts & Culture | Environment |
Nonprofit Assistance |
| Education | Families | Pathways Seniors Initiative |
| Employment & Career Advancement |
Health Care |
Youth Programs |
