Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts/Diversity of Dance received a grant for this dance and mentoring program in Waterbury schools.

The Connecticut Community Foundation serves the people of Greater Waterbury and Northwest Connecticut by supporting public and nonprofit organizations providing programs and services including those for the arts, human services, healthcare, environment, youth development and education.  The Foundation gives priority to efforts that prevent problems, encourage community solutions or improve the organizational capability and financial stability of nonprofit agencies.

The Connecticut Community Foundation also works with other local funders (The Leever Foundation, Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation, Southbury Community Trust Fund, etc), serving as a central point for accessing funding.  This partnership offers the possibility of joint funding of larger projects that may be beyond the resources of any single funder. 

To reduce the burdens of multiple applications to different funders, the Foundation and its partner funders have adopted a single letter of inquiry process, common application form and standard reporting forms and deadlines.   Requests meeting the guidelines of at least one funder are shared.  Each funder decides if it is willing to consider a full application.  In some cases, funders offer small grants through their own discretionary funding.

Although CCF and its partner funders share many of the same grant priorities and eligibility criteria, there are variations.  Please see the guidelines for CCF and its partner funders for more information. 

The Foundation and its partner funders jointly consider requests
3 times per year, with the following deadlines: