Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund
Next Grant Round Announced
For the first time, the Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund will hold a second grant round this calendar year. Applications will open in mid-August and are due by October 1.
Amounts from $500 to $10,000 will be awarded in grant funds to selected proposals. All projects must benefit the residents of Bloomfield.
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has established a Greater Together Community Fund for the Town of Bloomfield.
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.
Questions about the Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund? Email us at: bloomfield@hfpgcommunityfunds.org
Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund Grant Awards
Bloomfield Public Art Commission $2,500 to help fund the first Bloomfield Drum Festival
Brown Girls Counseling $4,650 for support of the Mental Health in the College Transition Workshops
Chicks Ahoy Farm, Inc. $3,900 for #coop2kitchen Outreach Pathway to Agriculture
Connecticut Science Center $5,175 for Investigate! STEM Career Academy for Carmen Arace Middle School students
Gripp Productions $2,000 to help fund the Bloomfield Winter Concert Series
HEDCO Inc. $5,000 to expand their wide array of programs, support services and resources to small businesses and small business owners in Bloomfield
Ironwood Community Partners Inc. $1,100 to fund the "Bloomfield People, Places and Events" program in collaboration with Carmen Arace Middle School and Oliver Filley House events
Seniors Job Bank $3,000 to support “Next Chapter Success” a program that provides essential skills for mature workers
Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy $2,700 to provide “Forest Bathing” for middle school students through guided hikes and mindfulness training
UR Community Cares $2,975 to help provide the program “Empowering Bloomfield Seniors with Technology”
West Indian Independence Celebration (WIIC) Inc. $2,000 to help fund “Blooming Bloomfied” engaging youth in West Indian Culture
- Bloomfield Junior Warhawks: $2000 to help fund the Junior Warhawks new 6U football program and expansion of the Cheer program
- Imagine College: $10,000 to support Imagine College college preparation program at Bloomfield High School
- Interval House: $3000 to help fund Interval House's "Breaking the Cycle" program that supports Bloomfield residents experiencing domestic violence
- Ironwood Community Partners: $900 to fund the "Bloomfield People, Places and Events" program in collaboration with Carmen Arace Middle School and Wintonbury Historical Society
- Junior Achievement of Southwest New England, Inc: $2000 to support economic empowerment programs for Laurel Literacy Academy students
- Wintonbury Historical Society: $8000 to fund roof and ceiling repair of the Old Farm School
Total: $25,900
- First Congregational Church of Bloomfield - "Bloomfield Backpack Program (BPP) Mandatory Repair and Upgrade"- $5,000.00
- First Congregational Church of Bloomfield - "Bloomfield Preschool & Childcare STEAMpunk Garden of Curiosities" - $10,000.00
- Girl Scouts Troop #10318 - "Silver Award Project: Trees for Bloomfield" - $1,100.00
- Ironwood Community Partners - "LaSalette Park: Barn B (Park Center)" - $ 4,000.00
TOTAL $20,100
Harris Agriscience and Technology Center - To support the Seeds for Needs project ($10,000)
Ironwood Community Partners, Inc. - To partially support trail repairs at La Salette Park ($2,500)
Old St. Andrew’s Church - To partially support OSA Bike Ministry for All – Community Bike Share Program ($10,000)
Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc - To support the West Hartford/Bloomfield program ($2,500)
TOTAL $25,000
- Bloomfield Early Learning Center, Inc., $5,000: To partially support the community garden and renovation of the Community Meeting Room
- Conservation, Energy, and Environment Committee (Fiscal Agent: Town of Bloomfield), $3,000: To partially support purchase and planting of trees in the Town of Bloomfield
- Ironwood Community Partners, Inc., $5,000: To partially support the roof restoration of Barn A at Historic Farmstead in LaSalette Park
- McMahon Wintonbury Library (Fiscal Agent: Town of Bloomfield), $5,000: To partially support installation of exterior seating for outdoor WiFi
TOTAL $18,000
The below template is available for awarded organizations to report on the use of their funds.
Download the grant reporting template
Bloomfield Greater Together Committee Members
The role of the 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.
Bloomfield GTCF Committee members:
Cory Bowie, Carol Buckheit, Stephen Dombrowski, Robert Firger, Meredith Johnson, Richard Mason, Lisandra Rosario, Hayden Shields, Kelly Trainor (Chair), Kimberly Upshaw, Lynn Weisel (Secretary), and Shelby Young.
Join the GTCF Program as a Volunteer
To start your GTCF volunteer journey and learn more about this volunteering opportunity, click here for more information and for our online volunteer application.
Click here to read the Committee Conflict of Interest Policy.
For more information about the Committee, please review the FAQ.
Questions? Please contact the committee at bloomfield@hfpgcommunityfunds.org.
For media inquiries, please contact Chris Senecal at csenecal@hfpg.org.
Information Session Recording
The Committee hosted an information session for those interested to learn more about the Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund, previous grants made as well as their recent call for applications A recording is available to view, here.