Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund
Open Call for Applications
Applications are due by May 3, 2024. Amounts from $500 to $10,000 will be awarded in grant funds to selected proposals. All projects must benefit the residents of Bloomfield. Grant Awards will be announced in June 2024.
download request for proposals
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has established a $100,000 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: bloomfieldcommunityfund@gmail.com.
Bloomfield Greater Together Community Fund Grant Awards
- 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
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 Greater Together Community Funds can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents.
The Advisory Committee members for your town are:
Cory Bowie, Stephen Dombrowski, Robert Firger, Hayden Shields, Shelby Young, Lynn Weisel and Kimberly Upshaw.
Committee chair: Meredith Johnson; Committee Secretary: Kelly Trainor
Recruiting of new Advisory Committee members is underway. If you are interested in joining this exciting work, please request an application at bloomfieldcommunityfund@gmail.com. Previous experience in community organizations or grantmaking is not required.
Please email Bloomfield's Advisory Committee with any questions at bloomfieldcommunityfund@gmail.com.
Click here to read the Advisory Committee Conflict of Interest Policy
For media inquiries, please contact Chris Senecal at csenecal@hfpg.org.
Information Session Recording
The Advisory 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.