About the East Hartford Greater Together Community Fund

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

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.

Grant Applications

The East Hartford Greater Together Community Fund is not currently accepting grant applications.

Questions?
Please contact the Advisory Committee at easthartford@hfpgcommunityfunds.org

2024 Grant Awards

Gentle Love Diaper Pantry ($4,500) East Hartford Community Partner Diaper Distributions

Operation Fuel ($4,000) Emergency Energy Assistance for East Hartford

Special Olympics CT (1,500) - 88 athletes hailing from East Hartford and provides unified sports training to children and adults with disabilities.

Set The Pace, Inc. ($5,000) Open run basketball sessions with the Police Department for middle school aged boys and up.

East Hartford High Parent-Teacher Organization - ($5,000) Project Graduation is a post-commencement celebration that serves as a safe and sober alternative to more traditional graduation parties.  

AKNEW ($5,000) - Partnering with the East Hartford Warming Center to help feed those who are experiencing homelessness.

Grant Reporting Form - please click HERE

2023 Grant Awards 

In 2023, the East Hartford GTCF advisory committee awarded a total of $25,000 in grants to non-profit organizations to directly support the most pressing needs of the town and promote social change.  The non-profit organizations awarded were the following:

Operation Fuel $5,000 Emergency Energy Assistance for East Hartford

Gentle Love Diaper Pantry $5,000 East Hartford Community Partner Diaper Distributions

East Hartford Summer Youth Festival $5,000 To recruit and engage youth and adults to join the Summer 2024 production. 

Set The Pace, Inc. $5,000 Open run basketball sessions with the Police Department for middle school aged boys and up.

East Hartford Public Schools $5,000 To provide bus passes for ESL students who rely on public transportation and are low income so they can continue to attend classes.

2022 Grant Awards 

RiseUp ($2,500) - To support the East Hartfard Mural's Creative Leadership Program. 

Gentle Love Diaper Pantry ($2,500) - This project supports 75 children of all genders between the ages of 0 to 3, with an emphasis on reaching Black and Hispanic/Latino children.

Special Olympics CT ($2,500) - 98 male and female athletes hailing from East Hartford and provides unified sports training to children and adults with disabilities.

Friends of East Hartford Senior Center ($2,500) - For the Senior Technology Center where there are over 1,500 active Seniors (ages 55 and over) using the center daily that will benefit.

Operation Fuel ($5,000) - Support with energy assistance for about 222 households, 566 individuals, all from East Hartford. 

Remembering Rylan ($2,500) - A mobile food bank that delivers food to support our residents (a minimum of 4-6 families monthly) that cannot get to the mainstream food locations.

Call for Greater Together Community Fund Committee Members

The East Hartford Greater Together Community Fund Committee is seeking members who will help us maintain a diverse, inclusive membership reflective of East Hartford’s demographics. East Hartford residents ages 14+ are eligible to apply.

A committee of East Hartford residents plays a lead role in deciding how East Hartford’s Greater Together Community Fund will be used. This committee will identify community needs and design a grantmaking process aimed to ensure that the community fund can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents. Please consider joining this exciting committee!

For more information about volunteering, click here.

To apply, please complete the online application here.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed in January, April & September. Should you have any questions, Please contact the GTCF Committee at easthartford@hfpgcommunityfunds.org.

Greater Together Community Fund 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 Fund can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents.

The GTCF Committee members for East Hartford are:

Zavier Byles, Niya Solomon, Savanah Dailey, Claude Mayo, Fabiana Silva, Wendy Whitt, Nasreen Al Omari

Click here to read the Selection Committee Conflict of Interest Policy

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