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

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.

Announcing Call for Grant Applications

Farmington’s Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the availability of funding for projects directly benefiting the Farmington community.

Project proposals must demonstrate the opportunity for all town residents to benefit without discrimination based on race, religion, or any other protected class. The minimum request for any proposal is $500 and the maximum request shall not exceed $7,500. A final report will be requested upon completion of the project.

Applications will be accepted until Friday, September 16, 2024. Each applying organization may only submit one proposal.

Eligibility

  • Organizations must be classified as a 501(c)(3) or use a fiscal agent/sponsor.
    • 509(a)(3) charities and private foundations are not eligible.
  • Non-profit organizations that are not classified as a 501(c)(3) must use a fiscal agent/sponsor.
    • A fiscal agent/sponsor is an organization that receives, disburses and accounts for grant funds on behalf of another organization.
    • Towns may serve as a fiscal agent/sponsor.
  • Religious organizations can apply for projects that benefit the broader community, but not for projects that are religious in nature. 
  • For-profit businesses are not allowed to apply under any circumstances.

For additional information, please see Request for Application HERE

You can apply by downloading, completing, and emailing the application to FarmingtonCTCommunityFund@gmail.com

Click HERE for the downloadable application form. 

For applicants looking for guidance on project budgets, please see the sample spreadsheet HERE. You can download it and use it or use it as a guideline.

Key Dates

6/17/2024  Grant applications available
8/14/2024  FAQ session at Farmington Library, 5-6:30 pm
9/16/2024  Grant applications due

November 2024  - Grant applicants notified of decisions and funds distributed to recipients

Questions? Please contact the Advisory Committee at FarmingtonCTTogetherFund@gmail.com. 

Please read the FAQ for answers to frequently asked questions about the Farmington GTCF grant process

Announcement of 2023 Grant Funding

In November 2023, the Farmington Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee announced the recipients of its third annual grants. The amount of funding awarded totaled over $35,000, to nine organizations that do work to benefit the residents of Farmington.

The 2023 grants were awarded to:

  1. Interval House: $5,000 to support Farmington victims of domestic violence. Click HERE for more info.
  2. Services for the Elderly of Farmington: $4,250 to purchase wheelchairs and walkers for the Farmington community to borrow. Click HERE for more info.
  3. Greystone Foundation: $5,000 to provide short-term financial assistance to individuals and families who have unexpected events disruptive to household finances.Click HERE for more info.
  4. Covenant to Care for Children: $3,000 to provide basic and essential goods for Farmington children who are abused, neglected, impoverished, or otherwise at risk. Click HERE for more info.
  5. Farmington Food Pantry: $2,500 to purchase fresh food from a local farm for distribution at the food pantry. Click HERE for more info.
  6. Stanley-Whitman House: $7,000 to fund the Charlotte Henry Initiative, aiming to explore and highlight the life of Charlotte Henry, a mixed-race Native/African American woman and make the Stanley-Whitman House a vital center for the study of the Tunxis community. Click HERE for more info.
  7. Healing Meals Community Project: $2,500 to provide healthy, organic meals to Farmington residents in a health crisis. Click HERE for more info. 
  8. New Horizons: $2,600 to purchase AED equipment for their community pickleball program. Click HERE for more info.
  9. Invent the Summer: $3,600 to support kid-run STEM summer challenges. Click HERE for more info.

Past Grant Awards

The Farmington Greater Together Community Fund has made grants to the following organizations:

2022 Grants Awarded 

In December 2022, the Farmington Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee announced the recipients of its second annual grants. The amount of funding awarded totaled over $31,000, to ten organizations that do work to benefit the residents of Farmington.

  1. Interval House - $5,000 – to support Farmington victims of domestic violence.
  2. Reach Out and Read - $3,500 – to provide literacy materials and training for Farmington pediatricians.
  3. Operation Fuel - $3,500 – to provide energy assistance to Farmington families.​​​​​​
  4. Farmington Land Trust - $5,000 – to purchase tools and resources to augment the development of programming for exposure to the outdoors and environmental education.
  5. The Family Center (DBA) Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center (in partnership with the Farmington Public Library) - $2,786 – to underwrite STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) outreach lab workshops at the Farmington Public Library for children ages 2-8. 
  6. Farmington Food Pantry - $2,500 to purchase fresh food from a local farm for distribution at the food pantry.
  7. Greystone Foundation - $2,500 – to provide short-term financial assistance to individuals and families who have unexpected events disruptive to household finances.
  8. Invent the Summer - $1,860 -  to purchase video equipment to support kid-run STEM summer challenges.​​​​​​​
  9. Special Olympics Connecticut - $1,000 – to support budget-relieving aspects of Special Olympics Farmington Valley local program​​​​​​​.
  10. Farmington Rotary Club Foundation - $3,625 – to offset the cost for educational programming about bees in Farmington Public Schools.
2021 Grants Awarded 

In October, 2021, the Farmington Greater Together Community Fund made inaugural grants, totaling over $24,000, to seven community organizations to benefit the residents of Farmington.

  1. Connecticut Humane Society - $3,136 to support Fox Memorial Clinic, which provides low-fee veterinary services to Farmington residents who cannot afford veterinary care for their pets.
  2. Farmington Food Pantry -  $5,000 to purchase fresh, locally sourced fruits and vegetables for pantry clients for 6 months starting in October 2021.
  3. Farmington Libraries - $1,250 to purchase items for "Library On the Go," an outreach program that will visit the Farmington community where people gather, at events, local schools, the Senior Center and assisted living facilities.
  4. Hill-Stead Museum - $2,500 to support the 2nd Annual Juneteenth at Hill-Stead, a day of celebration featuring regional Black artists, organizations and Black-owned businesses.​​​​​​​
  5. Interval House -  $5,000 to support “Victim to Survivor: Transformations at Interval House,” a program that helps Farmington clients with safety planning and counseling, court/legal advocacy, transportation to job interviews and work, finding affordable housing and establishing independence.​​​​​​​
  6. Junior Achievement of Southwest New England -  $2,500 to support financial responsibility and work ready programming for Farmington High School and West Woods Upper Elementary School students. ​​​​​​​
  7. New Horizons Village - $5,000 to help purchase a new wheelchair accessible vehicle for their medical transportation program called "Sunshine Wheels."​​​​​​​

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 Community Funds can have the greatest impact for the benefit of town residents.

The Advisory Committee members for your town are:

Anissa Abbott, Sarah Burns, Dean Delach, Kathleen DonAroma, Peggy Goz, Emily Kaliney, Neha Kochar, Meghan Naujoks, Jennifer Passaro, Maggie Petruzella, Edward Preneta, Peter Roberts, Terry Roberts, Liz Wilson, Lori Yu 

Click here to read the Advisory Committee Conflict of Interest Policy

Please contact the Advisory Committee at FarmingtonCTCommunityFund@gmail.com. 

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