Newington Greater Together Community Fund
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has established a $100,000 Greater Together Community Fund for the Town of Newington.
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.
Open Call for Applications
Applications are due by June 4, 2025. All projects must benefit the residents of Newington.
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Please send the completed form, or any questions to the Newington committee at Newington@hfpgcommunityfunds.org
Grant Awards
As of May 2025, the Newington Greater Together Community Fund made inaugural grants to five community organizations to benefit the residents of Newington
- Children's Law Center of Connecticut, to support providing legal representation for Newington children in New Britain Family Court
- GFWC CT Newington Wethersfield Woman's Club, to support the weekend food supplement program
- Lucy Robbins Welles Library, Inc., to support improving WiFi outreach with additional hotspots and assistive technologies
- Newington Children's Theatre Company, to support Summer Stages 2021
- UR Community Cares, Inc., to support UR Community Cares program in Newington
- Newington Human Services, freezers for the local food bank and challenge course improvements
Newington GTCF Committee Members
The role of the GTCF 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 Committee members for Newington are:
Jayne Boulay, Nancy Eschenbrenner, Fredric Googel, Joe Harpie, Melissa Hasely, Carol Grem, and LeeAnn Manke
The Newington Greater Together Community Fund committee can be reached at Newington@hfpgcommunityfunds.org
Click here to read the Committee Conflict of Interest Policy
For media inquiries, please contact Chris Senecal at: csenecal@hfpg.org