The Albert Wadsworth and Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Fund awards grants to support a range of public, charitable, and educational projects and organizations that have an impact on the Greater Danbury area in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Donor Name: The Albert Wadsworth and Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Fund
State: Connecticut
County: Fairfield County (CT)
City: Selected Cities/Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2023
Details:
Mission
To support public, charitable, and educational projects and organizations that have an impact on the Greater Danbury area in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Program Areas
- Arts, culture, and humanities
- Education
- Environment
- Health
- Human Services
- Public/society benefit
Grantmaking Priorities
- Preference is given to:
- Projects for which it can be shown that benefits will be measurable, recipients identifiable, and future support available.
- Projects that strengthen an organization’s capacity to provide services.
- Projects for which it can be shown that benefits will be measurable, recipients identifiable, and future support available.
- Lower priority is given to:
- Projects would more appropriately be supported through broad grassroots community support.
- Projects that clearly would be implemented without a grant from this foundation.
- Building fund drives and general operating support.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, organizations must qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Applications must be submitted through the online grant application form or alternative accessible application designed for assistive technology users.
- Requests must support projects or organizations serving the Greater Danbury area of Fairfield County, Connecticut, although the organization itself may be located outside this region.
- Projects and organizations in the Greater Danbury Region which includes: Danbury, New Milford, and the surrounding towns: Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, Southbury, Washington and Woodbury, Connecticut.
Limitations
The following requests will generally not be considered:
- Grants to individuals
- Grants supporting endowment or general fund drives
- Operating budgets of United Way agencies
- Operational deficits
- Projects of religious or sectarian organizations principally benefiting their own membership
- Projects that relate to influencing elections or promoting political activities.
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