The Connecticut Community Foundation provides funding to help organizations invest in vital building blocks creates a strong operational infrastructure that builds efficiencies, improves program delivery and increases overall impact.
Donor Name: Connecticut Community Foundation
State: Connecticut
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 and $10,000
Details:
The Foundation approach focuses on:
- Funding key capacity building and organizational development initiatives that lead to stronger, more adaptable organizations.
- Empowering nonprofits to seek assistance that they deem to be the right fit and culturally-competent for the organization
- Prioritizing organizations who are addressing disparities within our communities
- Rejecting “readiness” myths which often further inequities in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
Efforts they support include:
- Training and professional development opportunities to help staff or board build skills
- One-on-one coaching support with an expert in the field or professional consultant
- Organizational development projects including strategic planning, financial management systems, evaluation, fundraising, programming or communications.
- Work that increases the inclusive representation of BIPOC individuals in leadership positions on boards and nonprofit staff.
Funding Information
The average amount is between $5,000 and $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to apply for funding, an organization must:
- Be a not-for-profit organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a municipal entity seeking a grant for public purposes. Organizations may also have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor, if they do not have their own nonprofit status.
- Have a board, representative of the community, of which a majority is neither employees nor relatives of employees.
- Possess a Nonprofit Registration to Solicit Funds (or exemption, if appropriate) from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. This registration must be renewed annually.
For more information, visit CCF.
