The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is currently accepting applications for the Small Grants Program.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
State: Connecticut
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Grants of up to $10,000 are offered to small nonprofit organizations for work in Greater New Haven.
Funding Request Types
The following requests will be considered:
- Project Support – A grant for a new or existing specific project.
- Capacity Building Support – A grant for short-term financial assistance to build the infrastructure of an organization for long term success. Requests for capacity building include but are not limited to: board development; strategic planning; evaluation; and capital expenditures including equipment, building renovations or relocation.
- General Operating Support (GOS) – A grant made to further the general mission and work of an organization, rather than for a specific purpose or project. General Operating Support gives nonprofits flexibility to direct their spending where it is needed most and allows greater focus on achieving an organization’s mission.
Funding Information
Although, grants could be as much as $10,000 depending on the available resources, typical grants will be in the range on $3,000 to $7,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must provide services within our 20 town area:
- Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, North Branford, North Haven, West Haven, Oxford, New Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, Orange, Woodbridge.
- Applicants must meet The Foundation’s minimum eligibility requirements.
- Applicants must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) or any applicable statute of the Internal Revenue code or have a fiscal agent with the appropriate tax status.
- Applicants must be serving people within the Community Foundation’s twenty-town region.
- Applicants must have an operating budget of $1.5M or less.
- Applicants who received a grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in the previous three years must be up to date with all reporting requirements.
- Small grants can be received only once in a period of two calendar years.
- Organizations can apply for either a Small Grant OR a Responsive Grant – not both.
For more information, visit CFGNH.
