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The Albert Wadsworth and Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Fund – Connecticut

The Albert Wadsworth and Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Fund is designed to support 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)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 01/31/2026

Size of the Grant: Not Available

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

Program Areas

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 priorty 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.

Geographical Areas

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.

Eligibility Criteria

  • To be eligible, organizations must qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • 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.

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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