Organization |
Purpose |
Description |
Approved in 2008 |
Paid in |
American Cancer Society |
Patient Navigator Program |
To connect newly diagnosed cancer patients to treatment, resources, and support systems. |
15,000 |
15,000.00 |
American School for the Deaf |
Early Childhood Intervention Program |
To support early childhood intervention programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. |
12,000 |
12,000.00 |
Best Buddies |
High School Project |
To foster friendships between students with intellectual disabilities and their non-disabled peers. |
20,000 |
20,000.00 |
Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. |
SMART Girls Program |
To provide a teen pregnancy prevention curriculum for girls and for general youth program support. |
40,000 |
40,000.00 |
Bridge Family Center, Inc. |
Positive Youth Development Program |
To support after-school enrichment programs for West Hartford elementary schools, including peer mediation, home visits, and therapeutic/support groups. |
27,000 |
27,000.00 |
Capital Workforce Partners |
Summer Youth Employment Program |
To provide youth in New Britain with work experience during the summer. |
49,500 |
49,500.00 |
Children's Dance Theater Connection, Inc. |
Dance Classes and Performance |
To provide dance/theater classes in New Britain schools. |
5,000 |
5,000.00 |
Children's Home |
Capital Grant |
To renovate and expand the existing building to provide more residential living space. |
|
75,000.00 |
Children's Home |
Summer Program |
To provide summer day camp programs and field trips for resident youth. |
10,000 |
10,000.00 |
Children's Law Center of CT |
Truancy Intervention Project |
To match attorney volunteers with truant students to address the causes of truancy and reduce juvenile court petitions. |
17,119 |
17,119.00 |
Children's Law Center of CT |
Legal Representation Program |
To provide legal representation for New Britain children involved in family court disputes. |
56,000 |
56,000.00 |
Christian Fellowship Center |
Food Distribution Program |
To underwrite the cost of weekly food distribution and a soup kitchen for low-income residents of Greater Bristol. |
7,500 |
7,500.00 |
City Slickers |
Riding Program |
To support an after-school program for at-risk youth including riding instruction, counseling, and pre-vocational training on a horse farm. |
15,000 |
15,000.00 |
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain |
Discovery Initiative |
To expand and improve the quality of childcare and early education programs in New Britain. |
30,000 |
$30,000.00 |
Connecticut Humanities Council |
Book Voyagers Program |
To support a library-based reading program for children ages 6-12 placing professional story tellers and discussion leaders in participating libraries. |
25,000 |
$25,000.00 |
Connecticut Junior Republic |
Summer Program |
To provide an eight-week summer youth employment program utilizing a work-based learning model integrating vocational skills training and educational opportunities. |
29,500 |
$29,500.00 |
Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program |
STEM Program |
To provide summer and after-school advanced mathematics, science, technology and engineering teaching for New Britain middle and high school students and to expand the program to Waterbury. |
55,000 |
$55,000.00 |
Connecticut Radio Information System |
Wall Street Journal Reading Program |
To underwrite the Business Journal program for visually impaired listeners. |
15,000 |
$15,000.00 |
Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc. |
Start with Stories Program |
To start a literacy enhancement program for select elementary schools in New Britain. |
12,000 |
$12,000.00 |
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra |
Children's and Community Concerts |
To support an educational concert series for New Britain elementary schools and performances at Trinity-On Main. |
20,000 |
$20,000.00 |
Dispute Settlement Center |
Juvenile Mediation Program |
To provide overall support for the legal representation program for children from greater Waterbury. |
8,000 |
$8,000.00 |
First Tee of Connecticut, Inc. |
In-School and Group Golf Lessons |
To promote character development and life skills training for Waterbury inner city youth through the game of golf. |
15,700 |
$15,700.00 |
First Tee of Connecticut, Inc. |
Agency Support |
To support the agency’s capacity-building efforts. |
30,000 |
$30,000.00 |
FoodShare, Inc. |
Food Delivery Program |
To defray the cost of food delivery to 136 sites in the Foundation’s service area. |
40,000 |
$40,000.00 |
Friendship Center |
Capital Grant |
To renovate two buildings on Arch Street in New Britain to create supportive housing. |
|
$125,000.00 |
Gifts of Love |
Basic Needs Program |
To help meet the basic needs of individuals and families experiencing temporary financial crises by providing food, clothing, household items, and furniture. |
10,000 |
$10,000.00 |
Granville Academy of Waterbury |
Academic Enrichment Program |
To support an after-school program that promotes higher education for minority students. |
15,000 |
$15,000.00 |
Greenwoods Counseling Services Inc. |
Referral Program |
To provide mental health services. |
6,000 |
$6,000.00 |
Habitat for Humanity - Hartford Area |
Capital Grant |
To build new homes in New Britain as part of a nationwide affordable housing program for low-income families. |
80,000 |
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Hartford Interval House, Inc. |
Children's Education Program |
To provide domestic violence intervention services and prevention education in schools and a shelter. |
12,500 |
$12,500.00 |
Hospital of Central Connecticut |
Capital Grant |
To fund expansion of the hospital's emergency department. |
|
$125,000.00 |
Hospital of Central Connecticut |
Pediatric Asthma Management Program |
To expand asthma case management services for New Britain children to improve health outcomes and reduce inappropriate hospital utilization. |
65,000 |
$65,000.00 |
Human Resources Agency |
Food Pantry and Resource Center |
To enable the New Britain Food Secuity Collaborative to open the Osgood Avenue center for food distribution and integrated referral services. |
20,820 |
$20,820.00 |
Junior Achievement |
Education Program |
To educate children on basic economic principles through project-based learning activities |
55,000 |
$55,000.00 |
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc |
Family Literacy Program |
To provide parenting and literacy education for low literate parents in Greater New Britain. |
15,000 |
$15,000.00 |
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Inc. |
Community Based Mentoring Program |
To provide one-to-one mentoring for children living in towns in the Foundation’s service area. |
25,000 |
$25,000.00 |
Odd Fellows Playhouse |
Children's Troupe Program |
To provide a free, after-school performance arts program for at-risk youth living in low income neighborhoods in Middletown and Portland. |
6,000 |
$6,000.00 |
Operation Fuel, Inc |
Energy Assistance Program |
To provide emergency energy assistance to New Britain and Waterbury residents who do not qualify for government aide. |
50,000 |
$50,000.00 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc. |
Bicycling Enthusiasms Initiative |
To support an after-school mentoring program for at-risk youth using an interest in bikes to encourage them to stay in school. |
75,000 |
$75,000.00 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc. |
Internship Program |
To provide a career internship for New Britain High School juniors and seniors who are at-risk for dropping out of school. |
25,000 |
$25,000.00 |
Palace Theater |
After School Youth Program |
To underwrite part of the cost of an after-school youth development program involving dance and performance skills education for Waterbury area youth. |
25,000 |
$25,000.00 |
Plainville ARC |
Camp Trumbull |
To offer educational and recreational activities as well as field trips to children with developmental disabilities. |
20,000 |
$20,000.00 |
Plainville Community Food Pantry |
Backpack Program |
To provide children with new backpacks and school supplies they need for a positive start to the school year. |
15,000 |
$15,000.00 |
Police Activity League of Waterbury |
Capital Grant |
To make the agency’s new location handicap-accessible so disabled persons can participate in after-school and other activities. |
125,000 |
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Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. |
Capital Grant |
To renovate the Rose Hill building to provide a continuum of housing options for women and their children affected by domestic violence. |
500,000 |
$425,000.00 |
Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury |
Emergency Shelter Services |
To provide case management and counseling for victims of domestic violence. |
25,000 |
$25,000.00 |
Saint Joseph College |
Capital Grant |
To adapt space for children with special needs and to purchase classroom equipment for the Gengras Center. |
30,000 |
$30,000.00 |
Shakesperience Productions, Inc |
Curricular Enhancement Program |
To enhance the language arts curriculum for New Britain and Waterbury schools through interactive workshops and theater performances. |
30,000 |
$30,000.00 |
Susan B. Anthony Project |
Rebuilding Lives Program |
To provide Torrington area battered women and their children with crisis intervention services. |
25,000 |
$25,000.00 |
Trinity On Main |
Community Arts & Performance Center |
To support implementation of the agency’s new business model and plan. |
62,000 |
$62,000.00 |
VNA Health At Home, Inc. |
Community Wellness Program |
To support a health screening and immunization program for low-income senior residents of Greater Waterbury. |
18,000 |
$18,000.00 |
Waterbury Hospital |
Diabetes Management Program |
To provide clinical case management, focused care, and education to diabetes patients. |
50,000 |
$50,000.00 |
Waterbury Youth Services, Inc. |
Youth Programs |
To support overall youth development programs for the highest risk children across the city of Waterbury. |
45,000 |
$45,000.00 |
Wellpath |
Capital Grant |
To establish an electronic medical records system that will improve record retention to reduce costs and expand clinical services. |
50,000 |
$50,000.00 |
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Green Street Arts Center |
After School Arts Program |
To make available after-school homework assistance, mentoring, and arts education for at-risk Middletown students. |
10,000 |
$10,000.00 |
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YMCA of Greater Waterbury |
Capital Grant |
To renovate the West Main Street childcare center in order to provide new programming opportunities for children and families, and add a parent resource room and literacy library, computer labs, and other facilities. |
|
$100,000.00 |
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YWCA of New Britain |
Plan to End Homelessness |
To support the salary of a consultant to oversee implementation of the Mayor's Work Plan to End Homelessness, an on-going project involving over 30 community leaders in New Britain. |
30,000 |
$30,000.00 |
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Grants and contributions $5,000 or less |
$79,623 |
$84,623 |
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$2,164,262 |
$2,304,262 |
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New Britain After-School Initiative For Middle School Youth |
Approved for 2007-2008 School Year |
Paid in 2007 |
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City of New Britain |
After-School Program Grant |
To improve and expand the "Exercise the Right Choice" programs that provide project-based learning activities that include leadership development, recreation, and homework help. |
up to 100,000 |
88,270 |
Klingberg Family Centers |
After-School Program Grant |
To develop and implement a new program for at-risk students from Slade Middle School, incorporating academic support, counseling, life-skills training, and pre-vocational learning experiences. |
up to $25,000 |
55,691 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand the Moving Mountains Academy , an academic support program for at-risk youth that focuses on parent involvement, leadership development, and cultural activities. Year one and year two of potential multi-year program support. |
up to 150,000 |
146,000 |
YMCA of New Britain-Berlin |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand their existing programs, focusing on education, social development, leadership training, personal growth and responsibility, and service to others. Year two of potential multi-year program support. |
up to 150,000 |
152,500 |
YWCA of New Britain |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand and improve the scope and impact of STRIVE, a youth development and leadership program for girls. Year one and year two of potential multi-year program support. |
up to 150,000 |
155,400 |
Subtotal |
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up to 575,000 |
597,861 |
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Scholarship & Summer Internships |
633,982 |
592,684 |
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Sponsorships |
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88,861 |
88,861 |
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Total Contributions: |
3,378,612 |
3,581,604 |
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