SHEFFIELD, MA -- Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation today announced the second round of deadlines for competitive grants in 2017. Regional nonprofits, students and school communities are invited to apply for funding during the spring grants cycle from April through June.
NEW CANAAN, CT -- The Sapienza Scholarship Fund was established at New Canaan Community Foundation in 2006 through a bequest from the estate of Anne and Anthony Sapienza. The fund supports individual scholarship awards to benefit specific students and makes grants to nonprofit educational organizations to fund their existing or planned scholarship programs for their students or clients. Proposals must be received by Friday, April 21, 2017.
DANBURY, CT -- Improving the lives of low-income Danbury residents is the purpose of new funding awarded to the city by the Boston Federal Reserve. Called the Working Cities Challenge Grant, it was awarded to a collaborative team led by the United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) and Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut (CAAWC).
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin (CCNBB) is for the first-time offering sponsorship funding to support local community events in the two communities. The program is modeled, with slight variation, after a similar program offered for the last several years by the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain. The Community Chest is a supporting organization of the Community Foundation. Deadlines are March 1 and September 1, 2017.
QUINCY, MA -- The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is pleased to release a new Request for Proposals to support a 12-month grant to conduct an evaluation of NMEF’s continuous improvement work. The deadline for proposals is March 29, 2017
Donaghue Foundation invites letters of intent for research focused on improving the quality of care and quality of life for the elderly population in nursing homes or other care facilities. Letters of intent are due March 27, 2017.