TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation has awarded $40,350 in Rapid Response Grants to nonprofits providing for basic needs in Northwest Connecticut.
As part of a comprehensive response to the effects of COVID-19 on the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, the Northwest Corner Gives: COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund strengthens the safety nets in Northwest Connecticut communities* by awarding Rapid Response Grants to nonprofits that provide basic needs.
The Northwest Corner Gives: COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund is made possible by the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Draper Foundation Fund, The Making Cents Fund, Nolin Selby Fund, and the Women & Girls Fund, through gifts from anonymous and discretionary Community Foundation funds, and through generous gifts from community members.
Rapid Response Grants have been awarded to the following organizations:
- AHA - AfterSchool Program - in support of childcare in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Caring For Bethlehem - in support of food, infant supplies, fuel, and utilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Catholic Charities- Archdiocese of Hartford - in support of food and utilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Center Congregational Church - in support of childcare with meals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Community Kitchen - in support of food, to-go supplies, PPE, and bleach in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Cornwall Food and Fuel Fund - in support of food in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- EdAdvance - in support of food in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Family & Children's Aid - in support of food and gas in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Family Strides - in support of transportation, rent, and utilities for clients in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- First Congregational Church of Torrington - in support of pop up tents for CT Food Bank distributions and PPE in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Fishes and Loaves - in support of food, PPE, cleaning and to-go supplies, and gas for volunteers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Friendly Hands Food Bank - in support of equipment for the weekend food program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Gilbert School - in support of gift cards for food and medication in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Hands of Grace - in support of food in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Healing Meals Community Project - in support of food in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Litchfield Community Center - in support of food (perishable) and infant supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Litchfield County Family Child Care Network - in support of childcare in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial - in support of Relatives as Parents in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- McCall Center for Behavioral Health - in support of food and solar cell phone chargers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- New Opportunities - in support of rent assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association - in support of PPE in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Susan B. Anthony Project - in support of food, cleaning supplies, rent, copays, infant supplies, utilities, medication, and hoteling in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Town of Warren Social Services - in support of food in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- United Church of Christ in Cornwall - in support of rent, heat, food, medication, and utilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
- Winsted Area Child Care Center - in support of food, rent, utilities, medication, and copays in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Winsted United Methodist Church - in support of food in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Nonprofits may apply for Rapid Response Grants on the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation website, www.northwestcf.org
Donations may be made to the Northwest Corner Gives: Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund on the Community Foundation’s website: www.northwestcf.org
In the coming weeks, the Fund will enable support to a wider range of nonprofits in Northwest Connecticut, including those nonprofits in the areas of arts and culture, civic and education, the environment, and animal care and rescue.
*Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Canaan (Falls Village), Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, and Winsted.
Established in 1969, the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation serves 20 towns in Northwest Connecticut. Its total endowment, comprised of more than 280 funds, has grown from initial assets of $15,000 to almost $102 million. Last year, combined grants and scholarships totaled $4 million.
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Contacts:
Nicole Carlson Easley
Communications Director
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
860-626-1245
neasley@northwestcf.org
Christina Tranquillo
Program and Communications Associate
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
860-626-1245
ctranquillo@northwestcf.org
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