Annual Report FY2015
Organization Name Town Grant Award Description Award Amount
Agency on Aging New Haven To support AARP Experience Corps - Greater New Haven inter- $7,500 generational literacy tutoring program in Hamden, New Haven and East Haven elementary schools.
American Red Cross Connecticut and Rhode Farmington To support the full cycle of Disaster Services including Disaster $5,000 Island Region Preparedness, Disaster Response & Relief and Disaster Recovery in the communities served by NewAlliance Foundation.
Amistad Academy New Haven To support the general operations at Amistad Academy in the 2014-2015 $10,000 school year.
Architecture Resource Center New Haven To support the purchase of new hardware and software to support ARC’s $12,000 program delivery in the classroom, the creation of video lessons, document in-class activities, enhance teacher education, and allow ARC to create and deliver presentations for professional design education organizations and K-16 educational communities.
Arts Council of Greater New Haven New Haven To support the promotion and marketing of events, exhibitions, and $7,500 performances of member artists and arts organizations.
ArtSpace New Haven To support the annual City-Wide Open Studios festival, subsidize entry $10,000 fees to allow low to moderate-income artists to access exhibit space, and mobilize neighborhood participation through a range of grassroots strategies.
Audubon CT Greenwich To provide continuing support to Audubon Connecticut's Urban $5,000 Schoolyard Habitat Program in New Haven, an initiative that develops healthy schoolyard habitats for both children and wildlife, integrates place- based environmental science education into the school curriculum, and promotes environmentally-friendly practices among children and their families at home.
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Billings Forge Community Works Hartford To support the Culinary Job Training Program that helps low-income $5,000 people with multiple barriers become economically self-sufficient through the development of job readiness skills.
Booker T. Washington Academy New Haven To support professional development providing 10 days of direct support $10,000 to K-2 teachers in the use of direct instruction to teach phonics and the construction of classroom libraries for three new classrooms.
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven New Haven To support the purchase of hardware to upgrade the Club’s existing $10,000 computer lab, and create a state-of-the art “Center for Innovation” with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Breakthrough New Haven at Hopkins School New Haven To support the Teaching Fellows who teach two classes daily, mentor and $5,000 advise students, and plan and participate in student events. Teaching Fellows spend 400 hours working in the Summer Program.
Bregamos Community Theater New Haven To support general operating expenses of Bregamos Theater which $1,350 presents original productions that reflect the cultural, ethnic and social diversity of New Haven, while engaging the youth and residents in artistic activities.
Bridge Family Center West Hartford To support the Power to Read, a one-to-one weekly tutoring program for $2,500 high-need readers at Goodwin Elementary School in East Hartford.
CAPA Shubert Theater New Haven To support the Shubert Theater's multi-year Centennial Plan to address $25,000 renovations and repairs to the support spaces of the theatre.
Charter Oak Cultural Center Hartford To support Charter Oak Cultural Center's Youth Arts Institute which $7,500 reaches over 850 Hartford inner-city children, pre-K through 18, with free literacy-based classes in the arts.
Children's Law Center of CT Hartford To support the Legal Representation Program which provides court $5,000 appointed legal advocate to impoverished children whose parents are embroiled in highly contentious custody and visitation cases.
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Christian Community Action, New Haven New Haven To support additional staffing for fundraising and friend-raising in 2015, in $20,000 order to achieve greater success with sustaining current programs, increasing donations, improving social media efforts and expanding to develop new programs by its 50th anniversary in 2017.
CitySeed New Haven To support a comprehensive SNAP outreach plan designed to increase $5,000 SNAP usage at farmers markets and increase repeat attendance of SNAP customers.
Collective Consciousness Theatre New Haven To support funding for the production of "We Are Proud to Present…" $5,000 which examines the consequences of historical violence, politics, race and empathy and will feature performances, discussions and community workshops.
Columbus House New Haven To support shelter, permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing, and $20,000 an array of support services for families, individuals, seniors, Veterans, and those living with HIV/AIDS, as well as behavioral health, addiction, and employment services.
Common Ground High School, Urban Farm New Haven To support general operating expenses to extend its educational impact $15,000 and Environmental Education Center beyond the high school to youth throughout greater New Haven.
Community Dining Room Branford To support the purchase of food and administrative costs of CDR nutrition $10,000 programs: lunch, breakfast, family dinner/childhood education, delivered meals with visiting, nutrition/health education programs, exercise activities, SNAP and Access Health insurance assistance and additional health support services.
Community Music School Centerbrook To support scholarships and internships for programs that provide $2,500 professional and quality performing arts education for over 200 students each summer.
Community Partners in Action Hartford To support the Prison Arts Program which works within CT prisons to $5,000 made a constructive and positive difference in the community-at-large through the arts.
Community Soup Kitchen New Haven To support general operating expenses, including the purchase of food. $15,000
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Concepts for Adaptive Learning New Haven To support the Digital Literacy for Early Learners program which is $7,500 designed to increase disadvantaged parents’ awareness of the benefit of early learning, and help them engage in educating their children, age birth to 5.
Continuum of Care New Haven To support the Treatment Access Program which chooses homeless $10,000 people who have steady, but low incomes and finds them housing.
Covenant Soup Kitchen Willimantic To support the general operating costs for its hunger relief programs. $5,000 Funds received will be used to purchase fresh produce, dairy products and other perishable items, as well as non food supplies.
Creative Arts Workshop New Haven To support general operating funds to continue offering classes, galleries, $12,500 and workshops, and maintaining 20,000 square feet of teaching studios for its 2,100 students, while targeting a broader young adult and underserved population through outreach programs throughout New Haven.
CT Adoption & Family Services Quaker Hill To support the Project CT's Child program which helps families in the $2,500 NewAlliance Foundation service area to adopt.
CT Audubon Society Fairfield To support the continuation of delivering Science in Nature Education $7,500 Program to students from Dayville, Putnam, and Woodstock public schools for the 2015-2016 school year.
CT Center for Arts and Technology New Haven To support general operating expenses for adult job training programs $15,000 provided to New Haven.
CT Children's Museum New Haven To support Mathematical Mornings at the Museum: a series of monthly $7,500 field trips for family childcare providers and the children they care for, providing high-quality, bi-lingual children's picture books, focused on math concepts, for each provider and child, with curriculum materials to enhance the learning opportunities in the family childcare setting.
CT Coalition to End Homelessness Hartford To support a 100-day initiative to end homelessness in the Willimantic $5,000 area as part of a coordinated effort in Eastern CT. This project will coordinate providers to house the area's 414 homeless people.
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CT Folk New Haven To support the CT Folk Festival and Green Expo as a 100% free event. $2,500
CT Food Bank East Haven To support the GROW Up with Good Nutrition Initiative, a collaborative $15,000 food distribution program that provides integrated services to low-income families with young children.
CT Humanities Middletown To continue the support of the Book Voyagers program in the four towns $10,000 from the "READy for the Grade" libraries and schools.
CT Institute for the Blind at Oak Hill Hartford To support the developmental and educational needs of children with $2,500 disabilities through art therapy.
CT Main Street Center Hartford To support the Downtown Revitalization Institute workshops which will $4,500 provide communities with more resources and tools to revitalize commercial districts and provide housing to meet the growing demand for living in walkable neighborhoods.
CT Pre-Engineering Program Middletown To support a transformational 5 week, 150 hour summer learning $10,000 experience for 100 under-represented middle school students from New Haven.
Diaper Bank New Haven To support general operating expenses in order to provide diapers to $5,000 more than 1,000 at-risk children each month in New Haven, Hartford, Hamden and West Haven.
Domus Stamford To support introducing National Geographic’s Inside Literacy Language $20,000 Content literacy curriculum into the science, English, and social studies classes in order to increase reading skills.
Dwight Hall at Yale New Haven To support a Warming Center which will operate from Jan-March 2015 to $5,000 provide safe indoor space overnight for 50 homeless single adults. While it is not a shelter, the Warming Center will provide hot drinks, tables and chairs, and referrals to additional services that can transition people out of homelessness.
Elm City College Preparatory School New Haven To support the general operations at Elm City College Preparatory in the $10,000 2013-14 school year.
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Elm City Internationals Hamden To support general operating expenses as ECI is in the midst of expansion $4,500 and plans to hire another full time employee to adequately serve more students.
Elm Shakespeare Company Milford To support general operating expenses for the 20th anniversary milestone $12,500 year including three weeks of Free Shakespeare in the Park.
Elmseed Enterprise Fund New Haven To support increasing the amount of credit-building small business loans $1,100 distributed to low-income entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a business.
Fair Haven Community Health Center New Haven To support a Patient Navigator in the nationally-recognized Colorectal $15,000 Cancer Screening Program.
FISH of Greater New Haven New Haven To support increasing staffing from 1-3 in order to accommodate the $5,000 increase in programming. Currently FISH delivers groceries to 400+ homebound households/month, 19,200 people/year.
Foodshare Bloomfield To support the Mobile Foodshare and Produce Recovery program, a year- $6,000 round pantry-on-wheels program that brings produce and other food to households in need at over 40 accessible community sites located throughout the NewAlliance Foundation service area.
Goodwin College East Hartford To support the design of a mobile manufacturing skill training laboratory $10,000 to help avert the crisis for skilled employees.
Grace Academy Hartford To support general operating costs to prepare middle school girls for high $10,000 school and college, breaking the cycle poverty through education.
Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund New Haven To support the final year of the Good Egg Award Ceremony, which honors $2,500 local leaders.
Guilford Art Center Guilford To support the general operational needs of the Center's school, gallery $5,000 and educational programs.
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Guilford Land Conservation Trust Guilford To support a priority land purchase to expand the Westwoods land $5,000 conservation with 17.5 acres of northern hardwood forest, providing a valuable resource for recreation, wildlife habitat and other natural resources important to the shoreline community.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven New Haven To support the cost of Habitat's home building program in 2015. $15,000
HartBeat Ensemble Hartford To support general operating expenses for the three elements of the Arts $2,000 Program: Mainstage Play, Education and Community Arts Based Initiative.
Hartford Performs Hartford To support the arts integration programs provided by the Lutz Children's $5,000 Museum which will serve over 2,000 K-5 Hartford Public School students this year.
Hartford Stage Hartford To support the InterACT Educational Program which couples the $2,500 experience of live theatre and talkback sessions with actors, directors and technical theatre staff with in-school pre- and post-show workshops and discussion for underserved students in the Greater Hartford area.
Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation Hartford To support the participation of two Hartford students in the $6,000 Steppingstone Academy for the 2015-2016 school year.
Healthy Eyes Alliance New Haven To support a free vision screening, referral, and follow up services through $5,000 the Vision Care Coordinator Program, for 200 preschool children from low- income communities of New Haven and Hamden, and also provide free eye care for any uninsured child who qualifies.
HomeFront Stamford To support the renovation of a low-income resident in NewAlliance $5,000 Foundation's service area.
House of Bread Hartford To support Kids café, a feeding program for children between the ages of $5,000 six to twelve. Meals are delivered each week-day evening to four different boys and girls clubs in the City of Hartford. For many of these children, there would be no evening meal.
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Institute Library New Haven To support The Word, a program of weekly performance, reading, and $5,000 composition of diverse forms of poetry to New Haven middle and high school students during the spring semester.
Integrated Refugee & Immigration Services New Haven To support general operating expenses which helps sustain IRIS's $12,050 operations and allows IRIS to continue to offer high-quality services that effectively meet the needs of refugees as they begin their lives over in the US.
International Festival of Arts and Ideas New Haven To support the Festival's 20th Anniversary by underwriting programs $20,000 which target under-served populations, expand participation in arts programming and attendance, and build relationships between neighborhoods, organizations and individuals. Specifically, funds will support the Fellowship Program and Neighborhood Pop-Up Celebrations.
Jewish Family Service of New Haven New Haven To support the JFS Nutritional Health and Food Assistance Program. $5,000
Jumpstart for Young Children New York To support general operatitions for Jumpstart programming in $10,000 Connecticut, in order to close the achievement gap among children from disparate incomes. Jumpstart provides a targeted literacy curriculum to preschool students and valuable hands-on teaching experience to college students.
Junior Achievement of Southwest New Hartford To support the needs for New Haven-area students to be economically $7,500 England self-sufficient, college ready, and prepared for future success, Junior Achievement will provide in-school and afterschool financial literacy, workforce readiness, and entrepreneurship programming taught by business volunteers.
Junior Achievement of Western CT Bridgeport To support economic and college/career readiness programs for 50 $1,000 students attending Bungay School in Seymour.
JUNTA for Progressive Action New Haven To support general operating expenses in order to help individuals reach $10,000 self sufficiency by teaching language skills, employ-ability skills, and educating children, youth, and adults on living a healthy lifestyle.
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Old Saybrook To support general operating costs for its 2014-2015 programming. $5,000
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Killingly Public Library Danielson To fund "READy for the Grade", a public library, K-3 summer reading $16,599 initiative developed by NewAlliance Foundation where the Library will partner with Killingly Central School to develop a program to stem summer reading loss and maintain grade-level reading in children from low-income families.
Kinsella Arts Hartford To support a family literacy program aimed at providing parents of young $3,500 children with the information, strategies, resources, and tools to support their child's education at a critical time in their lives as young learners; the literacy training is also aimed at improving the reading scores for students in grades K-3.
Leadership, Education and Athletics in New Haven To support general operating expenses for an expansion to serve 600 kids $10,000 Partnership year round, a 66% increase over recent years while doubling the high school students employed to 50.
Legacy Theatre Branford To support general operating expenses ensuring donor support goes $5,000 directly toward the building's restoration of the historic 1903 Stony Creek Puppet House in Branford.
Liberty Community Services New Haven To support general operating expenses to strengthen all of Liberty's $7,500 programs by augmenting infrastructure and providing funds for future growth opportunities.
Literacy Center of Milford Milford To support general operating expenses in order to improve and grow $7,500 programs that improve the literacy of immigrant populations in Milford.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Hartford To support general operating funds for programs to improve the 21st $7,500 Century literacy competencies of 900 low literate adults living the Greater Hartford.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven New Haven To support the acquisition of a donor data base management system, $2,500 which will streamline the management of volunteers, members, donors, sponsors, campaigns, and all stakeholders. Funds will cover the cost of software, plus setup and consulting to ensure a correct build of the data base and transition of current records.
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Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven New Haven To support the Community tutoring at Gateway Community College and $15,000 the Literacy Resource Center.
Long Wharf Theatre New Haven To support general operating expenses for the theatre's 50th anniversary $17,500 season, which includes a suite of literary and critical thinking education initiatives for K-12 students in Connecticut schools.
MakeHaven New Haven To support outreach to underserved artists and entrepreneurs. $2,500
Malta House of Care Foundation Hartford To support the only free, patient-centered medical home for 2,000 $2,500 financially insecure adults in Greater Hartford afflicted with chronic illnesses.
Manchester Area Conference of Churches Manchester To support continued regular client access to paper goods, household $5,000 cleaning supplies and personal care items that are a daily necessity for those in need.
Manchester Community College Foundation Manchester To support live music, spoken word performances, gallery openings and $5,000 arts education at MCC in downtown Manchester.
Manchester Public Library Manchester To fund "READy for the Grade", a public library, K-3 summer reading $30,000 initiative developed by NewAlliance Foundation where the Library will partner with Washington Elementary School to develop a program to stem summer reading loss and maintain grade-level reading in children from low-income families.
Mercy Community Health West Hartford To support MUSIC & MEMORY, a module that provides calming and $5,000 restorative therapy to those living with Alzheimer's and/or dementia through the use of personalized music collections, allowing residents and clients to restore memories and sense of self.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New New Haven To support general operating expenses for the core programs: $5,000 Haven neighborhood revitalization; homebuyer education and counseling; financial literacy training; foreclosure prevention; and community engagement.
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Neighborhood Music School New Haven To support funding for City Initiative, an educational initiative with the $7,500 New Haven Public Schools and the Yale School of Music to provide underserved youth in New Haven with long-term in-depth access to multiple music resources at NMS.
Network Against Domestic Abuse of North Enfield To support the Bridging Program which helps children and their mothers $5,000 Central CT overcome emotional rifts that arise upon entering The Network’s domestic violence safe house.
New Children's Museum West Hartford To support hands-on STEM education classes and demonstrations for $5,000 approximately 350-450 low-income students at Anna E. Norris Elementary School in East Hartford, CT.
New England Air Museum Windsor Locks To support the Museum's SOAR for Science program. Based on strategic $1,000 alliances with area schools, the program brings students to the Museum where they participate in this inspiring, educational program.
New Haven Ballet New Haven To support general operating expenses for the Ballet's dance training, $5,000 performances and community programs during the 2014-2015 season.
New Haven Chorale New Haven Funds will be used to purchase a laptop computer and printer/scanner, $7,500 the first to be owned by the Chorale. This will ensure that the Chorale is using up to date equipment and that this equipment will remain with the Chorale, if a staff member concludes service with the organization.
New Haven Farms New Haven To support the Farm-Based Wellness Program which grows fresh produce $2,500 on small urban farms for low-income neighborhood families with an adult with a chronic health-related disease.
New Haven Free Public Library New Haven To fund "READy for the Grade", a public library, K-3 summer reading $17,116 initiative developed by NewAlliance Foundation where the Library will partner with Fair Haven School to develop a program to stem summer reading loss and maintain grade-level reading in children from low-income families.
New Haven Land Trust New Haven To support general operating expenses in order to maintain 46 $5,000 community gardens throughout the city.
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New Haven Reads New Haven To support quality, research-based literacy programs for low income $42,500 students with after-school, one-on-one tutoring for struggling readers, a Pre-K and Kindergarten programn, SAT prep classes and a community Book Bank.
New Haven Symphony Orchestra New Haven To support the continuation of the Words & Music program, to both $12,500 develop cultural awareness and improve literacy outcomes in children throughout the Greater New Haven region.
New Reach New Haven To support on-going operations of the Emergency Shelter for Women & $15,000 Children.
Operation Fuel Hartford To support general operating expenses in assisting more than 300,000 $5,000 working families, disabled people and seniors on fixed incomes cannot afford to pay utility bills in the state.
P.L.A.C.E. Multicultural Children's Museum Hamden To support capital funding for the next phase of renovations and $5,000 construction at the historic bar that will house the new multicultural children's museum and creative arts center.
Performing Arts of Northeast Connecticut Pomfret To support the purchase of a laptop for the treasurer and upgrade $2,500 Giftworks software, used to track donors, print donor reports, and integrate e-communications.
Pro Bono Partnership White Plains To support the Partnership’s program of free legal assistance to arts, $2,500 community development, health and human services, and youth and education nonprofit organizations in the Connecticut towns served by NewAlliance Foundation by providing lawyers to assist qualifying nonprofits in addition to a legal resource helpline, legal workshops, and online publications.
Project Access of New Haven New Haven To support general operating expenses for the delivery of urgently needed $10,000 medical care to underserved Greater New Haven residents.
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Public Allies Connecticut New Haven To support general operating cost for the AmeriCorps program, which $5,000 recruits diverse young adults with a passion to make a difference and provides them paid, full-time, nonprofit apprenticeships and rigorous leadership development to turn that passion into a career working for community and social change.
Reach Out and Read Boston To support funding to provide the early literacy intervention to 760 $10,000 children who receive medical care at Reach Out and Read clinics in New Haven. This request includes the cost of new children’s books, medical providers’ time as well as training, and evaluation costs.
Read to a Child Wellesley To support the Connecticut Lunchtime Reading Program, which matches $5,000 local professionals, one-on-one, with elementary school students for a rewarding, read aloud experience.
Rebuilding Together Manchester Manchester To support the purchase of building materials to be used in the $5,000 renovations of homes that will make them safer, warmer, handicap accessible and more energy efficient at no cost to the homeowner. Labor will be provided by volunteer contractors and their trained assistants.
Riverfront Recapture Hartford To support the celebration of the nation's independence with quality $5,000 entertainment and one of the largest fireworks displays in New England at Great River Park in East Hartford.
Rockville Public Library Vernon To fund "READy for the Grade", a public library, K-3 summer reading $15,142 initiative developed by NewAlliance Foundation where the Library will partner with Maple Street School to develop a program to stem summer reading loss and maintain grade-level reading in children from low-income families.
Shepherds Bridgeport To support a rising Sophomore at Notre Dame West Haven who was $6,000 funded in his Freshman year by NewAlliance Foundation.
Shoreline Arts Alliance Guilford To support general operating expenses and funding to update and re- $5,000 design the Alliance's 10 year old website.
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Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Essex To support the purchase food for three pantries in Clinton, Westbrook & $5,000 Old Saybrook.
Site Projects New Haven To support the purchase of a dedicated laptop for the treasurer and $5,000 upgrade Giftworks software, used to track donors, print donor reports, and integrate e-communications.
Solar Youth New Haven To support the Green Jobs internship program for teens from New $7,500 Haven’s neighborhoods.
Squash Haven New Haven To support general operating expenses to offset anticipated 2014-15 $10,000 expenses. Which will allow Squash Haven to include 100 students in grades 5-12.
Squash Haven New Haven To support the purchaseof 10 desktop computers to incorporate $2,500 technology into their enrichment curriculum and guarantee that each student in the program has access to a computer every day.
St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center Hartford To support the Greater Hartford Children’s Advocacy Center at Saint $5,000 Francis Hospital which treats children from infancy to age 18 who have been victims of child sexual abuse. The purpose of the Children’s Advocacy Center is restore child victims and their families to health and wellness.
St. Joseph's Residence Enfield To support the replacement of 25 old, worn-out mattresses that put $5,000 elderly residents at risk for skin breakdown and pressure sores.
St. Martin dePorres Academy New Haven To support the Graduate Support Program in order to offer a stipend for $20,000 an additional staff member, travel and application fees, as well as resources and opportunities to support the growth of our students' literacy skills.
Unified Theater Hartford To support the Unified Theater's Spotlight School program which brings $5,000 students with and without disabilities together in a fully inclusive environment to create and produce an original theater production.
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United Way of Central and Northeastern Hartford To support a weekly reading program operating at six Hartford $7,500 Connecticut Community Schools and one Enfield public school, matching corporate volunteers with struggling readers to improve their literacy skills.
United Way of Greater New Haven New Haven To support the purchase of Dr. Seuss books for a "Need Across America" $1,000 event to take place at three BOOST! schools in New Haven: Strong School, Lincoln-Bassett, and Clinton Avenue. Funds will purchase books for 36 classrooms.
United Way of Greater New Haven New Haven To support the Boost! Wrap-Around efforts which will concentrate in eight $10,000 New Haven Public Schools, primarily creating trauma sensitive environments for learning, providing additional social, emotional, behavioral support services to students and families.
United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Meriden To support the upgrade of hardware, software and a network that $5,000 supports the work of the agency.
Veterans Support Foundation Silver Spring To support the Supportive Housing Program for Homeless Veterans which $5,000 services homeless vets in the NewAlliance Foundation service area.
Village for Families & Children Hartford To help low to moderate income families increase their financial capability $5,000 by addressing both the ability (knowledge, skills, confidence and motivation) and opportunity (income, access to beneficial financial products) to change financial behaviors.
Wallingford Public Library Wallingford To fund "READy for the Grade", a public library, K-3 summer reading $11,612 initiative developed by NewAlliance Foundation where the library will partner with Moses Y. Beach School to develop a program to stem summer reading loss and maintain grade-level reading in children from low-income families.
West Haven Community House Association West Haven To support year-long events for West Haven Community House $10,000 Association's celebration of its 75th year of service.
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West Haven Public Library West Haven To fund "READy for the Grade", a public library, K-3 summer reading $30,000 initiative developed by NewAlliance Foundation where the Library will partner with West Haven school district to develop a program to stem summer reading loss and maintain grade-level reading in children from low-income families.
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance New Haven To support revitalization efforts in the Westville Village Main Street $7,500 District through the Retail Recruitment & Retention Program, Placemaking & Design Program, and efforts to support marketing, special events and local promotion.
Windham Regional Community Council Willimantic To support the GROW Windham Internship Program which promotes $5,000 Community Development by providing a context for youth to gain workforce, career, and leadership skills while developing projects that promote food security in one of the state’s most high-need communities.
Windsor Art Center Windsor To support the 2016 Art Educators Exhibition at The Windsor Art Center $2,500 which will showcase the works of five artists.
Women & Family Life Center Guilford To support a financial literacy program model to improve the financial $5,000 literacy and financial security of the "hidden poor" on the Shoreline of CT. Many moderate income families are not able to make ends meet due to the high cost of living and lack of support services.
Women's Business Development Center Stamford To support the Financial Education programming in the greater New $5,000 Haven and Hartford regions in order to provide the local population opportunities to access affordable Financial Education services.
Workforce Alliance New Haven To support general operating expenses for 2015 Summer activities. A $5,000 funding increase will allow for targeted program dollars to then be allocated specifically for eligible youth in paid work experience activities.
Yale Repertory Theatre New Haven To support WILLPOWER! in conjunction with a 2016 production of $4,000 Shakespeare's CYMBELINE.
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Yale University, Yale Child Study Center New Haven To partially support a clinical coordinator who provides acute and follow- $9,000 up services to children exposed to violence and other trauma throughout New Haven as well and a community advocate, who works with local law enforcement to provide follow-up home visits on behalf of children at risk for violence exposure.
Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven To support a capital campaign focusing on the need to rebuild four floors $20,000 that include OB/Triage/Recovery, Labor & Birth, Maternal Special Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
YMCA Central Connecticut Coast New Haven To support the purchase of books to establish libraries at the summer $10,000 camps for four of its branches. These libraries will facilitate the launch of a formal literacy program, Camp Readers.
YMCA of Greater Hartford Hartford To support the Y-BELL Power Scholars Academy, a six-week summer $10,000 learning program designed to close the achievement gap for disadvantaged youth.
Young Parent Program of Milford Milford To support the Pregnant and Parenting Program efforts and educational $5,000 outreach with supportive counseling.
Total Grants: $1,172,969
Arts $244,350
Community Development $125,600
Health & Human Services $297,050
Youth & Education $505,969
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