Grants to Community-Based Organizations
While local organizations often have a more intimate view of what is needed, they are also often underfunded and underappreciated compared to their larger, national counterparts. With a robust network of local organizations and resources to share, 4-CT can help these groups support their community to their full potential.
4-CT believes supporting these smaller organizations is fundamental and issues small grants to community-based organizations that are best positioned to support their community but who may struggle to receive funding in a competitive grant-making process due to budget or capacity restraints.
The Covid-19 pandemic magnified the importance of local non-profits in providing direct assistance to those who need it the most in their communities. To enhance the nonprofit sector’s ability to sere their communities when and how they need, 4-CT invested in the following programs. As of Nov. 1, 2020, 4-CT is dedicating the majority of our work to direct cash assistance.
Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW)
Partnership for Strong Communities
https://www.scowinc.org/
Women’s Mentoring Network (WMN)
Technology Education for Low-Income Women in Fairfield County
https://wmninc.org
Connecticut Fair Housing Center
Legal Aid to Families facing Eviction and Foreclosure
https://www.ctfairhousing.org/
The Partnership for Strong Communities
Preventing Homelessness
https://www.pschousing.org/
Future 5
Safe and Quiet Remote Study Space for Stamford area College Students
https://futurefive.org
Center for Advanced Policing (CAP) at University of New Haven
Community Policing Training for New Haven PD
https://www.newhaven.edu/academics/centers-institutes/center-for-advanced-policing/index.php
Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP)
Comprehensive Afterschool Programming for Kids in New Haven
https://www.leapforkids.org/
Junta for Progressive Action
Coordinated Support Services for New Haven Families in Crisis
https://www.juntainc.org/
Angel of Edgewood
Serving Meals to Hartford’s Most Vulnerable
https://www.angelofedgewood.org/
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH)
Homeless Shelter Diversion
https://www.cceh.org/
Connecticut Health Foundation
Community Health Workers and Contact Tracing
https://cthealth.org/
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Economic Support and Workforce Development
https://www.lisc.org/connecticut-statewide/
PT Partners
Community Advocacy in Bridgeport Public Housing
https://ptpartnersbpt.org/pt-partners/
Havenly Treats
Working with Immigrant Communities to Fight Hunger
https://havenlynhv.org/
Achievement First
Virtual Summer School for Elementary and Middle Schoolers
https://achievementfirst.org/
ReadyCT
Peer Mentorship Programs for Recent High School Graduates
https://readyct.org/
Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV)
Addressing Domestic Violence Statewide
https://www.ctcadv.org/
Charter Oak Communities
Rent Relief Pilot Program for Communities of Color
https://charteroakcommunities.org/
Salvation Army of Southern New England
Combating Hunger in the State’s Hardest-to-Reach Places
https://easternusa.salvationarmy.org/southern-new-england/
Clifford Beers
Statewide Mental Health Resources
https://www.cliffordbeers.org/
EdAdvance
Supporting Home-based Childcare for Frontline and Essential Workers
https://edadvance.org/
Food Rescue US
Delivering Meals to Those Who Need Them
https://foodrescue.us/
Circle of Care
Relief for Families of Pediatric Cancer
https://thecircleofcare.org/
Community Health Center Association of CT (CHCACT)
Community Healthcare
https://www.chcact.org/
Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS)
Confronting Financial Insecurity
https://www.cahs.org/
Connecticut Foodshare
Getting Food To Where It’s Needed
https://ctfoodshare.org/
Nuvance Health
On the Front Lines
https://www.nuvancehealth.org/en
United Way of Connecticut
Helping our Neighbors
https://www.ctunitedway.org/
Capitol Region Education Council (CREC)
Helping Those Who Keep Us Healthy
https://www.crec.org/
Scholastic
Combating School Closures
https://www.ctartawards.net/