Committee Spotlight
The East Granby Community Fund invites you to learn more about their 2025 grantees. See below for more information.
Grant Opportunities
The East Granby Community Fund at Greater Hartford Gives is not currently accepting grant proposals. Please check back for future opportunities or refer to the grant opportunities page.
Upcoming Events
The East Granby Community Fund at Greater Hartford Gives invites you to the following:
There are no upcoming events, please check back for future opportunities.
Volunteer Opportunities
The East Granby Community Fund committee is seeking new voices!
Applications to volunteer as a committee member are being accepted now!
Requirements to Apply:
- East Granby Resident
- Age 14 or Older
- Agree to adhere to Foundation-wide policies and the Community Funds Handbook
Candidates for elected office, elected officials, and their immediate family members may not serve on a committee.
Click here for more information about volunteering.
Please complete the online application to become an East Granby Community Fund committee member.
Grant Awards
Through its 2025 grant cycle, the East Granby Community Fund at Greater Hartford Gives proudly supported 5 organizations making a difference in the lives of East Granby residents.
The 2025 grants recommended for funding and awarded includes:
East Granby Congregational Church: $13,000 For continuing support of the elevator modernization project
East Granby Congregational Church.: $1,724 To purchase portable outdoor lighting
Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.: $500 To support the Windsor Locks local program for East Granby Residents
SpiritHorse Therapeutic Riding Center of Canton, Inc.: $1,560 To support Summer Equine Therapy for East Granby Residents
Town of East Granby: $10,000 To support Parks and Rec’s purchase of a log crawl for East Granby Farms’ playscape
Past Grant Recipients
In past years, the East Granby Community Fund at Greater Hartford Gives supported the following organizations:
2024
4-H VEX Robotics – 4-H VEX Robotics Team Expansion- adding a competition super kit to be able to add members to their teams, which include East Granby residents.
East Granby Parks & Recreation – East Granby Farms playscape replacement- removing old wooden structure, expanding area, and having a new playscape installed.
Operation Fuel – Support emergency energy distribution in East Granby through funding home fuel purchases
East Granby Congregational Church, UUC – Supporting replacing the elevator in their building. The upstairs meeting room hosts many support groups for the East Granby community
Special Olympics Connecticut’s Windsor Locks local program – Support cost of athlete registration fees, purchasing new equipment to replace outdated/broken items, and subsidizing the cost of transportation to state competitions.
2023
East Granby Public Library – To support the Doreen Jacius Story Trail project ($13,673.29)
East Granby Public Library Historical Room – To support digitizing “Let’s Talk Turkey” editions from 1996-2023 ($982)
Operation Fuel, Inc. – To support Emergency Energy Assistance for Easy Granby residents ($5,000)
Friend- to – Friend Inc. – To support East Granby Student Lunch Gift Card program ($3,900)
2022
East Granby Boy Scouts Troup 70 – to support the purchase of a storage shed
East Granby Congregational Church – to support the East Granby Community Garden’s 2022 growing season
Girl Scouts of Connecticut Salmon Brook Service Unit and East Granby Cub Scout Pack 70 – to support updating the Pinewood Derby track, timing equipment, and software
East Granby Public Library Historical Room – to support creation of a digital archive of the Historical Room resources
Hartford Interval House, Inc. – to support clients of the Victim to Survivor program
The East Granby Land Trust, Inc.- to support engineering design development for the Tom and Ginnie Howard Educational Preserve Trail
2021
East Granby Public Library – ($9,300) to support bringing STEM technology and programming to the entire East Granby community.
Town of East Granby- ($8,500) to support the Senior Community Center rug replacement project.
UR Community Cares, Inc. – ($4,000) to support UR Community Cares in East Granby.
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Get to Know East Granby
As you learn about your community, here are two resources the Foundation uses to find information about East Granby:
For additional information about the East Granby Community Fund at Greater Hartford Gives, please contact the committee at EastGranby@greaterhartfordgivescf.org
For media inquiries, please contact Chris Senecal at CSenecal@greaterhartfordgives.org.