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The Greater Hartford Gives West Hartford Community Fund is not currently accepting grant proposals. Please check back for future opportunities or refer to the grant opportunities page.
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Volunteer Opportunities
The Greater Hartford Gives West Hartford Community Fund Committee is seeking new voices!
Applications to volunteer as a committee member are being accepted now!
Requirements to Apply:
- West Hartford 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.
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Please complete the online application to become a West Hartford Community Fund Committee member.
Grant Awards
In 2024, the Greater Hartford Gives West Hartford Community Fund announced the recipients of its latest grants to 5 organizations that do work to benefit the residents of West Hartford.
Through its 2024 grant cycle, the Greater Hartford West Hartford Community Fund proudly supported 4 organizations making a difference in the lives of West Hartford residents.
The 2024 grants recommended for funding and awarded includes:
Dignity Grows, Inc. – support West Hartford residents through its Hope in a Bag program with 500 reusable tote bags each filled with a full month’s supply of six full-sized comprehensive hygiene items plus 2 full packages of menstrual hygiene products. The totes are distributed monthly – free of charge – through partnerships with community support agencies and social service organizations.
Golden Door: A Center for Immigrants – will expand their book club programs this year. In addition to the book club for adults, there is a teen program (West Hartford Immigrant Teens), and a pilot program for babies and young children (Babies Love Books).
Greystone Foundation – provides both monetary assistance and financial advice free of charge to clients. The objective is to resolve the household’s immediate financial issues to avoid evictions, repossessions, collections, or service interruptions; minimize missed health care visits, work and school absences; promote long term household economic self sufficiency.
Volunteers in Psychotherapy – funding will provide 90 therapy sessions to West Hartford residents with limited resources and no insurance, who, in turn, would provide 360 hours of volunteer work to local organizations. This model protects the privacy of the clients and provides them with the opportunity to contribute to the community.
West Hartford Parent Community of Concern – Funding will support West Hartford Community of Concern Teen Wellness Fair, a joyful, expressive event for adolescent youth and parents/caregivers featuring a variety of engaging activities, information about youth mental health, mental health screenings and suicide prevention training, an exhibit of student art, and networking to be held in the spring of 2025.
Past Grant Recipients
2023
Dignity Grows, Inc. – Support West Hartford residents through its Hope in a Bag with 500 reusable zipper-top totes containing a full month’s supply of soap, deodorant, shampoo, hand wipes, toothpaste, and a toothbrush, maxi pads, and panty liners. Dignity Grows totes are distributed through social service agency partners that provide them to their unique population in a discreet manner, uplifting an individual’s dignity.
For All Ages, Inc. – The Tea @ 3 Community, a twelve-week intergenerational friendship program that provides older adults with regular, vital social interaction involving young adults to promote a sense of belonging and community in a group setting.
Golden Door: A Center for Immigrants – Building Bridges Book Club, open to all West Hartford immigrants in partnership with West Hartford Public Library. Over the eight-week program, twelve participants receive English language learning support, build relationships, share cultures, and exchange thoughts while creating community.
Seniors Job Bank, Inc. – Working Into Retirement – Education Program serving West Hartford residents age 50+ individuals seeking job opportunities by providing training programs targeted to fill skill gaps and are built upon 50+ individuals’ experience.
West Hartford Parent Community of Concern – Funding will support two programs: Youth Substance Use & Prevention Resource Fair in Fall 2023 and Mental Health Awareness Community Day in Spring 2024. Both events will focus on serving West Hartford adolescents (middle grade and high school) and their families by providing education, support, and additional resources.
2022
Autism Families CONNECTicut – to support Friday Night Teen Socials for autistic teens in the community who feel disconnected from fun and friendship, giving the opportunity to meet and connect with friends, build social skills with peers, and have fun.
Children’s Reading Partners – to support its core program of offering volunteer literacy support to students, educators and families in West Hartford.
Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families, Inc. (CT-ALIVE) – subsidize the cost of the Never Going Back to Abuse Project in West Hartford, providing critical support to those who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and more through workshops and mentoring sessions.
Dignity Grows, Inc. – support 500 West Hartford residents through its Hope in a Bag program to help address Period Poverty and hygiene inequity. Totes including menstrual and comprehensive hygiene items are respectfully distributed through local social service agencies.
Golden Door: A Center for Immigrants – Building Bridges Book Club, open to all West Hartford immigrants in partnership with West Hartford Public Library. Participants will receive English language learning support, build relationships, share cultures and exchange thoughts.
Jewish Teen Learning Connection (JT Connect) – Summer of Service, a weeklong immersive social- action camp offering 7th – 12th graders the chance to explore needs in our local community through volunteer projects, develop leadership skills, and build relationships.
Seniors Job Bank, Inc. – the creation of Next Path Center serving West Hartford residents aged 50 and over who are looking to re-enter the workforce, change careers, or explore an interest through a new job.
Voices of Hope – traveling Trunks of Hope available to schools and community organizations. They will be filled with artifacts from the life of a West Hartford resident who is a genocide survivor accompanied by lessons plans, class materials, and more.
Volunteers in Psychotherapy – provide ninety (90) heavily discounted therapy sessions to West Hartford residents who, in return, will provide 360 hours of volunteer work to local organizations of their choice in a unique model to provide private, affordable, accessible mental health care.
West Hartford Parent Community Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Groups (WH EDI) – Building Community Connections and Belonging for West Hartford Families of Color program providing social events and educational programs focused on the needs of families of color whose dependents attend WHPS.
2021
Autism Families Connecticut to provide supplies in support of Friday Night Teen Socials 2021-2022
Copper Beech Institute, Inc. to support hiring BIPOC facilitators to broaden the impact of mindfulness programming
Golden Door of Greater Hartford, Inc. to support the Building Bridges book club and language class
Noah Webster House to support purchasing benches for the Witness Stones
The Bridge Family Center, Inc. to support enhancements to the teen center garden
West Hartford African American Social & Cultural Organization (Sponsored Org: Beta Iota Boule Foundation, Inc.) to support the creation of the Lemuel Haynes Memorial
West Hartford Fellowship Housing, Inc to support expansion of an existing nutritional program to encourage healthy choices to seniors 62+
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