Nonprofits Receive $126,825 in Late Fall Grants from the Northwest CT Community Foundation

The Northwest CT Community Foundation has awarded grants to 21 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $126,825 during its third grant cycle of 2022. NCCF awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and November.

Noteworthy among the recent awards include:

• $2,825 to McCall Center for Behavioral Health to support the cost of training two clinicians in the treatment of eating disorders

“Given the frequent co-occurrence of eating disorders and other behavioral health conditions in our clients, offering this service is essential to our ability to treat the whole individual,” said Shalyn Sheldon of McCall Center for Behavioral Health.

• $6,000 to NW CT Arts Council to support a comprehensive needs assessment for the arts sector in Northwest Connecticut in 2023

“Over the last two years, the pandemic has created new challenges for the arts community and industry,” said Steph Burr of NW CT Arts Council. “We have been diligently listening to our constituents who are reaching out to us directly. Through this experience we have developed an internal hypothesis on the needs of the sector, but feel it is necessary to open the conversation to more voices.”

• $8,000 to Susan B. Anthony Project to support the cost of rapid rehousing expenses not covered by existing federal funding when transitioning clients who are in shelters or homeless

“Funds will be utilized to further assist [shelter and community residents’] low-barrier transition from emergency housing or no housing to rapid rehousing, to include necessities such as utility costs and moving costs, which are not covered by the program, and enhanced rental opportunities beyond the one-year rental assistance currently funded through the program,” said Jeanne Fusco of Susan B. Anthony Project.

The following is a comprehensive list of November 2022 Grants:

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut - $3,000 to support one-to-one professionally supported community-based mentoring services to 10 at-risk students (from the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny R. Fyler Fund and the Karen M. O’Connor Fund)

Canaan Child Care Center - $11,000 to support general operating expenses (from the Khurshed Bhumgara Fund)

Community Kitchen of Torrington - $5,500 to support general operating expenses (from Miriam Mason Cable Trust Fund and the Ruth and Robert Cron Endowment Fund)

Falls Village Community Development Corp - $3,000 to support a half-day equity program for 5th - 8th grade students and school staff at Kellogg Middle School facilitated by the Center for Nonviolence (from the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny R. Fyler Fund)

Family & Children's Aid, Inc. - $4,000 to support the Torrington In-Home Intensive Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services program (from the Karen M. O’Connor Fund)

Food Rescue US - $10,000 to support general operating expenses (from the Eva M. Coty Fund)

Gifts of Love and Community Farm of Simsbury - $5,000 to support the Weekend Backpack Program for food insecure families from Torrington's elementary schools (from the Karen M. O’Connor Fund)

Greenwoods Counseling Referrals - $7,500 to support additional hours (7 hours/week) for the staff psychiatrist (from the Marion Wm. & Alice Edwards Fund)

Housatonic Child Care Center - $11,000 to support general operating expenses (family scholarships and employee discounts for child care) (from the Marion Wm. & Alice Edwards Fund)

Housatonic Youth Service Bureau - $8,500 to support increasing the Youth Coordinator Position to full-time status (from the Khurshed Bhumgara Fund, the Marion Wm. & Alice Edwards Fund, the Pierpont Chapter #49 Order of Eastern Star Fund and the Ruth and Robert Cron Endowment Fund)

Litchfield County Fire Chiefs Emergency Plan, Inc. - $5,000 to support the purchase of pagers (from the Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund and the Eva M. Coty Fund)

Litchfield Historical Society - $2,500 to support matching funds required for a 2-year exhibition and related public programs centered on the early 19th century migration of CT residents to Ohio (from the Eva M. Coty Fund)

McCall Center for Behavioral Health - $2,825 to support the cost of training two clinicians in the treatment of eating disorders (from the Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund and the Marion Isabell Coe Fund)

New Hartford Volunteer Ambulance - $2,500 to support general operating expenses (from the Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund)

NW CT Arts Council - $6,000 to support a comprehensive needs assessment for the arts sector in Northwest Connecticut in 2023 (from the Khurshed Bhumgara Fund)

Prime Time House - $5,000 to support a supportive employment program that includes career coaching and staff training as a certified benefits counselor (from the Marion Wm. & Alice Edwards Fund)

Rebuilding Together Litchfield County, Inc - $7,500 to support health and safety repairs to homes in Torrington (from the Eva M. Coty Fund)

Salisbury School - $3,000 to support a symposium showcasing year-long student research projects examining regional black, Indigenous and people of color and other under-reported populations (from the Lucia Tuttle Fritz Fund)

Susan B. Anthony Project - $8,000 to support the cost of rapid rehousing expenses not covered by existing federal funding when transitioning clients who are in shelters or homeless (from the Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund)

Tri State Center for the Arts - $7,000 to support education program scholarships for low-income students (from the Khurshed Bhumgara Fund)

Washington Art Association, Inc. - $9,000 to support general operating expenses (from the Khurshed Bhumgara Fund)