2012 Grants Awarded
In 2012, the Main Street Community Foundation distributed $957,533 in grants and scholarships to support many worthy causes in our communities.
Distributions from General Grant Process - $61,427
Bristol Board of Education – West Bristol School - $2,500
To support a peer-to-peer mentoring program at the new West Bristol School
Fuller & Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education
Bristol Historical Society & Museum - $500
To support the printing of marketing material for the Young Artist Series
Turkus Family Fund
Burlington Library Association, Inc. - $6,225
To support the purchase of two Early Learning Stations
James R. Parker Trust
Burlington Little League - $4,182
To support the purchase of fence covers and a storage shed
James R. Parker Trust
Malerbo Childrens Field Maintenance Fund
Children in Placement – CT, Inc. - $5,000
To support a new program training and utilizing volunteers in the Bristol Probate Court to work on behalf of children
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Gnazzo-Reidy Charitable Fund
Christian Fellowship Center, Inc. - $2,500
To support the purchase of food for the soup kitchen and food pantry
Ciccarelli-Vitale Community Advancement Fund
Edward and Audrey Mink Memorial Fund
Formagioni-Lodovico Family Fund
Connecticut Community Care, Inc. - $2,000
To support the Independent Living Fund for clients in our service area
Jim & Eleanor Frawley Community Fund
Jaspersohn Family Fund
Edward and Audrey Mink Memorial Fund
Covenant to Care for Children - $3,600
To support the Critical Goods special project which supplies beds, cribs and bedding in our areaBristol Brass General Grant Fund
Jim & Eleanor Frawley Community Fund
DAR Katharine Gaylord Chapter - $750
To support the restoration and repairs of the Samuel Newell gravesite
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Family Resource Center of Southington-$3,655
To support the purchase of furniture and materials for the new permanent center at Hatton Elementary School
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund
Forestville Little League - $2,400
To support the reinstallation of batting cages and repairs to the bathrooms
Malerbo Childrens Field Maintenance
New England Auto Museum - $975
To support the purchase of brochures and a hanging banner to market the Museum
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters - $1,000
To support the mentoring of a student from Southington
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Nutmeg Symphony - $2,500
To support educational children’s concerts for third grade students from schools in our service area
Fuller & Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
James R. Parker Trust
Nutmeg Public Access Television, Inc. - $4,500
To support the purchase of a new field shoot system
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Parent & Child Center at the Bristol Hospital - $5,000
To support the Family Life Works Program, which provides education and referral services to at-risk families
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Plymouth Community Food Pantry - $1,100
To support the purchase of a laptop, projector and screen for marketing and dissemination of information to and for clients
Paige Laferriere Wartonick Memorial Fund
Jaspersohn Family Fund
Office of the Fire Marshall, Town of Plymouth - $2,000
To support the purchase of two mobile date information technology devises
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Plymouth Land Trust, Inc. - $750
To support the printing of the new “Walking Guide to Historic Plymouth Center
Merriman Family Fund
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Plymouth School to Career/Plymouth Board of Education - $1,250
To support the purchase of 3 iPads to enhance instruction for technology classes
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Southington Community YMCA - $2,500
To support the Strong Kids Campaign which provides financial assistance to families and children in the YMCA programs
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund
Talcott Mountain Science Center - $3,540
To support twelve camperships at the summer program for students from our service area
Fuller & Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund
YWCA of New Britain - $3,000
To support the “tough guise” program at Lewis Mills High School
James R. Parker Trust
Grants From The Plainville Community Fund - $6,000
New Britain Symphony Orchestra - $1,655
To support family concerts in Plainville and a concert for fifth graders from Plainville
PARC - $345
To support the Healthy Living Program with a Wii Fit console and games
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $1,500
To provide holiday baskets to clients in 2012-2013
2012 PHS/YMCA Project Graduation - $1,000
To support an event for the benefit of graduating seniors from Plainville High School
YWCA of New Britain - $1,500
To support prevention education programs at Plainville High School
Grants From Women & Girls’ Fund - $25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $2,000
To support the Smart Girls Program
Bristol Family Resource Centers - $4,000
To provide professional development and support to self employed women providing licensed day care and early educational services for children in their home
Bristol Girls Little League Softball - $4,000
To support skills and confidence building pre-season clinics
Bristol Technical Education Center - $1,620
To support a group of female students with education in two sessions of ten classes on safe and healthy life choices put on by Prudence Crandall Center
Bristol Youth Services - $1,600
To support 12 high school females with life education through the Skills to Pay the Bills program
Charter Oak State College Foundation - $3,600
To support the Women in Transition Program, which provides low income single mothers an opportunity to complete their college degrees on line.
Living in Safe Alternatives - $5,900
To support the Girls on the Rise Project, this provides young girls, living at the group homes in Bristol and Wolcott, with academic support and the tools to negotiate life’s decisions.
YWCA of New Britain - $2,280
To support a teen empowerment group at Plainville High School
Grants From the Make A Mark Region 10 Enrichment Fund - $1,435
HarBur Middle School - $300
To support the Cultural Caravan project by providing funds to be used for the materials and supplies needed to build the puppet(s)
Lake Garda Elementary School - $500
To support reading through the Sky’s the Limit summer program
Lewis Mills, HarBur, Harwinton Consolidated and Lake Garda - $635
To support the Physically Active Classrooms project
Grants From the Burlington Bell Community Fund - $2,000
Town of Burlington/Fuel Bank - $500
To support Burlington residents in need of fuel assistance
Town of Burlington/Food Bank - $500
To match a collection for the Food Bank from students at Lewis Mills
Town of Burlington - $1,000
To support the Safe Harbor program
Grants From Designated Funds/Agency Endowment - $683,440
Bradley Memorial Campus of the Hospital of Central CT - $602,534
Bradley H. Barnes and Leila U. Barnes Memorial Trust
Burlington Land Trust, Inc. - $1,220
Burlington Land Trust Fund
City of Bristol - $33,205
Hap Barnes Fire Safety Trailer Fund
New England Carousel Museum (Fire Museum) - $2,455
Hap Barnes Fund for Fire Safety & Prevention
Plymouth Board of Education - $400
Plymouth Century Club Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $1,000
Charles Kushlan Memorial Fund
Bristol Business Education Foundation - $505
Bob and Carol Messier Family Fund
Connecticut Historical Society - $285
Connecticut Quilt Registry Legacy Fund
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association - $360
Tyler James Gingery Memorial Fund
Shepard Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. - $7,171
Shepard Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. Endowment Fund
Southington Community YMCA - $4,305
Bradley Henry Barnes Fund for the Southington Community YMCA
Bristol Career Center - $13,280
Bristol Career Center of Tunxis Community College Endowment Fund
Bristol Career Center of Tunxis Community College Endowment Fund II
Tunxis Community College - $4,450
Tunxis Community College Fund
Tunxis Community College II Fund
West Cemetery Association - $12,270
Carlyle F. Barnes Memorial Chapel Trust
Grants From Donor Advised Funds Supported The Following Organizations And Charitable Interests - $51,291
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol
Bristol Community Organization
Bristol Hospital Development Foundation
Bristol Sports Hall of Fame
The Bushnell
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc.
Connecticut Science Center
Environmental Learning Centers of CT
First Congregational Church of Bristol
Living in Safe Alternatives
Main Street Community Foundation
National Conference for Community & Justice
Renbrook School
St. Ann Church
Southington YMCA
Trustees of Deerfield Academy
University of Hartford
United Way of West Central CT
Women & Girls’ Fund at the Main Street Community Foundation
Scholarship Funds - $96,993
Immediate Response Funds - $8,588
Bristol Board of Education Immediate Response Fund
Karen DuCotey Fund for Kids
Main Street Children’s Fund
Elizabeth I & Lewis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Werner Family Fund
Winter ’09
Women & Girls’ Immediate Response Fund
Community Initiatives and Other Grants - $3,414
Connecticut Voices for Children
McCabe Waters Little League
Bristol Eastern Closet
Administrative Endowment Fund Grants
Main Street Community Foundation - $17,945
Barnes Group 150th Anniversary Fund
Main Street Community Foundation Endowment Fund
Yarde Metals Community Fund
