2018 GRANTS AWARDED
In 2018, Main Street Community Foundation distributed $1,711,651 in grants and scholarships to support many worthy causes and organizations in your communities.
Money in Motion Grants - $12,000
Bristol Hospital Development Foundation - $10,000
First year of a $50,000 grant for the Emergency Center Renovation and Expansion Project
DataHaven - $2,000
Support Community Wellbeing survey for Bristol
Grants from the General Grant Process - $126,473
American Clock & Watch Museum - $500
Installation of antique Seth Thomas street clock on museum property
Jay & Elizabeth Tyrrell Fund for the Arts
American Red Cross - $5,000
Disaster Response and Relief Services including the Home Fire Campaign in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,280
Gnazzo/Reidy Charitable Fund - $1,030
Jaspersohn Family Memorial Fund - $940
James R. Parker Trust - $750
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $4,000
Job-readiness and career exploration program for Cambridge Park teens
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund
Boy Scouts of America Troop #55 - $500
Purchase cooking equipment for campouts
James R. Parker Trust
Brian’s Angels Homeless Outreach - $2,000
Basic human needs for the homeless including tents, sleeping bags and shoes
Ciccarelli-Vitale Community Advancement Fund - $1,390
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $610
Bristol Adult Resource Center - $1,000
Update signs at two Bristol locations in conjunction with marketing campaign
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Bristol Auto Club - $500
Enhance Saturday Cruise Night by providing family entertainment, music and games
Bristol Savings Bank Fund
Bristol Board of Education/Gifted Program - $1,000
Annual Poetry Night for middle and high school students in the gifted program
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Family Fund for the Community
Bristol Board of Education/Bristol Eastern High School - $2,500
Collaborative concert with Bristol Eastern High School Choral department and the Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Family Fund for the Community - $2,270
Margaret Haberman Memorial Fund for Music - $230
Bristol Family Resource Centers - $4,000
People Empowering People (PEP) program to teach parents to become community leaders
Fuller and Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education
Bristol Girls Little League Softball - $8,810
Purchase field maintenance equipment and storage sheds
Malerbo Children’s Field Maintenance Fund
Bristol Historical Society - $1,000
Preservation Week community event to preserve personal and shared photos and other memorabilia
Edward W. and Audrey K. Mink Memorial Fund
Bristol Recovery Club - $1,920
Updated music equipment for club functions to provide a sober entertainment option
Bristol Savings Bank Fund - $1,000
Edward W. and Audrey K. Mink Memorial Fund - $920
Bristol School Readiness Council - $3,002
Operation HALO (healthy alternatives for little ones) pilot program for preschoolers in conjunction with the Bristol Police department and the Bristol Hospital Parent & Child Center
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,002
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund - $1,000
City of Bristol - $500
Arts in the Park show in conjunction with Bristol Parks & Recreation’s Summer Concert series
Sid Bernard & Ed Miller Children’s Fund for the Visual Arts
Community Health Network of CT Foundation - $4,600
Cooking Matters for Families nutrition education program in collaboration with Bristol Hospital Parent & Child Center
Smith Family Charitable Fund
Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS) Inc. - $2,500
Audio Accessibility via internet radio for adults who are blind or visually impaired
Bristol Savings Bank Fund
Connecticut Rivers Council Boy Scouts - $2,400
STEM scouting after-school program for Bristol elementary school students
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $1,240
Angela and Al Caruso Family Charitable Fund - $820
JoAnn & David Mills Family Fund - $340
Connecticut Science Center - $1,250
Support the STEM program in the Bristol Public schools including student field trips, in-school activities and professional development for teachers
Fuller and Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education
Covenant to Care for Children - $4,000
Supply basic essential goods to DCF involved youth to preserve and reunify families
Jim & Eleanor Frawley Community Fund - $2,500
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $1,500
Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington - $4,000
Developing Kindergarten Readiness in Southington’s young children
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $3,830
Fuller and Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education - $170
Environmental Learning Centers of CT - $3,000
Purchase of canoes and kayaks for Indian Rock summer camp
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,500
James R. Parker Trust - $500
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center - $2,670
Imagine Developing Life-Long Learners program in conjunction with Bristol Preschool Childcare Center
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,270
Sid Bernard & Ed Miller Children’s Fund for the Visual Arts - $260
Jay & Elizabeth Tyrrell Fund for the Arts - $140
Junior Achievement of Southwest New England - $2,500
Job Shadowing program for Lewis S. Mills students
James R. Parker Trust
Kelly’s Kids Inc. - $4,000
Farm animal and nature based summer camp program for DCF involved youth
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund
Lewis S. Mills Crew Booster Club - $2,165
Support purchase of oars for racing shell
James R. Parker Trust
Lock Museum of America - $1,500
Enhance exhibits through new LED lighting for display cases
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Memorial Military Museum - $600
Support purchase of acid-free boxes for protection and preservation of World War I uniforms
Bristol Savings Bank Fund
New Britain Museum of American Art - $3,000
Access to the Arts educational program for Wolcott students
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Family Fund for the Community - $1,730
Fuller and Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education - $1,270
New Britain Museum of American Art - $2,500
Access to the Arts educational program for Burlington students
James R. Parker Trust
New England Carousel Museum - $5,000
Expansion of the Music-Art-Technology-History (MATH) program for Bristol second grade public school students
Bristol Savings Bank Fund - $2,430
Sid Bernard & Ed Miller Children’s Fund for the Visual Arts - $1,320
Fuller and Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education - $1,250
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters - $3,000
Community Based Mentoring program in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,210
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund -$790
Oak Hill/Connecticut Institute for the Blind - $4,500
Veteran transition and support programs at Chapter 126 Sports & Fitness center
Bristol Savings Bank Fund - $3,470
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $430
Ronald F. & Emilie P. Duhaime Family Fund - $380
Jim & Eleanor Frawley Community Fund - $220
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $4,000
Support the Healthy Food Initiative including farmer’s market vouchers and healthy pantry items
Bristol Savings Bank Fund - $3,000
Edward W. and Audrey K. Mink Memorial Fund - $620
Terry and Marguerite Fletcher Family Fund - $380
Plymouth Community Food Pantry - $4,000
Support purchase of pantry items for the Healthy Options food program
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,500
Bristol Savings Bank Fund - $1,500
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. - $4,000
Teen violence prevention program at Alta at the Pyne alternative high school in Southington
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,358
Calvanese Foundation Green & White Fund for Behavioral Health - $1,262
Eva M. Pierce Memorial Charitable Fund - $380
Quota International of Bristol - $2,500
Provide new back-to-school clothing and shoes to youth in the after-school program at the Cambridge Park Boys & Girls Club
Dumont Family Charitable Fund - $1,810
Douglas and Noreen Schumann Special Interest Fund - $690
Regional School District 10/ Har-Bur Middle School - $3,696
Purchase 12 additional seats in the Fast ForWord reading software program for struggling readers
James R. Parker Trust
South Side School PTA - $2,700
Purchase 12 additional chrome books to be used by students in grades K-2 during independent learning centers
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $1,700
Fuller and Myrtle Barnes Fund for Education - $1,000
The Agape House - $1,660
Purchase computer equipment, phone system, and other supplies/costs related to the Life Skills Ministry for the Homeless
Ciccarelli-Vitale Community Advancement Fund -$1,310
Karen and Kim Murphy Family Charitable Fund - $350
The Children’s Museum - $2,500
Science Achievement for All program for grades K-8 in the Bristol schools
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund
Town of Burlington Animal Control - $500
Support the direct medical care of animals
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Town of Plainville Animal Control - $1,000
Support feral cat spay & neuter fund and medical care of animals
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Town of Plymouth Animal Control - $500
Support the direct medical care of animals
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Town of Southington - $1,500
Create an open space pollinator habitat on a town-owned parcel to raise awareness about the benefits of land preservation
Merriman Family Fund - $850
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $650
Town of Southington Animal Control - $3,870
Support the construction of an outdoor dog run
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
United Way of West Central Connecticut - $2,500
Community outreach and engagement for Bristol Early Childhood Alliance
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $1,650
Formagioni-Lodovico Family Fund - $460
Tedesco-Gallant Charitable Fund - $390
Veterans Strong Community Center - $5,000
Improve services, assistance and communications by hiring a new part-time outreach person who will conduct outreach hours directly in the towns served
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,970
Paige Wartonick Laferriere Memorial Fund - $1,150
James R. Parker Trust - $750
Becker Family Fund - $130
Wheeler Regional Family YMCA - $3,000
First Wave Swim Lesson free program for low-income first grade students in Plainville
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $2,360
Turkus Family Fund - $640
Grants from Bradley Henry Barnes & Leila Upson Barnes Memorial Trust - $696,948
Arc of Southington - $75,000
Renovations to office space in Southington for expansion and ADA compliance
Bread for Life - $21,300
Expansion of weekly meal program and purchase of new appliances and medical equipment
Easterseals of Greater Waterbury - $25,000
Audiological Services for Southington residents
Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington - $25,000
Well-being initiative for young children and caregivers
Hartford HealthCare Senior Services - $75,000
Commitment of $150,000 payable over two years to renovate Southington Care Center to make it more inviting and less institutional for dementia patients.
Hartford HealthCare Senior Services - $10,000
2019 Health Family Fun Fest
Living in Safe Alternatives (LISA) - $45,900
Continuation of 1-2-3 Prevention, Intervention & Recovery program
LiveWell Alliance, Inc. - $115,000
Dementia Friendly Southington Initiative
Prudence Crandall Center - $37,500
Domestic Violence Intervention & Prevention Services
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs - $29,500
Diabetes Prevention program and purchase of related equipment
Southington Community Cultural Arts - $2,750
Apple & Arts Sponsorship to benefit Southington nonprofit organizations
Southington Community Cultural Arts - $105,900
Continuation of the All Access program for adults with disabilities
United Way of Southington - $48,098
Senior Transportation program
United Way of Southington - $1,000
Liberty Bank Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit Southington
Wheeler Clinic - $80,000
Southington Health Outreach Project
Grants from the Burlington Community Fund - $4,850
Burlington Food Pantry - $500
Purchase containers and food cart
Burlington Land Trust - $1,000
Installation of well at Whigville Grange
Burlington Senior Citizens Commission - $1,850
Senior Center Technology Initiative
Burlington Community Fund - $1,500
James R. Parker Trust - $350
Make A Mark Region 10 Enrichment Fund - $500
Johnny Cake Music Festival sponsorship
Veterans Strong Community Center - $1,000
Mission Outreach - Burlington
Grants from Make A Mark Region 10 Enrichment Fund - $6,235
Regional School District 10
Lewis S. Mills High School - $250
Adam Ezra group concert and discussion
Har-Bur Middle School - $250
World Finals CT Odyssey of the Mind
Harwinton Consolidated School - $250
National Invention Convention
Lewis S. Mills High School - $600
Developing Appreciation of World Cuisine
Lewis S. Mills High School - $850
Empowerment Group project
Har-Bur Middle School - $453
Active Classroom Equipment
Harwinton Consolidated School - $360
Coding with Ozobot Robots
Lewis S. Mills High School - $250
Humanitarian Club and Leo Club meal packing
Harwinton Consolidated/Lake Garda Elementary - $582
El Mundo Hispano
Lewis S. Mills High School - $500
Drama Club
Harwinton Consolidated - $600
Improving Executive Functioning through Imagineering
Lewis S. Mills High School - $490
Soiree Francophone: An evening of French Immersion
Har-Bur Middle School - $500
Shine your light on reading
Har-Bur Middle School - $300
Har-Bur Book Club
Grants from the Men & Boys’ Fund - $6,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $1,500
Passport to Manhood program
Bristol Youth Services - $2,000
Skills to Pay the Bills program for teenage boys
Environmental Learning Centers of CT - $500
Summer camperships for low-income boys
Parent & Child Center at Bristol Hospital - $2,000
Full Circle program for fathers
Grants from the Plainville Community Fund - $10,000
Imagine Nation, a Museum Early Learning Center - $1,000
Plainville Day – free admission
New Britain Museum of American Art - $1,000
Student Art Show and Reception
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $1,000
Holiday basket program
Plainville Community Schools - $2,500
Go Kid Go program
Plainville Wind Ensemble - $1,500
Veteran's Day Concert
Prudence Crandall Center - $1,000
Domestic & Teen Dating Violence Prevention in Plainville schools
Louis Toffolon Elementary School PTO - $1,000
Science Day with CT Science Center
Wheeler Regional Family YMCA - $1,000
Senior Water Fitness Class
Grants from the Women & Girls’ Fund - $55,227
Bristol Family Resource Centers - $3,300
Best SELF: Self Image & Esteem, Leadership and preparing for the Future
Women & Girls’ Fund - $1,630
Barbara Hackman Franklin Fund for Women - $1,670
Bristol Youth Services - $2,495
Skills to Pay the Bills program for teenage girls
Women & Girls’ Fund - $1,988
City of Bristol Treasurer’s Fund for Financial Awareness - $507
Community Counseling Centers of Central Connecticut - $2,400
Self: A Workshop to Improve Esteem for young women
Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington - $2,500
Reducing the Stress of Childcare Providers program
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut - $2,500
Camperships for girls
For Goodness Sake - $4,052
Sweet Dreams program which provides new mattress and bedding sets
Girl Scouts of Connecticut - $3,000
2019 summer camperships
Girls Inc. of Western Connecticut - $2,630
Changing the Conversation after school program at Tyrrell Middle School in Wolcott
Jane Doe No More - $2,000
Safe Student Initiative and Escape Alive Survival Skills Self-Defense programs at St. Paul Catholic High School in Bristol
John J. Driscoll United Labor Agency - $5,000
Building Pathways CT, individual supports for women training for a career in the Building Trades
Women & Girls’ Fund - $3,450
Wally Barnes Fund for Community Leadership Initiatives - $1,040
John & Gloria DiFrancesco Fund for Women and Girls - $510
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut - $3,700
Family Sustainability through Literacy Plus, a program to increase reading, writing, math and financial literacy for women and their children
Women & Girls’ Fund - $2,200
City of Bristol Treasurer’s Fund for Financial Awareness - $1,500
Oak Hill – Chapter 126 - $4,050
One-on-one fitness training for women with disabilities or health challenges
Plymouth Community Food Pantry - $1,250
Purchase supplies for Diaper Bank
Rushford Center - $4,500
Building Resiliency through Alternative Therapies program, which provides women in outpatient treatment programs with therapies such as yoga and meditation
Shepard Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center - $1,800
Equine Assisted Activities & Therapies for women and girls
Southington Middle School Athletic Association - $2,000
Support a middle school girls’ sports program
St. Casimir Rosary Society - $800
Replacement mixers for the preparation of food for fundraisers
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol - $5,000
Housing support for women and girls
The Children's Law Center, Inc. - $2,250
Legal representation for female children in family court
Grants from Designated Funds/Agency Endowments/Field of Interest - $ 215,678
American Clock & Watch Museum - $7,980
American Clock & Watch Museum, Inc. Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $2,000
Charles Kushlan Memorial Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $4,340
Sky Bight Foundation Fund for the Bristol Boys & Girls Club
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $1,210
Edward Ingraham Fund
Bristol College Navigator Program - $500
Kalt Moreau Family Fund – “Ready Set Go!”
Bristol Education Foundation - $720
Bob and Carol Messier Family Fund
Bristol Family Resource Centers - $310
Mama Sandy Caggiano Fund
Bristol Hospital Development Foundation - $7,950
Bristol Hospital Development Foundation Fund
Burlington Historical Society - $460
Burlington Historical Society Fund
Burlington Library - $820
Burlington Library Association Fund
City of Bristol/Fire Department - $1,220
Hap Barnes Fire Safety Trailer Fund
City of Bristol/Bristol Public Libraries- $4,130
Bristol Libraries Fund
City of Bristol/Bristol Public Library- $27,731
Samuel Goodsell Library Fund
City of Bristol/Manross Memorial Library- $19,532
Manross Memorial Library Fund
City of Bristol/Parks and Recreation- $23,670
Samuel Goodsell Park & Playground Fund
City of Bristol/Parks and Recreation, Summer Concert Series - $250
Margaret Haberman Memorial Fund for Music
Connecticut Historical Society - $400
Connecticut Quilt Registry Legacy Fund
Environmental Learning Centers of CT., Inc. - $8,330
Environmental Learning Centers of CT, Inc. Fund
Environmental Learning Centers of CT., Inc. - $310
Estela Wilderness Education Fund
Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health, Healthy Family FunFest - $650
Calvanese Foundation Green & White Fund for Behavioral Health
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association - $760
Tyler James Gingery Memorial Fund
Immanuel Lutheran School - $740
Immanuel Lutheran Alumni Tuition Assistance Fund
Men & Boys’ Field of Interest Fund - $1,000
Women & Girls’ Field of Interest Fund
Men & Boys’ Immediate Response Fund - $2,000
Men & Boys’ Field of Interest Fund
Music Lessons for Bristol Students in Need - $1,235
Dan Cistulli Memorial Music Fund
New England Carousel Museum (Fire Museum) - $4,070
Hap Barnes Fund for Fire Safety and Prevention
Plymouth Board of Education, materials for vocational training and robotics - $640
Plymouth Century Club Fund
Plymouth Library Association - $830
Plymouth Library Association Fund
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs - $5,420
Bradley Henry Barnes Fund for the Southington Community YMCA
St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church - $11,490
St. Andrew Mission Endowment Fund
Town of Plymouth Parks & Recreation - $1,009
Oasis Fund
Tunxis Community College Foundation - $29,090
Bristol Career Center of Tunxis Community College Endowment Fund
Bristol Career Center of Tunxis Community College Endowment Fund II
Tunxis Community College Fund
Tunxis Community College II Fund
Turn the Towns Teal - $250
Bristol Talks Teal Fund
United Way of West Central Connecticut - $7,900
United Way of West Central Connecticut Fund
West Cemetery Association - $17,120
Carlyle F. Barnes Memorial Chapel Trust
Wheeler Clinic - $7,970
Wheeler Clinic/Dennis Keenan Fund
Women & Girls’ Immediate Response Fund - $5,770
Women & Girls’ Field of Interest Fund
Grants from Donor Advised Funds Supported the Following Organizations and Charitable Interests - $321,290
Boys & Girls’ Club of Bristol
Bristol Adult Resource Center
Bristol Board of Education/Bristol Early Childhood Center
Bristol Board of Education/field trips
Bristol Historical Society
Bristol Hospital Development Foundation
Bristol Sports Hall of Fame
Bristol Technical Education Center PFO
Burlington Community Fund
The Bushnell
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding
Connecticut Forum`
Connecticut Public Broadcasting
Dean College
John & Gloria DiFranceso Fund for Women and Girls at Main Street Community Foundation
Environmental Learning Centers of CT
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
First Congregational Church United Church of Christ
Greater Hartford Arts Council
Haiti Medical Fund at Main Street Community Foundation
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Hill-Stead Museum
Hotchkiss School
Imagine Nation, a Museum Early Learning Center
Dave Lepore Journalism Scholarship Fund at Main Street Community Foundation
Main Street Community Foundation
The Masters School
Men & Boys’ Fund at Main Street Community Foundation
National Conference for Community and Justice
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs
St. Francis de Sales Church
St. Paul Catholic High School
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol
Trustees of Deerfield Academy
United Way of West Central Connecticut
UCONN School of Business
World Affairs Council of CT
Women & Girls’ Fund at Main Street Community Foundation
Valley Community Baptist Church
Immediate Response Fund Grants - $17,565
Bristol Board of Education Immediate Response Fund
Karen DuCotey Fund for Kids
Leading Ladies Immediate Response Fund
Main Street Children’s Fund
Men & Boys’ Immediate Response Fund
Jean Sorey Fund for Single Parent Families
The Werner Family Fund
Women & Girls’ Immediate Response Fund
Administrative Endowment Fund Grants - $32,280
Main Street Community Foundation - $32,280
Barnes Group 150th Anniversary Fund
Main Street Community Foundation Endowment Fund
Dave & Edith Scarritt Fund
Yarde Metals Community Support Fund
Scholarship Grants - $200,515
Grants from the Douglas Roland Aid for the Trades Scholarship - $6,590
Bristol Technical Education Center - $3,295
Scholarships for post graduates in certificate trade program of less than 2 years
Tunxis Community College Foundation - $3,295
Scholarships for post graduates in Allied Health program of less than 2 years
