This fund was established by Carol Denehy as part of a special match opportunity at Main Street Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. Her generous donation was matched with a grant from the Money in Motion Fund at MSCF.
Grants from this unrestricted community fund will support the emerging and changing needs of the communities served by the Foundation.
Transferred to the Community Foundation from Terryville High School in 2003, this fund provides assistance to a senior planning to attend college who is interested in pursuing a career in education.
The Carousel Museum established this agency endowment fund to provide ongoing support for the organization. The Carousel Museum is a nonprofit organization in Bristol, CT that preserves and exhibits antique and modern carousel art, and celebrates dedicated craftsmen, to inspire creativity, joy, and wonder.
Transferred to the Foundation in 2006, the Award was originally established in 1977 by David Kushlan, the nephew of Charles, to honor and carry on his humanitarian efforts in the Bristol community. This fund provides an annual award to the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol Family Center Youth of the Year recipient. This award is said to be one of the oldest consecutively given awards in the City of Bristol.
This fund was established by Michael Smith as part of a special match opportunity at Main Street Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. His generous donation was matched with a grant from the Money in Motion Fund at MSCF.
Grants from this unrestricted community fund will support the emerging and changing needs of the communities served by the Foundation.
Gayle Kall established this designated fund in 2022 in honor of her sister Charlotte Kall. This fund will provide support to Bristol Adult Resource Center, Inc. (BARC) of Bristol, CT, an organization that provides services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Grants will be distributed to BARC in support of the organization’s residential services with preference for social and recreational programs including music enrichment activities.
This fund was established in 2007 by the Main Street Community Foundation Board of Directors to honor Cheryl for her eleven years of service to the Foundation. Cheryl served as the Foundation's first Executive Director from 1996 to 2004 and its founding President and CEO from 2004 to July 2007. This permanent fund will support a variety of community-based projects in the Foundation’s service area, with preference given to the ongoing administrative support of the Foundation.
Established in 2006 through a bequest from the estate of Christian Arndt to support scholarships for Terryville High School students who show academic promise, particularly in the area of science. Born in Germany in 1953, Christian and his family lived for many years in Terryville, where he pursued a wide variety of interests and went on to pursue a successful engineering career.
Established by local physicians Armann Ciccarelli and Valerie Vitale in 2001, this fund provides distributions in the fields of education, the environment and assistance to those in need in the City of Bristol.
This fund was established by Larry Chiucarello as part of a special match opportunity at Main Street Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. His generous donation was matched with a grant from the Money in Motion Fund at MSCF.
Grants from this unrestricted community fund will provide support for the ever-revolving and unexpected needs of the residents and nonprofit organizations within the communities served by the Foundation.
This fund was established in 2010 by Bristol residents Tony and Sondra Clement together with their children Jeff, Kristie and Kimberly. The fund will provide support to worthy charitable organizations with preference given to human services, education and sports-related programs in the communities served by the Foundation.
Created in 1976 by teachers at Bristol Eastern High School to honor the memory of Clement J. Roy, this fund was transferred to the Community Foundation in 2012. Clement was a former teacher and coach at Bristol Eastern High School, and this scholarship will provide assistance to a graduating high school senior from Bristol Eastern who has demonstrated high academic achievement as well as participation in the athletic/sports field and is pursing post-secondary education.
This scholarship fund was established in 2024 in memory of Philip “Randy” Doucette by his family. “Coach” as he was affectionately known, was highly accomplished with the Plainville High School (PHS) swim team where he earned the CIAC Connecticut Boys Swimming Coach of the Year in 2009, and was later inducted into the Plainville High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.
Established in early 2006 by Conn Acoustics President Peter LeBlanc to assist employees with post-secondary education costs for their dependents. Future funding for this award will be provided by both management and employees of Conn Acoustics, a private company that has provided interior design and construction work in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts for over 50 years.
Established by the Connecticut Quilt Search Project in 2002 to provide maintenance and upkeep of the extensive documentation forms, database, slides and all other items donated to the Connecticut Historical Society as a result of the Connecticut Quilt Search Project.
This designated fund was established to honor Carol Corliss and all the families she served during her 17 years as a Lead Parent Educator for Bristol Family Resource Centers (FRCs). She wanted to ensure that there would always be funds available to support families. FRC services are available to parents beginning at the birth of their child through eighth grade with the mission to create strong school-family-community partnerships to ensure children thrive. Families come from all income levels including many families living at or below the poverty level.
This fund was established by Dennis and Kathleen Crispino as part of a special match opportunity at Main Street Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. Their generous donation was matched with a grant from the Money in Motion Fund at MSCF.
Grants from this unrestricted community fund will support the emerging and changing needs of the communities served by the Foundation.
This fund was established by Bruce and Yanina Daigle as part of a special match opportunity at Main Street Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. Their generous donation was matched with a grant from the Money in Motion Fund at MSCF.
Grants from this unrestricted community fund will support the emerging and changing needs of the communities served by the Foundation.
This fund was established by Dan and Sally Daigle as part of a special match opportunity at Main Street Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. Their generous donation was matched with a grant from the Money in Motion Fund at MSCF.
Grants from this unrestricted community fund will support the emerging and changing needs of the communities served by the Foundation.
Established by the family of Dante Dominic Cistulli II (Dan) after his sudden passing in January 2004, this fund assists young people in Bristol with a love for music, who might need financial assistance with lessons and/or instruments.
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