Apply for a Grant
Connecticut Community Foundation uses an online system (GOapply) for grant application and reporting. If you have not yet already registered a GOapply account, you must do so to apply for grant funding. Initial registration requires approval and may take up to two business days. Please register with ample time to prepare and submit your application. The following resources provide additional details and instructions to help you register and get started in the Foundation’s grant portal:
Grant Applications and Deadlines
See the GRANTS OVERVIEW PAGE for the schedule of funding opportunities.
Most grant areas will use our GENERAL GRANT APPLICATION and request that the grant area be specified during the application process.
Contact Our Program Staff
Please contact us with questions about your grant proposal or our grant application process.
- Josh Carey, Director of Grants Management: Arts and Culture; Building Equitable Opportunity; Pride in the Hills Fund; Southbury Community Trust Fund; scholarships.
- Francesca Evangelista, Program Officer: Pathways for Older Adults; Health and Environmental Justice (Including Herbst Eye Research Fund); Saunders Fund for the Sick and Infirm of Naugatuck.
- Josh Feliciano, Program Assistant: General information on grant requirements; technical support with applications and reporting; overall administrative support for program team.
- Patrick McKenna, Senior Program Officer: Organizational capacity building initiatives; Strengthening Nonprofits grants; Grassroots Leadership; Ion Bank Foundation; Women’s Fund; Whittemore Travel Scholarship.
- Yadira Perez, Director BRASS Program: Director of older adults program, BRASS, in Waterbury.
- Tallitha Richardson, Scholarship & Collective Giving Program Officer: Scholarship information; general information about the Foundation’s Giving Circles.