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
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Grant Area |
Fall 2025 Deadline |
Spring 2026 Deadline |
Fall 2026 Deadline |
Program Officer | Next Application Opens |
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March 17, 2026 |
Josh Carey | Opens February 2, 2026 | |||
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Building Equitable Opportunity *IMPORTANT: |
September 8, 2025 |
TBD |
August 1, 2025 |
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Rolling deadline. September and November Funds Awarded within 6 weeks of meeting. |
Rolling deadline. March and June Funds Awarded within 6 weeks of meeting. |
Rolling deadline. September and November Funds Awarded within 6 weeks of meeting. |
Tallitha Richardson | OPEN |
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Health and Environmental Justice *IMPORTANT: |
September 8, 2025 |
TBD |
August 1, 2025 | ||
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*IMPORTANT: |
March 17, 2026 |
Francesca Evangelista | Opens February 2, 2026 | ||
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Rolling |
Rolling deadline. March and June Funds Awarded within 6 weeks of meeting. |
Rolling deadline. September and November Funds Awarded within 6 weeks of meeting. |
Patrick McKenna | OPEN | |
| SPECIAL FUNDS | |||||
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September 8, 2025 |
TBD |
Francesca Evangelista |
August 1, 2025 |
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March 17, 2026 |
Patrick McKenna | Opens February 2, 2026 | |||
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September 8, 2025 |
TBD | Josh Carey |
August 1, 2025 |
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March 17, 2026 |
Francesca Evangelista | Opens February 2, 2026 | |||
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September 8, 2025 |
TBD | Josh Carey |
August 1, 2025 |
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| TBD | TBD | ||||
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Rolling deadline. Funds awarded quarterly |
Rolling deadline. Funds awarded quarterly |
Rolling deadline. Funds awarded quarterly |
OPEN | ||
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March 17, 2026 |
Patrick McKenna | Opens February 2, 2026 | |||
| TBD | TBD | ||||
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.