Bolton Greater Together Community Fund Grant

Bolton Greater Together Community Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Greater Hartford Gives Foundation
Amount: Up to US $7,500
Last Updated: June 04, 2025

Summary

The Bolton Greater Together Community Fund, established by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, aims to enhance the quality of life for Bolton residents through targeted grants. Launched in 2019 with an initial investment of $100,000, the fund addresses community needs and encourages civic engagement. In 2024, it awarded $36,752.59 to support eleven local nonprofits, focusing on impactful projects that benefit a significant number of residents and address unmet needs.

Overview

Nearly 100 years ago, two bankers, Maynard T. Hazen and Clark T. Durant, had a vision: establish a community-wide charitable endowment that would accept “gifts, devises, and bequests” to serve as a trustworthy, steadfast and responsive charitable resource to the community, forever. Since then, that single bequest of $1,000 has grown into charitable assets totaling more than $1.2 billion (as of December 2024). Today, the Hartford Foundation For Public Giving is: A grant maker that awarded more than $1 billion in grants (as of December 2024). A community leader that serves 800,000 residents and hundreds of nonprofits in 29 towns. Most importantly, an institution that remains committed to our original cause of improving the well-being and quality of life for residents throughout the region. As Greater Hartford’s community foundation, we are a public, grantmaking organization bringing together dedicated individuals, businesses and nonprofits to understand local challenges, share information and put resources behind solutions that can improve the quality of life for those both in our region and across the state of Connecticut. As our mission, we are putting philanthropy into action to create lasting solutions that result in vibrant communities within the Greater Hartford region. WE ARE GREATER HARTFORD'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION We serve 29 towns, nearly 800,000 residents, hundreds of nonprofits, and a network of philanthropists with more than 1,500 funds. We bring together the people, knowledge, investments and passion to make Greater Hartford a more inclusive and equitable place to live, work and raise a family. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is dedicated to the Greater Hartford region, serving all 29 towns and we'll continue to work to improve the quality of life in Greater Hartford, for the next 100 years and beyond. Our Outcome Areas We are working through partnerships to remove persistent disparities in our region where we know them to be most pronounced. We have identified five outcome areas for our work. Each of these outcome areas focuses on the people and places facing the greatest disparities: Arts and CultureBasic Human NeedsCivic and Resident EngagementEmployment OpportunitiesThriving Neighborhoods In addressing the disparities in our region, we are committed to dismantling structural racism and advancing equity in social and economic mobility in Greater Hartford's Black and Latino communities. Bolton Greater Together Community Fund In 2019, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving established the Greater Together Community Funds in each of the 29 towns it serves, including the Town of  Bolton, with an initial investment of $100,000. In 2025, the Foundation added $50,000 to the Fund to continue to support community needs. The purpose of the Greater Together Community Fund is to: support the community in taking ownership around the needs in their towns, encourage broad and inclusive civic engagement and anchor the Hartford Foundation in each town. In 2024, the Bolton Greater Together Community Fund awarded $36,752.59 in grants to eleven local nonprofits. This is the fourth round of funding for initiatives that strive toward the betterment of Bolton and its residents. The Bolton Greater Together Community Fund provides grants for nonprofit organizations whose projects meet the following criteria: Provide a beneficial impact to a sizable group of Bolton residentsAddress needs that can't be funded through normal meansOffer a likelihood of success, based on the plan designProvide ongoing benefit / impact to town residents

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Funding must benefit residents of BoltonNonprofits must have a 501(c)3 designation or be fiscally sponsoredIndividuals may apply if partnered with a fiscal sponsorFiscal sponsors can include organizations with a 501(c)3 designation or municipalities (e.g., the Town of Bolton)Religious organizations are eligible if seeking support for non-religious purposes