Community Match Fund
Funding Amount
Up to $6,000 matching grant (dollar-for-dollar match)
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Community Match Fund
Overview: Sustainable CT's innovative Community Match Fund is a crowdfunding grant-matching program that provides fast, flexible funding and support to implement sustainability projects in Connecticut.
- Match Structure: Dollar-for-dollar matching up to $6,000
- Application Process: No traditional grant application, no deadlines, no lengthy review period
- Reporting: Minimal reporting requirements (post-implementation survey and photos)
- Geographic Scope: Sustainable CT registered towns in Connecticut
Key Features
- Projects must provide free and public benefit
- Projects must align with Sustainable CT's action roadmap
- Projects must take place in a Sustainable CT registered town
- Project leaders can be: individual residents, nonprofits, community groups, municipalities, schools, libraries, or other organizations
Eligibility Requirements
Funding Focus Areas
The Environmental Fund: Supports projects related to environmental sustainability and/or climate change, including:
The Vibrant Communities Fund: Supports projects that create accessible, vibrant, inclusive, and thriving communities, including:
The Social Change Amplifier Fund: Supports projects led by Black, Latinx, Multiracial, Indigenous and other People of Color community organizers and organizations. All projects eligible in other CMF categories can apply to this fund.
- Hampshire Foundation
- Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
- Connecticut Green Bank
- Supporting Organizing Work CT
Supporters
The Community Match Fund is generously supported by:Contact Information
Email: [email protected]How to Apply
Community Match Fund Application Process
1. Initial Outreach: Project leaders email Sustainable CT at [email protected] with their project idea that provides a free public benefit, takes place in a Sustainable CT registered community, and aligns with the action roadmap
2. Initial Meeting: Sustainable CT staff and project leaders discuss:
- The project concept
- The Community Match Fund process
- Sustainable CT's eligibility criteria
- Project readiness requirements
3. Project Approval: If the project is eligible and project readiness requirements are met and approved, the project leader is connected with a Patronicity crowdfunding coach
4. Crowdfunding Campaign: Project leader builds their campaign page with crowdfunding coach support, then launches a 30-to-60-day crowdfunding campaign on the Patronicity platform
5. Campaign Approval: Project leader's campaign page receives final approval from the Sustainable CT Team before launch
6. Matching Grant & Implementation: Once the crowdfunding campaign reaches its goal, Sustainable CT matches funds raised, $1-for-$1, up to $6,000. Patronicity disperses both the crowdfunded dollars and Sustainable CT matching grant so project implementation can begin
7. Post-Implementation Reporting: Project leaders complete a survey after project implementation and post photos of the completed project to their campaign page
- Review Community Match Fund Eligibility Requirements and Project Readiness Criteria
- Projects must be in a Sustainable CT registered town
- Projects must provide free public benefit
- Projects must align with Sustainable CT's action roadmap
Required Materials & Eligibility
Questions on Eligibility
Email [email protected] for questions on project eligibility or to get the process startedFocus Areas & Funding Uses
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