Consultant Support Grant Program

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven offers the Consultant Support Grant Program to enhance organizational capacity in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Nonprofits in the Foundation's twenty-town service area can receive up to $2,000 for consultancy services. This short-term support fosters collaboration and equity within organizations, allowing for workshops and training. Eligible organizations can only apply once in a 12-month period, ensuring broad access to resources for community enhancement.

Overview
For more than three generations, thousands of donors have built our community endowment by establishing permanent funds or making gifts to existing funds that distribute grants to a broad variety of issues and organizations. These donors, past and present, make their gifts to ensure that programs and causes that matter most to them will be supported today and forever.
The Community Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States and remains the largest grantmaker in a twenty-town region located in the heart of central Connecticut. The Community Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization, and as such is exempt from federal income tax; donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Mission: To inspire, support, inform, listen to and collaborate with the people and organizations of Greater New Haven to build an ever more connected, inclusive, equitable and philanthropic community.
Vision: A community of expanding opportunity in which all people share a sense of common destiny and have the support and connections needed to build successful lives.
From time to time, a nonprofit Executive Director, senior staff member or Board member needs a thought partner or coach to work through a challenge or explore an opportunity. The Consultant Support Program can provide funding for a consultant to work a limited number of hours plus ancillary expenses (not to exceed $2,000 total).
The Consultant Support Program can be used to engage a consultant to work with your staff, board and/or volunteers around creating equity within your organization. For example, you can use the support to have a series of meetings or workshops; explore internal and external hiring and personnel policies and processes; or to attend trainings as a team.
For DE&I work, the funded project may be part of a larger project with a total budget which may exceed $5,000.

Eligibility

Nonprofit organizations serving The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s twenty-town service area, including the five towns served by the Valley Community Foundation.You must provide services within our 20 town area:Ansonia
Orange
WoodbridgeCan be a fully-funded project (up to $2,000) or used to supplement other funds as part of a larger project with a total budget not to exceed $5,000.Applicants may choose from a vetted list of consultants or engage their own consultant.Organizations may receive funding from this program one time in 12 months.Award will not impact eligibility for any other grant process offered by either Foundation.Acceptable Expenses:assessment tools
financial management
participant hospitality/meeting facilitation and expensesprinting and handout materials

Ineligibility

Staff time (hourly or salaried) and administrative expenses associated with the project cannot be included in the budget.Projects that do not generally receive consideration:religious activities
previously incurred debts
funding deficitsIndividuals are not eligible for grants.