Health & Human Services: Basic Human Needs

Overview

Welcome

Farmington Bank Community Foundation, which continues the 167 year legacy of the former Farmington Bank, provides financial support to non-profit organizations and community programs that help create opportunities for a better life by focusing on economic opportunities, health, and basic needs for the residents of sixteen communities in Central Connecticut.

Health & Human Services: Basic Needs

To provide a safety net for individuals and families who are traveling the path to self-sufficiency or are experiencing financial setbacks. To improve population health and conditions of daily living across all life stages. Priority will be given to organizations that:

* Provide short-term emergency assistance s including shelters, food pantries or household goods
* Support the prevention, reduction and eliminate the recurrence of child, elder or partner abuse.
* Promote access to quality preventative and routine healthcare, including screenings; to reduce health system inequities
* Improve access to healthy food and health-related income supports (such as SNAP, WIC, and HUSKY)
* Decrease homelessness

Basic Human Needs

The Foundation will consider requests requests for short-term emergency assistance including access to shelter, food, or other basic human needs.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Programs must primarily serve residents in one or more of the following towns of Hartford County CT:

* Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bristol, Burlington
* Canton, Farmington, Hartford, Newington, New Britain
* Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Southington
* West Hartford and Wethersfield

* Organizations must be tax exempt under IRS section 501(c)(3).
* Religious institutions are not eligible, except for non-sectarian activities that benefit the community at-large.

Ineligibility

* Endowment funds are not eligible. 
* Individuals are not eligible
* Before submitting a request, please review the list of ineligible activities and purposes. Regarding sponsorships: the Foundation will not accept requests for event sponsorships or other marketing initiatives, even if those events benefit a non-profit organization. A full list of activities and purposes which the Foundation will not fund are below.

* Animal causes
* Beauty contests
* Capital campaigns, annual appeals and operational fund raising campaigns.
* Debt reduction
* Disease specific organizations and activities
* Endowment Funds
* Feasibility studies
* Fundraisers including dinners, galas, golf tournaments, road races etc.
* Individuals
* Individual schools in a public school system
* Medical equipment, patient treatment funds, etc.
* Municipal entities
* Traditional Nursery Schools
* Organizations that discriminate service based on race, religion, etc.
* Organizations serving a limited constituency
* PAC’s
* Parent Teacher Organizations or Associations
* Political, labor or fraternal organizations
* Private Foundations
* Private schools and colleges
* Private scholarships
* Public School Districts and Public Schools (including Charter & Magnet Schools)
* Theater, dance and music programs that focus primarily on the arts rather than youth development
* Religious organizations, unless supporting non-sectarian broad based community issues
* Sports, athletic events, or programs
* Student trips/tours(including transportation and conference costs)
* Television, radio, film, video, book productions
* Team sponsorships
* Third parties raising funds for a charity
* Yearbook Ads