Health & Human Services: Basic Human Needs

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