The Jane Lloyd Fund Grant

The Jane Lloyd Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: November 11, 2025

Summary

The Jane Lloyd Fund, established by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, supports cancer patients and their families facing financial challenges in Connecticut towns like Canaan and Cornwall. Since 1987, it has provided assistance for essential living expenses, including medical transportation and housing, ensuring that patients can heal in a supportive environment. This initiative honors the kindness shown to Jane Lloyd during her time of need, fostering community well-being and compassion.

Overview

Note: Please be in touch with the social worker in your town, social service agent, clergy or town supervisor, who can submit an application on your behalf. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Since 1987, we have strengthened communities through philanthropy and leadership. We channel generosity where it is needed, bringing together resources and passion to tackle our region’s most pressing issues and create lasting change. The Region We Serve Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation serves Berkshire, Columbia, northeast Dutchess and northwest Litchfield counties. This unique area where New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts meet contains 2,200 square miles of natural beauty and small-town charm that is home to nearly 230,000 people. The Jane Lloyd Fund The Jane Lloyd Fund was established at Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation to benefit cancer patients and their families with financial need who reside or work in the Connecticut towns of Canaan, Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, Salisbury and Sharon. The Jane Lloyd Fund supports patients’ day-to-day living expenses. These may include the costs of medical transportation, housing, food, utilities and other associated expenses that help the patient heal in a supportive environment or depart this life comfortably with friends and family. The Fund was founded by Jane Lloyd’s family with the help of Erin Selby, Tracie Shannon and Tanya Tedder. They wanted to respond to the generosity of community members who helped Jane when she was in need, so that others in the community might experience the same sense of well-being in their own time of great sadness and need.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Social service agencies (or clergy, town supervisor, etc.) on behalf of cancer patients and their families with financial need who reside or work in the Connecticut towns of Canaan(Falls Village), Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon.