2021 Grants
In 2021 the Community Chest awarded over $265,000.00 in grants to the community
Thank you for your support!
$15,000.00 to the Boys and Girls Club of New Britain for operating support for the Teen Center
$15,000.00 to CCARC for operating support of “Something Beautiful” – a gift shop providing employment to individuals with intellectual disabilities
$5,000.00 to the Center for Children’s Advocacy for the New Britain Medical-Legal Partnership Project
$15,000.000 to Children’s Law Center of CT for Legal Representation and Families in Transition (FIT) programs
$15,000.00 Chrysalis Center for case management services to individuals in the Community Supportive Housing program
$12,000.00 to CMHA for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training for Clinicians
$10,000 to Columbus House to support case management services at the Jefferson, a supportive housing facility in New Britain
$6,500.00 to CT Storytelling Center for the “Start with Stories” program in New Britain elementary schools
$15,000.00 to Friendship Service Center for the emergency shelter and community kitchen
$3,000.00 to Gilead Community Services for General operating support for the Farrell Treatment Center, a residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment center in NB
$7,500.00 to Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc. to maintain and enhance the Education component of the long-term, comprehensive, result-based teen pregnancy prevention program
$10,000.00 to Junior Achievement of Southwest New England for the Pathways to Careers program
$15,000.00 to Klingberg Family Centers for the Extended Day Treatment Program
$10,000.00 to Literacy Volunteers of Central CT to support their mission to help adults and families improve their lives through English literacy
$15,000.00 to the Mayor’s Workplan to End Homelessness to support the fresh-start and bus-pass projects
$15,000.00 to New Britain ROOTS for the New Britain Mobile Farmers’ Market
$7,000.00 to New Britain Youth Museum to develop and install a children’s interactive learning exhibit, “Eating Healthy is Fun”
$10,000.00 to New Life II for the Unshakeable Man and Re-Entry program
$7,500.00 Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters to support the Community-Based Mentoring Program
$15,000.00 to Prudence Crandall Center to support their Emergency Shelter
$10,000.00 Salvation Army for the Pathways of Hopes Initiative
$7,500.00 to Senior Transportation Services to support transportation options to elderly residents of our community who cannot transport themselves
$2,500.00 to Special Olympics CT for Special Olympics Mid-State, serving New Britain, Berlin and Plainville
$15,000.00 to Veterans Inc. to support increased hours for the Residential Counselor at their transitional housing program on Arch Street
$650.00 to New Britain Little League for the 2021 Season
$300.00 to Wreaths Across America for the 2021 Pasta Fundraiser
$500.00 to Berlin High School Band Parent’s Association to support 2021 BHS Band Events