August brought together friends, campers, and partners together to celebrate our community! We celebrated the legacy of our dear friend Q Williams with special grants from the Q Fund, enjoyed a video reel in celebration of the M. Jones Family Fund camp grants, had a special visit with Cultivating Justice in Middletown, and so much more! Read on for more wonderful examples of your support Helping Good People Do Great Things! Click here to read our August Newsletter.
The CFMC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that $220,087 was awarded to 52 nonprofits through our spring grants cycle. We are honored to support remarkable nonprofits helping our friends and neighbors access services many of us take for granted, such as food, shelter, and other essentials, as well as enrichment programs for individuals of all ages. CFMC is grateful to the many generous donors who have established Funds specifically for grant making. We are thankful to our funding partners, too. Together, we are able to support the boots on the ground in our community and ‘Help Good People…
A Buddy Bench is a special place – far more than just a bench – where friends and neighbors can take a few moments to sit, relax, and enjoy a conversation. It has the power to connect people of all ages and experiences. So where did the idea of a Buddy Bench come from? In 2009 CFMC’s Council of Business Partners, in partnership with the Interfaith Golf Tournament and Rushford Prevention Services, established the No Bully Zone Program and later expanded it to the Campaign for Bully-Free Communities. Then in 2017, a new partner joined the Campaign, Rushford’s Residential Treatment…
New Fund Established to Expand Support for Student Enrichment Programs The Community Foundation of Middlesex County (CFMC) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Essex Elementary School Student Enrichment Fund at CFMC to carry on the work of the Essex Elementary School Foundation (EESF). Since its inception in 1996, the all-volunteer EESF group has worked with the administration and staff at Essex Elementary School to support supplemental enrichment programs that would not otherwise be available through traditional funding from the school system budget. After much discussion and consideration, the EESF board of directors made the decision at their September…
Thank You for supporting the annual Since 2004, Liberty Bank Foundation, partnering with Rotary Clubs across Connecticut, have raised over $4 million to ensure all families in our community can enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you for helping your local Rotary Club share the generosity of a thanksgiving dinner with your community – and helping your local Rotary Club take advantage of Liberty Bank’s generous match campaign. The 2024 Liberty Bank Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive campaign drive is now closed. The Community Foundation of Middlesex County is honored to join this incredible partnership and support our region this holiday…
The CFMC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that $184,979.00 in grants were awarded to 35 organizations through the Spring 2024 application cycle. Our amazing nonprofits certainly inspire us, and we thank them for their dedication and the extraordinary work they do. We are also inspired by the passion and commitment of all our neighbors, friends, and donors in Middlesex County who are giving back to their local community in ways that matter to them. Below is a full list of the grantees. Please join our Board and staff with A Round of Applause for all of them! To…
