Recent Grantees

2025

Abilities Without Boundaries $5,000
Beat The Street Community Center $26,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of CT $3,000
CT Foodshare $6,000
Friends of the Meriden Public Library $4,000
In a Heartbeat, Inc. $12,000
John J. Nerdon R.T.C. Camp $12,000
Masters Manna $10,000
Meriden Farmers Market $3,000
Social Sabby $3,000
The Cove Center for Grieving Children $3,000
TriCircle $4,000
Women and Families Center $12,000

2024

Abilities Without Boundaries $5,000
American Association of University Women $5,000
Birthright of Greater Meriden $4,000
Easterseals Greater Waterbury $3,500
Friends of the Meriden Public Library $4,000
Girls Inc. of Central CT $21,600
In a Heartbeat $12,000
Junior Achievement of SW New England $1,300
Meriden Farmers Market $3,000
Social Sabby Sponsorships, Inc. $3,500
The Renaissance Club $5,000
Women and Families Center $10,000
American Cancer Society $4,000
Arts & Crafts Association $15,000
Council of Neighborhoods $750
Franciscan Life Center $3,000
GUS Robotics $9,250
Kuhn Employment $5,000
Meriden-Berlin New Britain $5,000
MidState ARC $9,400
Summer Campership Program $12,500
QRWA $20,000
Almira Stephan Memorial Playhouse Inc. $4,000
Boys & Girls Club of Meriden $30,000
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation $5,000
Literacy Volunteers $7,000
Middlesex Community College Foundation $2,400
MidState Medical Center $4,200
The Hometown Foundation $6,000
United Way of Meriden & Wallingford $27,500
Wallingford Family YMCA $10,000

2023

Beat the Street Community Center, Inc. $25,000
Covenant to Care for Children, Inc. $4,000
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation $5,000
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven, Inc. $7,000
Meriden New Britain and BerlinYMCA $100,000
Meriden Historical Society $5,000
TriCircle $4,000
American Cancer Society $3,000
Boys and Girls Club of Meriden $25,000
Council of Neighborhoods $500
CT Jumpstart Coalition for Financial Literacy $1,000
Franciscan Life Center $2,500
Gaylord Hospital/Gaylord Specialty Healthcare $69,000
GUS Robotics Team $6,000
Kuhn Employment Opportunities $2,300
Middlesex Community College Foundation $2,500
MidState Medical Center $2,500 Matching Grant
New Opportunities $2,500
South Meriden Festivals $5,000
Summer Campership for Meriden and Wallingford $12,500
The Hometown Foundation $5,000
Abilities Without Boundaries $5,000
American Association of University Women $5,000
Easterseals Greater Waterbury $5,000
Friends of the Meriden Public Library $4,000
In A Heartbeat, Inc. $20,000
Meriden Farmer's Market $3,000
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters $3,000
United Way of Meriden and Wallingford $25,000
Women and Families Center $10,000

2022

MidState Arc $14,000
Women and Families Center $14,000
Girls Inc. $14,000
Master's Manna $14,000
Boys and Girls Club of Meriden $14,000
Meriden YMCA $14,000
Beat the Street Center $14,000
Horace Bushnell $5,000
Literacy Volunteers $2,800
Master's Manna $6,000
The Cove Center $5,000
TriCircle $4,000
American Cancer Society $3,000
Communidad Hispana de Wallingford, Inc. $5,000
Franciscan Life Center $2,000
Restore With The Arts $3,000
Social Sabby Sponsorships $4,000
South Meriden Festivals $5,000
Summer Campership for Meriden and Wallingford $10,000
The Hometown Foundation $5,000
AAUW $5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Meriden $30,000
Easterseals Greater Waterbury $5,000
FCC of Meriden d/b/a Olde Church Acoustic Series $4,500
Gaylord Hospital/Gaylord Specialty Healthcare $25,000
In A Heartbeat, Inc. $15,000
Meriden Farmers Market $3,000
Meriden Historical Society $35,000
Middlesex Community College Foundation $1,300
MidState Arc, Inc. $10,000
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters $3,000
The Cove for Grieving Children $3,000
The RiseUP Group, Inc. $4,000
United Way of Meriden and Wallingford $25,000
Women and Families Center $10,500

2021

AAUW $5,000
Birthright of Greater Meriden $4,000
Center Congregational Church - Dot's Place $5,000
Easterseals Greater Waterbury $5,000
In A Heartbeat, Inc. $12,000
Meriden Farmers Market $3,000
New Opportunities, Inc. $2,500
United Way of Meriden and Wallingford $25,000
Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust $3,250 Matching Grant
American Cancer Society $2,000
Arts and Crafts Assn. of Meriden dba Gallery 53 $20,000
Child Guidance Clinic for Central CT $15,000
Comunidad Hispana de Wallingford, Inc. $5,000
Franciscan Life Center $2,000
Girls Incorporated of Meriden $10,000
GUS Robotics Team Inc. $5,000
Kiltonic Post 72 American Legion $5,000
Meriden Little League $2,000
Meriden YMCA $5,000
Restore With The Arts, Inc. $2,000
Summer Campership for Meriden and Wallingford $10,000
The Hometown Foundation, Inc. $5,000
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation $3,000
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven $7,500
Meriden New Britain and Berlin YMCA $36,000
MidState Medical Center $10,000

2020

AAUW $5,000
Arts & Crafts Association of Meriden $13,000
Boys and Girls Club of Meriden $28,000
Center for Better Hearing $6,000
CT State Police Academy Association $5,000 Matching Grant
Festivals in Meriden DBA Meriden Daffodil Festival $7,500
In A Heartbeat, Inc. $15,000
Kuhn Employment Opportunities, Inc. $2,000
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven $5,000
Meriden Farmers Market $3,000
Middlesex Community College Foundation $1,500 Matching Grant
New Opportunities, Inc. $2,500
The Cove Center for Grieving Children $2,600
United Way of Meriden and Wallingford $25,000
American Cancer Society $2,000
Communidad Hispana de Wallingford, Inc. $3,000 Matching Grant
Council of Neighborhoods $500
Franciscan Life Center $2,000
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation $3,000 Matching Grant
Meriden Historical Society $5,000
Meriden YMCA Summer Youth Employment Program $5,000
South Meriden Festivals $2,000
Summer Campership for Meriden and Wallingford $10,000
Wallingford Family YMCA $2,500 Matching Grant
Arts and Crafts Assn. of Meriden (dba Gallery 53) $8,000
Beat the Street Community Center, Inc. $12,600
Boys and Girls Club of Meriden $20,000
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven 10,000
Middlesex Community College Foundation $3,000
MidState Arc, Inc. $11,400
Nutmeg Big Brothers and Big Sisters $3,000
American Association of University Women $5,000
Ed Walsh Little League $6,000
Gaylord Hospital/Gaylord Specialty Healthcare $75,000
In a Heartbeat $7,500
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven $5,000
Masters Manna, Inc. $5,000
Meriden Farmers Market $3,000
Meriden Project Graduation $2,000
Middlesex Community College $4,000
United Way of Meriden & Wallingford $25,000