Deadline: 12-Oct-23
The American Savings Foundation has announced the Community Grants to respond local community needs throughout the 64 towns they serve.
The American Savings Foundation, based in Connecticut, is dedicated to strengthening the community by supporting education, human services, and the arts, with a special emphasis on the needs of children, youth and families, through grants to community organizations and college scholarships.
Funding Information
- The Foundation considers requests for up to $5,000 in the areas of education, human services, and arts and culture.
What they Fund?
- Grants are primarily awarded for direct service and should not include capital purchases such as computers or space renovations. Select requests for essential capital equipment may be considered – call the Foundation before submitting any capital request.
- This program is designed to provide meaningful support as a percentage of the specific budget for which funds are requested. Requests for funding should not represent the lead or primary funding source for the program or project.
- Grants range from $250 to $5,000. Awards may be made for less than the amount requested.
- Renewals are never automatic. If awarded for three consecutive years, the agency may not reapply for a period of one year.
- Only one request for a specific program or project will be considered from any agency in a calendar year.
- An agency may only receive one community grant within a calendar year.
- Agencies that have been awarded a program grant or after school grant are not eligible.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to apply:
- Organization must be tax exempt under IRS section 501(c)(3).
Ineligible for funding:
With very few exceptions, they do not fund:
- General operating support or unrestricted grants
- Primary or secondary schools — public, private independent or parochial — or colleges and universities
- Funding to replace municipal, state or federal funding, or direct funding to municipal organizations.
- Political advocacy and lobbying
- Religious institutions, except for non-sectarian activities that benefit the community at-large
- Individuals
- Annual campaigns
- Endowment funds
- Travel (e.g. sports teams, field trips)
- Animal welfare organizations
- Disease-specific research or other specific
- Environmental conservation, land trust, or other related causes
- Event sponsorships
- Private Foundations
- Event sponsorships – while they will consider support for an artistic organization’s full performance season, they generally do not provide funding for a single event. They also do not support fund-raising events (golf tournaments, galas) or anniversary events. Rare exceptions may include a youth concert or science event that is programmatic in nature, incorporating meaningful learning elements both before and after the event.
For more information visit Community Grants.