Additional Grant Opportunities
Responsive Grants
We are deeply concerned for those who are targeted by White Supremacist, sexist, xenophobic, and homophobic actions and language. As an organization, we aspire to meet hatred with love and action, divisiveness with community-building and inclusion, and ignorance with education and support. As communities in Connecticut continue to organize to oppose racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, and other systems of oppression unleashed by the outgoing President for the last four years, we want to offer support.
In response, the Memorial Fund is offering immediate support to communities in Connecticut responding to current and emerging threats, trauma and/or harassment related to these manifestations of hate and bias and oppression.
We invite you to apply for funding and/or meeting space to give immediate, urgent support to these communities. This support could include gatherings, nonviolent direct action, crisis response or therapeutic support that address the physical, social, emotional wellbeing and safety being threatened.
Please use the Online Application to submit your request for support. It is our intent to move funds as quickly as possible to meet the needs in the community.
You are not alone; we are with you. More than ever, we are committed to our mission of creating equity by working with people affected and inspiring all to end racism and poverty.
Director’s Discretionary Fund
The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund is fortunate to be able to provide modest support for special community projects. Grants of up to $5,000 are made at the discretion of the executive director, and grants of up to $10,000 are made at the discretion of the lead trustee and the executive director.
To apply, please click HERE.
Although the discretionary grants are not restricted by the guidelines of our strategic requests for proposal processes, please pay attention to our mission and strategic approaches in order to know what we will likely find worth funding outside of our current grant options.
Racial Equity Training and Support Grant
The Racial Equity Training and Support Grant provides up to $10,000 for groups interested in either engaging in a training about structural racism, creating spaces for racial affinity groups, or seeking to build upon a previous racial equity training.
Before you begin to fill out the online application:
Have your organization’s or fiscal sponsor’s 501(c)3 information available
Tax ID number
Electronic IRS Letter of Determination (to be uploaded)
Have budget information available
Total budget for training
Request Amount for the Memorial Fund
Other Funding Sources
Projected Expenses (This should correspond to the total project budget)
Review a full application
Find the Budget Form here
Find the Vetted List of Providers here
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE GRANTS ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD