COVID-19 Response and Recovery Grants
The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the world as we knew it. Schools shut down. Businesses shuttered. Events were cancelled.
Main Street Community Foundation (MSCF) responded by establishing the COVID-19 Response Fund in March of 2020. This Fund, together with other funds at MSCF, were used to help our local communities mobilize the necessary resources to support emerging needs in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott. MSCF also took on numerous leadership roles in those communities and continuously reached out to local organizations to listen to their concerns.
To date, over $1,000,000 in grants has been awarded to support COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. These were the most transformative grants that MSCF has ever awarded. An individual listing of these grants, from March of 2020 through December 31, 2021, is below:
Total Grants Awarded to Support COVID-19 Response and Recovery Efforts - $1,307,644
Rapid Response Grants totaling $13,850 have supported the following nonprofits meeting basic needs of local residents:
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol
Bread for Life
Brian’s Angels
Friends of Southington Community Services
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center
LISA, Inc. (Living in Safe Alternatives)
Oak Hill
Plainville Seventh Day Adventist - God's Grocery Store Food Pantry
Plainville Social Services
Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc.
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol
Tabernacle Christian Church - Giving Back Food Program
The Agape House
The Salvation Army
Thy Eagle's Nest
Town of Plainville Animal Control
Town of Plymouth Human Services
Town of Plymouth Parks and Recreation
TyLives Make It Different Foundation
Veteran's Strong Community Center
Wolcott Resource Center – Food Pantry
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - Meals for Neighbors
Capacity Building Grants made in Response to COVID-19 - $67,714
American Clock & Watch Museum - $6,000
Technology upgrades to support remote work and virtual programming
COVID-19 Response Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $7,500
Installation of Clean Air System at West Street Club Building for safety of staff and members
COVID-19 Response Fund
Bristol Preschool Childcare Center, Inc. - $7,000
Website update and marketing program to help increase enrollment and create community brand recognition
COVID-19 Response Fund
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center - $7,500
Installation of Clean Air System in classrooms and learning areas for safety of staff and students
COVID-19 Response Fund
New England Carousel Museum - $7,500
Technology upgrades to support remote work and virtual programming
COVID-19 Response Fund
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra, Inc. - $4,250
Equipment to record and broadcast live virtual chamber concerts in place of in-person performances
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $5,000
Support for cleaning costs and PPE for safety of staff and volunteers
COVID-19 Response Fund
Shepard Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. - $4,800
Improve technology and telecommunication systems to support remote work and virtual programming
COVID-19 Response Fund
Southington Community Cultural Arts (SoCCA) - $5,000
Tablet lending library to support virtual arts programming for students including those living in residential group homes
KAWFY Memorial Fund
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol - $5,000
Support to hire a Human Resources consultant to develop COVID-19 related policies and procedures
COVID-19 Response Fund
Terryville Plymouth Little League - $1,800
Purchase of PPE equipment and safety supplies for participants and spectators
COVID-19 Response Fund
United Way of West Central Connecticut - $2,364
COVID-19 Outreach support as well as equipment and PPE for VITA tax assistance for program staff and volunteers
COVID-19 Response Fund
Wolcott Citizens Against Substance Abuse - $4,000
Enhance virtual programming and provide PPE to staff, volunteers and participants at in-person community events
COVID-19 Response Fund
Food Insecurity Grants made in response to COVID-19 - $19,377
Brian’s Angels Homeless Outreach - $1,877
Hot lunch program and purchase of an air purifier
COVID-19 Response Fund
City of Bristol Community Services - $1,000
Grocery gift cards for low-income clients
COVID-19 Response Fund
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol - $2,000
Purchase of food and related costs for shelter residents
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plainville Seventh Day Adventist Church – God’s Grocery Store - $3,000
Purchase of food for the pantry
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plainville Social Services - $1,000
Grocery gift cards for low-income clients
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plymouth Community Food Pantry - $1,000
Purchase of food for the pantry
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plymouth Department of Human Services - $1,000
Grocery gift cards for low-income clients
COVID-19 Response Fund
Friends of Southington Community Services - $4,000
Purchase of food for pantry and holiday baskets
COVID-19 Response Fund
Tunxis Community College Foundation - $4,500
Purchase of food for student food pantry
COVID-19 Response Fund
Unrestricted Operating Support Grants made in Response to COVID-19 - $114,553
American Clock & Watch Museum - $5,500
COVID-19 Response Fund - $5,000
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Charitable Fund - $500
Animal Rescue Foundation, Inc. - $2,500
COVID-19 Response Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $23,652
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $20,201
Clement Family Fund - $3,050
Hamzy Family Charitable Fund - $401
Brian’s Angels Homeless Outreach - $4,500
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Charitable Fund - $3,000
COVID-19 Response Fund - $1,500
Bristol Preschool Childcare Center, Inc. - $6,300
COVID-19 Response Fund
Bristol Recovery Club - $4,000
COVID-19 Response Fund – $2,500
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Charitable Fund - $1,500
Community Counseling Centers of Central Connecticut, Inc. - $4,000
COVID-19 Response Fund
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut, Inc. - $10,000
COVID-19 Response Fund
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center - $3,500
COVID-19 Response Fund
Lock Museum of America, Inc. - $2,901
COVID-19 Response Fund - $2,500
Hamzy Family Charitable Fund - $401
Margaret C. Griffin Child Development Center of Southington - $2,000
KAWFY Memorial Fund
New England Carousel Museum - $10,000
COVID-19 Response Fund
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra, Inc. - $2,000
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $5,000
COVID-19 Response Fund
Shepard Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. - $3,500
COVID-19 Response Fund - $2,500
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Charitable Fund - $1,000
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol - $9,000
COVID-19 Response Fund - $5,000
Pat & Bob Wollenberg Charitable Fund - $4,000
Tabernacle Christian Church – Giving Back Food Pantry - $3,500
KAWFY Memorial Fund
United Way of West Central Connecticut - $7,500
COVID-19 Response Fund
Veterans Strong Community Center - $5,200
COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants made in Response to COVID-19 from the Bradley Henry Barnes & Leila Upson Barnes Memorial Trust - $979,091
Bread for Life - $6,600
Seed money for Summer Lunch Program serving food insecure children and youth in Southington in response to COVID-19
Bread for Life - $15,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Bread for Life - $25,000
Additional unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Bread For Life - $67,080
Support to meet the increased demand for food as well as the purchase of to-go meal packaging and supplies in response to COVID-19
Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington - $12,500
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Friends of Southington Community Services - $7,500
Purchase of food, supplies and grocery gift cards for the food pantry and holiday baskets for food-insecure families in Southington in response to COVID-19
Friends of Southington Community Services - $25,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Friends of the Southington Public Library - $7,000
Digital Access program to provide Wi-Fi hot spots and laptop lending and the Take and Make art/cooking kits program to reduce social isolation for Southington residents due to COVID-19
LiveWell Alliance - $25,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. - $50,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. - $56,900
Additional unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. - $50,000
Domestic Violence Intervention & Prevention Services in Southington
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. - $25,000
COVID-19 recovery and relief for Emergency Shelter services for Southington victims of domestic violence and their children
Senior Transportation Services - $27,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs - $25,052
Emergency Childcare Services for medical staff and first responders in response to COVID-19
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs - $14,328
Additional Support for Emergency Childcare Services for medical staff and first responders in response to COVID-19
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs - $100,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs - $90,000
Continued unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs, Inc. - $100,000
Continued unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs, Inc. - $100,000
COVID-19 recovery relief for unrestricted support of programs and operations
Southington Community Cultural Arts (SoCCA) - $50,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
The Arc of Southington, Inc. - $50,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
The Arc of Southington - $9,258
Technology upgrades to support remote work in response to COVID-19
The Hospital of Central Connecticut - $5,000
Hartford HealthCare Face Shield Project with OKAY Industries for the protection of hospital workers and first responders in the Southington Community in response to COVID-19
The LEAF (Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm) - $12,500
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
United Way of Southington - $23,373
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Unrestricted Operating Support Grants made in Response to COVID-19 from the Women & Girls Fund - $42,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $2,500
Barbara Hackman Franklin Fund for Women - $2,090
Women & Girls Fund - $410
Bristol Family Resource Centers - $5,000
Bristol Youth & Community Services Parent & Child Center - $2,000
Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington - $2,500
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut - $4,000
For Goodness Sake - $3,500
Girl Scouts of Connecticut - $2,000
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center - $5,000
Plymouth Community Food Pantry Diaper Bank - $750
Prudence Crandall Center - $5,000
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol - $5,000
Women & Girls Fund - $4,410
John & Gloria DiFrancesco Fund for Women and Girls - $590
The Children's Law Center, Inc. - $4,750
Other COVID-19 Related Responsive Grants - $68,058
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $1,000
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Men & Boys' Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol - $25,000
General support due to temporary closure as a result of COVID-19
Tim and Mary Walsh Charitable Fund
Bristol Board of Education - $458
Purchase of drum mallets and sticks for individual use by students in response to COVID-19
Dan Cistulli Memorial Music Fund
Bristol Hospital Foundation - $5,000
Support COVID-19 response efforts and support of the new molecular testing equipment
COVID-19 Response Fund
For Goodness Sake - $6,500
General operating support due to temporary closure as a result of COVID-19
COVID-19 Response Fund
For Goodness Sake - $1,500
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Plainville Community Fund
Friends of the Bristol CT Animal Shelter - $1,000
Support for the medical care of animals and assistance for pet owners in need in Bristol due to COVID-19
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Friends of Wolcott Dog Pound - $1,000
Support for the medical care of animals and assistance for pet owners in need in Wolcott due to COVID-19
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church - $2,100
Shelving and food supplies for the Food Pantry
Bristol Brass General Grant Fund - $1,100
COVID-19 Response Fund - $1,000
Grace Baptist Church - Grace Pantry - $3,000
Food supplies for the pantry
COVID-19 Response Fund
Plainville Board of Education - $500
To purchase an IPad for the Plainville High School Math department to facilitate virtual learning in response to COVID-19
Plainville Community Fund
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $4,000
General support for staffing costs and the purchase of food and supplies
Plainville Community Fund
Plainville Community Food Pantry - $500
Unrestricted operating support in response to COVID-19
Plainville Community Fund
Plymouth Community Food Pantry - $4,000
Healthy Options Program Plus to provide non-perishable dairy and produce to program clients
COVID-19 Response Fund
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. - $2,000
Unrestricted operating support for services provided to Plainville residents in response to COVID-19
Plainville Community Fund
Town of Burlington Social Services - $1,000
Purchase grocery gift cards for low-income clients of the Burlington Food Bank in response to COVID-19
James R. Parker Trust
Town of Plainville Animal Control - $500
Purchase supplies for the newly established Pet Food Pantry to assist pet owners in financial need due to COVID-19
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Town of Plainville Animal Control - $2,000
Support for the medical care of animals and the purchase of supplies for the Pet Food Pantry to assist pet owners in financial need due to COVID-19
Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Animal Protection Fund
Town of Plainville Social Services- $1,000
Purchase gift cards to provide food and daily essential items to Plainville residents in need due to COVID-19
Plainville Community Fund
Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church – Meals for Neighbors - $6,000
Fresh produce and a commercial freezer for the soup kitchen
COVID-19 Response Fund
Immediate Response COVID-19 Related Grants totaling $3,001 have been awarded from the following funds:
Bristol Board of Education Immediate Response Fund
Main Street Children’s Fund
The Werner Family Fund
Women & Girls Immediate Response Fund