Published December 18, 2023 in CT InsiderWritten by Sarah Page Kyrcz A total of $1 million, from the American Rescue Plan Act, was split between 34 nonprofits who serve the Guilford community. The awards ranged from $5,000 to $75,000. The Guilford Foundation is administering the funds. “It’s just…
2023 IMPACT REPORT STORY The show must go on! Sometimes — oftentimes, it seems lately — the world is full of division and conflict. So, when there’s a chance to bring people together to celebrate, learn, feel, move, create, and applaud one another, it’s worth supporting. And when…
In a significant community milestone, The Guilford Foundation (TGF) and the Town of Guilford announced the allocation of $1 million in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to support local nonprofits in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Guilford First Selectman Matt Hoey commented, “The…
Among the 34 grants awarded by The Guilford Foundation using funds allocated to the Town of Guilford by the American Rescue Plan Act is $30,000 to BHcare to help support a new regional facility that will open in June 2024. BHcare is a certified community behavioral health clinic…
2023 IMPACT REPORT STORY And so it is that Joe and his wife, Cindy, established the Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Children’s Opportunity Fund with The Guilford Foundation (TGF) this year. The fund will benefit Guilford children and families through a wide range of programs, including education, child care, wellness,…
2023 IMPACT REPORT STORY A new partnership between The Guilford Foundation (TGF) and GSB (Guilford Savings Bank) is helping both organizations do what they do better, while also helping the Guilford community thrive. It is no surprise that the collaboration developed out of the Covid-19 pandemic, which changed…
2023 IMPACT REPORT STORY The Guilford Foundation (TGF) awarded a $2,500 grant in 2022 to the Ethan Miller Song Foundation for a unique equine therapy program that benefited a group of young girls who have experienced profound trauma. The mission of the foundation is to carry out the…
2023 IMPACT REPORT STORY Get dirty. Take risks. Brave the elements. Those are not usually the lessons of preschool. But for a small group of intrepid four-year-olds, those lessons fit perfectly with ABCs and 123s at the Community Nursery School’s new Nature School, funded with a grant from…
2023 IMPACT REPORT STORY Words matter to Johan HIckey. As a teacher, an artist, a feminist, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother who speaks three languages, she chooses her words carefully and wants their full meaning to be heard and understood. She uses them to convey gratitude…