A searchable database of the Trust's grants
Please note: Grants made prior to 2021 do not have a Root Cause or Strategy listed.
The Trust does not accept unsolicited proposals.
| Grantee | Amount | Root Cause | Strategy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A three-year general operating grant of $300,000 per year to Funders Together to End Homelessness to continue their work mobilizing philanthropy to use its voice, influence, and expertise in ways that will advance lasting solutions to ending homelessness. | $300,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $100,000 to the Center for Leadership and Justice to continue its resident engagement and organizing efforts around issues and policies that affect low-income residents. | $100,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $100,000 to the Connecticut Bar Foundation for an evaluation of the state's Right to Counsel program. | $100,000 | Insufficient income and assets | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $75,000 to the Economic Hardship Reporting Project to expand storytelling about the root causes of homelessness and housing instability. | $75,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A two-year general operating grant of $75,000 per year to Invisible People to amplify and expand their efforts to educate the public about homelessness through news articles, scripted films, mini-documentaries, and video/social media storytelling. | $75,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $100,000 to the National Center for State Courts for the evaluation component of its Eviction Diversion Initiative. | $100,000 | Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A two-year general operating grant of $250,000 per year to the National Fair Housing Alliance in support of advocacy, enforcement, community organizing and communications to ensure communities can access safe, secure, healthy housing. | $250,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $200,000 to the National Parent Leadership Institute to engage parents with lived experience of housing instability on housing policy work and to co-create a participatory grantmaking plan. | $200,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $100,000 to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project to highlight the role that corporate landlords play in driving disproportionate rates of evictions among communities of color. | $100,000 | Insufficient income and assets | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| The second year of a five-year general operating grant with a payment of $90,000 to support The Accountability Project, an investigative journalism unit with a particular focus on systemic inequities. | $90,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Shift public and political will | December 14, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $300,000 in support of the documentary, Beyond the Bridge (via Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance). | $300,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Shift public and political will | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $100,000 the Boston University Center for Antiracist Policy to develop a pilot Racial Policy Tracker in Washington, D.C. | $100,000 | Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | September 15, 2021 |
| A three-year general operating grant of $300,000 per year to the Center for Community Progress to transform vacant, abandoned and deteriorated properties into assets for communities. | $300,000 | Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power, Shift public and political will | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $247,000 to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in support of the Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response. | $247,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $75,000 to Fairfield County's Center on Housing Opportunity (via Supportive Housing Works) to implement The Way Forward, a narrative change playbook. | $75,000 | Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Shift public and political will | September 15, 2021 |
| A three-year project grant of $500,000 to Funders for Housing and Opportunity (via New Venture Fund) to administer the Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities' grant fund. | $500,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $250,000 to Habitat for Humanity to build affiliates' capacity to develop anti-racist campaigns and develop a Shared Equity Accelerator. | $250,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power, Shift public and political will | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $100,000 to the National Coalition for the Homeless to develop a Lived Experience Training Academy. | $100,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year project grant of $250,000 to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition for End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE). | $250,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | September 15, 2021 |
| A one-year grant of $300,000 in support of the Economic Security Project's efforts to advocate for guaranteed basic income. | $300,000 | Insufficient income and assets | Anti-racist policy change | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $150,000 to Connecticut Voices for Children in support of policy and advocacy to advance affordable housing and economic justice | $150,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $75,000 to the Corporation for Supportive Housing in support of their work addressing racial equity and transforming the supportive housing sector in Connecticut. | $75,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $550,000 to Forge City Works for their work focused on food access, job training, sustainable and equitable social enterprises and the expansion of employment opportunities in Hartford. | $550,000 | Insufficient income and assets | Build and shift power | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $50,000 to the Connecticut Association for Human Services in support of Keep the Promise Coalition. | $50,000 | Build and shift power | June 15, 2021 | |
| A one-year general operating grant of $100,000 to True Colors United in support of their work to build and shift power towards those most impacted by the issue - LGBTQ and BIPOC youth with lived experience of homelessness. | $100,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Build and shift power, Shift public and political will | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $300,000 to the Center for their ongoing work to shape the course of federal and local policies in support of affordable housing, particularly by strengthening and investing in programs and initiatives for people experiencing or facing homelessness or those with low or extremely low incomes. | $300,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change, Shift public and political will | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $250,000 to National Public Radio in support of its national coverage of issues related to poverty and homelessness. | $250,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Shift public and political will | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $900,000 to the Partnership for Strong Communities in support of its leadership and advocacy related to the elimination of homelessness, the creation of affordable homes, and the development of strong communities in Connecticut. | $900,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing, Racist housing, zoning, and land use policies | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power, Shift public and political will | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $85,000 to support CCEH’s ongoing work making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in Connecticut. | $85,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $80,000 to Center for Children’s Advocacy in support of its systemic reform work to increase services, supports and access to housing for unaccompanied youth and young adults with housing instability in Connecticut. | $80,000 | Insufficient income and assets, Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant of $360,000 to National Alliance to End Homelessness to build stronger support to ending homeless in the United States. | $360,000 | Lack of pathways to decent, permanent housing | Anti-racist policy change, Build and shift power, Shift public and political will | June 15, 2021 |
| A one-year general operating grant in support of NLIHC's ongoing efforts to end homelessness and housing poverty in America | $300,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant in support of policy, advocacy, and technical assistance work | $270,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year grant in support of efforts to build the movement to end youth homelessness in the United States | $250,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year project grant to develop a coordinated, data-driven strategy and mobilize a critical mass of communities working to prevent and end youth homelessness | $50,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant to support Youth Action Hub's work as a youth-led center of research and advocacy focused on ending youth homelessness in Connecticut | $100,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant in support of leadership development, organizing, and advocacy training for residents of Hartford's North End community | $100,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant in support of policy, advocacy and systems change work to advance economic opportunity for extremely low-income single parent families, especially women of color overcoming multiple barriers to employment | $105,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year grant in support of technical assistance and capacity-building work to organizations participating in Secure Jobs 2.0 | $60,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year grant for continued implementation of Secure Jobs 2.0 in the South Central and Middletown/Meriden/Wallingford regions of Connecticut | $80,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year grant for continued implementation of Secure Jobs 2.0 in the Southwestern region of Connecticut | $50,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| First year of a two-year grant to support a Housing Advisory Council to develop and promote bipartisan solutions for the nation's exploding housing crisis | $125,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A one-year grant for Phase Four of the Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response, which builds on and continues our response to the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on people experiencing homelessness and housing instability while centering racial justice and equity | $400,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| A grant to build out the communications infrastructure of the Homelessness Narrative Action Campaign and advance work on housing justice narrative change | $700,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| The first year of a two-year grant for the second phase of the Direct Cash Transfer Program (DCTP) for Youth Empowerment, which includes a pilot and evaluation | $240,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| Third year of a three-year grant in support of work to increase economic opportunity for people who experience homelessness or housing instability | $411,512 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| For support of Beat of the Street, Connecticutís first street paper | $5,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| For advocacy for the targeted expansion and enhancement of the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) | $15,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| For support of outreach and research | $15,000 | December 15, 2020 | ||
| Funding for a research study entitled "Experiences of Homelessness among Latinx Youth and Young Adults" conducted by Racial Equity Partners | $15,000 | December 15, 2020 |
