The Melville Trust provides approximately twenty, flexible, discretionary grants under $15,000 each year.  These grants are not included in this database.

The Trust does not accept unsolicited proposals.

Grantee Amount Date
African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs
$100,000 December 4, 2023
Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities
$500,000 December 4, 2023
Urban Institute
$600,000 December 4, 2023
Beyond the Bridge
$150,000 December 4, 2023
National League of Cities
$200,000 December 4, 2023
Trust Neighborhoods
$150,000 December 4, 2023
Up for Growth
$80,000 December 4, 2023
National Housing Trust
$200,000 December 4, 2023
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
$200,000 December 4, 2023
Connecticut Public
$60,000 December 4, 2023
National Low Income Housing Coalition
$300,000 December 4, 2023
A Way Home America
$250,000 December 4, 2023
Funders Together to End Homelessness
$300,000 December 4, 2023
Youth Action Hub
$100,000 December 4, 2023
Community Solutions
$250,000 December 4, 2023
ABFE
$175,000 December 4, 2023
Center for Community Progress
$300,000 September 25, 2023
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
$250,000 September 25, 2023
Connecticut Mirror
$100,000 September 25, 2023
Forge City Works
$550,000 September 25, 2023
Grounded Solutions Network
$300,000 September 25, 2023
Chapin Hall
$100,000 September 25, 2023
Connecticut Voices for Children
$125,000 September 25, 2023
Point Source Youth
$100,000 September 25, 2023
SaverLife
$150,000 September 25, 2023
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
$100,000 September 25, 2023
Urban Institute
$518,689 September 25, 2023
Urban Strategies, Inc.
$396,340 September 25, 2023
Partnership for Strong Communities
$900,000 June 20, 2023
Center for Children’s Advocacy
$80,000 June 20, 2023
National Alliance to End Homelessness
$360,000 June 20, 2023
National Public Radio
$250,000 June 20, 2023
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
$300,000 June 20, 2023
Fair Share Housing
$150,000 June 20, 2023
Housing Narrative Lab
$250,000 June 20, 2023
Living Cities
$250,000 June 20, 2023
Make the Road CT
$50,000 June 20, 2023
The Economic Security Project
$300,000 June 20, 2023
Fund for Housing and Opportunity
$500,000 June 20, 2023
National Low Income Housing Coaltion
$175,000 June 20, 2023
Urban Strategies, Inc
$396,340 June 20, 2023
The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs
$60,000 December 13, 2022
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
$250,000 December 13, 2022
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
$25,000 December 13, 2022
HouseUS
$200,000 December 13, 2022
MDRC
$75,000 December 13, 2022
National Fair Housing Alliance
$100,000 December 13, 2022
ReFrame
$50,000 December 13, 2022
The Guardian
$165,000 December 13, 2022
Bipartisan Policy Center
$125,000 December 13, 2022