Please note: Grants made prior to 2021 do not have a  Root Cause or Strategy listed.

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
Center for Leadership and Justice
$100,000 December 14, 2021
Connecticut Bar Foundation
$100,000 December 14, 2021
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
$75,000 December 14, 2021
Invisible People
$75,000 December 14, 2021
National Center for State Courts
$100,000 December 14, 2021
National Fair Housing Alliance
$250,000 December 14, 2021
National Parent Leadership Institute
$200,000 December 14, 2021
Private Equity Stakeholder Project
$100,000 December 14, 2021
Connecticut Public
$90,000 December 14, 2021
Beyond the Bridge
$300,000 September 15, 2021
Boston University
$100,000 September 15, 2021
Center for Community Progress
$300,000 September 15, 2021
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
$247,000 September 15, 2021
Fairfield County’s Center on Housing Opportunity
$75,000 September 15, 2021
Funders for Housing and Opportunity
$500,000 September 15, 2021
Habitat for Humanity
$250,000 September 15, 2021
National Coalition for the Homeless
$100,000 September 15, 2021
National Low-Income Housing Coalition
$250,000 September 15, 2021
Economic Security Project
$300,000 June 15, 2021
Connecticut Voices for Children
$150,000 June 15, 2021
Corporation for Supportive Housing
$75,000 June 15, 2021
Forge City Works
$550,000 June 15, 2021
Connecticut Association for Human Services
$50,000 June 15, 2021
True Colors United
$100,000 June 15, 2021
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
$300,000 June 15, 2021
National Public Radio
$250,000 June 15, 2021
Partnership for Strong Communities
$900,000 June 15, 2021
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
$85,000 June 15, 2021
Center for Children’s Advocacy
$80,000 June 15, 2021
National Alliance to End Homelessness
$360,000 June 15, 2021
National Low Income Housing Coalition
$300,000 December 15, 2020
Technical Assistance Collaborative
$270,000 December 15, 2020
A Way Home America
$250,000 December 15, 2020
Youth Collaboratory
$50,000 December 15, 2020
Institute for Community Research
$100,000 December 15, 2020
Center for Leadership & Justice
$100,000 December 15, 2020
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
$105,000 December 15, 2020
United Way of Greater New Haven
$60,000 December 15, 2020
Workforce Alliance
$80,000 December 15, 2020
Career Resources
$50,000 December 15, 2020
Bipartisan Policy Center
$125,000 December 15, 2020
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
$400,000 December 15, 2020
New Venture Fund
$700,000 December 15, 2020
Chapin Hall
$240,000 December 15, 2020
Heartland Alliance
$411,512 December 15, 2020
Charter Oak Cultural Center
$5,000 December 15, 2020
United Way of Connecticut
$15,000 December 15, 2020
Invisible People
$15,000 December 15, 2020
National Coalition for the Homeless
$15,000 December 15, 2020
Connecticut Public
$30,000 October 26, 2020