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 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 | Root Cause | Strategy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membership | $3,590 | June 1, 2019 | ||
| Support for National Working Group on Racial Equity | $15,000 | June 1, 2019 | ||
| Sponsorship for event | $5,000 | June 1, 2019 | ||
| Grant for support of eight 100-Day Challenges to end youth homelessness in Connectictu | $15,000 | June 1, 2019 | ||
| Membership ($6,100) and sponsorship of their 50th anniversary work ($5,000) | $11,100 | June 1, 2019 | ||
| To provide management and facilitation of Secure Jobs | $15,000 | June 1, 2019 | ||
| Two-year grant to support the operational activities of Funders Together to End Homelessness. | $320,000 | January 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant to support the work of the Youth Action Hub | $100,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| First year of a two-year grant in support of efforts to build the movement to prevent and end youth homelessness in the United States. Of the grant, $150,000 will provide general operating support for AWHA and $100,000 will provide project support for AWHA’s Grand Challenge(distributed to fiscal sponsor TSNE MissionWorks | $250,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant in support of its policy, advocacy, and technical assistance work at the intersection of Medicaid, substance use disorders, mental health, homelessness, and affordable housing. | $300,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A two-year general operating grant of $600,000 (fully funded in year one) in support of its policy, public education, communications, outreach, and organizing work aimed at achieving socially just public policy that that ensures the lowest income people have decent, affordable homes | $600,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A two-year project grant of $125,000 (fully funded in year one) for the Furman Center at New York University to support a study of landlord use of Housing Choice Vouchers, funded in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | $125,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year project grant of $50,000 in support of a special multi-part journalism and storytelling podcast series, On the Media, in partnership with Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond, that will examine and challenge the false narratives and perceptions about eviction, homelessness and the affordable housing crisis in the United States. | $50,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year capacity building grant in support of its work focused on food access, job training, sustainable social enterprises, and the expansion of employment opportunities in Hartford | $182,800 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| First year of a three-year project grant to increase economic opportunity for people who experience homelessness or housing instability | $390,160 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year grant in support of the Listen for Good project | $15,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year grant in support of the Listen for Good project | $15,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year grant in support of the Listen for Good project | $15,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year grant in support of the Listen for Good project | $15,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $2,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $7,500 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Employment and Educational Opportunity Fund | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Supporting process to create a partnership between South Park Inn and Columbus House | $15,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| General operating | $8,250 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| Membership in CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative | $5,000 | December 1, 2018 | ||
| A two-year project grant to link the impact of historical policies to current racial disparities and develop a strategy roadmap for housing solutions and policy reforms that directly address those disparities and provide an intersectional approach | $300,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant to support work focused on empowerment, community building, and the expansion of employment opportunities in Hartford | $370,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year project grant to support the National Youth Forum on Homelessness' work to broaden the scope and reach of youth collaboration in the field | $100,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year general operating grant to support activities related to its leadership of the Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network | $40,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| A four-year project grant for POAH to continue its Family Self-Sufficiency Program for residents at Billings Forge Apartments | $160,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| A three-year renewal of an existing $300,000 Program Related Investment and a $100,000 one-year general operating grant to provide the Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust with working capital to support its development of affordable housing in Connecticut | $100,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| A one-year project grant to support technical assistance to strengthen community efforts to end chronic and veteran homelessness through the Built for Zero initiative | $250,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| General operating support for Keep the Promise coalition | $50,000 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| Membership | $750 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| Suupport for a facilitator for an Advocay Think Lab | $7,500 | November 1, 2018 | ||
| To sponsor the Beat on the Street Newspaper program | $7,500 | November 1, 2018 |
