
How We Are Working to “Meet the Moment”
Dear friends, In April, as the COVID-19 virus was radically transforming our lives and world, we shared details about the Trust’s response, which included immediately redirecting funds toward emergency COVID-19 relief in Connecticut, streamlining our grant processes and offering flexible support to our grantee partners. At that point the impact of COVID-19 was just beginning […]
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Funders for Housing and Opportunity Featured on Opportunity Starts at Home Podcast
Funders are increasingly recognizing that safe, decent, affordable housing as a cornerstone for progress in a variety of other areas. Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) is a compelling example of a collaborative cross-sector funder approach to addressing the affordable housing crisis across the country. In this episode, Susan Thomas, Program Director at the Melville […]
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The Whole Person
We know housing is at the core of ending homelessness. We also know we can’t stop there.
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Announcing our Latest Grants to End Homelessness: July 2016
Our latest grants to end homelessness.
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Announcing our Latest Grants to End Homelessness: January 2016
Announcing our Latest Grants to End Homelessness.
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Family Foundations Give Less to Social Justice Than Other Grant Makers Do
The Melville Trust is one of the few family foundations that devote a large portion of grantmaking to social justice.
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Announcing Our New Grantmaking Strategy
Details on our new grantmaking strategy that will drive our work to end homelessness.
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Looking Back and Moving Forward
A note from the Trust’s new Executive Director, Janice Elliott.
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