Main Street Community Foundation



The Main Street Community Foundation, Inc. is a public charity established in 1995 that brings people together who care deeply about their community and seek to improve its quality of life. As a community foundation we are committed to connecting donors with what they care about through charitable giving. The Main Street Community Foundation's mission is to help assure the long- term well- being of the communities we serve.



    

Recent News from Main Street Community Foundation


Community Foundation brings Plainville native into ranks
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

The Main Street Community Foundation has elected Val Dumais, of Plainville, to Board of Directors. He is the current chairperson of the Plainville Economic Development Agency and is a member of the...more

DUMAIS NAMED TO BOARD OF MAIN STREET FOUNDATION
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

... the Board of Managers for Wheeler Regional YMCA and the Plainville Board of Education. The Main Street Community Foundation is a nonprofit public charity, and works with donors in Bristol,...more

Kelly Named to Community Foundation Leadership Team
Foundation: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Main Street Community Foundation

The president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Linda J. Kelly, has been included in the Community Foundation Leadership Team at the Council on Foundations, a national association of...more

Main Street Community Foundation Awards 83 Scholarship Grants
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

The Main Street Community Foundation awarded 83 local students from Southington with scholarships totaling $100,000. The scholarship grants were awarded during Main Street Community Foundation's...more

Hartford Foundation Refocuses on Education
Foundation: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Main Street Community Foundation

With education and workforce readiness gap widening in the Hartford region, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has a strategic plan entitled Accelerate Success. Cyrus Driver, vice president for...more

Seminar Series for Nonprofits
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

Local business consultant of Southington, Deborah Polydys, will present a seminar series on non-profit fundraising with Main Street Community Foundation of Bristol. The seminar on fundraising will...more

Main Street Community Foundation Announces Grants
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

The Main Street Community Foundation has given out 19 grants totaling $26000 to organizations in the area, the organization has announced. Grant recipients inlcude the following: Bristol Brass &...more

Women & Girls Fund Awards Grants
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

The Women & Girls' Fund of the Main Street Community Foundation has given grants totalling $18000 to eight organizations. Recipients include the city's ...See all stories on this topic...more

Main St. women's fund celebrates
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

... when the Women & Girls' Fund of the Main Street Community Foundation held its' annual meeting recently at the Imagine Nation Museum in Bristol. ...See all stories on this topic...more

The Bristol Press: Bristol, Conn., and surrounding areas ...
Foundation: Main Street Community Foundation

BRISTOL — The thriving organization that is now the Main Street Community Foundation began as an idea about 35 years ago and took decades to develop....more



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