Thank you for helping us achieve the $5,000 Challenge Grant match during our Annual Appeal!
This year, the Canaan Foundation awarded 22 grants totaling $27,000 to area programs benefiting the residents of the Town of North Canaan. The increase in the number of grants and the total amount of grants benefited from a successful effort to meet a $5,000 Challenge Grant to the Foundation to encourage existing small donors to increase their support and to add new and lapsed donors to the rolls. The Canaan Foundation thanks all for their generous contributions.
Norma DeMay, Librarian at the Douglas Library in North Canaan, CT
Core services that again received grants included the Canaan Fire Company, the North Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Service, the North Canaan Social Services office and the Douglas Library. Grants were also made to North Canaan Beautification Committee projects. Geer’s Dial-A-Ride transportation service, the Chore Service and the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Service of Litchfield also received grants.
Grants benefiting families and children in North Canaan included the Housatonic Youth Services Bureau, Canaan Child Care Center, the Canaan Community Trust, Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry, Greenwood Counseling Services, North Canaan’s AHA! after school program, the Canaan branch YMCA , N.C. Elementary School Drama Club, N.C. Recreation Commission, and Housatonic Valley High School PTO. The Friends of the Canaan History Center and the Falls Village Historical Society also received grants to help preserve Canaan’s rich cultural history and make it available to current residents.
Funds for The Canaan Foundation come from donations during its annual fund drive, bequests and memorial contributions by families of deceased Canaan residents, and friends of the Foundation.
The Canaan Foundation was established in 2000 to enhance the quality of life in the Town of North Canaan. Since that time, the Foundation has distributed more than $500,000 in grants.
Please consider making a donation to The Canaan Foundation today.
Details about the 2023 Annual Appeal:
The Canaan Foundation announced a Challenge Grant of up to a total of $5,000 in funds, provided by a long-time supporter of the Foundation. The Challenge matched dollar for dollar increases in donations by current donors in the $1 to $100 category and also matched gifts in any amount by new donors during the 2023 Appeal drive. This was a wonderful opportunity for the Foundation to sustain (and potentially increase) its commitment to North Canaan residents.
“This grant will help a great deal in furthering our mission of assisting seniors and the disabled within our community. Your gift will allow us to provide 128 hours of chore service for Canaan residents allowing them to remain safely and independently in their homes.”
“We were able to purchase new window shades, two 2010 iMacs for the children to use in the classroom, as well as a child sized double computer desk and stools...I appreciate all that you do for my staff and the children in my care and look forward to working with you in the future.”