“Thank you so much for supporting our mission to ensure no one is turned away due to their inability to pay.”
— Northwestern CT YMCA
“Your continued commitment will allow Chore to provide assistance to any elderly or disabled resident regardless of their ability to pay.”
— The Chore Service
“The help of the Canaan Foundation has been central to the early growth of the Canaan History Center—from granting an advantageous sale price to the Town of North Canaan that enabled it to preserve the historic Roraback Law Office (in which the center is located), to its continuing help in making the collection of materials safer and more accessible to the public.”
— Kathryn Boughton, Canaan History Center

Spring 2024 Press Release
Canaan Foundation awards grants

North Canaan – Canaan Foundation awards 22 grants

The Canaan Foundation has recently 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.

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. 

Grant Recipients

Organizations providing services in North Canaan that have received a grant from The Canaan Foundation since 2000.

  • Art Garage

  • Canaan Chamber of Commerce

  • Canaan Child Care Center

  • Canaan Community Trust

  • Canaan Fire Company

  • Canaan Fire Company Juniors

  • Canaan Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary

  • Canaan Kids Artspace

  • Chore Service Inc.

  • Connecticut Railroad Historical Association

  • Cornerstone Arts Center

  • Couch Pipa Post 6851 VFW

  • Cranford Club

  • Douglas Library

  • EMS Institute

  • Falls Village Canaan Historical Society

  • Falls Village Daycare

  • Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry

  • Friends of the Canaan History Center

  • Geer Adult Day Center & Dial A Ride

  • Greenwoods Counseling Referrals

  • Habitat for Humanity/NWCT

  • Housatonic Youth Services Bureau

  • HVRHS Art Garage

  • HVRHS PTO

  • Lost Art Workshops

  • Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial

  • North Canaan Beautification Committee

  • North Canaan Cub & Boy Scouts Pack 22

  • North Canaan Educational Foundation

  • North Canaan Elementary AHA

  • North Canaan Elementary Drama Club

  • North Canaan Elementary School PTO

  • North Canaan Elementary Science

  • North Canaan School Special Education

  • North Canaan Events Committee

  • North Canaan Fire Marshals Office

  • North Canaan Housing Authority/Wangum Village

  • North Canaan Recreation Committee

  • North Canaan Social Services

  • North Canaan Volunteer Ambulance

  • North Canaan Youth Soccer

  • Northwest Connecticut Steve Blass Little League

  • Northwest Connecticut YMCA

  • Northwest Corner Prevention Network

  • Project Sage, Inc.

  • Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association

  • Time Out Foundation

  • Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield County

  • VNA Northwest