“Thank you so much for supporting our mission to ensure no one is turned away due to their inability to pay.”
“Your continued commitment will allow Chore to provide assistance to any elderly or disabled resident regardless of their ability to pay.”
“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.”
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
Canaan Chamber of Commerce
Canaan Child Care Center
Canaan Community Trust
Canaan Fire Company
Canaan Fire Company Juniors
Canaan Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
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 Elementary AHA
North Canaan Elementary Drama Club
North Canaan Elementary School PTO
North Canaan Elementary Science
North Canaan School Special Education
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
Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association
Time Out Foundation
Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield County
VNA Northwest