Total Assets: $124,068,496
Total Giving: $3,309,562
Connecticut
None
The following grants were reported in 2007:
$800,000 to Connecticut Center for School Change, Hartford, CT. For instructional leadership, payable over 1 year.
$275,000 to Local Initiatives Support Corporation, New York, NY. For Connecticut Children’s Investment Partnership, payable over 1 year.
$203,950 to Center for Assessment and Policy Development, Conshohocken, PA. For evaluation of Discovery Initiative, payable over 1 year.
$150,000 to Connecticut Voices for Children, New Haven, CT. For Early Childhood and Education in Connecticut, payable over 1 year.
$139,500 to Community Mediation, New Haven, CT. For Community Conversations about Education, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Meriden Children First Initiative, Meriden, CT. For Connecticut Parent Power- IMPACT, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to United Way, Middlesex, Middletown, CT. For Middletown Discovery, payable over 1 year.
Giving primarily in CT.
No support for religious organizations for sectarian purposes or political causes and activities.
No grants to individuals or for capital campaigns or scholarships.
The mission of the fund is to improve the effectiveness of education in fostering both personal development and leadership. To accomplish this mission, the fund has set three goals: 1) to engage young children more deeply in their own education; 2) to support Connecticut communities in improving education for their elementary and pre-school children; and 3) to develop both statewide and local leadership dedicated to improving and advocating for education.
Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Established in 1964 in NY.
Connecticut
Phone: (203) 230-3330
Email: [email protected]
Address:
2319 Whitney Ave., Ste. 2B
Hamden, CT 06518-3509
Procedure:
Contact foundation or see foundation web site for program specific application guidelines. Application form required. Initial approach: Letter of Inquiry
Copies of proposal: 4
Board meeting date(s): Apr., June, and Dec.
Deadline(s): 6 weeks prior to board meetings
Final notification: 6 weeks
Donors:
Archibald R. Graustein
Hallie H. Graustein
William C. Graustein
D.W. Rich & Co., Inc.
Jean Graustein
Thelma Ewig
Officers and Trustees:
David M. Nee, Executive Director
Lisa Graustein
William C. Graustein
P. Ranganath Nayak
David C. Oxman
Benjamin R. Shute, Jr.
Barbara Tinney
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