The Board of Directors of CT Humanities awarded significant funding through the Connecticut Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants program. The money is intended to assist organizations recovering from the pandemic and aiding them to grow their ability to serve their communities and the public. Grant funding ranged from $5,000 to $500,000 and any organization offering cultural, humanities and arts-based projects and activities for the public were eligible.
The following organizations received grant funding:
Bethel
The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut - $6,700 to support the Bethel-based FilmFest52 organization
Bethel Jazz - $5,500
Circus Moves $6,400
Bethel Arts - $5,300
Brookfield
Brookfield Craft Center - $28,100 grant
Brookfield Theatre for the Arts - $9,100
Danbury
Danbury Museum - $19,700
Danbury Music Centre - $25,300
Danbury Railway Museum - $11,600
Musicals at Richter - $8,600
Richter Arts - $5,600
Society for Preservation & Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing - $5,900
New Fairfield
New Fairfield Historical Society - $5,100
Preserve New Fairfield - $5,700
New Milford
Sherman Chamber Ensemble $9,800
Newtown
Edmond Town Hall — $39,400
NewArts — $15,200
Newtown Cultural Arts Commission — $7,400
Newtown Historical Society — $6,000
EverWonder Children’s Museum — $5,000
Redding
Redding Historical Society - $5,900
Ridgefield
Ridgefield Playhouse - $266,200
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum — $112,300
ACT of CT — $106,800
Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center — $42,900
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra — $22,600
Ridgefield Theater Barn — $19,500
Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra — $13,000
Ridgefield Historical Society — $12,800
Ridgefield Guild of Artists — $11,000
Thrown Stone Theatre Company — $10,700
The Ridgefield Chorale — $9,000
Camerata D’Amici — $6,200
Town of Ridgefield — $5,100
Sherman
Jewish Community Center- $10,200
The Sherman Playhouse - $8,100