Community Fund for Women & Girls

The Community Fund for Women & Girls was created in 1995 by an anonymous woman to provide ongoing support for services important to women and girls in the Greater New Haven and Lower Naugatuck Valley area. The purpose of the fund has inspired more than 600 women to participate as donors and volunteers. An annual meeting is held each Spring and fund-raising events occur throughout the year.

The Fund makes grants to projects which accomplish the following:

• Create and support opportunities for the economic, educational, physical, emotional, social, artistic, and personal growth of women and girls
• Meet special needs of women and girls and the diverse populations of women in our region
• Encourage the advancement and full participation of women and girls in the community and in philanthropy
• Advance the status of women and girls in the core areas of economic security, health, violence, education and political participation.

Examples of previously funded programs include: employment training, teen pregnancy prevention and positive youth development, and domestic violence prevention and immediate relief.

For more information about the Fund, contact Sharon Cappetta at scappetta@cfgnh.org or (203) 777-7071.