Eligibility

• Advance the funding priorities listed in the Focus Areas section; and
• Are located in the 42 towns listed in the Communities We Serve section.

Applicants that are NOT Eligible

Please note that the NewAlliance Foundation does not make grants to the following types of applicants:

• Individuals
• For-profit organizations
• Religious institutions, except for non-sectarian programs benefiting the community-at-large
• Service clubs, fraternal organizations or third parties raising funds for a charity
• Parent Teacher Organizations or associations
• State agencies, quasi-state agencies, departments or commissions
• Public or Private Schools
• Organizations raising money to re-grant funds to specific causes
• Organizations raising money for specific diseases.

Activities We DO NOT Support

NewAlliance Foundation does not make grants to support the following:

• Projects taking place in areas not listed under Communities We Serve
• Political activities, including lobbying expenses or other activities influencing the outcome of the legislative or electoral process
• Interest expenses paid on loans or payment to eliminate or reduce existing deficits
• Feasibility studies
• Trips, tours, transportation costs, conference sponsorships or conference attendance expenses
• Golf tournaments
• Requests from individual schools for specific in-school programs
• Animal causes
• Team sponsorships or individual sports people
• Camps or camp scholarships
• “a-thon” fundraising events
• Pageants
• Capital requests to build endowments.

For questions regarding your organizations’ eligibility to apply, the type of activity for which you seek support, or the content of your application, contact LaKisha Jordan at (203) 859-6600 or by email: ljordan@newalliancefoundation.org.