New Haven, CT
Dear New Haven Grantseeker,
Thank you for your interest in Carolyn Foundation.
Based on feedback from the community, Carolyn Foundation is focusing narrowly on youth development programming for youth ages 13-18 in New Haven, CT. We are taking a two-pronged approach to:
- Support a core group of youth development partners who have distinguished themselves for serving our target population; and
- Support community-led organizations where leadership and staff reflect the demographics and share lived experiences with the young people they serve.
In this way, we strive to provide both breadth and depth to our youth development focus.
Our current Core Partners are:
- Common Ground
- Elm City Internationals
- Elm Shakespeare Company
- LEAP
- Music Haven
- Solar Youth
- Squash Haven
- St. Martin de Porres Academy
Our 2025 Community-Led Youth Development Grantees are:
- Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Hartford
- CfAL for Digital Inclusion
- Connecticut Students for a Dream
- Dwight Hall at Yale
- Helping Our People to Excel, Inc. (HOPE)
- Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs
- Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
- The Arts Council of Greater New Haven
- Youth Entrepreneurs
Our 2025 grant round for community-led youth development grants will open on June 15, 2025. Click here to read more about the grantmaking guidelines. You may apply here. The next deadline to apply is August 15, 2025, and grants will be paid in early 2026.
Sincerely,
Becky Erdahl
Executive Director