Rays of Hope Fund

The Rays of Hope Fund is a fund started to enable the South Windsor Community Foundation to raise money and to grant worth community projects funds to exeucte these projects.

Fundraising is primarily done through mailings and community outreach and appearances at community events.

A distribution committee provides a form to any interested parties who wish to submit an applicaton requesting funds and discussing their use of those funds. A criteria is established to award funds based on the number of people served and the impact on those people.

Previous Grants Awarded

  • TEMS Jump Start program for after school mentoring-$1000 

  • Monday Night Social Club-$350 for general budget

  •   PALS Care-South Windsor Youth and Family Services new recycling initiative, committing kids to help with SW sustainability by purchasing 20 special recycling bins and encourage their involvement for future environmental issue-$650
  • SW Cultural Arts- for their concert series-$200
  • KidsSpace a w yoga school for children with special needs, their request was for funds to give scholarships to students who cannot afford the program-$1000
Print a Grant Application