Grants & Sponsorships

You can’t know what’s most important to your community unless you’re in your community. You have to meet the people around you to know what they need. You need to make connections with your neighbors to ultimately call them friends – and care about how they’re doing. With more than 195 years of experience, we’ve had a lot of time to meet people, to make friends and to work hand in hand with many of the amazing organizations throughout our communities. We're proud to continue that tradition through our community support initiatives.

Sponsorships

We are purposeful about our support through sponsorship and donations to community-based organizations that align with our community priorities. Sponsorship and donation requests are generally reviewed on a bi-weekly basis. The typical sponsorship awarded is between $250 - $2,500.

Foundation Grants

The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation strives to support local community-based organizations tackling the state’s most significant challenges. Charitable Foundation grants are awarded three times per year, with the application window open during the following time frames:

• December 15 - January 16th
• March 15 - April 15th
• September 15 - October 15th

Eligibility

• Funding must support communities located in the Centreville Bank service area: Rhode Island, New London and Windham counties in Connecticut.
• Ogranizations must have an IRS tax exemption 501 (c)(3).
• Sponsorship requests must be submitted at least six weeks in advance.

Charitable Priority Areas

Our goal is to support initiatives that help students achieve education success, ensure families can attain economic security, and provide capacity building support so nonprofits can enhance their organizational effectiveness. Examples include:

Education Success

• Early Childhood education
• Out of school time / summer learning
• Social and emotional learning
• High school completion and hgher education enrollment
• Family and community engagement programs
• Support for diverse learning needs

• Help individuals meet their basic needs
• Provide access to adult education, GED completion, English language classes, etc.
• Housing (Home ownership and counseling, eviction and homelessness prevention.)
• Affordable housing development
• Financial education and coaching
• Food insecurity
• Elderly safety and wellbeing

• Leadership development / board and staff education
• Program evaluation
• Marketing and communications
• Technology enhancements
• Organizational improvements
• Strategic and succession planning
• Innovations funds to help diversify revenues, invest in their businesses, and explore strategic collaboration

Exclusions

Centreville Bank will consider one application per organization each year. Applications for the following are not eligible for consideration:

• Fraternal or Alumni organization
• Political organization
• Religious organization
• National organization with a local chapter
• Programs that benefits specific individuals
• Talent or beauty contests
• Advertising
• Travel expenses
• Pass through request (request for funds that will be given to another organization)
• Communities outside of the Banks service area