Guilford Foundation » Grants

The Guilford Foundation (TGF) recently awarded 14 grants through our regular Competitive Grant making process, although this year’s process was anything but normal. These grants are made annually through our endowment funds based on our spending policy. TGF’s original grant deadline was March 12—the Thursday of that fateful week that initiated a national shutdown.

While we had already received a number of applications, we made two decisions in response to the coronavirus:

1. We extended the deadline to May 1, 2020.

2. We reprioritized our grant making to focus on the impact of COVID19 on our community.

Organizations who had already submitted an application were given the chance to resubmit based on the changing landscape, and many did. Organizations were also encouraged to apply for funding through our new COVID19 Response Fund for Guilford, and many did that as well.

The resulting grants through our Competitive Grant making process are as follows:

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Although the ceremony was via Zoom this year, the Guilford High School scholarship awardees were no less impressive. The Guilford Foundation was honored to provide 18 awards to graduating seniors from Guilford High School.

These impressive students were selected according to a variety of qualifications, from academic excellence to sportsmanship to career intentions, and have finished their high school career under the most extreme and isolating conditions.

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The Guilford Foundation (TGF) recently awarded $20,725 through 18 scholarship awards to graduating Guilford High School seniors (except where noted) who plan to pursue post-secondary education. The awards and honorees are as follows:

• Elisabeth Adams Scholarship ($500 each): Mariam Kish & Keldon LaRose
• Carl A. Balestracci Humanitarian Scholarship ($550 each): Giana Cardonita & Leo Westguard
• Al & Gene Bishop Fund ($3,150): Noah Thomas
• Richard Brooks Scholarship Fund ($1,000): Brielle Kendrioski
• Stuart D. Burt Scholarship ($2,250): Ellis Riccio
• Maureen Cyr Caruso Scholarship Fund ($1,000): Mia Tilton
• Guilford ABC Scholarship ($2,000): Sumaiyah Lee
• Jaffe Scholarship Fund ($1,300 each year for four years): Kush Patel
• Stephen A. Looney Scholarship ($750 each): Alessandra Stankewich & Braden Stephens
• Jake Penman Memorial Fund ($1,000): Juan Colberg-Martinez
• Ralph Schipani Scholarship Fund ($750 each): Nicole Teply & Michael Kegel
• Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” Schwanfelder Scholarship ($2,400): George Sanderlin
• Kyle E. Smith Scholarship ($525): Karley Krickmier
• Alison Varian Scholarship Fund for the Sound School ($1,000): Chloe Melillo

These students represent the best of Guilford’s future—they work after school jobs, they are active in politics, they volunteer at numerous organizations, they are in National Honor Society, play in orchestra and band, row crew, play baseball, softball, soccer, basketball & lacrosse, go on mission trips around the country, are honor students, are captains of their teams, lead Guilford’s Youth Advisory Group, are AP & International Baccalaureate scholars; participate in theater; tutor, and somehow sleep and go to school. The Guilford Foundation extends its deep congratulations to these remarkable scholars as they start the next chapter of their journey.

The Guilford Foundation (TGF) recently awarded $68,400 to organizations serving Guilford. These grants were awarded through TGF’s annual competitive grant making process.

TGF received 33 applications for funding—reflecting a 21% increase from 2018 in the amount requested for funding.  TGF was able to support 20 of those requests, including grants that relate to the environment, affordable housing, basic needs, arts and culture, and youth.

The full list of awardees, the amount and the purpose of the grant follows:

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The Guilford Foundation recently presented scholarship awards totaling $12,300 to twelve Guilford High School graduates to help offset the costs of their education. The records of these remarkable students reflect their hard work and commitment to personal development and inspire hope in the future citizenry of our great town.

The twelve students (as well as their colleges) are as follows:

Pictured right-left: Thomas Wiesler, Zachary Rodes, Olivia Mirek, Jordan Krause, Claire Dinauer, Luke McNamara, Emily Nolan.

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