Organization City Norwalk

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Southern Connecticut Camerata


  • Organization Name:
    Southern Connecticut Camerata

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,700.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Center for Contemporary Printmaking


  • Organization Name:
    Center for Contemporary Printmaking

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $31,200.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Norwalk Preservation Trust


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Preservation Trust

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,600.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/URSA GALLERY


  • Organization Name:
    CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/URSA GALLERY

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $6,500.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: CRYSTAL THEATRE


  • Organization Name:
    CRYSTAL THEATRE

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $18,100.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Norwalk Youth Symphony


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Youth Symphony

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $21,200.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Wall Street Theater


  • Organization Name:
    Wall Street Theater

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $39,900.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Historic Rowayton


  • Organization Name:
    Historic Rowayton

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $8,900.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/CIRCUS MOVES


  • Organization Name:
    CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/CIRCUS MOVES

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $6,400.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/THE NORWALK ART SPACE


  • Organization Name:
    CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/THE NORWALK ART SPACE

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $10,800.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Creative Connections


  • Organization Name:
    Creative Connections

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $28,500.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Norwalk Symphony Orchestra


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Symphony Orchestra

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $24,500.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk


  • Organization Name:
    The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $355,200.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Norwalk Historical Society


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $12,100.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: East Coast Contemporary Ballet Company


  • Organization Name:
    East Coast Contemporary Ballet Company

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $7,700.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Stepping Stones Museum for Children


  • Organization Name:
    Stepping Stones Museum for Children

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Rowayton Arts Center, Inc.


  • Organization Name:
    Rowayton Arts Center, Inc.

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $20,200.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS


  • Organization Name:
    CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC/BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $7,100.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Thomas/Ortiz Dance


  • Organization Name:
    Thomas/Ortiz Dance

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $6,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County


  • Organization Name:
    Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $50,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Music Theatre of Connecticut, Inc


  • Organization Name:
    Music Theatre of Connecticut, Inc

  • Organization City:
    NORWALK

  • Amount Awarded:
    $42,100.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Norwalk International Cultural Exchange


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk International Cultural Exchange

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $8,500.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum


  • Organization Name:
    The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $33,600.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Norwalk Seaport Association, Inc.


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Seaport Association, Inc.

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $55,300.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: American Chamber Orchestra


  • Organization Name:
    American Chamber Orchestra

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $6,300.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.


Virtual Community Exhibitions


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $10,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    The purpose of the project is to present past and current exhibitions that have been on display at our sites. This will preserve the information conveyed in the exhibits in perpetuity and provide access to the interpretation to objects in the collection, and to allow online presentation of these exhibits.


Marshing through Time


  • Organization Name:
    The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $25,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY22

  • Grant Summary:

    Marshing through Time will form a dynamic, hands-on component of The Maritime Aquarium’s (TMA) new exhibit on the salt marshes of Long Island Sound. Through multi-media storytelling and digital depictions of historical artifacts (e.g. land deeds, newspaper articles, maps, etc.), this interactive timeline will illustrate how the marshlands of Norwalk Harbor have impacted the culture and economy of the region, from their settlement by Native Americans to future generations.


COVID Relief Fund for Museum Grant – Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum


  • Organization Name:
    Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $22,727.25

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY21

  • Grant Summary:

    COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.


COVID Relief Fund for Museum Grant – Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk


  • Organization Name:
    Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $45,454.50

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY21

  • Grant Summary:

    COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.


COVID Relief Fund for Museum Grant – Stepping Stones Museum for Children


  • Organization Name:
    Stepping Stones Museum for Children

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $45,454.50

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY21

  • Grant Summary:

    COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.


COVID Relief: Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County


  • Organization Name:
    Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY20

  • Grant Summary:

    Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.


COVID Relief: Norwalk Historical Society


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY20

  • Grant Summary:

    Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.


COVID Relief: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum


  • Organization Name:
    Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $10,000.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY20

  • Grant Summary:

    Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.


We (Heart) America!: Phase 2


  • Organization Name:
    Stepping Stones Museum for Children

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $25,000

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY20

  • Grant Summary:

    Funding to complete logistical and content planning for two statewide virtual and in-person student civic engagement-focused events (KidsCon I and II). Collecting and curating crowdsourced digital content from this KidsCon to support the concept design stages of a new immersive, three-dimensional storybook exhibition entitled We (Heart) America! (WHA), as well as providing the requisite educator professional development to scaffold this entire process.


From Corsets to Suffrage: Victorian Women Trailblazers


  • Organization Name:
    Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $3,998.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY19

  • Grant Summary:

    Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present an exhibition to mark the centennial of the 19th Amendment (1919-20), which guaranteed women the right to vote. The exhibition will use objects, manuscripts, images, text, and costumes to illustrate the activities and contributions of Norwalk suffragists — including two directly associated with the Mansion — placing the local story in the state and national context and exploring the lasting significance of the suffrage movement.


Planning for the exhibition “Norwalk’s Changing Communities before 1835”


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $23000

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY18

  • Grant Summary:

    The exhibition will explore the stories of Norwalk from the end of the Ice Age through the rebuilding of the town after the battle and burning of Norwalk during the Revolutionary War. The exhibition will be the first long-term exhibition, other than the exterior interpretative signs, on the Mill Hill campus, and is part of a projected series of exhibitions, programs and events planned.


Assessment of the Norwalk Potteries Collections at the Norwalk Historical Society for Future Exhibition


  • Organization Name:
    Norwalk Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $3620

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY18

  • Grant Summary:

    From the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, Norwalk was an important center for the manufacturing of pottery. The merger of the collections of the Norwalk Historical Society, the Village Green Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the City of Norwalk/Lockwood Collection has given the Norwalk Historical Society the opportunity to look at this important product, conduct a collections assessment, and share this story with the public through a new exhibition.


Planning for “Bulls of Wall Street: High Finance, Power, and Social Change in Victorian America”


  • Organization Name:
    Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

  • Organization City:
    Norwalk

  • Amount Awarded:
    $20000

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY18

  • Grant Summary:

    The exhibit will look at the origins of an industry that contemporary America accepts as an institution, but which was new, controversial, and volatile in the nineteenth century: Wall Street finance.


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