Organization City Torrington

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant: Northwest Connecticut Arts Council/Howard’s Bookstore


  • Organization Name:
    Northwest Connecticut Arts Council/Howard's Bookstore

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $6,100.00

  • 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: KidsPlay Children’s Museum


  • Organization Name:
    KidsPlay Children's Museum

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • 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: Warner Theatre


  • Organization Name:
    Warner Theatre

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • 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: Chorus Angelicus


  • Organization Name:
    Chorus Angelicus

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $14,200.00

  • 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: Torrington Symphony Orchestra


  • Organization Name:
    Torrington Symphony Orchestra

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,900.00

  • 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: WAPJ Torrington Community Radio


  • Organization Name:
    WAPJ Torrington Community Radio

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $5,900.00

  • 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: The Litchfield County Choral Union


  • Organization Name:
    The Litchfield County Choral Union

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • 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: Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, Inc.


  • Organization Name:
    Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, Inc.

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $34,800.00

  • 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: Northwest Connecticut Arts Council


  • Organization Name:
    Northwest Connecticut Arts Council

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • 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: Torrington Historical Society


  • Organization Name:
    Torrington Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $27,000.00

  • 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: The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory


  • Organization Name:
    The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $111,300.00

  • 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.


Project to Expand Virtual and In-person Humanities Programming


  • Organization Name:
    Torrington Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $4,642.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY21

  • Grant Summary:

    Torrington Historical Society seeks support for a series of free virtual and in-person humanities programs that will increase access and understanding of local history and collections. Offerings will include virtual lectures, a virtual tour of the Torrington history exhibit and the transition of the collections database to an online format, all providing free, COVID-safe access for the public. Two summer programs will be held onsite. The grant period is May through December 2021.


COVID Relief Fund for Museum Grant – Kidsplay Children’s Museum


  • Organization Name:
    Kidsplay Children's Museum

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • 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: Torrington Historical Society


  • Organization Name:
    Torrington Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • 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.

    * This relief grant was funded by the Connecticut Humanities Fund made possible by the Connecticut General Assembly.


Torrington and World War I [working title]


  • Organization Name:
    Torrington Historical Society

  • Organization City:
    Torrington

  • Amount Awarded:
    $2750

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY18

  • Grant Summary:

    This project has two components: a World War I exhibition and a World War I Living History Day. The exhibit will discuss the Great War and its impact on the Torrington community. The Living History event, a collaboration with the Connecticut Civil War Round Table, will include a lecture, re-enactors, and period music.


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