Friends of Connecticut CASA
We are grateful to everyone who has contributed to support our early work. Every donation helps complement our grant funding and demonstrates an increasing base of support, while providing key unrestricted resources as our lean organization grows to recruit, train, and support additional volunteer court-appointed advocates to serve children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
The donations below supplement some $170,000 in grants for 2019 and 2020, plus a $59,990 mentoring grant for 2020-2022, $75,000 grant for 2021, $75,000 growth grant for 2022-23, $32,000 growth grant for 2024-25, and $142,391 VOCA/ARPA award of federal funds for 2022-23 (since extended for 2023-24 and 2024-25) through the Connecticut Judicial Branch, among others. The federal grant funds distributed nationally are provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, as authorized under the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
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$25,000 and more
Everette E. Dennis (in memory of Emily Thompson Smith)
ForGood Fund -
$10,000 to $25,000
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Jonathan F. Fanton/Jerome Greene Foundation
Kappa Alpha Theta (Eta Xi Chapter, Quinnipiac University)
MJ and Caral G. Lebworth Foundation
NewAlliance Foundation
New York Community Trust/Sarah Weingarten Fund
Newman's Own Foundation
Emily T. Smith Trust, Everette E. Dennis, trustee (in memory of Emily Thompson Smith) -
$5,000 to $10,000
Amour Propre Fund/LindyLee Gold, President
Anonymous Donors
David Bayne
Mario and Lydia Chiappetti
Sharon M. Clemons "Butterflies" Fund, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Eder Family Foundation (Wesley and Courtney Eder)
Fritz Foley/McCance Foundation
Kappa Alpha Theta (Gamma Zeta Chapter, University of Connecticut)
Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta Pi Chapter, Sacred Heart University)
Lauren and George Messner
Petit Family Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation
TEGNA Foundation (WTIC/WCCT) -
$2,500 to $5,000
Christopher and Sherri Cesare
Claire's Corner Copia
Counter Weight Brewing (and its customers)
Miriam Ingber and Peter Vassilev
Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae, in memory of Eileen Gaspar Sheehan (Gamma Zeta Chapter, UConn)
M&T Bank Charitable Foundation
Lisa and John Salvatore
Jaime and Erika Smith
Andrew Smulian
Yale University (Office of New Haven Affairs) -
$1,000 to $2,500
Kevin Antaya and Tina Rideout
Robert Berman and Elizabeth Wilson
John F. Brady
Kristen and John Burns
Mark and Carrie Casey Family Fund
Sheryl Culotta
Umut Ergun and Juan Leon
John H. Finley IV
Joseph E. Gitchell and Elizabeth A. Mumford
Grant and Lara Gund Foundation
Adriana Arreola Joseph/The Connecticut Project
Deborah and Ira Katznelson
Delia Kulukundis (in honor of Sarah Weingarten)
Kurzrok Foundation
Joan Annexy Lopez
Rory MacFarquhar
Medtronic
Archie Moore's New Haven (and its customers)
Nassau Financial Group
Amber and Anthony Paquette
Edmund Polubinski
William and Michele Rosa
Billie Gastic Rosado
Russell Hall Co.
Ben Sheffner
Urban Philanthropic (UP) Fund
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital -
$500 to $1,000
Alexion Charitable Foundation
Rebecca M. Allen
Donald E. Antaya
Better Rhodes
Grant and Karen Bogle
Irene Q. Brown
Richard D. Brown
CVS Health
Natalie Drucker
First Congregational Church of Guilford (CT)
Shelley Geballe
Jason D. Glushon and Dr. Lindsey R. Glucksman (in honor of Miye Oni)
Christine Hall
Dwayne A. Jackson
Carolyn N. Kinder
Jennifer Lemay-Sullivan
Stephen Oh
Miye Oni
Charlie Pillsbury
Emily Rodrigues
Rachel Sondheimer
David H. Thompson
Sahar Usmani-Brown
Brian Wysolmerski
Please consider adding your name to those above, by donating directly or in whatever other way you may prefer. Whether via the website, check, Donor Advised Funds, United Way giving, or payroll deductions, there are various options.