About the Foundation
From its Gilded Age to present day, Hartford’s arts community has created a quality of life that resonates throughout the Capitol Region. Roberts founders recognized how important the arts are to maintaining the vitality of their beloved city, and 60 years ago created a foundation that would ensure Hartford’s rich cultural heritage thrived for generations.
Today the Roberts Foundation is unique in its commitment to support the arts for arts’ sake, and to achieve this mission, the organization seeks to fund exceptional aesthetic experiences that reflect, celebrate and elevate the human spirit.
Geographic Area Served
The foundation limits funding to organizations located in Hartford County, and gives priority to arts nonprofits in the following cities and towns:
Hartford, Newington, Bloomfield, South Windsor, East Hartford, West Hartford, Farmington, Wethersfield, New Britain, Windsor
What We Fund?
The foundation focuses its support on the creation, presentation and performance of works of art through three grant programs:
- Excellence in the Arts grants: Our quarterly grant program
- Creation of New Work Initiative: Now a quarterly grant program as well
- Equity in the Arts initiative: These grants are awarded at the discretion of the board and not through a competitive grants process.
Our Programs
Excellence in the Arts
Today, the Roberts Foundation is unique in its commitment to support the arts for arts’ sake, and to achieve this mission, the organization seeks to fund exceptional aesthetic experiences that reflect, celebrate and elevate the human spirit.
Creation of New Work
This special program provides support for artists in the Greater Hartford community and that the community as a whole will benefit from the resulting new work.
Equity In the Arts
We stand resolute against the racism and injustice that motivated these horrific acts as well as the institutionalized complicity that has constrained the lives of innumerable African Americans for more than 400 years without acknowledgment.
How To Apply
01
Research
Review the lists of questions and documents to be attached and be prepared to provide the information requested.
02
Reporting Requirements
Answer the questions in the Reporting Requirements form and attach the final budget to actuals for the project. You may send playbills or other collateral material related to the project to our mailing address.
03
Application Form
Eligible organizations are invited to submit applications for the programs. Please review our guidelines and procedures of each grant before submitting your application.
04
Review Phase
You will go to the review phase where we will evaluate your proposal. Please note that we meet quarterly. Organizations will be notified of the board’s decision shortly after the meeting.
01
Research
Review the lists of questions and documents to be attached and be prepared to provide the information requested.
02
Reporting Requirements
Answer the questions in the Reporting Requirements form and attach the final budget to actuals for the project. You may send playbills or other collateral material related to the project to our mailing address.
03
Application Form
Eligible organizations are invited to submit applications for the programs. Please review our guidelines and procedures of each grant before submitting your application.
04
Review Phase
You will go to the review phase where we will evaluate your proposal. Please note that we meet quarterly. Organizations will be notified of the board’s decision shortly after the meeting.
