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Since 1991, our programs have been funded by more than $2,000,000 in grant awards from private, local, state, and national sources.

ARC operation costs are provided for with private and individual, tax-deductible contributions. We appreciate your support.

Special Thanks to Our Current Funders

Significant Projects

2022 from NewAlliance Foundation for the Design Connections Program in the New Haven Public Schools

2022 from Arts Council of Greater New Haven for a Resiliency Grant

2022 from New Haven Arts Council

2022 from Greater Hartford Arts council

2021 from Connecticut Economic and Community Development

2021 from Community Foundation of Greater New Haven

2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 Design Connections Partnership (DCP) at ten New Haven Public Schools awarded $115,000 from Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts; $95,000 from National Endowment for the Arts; $95,000 from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven; $30,000 from the New Alliance Foundation; and, nearly $110,000 from local and state community foundations.

2010 Awarded $15,000 from National Endowment for the Arts for Design Connection Partnership Pilot Program at Mauro-Sheridan School, a New Haven Public School in Connecticut

2009 Awarded $22,500 from Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism for after-school programming at Farnam Neighborhood House, Inc

2006 & 2007 Awarded $110,000 from Connecticut State Department of Education Interdistrict Cooperative grant program for The Hartford Connections: Making History Come Alive with Hartford's Students and Teachers

2006 Awarded $135,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, We the People fund for Beyond Amistad: The African American Struggle for Citizenship, 1770-1850

2004 Awarded $48,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for The Hartford Connection