Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation Q4 Grants
Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation Awards $247,000 in Grants to 19 Organizations Throughout Rhode Island and Connecticut
Annual Charitable Foundation giving totals more than $1.6 million in 2024.
Annual Charitable Foundation giving totals more than $1.6 million in 2024.
The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation is proud to announce that it awarded $247,000 in grants to 19 nonprofit organizations across Rhode Island and Connecticut in its most recent quarter of giving. This funding supports a variety of community programs that align with the Foundation’s mission to strengthen local communities through targeted charitable investments.
This quarter’s recipients include the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket in Rhode Island, whose Out-of-School Time Program provides critical resources and support for youth and Access Community Action Agency in Connecticut, a nonprofit working to help improve the quality of life for individuals and families in northeastern Connecticut.
Kathleen Krider, Senior Director, Community Engagement, Access Agency noted, “With this grant from the Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation, Access will develop a rapid re-housing program for ten domestic violence survivors that focuses on participant strengths and highlights them as part of the recovery process. Additionally, we will create opportunities for participants to have a voice about their experiences, to empower and inform others, create change, and make them stakeholders in their own communities. We want to thank Centreville Bank for recognizing the importance of this work in the community.”
The Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket is also a grant recipient and its director of development and communications, Amy Gonsalves, shared, “We are so thankful for the continued support of Centreville Bank. This generous funding enables us to continue providing enriching opportunities for the 3,700+ youth we serve each year at our clubhouse. Thanks to this year’s grant, we’re able to expand access to our Out-of-School Time Programs, ensuring that young people from Pawtucket, Central Falls, and the surrounding neighborhoods have a safe space to grow, learn, and have fun.”
“Centreville Bank is deeply committed to the communities we serve, and through the Charitable Foundation, we strive to support organizations that make a real difference in the lives of individuals and families,” said Hal Horvat, President and CEO of Centreville Bank. “We are proud to partner with organizations like Access Community Action Agency and the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket to create lasting impact.”
In 2024, the Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation awarded a total of $1.6 million to more than 100 nonprofit organizations, reaffirming the Bank’s dedication to fostering economic empowerment, education, and community enrichment across the region.
For more information about the Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation and its commitment to community impact, visit www.centrevillebank.com.
Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation - Q4 Grant Awards
- Read To Grow: Supporting early childhood in Connecticut through Bookmobile visits
- Access Community Action Agency: Rapid Rehousing Domestic Violence Support
- Social Enterprise Greenhouse: GROW: Creating economic prosperity among historically underserved business owners in Rhode Island
- Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket: Out-of-School Time Program
- United Way of RI: Annual Employee Campaign Match
- University of RI Foundation: Talent Development Program
- Town of Plainfield: Senior Art Expression
- Martin House, Inc.: Food Security Program
- TVCCA: Senior Nutrition Program
- Mini Entrepreneurs of Rhode Island: Entrepreneurial Education for Rhode Island Children
- Junior Achievement of Rhode Island, Inc.: Junior Achievement Financial Literacy Programs for Rhode Island Youth
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick: Nurturing Resilience, Inspiring Growth: BGCW's Holistic Approach to Youth Development
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island: BBBSRI Mentoring Programs
- Entrepreneurship for All: EforAll in Rhode Island: Reducing racial income disparities through inclusive entrepreneurship training
- Rhode Island Zoological Society/ Roger Williams Park Zoo: Zoo Camperships: Supporting Title 1 Youth Summer Programming
- Meals on Wheels: Gifts that Give Back Campaign
- Madonna Place: Gifts that Give Back Campaign
- Putnam Board of Education: Gifts that Give Back Campaign - Family Resource Center
- Food Pantry Donations: A total of $23,000 was donated to 23 food pantries
About The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation
The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation was established as a nonprofit, charitable organization in 2008 by the Board of Trustees to further the philanthropic mission of Centreville Bank. The Foundation strives to support local community-based organizations tackling the most significant challenges and helping to meet the needs of underserved populations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. Grants are considered on a quarterly
basis focusing on the following priority areas: education success, economic security, and capacity building. For more information, please visit www.centrevillebank.com/Community.
About Centreville Bank
Founded in 1828 and headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island, Centreville Bank is a full-service mutual bank with over $2 billion in assets and 21 locations throughout Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut. Centreville understands the unique financial needs of individuals, families and businesses and offers a wide range of personal banking and commercial banking products and services including checking accounts, savings accounts, CDs, money market accounts, mortgages, business loans and more. Centreville is committed to its employees and the communities it serves, always striving to help people make progress and achieve their financial goals. That is progress on purpose. Visit centrevillebank.com, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, or come into a branch or office to learn more.
