Cox Charities New England, a charitable giving initiative of Cox Communications, supports local non-profits after-school programs for children in our local communities. Cox Charities New England is funded entirely by the company's 1,200 New England employees and its business vendors.

Cox Charities Accepting Applications to 2012 Community Grants Process. Deadline: December 15.

Non-profit organizations interested in applying for 2012 Cox Charities Community Grant must submit a proposal by December 15, 2011.

About Cox Charities Community Grants - Fueled by the critical need to engage children when they are most vulnerable to negative social pressure, Cox Charities New England provides Community Grants to non-profit organizations that support academic achievement during the out-of-school timeframe.
 
Annually Cox Charities awards community grants in the range of $5,000 to $15,000 to organizations that support after-school programs in the communities were we live and serve.
 
Grant Process: Applications are accepted electronically each fall. The Cox Charities Advisory Group review applications that are submitted within the application period.

Click here to download the Grant Application (pdf format)

Funding Criteria: Proposals will be judged on the degree to which the following criteria are met:

Organizations must:

• Have current exemption under 501( c )(3) of the IRS code

• Serve areas within Cox’s New England service areas: the State of Rhode Island; Meriden, Cheshire, Southington, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Hartland, Somers, Stafford, Suffield, Union, Windsor Locks, Manchester, Glastonbury, Newington, Rocky Hill, South Windsor, and Wethersfield, Connecticut.

• Directly focus on after-school programming and must follow the traditional school day during the school year.

• Focused on increasing academic achievement and the positive development of youth.

• Preference will be given to programs that collaborate closely with low performing middle schools, as defined by the State Department of Education.

• The proposal must describe how the program is evaluated, including outcomes measurement.

• The program must be cost effective.
• 2011 Community Grant recipients must include outcome measures from the previous year (Proposals that do not include the previous year’s outcome measures will not be accepted for review).
• Incomplete and late applications will not be considered.

Grants are issued annually. The Cox Charities Community Advisory Committee reviews, ranks and selects the final grant recipients.

Cox Charities New England Community Advisory Committee:

Mr. Paul Cronin, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cox Communications
Mr. Scott DiChristofero, Vice President of Finance, Gateway Healthcare, Inc.
Ms. Elizabeth B. Eckel, Senior Vice President Marketing & Investor Relations, Washington Trust
Rhode Island State Senator Hanna Gallo
Mr. William Hall, Vice President for Administration & CFO, Salve Regina University
Mr. Adam Hamblett, Vice President, General Manager, Cox Media    
Rhode Island State Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy
Connecticut State Senator John A. Kissel
Steven J. Maurano, Assistant Vice President for Government Relations, Public Affairs and Community Relations, Providence College
Rhode Island State Representative Helio Melo
Mayor Michael S. Rohde, City of Meriden
Mr. Mark Scott, Vice President, Cox Business
Rhode Island State Senator William Walaska
Mr. John Wolfe, Vice President Government & Public Affairs, Cox Communications