DERBY — More than 60 Valley-based nonprofits — a record number — have signed up to participate in the 2025 Great Give on May 7 – 8.
The 36-hour online fundraising spectacular, created by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (TCF) in 2010, unites donors with area nonprofits online in a fun and engaging way.
The Great Give raises money and awareness for area nonprofits and causes with valuable matching funds and prizes from TCF, the Valley Community Foundation (VCF), and other generous sponsors. Last year, The Great Give raised more than $3.8 million for a record number 553 nonprofits in the Valley and Greater New Haven area.
There were 57 Valley-based nonprofits that participated in 2024, raising more than $507,000 for organizations in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton.
Registration for nonprofits to participate closed April 25. To donate to nonprofits during the Great Give: To donate to your favorite nonprofits during the Great Give, go to www.TheGreatGive.org between 8am on May 7, 2025, and 8pm on May 8, 2025. You can also register as a nonprofit at the same website.
Due to the unprecedented number of grant requests this year, donations made to VCF during this year’s Great Give will go toward unrestricted grant requests and support area nonprofits in 2025.
Valley nonprofits registered for the 2025 Great Give as of April 25, 2025:
• Adam’s House
• Advancing Heroes Fund in Memory of Jeff Vrlik
• Afrique Prospere Education
• ALS United Connecticut
• Ansonia Fire Department
• Ansonia Public Schools
• Area Congregations Together
• Assumption School
• BHcare
• Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley
• Bunlandia Rabbit Rescue and Rehab
• cARTie
• Center Stage Theatre
• Coco’s Animal Rescue Efforts of Seymour
• Connecticut Hurricanes Drum & Bugle Corps, Inc.
• Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
• CT Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, Inc.
• Derby Historical Society
• Derby Little League
• Derby Neck Library Association
• Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Ambulance Corps., Inc.
• Friends of Derby Public Library
• Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center
• Griffin Hospital
• Haven’s Harvest
• Housatonic Council, Boy Scouts of America
• Housatonic Valley Association
• Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County
• Lady D’s Scholarship Fund
• Life Health and Wellness Center
• Massaro Community Farm
• Master’s Table Community Meals
• Oxford Ambulance Association
• Oxford High School Booster Club, Inc.
• Oxford Historical Society
• Oxford Land Trust
• Pop Warner Football of Derby, Inc. aka Derby Pop Warner Football and Cheer
• Project Purple
• Recreation Camp
• Seymour Food 2 Kids
• Seymour Oxford Food Bank, Inc.
• Seymour Pink, Inc.
• Shelton Clean-Up Project
• Shelton CT Gaels Alumni Association
• Shelton Historical Society
• Shelton Land Conservation Trust
• Shelton Robotics
• St. Mary-St. Michael School
• St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop & Food Bank
• Storm Ambulance Corps
• TEAM, Inc.
• The Salvation Army Ansonia
• Traveler On A Mission
• Valley Arts Council
• Valley Community Foundation
• Valley Council for Health & Human Services
• Valley Independent Sentinel
• Valley Shakespeare Festival
• Valley United Way
• Valley YMCA
• Women In Networking (WIN) Entrepreneurial Grant Fund
About the Valley Community Foundation:
Established in 2004, each year the Valley Community Foundation (VCF) distributes approximately $2 million in grants that support local nonprofits and people they serve. In addition to grantmaking, VCF works in strong partnership with The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (TCF) to promote philanthropy in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton and receives funding from The Gates Fund and other preference funds at TCF that benefit the Valley. For more information, visit www.valleyfoundation.org. Valley Community Foundation, 253‑A Elizabeth Street, Derby CT, 06418. Office: (203) 751‑9162.
