CT Humanities awarded BML a capacity-building grant that will allow the library to provide fundraising training to their Board of Trustees, Friends of the Library group and staff members.

The training, which will begin this month, will be facilitated by consultant Melissa Combs of Combs & Co. in Farmington, CT. After a review of the library’s past fundraising efforts, Combs will work with stakeholders to improve the library’s existing fundraising process and look to future fundraising opportunities. The training will be completed by December 2022.

“We are very grateful to CT Humanities for giving us this opportunity,” says Wendy Connal, the library’s director. “Our hope is to increase our fundraising success so we can continue to serve our patrons and community to our highest capacity.”

Connecticut Humanities (CTH) is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CTH connects people to the humanities through grants, partnerships, and collaborative programs. CTH projects, administration, and program development are supported by state and federal matching funds, community foundations and gifts from private sources. Learn more by visiting cthumanities.org.

For more information, contact the library at 860-445-0392.