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Financial Services and General Government

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2025

Listed below are the Financial Services and General Government projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

Arts Council of Greater New Haven – New Haven, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $102,460
  • The Arts Council of New Haven would use funding to support small business training. programs 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Black Business Alliance – Milford, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $1,016,404 
  • The Black Business Alliance would use funding to support training for minority-owned small business training.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

CitySeed, Inc. – New Haven, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $6,167,675
  • CitySeed would used funds to establish a shared-use kitchen and business incubator.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Center for Employee Ownership – Old Lyme, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $229,874
  • The Connecticut Center for Employee Ownership is seeking funds to support employee ownership planning. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Main Street Center – New Haven, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $258,479 
  • The Connecticut Main Street Center is seeking funds for their Diversity on Main Initiative to help small businesses grow in communities across Connecticut. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut State Northwestern – Winsted, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $1,700,000
  • Seeking funds to establish an entrepreneurial center for entrepreneurial training. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

Gather New Haven – New Haven, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $139,500 
  • Seeking funds to establish an eco-entrepreneurship lab. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

HEDCO – Hartford, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $200,000
  • Seeking funds for the restructuring of a small business resource center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

KNOX, INC – Hartford, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $220,462 
  • Seeking funds for an urban farmer small business training program. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

Metro Art Studios – Bridgeport, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $220,462
  • Seeking funds to support small professional art businesses. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

Mystic Seaport Museum – Mystic, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $1,059,000
  • Seeking funds to enhance their records collection platforms. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

SHEBA Resource Center – Hartford, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $3,500,000
  • SHEBA is seeking funding for a small business resource center. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

SHEBA Resource Center – Hartford, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $3,500,000
  • SHEBA is seeking funding for the renovation of a small business resource center. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

The Young Women’s Christian Association of New Britain – New Britain, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $700,000
  • Seeking funding for a childcare incubator in New Britain. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

Town of Winchester – Winchester, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $101,000
  • Seeking funding for municipal records digitization. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $75,000 
  • Seeking funding to operate an entrepreneurial bootcamp for veterans. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $232,776
  • Seeking funding to support an entrepreneurship and innovation accelerator.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $885,000 
  • Seeking funding for their Small Business Development Center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter. 

Women’s Business Development Council – Stamford, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $350,000
  • Funding to expand technical assistance to women owned small businesses. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.