The Middletown Community Foundation aims to secure permanent and growing assets to meet the area's changing needs. Since its inception in 1976, and after becoming a standalone foundation in 1986, its mission has been to serve as a perpetual community endowment. The foundation funds projects, programs, and scholarships that benefit education, the arts, and human needs across Franklin, Madison, Monroe, Trenton, and Middletown, focusing on creating and executing initiatives that address immediate community needs and offering donors a variety of tax-deductible options to support the community's development.
The Human Need and Community Development Grant program seeks applications that focus on meeting specific community needs rather than supporting the work of a specific organization. This grant aims to help create safe, positive living environments for residents and enable families to develop skills and resources necessary to support and nurture each other.