The Fairfield County’s Community Foundation is inviting applications for grants to bring together passionate people and trusted resources to solve region’s challenges through innovative, collaborative solutions.
Donor Name: Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
State: Connecticut
County: Fairfield County (CT)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2022
Details:
By bringing together local nonprofit organizations, businesses, policy makers, community leaders and funding partners who care deeply about the future of Fairfield County, the Community Impact Fund is transforming big ideas into collaborative solutions to achieve significant change – now, and for generations to come.
Priority Areas
- EMPOWERING WOMEN & GIRLS
- Empowering young women & girls to lead economically secure, healthy and safe lives
- STRENGTHENING NONPROFITS
- One-stop resource hub supporting and strengthening local nonprofits
- CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH
- Providing clear pathways to post-secondary education leading to careers for youth ages 16-25
- INVESTING IN HOUSING SOLUTIONS
- Ensuring all residents have safe, stable and affordable housing in communities of opportunity
- EMPOWERING IMMIGRANTS
- Positioning Fairfield County’s immigrants to achieve success.
Eligibility Criteria
- They will not consider requests from an organization that has an open competitive grant with the Foundation (meaning you have not submitted a final report).
- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation will not consider requests to support religious or political causes, or to organizations organized for religious or political purposes.
- They will consider requests from charitable organizations that are tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) organization and public charities under IRS Section 509 (a). Organizations operating under a fiscal sponsor with tax exempt status under IRS Section 501(c)(3) may also be considered.
- They will only consider requests from organizations located within Fairfield County or that directly benefit residents of Fairfield County.
For more information, visit FCCF.
