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Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation partners with our community to create a county where every person has an equitable opportunity to thrive. Informed by three decades of engaging and serving our community, we have awarded more than $390 million in grants to nonprofits in Fairfield County and beyond.

 

Area Served: Fairfield County’s Community Foundation serves the 23 towns and cities of Fairfield County, CT.
Staff Contact: Lutonya Russell-Humes, VP of Grants and Program

FCCF centers our investments on addressing the root causes of our region’s racial disparities in education, health, housing, and income & asset building. Our goal is to do more than help individuals succeed – we are committed to investing resources and generating public will to change social systems and structures to be fundamentally more equitable and just.

Initiatives

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

The emme coalition

The signature investment of FCCF’s Fund for Women & Girls, emme is a research-driven program that works at the intersection of physical wellness, behavioral health, and social services to …

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Civic Engagement and Advocacy

FCCF works to make social systems more equitable and just by building people power, strengthening advocacy ecosystems and community organizing infrastructure, and increasing public will for change.

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Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity

FCCF is a co-creator and driving force behind Fairfield County's Center for Housing Opportunity. The Center is a leading regional advocate for affordable housing development, and its success has …

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The Fairfield County equityLAB

The Fairfield County equityLAB is an experiential learning hub spearheaded by the Community Foundation that aims to grow collective community will and participation in tackling our region’s racial inequities.  …

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Center for Nonprofit Excellence

FCCF’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence provides education and tools to help nonprofits grow and increase their impact. Through educational workshops, leadership development, networking opportunities and more, CNE helps build …

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