Explore Our Work

"When I retired, Eileen and I agreed it was time to expand our support for the local community, but, while some targets were obvious to us, it became clear that we had little detailed understanding of the area’s broader needs. To solve this problem, we set up a donor advised fund. Our fund has helped us support the institutions we know and understand, while allowing the Foundation to suggest additional areas of need.”

Colin & Eileen Green
Southport
Fundholders since 2003

Our Mission

The Fairfield County Community Foundation promotes philanthropy to build and sustain a vital and prosperous community where all have the opportunity to participate and thrive.

As the region’s center of philanthropy, we provide:

Personalized philanthropic advisory services and financial stewardship to donors and partners
Visionary leadership and strategic initiatives to address key regional issues, and
Grants, counsel and leadership training to local nonprofits

Additional Services

We alert you about urgent local giving opportunities aligned with your passions. This stimulates over one million dollars a year in new contributions to area nonprofits.

We also provide private foundations and corporate funders with philanthropic advisory services, management and administrative services by contractual agreement.