The FCCF Center for Nonprofit Excellence

Upcoming Workshops

The Fairfield County Community Foundation's Center for Nonprofit Excellence and its partners offer a wide range of workshops to help nonprofit staff and boards advance their knowledge and their organization.

View the Workshop Calendar

Nonprofit Fundraising Calendar

Help improve the coordination and planning of fundraising events. Submit your Fairfield County nonprofit's fundraising event to our community calendar to avoid conflicts with other local organizations.

Click here to submit your event

The Fairfield County Community Foundation's Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) was created to enhance the effectiveness of Fairfield County nonprofit organizations. We believe that strong nonprofit organizations have the greatest impact in the community.

The CNE offers nonprofit executive directors, senior staff and board members high-quality and affordable professional development workshops taught at Essential, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

Nonprofits can also turn to us for:

Resources and referrals for information about nonprofit management

Community Fundraising Calendar to post their fundraising events

Group discounts to the Foundation Center Online Directory

Networking opportunities for nonprofit executive directors

Research on the Fairfield County nonprofit sector

Endowment fund services

Free meeting space in our Norwalk office (as available)

In addition, we award specialty grants for:

Technical assistance

Technology development

Financial management assistance for nonprofits with operating budgets under $1 million

Nonprofits that provide local organizations with pro bono legal services, professional development opportunities and management expertise.

Priority for the above specialty grants is given to organizations that have a relationship with Fairfield County Community Foundation.

We also bring together organizations aligned with the Fairfield County Community Foundation's strategic priorities to learn from each other and beyond.

Two examples are:

Raising The Bar, which helps Fairfield County nonprofits learn and apply what's working in programs specifically for girls (funded by the Foundation's Fund for Women and Girls)

Fairfield County After School Network, for after school alliances in Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk and Stamford, where members learn and apply what's working in after school programs (facilitated by the Connecticut After School Network).

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence is generously supported by these visionary friends:

Albert and Helen Meserve Memorial Fund

Bluenose Fund at FCCF

Citizens Bank Foundation

Dana, Grace, Olivia and Al Nickel

GE Capital

JP Morgan Chase Foundation

New Alliance Foundation

Peoples United Community Foundation

Perrin Family Fund at FCCF

Pitney Bowes Foundation

Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation

The Ruth Brown Foundation

The United Way of Western Connecticut

Union Savings Bank Foundation

Contact Us

For information on the FCCF Center for Nonprofit Excellence, email Elaine Mintz, Director, or call her at 203.750.3209.