2025 IMPACT FFC GRANTEES

Total grants awarded at the

2025 Grant Awards Celebration:

$454,000


EMERGE, Connecticut

Grant Awarded: $100,000

Bridgeport, CT

Mission: The EMERGE model uses transitional employment and engages participants in wrap-around services to break the cycle of recidivism, build community and inspire hope. We support formerly incarcerated people successfully integrate back into their communities, and seek to remove the shame and stigma of incarceration.

Project Funded: Expansion of Transitional Employment Program (TEP) and personal development programs. Impact funds will help EMERGE CT to launch and sustain the Bridgeport expansion. Specifically, these funds will support key activities such as advertising and marketing to raise awareness, as well as the recruitment, hiring, training, and compensation of essential personnel. The TEP program includes workforce training and wraparound programs for adults returning from incarceration. Additional support focuses on areas such as skillset training, financial empowerment and academic tutoring.

www.emergect.net


The Rowan Center

Grant Awarded: $100,000

Stamford, CT

Mission: We counsel victims and survivors as they process their experiences of sexual violence from the past, we advocate for them as they navigate the circumstances of the present, and we educate our communities to prevent sexual violence in the future.

Project Funded: KidSafeHQ. Impact funds will support the development and launch of KidSafeHQ, a website designed to equip parents with tools to protect their children from sexual abuse and online exploitation. The Rowan Center will hire an educator to develop comprehensive content for parents of elementary-aged children, focusing on bodily autonomy, safe boundaries, and recognizing unsafe situations.

www.therowancenter.org

Our two Grantees were awarded an additional $2,000 each towards general operating.



Finalists

Our four finalists were awarded a total of $80,000 to be used towards general operating expenses.

 

buildOn

Grant Awarded:
$20,000 General Operating

Bridgeport, CT

https://www.buildon.org


Person to Person

Grant Awarded:
$20,000 General Operating

Darien, CT

https://p2phelps.org


Discovery Museum

Grant Awarded:
$20,000 General Operating

Bridgeport, CT

https://www.shudiscovery.org


The Child and Family Guidance Center

Grant Awarded:
$20,000 General Operating

Bridgeport, CT

https://cfguidance.com


Decade of Impact Anniversary Grants

In celebration of our Decade of Impact each of our 17 past Impact FFC Grantees were awarded $10,000 general operating grants, for a total of $170,000.

Learn more about our 17 past grantees.