Impact Fairfield County In The News
4.9.24
Impact Fairfield County records highest number of members
Greenwich Time - Greenwich, CT - In its ninth year of giving, Greenwich-based Impact Fairfield County, one of the county’s leading female giving organizations, recorded its highest number of members since inception with 280 women joining for the 2023-24 grant cycle. Impact FFC also announced its corporate partners from five Fairfield County-based companies. The corporate sponsors are The Ashforth Company, Stamford Health, Chilton Trust Company, Clear Harbor Asset Management and Fred.
4.5.24
Impact FFC Announces Record Membership and 2024 Corporate Partners
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - In its 9th year of giving, Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”), one of the County’s leading female giving organizations, recorded their highest number of members since inception with 280 women joining for the 2023-2024 grant cycle. Impact FFC is also pleased to announce its Corporate Partners from five Fairfield County-based companies. The corporate sponsors include The Ashforth Company, Stamford Health, Chilton Trust Company, Clear Harbor Asset Management, and Fred.
3.11.24
Impact FCC hosts ‘Impactful Conversations: Empowering Through Education’
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”) recently held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2023-2024 grant year on the topic of “Empowering Through Education”, addressing the work being done to break the cycle of interpersonal violence within Fairfield County. The dynamic panel discussion at The Ashforth Company’s Stamford Square office featured Impact FFC Grantee, The Center for Empowerment and Education (“CEE”), and former Generation Impact grantee, The Domestic Violence Crisis Center (“DVCC”).
11.26.23
Impact Fairfield County Kicks Off Ninth Year of Grantmaking
Stamford Advocate - Stamford, CT - Impact Fairfield County launched its ninth year of grantmaking at a fall kickoff event this month attended by more than 100 women from across Fairfield County. Impact FFC is a collective women’s giving organization that provides large, transformational grants to nonprofits across Fairfield County. Since its inception, Impact Fairfield County has awarded more than $1.8 million to local organizations.
11.13.23
Impact Fairfield County Kicks Off 9th Year of Grantmaking With Over 100 Women from Fairfield County
HamletHub.com - Stamford, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) launched its ninth year of grantmaking at an inspiring fall kickoff event attended by over 100 women from across Fairfield County. Impact FFC is a collective women’s giving organization that provides large, transformational grants to nonprofits across Fairfield County. Since its inception, Impact Fairfield County has awarded over $1.8 million to local organizations. Membership in Impact FFC is open for the current grant year through December 31, 2023.
10.15.23
Impact Fairfield County on Connecticut’s Connoisseur Media Radio Stations
For the People Radio Show - Have you heard about Impact Fairfield County? This is a women’s collective giving organization that allows women in Fairfield County to pool donations in order to fund large transformational grants. Hundreds of members contribute $1,000 each, and as an organization, Impact Fairfield County gives awards of $100,000 to local nonprofits through a competitive grant process.
10.5.23
Greenwich Residents Join Board of Impact Fairfield County
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), a premier collective giving organization in Fairfield County in its 9th year of grant making, announced its new Board Members and Fall Kickoff. Impact FFC welcomes its new board members: Annika Kennon, Annette Fiore, Dana Hammack, Ashley Kidd, and Lauren Rockliff, all who reside in Greenwich, CT.
9.22.23
Impact Fairfield County – A Hands on Opportunity to Learn about Local Non-Profits
Fairfield County Look - Fairfield County, CT - Throughout our eight years of grant making, we have awarded over $1.8 million in the form of 14 $100,000 core mission and project grants and 22 smaller unrestricted grants to nonprofits in Fairfield County. Our membership goal is to welcome all women in Fairfield County who would like to join us in this collective giving movement... Our members feel united by the transformational effects of collective giving and want to continue contributing to powerful change in our community.
9.14.23
Greenwich Residents Join Board of Impact Fairfield County
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), a premier collective giving organization in Fairfield County in its 9th year of grant making, is pleased to announce its new Board Members and Fall Kickoff. Impact FFC welcomes its new board members: Annika Kennon, Annette Fiore, Dana Hammack, Ashley Kidd, and Lauren Rockliff, all who reside in Greenwich, Connecticut.
8.11.23
Impact Fairfield County Announces $100,000 Grant Opportunity
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) announces a $100,000 grant opportunity for nonprofits that reach underserved populations and highlight unmet needs in Fairfield County. The Impact Fairfield County Grant will provide restricted funds to develop new programs; enhance, expand or strengthen existing programs; and/or improve organizational capacity that advances the nonprofit organization’s core mission.
8.9.23
Impact Fairfield County Announces $100,000 Grant Opportunity
Patch.com - Fairfield County, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) is pleased to announce a $100,000 grant opportunity for nonprofits that reach underserved populations and highlight unmet needs in Fairfield County. The Impact Fairfield County Grant will provide restricted funds to develop new programs; enhance, expand or strengthen existing programs; and/or improve organizational capacity that advances the nonprofit organization's core mission.
7.6.23
Impact Fairfield County Presents Two $100,000 Grants to Local Nonprofits
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”), one of the largest women’s organizations in the county, presented $100,000 checks to their 2023 Grant Winners, The Catholic Academy of Bridgeport (“CAB”) and The Center for Empowerment and Education (“CEE”) in Danbury.
6.3.23
Danbury’s Center for Empowerment to expand programs to stop violence with $100K grant
NewsTimes.com - Greater Danbury - With the use of a recently awarded $100,000 grant, the Center for Empowerment and Education plans to expand its programming in the region.Impact Fairfield County — a philanthropic organization that has provided over $1 million to local nonprofits since 2016, according to its website — presented the funds to the Danbury-based organization last week. “As a result of the Impact FFC grant, we can expand our programs further into the community and schools, (which) will have a rippling effect across the community by reducing and preventing domestic and sexual violence,” Ashley Dunn, president and CEO of the Center for Empowerment and Education, said in a statement.
5.31.23
Impact Fairfield County presents $100,000 check to The Center in Danbury
HamletHub.com - Danbury, CT - Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”), one of the largest women’s organizations in the county, presented $100,000 checks to their 2023 Grant Winners, The Catholic Academy of Bridgeport (“CAB”) and The Center for Empowerment and Education (“CEE”) in Danbury. In Bridgeport, CAB Executive Director Angela Pohlen and Principal of St. Raphael Sister Elizabeth Doyle accepted the check presented by Impact FFC Co-Presidents Katharine Lumby and Jenny San Jose. Mayor of Bridgeport, Joseph P. Ganim, and State Senator Tony Hwang also spoke. Mayor Ganim said, “My seven brothers and sisters and I went here, making it a special place to me as well as to so many others. Your grant of $100,000 is making an investment in our youth. I moved back to Bridgeport after law school to have an impact, and that’s what Impact FFC is doing for our community.” With the Impact FFC grant, CAB will open “The Happy Hollow Outdoor Learning Center” at its St. Raphael campus, providing a safe, educational outdoor environment. Students will benefit from sensory play areas, an outdoor classroom, playground equipment and a sports court for teamwork, social problem-solving and gross motor skills. The Center will also run a summer camp to support year-round programming.
5.31.23
Impact Fairfield County Presents Two $100,000 Grants to Nonprofits
Patch.com - Bridgeport and Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”), one of the largest women’s organizations in the county, presented $100,000 checks to their 2023 Grant Winners, The Catholic Academy of Bridgeport (“CAB”) and The Center for Empowerment and Education (“CEE”) in Danbury. In Bridgeport, CAB Executive Director Angela Pohlen and Principal of St. Raphael Sister Elizabeth Doyle accepted the check presented by Impact FFC Co-Presidents Katharine Lumby and Jenny San Jose. Mayor of Bridgeport, Joseph P. Ganim, and State Senator Tony Hwang also spoke. Mayor Ganim said, “My seven brothers and sisters and I went here, making it a special place to me as well as to so many others. Your grant of $100,000 is making an investment in our youth. I moved back to Bridgeport after law school to have an impact, and that’s what Impact FFC is doing for our community.” With the Impact FFC grant, CAB will open “The Happy Hollow Outdoor Learning Center” at its St. Raphael campus, providing a safe, educational outdoor environment. Students will benefit from sensory play areas, an outdoor classroom, playground equipment and a sports court for teamwork, social problem-solving and gross motor skills. The Center will also run a summer camp to support year-round programming.
3.31.23
Power in Numbers: How Women Are Using Giving Circles to Maximize Impact
FoundationSource.com - Some conversations stick with you—and that’s what happened when we connected with Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) to learn more about their collective giving circle, which brings a group of people with shared values together to collectively discuss and decide where to make a pooled gift. Giving circles provide support with their dollars, but also build awareness, volunteering, creating opportunities for becoming board members and more. Based on the Impact 100 model of collective giving, this beautifully simple, incredibly impactful concept has created a powerful way to engage women of Fairfield County, Connecticut in local philanthropy on a deeper level.
2.18.23
Impact Fairfield County Hosts “Impactful Conversations: The Future of Food”
GreenwichFreePress.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2022-2023 grant year on the topic of “The Future of Food,” addressing what it means to have access to local organic farming and how investments in indoor hydroponic farming from nOURish BRIDGEPORT are producing healthy, sustainable food for food insecure residents of Fairfield County.
2.16.23
Impact FFC hosts ‘Impactful Conversation’
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2022-2023 grant year on the topic of “The Future of Food,” addressing what it means to have access to local organic farming and how investments in indoor hydroponic farming from nOURish BRIDGEPORT are producing healthy, sustainable food for food insecure residents of Fairfield County. The animated panel discussion at the Anderson Youth and Community Center at the St. Luke’s Parish in Darien featured Impact FFC Grantee nOURish BRIDGEPORT and the state’s leading farmers’ market, Westport Farmers’ Market.
2.15.23
Impact FFC Hosts "Impactful Conversations: The Future of Food"
VerticalFarmDaily.com - Pioneered by female-led organizations, local communities are adapting to food scarcity challenges and future shortages through a commitment to local, sustainable farming and indoor hydroponic technology. Impact Fairfield County held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2022-2023 grant year on the topic of “The Future of Food,” addressing what it means to have access to local organic farming and how investments in indoor hydroponic farming from nOURish BRIDGEPORT are producing healthy, sustainable food for food insecure residents of Fairfield County.
2.14.23
Impact FFC Hosts "Impactful Conversations: The Future of Food"
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Pioneered by female-led organizations, local communities are adapting to food scarcity challenges and future shortages through a commitment to local, sustainable farming and indoor hydroponic technology. Impact Fairfield County ("Impact FFC") held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2022-2023 grant year on the topic of “The Future of Food,” addressing what it means to have access to local organic farming and how investments in indoor hydroponic farming from nOURish BRIDGEPORT are producing healthy, sustainable food for food insecure residents of Fairfield County.
12.8.22
Impact Fairfield County Kicks Off Its 2023 Grant Year
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) launched its eighth year of grant-making at an inspiring fall kickoff event attended by nearly 100 women from across Fairfield County. Impact FFC is a collective women’s giving organization which pools membership funds to provide large, transformational grants to nonprofits across Fairfield County. Since its inception, Impact Fairfield County has awarded nearly $1.6 million to local organizations. Membership in Impact FFC is open to any woman in Fairfield County and members can join for the current grant year through December 31, 2022.
11.17.22
Opinion: Bringing a Smile to the East Side of Bridgeport
CTPost.com - Bridgeport, CT - Our services at Hall Neighborhood House are made possible through the work of incredible, community-minded partners who graciously offer their time, talent and resources to support our community. Impact Fairfield County, Delta Dental of New Jersey, Inc., and Brian Barker donated funds to make our idea a reality, and the University of Bridgeport Fones School of Dental Hygiene and Dr. Jennifer Boyce, DMD help us operate the clinic on a weekly basis. These partnerships ensure that we are able to provide high-quality care, including exams, cleanings, X-rays, fluoride treatments, and sealants, at no cost to residents here on the East Side of Bridgeport.
11.10.22
Impact Fairfield County Kicks Off Its 2023 Grant Year
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact FFC launched its 8th year of grantmaking at an inspiring fall kickoff event attended by nearly 100 women from across Fairfield County. Impact FFC is a collective women’s giving organization which pools membership funds to provide large, transformational grants to nonprofits across Fairfield County. Since its inception, Impact Fairfield County has awarded nearly $1.6 million to local organizations. Membership in Impact FFC is open to any woman in Fairfield County and members can join for the current grant year through December 31, 2022.
11.7.22
Impact FFC hosts ‘Impactful Conversations’
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its first Impactful Conversation of the 2022-2023 grant year on the topic “Staying Nimble in Changing Times,” addressing how nonprofit organizations in Fairfield County are navigating new circumstances to best serve their communities. The lively panel discussion at HAYVN in Darien featured former Impact FFC Grantees Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich (BGCG), Career Resources, Inc. (CRI) and the Stamford Public Education Foundation (SPEF).
10.17.22
Impact Fairfield County Hosts "Impactful Conversation"
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its first Impactful Conversation of the 2022-2023 grant year on the topic “Staying Nimble in Changing Times,” addressing how nonprofit organizations in Fairfield County are navigating new circumstances to best serve their communities. The lively panel discussion at HAYVN in Darien featured former Impact FFC Grantees Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich (BGCG), Career Resources, Inc. (CRI) and the Stamford Public Education Foundation (SPEF).
8.19.22
Impact FFC Announces Grant Opportunity
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) announces a $100,000 grant opportunity for nonprofits that reach underserved populations and highlight unmet needs in Fairfield County. The Impact Fairfield County Grant will provide restricted funds to develop new programs; enhance, expand or strengthen existing programs; and/or improve organizational capacity that advances the nonprofit organization’s core mission. These transformative grants are to support high impact initiatives, not to cover general operating expenses. Impact FFC will award one or two grants of $100,000 each, and the winner(s) will be determined by a vote of its membership on May 3, 2023.
8.11.22
Impact Fairfield County Announces $100,000 Grant Opportunity for Nonprofits
GreenwichFreePress.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) is pleased to announce a $100,000 grant opportunity for nonprofits that reach underserved populations and highlight unmet needs in Fairfield County. The Impact Fairfield County Grant will provide restricted funds to develop new programs; enhance, expand or strengthen existing programs; and/or improve organizational capacity that advances the nonprofit organization’s core mission. These transformative grants are to support high impact initiatives, not to cover general operating expenses.
5.19.22
Impact FFC Announces Inaugural 2022 Corporate Partners
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) announces The Ashforth Company, Indeed, and UBS as Corporate Partners for the 2022 Grant year. In 2021, Impact FFC developed its Corporate Partnership Program, offering a select number of Fairfield County businesses the opportunity to invest in their female workforces by sponsoring employees to become members of Impact FFC, a diverse group of women making impactful change in the local community through transformative philanthropy.
5.12.22
Greenwich Nonprofit Gives $200K to Bridgeport Hydroponic Garden
The Stamford Advocate - Stamford, CT - Fifty families will receive aid to prevent losing their homes, while a new hydroponic farm will provide fresh vegetables in a food desert — thanks to more than $200,000 in grants recently awarded by a local charitable organization to two Bridgeport-serving nonprofits.
5.12.22
Greenwich Nonprofit Gives $200K to Bridgeport Hydroponic Garden, New Haven Rent Support Organizations
The Darien Times - Darien, CT - Fifty families will receive aid to prevent losing their homes, while a new hydroponic farm will provide fresh vegetables in a food desert — thanks to more than $200,000 in grants recently awarded by a local charitable organization to two Bridgeport-serving nonprofits.
5.11.22
Grants Help Groups That Help Those In Need
Patch.com - Bridgeport/Stamford, CT - Impact Fairfield County, a local women's collective giving circle, awarded two $100,000 grants to Bridgeport nonprofits New Reach and nOURish BRIDGEPORT and $20,000 grants to other area organizations, including two in Stamford.
5.9.22
Impact Fairfield County Announces Grant Winners
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), the area’s premiere women’s collective giving circle, awarded two $100,000 Grants to Bridgeport nonprofits: New Reach and nOURish BRIDGEPORT. In addition, these two organizations each won an additional $1,000 general operating grant.
5.4.22
Impact Fairfield County Awards $262,000 In Grants
Patch.com - Darien, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), the area's premiere women's collective giving circle, awarded two $100,000 Grants to Bridgeport nonprofits: New Reach and nOURish BRIDGEPORT.
4.18.22
Impact FFC Announces 2022 Corporate Partners
Greenwich Time - Greenwich, CT - Greenwich-based Impact Fairfield County announced that the Ashforth Company, Indeed, and UBS are its Corporate Partners for the 2022 Grant year. In 2021, Impact FFC developed its Corporate Partnership Program, offering businesses the opportunity to invest in their female workforces by sponsoring employees to become members of Impact FFC…
4.4.22
Impact Fairfield County Partners with Ashforth, Indeed, and UBS
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) is pleased to announce The Ashforth Company, Indeed, and UBS as Corporate Partners for the 2022 Grant year. In 2021, Impact FFC developed its Corporate Partnership Program, offering a select number of Fairfield County businesses the opportunity to invest in their female workforces by sponsoring employees to become members of Impact FFC…
3.14.22
Impact Fairfield County Sets New Grant Funding, Membership Records
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact FFC has set new membership and grant funding records this year. 257 women – the largest membership since Impact FFC’s inception – have joined, enabling two $100,000 Impact Grants to be awarded to local nonprofits in May 2022...
2.25.22
Impact FFC Hosts "Music Matters" Conversation with INTEMPO
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2021-2022 grant year on the topic of "Music Matters: Enriching Ourselves and Our Society," featuring Impact FFC Grantee INTEMPO.
2.19.22
Teen Girls Gather in Greenwich to Learn About ‘The Impact They Can Make’ Through Philanthropy
GreenwichTime.com - Greenwich, CT - The Arch Street Teen Center recently hosted a meeting of young women who are part of Generation Impact Fairfield County. In the program, high school girls learn about the needs in the community and work together to make an impact by awarding grants from the funds they donate.
12.27.21
Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Says Work of New KidTalk Counselor Has Been ‘Transformative’
GreenwichTime.com - Greenwich, CT - The Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich announced that in partnership with Kids In Crisis, BGCG now has a full-time master’s level social worker on site to work with the children in its programs. In the spring of 2019, Kids In Crisis and the Boys & Girls Club received a grant from Impact Fairfield County to pilot KidTalk...
11.20.21
Our Lives: Impact Fairfield County’s Mission
News 12 Connecticut - Fairfield County, CT - Gwen Edwards speaks to Katharine Sachs, the co-president of Impact Fairfield County, explaining how her organization is bringing women together through collective giving and providing transformational grants.
10.18.21
Impact Fairfield County Hosts “Storytelling for Advocacy” Workshop with Everwell and Announces Fall Kickoff on November 17
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its first Impactful Conversation of the 2021/2022 grant year on the topic of “Storytelling for Advocacy – How to Advocate for Causes Through Storytelling,” in partnership with Everwell in Darien.
8.14.21
'Joy into my life:' Three Greenwich Women Join Board of Impact Fairfield County
GreenwichTime.com - Greenwich, CT - Three women from Greenwich recently joined the board of Impact Fairfield County, the area’s premier women’s giving circle.
7.31.21
Greenwich Residents Join Impact Fairfield County Board
GreenwichFreePress.com - Greenwich, CT - Greenwich residents Kerrith Mackay, Kristen Rosenbaum, and Jennifer Servedio all recently joined the board of Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), the area’s premiere women’s giving circle.
7.26.21
New Additions to the Board of Impact FFC
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - Kerrith Mackay, Kristen Rosenbaum, and Jennifer Servedio, all of Greenwich, CT, recently joined the Board of Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), the area’s premiere women’s giving circle.
7.26.21
Greenwich Residents Join Impact Fairfield County Board
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Kerrith Mackay, Kristen Rosenbaum, and Jennifer Servedio Join Board of Impact FFC, Area's Premier Women's Collective Giving Network.
4.22.21
Impact Fairfield County Announces Five Finalists for Two $100,000 Core Mission Grants
GreenwichSentinel.com - Greenwich, CT - On May 5, 2021 from 9:30am to 11:00am, Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) will hold its 6th Annual Meeting to select two $100,000 Core Mission Grant winners. The Meeting will be conducted virtually, and the vast majority of its membership (248 women) is expected to attend.
4.22.21
Two Stamford Nonprofits Among Finalists for $100,000 Grants
Patch.com - Stamford, CT - Impact Fairfield County has announced five finalists to receive two $100,000 Core Mission Grants, including two Stamford organizations.
3.1.21
Impact Fairfield County & Inspirica: The Giving Tree
Greenwich Magazine - Not even a global pandemic could keep volunteers from Impact Fairfield County from decorating the outdoor garden at Inspirica’s main campus in Stamford.
2.27.21
Impact Fairfield County Hosts “Global Pandemic – Local Impact” Conversation; Sets New Grant Funding and Membership Records
Greenwich Free Press - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held its second Impactful Conversation of the 2020/2021 grant year on the topic of “Global Pandemic – Local Impact: How our Nonprofit Partners are Pivoting to Overcome Challenges of COVID-19.”
1.18.21
Impact Announces New Partnership Program
Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals - Fairfield County’s top all-female giving circle is about to go beyond grant funding to develop a knowledgeable, driven army of change agents, with the help of area corporations.
12.14.20
Impact Fairfield County Honored for Transformational Work on Inspirica Garden, Longstanding Partnership
GreenwichFreePress.com - Volunteers from nonprofit Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) recently decorated the outdoor garden at Inspirica’s main campus for the holidays, continuing the garden revitalization work they began in the fall.
11.22.20
Impact Fairfield County Celebrates 2020 Grant Winners
GreenwichFreePress.com - Impact Fairfield County kicked off its sixth year of grantmaking with a virtual gathering of over 100 women from every corner of Fairfield County.
11.18.20
Impact Fairfield County Virtual Fall Kick-Off
Patch.com - Greenwich, CT - Impact Fairfield County, a women's collective giving circle investing in the transformative work of local nonprofits, is hosting its virtual fall kick-off of the 2020/2021 Grant Season. All women of Fairfield County are invited to join by Zoom at 9:30 am on 11/18/20 to hear directly from the leadership of last year’s grant recipients about how Impact’s grants are changing lives, learn about the new Core Mission Grant focus, and sign up for engaging volunteer opportunities with Impact FFC.
11.17.20
Impact Fairfield County kicks off 2020-21 grant season
Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals - With a goal of awarding two $100,000 Core Mission Grants to area nonprofits, Impact Fairfield County will host a virtual Fall Kick-Off event on Nov. 18 beginning at 9:30 a.m. A prominent women’s-only giving circle, Impact Fairfield County is entering its sixth year as a philanthropic leader and has provided over $1 million in grant…
09.22.20
Meet the Moms Behind Impact Fairfield County!
Greenwichmoms.com & Stamfordmoms.com - This week’s Meet a Mom is actually two Greenwich Moms—Katharine Sachs Lumby and Steviann Martines. They’re the co-presidents of Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), an incredible charitable organization founded in 2015 by Wendy Block and Vicki Craver. The innovative Impact model brings together 100+ women in a community to pool funds, to give meaningful donations to local nonprofits; there are now 60 chapters nationwide. Since launching, Impact FFC has distributed over $1 million in grant funding right here in Fairfield County. We spoke to Katharine and Steviann about the power of Impact in our community, their lives in Greenwich, favorite local spots and more!
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08.17.20
Impact FFC Announces 2021 $100,000 Core Mission Grant Opportunity
Patch.com - Madison, NJ - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) is pleased to announce a $100,000 grant opportunity for non-profits that reach underserved populations and highlight unmet needs in Fairfield County. The Impact FFC Core Mission Grant will provide restricted funds to develop new programs; enhance, expand or strengthen existing programs; and/or improve organizational capacity that advances the nonprofit organization's core mission.
07.30.2020
New Canaan resident joins Impact Fairfield County board
New Canaan Advertiser - Jeannine Egdorf Phelan of New Canaan recently joined the board of Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), which just completed its fifth year of grantmaking, investing more than $1 million in local nonprofits over five years. Phelan will serve as Impact FFC’s secretary for the board of directors.
02.05.2020
Impact FFC Hosts Impactful Conversation
Greenwich Sentinel - Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held the 3rd of its Impactful Conversation series on Feb. 4 at HAYVN in Darien to discuss Meaningful Philanthropy with a panel of 4 philanthropic leaders in our community. Impact FFC, now in its 5th year of grant giving, began Impactful Conversations a year ago as an opportunity for members to take a deeper dive into the issues they are affecting with their grant giving. Drawing over 70 Impact FFC members from every corner of Fairfield County, the event brought its growing membership together to both learn from and meet with fellow philanthropists.
02.04.2020
Philanthropy Discussion Held In Darien
Patch.com – Darien, CT – Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC) held the 3rd of its Impactful Conversation series this morning at HAYVN in Darien to discuss Meaningful Philanthropy with a panel of 4 philanthropic leaders in our community. Impact FFC, now in its 5th year of grant giving, began Impactful Conversations a year ago as an opportunity for members to take a deeper dive into the issues they are affecting with their grant giving. Drawing over 70 Impact FFC members from every corner of Fairfield County, the event brought its growing membership together to both learn from and meet with fellow philanthropists.
02.02.2020
Impact Fairfield County Hosts Impactful Conversation on Philanthropy
Greenwich Free Press — GREENWICH — Impact Fairfield County held the third of its Impactful Conversation series this morning at HAYVN in Darien to discuss Meaningful Philanthropy with a panel of 4 philanthropic leaders in our community.
Impact Fairfield County, now in its 5th year of grant giving, began Impactful Conversations a year ago as an opportunity for members to take a deeper dive into the issues they are affecting with their grant giving. Drawing over 70 Impact FFC members from every corner of Fairfield County, the event brought its growing membership together to both learn from and meet with fellow philanthropists.
11.17.2019
Impact Fairfield County Marks 5th Anniversary Grant Year
Greenwich Free Press - Impact Fairfield County kicked off its 5th year of grant making this week with a gathering of nearly 100 women at Grace Farms in New Canaan where members heard from the 2019 Impact FFC Grant winners.
Wendy Block, co-founder and co-president of Impact FFC highlighted the powerful and emerging trend of collective giving, noting that there are now more than 50 Impact 100 chapters around the world and another 50 in formation.
When Impact FFC started back in 2016, there were only 18. Women are contributing in unprecedented ways, leveraging their networks and their resources for philanthropy, and Impact FFC is a significant force in that movement.
06.02.2019
KidTalk looks to make impact with $100K grant from Greenwich group
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — Impact Fairfield County, an all-women’s giving circle founded in Greenwich that provides “transformational grants” to nonprofits, for the first time is giving a grant to a town agency. Kids in Crisis received one of Impact’s two $100,000 grants for 2019, which it will use to form a new partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich. The resulting program, called KidTalk, will place a clinician on site at the club for 25 hours a week to help with mental health issues.
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04.19.2019
Greenwich youth groups gets serious about giving
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — When a team of young women united together to make an impact, they weren’t just offering up words. Generation Impact, a group of high school students, last week awarded a $10,000 grant to the Building One Community, The Center for Immigrant Opportunity where it will be used for an after-school program that helps students learn STEM skills. The gift represented the level of support that the Greenwich-based group hoped to to make since forming in 2017.
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09.25.2018
Impact Fairfield County recruiting new members
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — Since it was founded in 2016, the Greenwich-based Impact Fairfield County has given invaluable grant money to organizations serving homeless youth, sending kids to preschool and assisting victims of sexual assault. And the push is on to bring more women into this effort.
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07.25.2018
Stamford’s Summer preschool program expands in second year
Stamford Advocate
STAMFORD — A self-portrait drawn in crayon by a five-year-old during a recent visit to the city’s Summer preschool program showed a shaky black circle as a head, blue ovals for eyes and a red semi-circle made to represent a smiling mouth.
The portrait, one of several, actually represented more than the simple efforts of a budding artist: they’re part of a curriculum that gives underserved students their first classroom experience.
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05.08.2018
Greenwich-based Impact grants target homelessness, early education
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — A Greenwich-based philanthropic organization has thrown its support behind new initiatives to provide education and fight homelessness in the region. At its meeting last week, the 190-member Impact Fairfield County voted to give $100,000 “Impact Grants” to Bridgeport-based Supportive Housing Works and the Stamford Public Education Foundation.
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05.03.2018
Impact Fairfield County awards $220K to area nonprofits
Westfair Online
Impact Fairfield County has awarded $100,000 grants to both Supportive Housing Works and the Stamford Public Education Foundation. Two of its other 57 nonprofit applicants, Carver Foundation of Norwalk and Open Doors, also in Norwalk, were each awarded $10,000 general operating grants.
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04.30.2018
Greenwich giving group gets ready to make a double Impact
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — Impact Fairfield County, the women-run philanthropy organization that aims to make game-changing gifts to non profit service agencies, will determine its next recipients this week. The group’s 190-member governing body will vote on the recipients of two $100,000 grants from a slate of four area finalists Wednesday morning. This is the third year of operation for the Greenwich-founded giving circle, and the first time it will award two large Impact Grants. All four of the finalists will walk away with something after an application and evaluation process that began last fall.
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12.02.2017
Group is looking for philanthropists seeking to make areal ‘impact’
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — Greenwich is the kind of community where philanthropy runs deep, but a group in town is looking to both broaden its collective giving circle and find local women who really want to make an “impact.” Impact Fairfield County is looking for new members to become a part of its growing area presence. Each woman who joins pledges $1,000, and every year, members consider applications from non-profits, conduct site visits, hear presentations and ultimately vote on awarding grants.
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08.08.2017
Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling names exec director
Westfair Online
The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education has named Quentin Ball as its executive director. Most recently the chief strategy officer at New Beginnings Family Academy in Bridgeport, Ball is replacing Ivonne Zucco, who said she was taking a career break. “I am thrilled to take over from Ivonne Zucco, under whose leadership The Center was recently awarded the Impact Fairfield County grant,” Ball said. “This grant, coupled with a robust counseling program and a far-reaching preventative education program, positions The Center for a successful 2017-18 fiscal year.”
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08.01.2017
Giving Back Matters
Greenwich Magazine
Impact Fairfield County recently held its second annual meeting at UCONN Stamford and awarded $180,000 to five Fairfield County nonprofit organizations. The group received fifty-one proposals from nonprofits seeking support for new projects and programs. After an extensive, months-long review process, the $100,000 Impact Grant recipient was chosen by a vote of 173 Impact Fairfield County members. The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education was the deserving winner. Four finalists, Building One Community, The Center for Family Justice, International Institute of Connecticut and SoundWaters, were each awarded $20,000
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05.11.2017
Impact Fairfield County Awards $180,000 to Fairfield County Non-Profits
NorwalkPlus.com
Stamford, CT - IMPACT FAIRFIELD COUNTY is a collective giving circle that engages women of Fairfield County, Connecticut in local philanthropy on a deeper level. Now in its second year as a philanthropic force in the community, Impact Fairfield County received 51 proposals from non-profits located throughout the county to support new projects or the significant expansion of existing programs. Currently there are 173 members of Impact Fairfield County’s giving circle.
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05.03.2017
Stamford nonprofit wins $100,000 grant to help sexual assault victims
Greenwich Time
Women from across Fairfield County celebrated the power of collective giving Wednesday morning and chose Stamford-based nonprofit Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Center to receive a $100,000 grant to launch a new program for sexual assault victims. “We’re hoping this creates a big change in how survivors are served,” said Ivonne Zucco, executive director of the Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Center, following the announcement of its award.
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04.17.2017
Greenwich-based Impact Fairfield County poised to announce grants
Greenwich TIme
GREENWICH — The Greenwich-based Impact Fairfield County is poised to issue its second year of grants to local non-profits at its May 3 annual meeting.
Co-created by Greenwich residents Vicki Craver and Wendy Block in 2015, the nonprofit Impact Fairfield County sought women members who would sign on for $1,000 each. Those contributions would be pooled to award high-impact grants to local non-profits.
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02.17.2017
Fairfield County giving group helps nonprofits ‘dream big’
Greenwich Time
A young Fairfield County collaborative wants nonprofits to dream big.
“We want them to reframe their thinking with the possibility of $100,000 to fund a new program or initiative,” said Sara Allard, Greenwich business owner and Impact Fairfield County member.
“That kind of contribution allows them to dream really big,” emphasized the group’s co-founder and Greenwich resident Wendy Block. With Impact Fairfield’s inaugural grant-funding round complete, its members saw that hope take form in several local charities doing big things to help underserved populations.
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09.18.2016
Greenwich group seeks a bigger ‘Impact’ in its second year of grants
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — When Impact Fairfield County was launched last year, its organizers had big goals and a different kind of model to help award grants to organizations in need of support.
Co-created by Greenwich residents Vicki Craver and Wendy Block, the organization sought 100 women who would sign on with a $1,000 contribution each. The money would be pooled and a $100,000 impact grant would go to a local non-profit.
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05.14.2016
Impact Fairfield County Provides $160,000 to its First Year Grant Winners
Greenwich Free Press
Impact Fairfield County completed its inaugural year and awarded three grants last night at its Annual Meeting, held at the Milbrook Club in Greenwich. The organization’s first $100,000 Impact Grant was awarded to Inspirica for its Early Childhood and Parenting Program. The two other finalists, Neighbors Link Stamford and Soundwaters, received $30,000 each in general operating support.
09.13.2015
Collective Effort
Greenwich Magazine
Imagine if 100 women formed a partnership where each contributed $1,000 with one goal: making a difference. That pot could grow exponentially. And so, too, could its potential impact on smaller projects that may not be receiving the support needed. Greenwich residents Vicki Craver and Wendy Block not only imagined creating such a giving circle in Fairfield County, they linked their shared passion for philanthropy to start one.
Drawing on their diverse backgrounds in philanthropy management (Wendy) and Wall Street (Vicki), the women joined forces this year to found Impact Fairfield County. The nonprofit is modeled on similar female-driven giving circles around the country that began when Cincinnati’s Impact 100 launched in 2001. Each independent “impact” circle is focused on empowering women to use their financial clout and collaborative instincts to support community projects.
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