Impact Fairfield County Marks 10 Years of Giving

GREENWICH, CT, April 16, 2025 – Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”), one of the County’s leading female collective giving organizations, is pleased to announce its six finalists for this year’s Impact FFC Grants. This year’s selected finalists – buildOn, Discovery Museum, EMERGE Connecticut, Person to Person, The Child and Family Guidance Center, and The Rowan Center, were chosen from nearly 60 applicants through a rigorous review process. With a record-breaking 284 members, Impact FFC will award $284,000 in total finalist grants this year, supporting transformative philanthropy across Fairfield County.

To be considered for a grant, each applicant must demonstrate strong leadership, impactful results, financial stability, a primary focus on needs within Fairfield County and the transformative nature of the proposed use of funding. The finalists will present their proposed project at the Grant Awards Celebration on May 7th, 2025 at the Woodway Country Club in Darien, CT. The Impact FFC membership will then vote to determine the two winners who will receive over $100,000 in an Impact FFC Grant. The four runner-ups will each receive a $20,000 operating grant.

To celebrate a decade of giving, Impact FFC will also be giving a generous grant to each of its past 17 grantees at this year’s Grant Awards Celebrations. Each of the past grantees has been featured in a special video feature this year, in collaboration with Sacred Heart Greenwich, which looks back at the winning grant proposal and how the Impact FFC grant has provided transformative growth for these local non-profits. Highlights from this video partnership will be shown during the celebration.

“This will be our largest Grant Awards Celebration to date, commemorating a decade of giving,” said Impact FFC Co-President Annika Kennon. “Each year, our membership has grown, nonprofit interest has continued to rise, and the passion for supporting our local communities keeps getting stronger. We’re thrilled to come together on May 7th to honor this milestone with our members, past grantees, finalists, and Corporate Partners.”

About Impact FFC: Impact FFC is a collective giving organization whose mission is to empower women to engage in local philanthropy through deeper knowledge and active participation in grantmaking. It unites women by pooling membership funds to provide large, transformational grants to nonprofit organizations across Fairfield County. Since its inception in 2015, Impact FFC has provided over $2.1 million in grant funding to local nonprofits.

For more information about Impact FFC, please contact info@impactffc.org or visit impactffc.org.