We are deeply grateful to the New Canaan Community Foundation (NCCF) for all they do for the Carver community and for the community in general.
Carver is one of the 78 NCCF grantees that recently received a total of $635,299. These grant investments were made in New Canaan and neighboring communities.
See all the photos here from the NCCF grant awards ceremony.
The grantmaking process involves a thoroughgoing proposal and a team of NCCF volunteers and staff visiting with Carver staff at the Carver Community Center to discuss our proposal and Carver’s programmatic and financial health.
The Foundation’s annual grant process distributes funds raised from donors across the community, who give at all different levels to pool their collective resources and make their community a better place. Together, with the Foundation’s other grantmaking programs, NCCF will invest more than $2.8 million in the community this year.
Every year, NCCF’s grantmaking goal is to provide impactful funding for a range of programs serving the community. They support • Human Services – Community members are able to meet their basic needs • Arts, Culture & Community Resources – Community members benefit from New Canaan’s cultural, recreational, and other community resources • Youth & Education (that us!) – Youth have the academic, social, and financial support they need to succeed • Health – Community members have the information and access to services they need to stay healthy • and Seniors & Special Needs – Older adults and persons with special needs achieve and maintain a high quality of life.
This year, the Foundation chose to place additional focus on several key areas – including COVID-19 response and, for the fourth year in a row, behavioral health.
The Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund launched in March of 2020 and invested over $680,000 to: support the emergency financial needs of New Canaan families and workers; help nonprofit organizations adapt to changing client needs, as well as shifts in operations; and support critical services in lower Fairfield County. To date the Foundation has dispersed the entirety of the COVID-19 Response Fund, but continues to assess and include pandemic-related service needs in its overall grantmaking.
THANK YOU, NCCF!