current Funds
Community Impact Fund -
Unrestricted Endowment Fund
The Community Impact Fund is NCCF's unrestricted endowment fund. This fund has been serving the needs of our community since 1977. Non profit organizations are invited annually to apply for funding and NCCF's Board of Directors awards discretionary grants from this fund for start up ventures, new programs and capital needs.
Unrestricted contributions to NCCF are placed in the Community Impact Fund.
Community Impact Fund Grants >
Community Impact Fund Guidelines and Grant Application Forms >
Field of Interest Funds
Fund for Children and Youth
The Fund for Children and Youth is a field of interest fund at NCCF. The fund was established in1993 by an anonymous donor and supports initiatives related to the educational, social and recreational needs of the area's younger residents.
Fund for Children and Youth Grants >
Spirit of New Canaan
The Spirit of New Canaan was established in 2005 as a designated fund within NCCF. The purpose of the Fund is to support projects and initiatives in New Canaan that help maintain the unique spirit and character of the town.
Spirit of New Canaan Fund >
Young Philanthropists Fund
This Fund offers an opportunity for high-school-age residents of New Canaan to experience a grant making process and fund programs that address community needs. The Fund's Steering Committee brings together a group of students who are committed to making our community a better place to live and are interested in the many aspects of philanthropy. Students explore philanthropy, leadership and community responsibility. The focus is to learn how financial contributions to a non profit organization make an impact and how one evaluates which organization to support, among many competing choices.
Young Philanthropists Fund Information >
Scholarship Funds
Anne and Anthony Sapienza Scholarship Fund
The Anne and Anthony Sapienza Scholarship Fund was established at the Community Foundation through a generous bequest from the estate of Mrs. Anne Sapienza. This fund provides scholarship awards to New Canaan residents who need financial assistance to enroll in an educational program. Residents of all ages may apply for these scholarships. Scholarships are also awarded to non profit organizations who demonstrate the need for such funding, through this program.
Scholarship Guidelines and Application Forms >
Sapienza Scholarship Fund Past Awards >
Designated Funds
Jack Jacob Congressional Medal of Honor Award Fund
This fund was created by a donor to make an annual grant to New Canaan High School. The High School in turn makes an award to a graduating student who has demonstrated "selfless leadership and service to others during their four years of high school in an area where their contribution made a significant difference to others, their town or the United States". The recipient's involvement may be through a program at the High School or through another organization. The recipient must be a citizen of the United States. The selection committee at New Canaan High School takes into consideration the individual's community involvement beyond participation in New Canaan High School offerings. The Fund is named in recognition of Jack Jacobs who earned the Medal of Honor in 1969 for exceptional heroism on the battlefields of Vietnam.
Jack Jacob Congressional Medal of Honor Award Fund >
Team Jim Scholarship Award Fund
This Designated Fund was established in memory of Jim McKennan, a New Canaan resident who passed away in 2008. The fund makes an annual grant to New Canaan High School, to fund an award made to two graduating varsity soccer players. The selected students are seniors who have played Varsity Soccer and who embody Jim McKennan's passion for the sport of soccer as well as Jim's qualities of caring, kindness, humor, teamwork, sportsmanship and confidence to follow his or her own path in life.
Team Jim Scholarship Award Fund >
Donor Advised Funds
For a complete listing of Donor Advised Funds at NCCF Click Here.
Acorn Funds
Mr. and Mrs. James Duffy
