“Community Foundations are ideally situated for a partnership: they know local needs, they have local credibility, they are efficient and they get the money where it needs to go with a minimum of leakage.” –Curt Welling, AmeriCares

Funds and Grantmaking

Fund for Children and Youth

The Fund for Children and Youth is a field of interest fund at NCCF. The fund was established in 1993 by an anonymous donor and supports initiatives related to the educational, social and recreational needs of the area’s younger residents.

Grants from this fund are made during the regular cycle of grant making for the Foundation. There is no special application form. Grant requests that are received by February 15th will be thoroughly reviewed for funding by NCCF’s Board of Directors and volunteer Distributions Panel and during that process will be considered for funding from the Fund for Children and Youth.

In 2008, The Fund for Children and Youth made a $3,215 grant to New Canaan High School Crew, a nationally recognized program for High School and Middle School rowers which fosters team spirit and achievement. The grant was awarded to assist in the purchase of a portable dock for regattas.

In 2009, NCCF awarded a grant from the Fund For Children and Youth to the Saxe Middle School PTC of $2916 for the renovation of the Saxe outdoor basketball court. The full amount of the NCCF grant for this project was $5000.

In 2010, this Fund made a grant of $2,700 of a total $5,000 grant to New Canaan CARES to support youth, parent and community health programs.