The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund provides monthlong paid apprenticeships for young adults to live on sustainable farms — to work, learn, and be inspired to create change in their communities. Our farms range from urban to rural; they produce cheese,...
Geography: Connecticut
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
We are a community foundation focused on southwestern Connecticut. We work with several FCCF donor-advised fundholders who are focused on food security and food equity/access in our region. See our website for more info.
Impact Fairfield County
Impact Fairfield County is a collective giving circle that engages women of Fairfield County, Connecticut in local philanthropy on a deeper level. We unite women by together providing large, transformational grants to local non-profits. We strive to reach the underserved...
Connecticut Food Funders Gathering, 5/28
The next gathering of CT-based food funders has been scheduled, and will once again happen under the framework of the Connecticut Food Systems Alliance
Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation
We seek to move communities toward a more balanced, sustainable relationship with the environment. We support and invest in innovative organizations that preserve and protect the better use of natural resources, biological diversity and enhance the health of humanity. We...
Connecticut Food Funders Gathering – 2/17
Community Food Funders is working in partnership with the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and the Connecticut Food Systems Alliance (CFSA), along with The John Merck Fund, the Kendall Foundation, and the Merck Family Fund, to sponsor a gathering of Connecticut-based funders interested...
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
Created in 1980, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation supports Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's mission to improve the quality and value of health care for the people and communities we serve. The Harvard Pilgrim Foundation provides the tools, training and...
Funder Affinity Groups
As a network of funders ourselves, Community Food Funders appreciates the value that affinity groups bring to philanthropy. On this page we highlight some of the most common groups and networks that our members belong to. Please contact us to...
The Claneil Foundation
The Claneil Foundation works to create healthy communities by supporting nonprofit organizations making an impact in the areas of hunger and nutrition/food system, health and human services, education, and the environment
Merck Family Fund
The Merck Family Fund was established in 1954 by George W. Merck, President of Merck & Co., Inc. He created the fund for two principal reasons: to do good with the resources acquired through the company’s success, and to create an...