The Farmington Bank Community Foundation (FBCF) recently completed a strategic planning process and we are announcing our Strategic Focus for 2021. Our environmental scan, feedback from grantees, and the analysis of households most impacted by COVID-19 highlighted the economic disparity within our state. It also highlighted that the disparity was borne at a much higher level by people of color. The Foundation has determined that it is time for us to “get back to basics.” We need to assist households to achieve a standard of living that covers their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter but also lets them thrive, not just survive.
The Farmington Bank Community Foundation will help create opportunities for a better life by focusing on economic opportunities, health, and basic needs. We all succeed when families have a safe and healthy home, food on the table, and jobs that pay a living wage. These changes have benefits that ripple out to the community by improving the lives of our neighbors. It adds to the strength and stability of neighborhoods.
Our grantmaking will be targeted to two strategic areas with emphasis on people of low-to- moderate income. We endeavor to ensure residents will have access to employment training and education, health services, healthy nutrition, stable housing, and safety net services.
The goal under Economic Empowerment and Sustainability is to foster pathways from poverty to prosperity, dependence to independence for individuals and families in our communities, and to encourage diverse and robust neighborhood and community economies. Under our second strategic area, Health and Human Services, the goal is to provide a safety net for individuals and families who are traveling the path to self-sufficiency or are experiencing financial setbacks. Ensure individuals get primary healthcare and help address the social and economic conditions that influence one’s health status.
The Farmington Bank Community Foundation’s intention is to increase the resources to our grantees and accordingly we have narrowed our geography to sixteen communities* in Hartford County west of the Connecticut River. We will implement the new strategic focus in 2021. Please review the Applying for a Grant section of the website which provides more information on our strategic focus and revised grant cycles.
We look forward to working with our nonprofit partners as we all work towards economic opportunity and a network of support for our community.
2021 Service Market – Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, Hartford, Newington, New Britain, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Southington, West Hartford and Wethersfield.