CommunityFirst Grants
Annual grants to Fairfield County nonprofits working in housing, education, health and economic opportunity. Applications open each winter and are reviewed by people who live where the work happens.
Grant guidelines →Foundation
A mutual bank answers to its neighbors.
No shareholders means our returns go back to the county that banks with us. The Foundation has been proving it since 2001.
$535,500 granted to local nonprofits in 2025
2001 the year the Foundation was established
7 towns whose nonprofits we serve
Programs
Where the giving goes.
Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award
Scholarships awarded to local high-school seniors who lead with character — named for the longtime chairman who made community citizenship the bank's habit.
This year's recipients →In the branches, on the boards
Our bankers volunteer where they live — Junior Achievement classrooms, food pantry shifts, nonprofit boards. Community isn't a program here; it's the commute.
Meet our people →Ready for the next 175 years?
Open an account online — or walk into a branch and talk to a person. Both still work here.