First County Bank Foundation Donates $528,500 to over 100 Local Nonprofits

June 4, 2025
|In Foundation News, Press Releases
|By Timothy Brown

STAMFORD, CT, June 4, 2025 — First County Bank Foundation announces grants totaling $528,500 to be donated to 115 Fairfield County nonprofits through its annual CommunityFirst Grant Program.

Jenn Mason (L), Director of Development – Filling in the Blanks, Shawnee Knight, Co-President/Co-Founder – Filling in the Blanks, Willard Miley, President and COO of First County Bank and Vice President of First County Bank Foundation, and Tina Kramer (R), Co-President/Co-Founder – Filling in the Blanks

The First County Bank Foundation supports Fairfield County nonprofits located in the Bank’s footprint, focused on the following critical issues: affordable housing, economic development and educational enrichment for families and children.

“We continue to marvel at the determination of nonprofit leaders and their teams, as they work tirelessly to support those in the community who are the most vulnerable. From affordable housing and access to healthy food to those delivering quality educational and training programs for children and adults, these nonprofits are providing much needed services,” stated Robert J. Granata, Chairman and CEO of First County Bank and President of First County Bank Foundation. “The Bank’s board of directors, corporators and employees take pride in the annual support provided by the First County Bank Foundation.”

For more information about First County Bank Foundation, visit the Bank’s website: https://firstcountybank.com/community/.

 

About First County Bank Foundation

Established in 2001 in honor of the Bank’s 150th anniversary, First County Bank Foundation was created to distribute funds annually to nonprofit organizations that support community and economic development, affordable housing, and programs that support educational enrichment for children and families. As a mutual bank with no shareholders, First County Bank considers grants made by the Foundation a means of paying dividends back to the local communities it serves.

 

About First County Bank

First County Bank, headquartered in Stamford, CT for almost 175 years, is an independent mutual community bank with 13 branches in Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Greenwich, Fairfield, New Canaan, and Westport offering deposit products, mortgages, wealth management, business banking services, and a full array of digital banking products including mobile and online banking. First County Bank has more than 220 employees, assets in excess of $2 billion and is a winner of the Hearst Connecticut Top WorkPlaces Award 2020-2024. For additional information, please visit www.firstcountybank.com, or follow us @Firstcountybank on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.