Three High School Seniors Receive
Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award Scholarships
from First County Bank Foundation

STAMFORD, CT, July 9, 2025 ─ First County Bank Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award scholarships. This annual award honors Fairfield County high school students who consistently demonstrate good citizenship at school, at home and in the community.

The program awards scholarships to three deserving students and is designed to recognize and encourage young people who are honest, hard-working and helpful. Each year, First County Bank Foundation accepts student applications from the beginning of the year until the end of April. The award is named after Richard E. Taber who retired as chairman and CEO of First County Bank in March 2011. It is in recognition of Taber’s 40-plus-year career at the bank and innumerable contributions to the community.

Each of the following students were chosen to receive a $5,000 Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award scholarship: Amogh Ganjikunta, of Fairfield, attended Fairfield Warde High School and will attend Harvard University, majoring in Computer Science and Education Studies; Ashley Malkin of Greenwich, attended Greenwich High School and will attend Stanford University, majoring in Symbolic Systems; and Teji Rawat of Stamford, attended Academy of Information Technology and Engineering (AITE) and will attend Vanderbilt University, majoring in Economics and Medicine, Health and Society.

Robert J. Granata, Chairman and CEO of First County Bank and President of First County Bank Foundation (far left); with Teji Rawat of Stamford; Amogh Ganjikunta of Fairfield; Ashley Malkin of Greenwich; and Richard Taber, Honorary Director, First County Bank (far right).

“Every year, during the application evaluation process, we look forward to learning about how our young citizens are contributing to society and specifically their local community. We continue to be astonished by the high level of academics, leadership and volunteerism of the Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award applicants,” stated Robert J. Granata, Chairman and CEO, First County Bank and President, First County Bank Foundation. “We are proud to award scholarships to Amogh, Ashley and Teji.  All of us at First County Bank wish them much success in the future”.

To learn more about First County Bank Foundation and the Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award Scholarship, please visit the Bank’s website.

 

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 quality of life and 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, Conn. for over 170 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. For additional information, please visit www.firstcountybank.com, or follow us @Firstcountybank on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.