CFFC

Community Foundation
of Fayette County

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to build a stronger Fayette County by inspiring charitable giving, supporting nonprofits, and nurturing positive community impact.

OUR MISSION

The Community Foundation of Fayette County helps define charitable needs, connects donors with causes that matter to them, supports nonprofit organizations, and invests charitable assets to make the community a better place to live.

CFFC News:

CFFC Selected for ARC’s READY Community Foundations Training

The Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) has been selected to participate in the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) READY Community Foundations, which provides a no-cost, six-week training program to enhance our programming, operations, fundraising, and...

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96 Charities to Participate in Fayette Gives

Ninety-six (96) local charities are participating in this year’s Fayette Gives, hosted by the Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC). Twelve of the charities are first-time participants. In the first four years of this 12-hour fundraising marathon, over $2...

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Grant Opportunities for Local School Districts

Last year, nearly $20,000 was awarded in the Community Foundation of Fayette County’s (CFFC) fall grant cycle to support an aeroponics indoor garden, plant nursery, coding robot, items for a sensory room, a drone coding project, microscopes, hands-on learning, and...

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Mid-Year Letter from CFFC

View CFFC's mid-year letter below. Make sure to click to the second page to see the back of our flyer! The Community Foundation of Fayette...

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CFFC Awards Over $200,000 in Post-Secondary Scholarships

Each year, the Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) proudly selects a variety of local students for post-secondary scholarship awards. The foundation holds forty-seven (47) scholarship funds, which are created specifically to support local students in their...

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Partners in Improving Fayette County

Building a Stronger Fayette

CFFC Grant Helped to Equip MVAA’s New Brownsville Location

CFFC Grant Helped to Equip MVAA’s New Brownsville Location

Pictured: Mark A. Smith, CEO; Annette Buffer, Board President; SueAnne Antonucci, Board Member When Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) learned that capacity building grants were available in spring 2023, it struck a chord. The organization had purchased the former...

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Capacity Building Grant for Board Retreat

Capacity Building Grant for Board Retreat

  “Our mission is to best serve our community. To do that, we need to pay attention to detail, refine what we’re currently doing, and plan for the future. This grant helped us do those things,” said Steve Strange, Executive Director at East End United Community...

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Upgraded Cooking Supplies for Family & Consumer Sciences

Upgraded Cooking Supplies for Family & Consumer Sciences

  Uniontown Area School District was awarded a fall 2022 grant from the Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC)'s Arthur and Millicent Gabriel Legacy Fund to purchase cookware and cooking equipment for Family & Consumer Sciences. “Cooking projects allow...

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