BANK DONATES MORE THAN HALF A MILLION

First County Bank Foundation has provided grants totaling $511,500 to be donated to over 100 Fairfield County nonprofits through its annual CommunityFirst Grant Program.

The focus of the First County Bank Foundation is to support Fairfield County nonprofits based within the bank’s footprint that focus on supporting affordable housing, economic development and educational enrichment for families and children.

“Each year we take pride in funding the work of the many nonprofits that are dedicated to helping address the most basic needs of local residents such as the availability of affordable housing; access to healthy food and the delivery of quality educational programs for children and adults,” said 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 continue to marvel at the determination of local nonprofit leaders and their teams as they focus on this critical yet difficult work.”

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 critical needs. 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.

Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, for over 170 years, First County Bank, 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. The bank has more than 220 employees and assets in excess of $2 billion.