About the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF)
The Administration for Children and Families' Compassion
Capital Fund (CCF) was created in 2002. The primary purpose
of the CCF is to help faith-based and community organizations
increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide
social services to serve those most in need, expand their
organizations, diversify their funding sources, and create
collaborations to better serve those in need. The CCF reflects
the administration's recognition that faith-based and community
organizations are uniquely situated to partner with the
government in serving poor and low-income individuals and
families, particularly those with the greatest needs such
as families in poverty, prisoners reentering the community,
homeless families, and at-risk youth.
The CCF administers two grant programs:
The CCF Fact Sheet provides an overview of the Compassion Capital Fund and a brief history of its funding.
The CCF program represents the first appropriated federal
funds that are specifically targeted to assist the grassroots
organizations. This section reviews the history of CCF's
funding, since its creation in 2002.
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