Center for Social Impact

The Center for Social Impact is Fairfield University’s hub for community-engaged learning, research, and humanitarian action. Grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition, the Center connects campus and community to address pressing local, national, and global challenges while preparing students with the skills, values, and experience to lead lives of purpose.

Your support fuels impact: 1,500+ students engaged annually • 65 community partners • Local and global reach. A gift today will help:

• Advance community-engaged learning across the curriculum.
• Fund action-oriented research on urgent issues such as gun violence, food insecurity, and affordable housing.
• Prepare students to lead meaningful change in their communities and beyond.

Testimonials:
“Humanitarian Action [HA] is important to me because I have always wanted to focus on problems faced by less resourced communities, not just in the U.S., but around the world. As a freshman actively trying to find a group of people who shared my values, I witnessed firsthand how the HA club raises awareness for major global issues and knew I wanted to be a part of it.”
- Kened ‘28
“Community-engaged research is incredibly important because it exposes students to the real world and teaches them to build connections and community. It makes us think outside of the box to address real-world problems and it facilitates how close and direct we can be to action and change.”
- Sara ‘27