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During ECCF’s silver anniversary, the IFT celebrates 15 years
Annual nonprofit leadership conference a longtime cornerstone of foundation’s mission By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer For hundreds of nonprofit leaders, the annual Institute for Trustees (IFT) has become, as Bonnie Bain from Salem Alliance for...
DeGeorge Home Improvement
Every October, employees of DeGeorge Home Improvements pack up their “skeleton crew” and set up shop in the parking lot of the Penn Brook School in Georgetown for the annual Trick- or-Trunk event hosted by the Georgetown Special Education Parents Advisory Council...
At Healing Abuse Working for Change, new digital access program transforms lives
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer One of the first people to sign up for a program offering free computers and internet access to clients at Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC) – a leading domestic violence agency serving Essex County – was a...
A Community Foundation is Born
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER Like many origin stories, the story of how Essex County Community Foundation came to be is filled with challenges and opportunities, obstacles and perseverance. And, just like many worthwhile origin stories, it...
Artists, nonprofit leaders, educators among new cohort of ECCF Creative County ChangeMakers
Danvers, MA -- Essex County Community Foundation’s investment in a growing group of creative leaders is supporting a more inclusive and sustainable arts and culture ecosystem across the region. Since 2021, the ECCF Creative County ChangeMakers program has graduated 33...
ECCF marks 25 years of service to Essex County
Year-long celebration to culminate with anniversary event at Danversport in November Danvers, MA --- Twenty-five years ago, in 1999, a small organization founded the previous year to help build capacity within Essex County’s nonprofit community officially became Essex...
Registration for the 2024 Institute for Trustees opens January 16
Dr. Marquis Victor, founder and executive director of Lawrence nonprofit Elevated Thought, to deliver keynote Registration for the 15th annual Institute for Trustees (IFT), the region’s largest nonprofit leadership conference, opens Jan. 16. At the 2024 IFT, more than...
ECCF Marks its 25th Year
Dear ECCF Friend, Happy New Year! I hope your 2024 is off to a peaceful and healthy start. As I look back on 2023, the last 12 months have been filled both with challenges and achievements, much like every other year that’s come before. But 2023 was also very...
ECCF’s new round of partnership grants helps to bridge the digital divide
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer The latest round of partnership grants awarded by Essex County Community Foundation is supporting organizations advancing digital equity and bridging the digital divide. More than $300,000 has been granted to five...
Moving the Needle on Systems Change in Arts Philanthropy
By Stratton Lloyd and Lisa Payne Simon In this piece for the GIA Reader, the only national publication dedicated to the field of arts funding, ECCF’s Executive Vice President and COO Stratton Lloyd and Lisa Payne Simon, partner at The Philanthropic Initiative, discuss...
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