It started off as a late-night post in a social media group created to spread positive news. An Afghan evacuee family of 13 would soon be arriving in Newburyport and temporarily housed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on High Street. In a matter of hours, dozens of...
Lynn Small Business Loan Fund
LYNN — The City of Lynn and EDIC/Lynn are offering the Lynn Small Business Loan Fund, a new funding opportunity that will provide loans to the city’s existing and start-up businesses that cannot currently access financing from a traditional bank or credit union. Loans...
Applications are open for ECCF’s Behavioral Health Partnership Grants
Danvers, MA – In response to pre- and post-COVID behavioral health challenges, Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is proud to announce new investments in organizations working together to improve the region’s behavioral health system. ECCF, in partnership with...
A Return to ‘Normal’ Highlights Value and Need for Summer Programming in Greater Lawrence
ECCF’s Greater Lawrence Summer Fund supports vital out-of-school programming This summer at Camp Otter – a Merrimack Valley YMCA camp located on the shores of Captain’s Pond in the border town of Salem, NH – kids from Greater Lawrence were among the many campers...
ECCF Reimagines Generational Philanthropy in Essex County
Foundation’s NextGen initiative aims to make giving back a more inclusive experience Danvers, MA – What does it mean to be a ‘philanthropist?’ This question is at the heart of a reimagining of NextGen Philanthropy, ECCF’s initiative to engage new generations of...
In Haverhill’s Mount Washington Neighborhood, More Residents are Getting Online
Right now, in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Haverhill, 13 local residents are learning computer skills that will help them successfully navigate our increasingly digital world. It’s all happening at MakeIT Haverhill (MIH), a program of Community Action, Inc....
ECCF’s ‘ChangeMakers’ Spark Partnerships, Big Ideas for Arts and Culture in Essex County
ECCF’s ‘ChangeMakers’ Spark Partnerships, Big Ideas for Arts and Culture in Essex County By Michelle Xiarhos Curran Red Rock Park, located on Lynn’s eastern shore, is an expanse of green that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a little piece of paradise on the...
Community Foundations Can Help With Charity
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY NORTH OF BOSTON MEDIA GROUP By Beth Francis The historic events that have taken place over the last 18 months have influenced the role businesses play as catalysts for social reform in our communities. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Collaborative grants set stage for resilient food security ecosystem
COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS By Stratton Lloyd and Michelle Xiarhos Curran SEE ORIGINAL COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS HERE. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Essex County, nonprofit organizations working to nourish the region’s most vulnerable residents were among the first in...
New trustees bring experience, passion and new perspectives to ECCF board
ECCF is pleased to announce that Amy Kingman of Essex, Dr. Kiame Mahaniah of Andover and Jonathan Payson of Manchester have recently been elected to the organization’s Board of Trustees.





