The Board of Trustees at Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) announced today that President and CEO Beth Francis has decided to step down from her role at the foundation effective June 30, 2024. After eight years at ECCF, and six years leading and transforming...
ECCF gathers nonprofit leaders to talk about the realities, the needs and how coming together is the answer By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER On a recent Tuesday, Dr. Geralde Gabeau, in her capacity as founder and executive director of the...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer It’s the last day of the Summer Cultural Dance Camp at Utopia Dance Company in Lawrence, and students are learning Bomba, a style of dance that originated in Puerto Rico. “There’s no right or wrong in Bomba,”...
Supporting and strengthening the nonprofit sector Interim Executive Solutions helps organizations increase their productivity and impact By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer In the last year alone, Interim Executive Solutions (IES), a management...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer This fall, new data on the challenges and opportunities surrounding the technology workforce on the North Shore of Massachusetts will be released by the UMass Donahue Institute. The study, largely funded by the...
Connecting young people with forever families Plummer Youth Promise envisions a world where youth of all ages are supported unconditionally By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer At age 20, Amaya entered the Community Apartments Program at Plummer Youth...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer On a late-spring evening in Boston, nearly 200 youth performers stepped onto the stage of the Boch Center Wang Theatre. If they were nervous, they didn’t show it. Instead, in front of an audience of thousands, they...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran Reed and Louise Valleau partner with ECCF to offer scholarships to graduates of ABC of Andover program Reed and Louise Valleau were taking a drive when they heard an episode of the Ezra Klein Show podcast focused on student loan debt, and in...
New data, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll keynote and stories of collaboration all highlights of the night By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer In Essex County, cross-sector collaboration is helping residents secure living-wage advanced manufacturing jobs...
With strong ties to ECCF’s work, former Salem mayor returns to region to elevate community and collaboration Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, former mayor of Salem, will serve as keynote speaker for Essex County Community Foundation’s State of Essex County event,...
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