Leaning Into Our Region's Collaborative Spirit in 2025 Dear ECCF Friend, Happy New Year! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! I hope your 2025 is off to a peaceful and healthy start. Turning the calendar to January 1 is always exciting - a reminder that the future is wide open and full...
The Women’s Fund of Essex County is one of ECCF’s oldest and most impactful field of interest funds By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER Essex County Community Foundation and The Women’s Fund of Essex County have, essentially, grown up together. ECCF...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER When he joined the Essex County Community Foundation Creative County ChangeMakers program in March, Gloucester resident Sal Zerelli remembers looking around the room of creative people – actors, writers, painters...
Essex County Community Foundation celebrates 25-year past, looks to the future at Anniversary Celebration By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER After the conga line zig-zagged through the crowd, once the speeches and ‘thank yous’ were through, and the...
ECCF hosts an Essex County Arts and Culture Summit that informs and inspires By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Dariana Guerrero, a young writer, activist and educator from Lawrence, recalled participating in open mic night at El Taller as a...
Organizations working together may apply for up to $50,000 to help residents access technology Beverly, MA – Essex County Community Foundation, a nonprofit grantmaking organization serving the 34 cities and towns of Essex County, is offering support to organizations...
First cohort earns Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designation as part of ECCF’s new study group Beverly, MA – An increasing number of individuals are looking to leverage the power of philanthropy to invest in their communities, leave a lasting legacy and pass down...
Beverly, MA -- Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), a grantmaking organization serving the 34 cities and towns of Essex County, is pleased to announce that Chat Reynders of Hamilton, Luis Román of Boston, Doneeca Thurston-Chavez of Salem and Rosario Ubiera-Minaya...
Supporting nonprofits critical to the foundation’s 25-year mission By Michelle Xiarhos Curran On May 16, 2024, the clouds threatened rain for much of the day. But in the hours leading up to the annual celebration for Salem-based nonprofit Root, the skies cleared,...
Arts leaders, live music, spoken word and more headline the 2024 Essex County Arts & Culture Summit on Sept. 27 Beverly, Mass – Vin Cipolla, president and CEO of Historic New England, and Harold Steward, executive director of New England Foundation for the Arts,...
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