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...
A Climate Resilient Essex County for all topic of ECCF’s latest Think Lab
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran Bouncing forward, not back, was the mantra for the day, as Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) gathered nearly 100 business, government, nonprofit and philanthropic leaders for a Think Lab that asked participants to envision a climate...
ECCF, MVPC Welcome New Merrimack Valley Arts & Culture Specialist
Haverhill resident Jenny Arndt to lead critical efforts to strengthen the creative sector One month into her role as the new Merrimack Valley Arts & Culture Specialist, Haverhill resident and artist Jenny Arndt has already immersed herself in learning about the...
ECCF’s Creative County ChangeMakers program graduates 11 Creative Leaders
Lawrence, MA – Eleven artists, municipal leaders and creative business owners graduated Oct. 26 from Essex County Community Foundation’s Creative County ChangeMakers program. The eight-month leadership support program – which includes facilitated and project-based...
ECCF Announces Beth Francis, President & CEO to Step Down in June 2024
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...
Supporting Newly Arrived Immigrants – for Philanthropy, a ‘Huge’ Opportunity
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...
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