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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....
While the clock gets a facelift, the Ayer Mill Clock Tower will shine
Next week, the clock in the Ayer Mill Clock Tower, which has kept watch over the City of Lawrence since 1910, will be getting a facelift. The west dial of the clock has been inoperative since July and Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), which is responsible for...
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.
events
all events listed are virtual unless otherwise noted.
Spring 2022 | Essex County Funders Summit: Funding in the Evolving Age of COVID
This event is for local funders including ECCF’s Family of Funds.
November 10, 2021 | Lunch and Learn – Basic Needs
This event is for ECCF’s Family of Funds.
February 9, 2022 | Lunch and Learn – Women & Girls
This event is for ECCF’s Family of Funds
April 13, 2022 | Lunch and Learn – Public Health
This event is for ECCF’s Family of Funds
January 12, 2022 | Fueling Your Philanthropy – Savvy Strategies to Build Your Charitable Fund
This event is for ECCF’s Family of Funds
MONTHLY | Creative County Meet Ups
Creative County Meet Ups Hosted by Karen Ristuben, Program Director for the Creative County Initiative and John Andrews, founder of Creative Collective MA These monthly Meet Ups are a casual opportunity to meet your creative peers for both open discussion and...
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