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Looking into the Future of the Nonprofit Sector
Rachel Hatch, COO of Institute for the Future, delivers keynote to kick off the Institute for Trustees Danvers, MA --- In a Zoom room of 160 people, Rachel Hatch, chief operating officer at California-based Institute for the Future, asked everyone to turn off their...
Building lasting family relationships for youth
ECCF Fund Advisors Visit Plummer Youth Promise to Learn about Innovative Programming By Michelle Xiarhos Curran The mid-19th century Victorian that nonprofit Plummer Youth Promise calls home sits on a sprawling plot of land on Winter Island, overlooking Salem Channel....
Ways you can support earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
On Feb. 6, 2023, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake – plus a subsequent quake and series of aftershocks – struck the countries of Turkey and Syria, a region already severely impacted by multiple economic and humanitarian crises. To date, more than 43,000 people...
From murals to a mobile museum, access to art and culture expands across the region
ECCF’s Creative County Initiative supports seven new creative projects in Essex County communities Thousands of children and families have explored, learned and created at the North Shore Children’s Museum in Peabody, originally piloted in 2019 as the CuriousCity...
ECCF Announces Next Cohort of Creative County ChangeMakers
Danvers, MA --- Since 2021, Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) has graduated 22 artists, nonprofit and municipal leaders from its Creative County ChangeMakers program, an immersive leadership support program that fosters their roles as creative leaders building...
Creative County ALAANA Grants Application Open Jan. 1
Danvers, MA --- Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is pleased to announce a new round of grants designed to support artists who have been historically and systemically denied access to resources that empower them to create and share their work. Applications for...
Community Business Loans in Lynn and Salem support entrepreneurs and help communities thrive
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran Mabelyn Lopez is knowledgeable and passionate about insurance; she’s been in the business for 26 years. “As many different agencies as I’ve worked for, something was missing,” she said. “One day I woke up and I said, ‘I’m going to open up an...
ACP, state digital equity programs focus of countywide Digital Equity Coalition
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Three quarters of respondents to a recent poll conducted by Essex County Community Foundation indicated that they were interested in applying to new digital equity programming offered by the Massachusetts Broadband...
Five Things to Discuss with Your Advisor About Giving
We know that for many people, the most important thing about charitable giving is the positive difference their gift makes on the organizations and communities they are inspired to support. But ECCF is here to offer some tips that can help make your giving both...
The Top 10 Charitable Trends Every Advisor Should Know
ECCF gathers local advisors for engaging presentation with gift planning expert Bryan Clontz By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer With just a few weeks left until the start of 2023, professional advisors are busy working with their clients on year-end...
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