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ECCF’s State of Essex County event draws more than 400 people
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...
Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll will headline ECCF’s ‘State of Essex County’ Event
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,...
Spring Funders Summit focuses on the changing philanthropic landscape
Center for Effective Philanthropy VP Grace Nicolette highlights positive post-COVID changes By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER Recent research by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) reveals that foundations are working differently than they...
Work in Essex County to close the digital divide highlighted at national funders conference
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Across the country, funders and foundations are exploring effective ways they can support closing the gap between those with access to digital technology and those without it. The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight...
Successful digital equity pilot in Essex County leads to an expansion of critical programming
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer A successful, collaborative digital equity program piloted in Essex County is now being used as a model to expand work to connect residents with devices, broadband access and training across the state. The pilot, a...
Affordable Connectivity Program: “The data shows there’s still a need.”
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Recent data from The Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University reveals that while many Essex County residents still lack access to broadband, some communities are faring better than others when it comes...
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...
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