 About Us
The Essex County Community Foundation serves every person and nonprofit organization in the communities of Essex County. By providing a central, highly cost-effective resource, ECCF invests in a substantially better quality of life for all.
Donors
ECCF builds donor awareness, provides cost effective philanthropic services and offers huge economies of scale by enabling donors to outsource the administration of their philanthropic endeavors to a central, multi-service organization dedicated to philanthropic support. ECCF provides the donor with major tax advantages, elimination of individual federal and state reporting requirements and a better return on investment of their philanthropic dollars.
A Board of Trustees serves as steward of the assets entrusted to their care and they oversee the continuing successful growth of our expert staff and effective programs. The Board is comprised of residents of Essex County.
Nonprofit Organizations
The challenge for every nonprofit organization close to Boston is to make itself heard, appreciated and supported locally.
There are over 2,500 nonprofit organizations throughout Essex County, providing services to its 740,000 inhabitants. ECCF promotes the roles these organizations play, helps fund and find funding sources for them, convenes meetings and seminars to improve their business processes.
For every grant given, there is a heart warming story of the help that grant provides to the tirelessly working nonprofit organizations in Essex County who are dedicated to improving our collective common good. These organizations feed our hungry neighbors and care for the sick and the elderly, they protect our wetlands, support and inspire our children, counsel the abused, and help to enrich our lives through the arts and humanities. From Amesbury to Lynn, Rockport to Andover, the Essex County Community Foundation is working to connect individuals with the philanthropic causes that benefit us all. See the Nonprofit Directory to learn more about the organizations in our county.
Since ECCF’s inception in 1999, 1900 grants have been disbursed to nearly 500 different Essex County nonprofit organizations. Grant Recipients
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