Grants

ECCF disburses over $2 million worth of grants annually.  Approximately half of these grants are from donor advised funds which do not solicit grant applications and half are from programs which welcome grant applications. 

We offer eight competitive grant programs through the following funds:  Discretionary Fund, Emergency Fund, First Jobs Fund, Greater Lawrence Summer Fund, Hardscrabble Education Fund, Merrimack Valley General Fund, Webster Family Fund and the Women's Fund.

The grant guidelines provide information on program priorities, application deadlines and proposal requirements. 

Donor Advised Funds are established at ECCF to support the philanthropic interests of the donor. The nonprofits that are awarded grants from these funds are selected by committees chosen by the donor and are not open to grant  proposals.

ECCF also manages a number of scholarship programs  from which grants are disbursed to support the recipients' further education.