Standing With Our Immigrant Neighbors
The continued threat to our immigrant neighbors is taking its toll on Essex County communities. You can help ECCF support the organizations working to meet basic needs and provide advocacy and legal aid to thousands of people in our region.
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Essex County Community Foundation stands with our community, sparking generosity and collaboration to address our greatest needs and unlock opportunities for all – today and tomorrow.
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the latest eccf news
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is ECCF’s ‘Salute to Veterans’ grant recipient
The foundation awards a total of $111,000 to 14 organizations serving the region’s Veterans Beverly, Mass – New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, an initiative of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, works to ensure that small farms –...
Nonprofit Connect: A Reimagined Boys & Girls Club of Lynn
ECCF team and fundholders visit construction-in-progress for new state-of-the-art expansion By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF SENIOR WRITER AND CONTENT STRATEGIST On a bright October morning, the thud of hammers and the whirring of buzz saws could be heard up and down...
Essex County Community Foundation celebrates 10 Years of arts, culture and creativity
New exhibit at The Bower at Montserrat showcases a decade of supporting artists, public art and connection Beverly, MA – A new exhibit at The Bower at Montserrat will offer a chance for the public to experience how a decade of philanthropic support for arts and...
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To address our region’s most complex social issues, ECCF employs a new kind of philanthropy, systems philanthropy.
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