Essex County Community Foundation Education Grants (Essex County, Massachusetts)

Proposals had to be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service and received electronically at grantsubmit@eccf.org no later than January 15th. Visit the website for future deadlines in the coming months.

The purpose of the Essex County Community Foundation is to promote local philanthropy and strengthen the nonprofit organizations of Essex County. ECCF disburses approximately $1 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. They 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. ECCF also manages a number of scholarship programs from which grants are disbursed to support the recipients' further education. The Discretionary Fund supports the work of nonprofit organizations located within Essex County that work in the broad areas of Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Health, Social and Community Services and Youth Services. Discretionary Fund Grants are limited to projects which address organizational capacity building.

History of Funds:

For this fiscal year, ECCF will have given over $2 million in grants and services through their donor funds and programs. http://eccf.org/recentgrantsawarded107.html

Average Award:

varies

Name: Essex County Community Foundation

Street: 175 Andover Street, Suite 101

City: Danvers

Zip: 01923

Email: info@eccf.org

Fax: (978) 777-9454