Deadline: 01-Oct-20
The Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is seeking applications for its Greater Lawrence Community Fund (GLCF) that provides support for nonprofit organizations providing essential needs to four communities in the Greater Lawrence community of Massachusetts.
The Greater Lawrence Community Fund directs support to essential needs in four communities in Greater Lawrence: Lawrence, Methuen, Andover and North Andover with a focus on the city of Lawrence. These needs include: hunger, clothing, shelter and education.
The GLCF Grants Committee looks favorably on collaborative projects and also sets annual priorities for funding. For 2020, in addition to the essential needs, the GLCF is particularly interested in supporting substance use disorder prevention and treatment for people of all ages.
Funding Information
- The GLCF will annually award one grant of $10,000.
- Note: this grant would be paid in two equal installments of $5,000 over two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations that received a GLCF grant in the previous year are asked to take one year off before applying for additional funding.
- Only nonprofit organizations recognized as tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code are eligible for consideration.
- Generally GLCF grants are not awarded:
- To individuals
- To state or local government agencies including public schools
- For political purposes
- For debt or deficit reduction
- To replace public funding, or for purposes which are generally a public sector responsibility
- To support academic research
- For travel outside the region
- To organizations headquartered outside of Essex County, unless they have a physical presence in the Merrimack Valley.
- For summer programs that are already supported by the Greater Lawrence Summer Fund.
For more information, visit https://www.eccf.org/greater-lawrence-community-fund/