Donors

We would like to thank the following foundations and trusts for their support of our efforts enriching the lives of Lawrence youth.

Amelia Peabody Foundation
Banks-Baldwin Foundation
Charles G. Pringle Foundation
Essex County Community Foundation
Forest Foundation
Highland Street Foundation
Lawrence Rotary
McGrath Family Foundation
Red Sox Foundation
Nathaniel and Elizabeth P. Stevens Foundation
Devereaux Foundation
Agnes Lindsay Trust
Heinz Company
Doris L. Benz

The Youth Development Organization (“YDO”) was awarded a $7,500 grant from the Greater Lawrence Summer Fund, a fund of the Essex County Community Foundation. YDO used the grant funds to enrich students’ school year experiences with appropriate and challenging summer opportunities, including day, sports and academic camps and programming.

Since 1990 the Greater Lawrence Summer Fund (GLSF) has provided a collaborative process for donors seeking to support enriching summer opportunities for inner-city youth and agencies in need of funds for their programs. Originally administered by the Stevens Foundation, the ECCF became the GLSF's administrator in 2001. The Fund supports high quality innovative programs which keep young people active and engaged during the summer.

ECCF was established in January of 1999 to increase local philanthropy and provide support to non-profit organizations located in and serving Essex County. The Foundation offers all the philanthropic, grantmaking, financial, and tax expertise needed to engage in effective, inspired charitable giving. ECCF stewards 80 charitable funds held in over $10 million in assets, and since its inception has awarded over $7 million in grants to local organizations. The Foundation’s mission is to “to help you help your community”. To learn more about The Essex County Community Foundation, please visit www.eccf.org