The Digital Equity Initiative Partnership Grant provides support for collaborative projects focused on digital equity related needs serving communities in Essex County.
Donor Name: Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF)
State: Massachusetts
County: Essex County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/02/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Priorities
Funding will prioritize the four impact areas of the digital equity plan: devices, access, literacy, and collaboration. Proposals may take on any or a combination of these focus areas and must be submitted as a collaborative project with at least one other partner. Integrated systems based projects are highly encouraged.
Funding Information
$25- 50K (1 year grant).
Eligibility Criteria
- Only nonprofit organizations recognized as tax exempt or those with fiscal sponsorship under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code are eligible for consideration.
- ECCF is committed to non-discrimination. they support organizations that use all reasonable efforts to recruit, hire, train, promote and serve persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law, except where such status is a bona fide qualification for the service being provided and is related to the organization’s mission.
- Generally, the 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 more information, visit ECCF.
