Thursday, November 6, 2025
ECCF Releases $100,000 for Frontline Food Providers
📢 ECCF RELEASES $100,000
FOR FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS 📢
As delays and reductions in #snap funding continue to impact
community members and nonprofit organizations across the region, Essex County
Community Foundation announced today
that we are distributing $100,000 in funding from the Essex County Community
Response Fund to 10 frontline food providers serving Gateway Cities and
surrounding areas, where nearly 80 percent of the region’s SNAP participants
live.
ECCF announced last week that it is committed to raising and
distributing as much money as we can during the month of November to support
our local food security system during these unprecedented times.
These organizations are the literal lifelines for thousands
of Essex County residents. Donations of perishable and non-perishable foods are
always welcomed (and people should contact their local food pantry for a list
of the most needed items), but monetary donations can help food pantries
leverage their buying power and stretch your dollars even further.
People can also donate to ECCF’s Essex County Community
Response Fund ⬇
🔗www.eccf.org/essex-county-community-response-fund/.
This summer, in response to federal funding cuts, ECCF
launched the Essex County Community Response Fund and quickly raised and
distributed $500,000 in emergency funding, the majority of which went towards
food security. The long-term goal of the fund is to be a source of
sustainability and resiliency for our local nonprofit sector.
