Founded in 1997, the Community Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Lowell, Nashoba and western Merrimack Valley regions of Massachusetts through philanthropic leadership and service.
Police in Lowell, Mass., have cleared out a homeless encampment that had stood on city property for more than a year.
The Boston Globe reports 25 people were removed from the half-acre site in...more
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation has awarded $150,000 in grants to seven Massachusetts nonprofits to help with mental health issues in the wake of the H1N1 flu pandemic.
The grants, awarded...more
Funds totaling $30,300 have been granted by the Greater Lowell Community Foundation to five non-profit organizations in the area. Afghanistan Resettlement Fund funds were given out by the GLCF last...more
iPass, a telecommunications provider, will give free internet access to 100 non-government organizations (NGOs) for a year as they work in dangerous countries to help its poor and underserved populations.