Beverly Colleges
Supporting Endicott College and North Shore Community College

President Richard E. Wylie of Endicott noted that the Foundation's kick-off pledge of $100,000 was the first gift received to support a major expansion of the college's library. Endicott College had just purchased contents of the closed Bradford College library, and needed to move quickly to house the 65,000 volume collection. This was a classic opportunity for CFI to support the type of entrepreneurial activity that is often hard to find in the academic world.

Since April 2003, the Foundation has made multiple pledges of 100,000 each to help support and develop a service learning program at North Shore Community College. The program, as introduced by President Wayne E. Burton, will allow students to help improve students' respective communities while at the same time furthering their education.