The MacCurdy Salisbury Education Foundation is dedicated to providing educational opportunities for students in Lyme and Old Lyme.

​Our Mission

The MacCurdy Salisbury Educational Foundation has a long-standing tradition of providing financial support to local students going on to further their education at colleges and universities after their high-school years. Founded by Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury in 1893, the Foundation was originally named the Lyme High School Association, and helped support educational activities in Old Lyme. It began giving direct grants to students from Old Lyme to continue their education beyond high school in 1918. In 1939, the name was changed to the MacCurdy Salisbury Educational Foundation. In 1973 Berenice Brevillier started the Lyme portion of the fund at the Foundation so students from both towns—the majority of whom attend the Regional District 18 school system—could participate. In 2016 the Old Lyme and Lyme funds merged to better serve students from both towns.