The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is proud to announce this year’s Community Grant Program awardees! Combined, BCF will award $287,475 in grant funding to the following organizations. 2Life Communities to support Creative Approaches to Healthier Aging in Brookline. Black N Brown Club Inc. to support urban outdoor educational programming; More ...
Investing in Brookline can take many different forms. But establishing a fund at the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is one way to ensure your investment in our community can have a continuing positive impact today and well into the future. Learn about how longtime resident and BCF supporter Steve Heikin More ...
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is thrilled to announce Aba Taylor has been selected as the organization’s next Executive Director. She brings more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, community engagement, and advancing equity to this key role. Aba comes to BCF from the More ...
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) has launched the search for its new Executive Director. The new Executive Director will join BCF at a time of institutional growth as the organization continues to address the root causes of shared challenges, remove barriers to opportunity and equity in More ...
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is pleased to announce the first recipients of our Racial Equity Grant Program. A total of $305,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 9 projects from 8 organizations: Abilities Dance; Black N Brown Club; Brookline Asian American Family Network in More ...
Dear Brookline Community, We should live in a world where every person in every community can go to the grocery store, or their place of worship, or school without fear of violence. But in less than two weeks we have seen three horrific mass shootings occur in the United States: More ...
BCF is proud to announce this year’s Youth Development Grant recipients! Combined, BCF has awarded $111,750 to the following organizations. Brookline Arts Center to expand and deepen the impact of their community outreach program, ARTreach, that provides free in-person art classes for children from families living on low income. Brookline More ...
On April 28, 2022, BCF hosted a virtual fundraiser to support the BCF Scholarship Fund for BHS. The event featured reflections from BCF's Scholarship Committee, students, teachers, and community leaders on the transformative impact of scholarships on young people's educational journeys.
On March 3, 2022, BCF hosted a conversation for donors on equity-centered philanthropy featuring special guests Dr. Makeeba McCreary, President, New Commonwealth Racial and Social Justice Fund, Orlando Watkins, Vice President and Chief Program Officer, The Boston Foundation, and Gioia Perugini, Director of Philanthropic Services, Hemenway & Barnes, LLP, and More ...
On February 2, 2022, BCF hosted a webinar about the newly launched Racial Equity Grant program to share presentations on topics including the root causes of inequities, addressing inequities in Brookline, the Brookline Disparity Report, and information about how to apply to the Racial Equity Grant Program.
