Dear Brookline Community, Like many of you, the Brookline Community Foundation has intently followed the new federal administration’s first two weeks. Yes, the current policy agenda threatens funding for many of our grantees and partnering agencies, and therefore services to the most vulnerable members of our community. Difficult times More ...
With the support of the Brookline Community Foundation, the Brookline Executive Director’s Roundtable will convene on February 26, 2025 to share information, legal expertise, contingency plans, and strategies regarding the new federal administration and policy agenda. Feedback from the roundtable will be vital to BCF’s planning and fundraising this More ...
Download PDF Dear Brookline Community, We achieved several big milestones at the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) this year: We unveiled a first-ever Understanding Brookline database to help our community track and address local realities, relaunched our Executive Directors Roundtable to enable peer leadership support and collective problem-solving among the More ...
Brookline, MA nonprofit receives 3 years of funding from Cummings Foundation Brookline, May 22, 2024 – Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The Brookline-based organization was selected from a total of 715 More ...
Dear Brookline Community,For decades, the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) has called the building we own at 40 Webster Place home. Over the past several years, BCF leadership has discussed how 40 Webster Place is not meeting the needs of the organization. It does not provide the kind of working space More ...
Ten years ago, a group of caring community members teamed up with BCF to establish a new fund to support the postsecondary ambitions of Brookline youth. The BCF Scholarship Fund for Brookline High School helps close the gap in financial need for graduating seniors to attend the college or vocational More ...
The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is committed to fostering inclusivity and equity in the Brookline community. BCF is dedicated to supporting a vibrant and diverse cultural ecosystem and promoting community well-being through transformative investments in organizations and community efforts. To support this vision, BCF is proud to introduce our More ...
Turning insights into action is a full community effort. On Thursday November 2, 2023, the Brookline Community Foundation welcomed community members to Our Community, Our Story: The Understanding Brookline Launch event for an evening of collaboration, connection, insights and action. Held at Florida Ruffin Ridley School, the evening began More ...
Brookline Hub (11/10/2023) https://www.brooklinehub.com/local-leaders-urge-action-on-inequity-at-bcf-event/
David Whipple was an exceptional young man with a keen mind and kind heart. A graduate of Brookline High School and Yale College, David tragically died in an automobile accident in 2019 at the age of 25. His parents Carol Gladstone and Ben Whipple wanted to find a way More ...
