BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is pleased to announce the opening of four new funds as part of their growing portfolio: the Beverly Skende College Scholarship Fund, the Beverly Skende Florida Ruffin Ridley Literacy Fund, the Friends of Brookline Public Health Fund, and the Steps to Success More ...
BCF is pleased to announce the opening of three of our flagship grant programs for applications: the Community Grant Program, Safety Net Grant Program, and Brookline For All Grant Program. All three of these programs are intended to help fuel the important work of nonprofits, community groups, and Town agencies 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 partnership 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 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.
Dear Brookline Community, The start of a new year is an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and a chance to use those reflections to chart a path forward. This past year was one of continuing challenges. We are still very much in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, More ...
As Brookline invest 2021 ARPA funding into the community to remedy the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, BCF is pleased to share an overview of ARPA, community engagement opportunities, and information about how grant seekers can apply for funding. In 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan More ...
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Town of Brookline will launch a community engagement process supported by the Brookline Community Foundation to collect community-wide input to inform American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding priorities. To ensure funding responds to the wide range of community needs and advance COVID-19 recovery, the federal government More ...
Through community-building and advocacy, BAAFN is a leader in equity-focused work in Brookline.
