We’re proud to announce the 2019 Community Grant Program awardees! BCF awarded $583,963 in strategic grants to the following organizations: 2Life Communities The 2Life Engagement Imitative • $7,500 Brookline Asian American Family Network 2019 Lunar New Year • $250 Asian American Student Essay Contest • $250 2020 More ...
2Life Communities 21st Century Fund A Shining Example Artbarn Community Theater ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimer's Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Baker School Extended Day Barry Price Center BCF Safety Net Program: Emergency Assistance to Individuals Boston Mobilization Bountiful Brookline Brookline Adult & Community Education Program Brookline Arts Center More ...
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.
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 ...
We’re proud to announce this year’s Community Grant Program awardees! Combined, the Brookline Community Foundation will give over $647,000 — including the first ever multi-year grants in BCF’s history — to the following organizations: 2Life Communities to support Creative Approaches to Healthier Aging in Brookline—a no-cost education, arts, More ...
Whether you'd like a primer on ARPA funding or want to review the overview shared at our listening sessions, we have you covered. Watch the ARPA funding overview from the 10/21/2021 listening session. Download a PDF of the presentation deck
On October 20, 2021 BCF hosted a conversation with Brookline nonprofit leaders Ann Brackett Executive Director, Women Thriving, Juan Cantu, Executive Director, Steps to Success, and Elizabeth Boen, Executive Director, Brookline Food Pantry.
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 More ...