Download PDF Picture this: it’s year-end 2019. We’re all looking forward to a new year and a new decade. And everyone at the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is hard at work preparing to launch our new strategic plan in March 2020. Needless to say, things didn’t go quite as planned.     More ...

Download PDF At the Brookline Community Foundation, we’re constantly inspired by the ways our community comes together to address local needs and solve complex challenges. We get to witness—and amplify—generous acts of civic involvement every day. Thanks to the commitments of many, we’re making Brookline a better community to live,     More ...

Download PDF This has been a watershed year for the Brookline Community Foundation—in 2017, we secured the largest gifts in the Foundation’s history, awarded more (and larger) grants to local nonprofits than ever before and expanded our giving to address important new issues in Brookline. We’ve been preparing for this     More ...

Download PDF In 2014, we set out an ambitious three year-plan for the Foundation and the town. With the Brookline Forward campaign, we committed to three areas of work: REDUCE & ALLEVIATE POVERTY with an expanded financial safety net, a strengthened support network and more pathways to economic security. EXPAND     More ...

Download PDF It’s been an impressive year at the Brookline Community Foundation — we’ve increased our impact in strategic areas, strengthened foundation capacity and taken advantage of exciting opportunities to grow in new directions. Since we were founded as the Brookline Friendly Society more than a century ago, BCF has     More ...