Judy Moses, in memoriam
Judy Moses believed in education – continuing education – for herself, for her real estate colleagues, for the students she mentored, and especially for her clients. She described her work as a calling – to help people find homes. When she was suddenly and senselessly killed by a reckless driver in More ...
Giving where they live in a fund for the arts
Having lived in Brookline for close to 50 years, Lorraine Goldstein and Guus Driessen wanted a way to give back to the community that has been their home. Long-time supporters of the Brookline Community Foundation, Lorraine and Guus approached the foundation in December of 2019 to discuss how to direct More ...
Brookline couple honor the memory of their son
Brookline resident David Whipple was an exceptional young man with a keen mind and a kind heart. A graduate of Brookline High School and Yale College, David died in an automobile accident in January 2019 at the age of 25. His parents Carol Gladstone and Ben Whipple wanted to find More ...
Brookline Tuberculosis and Health Society establishes an enduring legacy at BCF
From left to right: Herbert P. Dane, BTHS Treasurer; Ann-Marie Carroll, BTHS President; Julie Marcus, Brookline Community Foundation Board of Trustees President; Jenny Amory, Brookline Community Foundation Executive Director. Photo by Leise Jones The fund: The endowed field-of-interest fund at the Brookline Community Foundation, called the Brookline Tuberculosis More ...
Our philanthropic history
In partnership with a health center in 1943 Our organization's name may have changed over the course of our history, but our dedication to Brookline has not! A brief timeline: 1878 — women become active in the Temperance movement in Massachusetts. 1905 — a group of these More ...