Our donors’ visions and passions are creating a better Brookline for all. Learn how donors like you are investing in the community they love.
Investing in Brookline: Spotlight on Steve Heikin
Investing in Brookline can take many different forms. But establishing a fund at the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is one way to ensure your investment in our community can have More ...
Growing together and growing stronger
Mike and Nancy Sandman have been living — and giving — in Brookline for 45 years. They first connected with the Brookline Friendly Society in 1978, the year they were More ...
Leading the way for Brookline High School
John F. Hodgman grew up the son of a Fitchburg steamfitter and homemaker. A $100 scholarship from an alumni association helped him become the first in his family to go More ...
Establishing the Opportunity & Equity Fund
In 2019, outgoing Board Chair Julie Marcus wanted to create a fund that would enable BCF to harness today’s resources to invest in tomorrow’s challenges. To make this vision a More ...
A legacy of lifelong learning: the Piltch Family Scholarship Fund
In honor of their parents, the Piltch Family siblings are ensuring Brookline students benefit from a legacy of lifelong learning.
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 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 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 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. 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! More ...