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Recent press releases
Letter from the BCF Chair: New Federal Administration, New BCF Leadership (2/4/2025)
Dear Brookline Community, Like many of you, the Brookline Community Foundation has intently followed the new federal administration’s first two weeks. Yes, the current policy agenda threatens funding for many of our grantees and partnering agencies, and therefore services More ...
Brookline Executive Director Roundtable will convene to discuss new federal administration (2/3/2025)
With the support of the Brookline Community Foundation, the Brookline Executive Director’s Roundtable will convene on February 26, 2025 to share information, legal expertise, contingency plans, and strategies regarding the new federal administration and policy agenda. Feedback from the More ...
Brookline Community Foundation Awarded $225,000 Cummings Grant (5/22/2024)
Brookline, MA nonprofit receives 3 years of funding from Cummings Foundation Brookline, May 22, 2024 – Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. More ...
Important Announcement from BCF (4/12/2024)
Dear Brookline Community,For decades, the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) has called the building we own at 40 Webster Place home. Over the past several years, BCF leadership has discussed how 40 Webster Place is not meeting the needs of the More ...
BCF welcomes Amy Luster, David Mann and Zoraida Fernandez to Board of Trustees (9/21/2023)
The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) announces the appointments of Amy Luster, David Mann, and Zoraida Fernandez to their Board of Trustees. Amy Luster oversees the administration of the Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies, and is More ...
BCF announces new Racial Equity Grant awards (9/15/2023)
We’re proud to announce the recipients of the second cycle of the Brookline Community Foundation's Racial Equity Grant awards! Combined, we're awarding $135,000 to 7 projects advancing racial equity in Brookline: Abilities Dance, a Brookline-based nonprofit organization that uses More ...
2022 Community Grant Program Recipients (11/14/2022)
The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is proud to announce this year’s Community Grant Program awardees! Combined, BCF will award $287,475 in grant funding to the following organizations. 2Life Communities to support Creative Approaches to Healthier Aging in Brookline. Black More ...
Brookline Community Foundation welcomes Aba Taylor as new Executive Director (9/27/2022)
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Brookline Community Foundation (BCF) is thrilled to announce Aba Taylor has been selected as the organization’s next Executive Director. She brings more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, community engagement, and advancing equity More ...
BCF awards first Racial Equity Grants (6/1/2022)
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; More ...
2021 Community Grant Program Recipients (11/8/2021)
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 More ...
BCF to support the Town of Brookline’s community engagement process for American Rescue Plan Act Funding (10/14/2021)
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 More ...
Town of Brookline and the Brookline Community Foundation to launch Racial Equity Fund (7/7/2021)
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Town of Brookline and the Brookline Community Foundation will launch a Racial Equity Fund to support community organizations and efforts advancing racial equity and racial justice for the Brookline community. “As one of the first More ...