The Community Grant Program provides funding to programs and efforts that support vision of a better Brookline for all who live, learn, work, and play here.
Donor Name: Brookline Community Foundation
State: Massachusetts
City: Brookline
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2022
Details:
As one of BCF’s largest grant programs, the Community Grant Program aims to support a wide range of efforts that create opportunity and promote equity. They welcome proposals that address a variety of community needs such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Health & Wellness
- Climate Sustainability
- Arts & Culture
- Healthy Aging
- Wealth Building and Economic Advancement Programs
- Housing (including capital improvements, access to affordable housing)
- Children & Families (including access to reliable and quality childcare programs)
- Education (including access to academic supports, afterschool programs, support for students’ social, emotional, and mental health needs)
- Crisis Intervention Services (including services that address mental, emotional, and physical health)
- Organizational Capacity Building activities (including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training & Support)
BCF will consider requests for the following: general operating support, project and program funding, capacity building efforts, capital improvements, sector-building efforts, and community- and movement-building initiatives.
Priority Considerations
In alignment with their organizational vision and funding priorities, as they review proposals, they will give preference to community organizations and groups that:
- Are working to advance equity, including removing barriers to opportunities, meeting the immediate needs of those impacted by inequities, addressing root causes of inequities such as poverty or racism;
- Are led by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and/or;
- Focus on BIPOC and other vulnerable populations.
For this grant program, an organization/group is considered BIPOC-led if they meet at least one of the following three criteria:
- The organization/group’s Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer or Board Chair identifies as BIPOC.
- 50% or more of the organization’s leadership staff or program directors identify as BIPOC.
- 50% or more of board members identify as BIPOC.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) non-profits organizations, Town departments or agencies, and community groups can apply for funding. If you are a Town department or agency, please see additional guidelines. Organizations and groups that are currently funded through other BCF grant programs are eligible to apply.
- Proposed projects or programs should directly benefit members of the Brookline community, which is defined as those who live, learn, work, or play in Brookline.
- To be eligible, an applicant must be operated and organized so that it does not discriminate in the hiring of staff or provision of services on the basis of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.
- If an organization or project is new and/or not yet tax-exempt (is not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit), an application may be submitted through a fiscal sponsorship. BCF can assist applicants in identifying an appropriate fiscal sponsor. If you are interested in pursuing fiscal sponsorship, please refer to grant FAQs for more information or contact BCF.
- BCF is unable to provide direct support or scholarships to individuals and their grants cannot be used to cover travel costs, political campaigns, or lobbying.
For more information, visit BCF.