2005 BCF Annual Report (PDF) - Brookline Community Foundation

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As your community foundation, we identify needs and opportunities
in Brookline.
Grants Awarded in 2005
BCF awarded a total of $254,500 in grants in 2005, including $131,053 in
Discretionary Funds, $24,859 from the Brookline Youth Fund, $9,700 in grants
from the Environmental Stewardship Fund, $16,925 in grants for the Brookline 300
celebration (in addition to $26,000 awarded in 2004), $7,500 in grants from the
Fund for Arts and Culture and other gifts designated for the arts, $38,370 in rent
subsidies, and $26,093 in Emergency Assistance Grants to individuals and families.
The following grants are made from Brookline Community Foundation
Discretionary Funds:
Health And Human Services
Match-Up Interfaith Volunteers for volunteer programs to provide medical
transportation and friendly visits to frail and isolated Brookline elders. $5,000
Rogerson Communities for a weekly music therapist as part of the arts programming
in the Adult Day Health Program at the Brookline Senior Center. $5,000
Kids’ Clothes Club to purchase winter coats for low income Brookline teenagers, and
support for operating costs. $1,500
Brookline Recreation Department start up funding for Fit for Life, a weeklong,
town wide fitness advocacy program. $1,940
Baker School Extended Day to purchase and install equipment, and to train
instructors for an Adventure Education program, a collaboration between Extended
Day and the Physical Education Department to promote mental and physical fitness
in students in kindergarten through 8th grade. $14,906
HEARTH for support services for formerly homeless elders living at the Ruth Cowin
House in Brookline. $7,500
Brookline Council on Aging Year 3 of a 3-year matching grant for senior van
transportation services for the elderly. $5,000
Community and Organizational Development
Brookline Emergency Food Pantry for a sustainability campaign to build support
for the Food Pantry. $7,500
Steps to Success for an outside evaluator to assess intermediate outcomes for the
college readiness program for low-income youth. $15,000