Allston Brighton/Boston College Community Fund

$3,000 Program/Project Grant Application
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The mission of the Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund is to support programs and services that are available to the people of Allston and Brighton. The Fund Committee seeks applications from organizations, associations, programs, or purposes based in Allston and Brighton. The Committee gives special consideration to the benefit of the potential award on the youth, senior citizens, and the needy in the Allston and Brighton neighborhoods. Beautification projects are also encouraged.

The Fund was established by the Honorable Thomas M. Menino and Rev. J. Donald Monan, former President of and current Chancellor of Boston College. The President of the College, Reverend William P. Leahy and Mayor Menino continue to support this cooperative effort between Boston College and representatives of Allston and Brighton.

The purpose of the awards is to supplement existing budgets of established organizations and agencies in order to promote a program or service for which financial support is not otherwise available. Consultants will not be funded. The Fund Committee also considers and makes awards to independent groups who present a worthy proposal or sponsor a worthwhile event.

Interested groups may apply for funding either during the fall cycle or the spring cycle.

The following deserving community organizations were chosen by the awards committee to receive funds for the spring 2008 cycle. The recipients were celebrated at an awards ceremony at Minnihane's Greenhouse on Friday, June 20th.  Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston College President William P. Leahy, SJ presented the awards. 

Allston-Brighton Adult Education Coalition: The Allston-Brighton ESOL Waitlist Conference and Volunteer Training
Allston/Brighton Baby: Allston/Brighton Baby
Allston-Brighton Walk for Recovery 2008: Allston-Brighton Walk for Recovery 2008
Brighton High School: Students for Drama in Schools and the Community
Brighton Main Streets: Art Wings
Commonwealth Tenants Association: CTA After School Upgrade
Community Rowing, Inc.: Summer Rowing Camps for Teenage Boys 
The Fishing Academy: The Fishing Academy Summer Program
Friends of the Brighton Library: Beautification of Brighton Branch Library
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Open Door Ministry: Open Door Kitchen Floor Replacement
St. Columbkille School: St. Columbkille Summer Program, Scholarship Awards
Veronica Smith Multi-Service Senior Center: Computer, Media, and Communication for Elders

 $25,000 Beautification Grant Application

This grant was created out of the money put aside during the past ten years for the Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund. This award is granted every TWO years and is given for lasting physical improvement to a landscape/beautification project in a visible public location.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2007 award, the West End House Boys & Girls Club of Allston-Brighton for their "Landscape Beautification Project".

The first recipient of this award was the Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library in 2003.
The second recipient of this award was the Aberdeen & Reservoir Civic Association, Inc. (ARCA) in 2005.

The next cycle will be held in the spring of 2009.

In January 2007, Allston Brighton/Boston College Community Fund Announced Three Additional Grants.

The Allston Brighton/Boston College Community Fund Committee has announced that three additional grants totaling $175,000 will be distributed in February, 2007.

Thanks to strong growth in the fund, which is provided to the community through Boston College, the additional grants will be distributed to local organizations or programs whose proposals best address youth-enrichment, civic-engagement and beautification projects in the Allston-Brighton community.

The winners for the three grants include:

$50,000 Beautification - Allston Village Main Streets for Allston Village Beautification
$50,000 Youth Enrichment - Oak Square/Allston-Brighton YMCA for the Community Teen Center
$75,000 Civic Engagement - Brighton-Allston 200, Inc. for the Brighton-Allston Bicentennial Celebration

We received a total of nineteen applications (eight for beautification, eight for youth development and three for civic engagement).