Allston Brighton/Boston College Community Fund
$3,000 Program/Project Grant Application
Available: Friday, October 9, 2009
Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2009 by 5:00pm
$25,000 Beautification Grant Application
Available: Friday, September 25, 2009
Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2009 by 5:00pm
$3,000 Program/Project Grant (Available twice per year - Fall & Spring)
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.
Please Note: Only one grant per group or agency will be awarded per year.
The following deserving community organizations were chosen by the awards committee to receive funds for the Spring 2009 cycle.
Allston-Brighton Resource Center: ABRC Presentation Projection Equipment
Faneuil Tenant Organization, Inc: Community Center & Youth Center Upgrade
Gardner Pilot Academy: Books as Mirrors and Windows
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church/Open Door Ministry: Open Door Upgrades
Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly: Intergenerational Matching Program/Holiday Meal Delivery
PAL Soccer: Allston Brighton PAL Soccer
St. Columkille Partnership School: Summer Program Scholarship Awards
The Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center: Beautification & Improvement Project
$25,000 Beautification Grant (Available once every two years)
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.
In January 2007, Allston Brighton/Boston College Community Fund Announced Three Additional Grants.
(One time grants only)
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).