The Youth Development Grant Program seeks to promote activities that are inclusive and represent the diversity within the Brookline community, with a focus on Brookline youth whose families earn less than the town’s median annual income or are underserved.
Donor Name: Brookline Community Foundation (BCF)
State: Massachusetts
City: Brookline
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/11/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Youth Development Grant Program aims to ensure equal access to opportunities for all youth in Brookline, and support and enhance the well-being of youth and their families. Examples of the types of youth-related activities that may be considered for funding include:
- Programs that fill programmatic gaps, particularly for middle school aged youth and youth from low-income families
- Programs that develop youth leadership and/or create job and internship opportunities
- Programs focusing on arts and culture, environmental education, or health and fitness
- Programs that support education including early childhood education, out-of-school time programs, access to academic supports
- Programs that help ensure the basic needs of Brookline’s youth are being met
- Programs that address the opportunity gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Programs that support the social, emotional and mental health needs of Brookline youth
Priority Considerations
In alignment with organizational vision, 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 individual needs of those impacted by inequities, addressing root causes of inequities);
- and/or focus on BIPOC and other vulnerable or marginalized populations, including those populations most impacted by the pandemic
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits organizations, Town departments or agencies, and community groups can apply for funding. If you are a Town department or agency, please see 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 they define as those who live, learn, work, or play in Brookline.
- 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 grants cannot be used to cover travel costs, political campaigns, or lobbying, and they are unable to provide direct support or scholarships to individuals. While they cannot provide direct assistance to individuals, BCF grant programs may fund organizations and groups that provide direct financial support or scholarships to individuals.
- 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, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, military status, or disability.
For more information, visit BCF.
