Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,452,618

Total expenses

$2,547,089

Contributions and grants received

$1,777,827

Grants paid

$1,591,415

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$655,339

Other revenue

$19,452

Total assets, end of year

$16,548,281

Total liabilities, end of year

$799,430

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,748,851

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,870,186

Management and general expenses

$318,918

Fundraising expenses

$357,985

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,870,186

Program services were 73.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• BCF'S PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY INCLUDES FOUR KEY INITIATIVES. ALL OF THESE PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES AND PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES DRIVE TOWARDS BCF'S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.- BCF GRANTMAKING - OUR CORE GRANTMAKING PROGRAMS THAT FUND BROOKLINE'S NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND EFFORTS THAT AIM TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY AND EQUITY AND EXPAND ACCESS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THROUGH THIS EFFORT, BCF AWARDS GRANTS IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM, SAFETY NET GRANT PROGRAM, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM, B. GREAT GRANT PROGRAM AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. BCF ALSO MAKES GRANTS THROUGH CERTAIN FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BENEFIT BROOKLINE.- UNDERSTANDING BROOKLINE - A RESEARCH INITIATIVE THAT PUBLISHED A NEW REPORT AND A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY DATABASE PROVIDING INSIGHTS INTO THE TRENDS SHAPING BROOKLINE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, REAL-TIME BROOKLINE-SPECIFIC DATA ON HEALTH, WELLNESS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, AND MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY USE. THE DATA AND ANALYSIS CAN BE LEVERAGED TO DRIVE COLLABORATIVE PLANNING, PRIORITY-SETTING AND ACTION FOR BCF AND OTHERS IN BROOKLINE. THIS EXCITING PROJECT WAS CELEBRATED AT AN IN-PERSON LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER 2023.- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS - WE USE INSIGHTS GAINED THROUGH RESEARCH TO DRIVE SHARED COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION-BUILDING. THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WE LEARN FIRSTHAND WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE AND WHERE WE CAN MAKE TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS IN BROOKLINE. AND THROUGH NEW INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS, WE'RE BRINGING DEEPER INSIGHTS AND NEW IDEAS TO ADDRESS OUR SHARED CHALLENGES TOGETHER.- PHILANTHROPIC LEADERSHIP - BCF PARTNERS WITH DONORS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT THAT SUPPORTS A THRIVING BROOKLINE TODAY, TOMORROW, AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH DONORS, SPONSOR SITE VISITS AS WELL AS DONOR PROGRAMS TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT OF THEIR GIVING TO BCF. WE HELP DONORS REALIZE THEIR UNIQUE PHILANTHROPIC VISIONS, ESTABLISH AND MANAGE FUNDS THAT PROVIDE CRUCIAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ENSURE THEIR GIVING HAS THE GREATEST POSSIBLE IMPACT IN BROOKLINE. DONORS ARE ABLE TO MAKE LEGACY GIFTS TO HELP ENSURE THE FUTURE OF BROOKLINE.

  Expenses $1,870,186 · Grants $1,591,415

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• FII-NATIONAL DBA UPTOGETHER

  $545,000

  GUARANTEED INCOME PROJECT WITH UPTOGETHER BROOKLINE AND BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY

• TOWN OF BROOKLINE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

  $196,500

  2025 BHS SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS

• BROOKLINE TEEN CENTER

  $136,000

  BTC OPERATIONS SUPPORT, BTC ANNUAL T-SHIRTS, EMERGENCY OPERATING FUNDS, CAPACITY BUILDING - BROOKLINE TEEN CENTER, BTC SHUTTLE VAN, FOOD IS FUEL PROGRAM AT THE BROOKLINE TEEN CENTER, EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW MAKER SPACE FOR DESIGN PURPOSES (3DPRINTER, HEAT PRESS)

• BROOKLINE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

  $100,000

  CARE CONNECTIONS

• STEPS TO SUCCESS INC

  $46,000

  CAREER CONNECTIONS (STS), BUILDING STRONG EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATIONS ACROSS GENERATIONS (TANYA PARIS)

• PUPPET SHOWPLACE THEATER

  $45,000

  LEGISLATIVE EARMARK FOR THE PUPPET SHOWPLACE

• BUILDING BRIDGES EDUCATION INC

  $32,500

  BUILDING BRIDGES EDUCATION HBCU PROGRAM

• TOWN OF BROOKLINEPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BROOKLINE

  $31,400

  WHIPPLE WRITING PROGRAMS 2025-26

• BROOKLINE INTERACTIVE GROUP

  $30,625

  YOUTH MEDIA TRAINING PROGRAM, TELLING YOUR STORY SEASONS 10 AND BEYOND, TRUSTEES OF FRIENDS OF BROOKLINE PUBLIC HEALTH VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO BECOME MEMBERS OF BROOKLINE INTERACTIVE GROUP AT THE $250.00 LEVEL. THIS WILL ENABLE MAKING PODCASTS AND VIDEOS TO SHARE IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION, STIPEND FOR BGREAT COMMITTEE

• BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY

  $30,000

  ON JULY 30, 2025, THE TRUSTEES OF FRIENDS OF BROOKLINE PUBLIC HEALTH VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO GRANT BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY $1,000. TO SUPPORT FUNDING OF THE BHA SUMMER WELLNESS CHALLENGE, AT THE JUNE 18, 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF FRIENDS OF BROOKLINE PUBLIC HEALTH THE TRUSTEES VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO USE OUR BCF FUND TO SUPPORT THE BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BROOKLINE COMMUNITY DAY ACTIVITIES HELD ON JUNE 3, 2025, HOLIDAY ASSISTANCE & FLEXIBLE FUNDS, SUMMER WELLNESS CHALLENGE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202610919349300706

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