BCF Safety Net Grant Program
Funding Amount
Up to US $25,000
Deadline
Rolling (quarterly review)
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Twice a year
- Next expected
- June 30, 2027
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines each year: June 30 · July 1
From the program guidelines: “Rolling applications: Open until all available funds have been allocated for the current fiscal year (July 1 - June 30)”
Can we apply?
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Geography
- Benefits residents of Brookline community
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
- Fiscal sponsorship available for new organizations or non-501(c)(3) entities
Other requirements
- Brookline, MA
- Town departments or agencies
- Community groups
- Must be operated and organized so that it does not discriminate in hiring or service provision on the basis of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability
Overview
Purpose: Provides critical, urgent assistance to help neighbors in crisis cover the cost of essentials such as rent, food, utilities, child care and more.
Geographic Scope
- Brookline, MA
- Benefits residents of Brookline community
Eligibility
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
- Town departments or agencies
- Community groups
- Fiscal sponsorship available for new organizations or non-501(c)(3) entities
- Must be operated and organized so that it does not discriminate in hiring or service provision on the basis of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability
Funding Areas
- Emergency rent assistance
- Food assistance
- Utilities
- Child care
- Other essential needs for neighbors in crisis
What BCF Does Not Fund
- Direct support or scholarships to individuals
- Travel costs
- Political campaigns
- Lobbying
Application Timeline
- Rolling applications: Open until all available funds have been allocated for the current fiscal year (July 1 - June 30)
Contact Information
- Email: grants@brooklinecommunity.org
- Address: 40 Webster Place, Brookline, MA 02445-7937
- Phone: +1 617.566.4442
Additional Notes
- BCF welcomes pre-application conversations to discuss ideas
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Brookline Community Foundation Inc's IRS filings)
Boston, MA · 2025
$25K
Society of St Vincent De Paul - St Mary of the Assumption
Brookline, MA · 2025
$10K
Brookline, MA · 2024
$92K
Brookline Community Foundation
Brookline, MA · 2024
$8,700
Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
Brookline, MA · 2022
$215K
12 grants in Brookline Community Foundation Inc's 2019–2025 filings reference “BCF Safety Net Grant Program” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Brookline Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 35
- Total given
- $1.55M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,700–$545K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 65%, California 35%. Top recipient cities: Brookline, MA; Boston, MA; Waltham, MA.
- 6% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 26% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
FII-National DBA Uptogether · Concord, CA
Guaranteed income project with uptogether brookline and brookline housing authority
$545K
Town of Brookline Finance Department · Brookline, MA
2025 bhs scholarship grants
$197K
Brookline Teen Center · Brookline, MA
Btc operations support, btc annual t-shirts, emergency operating funds, capacity…
$136K
Brookline Center for Community Mental Health · Brookline, MA
Care connections
$100K
Steps to Success Inc · Brookline, MA
Career connections (sts), building strong early literacy foundations across…
$46K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Hardship
- Housing
- Food security
- Child care
- Community services
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