The Boston College Neighborhood Center is committed to supporting the Allston-Brighton community by sponsoring programs, connecting residents to resources on our campus, and providing funding to local nonprofits. Learn about our services, grants, and resources below.
Services
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Neighborhood Center services are available during the academic year (September - May).
October through April, we offer free, conversational, virtual English classes through Neighborhood Center for advanced beginner and intermediate levels.听
Please note: Our Fall 2024听English classes will end on December 8, 2024. A new schedule will be available for Winter/Spring 2025 in late January.
If you would like to be added to our email list serve to be notified of our class schedule when it becomes available, please fill out the听BCNC ESOL Class Schedule Request Form by clicking button below.听
BCNC ESOL Class Schedule Request Form
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If your child needs tutoring, we can help. Our volunteer tutors are available to assist your child/children听in various subjects for one hour per week after school, at no cost to you.
To request a tutor for the Spring 2025 semester, please click button below to fill out BCNC Tutor Request Form.听
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Grants
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$3,000 Program/Project Grant听
(Available twice per year鈥擣all & Spring)
Next cycle: Spring 2025
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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 former Mayor of Boston, Thomas M. Menino and Rev. J. Donald Monan, former President of and current Chancellor of Boston College.
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 or spring cycle.
Please Note:听 Only one grant per group or agency will be awarded per year.听
Fall 2024 Grant Recipients
For the Spring 2024 cycle of the Allston Brighton/Boston College Communty Fund a total of $35,554听was distributed to the following 13 organizations:
- Allston Village Main Streets:听Allston Village Holiday Lights
- Allston/Brighton Chamber of Commerce: 2024 Holiday Lights in Business District
- Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy:听Swim Lesson Enrichment Program
- Boston Police Department (District 14):听Shop with A Cop
- Brazilian Worker Center, Inc:听Immigrant Youth Leadership Development in the Allston Brighton Area
- Brighton High School.:听Supporting Our Newest Community Members this Winter at BHS
- Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts: Allston-Brighton Diaper Pantry
- Faneuil Tenants Organization:听Back to Basics
- Gardner Pilot Academy: GPA Food Pantry/La Tiendita听
- Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Open Door Soup Kitchen & St. Bridget's Grocery Bag Program:听Helping with Food & Supply Costs for Open Door Weekly Meal
- Presentation School Foundation:听Holiday Gift Drive Benefiting Allston-Brighton Children & New Refrigerator for Community Room
- The Corner Art Room, Corp.:听Music Program Expansion
- Unbound Visual Arts:听Artist Residency & Community Gatherngs
Boston College Neighborhood Improvement Fund (BCNIF)
(Established in 2015)
Please direct inquiries to:
Anabela Gomes听or听Jeanne Levesque
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Beginning in the spring of 2015, as part of a package of public benefits related to its Institutional Master Plan, Boston College听established a $2,564,000 Neighborhood Improvement Fund (NIF) grant for projects that enhance the public realm and for which public sources of financing may be unavailable or inadequate.
The NIF grant may be used by public or private non-profit entities to implement improvements on public property.听Projects may include improvements in public parks and open space, neighborhood beautification, transportation and roadway improvements, public safety projects, public art, and other projects that achieve the objectives of the fund.
Projects should be of broad public benefit to the Allston-Brighton neighborhood, with particular emphasis on the areas of Brighton closest to Boston College (e.g. Lake Street, Foster Street, Cleveland Circle, Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton Center). Applicants will be expected to garner and demonstrate broad community support for their projects as part of the application and review process.
2018-19 Recipients听
$1,104,095 will be awarded to the following organizations:
Allston Village Main Streets: Allston Village Lights Project - $60,000
Allston Brighton CDC & DPW: Bench Project - $20,000
Artists for Humanity: Artistic Bike Racks - $42,846
Boston Parks & Recreation: McKinney Playground Improvements - $750,000
Boston Transportation Department: Two BlueBike Stations - $106,250
Brighton Gateway & Brighton Marine Health Center (Fiscal Agent): Gateway Improvement Project - $100,000
Gardner Pilot Academy & Boston Educational Development Fund (Fiscal Agent): Community Garden & School Grounds Improvement Project - $24,999
2016 Recipients听
$325,798 was awarded to the following organizations:
Artists for Humanity:听Brighton High School Sculptural Art Work - $30,798
Allston Village Main Streets:听Tree Pit Initiative听听- $36,000
Jackson Mann Community School & Council:听Playground Initiative听 - $100,000
Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation: Chestnut Hill Reservation & Reservoir Improvements - $59,000
VFW Post 669 & Boston Parks & Recreation (Fiscal Agent):听Major General George W. Casey Bronze听Relief - Casey Memorial Amphitheater听- $100,000
2015 Recipients
$446,138 was awarded to the following organizations:
Allston-Brighton Veterans & Brighton Marine Health Center (Fiscal Agent):听Medal of Honor Statue for Private First Class Ernest W. Prussman killed during WWII - $90,000
Boston Transportation Department-Boston Bikes:听Two Hubway Bike-Share Stations - $95,600
Boston Police Department, District 14:听Two Speed Alert Display Board Units - $40,000
Brighton Main Streets, Inc.:听Gateway signage and an interactive kiosk that will provide information about local businesses, access to public transit, and a community calendar听- $100,000
Friends of Chestnut Hill Reservation & DCR (Fiscal Agent):听Two solar-operated trash and recyclable compacting stations and an outdoor drinking fountain (also pet friendly) - $25,000
Friends of McKinney Park & Boston Parks & Recreation (Fiscal Agent):听Automated, solar-powered scoreboard, three concrete chess tables, and transformation of the street hockey court so it can also be used for soccer and basketball - $95,538
Resources
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Resources for BC alumni.
Information on Boston College athletic games and ticket purchases.
Information on employment at Boston College.
Information on Boston College libraries.
McMullen Museum听of Art
Details on Boston College art exhibits.
Robsham Theatre Arts Center
Boston College performance schedule and ticket information.
Office of Governmental and Community Affairs
Special events and projects happening at Boston College.
The site to access if you have an apartment listing or are seeking an apartment in the Allston Brighton area.
Additional volunteer opportunities through Boston College.
Information about programs, events, and support for women at Boston College.
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