Local Community
Boston, Allston/Brighton, Cambridge, Lexington, Newton - nothing makes us prouder than these historic and progressive places in Massachusetts which have helped to shape and inspire us.
We at the Ciccolo Family Foundation support a number of varied interests in our greater Boston community, which include:
We at the Ciccolo Family Foundation support a number of varied interests in our greater Boston community, which include:
Alliance for Children Foundation
The Alliance for Children Foundation is a Massachusetts-based international relief organization devoted to improving the physical and emotional well being of orphaned and at-risk children worldwide.
Anne E Borghesani Community Foundation
Dedicated to reducing violence by promoting development of healthy children and families and to providing scholarships that encourage personal growth through community involvement.
Battlegreen Run Foundation
The Battlegreen Run Foundation organizes an annual road race held in Lexington, MA to fund a number of worthy local charities. Proceeds from the race and related fundraising events are donated to organizations that benefit the Lexington community.
The Boston Foundation
One of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation. TBF's donors meet their own philanthropic goals, while adding to the Foundation’s overall strength. TBF also plays a major civic leadership role for our region through publishing fresh research, convening people to discuss our region’s challenges and creating powerful agendas for change.
Boston Minstrel Company
Boston’s troupe of volunteer singers and musicians that offer compassionate and creative musical expression to folks residing in shelters, prisons, and senior homes. Since 1991, the Minstrels have been providing energetic and warm-hearted performances that lift people’s spirits. The benefits of live music, participatory singing and dancing are now proven to lift emotional states, ignite imagination, and arouse joy and revelry. When the curtain falls, all are in a state of happiness and well-being.
Community Endowment of Lexington
CFF is proud to be a founding member of The Community Endowment of Lexington. CEL promotes a spirit of philanthropic giving to help enhance the quality of life for all Lexington citizens now and in the future.
Cary Memorial Library Foundation
A charitable organization that raises funds for Cary Memorial Library in Lexington.
Cradles to Crayons
Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play.
Friends of Herter Park
A group of volunteers dedicated to reactivating the public spaces and the amphitheater in the Christian A Herter Park along the Charles River in Allston/Brighton.
The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. Their objective is to distribute enough food to provide at least one meal a day to those in need.
Lexington Symphony
The Lexington Symphony maintains a grass-roots community spirit while producing high-quality performances that attract an ever-growing audience from Lexington and surrounds. The orchestra regularly fills 800-seat Cary Hall with the six concerts it presents each year.
Light Up Lincoln!
Friends of Lincoln Field Lights (FOLFL) is a group of volunteers working with the Town of Lexington, area residents, businesses, and Lincoln Field users to plan for, fund and oversee construction of permanent lights on Lincoln Field 2.
Livable Streets Alliance
The LivableStreets Alliance envisions a world where streets are safe, vibrant public spaces that connect people to the places where they live, work & play. They advocate for innovative and equitable transportation solutions that create safe, affordable and convenient options for everyone in Metro Boston.
Mass Bike
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) promotes a bicycle-friendly environment and encourages bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Mass Budget & Policy Center
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center is an independent nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
Reagle Music Theater of Greater Boston
Reagle Music Theatre's mission is to present the highest quality of musical theater productions by combining talented regional performers with professional performers and technicians, thus providing an unusual learning experience for its regular members and more enjoyable experiences for its audiences. Reagle Music Theatre is committed to using the skills of its company to strengthen and enhance teaching and learning in the Waltham Public Schools by educating youth to the joys of theater, and by using theater techniques to enhance learning in other curriculum areas.
walkBoston
WalkBoston is a non-profit pedestrian advocacy organization dedicated to improving walking conditions in cities and towns across Massachusetts. Founded in 1990, their goal is to make walking and pedestrian needs a basic part of the transportation discussion.
The Alliance for Children Foundation is a Massachusetts-based international relief organization devoted to improving the physical and emotional well being of orphaned and at-risk children worldwide.
Anne E Borghesani Community Foundation
Dedicated to reducing violence by promoting development of healthy children and families and to providing scholarships that encourage personal growth through community involvement.
Battlegreen Run Foundation
The Battlegreen Run Foundation organizes an annual road race held in Lexington, MA to fund a number of worthy local charities. Proceeds from the race and related fundraising events are donated to organizations that benefit the Lexington community.
The Boston Foundation
One of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation. TBF's donors meet their own philanthropic goals, while adding to the Foundation’s overall strength. TBF also plays a major civic leadership role for our region through publishing fresh research, convening people to discuss our region’s challenges and creating powerful agendas for change.
Boston Minstrel Company
Boston’s troupe of volunteer singers and musicians that offer compassionate and creative musical expression to folks residing in shelters, prisons, and senior homes. Since 1991, the Minstrels have been providing energetic and warm-hearted performances that lift people’s spirits. The benefits of live music, participatory singing and dancing are now proven to lift emotional states, ignite imagination, and arouse joy and revelry. When the curtain falls, all are in a state of happiness and well-being.
Community Endowment of Lexington
CFF is proud to be a founding member of The Community Endowment of Lexington. CEL promotes a spirit of philanthropic giving to help enhance the quality of life for all Lexington citizens now and in the future.
Cary Memorial Library Foundation
A charitable organization that raises funds for Cary Memorial Library in Lexington.
Cradles to Crayons
Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play.
Friends of Herter Park
A group of volunteers dedicated to reactivating the public spaces and the amphitheater in the Christian A Herter Park along the Charles River in Allston/Brighton.
The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. Their objective is to distribute enough food to provide at least one meal a day to those in need.
Lexington Symphony
The Lexington Symphony maintains a grass-roots community spirit while producing high-quality performances that attract an ever-growing audience from Lexington and surrounds. The orchestra regularly fills 800-seat Cary Hall with the six concerts it presents each year.
Light Up Lincoln!
Friends of Lincoln Field Lights (FOLFL) is a group of volunteers working with the Town of Lexington, area residents, businesses, and Lincoln Field users to plan for, fund and oversee construction of permanent lights on Lincoln Field 2.
Livable Streets Alliance
The LivableStreets Alliance envisions a world where streets are safe, vibrant public spaces that connect people to the places where they live, work & play. They advocate for innovative and equitable transportation solutions that create safe, affordable and convenient options for everyone in Metro Boston.
Mass Bike
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) promotes a bicycle-friendly environment and encourages bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Mass Budget & Policy Center
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center is an independent nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
Reagle Music Theater of Greater Boston
Reagle Music Theatre's mission is to present the highest quality of musical theater productions by combining talented regional performers with professional performers and technicians, thus providing an unusual learning experience for its regular members and more enjoyable experiences for its audiences. Reagle Music Theatre is committed to using the skills of its company to strengthen and enhance teaching and learning in the Waltham Public Schools by educating youth to the joys of theater, and by using theater techniques to enhance learning in other curriculum areas.
walkBoston
WalkBoston is a non-profit pedestrian advocacy organization dedicated to improving walking conditions in cities and towns across Massachusetts. Founded in 1990, their goal is to make walking and pedestrian needs a basic part of the transportation discussion.