2026 Giving
The Ciccolo Family Foundation is dedicated to driving meaningful change through strategic partnerships and sustainable programs. We focus on empowering communities, protecting our natural environment, and fostering educational excellence for the next generation.
We do not have a traditional application process. Our decision-making process starts with the individual members of the Ciccolo family - each person works up a list of suggested contributions based upon their own ideas and beliefs. The individual lists are then brought to the entire family, which discusses and finalizes the giving for the year.
Donations are issued annually.
2026 Recipients
The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation leads initiatives that create and preserve affordable homes, foster community leadership, and provide first-time homebuyers with the tools and resources to reach their goals.
A private, nonprofit volunteer organization composed of academics, artists, lawyers, clergy, engineers, entrepreneurs and others who are concerned with matters of critical importance to the welfare of Black citizens of Lexington, MA.
The Battlegreen Run Foundation organizes an annual road race held in Lexington, MA each fall to fund a number of worthy local charities.
10% of people in Massachusetts live with food insecurity, while more than 30% of the food grown on U.S farms is never harvested; the Gleaners gather fresh food from farms and get it to people who need it.
The Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) is the largest K-12 scholarship granting organization in Massachusetts granting aid to low-income students to attend Catholic elementary and high school in the Archdiocese of Boston.
C4RJ partners with 32 cities and towns, their police departments, the Northwestern District Attorney, and the District Attorneys of Middlesex and Suffolk counties to rebuild trust and offer a path forward in the wake of crime.
CEL promotes a spirit of philanthropic giving to help enhance the quality of life for all Lexington citizens now and in the future.
CLF seeks to protect New England's environment for the benefit of everyone.
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.
Crossroads empowers youth to unlock their potential and positively impact the world.
ELM is a nonprofit educational and advocacy organization, focusing its knowledge, expertise and reputation to combat climate change and to protect the land, water and public health of the state of Massachusetts.
Food Link rescues surplus fresh food that would otherwise be wasted and delivers it to community organizations serving people in need throughout Greater Boston.
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 Friends of Mount Auburn is a non-profit educational trust dedicated to the conservation of Mount Auburn Cemetery’s natural and cultural resources and public appreciation of the Cemetery’s many facets through programs and educational efforts.
GBH is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.
The Global Smile Foundation is a group of dedicated volunteers and medical professionals who offer comprehensive corrective surgical and dental procedures worldwide to patients born with cleft lip and palate deformities.
The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts.
Help for Haiti aims to help stop multi-generational poverty by empowering the people and communities of Haiti.
Their mission is to help people make informed choices about taking and safely tapering off psychiatric drugs while working to shift culture, science, and policy away from medicalized responses to human suffering.
Just Zero works with communities and policy makers to turn Zero Waste strategies into action; visionary concepts into results.
Lazarus House Ministries works to break the cycle of poverty by providing food, clothing, work preparation and housing to those in need. Based in Lawrence, MA.
Lazarus House Ministries works to break the cycle of poverty by providing food, clothing, work preparation and housing to those in need. Based in Lawrence, MA.
The Lexington Community Farm is a community-based farm where area residents learn about and enjoy food, farming, and nature.
The Lexington Education Foundation (LEF) supports the excellence of Lexington (MA) Public Schools through grants that fund innovative pedagogy, curricular enrichment, professional development, new uses of technology, and community building in all nine schools.
The mission of Lexington Historical Society is to be a premier interpreter of the events of April 1775, and the faithful steward of all of Lexington's history through time.
A non-profit organization that is staffed entirely by volunteers, taking donations of non-perishable food, as well as monetary donations.
Trust funds established to help with the care and maintenance of conservation areas in Lexington, MA.
The mission of LexRAP is one of welcome and accompaniment of refugees and legal asylum seekers.
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 Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program provides therapeutic horseback riding for children with serious illness or special needs.
Maine Coast Heritage Trust was founded in 1970 to protect the very best of the Maine coast.
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) promotes a bicycle-friendly environment and encourages bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
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.
The METCO College Scholarship Fund of Lexington grants “need based” scholarships annually to METCO graduates of Lexington High School.
At the Heart Center, a team of world-class physicians and nurses, each specializing in specific forms of heart disease, work closely together to offer leading treatments and preventive care for both common and complex cardiac conditions.
The Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation is devoted to revitalizing and redesigning the delivery of primary care in order to provide the highest level of clinical excellence, provide an extraordinary experience of care for patients and their families, and to create an exciting and fulfilling professional life for current and future primary care practitioners.
The Veterans Resource Center at Middlesex Community College strives to ensure that MCC veteran and military-connected students remain on their paths to academic, professional and personal success.
The Maine Heritage Orchard is a ten acre preservation educational orchard located at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) in Unity.
The volunteer singers and musicians of Music with Heart create joy in places not normally associated with good times (homeless shelters, prisons, and residential facilities).
Founded in 1940 by Thurgood Marshall, the Legal Defense Fund is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.
The Torch Scholars Program is a bold and innovative initiative that provides students with the opportunity to explore their passions and expand their global horizons.
Pine Street Inn's mission is to end homelessness by providing a home and community for everyone.
Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
Quiet Communities promotes quiet as a valuable natural resource and works to reduce harmful noise and related pollution.
ACROSS Lexington routes use various existing public ways, including conservation land trails and sidewalks, to connect the center of town with various locations including historic sites, schools and conservation areas.
Their mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.
The Gregory J. Grappone ’04 Humanities Institute is dedicated to making known the enduring consolations and wisdom that spring from the humanities, so that we may all better understand the meaning and purpose of our lives.
Samaritans provide lifesaving suicide prevention services in Massachusetts.
Special Needs Arts Programs of Lexington provides people with developmental disabilities opportunities that celebrate each person’s unique abilities while cultivating expression, building peer relationships, and fostering self-esteem through life enhancing activities in the arts.
A graduate of Rindge Tech and Suffolk, Ray Ciccolo established a merit scholarship at Suffolk which is awarded to CRLS graduates attending Suffolk.
TBF 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.
The Lexington Observer is a new nonprofit digital newsroom devoted to reporting on Lexington—from serious investigative reporting to ‘explainers’.
The Trustees is a unique, statewide nonprofit organization empowered by the state legislature to hold land for the public to enjoy - "just as a Public Library holds books and an Art Museum holds pictures".
WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, is a public media leader committed to exceptional journalism on-air, online, on demand and on stage.
West End House is an innovative and vibrant youth development agency that provides outcomes-driven programs to more than 1,700 youth residing in the most underserved communities in the city of Boston.
The West Suburban YMCA is a nonprofit that delivers programs that nurture the potential of youth, improve health and wellness for all ages, and provide support to our neighbors.
A non-profit charity that provides college and post-graduate scholarships to graduates of Weston High School who participated in the METCO program.
Youth Counseling Connection is a community-based, non-profit agency established to provide accessible counseling and outreach services to Lexington youth and their families.
