Foundation funds are generally targeted to our concert programming, music commissions and vocal coaching. The operational budget is funded through tuition revenue, performance fees, corporate contributions and individual donors. Boston City Singers is also very fortunate to have a strong group of individuals and businesses who support the chorus operations through their donations of time and services.

Monroe Hayman, Realtor & BCS Supporter

Boston City Singers is pleased to announce that Monroe Heyman has selected BCS to receive a percentage of his commission from real estate sales. Monroe enthusiastically supports the BSC mission that brings high level musical training & performance opportunities to our youth in the great Jamaica Plain community.

Monroe has earned a bachelor’s in Psychology & a Master’s degree in Community Health Administration and has worked in the human service field for 20 years. He has been selling Real Estate for the past 10 years focusing on the Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury and Hyde Park communities. A long time Jamaica Plain resident; he has taken leaderships positions at the First Church in JP and Habitat for Humanity. Monroe lives on Moss Hill with his wife, Mary, daughter, Molly, and their dog, April. He recently became affiliated with McCormack and Scanlan Real Estate.

The purchase or sale of a home is a major life decision both financially and emotionally. Monroe Heyman has built a reputation of client satisfaction. Let his expertise, knowledge and skill help guide you effortlessly through this complex process. www.mccormackscanlan.com

2006-09 Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant

Boston City Singers is very proud to announce the award of a 3 year Massachusetts Cultural Council grant to the chorus. The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and contribute to the economic vitality of Massachusetts communities. MCC receives an annual appropriation from the state Legislature and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wallace Foundation, and others. To learn more please visit their website at www.massculturalcouncil.org.

2006-07 Boch Family Foundation

The Boch Family established Music Drives Us in early 2006 as a way to support music education in New England. The Foundation seeks out organizations and individuals that are interested in using music as an educational tool for all segments of society and for all age groups. BCS is proud to announce that we have been selected as the recipient of an organizational grant from the Foundation's first round of grant awards! www.musicdrivesus.com

2006-07 Cabot Family Charitable Trust

Boston City Singers is pleased to announce the award of a grant from the Cabot Family Charitable Trust in support of our Dorchester-based training programs for 2006-2007.

The Cabot Family Charitable Trust makes grant awards to nonprofit organizations working in the arts and culture, education and youth development, environment and conservation, health and human services, and for the public benefit. Grant awards are made in the metropolitan Boston area as well as communities where the Cabot family has philanthropic interests.

2006 Amelia Peabody Foundation Grant Recipient

Boston City Singers is honored to have become a 2006 Recipient of an Amelia Peabody Foundation Grant in support of our neighborhood training choruses.

The primary mission of the Amelia Peabody Foundation is to increase the number, range, and depth of positive learning experiences available to materially disadvantaged young people living in the cities and towns of Massachusetts.

Howe Allen, Realtor & BCS Supporter

Boston City Singers has recently become the proud recipient of Howe Allen's generosity. Howe recently tithed a percentage of all his real estate sales to support for the chorus. Please visit his website at www.howeallen.com.

"Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty® is Boston’s largest independent real estate company, offering a wide selection of lofts, condominiums and town homes for sale or rent. With offices in the South End, Back Bay, South Boston, Dorchester and Westwood, we are your link to Boston and the world. My team as well as our many other Gibson Sotheby’s agents are here to represent every aspect of your real estate needs. Together, we are supported by a company with a solid record of success.

Whether you are just getting acquainted with Boston , or have lived here for years, it is important to understand the current real estate market before you make a move. As a professional real estate agent with Gibson Sotheby’s, I will guide you through this process with confidence. At Gibson Sotheby’s we truly believe that every time you come home, you should feel as if you have arrived."

Boston City Singers is proud to have been selected to be included in the 2005 Catalogue for Philanthropy, which is distributed each November, free of charge, to over 80,000 philanthropic families of Massachusetts. The purpose of the Catalogue is 1) Donor Education; 2) to raise public awareness of, and respect for, philanthropy; and 3) to increase and improve charitable giving, for more cost-effective benefaction and satisfaction. By focusing on the 92% of all charities with budgets below $3 million, that are otherwise relatively invisible and unknown to the philanthropic public, the Catalogue, since 1997, has connected donors with recipients who could not have been found by any other means. Please visit Catalogue for Philanthropy to learn more about the Catalogue and BCS's Catalogue page to make a donation to BCS.

2005 Alfred Nash Patterson Grant Recipient

Boston City Singers has been awarded an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England for our newest commission, "Vietnamese Journey", an arrangement of five Vietnamese folk songs for children's chorus, written by composer Margaret King. This work will be premiered at the BCS Winter Holiday Concert on December 11, 2005. Please visit www.choralarts-newengland.org to learn more about Choral Arts New England.

2005 BCC Grant

Boston City Singers is proud to announce their receipt of a 2005 Boston Cultural Council grant. The Boston Cultural Council is a municipal agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. To view a list of all the 2005 recipients please click here.

2003, 2005 & 2006 Corporate Sponsor

Many thanks to Mt. Washington Bank for their recent development grant targeting support of the BCS' extension of services and integrated relationship with smaller neighborhood choruses in the Boston area. The South Boston Children's Chorus will be the first organization to begin to work with Boston City Singers under the auspices of this grant. Additionally, Mt. Washington Bank has provided sponsorship for the Boston City Singers 2003 Winter and 2005 Spring concerts. Thank you, Mt. Washington Bank, for your continued belief in Boston City Singers. Please visit www.mtwashingtonbank.com to learn more about the bank and their newest branch in Dorchester.

2004 Business Contributor

The chorus thanks Icarus Restaurant for their generous November 2004 contribution to the chorus operations budget and their catering for the chorus' first ever "Friendraiser" event held prior to the annual Spring Concert, A Grand Journey, on May 22, 2004. Icarus is located at 3 Appleton Street, South End, Boston. "For more than 20 years, Chris Douglass has been humbly cooking beautiful "New American" cuisine...it's the consistency, passion for ingredients and comfortable dining room we love best" [BOSTON MAGAZINE 2003]. Please visit www.icarusrestaurant.com or call 617-426-1790 to learn more about the restaurant. Thank you Chris Douglass!

2004 Corporate Donor

Boston City Singers was pleased to announce the 2004 receipt of a development grant from Manulife Financial. It is with the help of corporations such as Manulife, whose community development mission matches that of Boston City Singers, that the chorus will be able to continue to offer exceptional choral training and performance opportunities to the youth of Boston and surrounding communities. Thank you Manulife!

2004 Business Contributor

The chorus is grateful to Cedar Grove Gardens for their contribution of bouquets and floral arrangements for the annual Spring Concert, A Grand Journey, on May 22, 2004. Please visit www.cedargrovegardens.com or call 1-800-322-8582 to learn more about Cedar Grove Gardens. Thank you Cedar Grove Gardens!