Large-scale gifts that directly supported this capital project (in alpha order):

• Cummings Foundation
• Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation
• Klarman Family Foundation - Community Capital Fund
• Kraft Family Foundation for The Kraft Center for Student Success
• Liberty Mutual Foundation for the Liberty Level, Learning Labs, and Lookout
• The Morss Family for the Morss Family Courtyard
• Yawkey Foundation for the Yawkey Student Lounge

New Market Tax Credits:

• Chase Commercial Banking - Community Development Banking
• Blue HUB Capital
• Partners for the Common Good, Inc.
• Consortium America, LLC
• Grow America - HEDC New Markets, Inc.

Bridge Loan Lenders led by PCI:

• The Property and Casualty Initiative, LLC
• Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
• The Life Insurance Community Investment Initiative
• Nonprofit Finance Fund
• Low Income Investment Fund
• Cambridge Savings Bank

Program Related Investments:

The Boston Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital

Public Sector Capital and Development Grants:

City of Boston, City of Boston Planning Department (BPDA), Mass Development, Mass Life Science Center, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Roxbury Campus Construction and Development Team:

• General Contractors, Dellbrook JKS/One Way
• Building Architect, Studio G
• Interiors Architect, Studio Enee
• Landscape Architect, Ground
• Project Manager, Leggatt McCall Properties
• Legal Representation, Goulston and Storrs, and Hemenway and Barnes
• Strategic Financial Consultant, Marty Jones
• NMTC Advisor, Shah Capital Advisors

While all the technological advances in our new building significantly enhance our ability to teach our students the latest, most-in-demand skills, it’s the beauty and quality of the new campus that make it a special place for our students, inspiring them to sit up a little taller, understand they deserve the best, and realize their worth and their value.

Thank you to the elected officials, friends, consultants, partners, contractors, sub-contractors, tradespeople, donors, alumni, students, employees of the college, and neighbors who cheered us on to this point.

I continue to feel and express deep appreciation for this broad community of stakeholders who believe in the power of Franklin Cummings Tech. Thanks to you, we are meeting more students where they are and providing meaningful education that makes it easier to achieve prosperity.

With your sustained engagement help, the best is yet to come.

You Made It Possible!

Over the past weeks, we celebrated our move to the new campus, welcoming students into state-of-the-art classrooms and hosting a Community Open House and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony that brought together community members, industry leaders, elected officials, and members of the media. 

Many of these partners were with us every step of the way, who believed in our students and stood with us as we turned a vision into a home for learning, supporting everything from fundraising to sharing our story with the others.

Here is a recap of two incredible events that continue to make waves in our community and beyond.

From Community Open House to Full House

Neighbors from Nubian Square, along with community leaders, philanthropists, legislators, small business owners, alumni, and longtime friends of the college gathered at our new purpose-built campus on January 16 for a Community Open House that felt both like a milestone celebration and a holiday reunion with friends and family.

President Aisha Francis highlighted the college’s journey to Roxbury as an “institutional destiny” more than a century in the making and invited local residents to see the campus as a transparent, sustainable space designed for everyone.

Throughout the afternoon, guests from our community explored the building, learned about technical and trade programs, and became part of the college’s ongoing story of providing students with life-changing career pathways.

A Long-Awaited Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 

We closed January with incredible news as we celebrated the Grand Opening of our new campus on January 22, a moment that was, to say the least, inspiring.

The celebration included a powerful ribbon-cutting ceremony honoring the vision, perseverance, and partnership of private, public, and community leaders who believed in the impact of our college and its ability to transform the lives of students.

The most compelling voices of the day were our students, who shared how Franklin Cummings Tech opened doors to internships, credentials, and careers, and how the new campus “raises the bar” for what an inclusive, modern learning environment can be.

With the support of public officials, donors, and financing partners, we marked this milestone in our forever home in Roxbury, standing as a beacon for Boston’s emerging workforce and a source of pride for the community.

Local media covered the celebration, highlighting the new campus, student stories, and the impact on the community.

Check out the coverage below:

• Boston Globe - Franklin Cummings Tech celebrates a new home, and a comeback
• Boston Business Journal - Take an exclusive first look inside the new Franklin Cummings Tech
• Dorchester Reporter - Franklin Cummings Tech debuts $75 million facility in Nubian Square
• Bay State Banner - Nubian Square welcomes Franklin Cummings Tech
• MASSLive - ‘Understand their worth’: a Boston college opens new $75M building in Roxbury
• Mass Non-Profit News - Franklin Cummings Tech opens new campus in Roxbury’s Nubian Square
• WBUR - What to expect from Gov. Healey's State of the Commonwealth speech tonight

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