NEWS ALERT 4/24/2025: GoodWorks Foundation Honors Fallen Hero with Officer Paul Tracey Memorial Scholarship.
On Wednesday, April 23, BrightBridge Credit Union and the GoodWorks Foundation announced the Officer Paul Tracey Memorial Scholarship during a press conference at the Waltham Police Department headquarters. The scholarship honors the late Waltham police officer who was fatally struck by a vehicle while working a detail on Dec. 6, 2023. Officer Tracey served with the Waltham Police Department for 28 years and was a dear friend to many throughout the community. Read more >>
RTN GoodWorks Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public charitable foundation affiliated with BrightBridge Credit Union that fosters financial wellness and promotes financial literacy and community involvement. Founded in 2011, the RTN GoodWorks Foundation is a natural outgrowth of the Credit Union’s commitment to community activities and financial literacy as a key component of financial health efforts.
Our efforts focus on helping those in need in the communities where we have branches as well as helping when a natural or local disaster strikes. We bring financial education to community organizations to help young people and our senior citizens know how to stay financially healthy.
The Foundation has made donations to community organizations and partners, including two organizations we have long supported -- the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless’ Build a Bed and the Bristol Lodge Soup Kitchen in Waltham.
On Giving Tuesday, the Foundation supported local grassroots organizations with donations of $750 to each of the following non-profit organizations – Africano Waltham, Essex County Community Foundation’s Greater Lawrence Summer Fund, Latinos en Accion, Waltham, Veterans Inc. and Interfaith Social Services.
Our 2023 Golf Tournament was held on September 18 at the Oakley Country Club and raised more than $35,000. The Credit Union’s Kindness Committee’s fundraiser selling Be Kind T-shirts in branches raised more than $4,600.
And in response to the devastating and destructive fires in Maui, BrightBridge and the Foundation together donated $10,000 to the National Credit Union Foundation to support our credit union colleagues as they helped their members through the process of rebuilding their lives. We raised and donated an additional $2,000 from staff and members.
We sponsored money management seminars for Waltham high school students and middle school students of Our Lady’s Academy in Waltham. We partnered with Mass General Brigham, one of our largest employer groups, and held a “How to Create a Budget” seminar for twenty high school student interns at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Workforce Development Program.
We look forward to continuing our work and appreciate your help as we support our communities, increase access to financial education and promote life-long financial well-being.