Boston is one of the country’s largest hubs for rowing—but the city’s own youth lack access to our sport and the Charles River. Support CRI’s efforts to remove barriers to rowing by making a gift. Your donation funds programs that bring rowing directly to schools at no cost, helps provide services like financial aid, top-notch equipment, a great coaching staff, maintain a great boathouse, and much more.

Any gift to whatever matters most to you—will be doubled up to $50,000.

Together we make CRI. Reach out to your networks, explain what CRI means to you, and contribute what you can to ensure that CRI’s future is strengthened and able to live up to the values and mission that guide us. View and share our official Giving Day video here!

Did you know? Massachusetts has a new charitable contributions deduction. It's available to all taxpayers, whether or not you itemize deductions on your federal return. Just keep track of your contributions and report them on the state tax return you file in the first part of 2024. They'll be deducted from your taxable income. This deduction is universal, and permanent, so you can utilize it every year going forward.

Would you like to make a gift through a Donor Advised Fund? Click the red "Make a Gift Today" button at the top, fill out the information requested, and on the transaction screen, select "Donor Advised Fund."

As a way to acknowledge and share appreciation for donors who support CRI on its Giving Day, we have established special ways to say thank you! Swing by the tent at the boathouse on Tuesday, May 9 to pickup items, grab a bite, enter our raffle, and say hi.

$50-249: Car Decal & PopSocket

$250-499: Car Decal & Sports Towel

$500 - $999: Sports Towel & Dry Bag (2L)

$1,000 - $2,499: Name an Oar & Dry Bag (2L) with Priority Access to the Head Of The Charles Regatta Tent

$2,500 - $4,999: Name a Seat & Dry Bag (2L) with Priority Access to the Head Of The Charles Regatta Tent

$5,000+: Name a Seat & Dry Bag (2L) with Priority Access to the Head Of The Charles Regatta Tent

$10,000: Name a Single* 

$15,000: Name a Double or Pair* 

$25,000: Name a Four or Quad* 

$50,000: Name an Eight* 

*Groups are encouraged to collaborate and raise funds to name a boat.

**Cumulative annual giving will be included for priority access to CRI’s 2023 Head Of The Charles tent; a gift of $1,000 or more today secures priority access for you and a guest.

Community Rowing Inc. (CRI) was founded in 1985 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the belief that the sport of rowing provides unique opportunities to promote personal and community growth through teamwork, discipline, and physical fitness. We invite individuals of all backgrounds, abilities, and experience to grow through rowing.