TBF's 2024 Annual Report is built around the remarkable and moving stories about our community of donors and the inventive and very personal ways in which they partner with the nonprofit organizations and causes they support. To complement that work, we're also pleased to highlight a new video series that captures our partnerships with nonprofit leaders and organizations across our Pathways to Equity, and the collaborative work at the heart of creating a stronger, more equitable Boston.
The new program, announced at an event in Lynn with Mass. Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, begins with $11 million in philanthropic and public commitments, including over $7 million from Partnership members including TBF, Eastern Bank Foundation and the State Street Foundation.
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We acknowledge and recognize that we do not all start from the same place. Equity focuses on systemic, systems-level change that works to adjust imbalances and repair historical harms. Together we can improve lives, strengthen communities and build a better—and more equal—Boston.
Who We Are
As Southern California deals with some of the most destructive wildfires in state history, a number of community foundations and other nonprofits are organizing to provide relief. Here's how you can help
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Crafted by UMass Boston's Institute for New England Native American Studies in partnership with Boston Indicators, this first of its kind report uses data and focus group conversations to show the wealth gap's impact on the region's Native American communities.
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The Asian Community Fund, the Equality Fund, and the Latino Equity Fund are each receiving a $1 million grant from the Point32Health Foundation, building upon their grantmaking, research, convening, and advocacy.
Read more about the grants
In an exceptionally busy year, find out which reports and pieces of research from TBF and Boston Indicators jumped to the top of the list for 2024, with the 2024 Greater Boston Housing Report Card taking the #1 spot.
Discover our top research from the year
The Equality Fund is accepting applications for its FY25 Grantmaking Cycle! Taking a proactive intersectional lens, the Equality Fund’s grantmaking approach works across the many diverse spaces that make up the LGBTQ+ community to support the most urgent community needs. Learn more about eligibility criteria, funding considerations, and how to apply at the link below.
We believe that closing the gap on the region’s greatest disparities opens pathways to opportunity, prosperity and equitable outcomes. This complex, challenging and critical goal requires tackling the individual-, systems- and root-level causes of inequity. Here's where we are digging in.
What We Do
The systemic and structural inequities at the core of our region’s disparities cannot be dismantled without extraordinary perseverance and collaboration among visionary and courageous partners, donors and leaders. Together we can improve lives and strengthen communities.
Our Work with Donors
The racial wealth gap has gained significant attention recently, but Native American families are almost always left out of these discussions, in part due to data limitations. This is why Boston Indicators commissioned the Institute for New England Native American Studies at UMass Boston to produce this unique report, “To Live and Thrive” in Massachusetts: Native American Perspectives on Wealth. The event featured a detailed presentation of the report by the researchers, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A.
TBF, in partnership with A Better City, Boston University School of Public Health and the City of Boston, invites you to join us for a presentation and discussion focused on our findings from the 2024 B-COOL heat temperature sensor pilot project. Building upon existing research, this project aims to better understand whether neighborhood-specific temperature sensor data can be incorporated into more targeted heat emergency declarations and protocols for Boston.
Working beyond grantmaking, we collect data, commission research and share knowledge to inform public policy and catalyze conversations on issues with the greatest impact on the people of Greater Boston.
