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.
Read more about the announcement
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
More than 300 friends and partners gathered at TBF’s Annual Meeting, where Lee Pelton, President and CEO, shared his vision of the Foundation's role in facing the challenges ahead and where we can and must go to build a more equitable future for Greater Boston.
Read Lee Pelton's remarks from the Annual Meeting
The Asian Community Fund, the Equality Fund and the Latino Equity Fund are each receiving a $1 million grant from the Point32Health Foundation, closing out a 2024 in which the three funds distributed a record amount in grants to nonprofits, while expanding their commitments to research, convening and advocacy work.
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 grants bring the Fund’s total grantmaking to over $2.3 million since 2013, with $1.2 million distributed since Javier Juarez became the Fund’s Director in early 2023.
Read the announcement
Apply or nominate a mid-career or established artist for an unrestricted award of $20,000 and the opportunity to attend Brother Thomas Fellow convenings with the other recipients. See more information on the application process, key dates, and helpful information including the application 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
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.
