As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
This year's grants total $635,000, and are focused on the theme of uplifting Survival, Solidarity, and Stability and addressing the community’s most urgent needs. Grants will support a wide range of efforts, including legal services and advocacy, food insecurity, economic stability, community well-being and belonging.
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The report, entitled Persisting Through the Pandemic and Beyond: Trends in the College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion Experiences of BPS Graduates, also noted disparities in college enrollment and completion for BPS graduates across gender and race-ethnic groups, and a persistent gap between Boston’s exam and non-exam schools.
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With this grant announcement, TBF and our community of donors have now given nearly $5 million to support immigrant-serving organizations in recent months.
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Core industries such as construction, healthcare and higher education face outsized risks from federal policies that are targeting immigrants across a wide range of programs, and that could make it impossible for Massachusetts to sustain its overall labor force.
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The Editorial Board of the Boston Globe looks at the impact of statewide legalization of accessory dwelling units, delving into new research on the subject by Boston Indicators and Abundant Housing Massachusetts and emphasizing report recommendations for uniform state regulatory standards to streamline permitting and reduce cost.
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GBH digs into new research by Boston Indicators and Abundant Housing Massachusetts highlighting the success of MA's first-year of statewide legalization for accessory dwelling units alongside regulatory and cost roadblocks that limit the new law's impact, sharing key findings and recommendations offered by the report.
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MassLive reports that the Racial Wealth Gap Partnership at TBF is making an initial investment of $1.55 million in collaboration with the MassMutual Foundation and TBF donors to Massachusetts Affordable Homeownership Alliance’s Saving Toward Affordable and Sustainable Homeownership Program, or STASH.
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In an op ed published by the Boston Business Journal, executive director of the Asian Community Fund at TBF Danielle Kim highlights a critical truth: when we look past the averages, AAPI women continue to face pay gaps and workplace barriers with significant and lasting consequences.
Read MoreThis report from the Boston Private Industry Council and the Boston Foundation explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following years on college enrollment, persistance and completion for graduates of the Boston Public Schools. While results are improving from pandemic lows, the report highlights the challenges of regaining momentum, especially for the groups of students facing the hardest paths to a postsecondary education.
Read MoreA new report from Boston Indicators and the MassINC Policy Center couples data and interviews and finds that Massachusetts faces significant demographic and economic impacts from the Trump Administration's efforts to implement broad-based cuts to immigration.
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Produced by Boston Indicators in partnership with Abundant Housing Massachusetts, ADUs Turn One finds the statewide allowance of accessory dwelling units has had a positive impact on permitting, but costs and complex local codes are limiting the success.
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The ACF’s Impact Report captures the fund's path from its start in 2020 through 2025, highlighting the power of research, convening, partnerships, advocacy, narrative change and grantmaking to bring greater strength, stability, and inclusion to AAPI businesses and communities, and to uplift the many contributions AAPI people provide to the diversity and dynamism of MA.
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Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.
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