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.
The new report highlights continuing challenges with housing construction and prices, and highlights how public land can be an opportunity - or a flashpoint - for creating more housing in Greater Boston commnunities.
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The Collaborative, anchored by ACF and led in partnership with a steering committee of 13 prominent Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) arts and culture leaders from across Massachusetts, will work to raise AAPI visibility and unify the AAPI arts and culture sector in Massachusetts.
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The Annual Fund, which supports the Boston Foundation’s research, convenings and policy work on issues of critical importance to Boston and the region, has a fundraising goal of $3,500,000 before June 2025.
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The new report from Boston Indicators, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the design firm Utile suggests outdated building codes are limiting design options that could allow for greater density and better usage of land to help address the region's significant housing shortfall.
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The Boston Globe highlights Boston Indicators' 2024 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, featuring findings from the special topic which explored the potential development of public land to produce housing to help bridge the gap of MA's housing shortage.
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WBUR's daily morning newsletter spotlights the 2024 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, featuring insights from Luc Schuster, executive director of Boston Indicators, about the report's special topic on the opportunities and obstacles of developing housing on vacant public land.
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MassLive reports on the 2024 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, an annual analysis of housing market trends, demographics and more data to evaluate housing affordability in the region, with a feature on the challenges and opportunities of utilizing vacant public land for housing.
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Looking at key metrics and findings that public land could provide 85,000 new homes in the region, the Boston Business Journal reshares an analysis of the 2024 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, produced by TBF, Boston Indicators, and Boston University Initiative on Cities.
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This report, by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation with the support of TBF, explores how well the state is doing at supporting and strengthening the Child Care Finance Assistance system, which serves more than 65,000 of the most vulnerable children across the state - and what can be done to protect and expand access as COVID-era supports come to an end.
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For more than 20 years, the Greater Boston Housing Report Card has tracked data on housing supply, demand and affordability. This year, in addition to exploring the core metrics of the market with Boston Indicators, the report includes a special report on the opportunity presented - and prevented - for the development of housing on available public land in Greater Boston.
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Last fall, with support from TBF, the Institute for Nonprofit Practice (INP) launched its Well-being Initiative – an effort to research, develop, teach, and disseminate a set of interventions that address rising burnout, turnover, and workforce shortages in the social sector. We invite you to explore the new data from INP and Community Science on the state of well-being in the social sector in this new report, Thriving Together: Cultivating Well-being & Sustainability in the Social Sector, which was released on November 4, 2024 during a community event hosted by TBF.
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Presented publicly at a Boston Foundation event in October, Third Sector New England's report and database provide unprecedented insights into the salaries and benefits of nonprofit sector workers across New England. Explore the report on TSNE's website. TBF is a proud supporter of this work.
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The Summer 2024 edition of TBF News highlights our Community Leadership pathway, and the programs and partners who are meeting essential needs, providing resources for nonprofits and leaders, and advocating for a more effective sector and stronger safety net.
