A survey conducted by MassINC Polling Group with the Boston Foundation and other partners finds that the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program gets high marks from tenants and landlords alike -- but that lingering challenges are reducing the program's effectiveness.
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In this new report, Boston Indicators collaborated with Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research to pair a quantitative look at the income and wealth of older households with a set of structured interviews that reveal how low-income, low-wealth seniors stretch their limited resources to make ends meet.
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In this report, produced by MassBudget for Boston Indicators' Racial Wealth Equity Resource Center, researchers explores family child care businesses through the lens of sustainability and wealth-building. and explores how we can help FCCs grow and become financially stable.
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In this report, Boston Indicators and the American Institute for Boys and Men explore important, and concerning, trends for men and boys in health, mental health, education, and employment, with widening gaps between men and women in health and education, and a widening differential among men in employment and wages.
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Written in partnership with TransitMatters, this new report explores the supportive relationship between housing density and effective transit, and highlights some of Greater Boston's best opportunities to craft a stronger ecosystem.
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Commissioned by Boston Indicators for the Racial Wealth Equity Resource Center, this report by researchers at the Institute for New England Native American Studies explores Native American wealth, and perceptions of it, using data and focus groups with 18 Tribal members in a first-of-its-kind report.
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During the 2024 season of gratitude and generosity, we know that giving from your donor advised fund is on your mind! We asked our expert Program staff to share key partner organizations that would benefit from additional support.
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The 2024 Annual Report features a focus on a number of Boston Foundation donors whose interest, insights and generosity make it more possible for the Boston Foundation to improve lives and strengthen communities. Read more about their commitment to some of Greater Boston's most vital nonprofits.
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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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New research from MassINC Polling Group and a coalition of nonprofit and civic partners finds that the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) is making a difference for tenants and landlords in the Commonwealth. Still, both groups say there are opportunities for improvements that can help MRVP address housing affordability and availability.
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The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation announced today that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from Eastern Bank Foundation. The funds, to be distributed over five years, will be used to expand the Equality Fund’s grantmaking reach at a critical time for LGBTQ+-serving and -supporting organizations in Greater Boston.
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Started as a repsonse to the COVID pandemic, #ShopAAPIMonth encourages shoppers to visit local AAPI-owned businesses, shop, and share their experiences as part of the celebration of AAPI Heritage Month
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The new survey by TBF with the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network and MassINC Polling Group of more than 500 Massachusetts nonprofit leaders and workers shows anxiety and expectations that federal policies will hurt nonprofits themselves and the people they serve and protect.
Read MoreAs the federal government continues to compound its assault on the rights and freedoms of our democratic values, seeking to erase the cultural, social and even human identities of those we serve, while starving vulnerable communities of resources that sustain life and wellbeing, the Boston Foundation has redoubled its efforts to not only advance equity and justice, but to protect and sustain it.
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