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Now is the time to move equity.

Now is the time to move Boston.

Meeting the moment:

TBF announces expedited $2 million special round of Safety Net Grants

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To meet this critical moment, the Boston Foundation is launching an expanded and expedited round of Safety Net Grants, and calling on our Donor Advised Fund holders and all others who are eager to leverage the impact of their giving to join us in support of our efforts. 

Applications closed on Tuesday, March 11.

At a time when the basic rights and well-being of hundreds of thousands of our neighbors are under assault, and each day brings renewed questions about the ability of our institutions to meet their commitments, we cannot afford to sit idly by.”

-Lee Pelton, President and CEO

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New report finds men and boys falling behind peer groups in areas of education, health and employment

New research from Boston Indicators and the American Institute for Boys and Men finds troubling signs of disparities shaped by race, income, and education for men and boys in Greater Boston contribute to gender gaps on important issues.

Learn more about the report
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Twenty organizations to share $1 million in Safety Net Grants

The two-year, $50,000 grants provide general operating support to organizations meeting critical needs in their communities. The grantee partners were recognized alongside the announcement of an expanded and expedited special round of the Safety Net Grants program for Spring 2025.

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The Business of Care: Strengthening Family Child Care as a Path to Wealth Building

A new report, produced by MassBudget for Boston Indicators' Racial Wealth Equity Resource Center, explores family child care businesses through the lens of how they can become more effective tools for building sustainable wealth.

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Winter edition of TBF News focuses on Child Well-Being

The Winter 2025 edition of TBF News takes a closer look at the wide range of powerful work in our Child Well-Being pathway, highlighting our support for maternal health and advocacy for expanding much-needed early education and care access.

Click to read the latest issue

Upcoming Events

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The Future of Creative and Live-Work Spaces

Thursday, April 10th, 2025, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The Boston Foundation, Artists for Humanity, MassCreative, and Zumix invite you to join us for a conversation on live-work spaces. Creative spaces and live-work units connect residences to professional artist workspaces and can help a neighborhood thrive. This event will feature conversations with leaders and practitioners in the field, who will discuss the current landscape and explore the models we need to stabilize artist live-work spaces.

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Our Work

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
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You by our side. Equity at the center.

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
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Fueling change through civic leadership

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. 

We are a hub of partnerships and networks that work with and answer to the communities we serve. We collect data, commission research, share knowledge, develop programs, and fuel new ideas.