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.”
Next Steps grantees receive multi-layered support, including $6,000 in ‘implementation funds’ for new work, along with rehearsal space, consulting support and access to other resources from and with their fellow cohort members.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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 AreWe 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.
