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.”
TBF's 2024 Annual Report is built around the remarkable and moving stories about our community of donors and the inventive and very personal ways in which they partner with the nonprofit organizations and causes they support. To complement that work, we're also pleased to highlight a new video series that captures our partnerships with nonprofit leaders and organizations across our Pathways to Equity, and the collaborative work at the heart of creating a stronger, more equitable Boston.
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 Are
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
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.
Read the announcement
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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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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The Free for All Endowment Fund is pleased to announce our 2025 grant cycle! Applicants interested in applying will identify as a Nonprofit/501(c)3 Organization or are fiscally sponsored and represent the transformational change, growth, and accountability in Classical music across Greater Boston. Interested applicants will have, and be able to demonstrate, diverse programming as well as a connection to their communities and all they provide for their neighbors living within them.
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
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
The Boston Foundation and the Boston Private Industry Council invite you to join us for our next event in a series of convenings on career-connected learning for Boston’s young people. Bringing together leaders from local employers, Boston Public Schools, and higher education, this conversation will address efforts to connect students with high-quality work-based learning, prepare and support them in these experiences, and policies and practices that can help do so at scale.
Please join the Boston Foundation, MassBudget and Boston Indicators for the release of a new report examining the business side of family child-care. This event will bring together policymakers, advocates, funders, and providers to explore the essential role of home-based care in Massachusetts and the ways it can serve as a pathway to wealth building and economic stability for early educators.
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.
