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.
In 2024, the three funds distributed over $1.3 million combined to Massachusetts nonprofits, while producing insightful research and convening well over 4,000 people to discuss issues vital to their communities and the city and region.
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In an exceptionally busy year, these are the reports and pieces of research from TBF and Boston Indicators that jumped to the top of the list for 2024, led once again by the Greater Boston Housing Report Card.
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A series of significant financial investments by the Boston Foundation’s Business Equity Fund in TARTTs Day Care Centers, a longtime provider of child care in Boston, is a recent example of the wealth-building power that can be unleashed when a company owned by people of color has access to the advice and capital they need to grow.
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Hosted by the Asian Business Empowerment Council, the second annual holiday event showcased 35 AAPI-owned vendors in a pop-up marketplace, offering a wide array of handcrafted goods, artisanal products, and delicious treats, supporting local AAPI entrepreneurs from across the Commonwealth.
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MassNonprofit News reports on grants by TBF's Latino Equity Fund, with $450,000 distributed amongst 13 Latinx-serving organizations in MA. With the announcement, LEF Executive Director Javier Juarez and co-chairs Zamawa Arenas and Juan Lopera celebrate the diversity and impact of the 2024 grantees.
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With the launch of the ONE+ Mortgage Program, supported by TBF's Racial Wealth Gap Partnership, Dorchester Reporter looks at the history of programs that the ONE+ Program is building upon to expand access to homeownership to more cities and therefore more low- and moderate-income households.
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On GBH's Boston Public Radio, TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton discusses catalyzing $11 million to fund the new ONE+ Boston mortgage program for low-income home buyers, closing racial wealth gaps, and being relentless in the face of threats to nonprofits at the national level.
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Following the launch of the ONE+ Program, Banker & Tradesman digs into market factors that play a role in MA's housing affordability, looking at how the program can boost buying power for low- to moderate-income households and the supply challenges of the region.
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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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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.
