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.
Raja Bobbili, Managing Director at Abrams Capital, and Elaine Zecher, Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel of Boston, will join the Board for terms beginning July 1, 2024
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The new report. released at the Boston Foundation, shows the stark contrasts among AAPI business owners in outlook and access to business supports, driven by language skills, education and immigration status.
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"As we look through an equity lens, and with an understanding of history, we see it is no coincidence that the neighborhoods that are experiencing the first and worst impacts of climate change are the same neighborhoods that have faced the harshest impacts of other systemic inequities," - TBF enters the climate change space with a focus on health equity.
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Sudan was already in the midst of a humanitarian crisis when the long-standing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces burst into full-out war in 2023 and threw the entire country into crisis. A year later, over half of the country, 25 million people, is in desperate need of aid as they face overwhelming violence and the threat of famine with staggering rates of malnutrition.
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The Boston Globe summarizes the findings and recommendations in The Asian Business Empowerment Council's new report, extensively and uniquely researched through 221 survey responses and nine focus groups to reflect the AAPI-business landscape, highlighting that these businesses lack access to funding and resources, facing language, sector-specific, and other unique challenges.
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The BBJ summarizes a new report by the Asian Business Empowerment Council which examines the challenges of AAPI businesses in MA which differ from other races and among Asian communities, with industry, education and immigration status as key factors, and highlights specific barriers which include language, government processes, and funding.
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Javier Juarez, Director of the Latino Equity Fund (LEF), was on GBH's Boston Public Radio as LEF prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The state’s only Latino-led philanthropic community, as LEF celebrates its decade of impact it remains committed to supporting the Latino community in MA by commissioning research and funding Latino-serving organizations.
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The Latin Times analyzes a new report by Boston Indicators, 'Inequality and Insecurity in Retirement,' which revealed that MA's Black and Latino residents have significantly less saved for retirement than their white counterparts and the multiple factors contributing to these disparities.
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The Asian Business Empowerment Council (ABEC) at the Asian Community Fund's multi-year study examining the complex and diverse challenges and opportunities experienced by AAPI entrepreneurs.
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A new report from Boston Indicators in collaboration with researchers from the Boston Fed, this research explores the racial differences in retirement assets in Massachusetts, factoring in both pensions and retirement plans like 401(k)s and IRAs.
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The Massachusetts Coalition for Racial Equity in Housing developed this rubric to guide housing nonprofits' work creating more equitable housing opportunities, highlight best practices, dismantle problematic ones, and build a foundation for a new path forward.
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A new report from the Boston Opportunity Agenda captures the results of a survey of more than 600 early education professionals, and highlights demographics, education, turnover, and experience of the current workforce - as well as policy opportunities to attract and retain these vital workers.
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This is the first in a series of newsletters exploring our four pathways to equity, beginning with Advancing Community Wealth. Through affordable housing preservation, establishing and strengthening pathways to home ownership, helping to build and grow thriving cultural spaces, and fostering opportunities for Asian, Black, Indigenous and Latino-owned small businesses to thrive, TBF is focused on building stable, enriching and equitable communities across our region. These stories reflect our work in this area.
Browse and read past editions of TBF News here.
