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Now is the time to move equity.

Now is the time to move Boston.

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TBF announces multimillion-dollar commitment to strengthen region’s food systems

Rising food insecurity and cuts to federal food programs inspire new multi-part commitment, beginning with $1 million to the Greater Boston Food Bank and followed by $900,000 to regional food organizations.

Read the announcement Learn about Meeting the Moment: Sustaining Families
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When policy fails the people, we must lead with moral courage - Lee Pelton, President and CEO of TBF

As federal changes threaten the most vulnerable across our region, TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton reflects on moral courage and leadership as TBF plans to lead a coordinated philanthropic response to mobilize resources and galvanize collective action.

Read Lee Pelton's op ed in the Boston Business Journal

New from TBF

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Boston Indicators data analysis estimates at least 40,000 SNAP recipients in Greater Boston at risk from proposed cuts

Read the release
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Asian Community Fund to honor Vertex CEO Reshma Kewalramani and former Economic Development Secy. Yvonne Hao at 2025 Gala

Read the announcement
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Lee Pelton's "Bold Types" feature by the Boston Globe outlines TBF's efforts to meet the moment and respond to community needs

Watch Bold Types here
"Metro Boston residents of different races are interacting more often than they were decades ago. But as income disparities have grown, so too, has the isolation of higher- and lower-income communities from one another.” Residential Segregation in Greater Boston: Shifting Patterns by Race and Income, Boston Indicators

Boston Indicators data analysis finds Greater Boston becoming less segregated by race; more segregated by income

Read the report

Open Grant Opportunities

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The Latino Equity Fund FY26 Grantmaking

For the FY26 grant cycle, LEF will award one-time $25,000 grants to 20 Latinx-serving nonprofit organizations within the Boston Foundation’s catchment area. The application will be open from September 22, 2025 to November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Learn more and apply here

Upcoming Events

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From Classroom to Career: A New Vision for High School in MA

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 9:00 - 10:45 AM

Register for this event
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Our Approach to Equity

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

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.