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.
The six Shifting Power, Advancing Justice partners will work together in a three-year effort to strengthen their leadership and move their organizations forward in their efforts to spark social, economic and political change.
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With a background in research, data analysis, communications, and public policy, Luc Schuster’s areas of expertise include demographic change, housing, education, transportation, and economic development. Under his leadership, Boston Indicators has become a trusted source of data-driven insights that support policymakers, community leaders, and advocates in their efforts to make Greater Boston a more thriving, equitable and inclusive region.
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The new report from the Boston Opportunity Agenda, Birth to Eight Collaborative and the City's Office of Early Childhood shows the critical need for continuing investment in this crucial sector and its workers.
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The seven artists selected as grantees this year will receive a $6,000 grant, as well as hours of rehearsal space, professional development and other supports to support their artistic endeavors.
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John Micek of MassLive explores the Massachusetts prison system, and highlights recommendations from Boston Indicators and MassINC in their paper looking at the system in the five years since the state passed its criminal justice reform law.
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In a front page story, The Boston Globe interviews Peter Ciurczak and uses his data from Boston Inidcators' domestic migration brief to explore the exodus of young adults leaving Massachusetts and what it could mean for the state moving forward.
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Javier Juarez, Director of the Latino Equity Fund, and TBF board member Vanessa Calderón-Rosado are interviewed for this piece exploring the significant challenges facing Latino individuals and families seeking to buy homes in Greater Boston
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Luc Schuster of Boston Indicators reacts to a new poll from Commonwealth Beacon and GBH that finds Massachusetts residents favor the idea of the MBTA Communities affordable housing reforms, but then also think cities and towns should have a way to opt out.
Read MoreA 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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For Global Greater Boston, the Boston Indicators team partnered with the Immigration Research Initiative to explore in greater depth just who makes up Greater Boston's immigrant population, and the economic impact of immigration on the region, the immigrants and their families. The report finds that immigrants today are from vastly different regions than they were decades ago, but their positive impact on Greater Boston remains strong.
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Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts, written in partnership by Boston Indicators and MassINC, is the first systematic look at the impact of two landmark criminal justice reform laws passed in 2018.
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The 2023 Boston Foundation Annual Report, 'Pathways to Equity' introduces you to a dozen remarkable people who personify both TBF's four pathways, and the many ways that TBF and its communities are working to create a more equitable Boston.
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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.
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