Donor Education + Events

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.

The Greater Boston Housing Report Card has tracked key housing metrics for more than two decades. In addition to data and analysis, the 2023 report features an exploration of how Community Land Trusts can unlock further affordable housing across the region.

As an added element of the 2023 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, we present this series of interactive charts on housing prices, supply, subsidies and regional migration.

Noted researcher Amy Dain partnered with Boston Indicators and TBF for this historic exploration of how Greater Boston communities have used zoning as a tool of exclusion by race, class and family status - and the impact on housing segregation in Greater Boston.

A new report from Boston Indicators crafts a first-of-its-kind landscape analysis of programs making it easier for lower- and moderate-income families to afford homes, from mortgage access, to down payment assistance and more, along with policy recommendations that could make these programs more impactful.

Two years after the original "Color of the Capital Gap" report, a new look at the data finds that there is still much to do to improve capital access for businesses of color, but the panel discussion reveals both opportunities and a determination to close the gap.

Nearly 300 people tuned in remotely and in-person as the Boston Indicators team shared the core data from the Greater Boston Housing Report Card, including a special section on community land trusts from researchers at Tufts University.

Nearly 900 people signed up for a lively one-hour webinar featuring researcher Amy Dain's groundbreaking work on the history of zoning in Greater Boston as a tool for exclusion.

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling effectively ending affirmative action in college admissions has rippled across sectors, prompting nonprofit, corporate, and government leaders to examine potential impacts on their constituents, employees, programming, and missions. While the implications are not yet fully known, the nonprofit sector and its allies face a pivotal moment and opportunity to come together to continue to advance commitments to building a more just and equitable society.

Policies have systematically denied opportunities to Black households and other households of color, dramatically driving the racial wealth gap and entrenching the hurdles for some populations to accumulate wealth. TBF hosted this report release event in-person and via livestream to discuss the existing landscape of programs and policies in Massachusetts to support homeowners—many of which are national models—and how we can build on this foundation to continue addressing these discriminatory policies and practices and pushing toward equity.