Our donors are always invited to Boston Foundation programs that are open to the public. Chief among these is Understanding Boston, a series of forums, educational events and research presentations that provide information and insight into issues affecting Greater Boston, its neighborhoods and the region. See recent Understanding Reports and forum videos below.
Donor-Only Events
The Boston Foundation hosts events for donors that engage them in programmatic topics (an evening at Commonwealth Shakespeare, for example, or a screening of a film about a prison transition program) and that introduce them to thought leaders in philanthropy: Donors were invited to a “Jeffersonian Dinner” with Dr. Atul Gawande,
and to a concert and conversation with Peter Buffett at the Isabel
Stewart Gardner Museum. We offer a series of philanthropic workshops each year to help donors and their friends learn more about the mechanics of estate and charitable gift planning from experts in the field. Past programs have included:
- Responding to Financial Markets: Life Income and Related Plans
- Charitable Planning with Real Estate Interests
- Estate and Gift Planning Basics
- Charitable Contributions of IRA and Qualified Retirement Plan Assets
- Planning for the Future of Your Donor Advised Fund
