TBF News:
Spring 2026

Early last year, TBF responded to urgent nonprofit needs arising from federal policy and budget changes. As 2025 progressed, we learned through our community contacts and organizational partnerships that further cuts—in particular, to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—threatened Massachusetts food security. To stave off widespread hunger and anxiety, TBF launched Meeting the Moment: Sustaining Families. That work is ongoing; this edition of TBF News shares early elements of it.

Meeting the Moment
Sustaining Families Grantmaking

A Full Table with Mesa Llena
From Community Connection to Operational Support

Hunger-Fighting Fellowship
The Leadership Longevity Fellowship 

Catching Up with Movement Leaders
Shifting Power and Advancing Justice

We Persist
Nonprofit Well-Being

From Our President and CEO
M. Lee Pelton