Recap: One Year In: Massachusetts Nonprofits Charting a Way Forward

FULL RECAP COMING SOON

On Thursday, March 5, the Boston Foundation, in partnership with the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network and MassINC Polling Group, hosted the live release of new survey data that illustrated the serious impact of federal policies under the Trump Administration on Massachusetts nonprofits.

The survey, which was conducted in January by MassINC Polling Group, was a follow-up to a 2025 survey that captured the levels of fear and concern in the sector as President Trump’s second term began. Nearly 500 nonprofit leaders from across Massachusetts completed the survey, which found that the past year has been marked by federal funding cuts, fundraising challenges and a significant uptick in the level of need, none of which are showing immediate signs of abating.

Even in the face of these challenges, however, nonprofits are continuing and even expanding their vital work. After the data presentation from Rich Parr of MassINC Polling, a panel of local and national nonprofit leaders discussed strategies that organizations are using to maximize their impact at a critical time, and provided perspectives on how the sector can work to meet critical community needs while protecting the safety, well-being and long term security of their workers, volunteers and organizations.