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.
As the pandemic challenges the Greater Boston arts scene, Interim Director of Arts and Culture Eva Rosenberg highlights some of the ways Live Arts Boston is pivoting to support artists facing new realities - and opportunities.
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The new Fellows will shape our work in as many ways as we hope the program will shape theirs, writes Vetto Casado, who leads the program.
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The new class of fifteen Fellows will take part in a two-year learning program and provide a valuable, proximate, decision-making voice to inform and improve the Foundation's work.
Read moreThe Boston Foundation today announced it had awarded $770,000 in grants to organizations and collaboratives to meet critical needs of residents in 11 Greater Boston communities that are a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds represent the first payouts of just under $2.5 million being pledged for distribution by the Boston Foundation, made possible by state funding.
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Most Boston voters who participated in this week’s Dorchester Reporter-WBUR-The Boston Foundation sponsored-poll remain undecided about their pick for mayor later this year. The Reporter spoke to a sample of the poll participants who agreed to speak out about how they are approaching their decisions.
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A new poll conducted by MassINC Polling Group for WBUR, co-sponsored the Dorchester Reporter and the Boston Foundation, shows where voter support lies for candidates and key issues early on in Boston's mayoral race.
Read moreA poll of Boston voters conducted by The MassInc Polling Group last week shows that the race for mayor of Boston remains wide open as six candidates seek a four-year term as the city’s top political leader. The poll of 552 registered voters who live in the city was co-sponsored by the Dorchester Reporter, WBUR and The Boston Foundation and conducted between April 7-11.
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A new poll shows Acting Mayor Kim Janey and City Councilor Michelle Wu are currently garnering more support than their rival mayoral candidates in what’s shaping up to be a crowded field, though nearly half the poll respondents said they were undecided in a race that’s still very much in the early stages. The poll of 552 registered Boston voters was conducted by WBUR, the Dorchester Reporter, MassINC, and the Boston Foundation.
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A new report released at the Boston Foundation lays out the needed changes to create a strong ecosystem for entrepreneurs of color, and tracks the racial entrepreneurship gap in Massachusetts.
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A report from the Boston Foundation, the Boston Private Industry Council, Burning Glass Technologies and NextGen Talent explores the labor market experiences of recent college graduates from Boston Public Schools, and examines how well graduates are connecting to internships & landing “that good first job” after graduation.
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A web collection and a new report capture some of the impacts and lessons learned of the Place Leadership Network, a year-long pilot bringing together a diverse cohort of place-based organizations to learn, build a network, and work toward creating more equitable spaces in Greater Boston
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Before COVID-19 forced school closures across Massachusetts, the Boston Foundation partnered with the Rennie Center to conduct a case study of the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School. The case study tells the Banneker’s remarkable story of school improvement and sustained excellence, describing how the school achieves success by creating an environment that celebrates and affirms the culture and identity of every student, family, and staff member.
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The end of 2020 was marked by the announcement of a new President and CEO for the Foundation, conversations with leaders across the U.S. about racial inequality and economic justice, and research that proposes bold solutions to intractable problems.