Danaris E for AllIt Takes a Community: Donors Transforming Lives

A growing partnership between entrepreneurs and donors is making it possible for business owners like Denaris Mazara to pursue their teams and build their communities.
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Peter Bauer and Year UpMimecast and Year Up

A Boston-area cybersecurity firm makes a transition from "Corporate Social Responsibility" to a broader partnership with one of the nation's most successful workforce development programs.
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Lydia and MeloraThe Commonwealth Children's Fund

Melora Balson and Lydia Icke established the Commonwealth Children's Fund in 2018 with a focus on early childhood. A year later, the Boston Foundation has helped connect them to a growing community.
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Collage BT Fellows 2019The Brother Thomas Fund announces its 2019 Fellows

Ceramicists and musicians, rappers and poets - the 2019 class of Brother Thomas Fellows features twelve brilliant mid-career artists, given a no-strings attached award to deepen their work.
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Civic Leadership Lunch imageKicking off the 2019-2020 Campaign for Civic Leadership

Emerson College President Lee Pelton and MFA Director Matthew Teitelbaum help the Boston Foundation kick off a $3.3 million campaign to support its research, convenings and advocacy work.
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Saffron Circle coverThe Saffron Circle: Funding Social Change in Boston's Asian American Community

More than a decade after becoming one of the first Asian American giving circles in the country, the Saffron Circle is building up a new generation of philanthropic leaders.
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Permanent Fund imageThe Permanent Fund for Boston

For more than a century, gifts and bequests to the Permanent Fund for Boston have provided the engine for the Boston Foundation's grantmaking, allowing us to tackle Greater Boston's most pressing needs.
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There at the Beginning: A Better City

Thirty years after its creation with Boston Foundation support, A Better City has broadened its scope to play a key role in shaping Boston's infrastructure.
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