Boston Foundation, Inc.



As Greater Boston’s community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone.

Assets and Giving for Boston Foundation

Assets

2019 - 1,270,928,403
2018 - 1,235,098,746
2017 - 1,092,767,243
Domestic Grants

2019 - 150,647,466
2018 - 125,379,816


    

Recent News from Boston Foundation


Building Bridges: Music and Arts series All Together Now expands on inclusiveness for 2017
Foundation: Boston Foundation

The Boston Foundation annually issues Live Arts Boston grants to select applicants, and this year, multi-disciplinary arts series All Together Now...more

Alley Cat Theater Awarded $15000 LAB Grant
Foundation: Boston Foundation

The Boston Foundation recently awarded Alley Cat Theater a Live Arts ... this type of theater, think of any sort of fusion movement in food or...more

Foundations give $750000 in Boston-area arts grants
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation

The project-specific grants, worth up to $15,000 each, are part of Live Arts Boston, a new program meant to foster fresh productions and...more

Timberline Construction begins renovation project at Dimock Center – designed by Platt Anderson ...
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

... Foundation; John Hancock Financial Services; Keen Charitable Foundation; and the 23 members of the Dimock Community Foundation...more

The Boston Foundation releases detailed report on challenges of family homelessness
Foundation: Boston Foundation

The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston's community foundation, is one of the largest community foundations in the nation, with net assets of some...more

Balancing Act: Tricky Times For Community Foundations in the Age of Trump
Foundation: Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, New York Community Trust, San Francisco Foundation

We've reported on new emergency efforts by a few community foundations in this mix.But we've heard little, or anything, along these lines from a wide range other such local foundations.While a...more

Billerica publishers open new chapter in generosity
Foundation: Boston Foundation

"They feel proud that our work is supporting these great organizations in this way." The Boston Foundation, a 101-year-old community foundation,...more

$28 Million Gift Headed To Boston
Foundation: Boston Foundation

“We are delighted to support the great work of the Boston Foundation with ... The foundation and its donors reportedly made $101 million in grants...more



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