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Boston Foundation

The Boston Foundation, one of the nation's oldest and largest community foundations, has an endowment of close to $675 million. Last year, the Foundation made grants of $51 million to nonprofit organizations and received gifts of $41 million. The Boston Foundation is made up of 750 separate charitable funds, which have been established by donors either for the general benefit of the community or for special purposes. The Foundation also serves as a civic leader, convener, and sponsor of special initiatives designed to build community. For more information about the Boston Foundation and its grant making, visit www.tbf.org, or call 617-338-1700.

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  • Preventing Homelessness: Success Stories

    Wed, Jun 22, 2005
    A panel discusses how Massachusetts is attempting to move from managing the problem of homelessness, to identifying ways of eliminating it altogether. Success in eliminating the use of motels for emergency shelter signaled it was a good time to strengthen and expand successful efforts to maintain housing stability for both individuals and families, in order to prevent homelessness in the first place.
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    Boston Foundation

  • Linking Money to Mission

    Wed, Jun 1, 2005
    This forum focuses on expanding our understanding of how nonprofit capital structures' tangible and intangible assets and liabilities affect organizational missions. How should these assets and liabilities be thought about in pursuit of excellence and organizational stability? The forum also highlights inspiring examples of mission effectiveness enabled by sound financial business practices.
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    Partner:
    Boston Foundation

  • Managing for Mission: Leadership and Talent Imperative

    Wed, Apr 26, 2006
    This forum focuses on a dialogue about the leadership and talent imperative, with case studies highlighting issues of management in the face of growing complexity, demographic diversity and examples of successful recruitment, development and retention of talent. The complexity of nonprofit operations today requires nonprofit leaders to be many things at once: charismatic motivator, persuasive fundraiser, issues expert, manager of complex systems. What implications does this changing role have for nonprofit leadership and management structures? How will organizations handle the transition from seasoned leaders to emerging leaders?
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    Boston Foundation