Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Boston Foundation hands out $28 million - Boston Business Journal:

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The grants, serving more than 70 Greate Boston recipients, will go to renew regionao arts andeducational organizations, including the largest single grant of $225,000 going to the , formerlyt known as the , and $125,000 goin to expand Smart from the Start, a program designed to prepare Boston'w lowest-income children and their families for succesw in school. Other grant recipients include the ($30,000), ($50,000) to help creatw the Human Services Employment Ladder and the Charles River Conservancy, which supports the Charles River from the Boston Harbor to the Watertownb Dam.
Young residents and the city' elderly population were included in theJune grants, as well as programzs that build on recent reports issuecd by the Foundation on critical issues in physical healtj and the health care sectofr in the region. In addition to $6.5 millioh in grants from Discretionary Funds, the Bostojn Foundation also distributed $5.2 million in grants from Designateds Fundsand $15.8 million in Donor Advised Funds. The Boston Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the with assets of morethan $830 million.

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