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Site Url: http://www.tbf.org/Home.aspx
Location: Boston, Mass.

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The Boston Foundation has been awarded a major grant by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of a ground-breaking, national initiative to help strengthen news reporting in the community. The $400,000 two-year grant will support an expansion of CommonWealth Magazine, a quarterly magazine published by MassINC, the nonpartisan public affairs think tank founded in 1996 to provide unbiased information about significant challenges facing the state of Massachusetts

Grants: 1) Commonwealth magazine, $200,000 beginning in 2009 with a KCI matching grant, Purpose: Strengthen news reporting in a community 2) New England Ethnic News, $20,000 2008 3) Center for Independent Media, 2008: $20,000

Contact Information:
Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications, Community Relations and Public Affairs
email: mjm@tbf.org
75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
tel: 617-338-1700, fax: (617) 338-1604

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