Results tagged “philanthropy”

Reverend Bruce Wall has gone to great lengths to draw attention to the violence on the streets of this city. The last time he appeared on Bostonist, he had published a letter advising tourists not to visit Boston following the death of New York City resident Chiara Levin in February. Wall is in the spotlight again for different reasons. The Globe reported today that his 15-year-old son is a suspect in an armed robbery in... more ›

TGR "Lost and Found" Screening With Bang Camaro and the Marc-Andre Belliveau Band For Labels Are for Jars Friday, November 16, 7:00 pm The Roxy, 279 Tremont Street, Boston $20, Tickets TGR Official Site Labels Are for Jars Teton Gravity Research is in town, combining extreme snow sports, massive rock, and philanthropy. TGR, as they call themselves, will be screening "Lost and Found," which is a compilation of what the company calls the "sickest skiing... more ›

A study by the Boston-based Catalogue for Philanthropy, released last week, says that Massachusetts is the second most stingy state in the nation (New Hampshire is first). (The different headlines about this from around the country are amusing. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says, "Index Ranks Bible Belt Most Charitable Region;" the Globe, meanwhile, declares, "Mass. Generous After All, Study Finds.") Of course, people have quickly stepped up to attack the Catalogue of Philanthropy's methods and defend the Commonwealth. The Boston Foundation crunches the numbers differently and puts the Bay State at 11th in the country, accounting for various factors that the C.F.P. maybe didn't (don't ask us - Bostonist fears math). According to the Boston Foundation, the C.F.P.'s Generosity Index is weighted to favor poor states, so rich states like Mass. get a raw deal. Bostonist also thinks some allowance should be made for the fact that in some states (like ours), much more care is dispensed to needy people by the government, while in other states (like those in the Bible-belt) private and religious charities take up much more slack (see here, here, and here, for example). Or maybe Massholes really are stingy, and Bostonist and the Boston Foundation are just engaging in sour grapes when we should be sending money to orphans. more ›