In April, a group of donors saw the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic and immediately made gifts to ABCD in support of relief efforts. Throughout May seven more institutional funders and numerous individuals have given $435,000 collectively. Through contributions of all sizes, ABCD’s individual donors have raised more than $5,000 to support COVID-19 relief, emergency food needs, and housing supports….
(Boston, MA) – Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) recently closed out the 2023 tax season having helped 3,103 residents complete their state and federal tax returns, resulting in $5.4 million in federal and state refunds combined, and $498,691 in Child Tax Credits (CTC). There were nearly 500 Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) eligible returns, 16% of the total number…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jamie McIverJuly 8, 2025 857.488.5068jamie.mciver@bostonabcd.org (Boston, MA) – ABCD’s Free Tax Preparation Program secured more than $7 million in state and federal tax returns for residents of Greater Boston and the Mystic Valley during the 2025 tax season. Results of this year’s tax season supported by 36 IRS-trained Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) volunteers include completion…
ABCD’s Free Tax Preparation Program secured more than $7 million in state and federal tax returns for residents of Greater Boston and the Mystic Valley during the 2025 tax season. Results of this year’s tax season supported by 36 IRS-trained Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) volunteers include completion of: ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler said that she is proud that the Free…
After a pandemic pause, a big Boston event that benefits local teens is back on at TD Garden. ABCD’s Hoop Dreams is a charity basketball tournament that enables basketball fans to live out their dreams of playing on the floor of the Garden. The tournament supports ABCD youth programs that break down barriers and create opportunities for youths. They include SummerWorks and…
NCAP Honors ABCD Leadership at Annual Convention in Boston The National Community Action Partnership presented ABCD President/CEO John J. Drew with the Robert M. Coard Innovation Award for his exceptional work in advancing community-wide solutions that provide pathways for children and families to thrive. The award was presented during the NCAP awards gala on the evening of September 2 at…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 2, 2021 CONTACT: Susan Kooperstein617.875.3619skooperstein@comcast.net Lee Phenner339.368.1140lee.phenner@bostonabcd.org NCAP Honors ABCD Leadership at Annual Convention in Boston Boston, MA – John J. Drew, President/CEO, Action for Boston Community Development, will be honored on September 2 at the national convention in Boston of the National Community Action Partnership (NCAP). Drew will receive the Robert M. Coard Innovation Award for his exceptional work…
John Drew is probably one of the most influential Bostonians you don’t know much about. Which is a shame because — at the tender age of 84 — he is stepping down as the CEO of Action for Boston Community Development, better known as ABCD. It’s the city’s biggest and most durable antipoverty agency, a Swiss Army knife of social…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 01, 2018 Contact: Colneth Smiley Jr. O: 617.348.6224 C: 617.872.9435 The organization is working with city, state & federal officials to save the only mobile unit serving the homeless population in Malden, Medford and Everett ABCD announced today that short-term financial support will keep its Mystic Valley Mobile Homeless Outreach Team (MHOT) operating…
Action for Boston Community Development, a Boston-based nonprofit human services agency that helps low-income residents in Greater Boston to transition out of poverty, recently announced that John Drew, its president/CEO since 2009, will retire, to be succeeded by chief operating officer Sharon Scott-Chandler. Drew, now 85, who joined Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) in 1971, said, “I have had a long…