The Boston Foundation
Orlando Watkins currently serves as Vice President and Chief Program Officer at The Boston Foundation, a role held since June 2016. In addition, Watkins is the Founding Partner of The Business Equity Fund and holds various advisory and board positions, including Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors at The New Commonwealth Fund, Board Member at the Deshpande Foundation, Mill Cities Community Investments, and a member of the Investment Committee for Nectar Community Investments. Contributions also extend to serving on the Accelerator Community Advisory Committee at Boston Medical Center and as a Judge for the Social Impact Fellowship Fund at Harvard Innovation Labs. Watkins is actively involved with the Coalition for an Equitable Economy as a Steering Committee Member and provides advisory support to GreenSight while contributing to WBUR's Cognoscenti. Watkins holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Morehouse College, earned between 1989 and 1994.
The Boston Foundation
The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, seeks to bring the collective power of our region’s people and resources together to drive real change. Established in 1915, it is one of the largest community foundations in the nation—with net assets of $1.3 billion. In 2019, the Foundation received $151 million in contributions and the Foundation and its donors paid $153 million in grants to nonprofit organizations. The Foundation has many partners, including its donors, who have established more than 1,000 separate charitable funds for the general benefit of the community or for special purposes. With support from the Annual Campaign for Civic Leadership, the Foundation also facilitates public discourse and action, commissions research into the most critical issues of our time and advocates for public policy that advances opportunity for everyone. The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), a consulting unit of the Foundation, designs and implements customized philanthropic strategies for families, foundations and corporations around the globe. To learn more about the Foundation or join our team, visit https://TBF.org/careers.