Beta Blocks Grant
The "Beta Blocks" grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation seeks to explore ways of making it easier for individuals and organizations to conduct experiments in city streets that provide clear civic value to Boston residents. These can range from sensor technologies to street furniture to temporary events or installations. With this grant, the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics will hold a public process to discuss privacy and security concerns and how the City can support more meaningful relationships between communities throughout Boston and the many technologists, startups, and research labs that also call Boston home. The grant to the City of Boston totals $200,000 over two years.
Chief Resilience Officer Grant
A two year grant administered by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc, on behalf of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative. The purpose of this grant is to fund a Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Boston and assist the City in building its capacity to maintain and recover critical functions despite shocks and stresses so that the cities people, communities and systems can bounce back more quickly and emerge stronger from these shocks and stresses.
Economic Mobility Lab
The City of Boston, in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities and the Rockefeller Foundation, has launched an Economic Mobility Lab, starting with a year of planning and research to lay a foundation. The Lab will work across City departments and agencies to advance economic mobility for Bostonians by analyzing existing programs and policies, highlighting and expanding what works, and creating innovative, scalable solutions to promote economic security for everyone. The structure of the Economic Mobility Lab is modeled on successful innovation labs in the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM), the City’s civic innovation team.
HBS Service Leadership Fellows Program
The mission of the Harvard Business School Service Leadership Fellows Program is to both enrich the learning experience of the fellow and to provide valuable intellectual resources that will assist the City with strategic public policy analysis. The Harvard Business School has provided annual financial and personnel resources to support this program.
Innovation Delivery Team
The Innovation Delivery Team grant provided by the Bloomberg Philanthropies seeks to provide cities with a method to address any barriers, implement solutions and deliver change more effectively to citizens. Innovation teams or i-teams seek to reduce the risks associated with innovation, and provide mayors and city leaders with assurance in their ability to develop and implement effective solutions to their highest-priority problems. The grant to the City of Boston totals $1,350,000 over three years.
Policy Research Grant
The Policy Research Grant is provided by UMASS Boston to support 50% of fellowship in the Mayor's Office focused on public policy research.
Public Service Fellowship
The Public Service Fellowship Grant is provided by Harvard University to support 50% of a fellowship in the Mayor's Office to create paths for meaningful public service in Boston.
Strategic Partnerships
The Strategic Partnerships is supported by earned indirect grant resources to support a unit whose mission is to catalyze and facilitate partnerships between the City and philanthropy, nonprofits, and other partners. This office provides leadership and strategy in cultivating and coordinating the pursuit of philanthropic funding, and other innovative partnership strategies that align with the Mayor’s priorities.
Mayor's Office - Authorizing Statutes
Chief Executive Officer, CBC St. 2 § 1; CBC St. 5 § 100.
Election and Duration of Term, CBC St. 2 § 3.
Administrative Powers and Duties, CBC St. 2 § 7; CBC St. 5 §§ 101-102; CBC Ord. 2 generally.
Legislative Powers and Duties, CBC St. 2 §§ 12, 15-16, 750.
