Fund Our Schools

We are parents, students, educators, workers and community members of Boston fighting for the schools our communities deserve. We are committed to working in coalition with the PILOT Action Group of ally organizations in the fields of housing, community development, healthcare and labor who are all concerned about the future of the PILOT program.  

Sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/boston-education-justice-alliance-fund-our-schools-campaign 

To get involved e-mail BostonEdJustice@gmail.com

Petition to Mayor Martin J. Walsh and City Councilors to commit to:  

Demanding that our largest and wealthiest nonprofit institutions pay their full Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) cash contributions and make plans to submit their overdue payments ($36 million from just Northeastern, BU, BC and Harvard). The City must not approve any expansion permits or Institutional Master Plans (IMPs) that give away more property tax revenue without full payment and written commitments from these institutions to our City.

Investing some additional revenue from universities’ PILOT payments into the expansion of Hub Community Schools that provide full wraparound services, such as access to medical care, counseling, housing assistance and more.

Creating a process to ensure that the community benefits that are given credit in the PILOT program are truly aligned to the city of Boston and BPS needs.  A stakeholder citizen advisory board should be created to oversee the PILOT program.

Providing full transparency by posting on the City’s website dollar values and descriptions of all community benefit contributions that are credited to the PILOT program.

Undertaking a full revaluation of assessed nonprofit property values to reflect market changes over the last six years. 

Partnering with stakeholders to demand better and more robust community benefits and PILOT cash investments in housing, healthcare, youth programs and efforts to reduce economic inequality in our city.