Awards and Recognition

A Best Practice Nonprofit Organization

The Boch Center has been cited as a best practice institution for featuring award-winning programs and organizational practices onstage and off. The following is a sampling of how the Boch Center has been recognized in the last few years.

AWARDS

	Massachusetts Nonprofit Network Excellence Award Finalist - ArtWeek 2019 & 2016
	National Council On The Arts / NEA Spotlight - 2019
	Pollstar Top 200 Theatre Venues 2019
	Boston Parents Paper Family Favorite 2019 - Best Live Theatre
	Charity Navigator 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
	TripAdvisor 2019 Certificate of Excellence
	Trip Expert 2017 Experts' Choice Award
	American Alliance for Theatre & Education’s 2016 Ann Flagg Multicultural Award, City Spotlights Leadership Program
	Venue’s Today’s #1 2016 Ticketed Event < 2,000 Seats
	Arts Learning’s Outstanding Arts Collaborative Award, SpectrumBoston
	Arts Learning’s Outstanding Corporate Support of the Arts Award, Target Arts Program
	Billboard Magazine’s #7 Top Gross Billing Venue <5,000 Seats
	Boston Business Journal’s Corporate Citizen Award for Arts Partner of the Year
	Boston.com’s A-List Awards’ Best Performing Arts Center
	BostonInno 50 on Fire Finalist
	Broadway.com Audience Award’s Favorite (multiples)
	A Friends of Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Award
	Improper Bostonian’s Boston's Best Venue
	Independent Reviewers of New England’s Best (multiples)
	Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy
	President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ Coming Up Taller Award, Express Yourself
	The Ad Club’s Nonprofit Rosoff Award for Diversity
	WebAwards’ Non-Profit Standard of Excellence, Citicenter.org
	TripAdvisor 2015 Certificate of Excellence

BEST PRACTICE PRESENTATIONS (Sampling)
Conferences: Association of Fundraising Professionals, BoardSource 25th Anniversary Conference, Boston Centers for Youth and Families Academy (multiple), Bridgespan’s Chief Operating Officers, Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, National American Alliance for Theatre and Education and Association for Theatre in Higher Education, OperaAmerica National, Performing Arts Center Consortium, Strategy Management Balanced Scorecard Conference (multiple)
Schools, Colleges, and Universities: Boston Arts Academy Panels and workshops (multiple), Boston University Arts Administration Program (multiple), Dartmouth/Tuck School of Business (multiple), Endicott College, Harvard University, JFK School of Government/Harvard University, Lesley College

SELECT ARTICLES
Americans for the Arts, Creative Innovation Series, Taking it to the Streets: ArtWeek
American Alliance for Theatre & Education's Incite Insight Magazine, Boston Teens Take Theatre to the Streets
Association of Performing Arts Presenters’Inside Arts Magazine, Citi Planning
Boston Business Journal, Nonprofit boards and the diversity challenge
Boston Globe, Music class lifts teen from life of silence
Bridgespan featured articles:
The Case for a Generalist: A Nonprofits's MVP
Insider Tips to Nonprofit Interviewing Success
Board Matchmaking
Evaluations for All: Even the CEO Deserves a Report Card
Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Case Study, Citi Performing Arts Center & the Balanced Scorecard
Guidestar and Bridgespan featured article and case study, Extreme Board Makeover
Survey Monkey, Building a Stronger Nonprofit with Help from SurveyMonkey