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Get your tickets now for this year's Taste of Dorchester! Early Bird tickets are now available for only $40.

Taste of Dorchester is MAHA's annual fundraiser that raises critical funds for the organization and supports the incredible Dorchester restaurant community. We are excited to fill the Local 103 IBEW building with great food, great music, and great company for the 17th year. By buying tickets to Taste of Dorchester, you are supporting MAHA's mission to close the racial homeownership gap and increase access to affordable homeownership.

Of the 60 CRA ratings awarded to Massachusetts banks during 2024, twelve (20%) were "Outstanding," according to the annual CRA Ratings of Massachusetts Banks, Credit Unions, and Licensed Mortgage Lenders report by the Massachusetts Affordable Homeownership Alliance (MAHA). This percentage is higher than the average percentage of "Outstanding" ratings during the preceding ten years (15.0%), although slightly below last year's 21.2%.

We are excited to announce the Strategic Plan that will take MAHA into 2029. In Fall of 2023, MAHA engaged with Community Action Partners (CAP), a volunteer consulting program of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston, to develop MAHA’s next strategic plan. The project offered MAHA staff and its Board of Directors an opportunity to review MAHA’s mission and vision, values, and Theory of Change, and develop new strategic goals and metrics for the next five years.

Our logo and name have served us well for nearly 40 years! As we are looking to the coming years, we are excited about a new name and a new look that will take us into the future. Our new branding will be with us as we develop new education programs, organize first-time homebuyers across the state, and continue working to increase access to affordable sustainable homeownership.

So why the new name?

MAHA is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The Dorchester-based organization was selected from a total of 715 applicants during a competitive review process. MAHA will receive $750,000 over 10 years.