In 2000 a small group of enthusiastic Boston business leaders who realized the importance of professional development for their employees and desired to play a role in improving the climate for the arts in Greater Boston established the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston (A&BC/Boston). It became the fifteenth affiliate in the nationwide network under New York's Arts & Business Council, Inc. that builds stronger cooperation between arts organization and business executives.

A&BC/Boston's initial offering consisted of Business Volunteers for the Arts-the cornerstone program of each affiliate office-along with Business On Board and the National Arts Marketing Project, which together serve both the arts and the business communities. Within three years, the organization grew to 7 programs by adding Board Development, the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forums, Creativity Connection, and Artist's Professional Toolbox-the first program to serve individual artists.

A&BC/Boston is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and is housed at Exchange Place in the financial district of Boston thanks to the generosity of Goodwin Procter LLP.

Links to the other Arts & Business Council affiliate offices are included in the Resources section of this site.

The national office merged with Americans for the Arts, a public sector advocacy organization, in February 2005.