{"id":3,"date":"2010-02-05T15:02:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T20:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/home\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T14:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:02:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/","title":{"rendered":"Government &amp; Community Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section about\">\n<h2>Welcome to Government &amp; Community Affairs<\/h2>\n<p>Boston University has special, long-standing relationships with our local communities. We are committed to\u00a0being a good neighbor and a trustworthy partner, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/programs-services\/\">giving back<\/a> through a wide range of\u00a0educational, cultural, social, legal, and medical services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section boxes\">\n<div class=\"box first\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/economic-impact\/financial-contributions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2014\/08\/hp_pilot.jpg\" height=\"134\" width=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/economic-impact\/financial-contributions\/\">PILOT Payments<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>As a nonprofit educational institution, Boston University is exempt from paying taxes\u2014but we voluntarily pay millions of dollars to give back to our community. An innovator and leader in PILOT payments, we have contributed $49.1 million since FY2003.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/economic-impact\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2015\/12\/scholarships.jpg\" height=\"134\" width=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/economic-impact\/\">Scholarships<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Recognizing the critical value of early learning, Boston University undergrads and educators provide extensive support for the city\u2019s youngest minds, from pre-K to high school. We\u2019re just as enthusiastic to help adult learners enrich their lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box\">\n<p><a href=\"\/community\/files\/2014\/08\/12-5614-015hpbike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2014\/08\/12-5614-015hpbike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"134\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-842\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/programs-services\/health-fitness\/\">Health &amp; Fitness\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A healthy body and healthy mind are intertwined. Multiply that by hundreds of thousands and you have a vibrant and vital community with unlimited potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box last\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/economic-impact\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2015\/12\/aboutbu.jpg\" height=\"134\" width=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/economic-impact\/\">About BU<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>With over 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 130 countries, nearly 10,000 faculty and staff, 17 schools and colleges, and over 250 fields of study, Boston University is one of the most dynamic universities in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Government &amp; Community Affairs Boston University has special, long-standing relationships with our local communities. We are committed to\u00a0being a good neighbor and a trustworthy partner, and giving back through a wide range of\u00a0educational, cultural, social, legal, and medical services. PILOT Payments As a nonprofit educational institution, Boston University is exempt from paying taxes\u2014but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1251,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}