Filmed In Boston
Beantown
Famous Bostonians
A Bit About Benevity
O Canada
100

In this 2006 Martin Scorsese tale of corruption, Police turn on each other as they attempt to infiltrate the Irish mob

The Departed

100

Head here and you might see J.D. Martinez or pictures of David Ortiz. You'll definitely see a "Green Monster"

Fenway Park

100

This 19th-century Transcendentalist was perhaps America’s greatest public intellectual and penned such notable works as Nature and Self-Reliance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

100

As Benevity has grown, so has our C-Suite -- it's currently made up of this many people

10

100

This ninth-largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization lists over 1,500 companies with a combined market capitalization of over US$2 trillion.

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)

200

Matt Damon plays a genius janitor who works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and attracts the attention of a professor there when he begins secretly solving math problems

Good Will Hunting

200

This famous Boston chowder includes this shellfish.

Clams

200

This World War II hero became America's first Catholic president in the 1960s.

JFK

200

Prior to its acquisition by Benevity, Grants by Benevity was named this.

Grantstream

200

By total area (including its waters), Canada is the second-largest country in the world, only following this country.  

Russia

300

This 2010 film was nominated for eight Oscars and won three. According to the film’s director, David Fincher, Harvard was less than FRIENDly during filming, and other schools served as the prestigious Ivy League university.

The Social Network

300

The "Sons of Liberty" led this American political and mercantile protest in Boston on December 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party

300

This Bostonian is the namesake of the Boston Beer Company, which was founded by Jim Koch in Cambridge, MA, where he started the micro-brewery out of his home in 1984.

Samuel Adams

300

All of Benevity's executives are based in Canada, with the exception of these two Americans.

Trey Yost and Scott Lee

300

In 1898, during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Northwest Territories, Canadian Parliament created this Territory.

Yukon

400

Denzel Washington takes over the role of Robert McCall, originally played by Edward Woodward in the 1980s television show, for this film version where a guardian angel with a mysterious past helps a girl involved with Russian gangsters.

The Equalizer

400

Four of the nine sitting US Supreme Court Justices earned their law degrees here: the oldest public institution for higher education found in Boston.

Harvard University

400

"One if by Land, Two if by Sea" references Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem about this famous Revolutionary's ride.  

Paul Revere

400

Benevity has investments from 5 private equity firms, including this one that counts Bono and Richard Branson as members of their Founders Board.

The Rise Fund

400

The star of John Wick, Speed, and The Matrix films, this humble Canadian actor has also famously given away his money to recognize the work of the crew and to enable the production team to hire good actors.

Keanu Reeves

500

The adventures of a man and his foul-mouthed childhood teddy bear, “Ted” stars this former Funky Bunch rapper and Bostonian.

Mark Wahlberg

500

Bill Russell was the centerpiece of this team's dynasty that won eleven NBA championships during his 13-year career.

The Boston Celtics

500

Arguably the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, this California kid spent 20 seasons with the New England Patriots before taking his talents to Tampa.

Tom Brady

500

The last time Benevity hosted In-Person Homecoming, this team clinched the NBA title during Rock the Causebah.

Toronto Raptors


500

Canada's official tartan, known as the "Maple leaf tartan", has four colours that reflect the colours of the maple leaf as it changes through the seasons—green in the spring, gold in the early autumn, brown after falling, and this colour after first frost.

Red