The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Hopkinton to Boston, MA · Massachusetts
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16
Operative words
'guided by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh along with state and municipal government leaders at all levels to undertake all possible measures to safeguard the health of the public' (Mar. 13, 2020); 'following Boston Mayor Martin Walsh's cancellation of the marathon as a mass participation road running event due to the COVID-19 pandemic' (May 28, 2020)
The organizer's notice
Boston Marathon and the B.A.A. Official Charity Program (the nonprofit sector's largest single-day fundraising event in New England)
Notes
2020: Postponed on Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 14, 2020 ('the Boston Marathon cannot be held on April 20, 2020'), then made virtual on May 28, 2020 'following Boston Mayor Martin Walsh's cancellation of the marathon as a mass participation road running event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.'. 2021: Not held in April: 'With fewer than six months until Patriots' Day and with road races prohibited until Phase 4 of the Massachusetts reopening plan, we are unable to host the Boston Marathon this coming April' (Oct. 28, 2020); held Oct. 11, 2021 with a field of 20,000 set 'in close coordination with our local, city, and state partners... to allow for social distancing' (Mar. 15, 2021). Usual dates: Patriots' Day: Apr. 20, 2020; Apr. 19, 2021; held Oct. 11, 2021. Scale: the B.A.A. 5K alone 'draws a field of 10,000 participants' (B.A.A., Mar. 13, 2020); the 125th running was capped at 20,000 entrants, 'a smaller field than in previous years' (B.A.A., Mar. 15, 2021). Venue orders 2020: MA-005, MA-008, MA-020, MA-024, MA-026, MET-BOS-023. Venue orders 2021: MA-044, MA-045, MA-047, MET-BOS-013.