Haverhill Cultural Council
The Haverhill Cultural Council is an LCC (Local Cultural Council) made up of volunteers appointed by Mayor Melinda Barrett and is part of the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences annually. The program promotes the availability of rich cultural experiences for every Massachusetts citizen. LCC projects take place in schools, community centers, libraries, elder care facilities, and wherever communities come together.
Contact
John Hassan, Chair
[email protected]
978-374-2388
https://massculturalcouncil.org/local-council/haverhill/
Address
10 Welcome Street
Haverhill, MA 01830-5699
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Application Information
FY26 Allocation
$56,200
FY26 Local Priorities
The council funds projects at elderly housing, school programs, summer and after school programs, and activities at cultural organizations within the city.
FY26 Local Guidelines
The council reviews all grant applications that have a Haverhill venue and ranks them using a scoring rubric.
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY26 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Andover Choral Society, Inc. | Magnificat: From Baroque to Jazz | $500 | Arndt, Jennifer | Activating Vacant Storefronts with Window Murals | $1,000 | Bates III, Davis R. | Sea Songs and Stories: A Performance for Seniors | $550 | Bettagere Nagendra Prasad, Pranav Swaroop | SARANG - Colors of South Asian Music | $800 | Brown, Edward | Historical Figure Life Size Hologram | $1,000 | Caleb Dustin Hunking School | Acton discovery museum | $750 | Calvary Baptist Church | Dr. MLK Annual Celebration | $750 | Colombian Cultural Committee of the Merrimack Valley | Sights and Sounds of Latinoamérica | $1,000 | Community Action, Inc. | CAI's Adult Education Multicultural Festival | $500 | Creative Haverhill, Incorporated | Haverhill Art Walk | $1,500 | Creative Haverhill, Incorporated | Más Fuertes Unidos Art Show | $1,000 | Creative Haverhill, Incorporated | Creative Haverhill Community Arts Programming at 43 Washington Street | $1,500 | East Parish Meeting House | East Parish Meeting House, Building and Grounds Maintenance | $750 | Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville, Inc. | ME and MY PALS Friendship Puppetry for Haverhill | $400 | Haverhill Community Television Corp. | HC Media Professional Course Series | $1,000 | Haverhill Education Foundation Inc | Haverhill "Claim to Fame" Interactive Stations at KidsFEST | $1,200 | Haverhill High School | HHS Auditorium Art Display | $1,000 | Haverhill High School | Purchase and Installation of a Kiln | $2,000 | Haverhill Pride | Haverhill Pride 2026 | $1,000 | Haverhill Public Schools | Voces Tejidas/ Woven Voices | $1,000 | Haverhill Public Schools | Discovery Club Heart & Sole of Haverhill | $750 | Haverhill YMCA | School Vacation Trip to Currier Gallery of Art | $1,000 | Hersey, Lisa | Stitched Journals | $550 | Jackson, Peter | Community Magic Show | $300 | Jewett, Emily | Electrical boxes | $1,500 | Jewett, Emily | Bus station Mural | $1,000 | Kirouac, Daniel | Concert for Citizen Center | $400 | Lipman, Mark | Endless Horizons | $2,000 | MUSE, Inc. | MUSE, INC - Musical Visits for Seniors | $1,000 | MUSIC Dance.edu | I am Autistic I am Fantastic - The Musical | $580 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Popular Culture: Where's the Beef? Kendrick Lamar and Drake | $580 | Merrimack Valley Concert Band, Incorporated | Merrimack Valley Concert Band Summer Series | $800 | Nelson, Elizabeth | Belly Dancing for Seniors! | $425 | Newman, Howard | Knock on Wood, acoustic folk-rock duo | $550 | O'Brien, Meghan | Children's Story Time and Craft with Good & Golden Books | $500 | Olde Essex Stage Company | 6th Annual Shakespeare in the Park | $2,571 | Parisi, Rita | Gothic Animal Tales by Candlelight | $575 | Public Media of New England, Inc. | Spotlight on Local Talent—Arts & Culture Focus | $1,000 | Rull, Thomas E. | "A Musical Journey Through the Years" | $500 | Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Inc. | Community Arts at the Haverhill Center | $1,200 | Team Haverhill Inc | Team Haverhill's River Ruckus 2026 | $2,000 | Team Haverhill Inc | Thursday Nights Live! | $2,000 | The Delvena Theatre Company, Inc. | Bon Voyage Forever | $795 | The Delvena Theatre Company, Inc. | Nun of This and Nun of That! - The Sequel | $695 | The Haverhill Historical Society | Stitching History Together: A Reproduction Gown Event and Exhibit | $1,250 | Tincknell, Roger L. | Beatles and Beyond | $590 | Trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead | Historic Preservation: Yesterday & Today | $1,000 | Universalist Unitarian Church of Haverhill | World AIDS Day Haverhill 2026 | $1,000 | Urban Bridges Inc. | ACAT Summer Theatre Workshop | $1,500 | Urban Village Montessori, Inc. | Expressions of the Heart | $1,500 | Van Egmond, Timothy | Concert at the Haverhill Citizen Center | $570 | Waterman, Jon | Live Music Making History Live | $500 | Wisteria Montessori, Inc. | Boardwalk Block Party | $1,000 | Yates, Pixie Nancy | Family Art Making at the Gale Park Free Little Art Galleryy | $500 | Young Men's Christian Association of the North Shore, Inc. | Art in Action: Pottery for the Next Generation | $1,000 |