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Project List

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Organization Region Year Grant Type
Azorean Maritime Heritage Society
Southeast
2022
Capital
Sailboats at sea

Grant: $200,000

Location: New Bedford

Description: to construct a maritime cultural facility with a boat workshop, classroom and meeting space to become the organization's headquarters.

Bulgarian Center of New England
Southeast
2022
Capital
Open doors at the Bulgarian Center of New England

Grant: $40,000

Location: Stoughton

Description: for a new energy efficient gas heating system, and to build partition walls to accommodate programming.

Cape Cod Museum of Art
Southeast
2022
Capital
Exterior grounds

Grant: $50,000

Location: Dennis

Description: for the replacement and repair of the HVAC Air Conditioning and humidification units.

Cape Verdean Association in New Bedford
Southeast
2022
Capital
Exterior of the Strand Theatre

Grant: $200,000

Location: New Bedford

Description: to repair the plaster ceiling, install a new HVAC system, and to update plumbing in the historic Strand Theater in New Bedford.

Cotuit Center for the Arts
Southeast
2022
Capital
Cotuit Center for the Arts

Grant: $200,000

Location: Barnstable

Description: to create a seasonal, accessible outdoor performance space, including green space, permanent audience seating, an outdoor audience canopy, and driveway repositioning.

Dartmouth Cultural Center
Southeast
2022
Systems
Dartmouth Cultural Center

Grant: $8,000

Location: Dartmouth

Description: for a systems replacement plan.

Dartmouth Cultural Center
Southeast
2022
Capital
Dartmouth Cultural Center

Grant: $160,000

Location: Dartmouth

Description: for new insulation, lighting, window, and furnace replacements, as well as ADA, fire safety, and energy efficient upgrades.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Southeast
2022
Systems
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

Grant: $8,000

Location: Provincetown

Description: for a systems replacement plan.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Southeast
2022
Capital
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

Grant: $130,000

Location: Provincetown

Description: to renovate eight artists live/workspaces, improve campus lighting, way-finding, and access, and update the artist lounge and kitchen facilities utilized by all Work Center programs.

Friends of MVYRADIO
Southeast
2022
Capital
Friends of MVYRADIO

Grant: $60,000

Location: West Tisbury

Description: to complete the remodel of the MVYRadio station facility.

Friends of Nobska Light
Southeast
2022
Capital
Nobska Point Lighthouse

Grant: $160,000

Location: Falmouth

Description: for parking lot renovations, grading, pathway and signage to comply with ADA standards.

General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Southeast
2022
Capital
Edward Winslow House

Grant: $200,000

Location: Plymouth

Description: to restore the 1754 Winslow (Mayflower) House to its 1898-1920 condition and appearance, with special care to conserve all surviving elements of its 1754 period of construction, and for electrical upgrades, window replacement, masonry work, plumbing, and water damage repairs.

Heritage Museums & Gardens
Southeast
2022
Capital
Gardens at Heritage Plantation of Sandwich

Grant: $200,000

Location: Sandwich

Description: to build a new Welcome Center at Heritage Museums & Gardens.

Lower Cape Community Access Television
Southeast
2022
Capital
Lower Cape Community Access Television

Grant: $200,000

Location: Eastham

Description: to purchase and renovate a former newspaper press building into a permanent community space with video/audio production studios, creative workspace, and public exhibition space.

Mass Music & Arts Society
Southeast
2022
Capital
M.M.A.S.

Grant: $110,000

Location: Mansfield

Description: for improvements to the MMAS Arts Center, including upgrades to windows, roofing, safety, accessibility, and a new exterior marquee.

Mattapoisett Historical Society
Southeast
2022
Capital
Inside the 1821 Meeting House

Grant: $20,000

Location: Mattapoisett

Description: for exterior renovation and preservation work to the Mattapoisett Museum Carriage House, including the replacement exterior walls, the cupola, and HVAC systems in the building which houses important historical artifacts from the museum's permanent collection.

New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!
Southeast
2022
Capital
Front façade

Grant: $200,000

Location: New Bedford

Description: to acquire and renovate an upper-level office space from the City of New Bedford, which will expand the Museum's square footage and reconfigure the existing building.

New Bedford Port Society
Southeast
2022
Capital
Outside the Seamen's Bethel

Grant: $70,000

Location: New Bedford

Description: for roof replacements to the Seamen's Bethel and Mariner's Home, and for renovations to the property's historic carriage shed.

Randolph Women’s Club
Southeast
2022
Capital
Jonathan Belcher House

Grant: $161,000

Location: Randolph

Description: for the rehabilitation of the woodshed, and to create new accessible parking and restrooms at the Johnathan Belcher house.

Scituate Arts Association
Southeast
2022
Capital
Front view of the Bailey-Elis House

Grant: $15,000

Location: Scituate

Description: to restore and preserve second and third floor windows of the Bailey-Ellis House.

Scituate Historical Society
Southeast
2022
Capital
Old Scituate Lighthouse

Grant: $200,000

Location: Scituate

Description: for the restoration and repair of the lantern room, catwalk, and tower walls of the historic lighthouse in Cedar Point, Scituate.

Sea the World Productions
Southeast
2022
Capital
The Grange Hall in winter

Grant: $200,000

Location: Chilmark

Description: for an elevator, HVAC, roofing, and other repairs to the second floor of the historic Grange Hall, which will host film screenings, music, theater, storytelling, and dance.

Sea the World Productions
Southeast
2022
Systems
The Grange Hall in winter

Grant: $7,000

Location: Chilmark

Description: for a systems replacement plan.

Spinner Publications
Southeast
2022
Capital
Street view of the historic Spinner Publications building

Grant: $11,000

Location: New Bedford

Description: to repair and rebuild the roof of the historic Spinner Publications headquarters, built in 1842 by whaling captain Charles C. Waterman.

Spire Center for Performing Arts
Southeast
2022
Capital
Greater Plymouth Performing Arts Center

Grant: $200,000

Location: Plymouth

Description: to repair and restore the Spire Center for Performing Arts exterior to its original 1886 form, and to upgrade heat, ventilation, air conditioning, life-safety, and energy conservation systems.

Tales of Cape Cod
Southeast
2022
Capital
Old Colonial Courthouse

Grant: $120,000

Location: Barnstable

Description: for accessibility renovations to the Olde Colonial Courthouse, including the installation of a lift, a new accessible entrance to the building, and regrading of the parking area and walkways.

Town of Canton
Southeast
2022
Capital
Exterior and grounds of the Paul Revere Museum of Discovery & Innovation

Grant: $200,000

Location: Canton

Description: for the final design of the Paul Revere Museum of Discovery & Innovation.

Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford
Southeast
2022
Capital
Steeple Playhouse exterior façade

Grant: $200,000

Location: New Bedford

Description: to complete the final restoration phase of the historic First Baptist Church, scheduled to open its doors as the new performing arts center, "Steeple Playhouse."

White Heron Theatre Company
Southeast
2022
Capital
Exterior Façade

Grant: $70,000

Location: Nantucket

Description: for upgraded HVAC systems.

Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society
Southeast
2022
Capital
Front exterior of the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society

Grant: $80,000

Location: Fairhaven

Description: to renovate an 1800's carriage house into a cultural center.

Yarmouth New Church Preservation Foundation
Southeast
2022
Feasibility
Yarmouth New Church Performance Space

Grant: $9,500

Location: Yarmouth

Description: for accessibility planning, including professional services in preparation for implementation, Universal Access Report, and building code review.


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