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Organization Region Year Grant Type
Albert F. and Dorothy H. Egan Foundation
Southeast
2024
Capital
Overhead view of people in row seating at the Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum

Grant: $42,000

Location: Nantucket

Description: For an updated heating and cooling system at the Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum.

American Congregational Association
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
Reading Room at the Congregational Library & Archives

Grant: $60,000

Location: Boston

Description: For a new HVAC system.

Armenian Museum of America
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
People seated at a panel discussion event at the Armenian Museum of America

Grant: $146,000

Location: Watertown

Description: For a roof replacement.

Arrow Street Arts
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
Street view of exterior of Arrow Street Arts building

Grant: $200,000

Location: Cambridge

Description: To renovate black box space and create a new street-facing studio for productions, rehearsals, and events at 2 Arrow Street in Cambridge.

Barrington Stage Company
Western
2024
Capital
View of stage from seating at Barrington Stage Company

Grant: $112,000

Location: Pittsfield

Description: For updated theatrical lighting and audio equipment for the St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center.

Belleville Arts Foundation
Northeast
2024
Feasibility
Musicians performing on stage before a packed audience at the Belleville Arts Foundation

Grant: $35,000

Location: Newburyport

Description: To transform the Belleville Meetinghouse into a community arts center.

Berkshire Theatre Group
Western
2024
Capital
Historical photo of the façade of the Berkshire Playhouse

Grant: $153,000

Location: Pittsfield

Description: For the installation of solar panels on the Colonial Theatre and warehouse roof.

Boston Athenaeum
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
Rows of book shelves at The  Boston Athenaeum

Grant: $145,000

Location: Boston

Description: To support renovations for the expansion into 14 Beacon Street.

Boston Children’s Museum
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
Front view of the Children's Museum of Boston

Grant: $125,000

Location: Boston

Description: For new flooring.

Cabot Performing Arts Center
Northeast
2024
Capital
Front exterior and marquee at the Cabot Performing Arts Center

Grant: $104,000

Location: Beverly

Description: For ADA compliant renovations to the stage area.

Dighton Public Library
Southeast
2024
Capital
Artist's rendering of the Dighton Public Library

Grant: $200,000

Location: Dighton

Description: For a new HVAC system.

Friends of Franklin County Fairgrounds
Western
2024
Capital
Quilt show and vendors inside the Roundhouse at the Franklin County Fairgrounds

Grant: $77,000

Location: Greenfield

Description: To support the second phase of a walkway improvement and replacement project.

Friends of the Wendell Meetinghouse
Western
2024
Capital
Snow carpeting the ground in front of the historic Wendell Meetinghouse

Grant: $50,000

Location: Wendell

Description: To transform an 1846 church building into a performance space with the completion of ADA-compliant bathrooms, a warming kitchen, and a ground-source heat-pump HVAC system.

Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation
Northeast
2024
Capital
Outdoor space with pathways before the Gloucester Meetinghouse

Grant: $122,000

Location: Gloucester

Description: To renovate the Meetinghouse Green including new plantings, graded ADA compliant walkways, replication of original iron work, lighting, entrance gates, an underlayment for grass and trees.

Griffin Museum of Photography
Metrowest
2024
Capital
Front façade and exterior stone wall at The Griffin Museum of Photography

Grant: $100,000

Location: Winchester

Description: For interior renovations, a roof replacement, and upgrades to plumbing and energy systems.

Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band
Central
2024
Capital
Cedar-shingled exterior of the historic Hassanamisco/Cisco Homestead and Museum

Grant: $137,000

Location: Grafton

Description: To support the interior restoration of the Hassanamisco/Cisco Homestead and Museum, to resume use as a public museum educating visitors about the culture and history of the Nipmuc people and other southern New England tribes.

Hatch Mill Group
Southeast
2024
Capital
Restored exterior of the Hatch Mill

Grant: $65,000

Location: Marshfield

Description: For restorations to the 1872 circular sawmill.

Hopkinton Center for the Arts
Central
2024
Capital
Timber framed open theater space at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts

Grant: $83,000

Location: Hopkinton

Description: For new LED theatrical lighting.

Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
Theater space and seating at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston

Grant: $68,000

Location: Boston

Description: For new lighting and backstage renovations.

Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center
Southeast
2024
Capital
Front steps and entrance to the Foxboro Regional Center for the Performing Arts

Grant: $81,000

Location: Foxborough

Description: For safety and ADA compliant repairs to the exterior of the building.

Nantucket Dreamland Foundation
Southeast
2024
Capital
View of theater seating at the Nantucket Dreamland

Grant: $105,000

Location: Nantucket

Description: For painting and the replacement of exterior doors.

Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts
Southeast
2024
Capital
Converted barn building at the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts

Grant: $158,000

Location: Nantucket

Description: To support the reestablishment and structural restoration of NISDA's Artist Residency cottage colony buildings, moved from their former location due to repeated hurricane winds and severe storm surge flooding in town.

New England Conservatory
Greater Boston
2024
Capital
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theater at the New England Conservatory

Grant: $127,000

Location: Boston

Description: To replace the video wall display in the center’s entryway, and to install permanent audiovisual streaming capabilities in the center’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre.

Sheffield Historical Society
Western
2024
Capital
Front of the Old Stone Store

Grant: $78,000

Location: Sheffield

Description: For drainage, grout and foundation work to the Old Stone Store.

Town of Heath
Western
2024
Capital
Exterior or historic building with white siding and steeples in the historic center of the Town of Heath

Grant: $17,000

Location: Heath

Description: To rebuild and preserve the original paned windows in a 150 year old cultural and social building in the Town's center historic district.

Town of Sandwich
Southeast
2024
Capital
Front exterior of Federal style Sandwich Town Hall

Grant: $200,000

Location: Sandwich

Description: For exterior repairs, historic window replacements, and to expand gallery, program, and office space in the future home of the Sandwich Arts Alliance at Town Hall.

Ventfort Hall Association
Western
2024
Capital
View of the exterior of the brick

Grant: $149,000

Location: Lenox

Description: To repair and rebuild four chimneys on the mansion roof.

Wellesley Historical Society
Metrowest
2024
Capital
Front entrance to the Stanwood House

Grant: $200,000

Location: Wellesley

Description: For an accessible ramp, HVAC system, to convert the basement into the main collection storage space, and to construct a stairway at the Stanwood House, which will serve as the new Wellesley History Center.


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