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Adams Theater Presents
Western
2026
Capital
Two people on a stage before rows of people seated in a dark theater with streams of purple

Grant: $128,700

Location: Adams

Description: For carpentry and facade work, and for upgrades to HVAC, lighting, electrical, and sprinkler systems.

Amelia Park Children’s Museum
Western
2026
Capital
Signage before a pathway leading to a round glass building with two wings on either side at the Amelia Park Children's Museum

Grant: $83,000

Location: Westfield

Description: For HVAC and roof replacements.

Amherst Historical Society
Western
2026
Capital
Mustard-colored wood siding with red trim on the exterior of the historic Amherst Historical Society building

Grant: $97,000

Location: Amherst

Description: To rebuild the north wall, create an accessible entry pathway, and for structural repairs to the roof and flooring of the Simeon Strong House.

Angkor Dance Troupe
Northeast
2026
Capital
An open classroom space with mauve carpets and a vaulted ceiling at the Angkor Dance Troupe

Grant: $32,500

Location: Lowell

Description: To install new flooring, mirrors, and storage and display units.

Aquinnah Cultural Center
Southeast
2026
Capital
A parking lot before a weathered cedar shingle style ranch building with an entry ramp. A brick lighthouse is to the left

Grant: $181,200

Location: Aquinnah

Description: To support the acquisition of the Circle North property.

Berkshire Art Center
Western
2026
Feasibility
1870 Second Empire-style building with orange stucco paint

Grant: $35,000

Location: Stockbridge

Description: For a facilities master plan.

Berkshire Botanical Garden
Western
2026
Capital
An artist's rendering of people walking landscaped pathways surrounding a glass greenhouse on Berkshire Garden Center's campus

Grant: $200,000

Location: Stockbridge

Description: To support the design and construction of the Glass House.

Berkshire Botanical Garden
Western
2026
Feasibility
An artist's rendering of people walking landscaped pathways surrounding a glass greenhouse on Berkshire Garden Center's campus

Grant: $35,000

Location: Stockbridge

Description: To support feasibility analysis and design for energy-efficient measures to the Glass House.

Boch Center
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A large art deco marquee reading

Grant: $150,900

Location: Boston

Description: For building management control system upgrades at the historic Wang and Shubert Theatres.

Bomba de Aqui
Western
2026
Capital
A woman singing before a deep blue backdrop and two percussionists during a performance at Bomba de Aqui

Grant: $4,500

Location: Springfield

Description: For interior renovations including painting, flooring, signage, and accessibility upgrades.

Brighter Boston
Greater Boston
2026
Feasibility
People managing production technology in a sound booth for an event at Brighter Boston

Grant: $35,000

Location: Brookline

Description: For conceptual and schematic designs and capital campaign planning for a new Technical Training Center.

Castle of our Skins
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Raw space with colorful art panels in the windows at what will become the home of Castle of Our Skins

Grant: $200,000

Location: Boston

Description: To support the build-out of a new cultural space at the heart of Boston’s South End and Lower Roxbury communities.

Chesterwood
Western
2026
Feasibility
Art exhibition in the vaulted room of the Woodshed at Chesterwood

Grant: $35,000

Location: Stockbridge

Description: For the planning and design of site improvements and winterization.

CitySpace
Western
2026
Feasibility
Front

Grant: $35,000

Location: Easthampton

Description: For architectural plans to create a 350-seat theater in the second floor of Easthampton’s historic Old Town Hall.

Clapp Memorial Library
Western
2026
Capital
Front façade and signage outside the Clapp Memorial Library

Grant: $130,000

Location: Belchertown

Description: For window replacements.

Community Music School of Springfield
Western
2026
Capital
Exterior façade of an art deco former bank building

Grant: $25,700

Location: Springfield

Description: For HVAC upgrades.

Concord Museum
Metrowest
2026
Feasibility
Two people viewing displays in a historical exhibition at the Concord Antiquarian Society

Grant: $4,600

Location: Concord

Description: For a comprehensive facilities assessment for the main museum and an administrative building.

Creative Hub Worcester
Central
2026
Capital
Exterior brick façade of the Creative Hub Worcester building before the taller buildings in the distance

Grant: $200,000

Location: Worcester

Description: To support the restoration of the original 1914 swimming pool during phase two of construction at the Creative Hub Community Arts Center.

Cultural Center of Cape Cod
Southeast
2026
Capital
View of the early twentieth-century brick

Grant: $111,200

Location: Yarmouth

Description: For renovations to connect the historic and modern basement spaces to an existing elevator.

Cuttyhunk Historical Society
Southeast
2026
Capital
Grey

Grant: $47,700

Location: Gosnold

Description: For repairs to the roof, AC splits, boiler, windows, deck, ramp, and electrical work.

Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
Greater Boston
2026
Feasibility
Front view of a Greek Revival style home with yellow wood siding

Grant: $3,200

Location: Arlington

Description: For the conceptual design for the expansion of the Museum's historic building.

David Ruggles Center
Western
2026
Capital
People gathered for a historical talk on a lawn before a house with a covered porch and blue siding

Grant: $87,500

Location: Northampton

Description: For the final design, architectural renovations and fabrication of new exhibits.

Earthdance Creative Living Project
Western
2026
Capital
People seated in a circle in the grass before a building with a circular wing with a green roof and a long rectangular section with a red roof

Grant: $86,900

Location: Plainfield

Description: To support the construction of three duplex cabins to provide accommodations for visiting teachers, artists, and students.

Essex Art Center
Northeast
2026
Capital
Brick exterior with a purple

Grant: $52,300

Location: Lawrence

Description: To upgrade overhead garage doors, lighting, windows, and studio and classroom spaces.

Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
Northeast
2026
Feasibility
People seated for a lecture and presentation projecting on a screen with historical displays and signage at the front of the room and sting lights hung overhead

Grant: $35,000

Location: Essex

Description: For a master site plan and preliminary design for a new facility at 44 Main Street.

Exit Seven Players
Western
2026
Capital
Theater space with a red curtain and seating

Grant: $44,000

Location: Ludlow

Description: For new theater seating.

Fairbanks Family in America
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Aerial view of a roof and chimney of a historic

Grant: $162,500

Location: Dedham

Description: For structural repairs to the main structure and historic additions to the house, for the restoration of the East Wing cellar stairs, and for a new cedar roof.

Farming Falmouth
Southeast
2026
Capital
Raised garden beds full of greenery at Farming Falmouth

Grant: $42,000

Location: Falmouth

Description: To create an expanded community kitchen inside the farmhouse space at The Patch Agricultural Education Hub.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Southeast
2026
Capital
View of artist housing at dusk on Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown courtyard

Grant: $137,000

Location: Provincetown

Description: For updates to the artist and cultural workforce housing units.

Friends of Franklin County Fairgrounds
Western
2026
Capital
Large stone arch with a terra cotta roof and

Grant: $138,000

Location: Greenfield

Description: For the rehabilitation of Halberg Hall.

Friends of North Leverett Sawmill
Western
2026
Capital
Historic barn and sawmill equipment

Grant: $196,000

Location: Leverett

Description: To support adding a well, septic, and bathrooms.

Friends of the Montague Common Hall
Western
2026
Capital
A paved walkway with golden-lit tall grass at the entrance leading to a 19th century

Grant: $112,500

Location: Montague

Description: For accessibility improvements to parking, walkways, ramps, and an outdoor gathering space.

Friends of the Museum of Printing
Northeast
2026
Capital
A corner view of a brick and vertical red-sided building from a parking lot with silver letters that read

Grant: $111,100

Location: Haverhill

Description: For roof repairs and upgrades to HVAC, signage, and parking.

Gems @ The Arts
Metrowest
2026
Capital
A large community space with rolling tables

Grant: $7,300

Location: Framingham

Description: For bathroom upgrades.

Greater Boston Stage Company
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Greater Boston Stage Company auditorium under construction

Grant: $160,000

Location: Stoneham

Description: For renovations to the auditorium and lobby.

Greenagers
Western
2026
Capital
Aerial view of mowed fields

Grant: $200,000

Location: Egremont

Description: To construct a new building with classrooms and a teaching kitchen on the April Hill Conservation and Education Center campus.

Groton Historical Society
Central
2026
Feasibility
Antique

Grant: $25,000

Location: Groton

Description: For a feasibility study and schematic design for the restoration or rebuilding of the Boutwell House Carriage House.

Guthrie Center
Western
2026
Feasibility
Banquet tables inside a former church building with high

Grant: $17,300

Location: Great Barrington

Description: To assess long-term repair and maintenance needs and to develop related architectural and engineering plans.

Harvard Historical Society
Central
2026
Capital
A 19th century former church building with a square steeple

Grant: $5,200

Location: Harvard

Description: For the restoration of a louvered arch on the facade of the Still River Meetinghouse.

Hingham Historical Society
Southeast
2026
Capital
The back side of a one level building with beige siding and a sloping garden bed into a lawn before it

Grant: $200,000

Location: Hingham

Description: For the renovation of the Old Ordinary Annex into a flexible, ADA-compliant education and community gathering space.

Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Southeast
2026
Capital
A white

Grant: $14,700

Location: Yarmouth

Description: For preservation and restoration work to the sea captain’s home, blacksmith's shop, and a Wampanoag wetu.

Human Movement Project
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A dance performance

Grant: $32,500

Location: Boston

Description: For new studio flooring, ceiling repairs, and to build an accessible bathroom.

Institute for Industrial Art and History
Northeast
2026
Feasibility
A vintage car with

Grant: $28,500

Location: North Andover

Description: For a feasibility study to identify a physical location, create architectural plans, structural designs, and a capital campaign to relocate to Lawrence.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Tables of potted plants before a long glass greenhouse facility

Grant: $88,700

Location: Boston

Description: To install roof-mounted solar panels at the Museum’s off-site horticulture and collection storage facility.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation
Greater Boston
2026
Feasibility
A dimly lit theatre space with seating and a black and white photo of John F. Kennedy shown at the front of the room on a projector screen

Grant: $35,000

Location: Boston

Description: For the redesign of the Jacqueline Kennedy Theaters.

Jones Library
Western
2026
Capital
Artists rendering of a library space

Grant: $200,000

Location: Amherst

Description: To support the creation of the Civil War Tablets Exhibit Room and to renovate and enlarge the Woodbury Room.

JP KidsArts
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A classroom space with easels

Grant: $200,000

Location: Boston

Description: To support phase one renovations to the newly acquired facility at 93 Sedgwick Street.

League of Women for Community Service
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A historic

Grant: $87,500

Location: Boston

Description: For the restoration of the portico and exterior facade, and to install a lift to the basement level.

Little Theatre of Fall River
Southeast
2026
Systems
View of a brick building with a square steeple and red doors from a parking lot

Grant: $8,000

Location: Fall River

Description: For a 20 year capital needs assessment.

Longy School of Music of Bard College
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A two-story stone building with a large turret and a red terra cotta roof

Grant: $137,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: For lighting, skylight replacement, and roof repairs to Pickman Hall and the Alternative Performance Space; and to replace an air handler that serves Pickman Hall and the Zabriskie House.

Lowell Center for the Arts
Northeast
2026
Capital
A balcony with rows of wood seating before stained glass windows in a large former church building

Grant: $200,000

Location: Lowell

Description: To seal the exterior envelope and begin interior construction and preservation work to the historic Smith Baker Center.

Lowell Mason Foundation
Metrowest
2026
Capital
A grey 17th-century timber framed house on a newly seeded lawn with a weathered sign with historical information in the foreground

Grant: $98,700

Location: Medfield

Description: To create a new accessible entrance with an elevator to all levels of the building.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Western
2026
Capital
Snowflakes over blue light projected onto the high ceiling and stage of an ornate and historic theater

Grant: $162,500

Location: Great Barrington

Description: For a new HVAC system.

Majestic Theater
Western
2026
Systems
A glass double-door entrance to a brick building with a marquee overhang that reads

Grant: $8,000

Location: West Springfield

Description: For a 20 year capital needs assessment.

Manship Artists Residency
Northeast
2026
Capital
View of a white

Grant: $57,500

Location: Gloucester

Description: For the recreation of a historic wrap-around porch, and to renovate a granite stairway, and four contiguous outbuildings to be used for additional artist studios and storage space.

Marion Art Center
Southeast
2026
Feasibility
A stage scene featuring a sofa

Grant: $35,000

Location: Marion

Description: For construction documents including architectural and engineering plans, and for accessibility and energy efficiency assessments.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Western
2026
Capital
A large

Grant: $150,000

Location: North Adams

Description: For envelope stabilization, including roof and brick and mortar repairs, and for interior structural improvements to Building 1/2.

MassArt Art Museum
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
People seated and a person speaking at the front of a gallery space with art on the walls

Grant: $196,700

Location: Boston

Description: For HVAC upgrades.

Mattapoisett Museum
Southeast
2026
Capital
An 1820 former church building with white

Grant: $17,500

Location: Mattapoisett

Description: To create a new, accessible museum entrance.

Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Northeast
2026
Capital
photo of the inside of a grand music hall

Grant: $162,500

Location: Methuen

Description: For new electrical systems, HVAC and lighting.

Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association
Southeast
2026
Capital
A two-story weathered cedar shingle house with a deck at the top of the building and a brick observatory building in the background

Grant: $91,100

Location: Nantucket

Description: For renovations to the Loines Observatory deck and lighting.

National Yiddish Book Center
Western
2026
Capital
A brick path leading to the entrance of a large building with five roof peaks

Grant: $100,000

Location: Amherst

Description: For safety systems upgrades and a new restroom.

Native Plant Trust
Metrowest
2026
Capital
A two-story

Grant: $62,100

Location: Framingham

Description: For new windows, and building envelope and portico repairs for two multi-use buildings at Garden in the Woods.

North End Historical Society
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Silver lettering that reads

Grant: $100,000

Location: Boston

Description: For the fabrication and installation of new exhibits.

North River Arts Society
Southeast
2026
Capital
A gravel parking area between two beige buildings

Grant: $4,700

Location: Marshfield

Description: For parking improvements an ADA-compliant pathways.

Norton Historical Society
Southeast
2026
Capital
A white two-car garage with two windows with black shutters

Grant: $50,000

Location: Norton

Description: To create a new display space for historic carriages and an ADA-compliant restroom.

Old Colony History Museum
Southeast
2026
Capital
A fountain surrounded by garden beds and walkways

Grant: $169,100

Location: Taunton

Description: To construct a new parking lot and develop an outdoor garden exhibit area.

Old North Illuminated
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
View of the pews

Grant: $20,000

Location: Boston

Description: To complete the design of accessible seating within Old North’s historic box pews.

Otis Historical Commission
Western
2026
Capital
A former 1830s church building with white

Grant: $148,300

Location: Otis

Description: To complete the restoration, renovation and repurposing of the historic St. Paul's church building.

Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Southeast
2026
Capital
Blue theater seating

Grant: $135,300

Location: Plymouth

Description: For a new elevator and renovations to the Visitor Center’s two theaters.

Plugged In Band Program
Metrowest
2026
Feasibility
Three people playing instruments in a rock band

Grant: $35,000

Location: Needham

Description: For accessibility and capital campaign feasibility studies to relocate to a new facility in Framingham.

Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum and Foundation
Western
2026
Capital
A vintage sign hung from a tree before a historic

Grant: $24,600

Location: Hadley

Description: For renovations and repairs to rental units and museum storage space.

Preservation Society of Fall River
Southeast
2026
Capital
A large

Grant: $20,000

Location: Fall River

Description: For renovations to create the Dr. Isaac Fiske House Fall River Underground Railroad Museum.

RAW Art Works
Northeast
2026
Capital
A four story brick building with red letters reading

Grant: $99,900

Location: Lynn

Description: To upgrade and install safety systems.

Round The Bend Farm
Southeast
2026
Capital
A newly constructed traditional Wampanoag wetu

Grant: $9,000

Location: Dartmouth

Description: For the repair and completion of a traditional Wampanoag wetu dwelling and homesite.

Shea Theater Arts Center
Western
2026
Capital
A pine-colored wood stage with red curtains and slanted abutting walls with ornamental windows before rows of moveable red chairs

Grant: $87,500

Location: Montague

Description: To replace sound, lighting, and theater rigging systems, for upgrades to the façade and interior lobby areas, and for the installation of a lift.

Shirley-Eustis House Association
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A large yellow house with green shutters

Grant: $103,200

Location: Boston

Description: To complete the design and construction of sustainability and accessibility improvements on the grounds at historic Shirley Place

Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program
Western
2026
Capital
Several single-story white

Grant: $101,200

Location: Williamsburg

Description: For bathroom renovations.

Springfield Preservation Trust
Western
2026
Capital
A historic brick row house with a black and gold sign reading

Grant: $94,600

Location: Springfield

Description: For renovations to create a permanent office and meeting space.

Street Theory Collective
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A gallery space with warm hardwood flooring

Grant: $108,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: To complete the construction, interior build-out, and fixed-equipment installation of a new 6,000 sq. ft. cultural facility at 541 Massachusetts Avenue.

Suzuki School of Newton
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Children playing violins in a paved area with a three-story white house with a porch and green shutters in the background

Grant: $200,000

Location: Newton

Description: For exterior restorations, and an expansion housing an elevator and multi-purpose instruction and performance rooms.

The Du Bois Freedom Center
Western
2026
Capital
The interior of a former church building stripped down to pine wood beams and subfloors

Grant: $200,000

Location: Great Barrington

Description: To support the third phase of construction work on the historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church.

The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home
Western
2026
Capital
A large

Grant: $200,000

Location: Lenox

Description: To construct a new Facilities Building that will centralize all maintenance operations, equipment, and offices.

Thomas Crane Public Library
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A Romanesque-style building with large grey and red stones

Grant: $200,000

Location: Quincy

Description: For exterior restoration and building envelope repairs.

Town of Bridgewater
Southeast
2026
Systems
A white Greek revival style building with

Grant: $8,000

Location: Bridgewater

Description: For a 20 year capital needs assessment.

Town of Dunstable
Northeast
2026
Feasibility
A white three-story building with black lettering that reads

Grant: $35,000

Location: Dunstable

Description: For a feasibility study and business planning for the rehabilitation and cultural activation of the historic Union School Building.

Town of New Salem
Western
2026
Capital
A historic white church building with a tall pointed steeple

Grant: $60,000

Location: New Salem

Description: For updated fire protection systems and repairs to the steeple and fascia.

Town of Somerset
Southeast
2026
Capital
A black and white photo of a historic white building

Grant: $184,300

Location: Somerset

Description: For exterior restorations to the historic Friends Meeting House.

Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library
Northeast
2026
Capital
A brick building with white stucco on the second level and a bell/clock tower abutting the sidewalk on a corner lot

Grant: $200,000

Location: Haverhill

Description: For interior and exterior renovations.

Urban Media Arts
Greater Boston
2026
Systems
A lobby area with an office desk at Community Access Television for Malden

Grant: $8,000

Location: Malden

Description: For a 20 year capital needs assessment.

ValleyCAST
Central
2026
Capital
A large space with collapsable rows of seating set up

Grant: $87,100

Location: Northbridge

Description: For a new HVAC system.

WCUW
Central
2026
Systems
An on-air recording studio with an office desk

Grant: $8,000

Location: Worcester

Description: For a 20 year capital needs assessment.

Wenham Historical Association & Museum
Northeast
2026
Capital
A historic timber-framed house with a large slanted roof

Grant: $44,600

Location: Wenham

Description: For roof and exterior restorations to the historic Claflin-Gerrish-Richards House and the Wenham Museum building.

West Newton Cinema Foundation
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
Artist's rendering of a theater building with a large marquee hanging over the sidewalk and people passing through

Grant: $200,000

Location: Newton

Description: For building stabilization, a new roof, insulation, restored and replaced exterior doors, lobby renovations, a new sanitary line, and electrical and fire safety work.

Westfield Woman’s Club
Western
2026
Capital
A large

Grant: $96,700

Location: Westfield

Description: For HVAC upgrades, a new water heater, and a remediation of the theater balcony railings.

Wheelock Family Theatre
Greater Boston
2026
Capital
A large stage in a theater space with a theatrical balcony scene and rows of red seating before the stage

Grant: $50,000

Location: Boston

Description: For the design, rigging and configuration of new theater audio systems.

Winchester Community Music School
Metrowest
2026
Capital
Artist's rendering of a large grey building with Tudor style siding and a stone foundation

Grant: $193,800

Location: Winchester

Description: To replace a service elevator.

Worcester County Mechanics Association
Central
2026
Capital
A grand performance hall space with people seated at red banquet style tables and an orchestra performing on stage before a large

Grant: $81,400

Location: Worcester

Description: To replace an HVAC unit on the Fuller Wing.

Worthington Historical Society
Western
2026
Capital
A historic meetinghouse with white wood siding and people gathered on the lawn beside it for a celebration

Grant: $120,000

Location: Worthington

Description: For improvements to the facility's HVAC system, insulation, restrooms, basement, and accessibility.

Zullo Gallery Center For The Arts
Metrowest
2026
Feasibility
A dimly let room with vaulted ceilings filled with seated people during a musical performance

Grant: $35,000

Location: Medfield

Description: To support accessibility, operations, and capital campaign planning, and for design and construction documents for renovations.

Zullo Gallery Center For The Arts
Metrowest
2026
Systems
A dimly let room with vaulted ceilings filled with seated people during a musical performance

Grant: $8,000

Location: Medfield

Description: For a 20 year capital needs assessment.


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