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Funding List

Organization City/Town Grant
20 Summers
Provincetown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Provincetown

Description: to support Season 11 of Twenty Summers' signature Arts Festival, at the historic Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown.

3rd Eye Youth Empowerment
New Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: New Bedford

Description: for the 5 Pillars of Hip Hop, a 5-part multidisciplinary performance and art-making series that uses the positive energy of the original pillars of hip hop to engage and empower young people in New Bedford.

617Peak
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the 617Peak retreat, which focuses on mental health and resilience, providing creative and personal development opportunities for Boston youth.

A Journey In Jazz
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: for A Journey In Jazz performance that will align music, education, culture, community, and history.

Abilities Dance
Brookline
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brookline

Description: to support in part Abilities Dance Boston's annual ballet, with this year's theme being "The Banned Ballet" in Boston, MA.

About Fresh
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to host Fresh Truck Unity Day, along with Fresh Truck Tells events, a storytelling event with shoppers and team members.

Academic-Artists Reaching Towards Success (A.R.T.S) Foundation
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: for the Academic-Artists Showcase, the year-end celebration of young creatives giving them the opportunity to showcase their art projects to their parents, peers and community in Brockton.

Academy of Creative Arts at Trinity (ACAT)
Haverhill
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Haverhill

Description: for Bilingual Summer Theatre Workshop, to produce a "junior" version of Disney's Frozen.

Acton Drawing and Painting
Acton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Acton

Description: to support ActonArt's yearly Student Art Show to showcase the amazing artwork created by students from Acton as well as 30 neighboring towns.

Adams Free Library
Adams
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Adams

Description: to create a series of four public professional workshops with all materials included, celebrating a great American woman and pastel artist, Georgia O'Keeffe in Adams.

Adams Theater
Adams
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Adams

Description: for the 2023 Adams Theater Fall Festival during Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend, featuring 3 days and nights of events and performances.

Africano Waltham
Waltham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Waltham

Description: for African dance performances at local festivals.

Afri(K)que Limited
Monson
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Monson

Description: for the 2023 Youth Celebration, a project in Springfield intended to empower and heal the youth who has been affected by the pandemic by being isolated and not being able to socialize with their peers for a very long time.

Afro Cultural Arts & Humanities
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: to celebrate the Springfield Indie Soul Festival, an eclectic variety of food, music, literature, and art.

Ágora Cultural Architects LLC
Watertown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Watertown

Description: for El Junte Navideño 2023, to amplify Latinx classical music in Ágora's Christmas concert.

AHA! New Bedford
New Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: New Bedford

Description: to support PRIDE, June's AHA! Night, a free arts and culture festival on the 2nd Thursday night in June in New Bedford's Seaport Cultural District.

Alden Kindred of America
Duxbury
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Duxbury

Description: to support an 18th-century military encampment and living history day at the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury during the summer of 2024.

Alford Historic District Commission
Alford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Alford

Description: for Alford Presents - to support a semi-annual lecture/music series, one in Spring, one in the Fall - both in the Alford Town Center.

Alliance for a Viable Future
Great Barrington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Great Barrington

Description: to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.

Amazigh American Network Organization
Peabody
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Peabody

Description: for the Amazigh Film Festival, an annual event dedicated to promote and celebrate the North African Amazigh (Berber and Tuareg) culture by offering documentaries and films created by Amazigh artists, directors and producers, subtitled in English, to various anglophone audiences in the Boston area.

America’s Hometown Laureates
Plymouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Plymouth

Description: for the 2nd Annual Plymouth Poetry Festival which will support poetry, storytelling, the spoken word, and music at various local venues throughout Plymouth.

Amesbury Cultural Council
Amesbury
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Amesbury

Description: for Amesbury Open Studios, a city-wide tour of working artists' studios, open to all artists and makers in and around Amesbury.

Amherst Business Improvement District
Amherst
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Amherst

Description: for the 4th Summer Music Series on the South Common, taking place over 4 Friday evenings.

Amherst Cinema Arts Center
Amherst
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Amherst

Description: to support Sound & Vision: Music in Film, Amherst Cinema's curated, original series of music in and on film.

Amherst Cultural Council
Amherst
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Amherst

Description: for cultural programming at the Town of Amherst's 2024 Juneteenth Celebration.

Anatoliama
Westwood
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Westwood

Description: for the 5th Boston Byzantine Music Festival 2023 that will take place at the Maliotis Cultural Center (Brookline, MA).

Anawan Studios
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: for Anawan Movie Night: A film experience with post-screening discussions and provided refreshments, hosted by Anawan Studios in Brockton, MA.

Anchor of Hull
Hull
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Hull

Description: for the 2024 Hull Music Festival, an event by the Anchor of Hull.

Andover Senior Center
Andover
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Andover

Description: for Community Diwali Celebration 2023, Andover MA.

Angel Dance Company
Waltham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Waltham

Description: for a prime time show at a Boston Celtics home game in the coming NBA season.

Angel Performing Arts
Burlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Burlington

Description: for a large-scale dance production named New Year Celebration Performance, which includes many traditional Asian dances to be showcased at the fine arts center at Regis College in Weston, MA during the annual lunar new year celebration period.

ANIKAYA/Akhra
Somerville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Somerville

Description: for a series of community-focused dance/movement/performance workshops, primarily in Somerville, with additional workshops taking place in Cambridge and Boston - the workshops will each culminate in a performance in public space by participants and the teaching artists.

Antenna Cloud Farm
Gill
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Gill

Description: to fund the Antenna Cloud Farm 2023 summer festival season, a thoughtfully curated lineup of world-class artists and live concert events centering joyful community connection, artistic experience, and social justice advocacy throughout Franklin County.

Antique Museum of Massachusetts at Larz Anderson Park
Brookline
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brookline

Description: to support the Carriage House Cultural Concerts at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum.

Applause Academy MA
Taunton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Taunton

Description: to support a live show and display that showcases Holiday traditions at Applause Academy, Taunton.

Arlington Center for the Arts
Arlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Arlington

Description: for the Great Northeast Jug Band Festival, highlighting music traditions from the 1920s and 30s and the modern evolution of this good-time genre, presented on the lawn of the historic Jason Russell House in Arlington Center.

Arlington Heights Community Association
Arlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Arlington

Description: for the Spring Festival, a festival of the arts and a celebration of community in the central business district of Arlington Heights.

Arlington Jazz Festival
Arlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Arlington

Description: for a series of jazz performances in Arlington specifically targeting the senior population.

ArnoX
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for 'Sockin' the Climate: A Wearable Art Revolution,' a project that aims to raise awareness about climate change through fun and innovative sock designs with online workshops and a final exhibition in Jamaica Plain, Boston.

Around Hear
Somerville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Somerville

Description: for Around Hear Community Concerts: a free chamber music series for all-ages audiences, performed in community spaces of the Somerville Housing Authority.

Arpeggione Ensemble
Beverly
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Beverly

Description: to support the performance of Dreams and Dances in multiple venues on the North Shore.

Art and Culture Today
Waltham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Waltham

Description: for The Centennial Commemoration of Gibran Khalil Gibran’s Book The Prophet.

Art Lab Everett
Everett
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Everett

Description: to support Arts Fest Everett, including circus arts, an exhibition of artwork by Everett's teens and hands on creative arts experiences.

Art & Soul Consulting
Framingham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Framingham

Description: to support Black Hair is Hair, a workshop geared toward theater professionals and designers on the topic of Black hair.

Art Stays Here Coalition
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the inaugural Culture Crisis Convenings, an arts advocacy series of panel discussions exploring various aspects of artist/music/cultural displacement in Greater Boston, including the impact on the creative sector and potential solutions for protections and policies. Fiscal agent: Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston

ART-ventures for Kids
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: for Mad Science and ART-ventures Big-E Activity Tent featuring hands-on science and art activities for children.

Artisan Dance Academy
Needham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Needham

Description: for Dance Chinese Cultural Dance Gala featuring Chinese Classical and Chinese Ethnic Dances performed by the students.

Artist Book Foundation
North Adams
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: North Adams

Description: for a panel on Preserving Artists’ Legacies in North Adams.

Artists Association of Nantucket
Nantucket
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Nantucket

Description: for the Plein Air Nantucket Festival to create and hold an outdoor painting festival that is free and open to the public and celebrates artists painting in the landscape and seascape with fellow painters.

Arts & Justice Collective
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: to support Lunar New Year Celebrations 2024 in Hyannis, MA.

ArtsEmerson
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the community activities around ArtsEmerson’s Event of Welcome, an outdoor spectacle for Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child who symbolizes human rights.

Artspace Community Arts Center
Greenfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Greenfield

Description: to support the Community Gallery Exhibit Series at Artspace Community Arts Center in Greenfield, MA.

Asa Waters Mansion
Millbury
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Millbury

Description: to create an established tour program entitled "Asa Waters Mansion-expanding the narrative."

Ashmont Hill Chamber Music
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for a project that includes two concerts and two outreach activities with AHCM and Project STEP.

Asian American Ballet Project
Easton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Easton

Description: to support Beginnings, the inaugural performance of the Asian American Ballet Project at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

Asian American Pacific Islanders for Equality and Change
Woburn
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Woburn

Description: to support the AAPI Heritage Festival that consists of local speakers, performers, food vendors and exhibitors to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month and to expand the "Contributions AAPI Have Made to American History" exhibit.

Asian American Playwright Collective
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: to support the Asian American Playwright Collective (AAPC) Playfest 6, a fully-staged presentation of 9 original 10 minute plays.

Asian American Resource Workshop
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), which empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston community.

Asociacion Carnavalesca de Massachusetts
Lawrence
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lawrence

Description: for ACM's '24 annual Carnaval in Lawrence MA.

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
Weymouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Weymouth

Description: to support Atlantic Symphony Orchestra's August 27th community outdoor concert, Sunset at the Abbey, featuring music for all in the heart of Hingham.

Attack Bear Press
Easthampton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Easthampton

Description: to support the Western Massachusetts Community Ofrendas and Dia de los Muertos programming located in Holyoke and Easthampton.

Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Attleboro

Description: for the Attleboro Arts Museum's 2024 Flower Show. It supports a nature-themed art exhibit, lush gardens and naturalist presentations, and musical performances.

Authentic Caribbean Foundation
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the My Caribbean One World Expo on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston.

Awareness Project
Sandwich
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sandwich

Description: for Mindfulness Arts Festival 2024, a series of mini-workshops, short plays and puppet shows with mindfulness themes.

BAMS Fest
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the Boston Art & Music Soul Festival in Franklin Park in Boston.

Barnstable Land Trust
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: for the first-of-its-kind free weekend readathon in October of Henry David Thoreau’s Cape Cod to be held at BLT’s Fuller Farm property.

Be Inclusive
Norwood
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Norwood

Description: for Be Inclusive's 3rd Annual Diwali Celebration in Walpole, MA.

Beat The Odds
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for The Odd Side, an annual showcase of youth talent at the Kroc Center in Dorchester.

Becket Arts Center of the Hilltowns
Becket
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Becket

Description: to display juried visual artwork and non-juried visual artwork in Becket, MA.

Becket Athenaeum
Becket
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Becket

Description: for the Becket Athenaeum to offer 14 to 20 free Community Performances and Humanities Educational Workshops/Presentations that expand access to a wide range of cultural and humanities educational activities.

Bedford Cultural District
Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Bedford

Description: to fund the 2024 Arts and Music Festival in Bedford, MA, featuring live music, interactive art projects, and locally made arts and craft products for sale.

Beehive Media
Lee
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lee

Description: for the "Bearing Witness: Stories of Resilience" project, a multifaceted initiative to shed light on the real-life experiences of Berkshire County residents overcoming suicide-related struggles, aiming to destigmatize mental health issues, inspire proactive advocacy, and foster an empathetic, supportive community environment.

Beekeepers Theater
Sheffield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sheffield

Description: for Pride Playreadings 2024, a series of new theatrical works based on the themes of Pride and LGBTQ+ identity and visibility.

Belmont Porchfest
Belmont
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Belmont

Description: for Belmont Porchfest, a free one-day music and arts festival showcasing the talent of friends and neighbors on porches, lawns, driveways, and, if needed, parks throughout Belmont.

Belmont World Film
Sudbury
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sudbury

Description: for Belmont World Film's 21st Family Film Festival, which takes place in Arlington, Cambridge, and Watertown, and the 22nd International Film Series, which takes place in Cambridge and Watertown.

Berkshire Athenaeum
Pittsfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Pittsfield

Description: for Pittsfield's Berkshire Athenaeum to create and present a series of four public professional literary readings by professional storyteller Mary Jo Maichack with community discussion of these literary works that reflect on the experience of living now and in times past in the Berkshire landscape (by historic Berkshire authors such as Herman Melville, Fannie Kemble and W.E.B. DuBois).

Berkshire Children’s Chorus
Sheffield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sheffield

Description: for Cántame un Cuento, a concert that combines singing and storytelling to foster deeper relationships with the Berkshire Latinx community.

Berkshire South Regional Community Center
Great Barrington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Great Barrington

Description: for a project to celebrate the Berkshires’ vibrant arts and crafts scene.

Berkshire Stonewall Community Coalition
Pittsfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Pittsfield

Description: to support the Berkshire Stonewall Queer History Project.

Beyond The Bounds
Brewster
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brewster

Description: to support the summer/fall season of music and dance events in the National Seashore and State Park in Brewster and Eastham.

Beyond Walls
Lynn
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lynn

Description: to organize a publicly accessible Artist Panel event in Holyoke.

Bhumika Arts
Wayland
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Wayland

Description: for a dance project that combines two styles of classical Indian dance.

Billerica Yankee Doodle Homecoming
Billerica
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Billerica

Description: to support the "Billerica Yankee Doodle Homecoming event", a townwide event to bring the community together.

Black and Brown Wall Street
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: to support the First Annual Springfield Fashion Week, a series of programs, events and initiatives celebrating the developing western Massachusetts fashion industry.

Black Biz Dev
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for a music and art workshop for self, family, community, and businesses discussing the 7 Principles practiced during Kwanzaa: Unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

Black Cat Labs
Somerville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Somerville

Description: to update the electronics and code to build on the existing installation by adding interactive sounds and musical programming.

Black Owned Bos. LLC
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support a monthly artisan marketplace featuring themed local programing from May to October which takes place is the Seaport Neighborhood of Boston, MA.

BlackBerry Radio
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun Block Party, supporting peace among youth and families impacted by violence in the City of Boston.

Blackington Artists
Pittsfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Pittsfield

Description: to bring the artistry of yule to the Berkshires in a festival in Dalton.

Blues to Green
Huntington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Huntington

Description: for the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival, with music of the African diaspora, workshops and talks on arts and social justice, local youth dance and theater performances, arts activities, and local food, craft, and nonprofit booths.

Bombyx Brass Collective
Northampton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northampton

Description: to support a day of brass performance, learning and celebration, bringing brass players and enthusiasts of all ages together and to learn from guest clinicians, conductors and speakers, and perform for the general public.

Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity
Northampton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northampton

Description: to stage a revival of the "Antique Concert" performance held at the "Congregation Meeting House" of Florence, Massachusetts 150 years ago in 1873.

Boston Athenaeum
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support Community Day at the Boston Athenaeum, an event celebrating the arts, culture, and history that enrich the Boston community.

Boston Bhangra
Brookline
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brookline

Description: to help promote cultural awareness and the energetic folk dance from the Punjab region of India: Bhangra at the Strand Theatre in Boston.

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support Pao Arts Center’s 6th annual Experience Chinatown Arts Festival which uplifts the neighborhood with music, performances, and art installations all over Boston’s Chinatown.

Boston Choral Ensemble
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: to support Pop-Up Boston, a one-day series of free, family friendly 'Pop-up' choir concerts in non-traditional local venues around the City of Boston, aimed at bringing choral music to a deeper into our communities.

Boston Dance Studios
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the inaugural Boston Dance Studios Summer Showcase in Boston, MA.

Boston Festival Orchestra
Arlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Arlington

Description: to support the Boston Festival Orchestra’s 2023 Summer Stage season, featuring three local classical orchestra concerts in Roxbury and Boston.

Boston Indigenous Public Space Initiative
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Stomp Day / Day of Healing, a traditional Eastern Woodlands healing dance in Nantucket.

Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the Afro Caribbean Food Truck and Cultural Festival 2023 in Boston.

Boston Little Saigon
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the Boston Little Saigon Night Market in Fields Corner, Dorchester, Boston, MA.

Boston Night Market
Quincy
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Quincy

Description: to provide financial assistance for the Boston Night Market festival, which showcases diverse food, arts, culture, and entertainment at the Boston City Hall Plaza.

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to enhance Commonwealth Avenue with a commissioned mural by a local Boston-area artist, adding vibrancy and creativity to the community.

Boston Public Library Foundation
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the “Out of Many, We Are One” community art workshop series held at the Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library (BPL).

Boston Society of Caribbean Culture and Heritage
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for BSOCCAH's Kiddies Carnival in Boston, MA.

Boston Study Group
Stoughton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Stoughton

Description: to celebrate 14th April, Birth Anniversary of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, Architect of Modern India, Crusader against the discrimination as Equality Day in Massachusetts.

Boston Uyghur Association
Waltham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Waltham

Description: for The Uyghur Cultural Festival in Boston, which celebrates the Uyghur people's culture through performances, art, handicrafts, food, and informational booths.

Boston While Black
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Boston While Black 2023 Family Reunion.

Boston’s Latin Quarter
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support Boston’s Latin Quarter’s Annual Events Series, which celebrates and uplifts Afro-Latin culture.

Bourne Historical Society
Bourne
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Bourne

Description: to support the creation of an educational festival at the Museums at Aptucxet, highlighting the history and uses of the cranberry throughout history on Cape Cod.

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem
Salem
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Salem

Description: for Salem Summer Jam, a free family festival on the Salem Willows Park.

Brazilian Women’s Group
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the Brazilian Independence Day Festival that includes musical performances, capoeira presentations, food, dancing, children’s activities, and more and gathers thousands of community members to celebrate Brazilian culture and recognize the important contributions the Brazilian community has made to American society.

Bread & Roses Heritage Committee
Lawrence
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lawrence

Description: for the 39th Bread and Roses Heritage Festival on Labor Day in Lawrence, MA.

Brewster Cultural Council
Brewster
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brewster

Description: to present our "American Originals" Concert in Brewster, MA, celebrating the rich heritage of American music.

Bridge Church
Middleborough
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Middleborough

Description: to promote local bands and artists through free access to our venue, equipment, and location.

Bridgewater Communities for Civility and Respect
Bridgewater
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Bridgewater

Description: for Bridgewater's 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration, to help educate about and promote awareness of Juneteenth in a celebratory way.

Bridgewater Senior Center and Council on Aging
Bridgewater
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Bridgewater

Description: for the Bridgewater Multicultural Dance Festival ’24, which will take place at the Bridgewater Senior Center, located at 10 Wally Krueger Way, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Bridgin Gaps
Lynn
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lynn

Description: to host an end-of-summer music festival and music drive to help support, highlight, and raise awareness of culture, music, and creative arts.

Brighter Boston
Brookline
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brookline

Description: to hold a one-night, hands-on lighting design pop-up + workshop in Boston.

Bristol Black Collective
Fall River
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Fall River

Description: for the Fall River Juneteenth Festival, a vibrant celebration of African American culture and freedom, taking place at Kennedy Park Pavilion in Fall River, MA.

Brockton Arts
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: to support Brockton Arts' "We Insist!", a celebration of artists reclaiming and retelling their cultural stories through the use of several art forms.

Brockton High School Band Boosters Association
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: to support the Brockton High School band ensembles in carrying out their mission of advocating and upholding music education, public performance, and professional development opportunities to the students of BHS and surrounding community.

Brookfield Farm
Amherst
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Amherst

Description: for a community mural paint party and collaborative art project at Brookfield Farm in Amherst.

Building Futures
Worcester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Worcester

Description: for the 2023 BFI/WHA Summer Concert Series, which will take place at nine Worcester Housing Authority (WHA) sites & one Holden Housing Authority (HHA) development for elderly & disabled residents.

Built on Stilts
Oak Bluffs
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Oak Bluffs

Description: for the Built on Stilts Community Dance and Performance Festival on Martha's Vineyard.

Burn or Get Burnt
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: for the annual Springfield graffiti jam, Burn or Get Burnt.

Buttonwood Park Zoo
New Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: New Bedford

Description: for the Buttonwood Park Zoo’s annual Party for the Planet, Earth Day celebration in New Bedford.

Cahoon Museum of American Art
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: to support the Cahoon Museum of American Art Open House, giving art access to all without the barrier of admission or cost to attend.

Cambridge Carnival International
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: for the annual Cambridge Carnival International festival.

Cambridge Chinese Choral Society
Medford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Medford

Description: to support the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 choir concerts in Cambridge, MA.

Canadian American Club of Massachusetts
Watertown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Watertown

Description: for the Canadian American Club Gala, to support rental and operation of club for a year.

Cantilena
Somerville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Somerville

Description: to support a spring choral concert in Arlington, MA entitled “I Will Be Earth: The Poetry of Nature” and the related free community events and activities in March, led by local poets, preceding the May performance.

Canvas Studio | The Design Lab
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for The Art of Science, a program in Boston that will highlight the creativity in a set of hands on science & art projects experiment's to enhance the spark in learning and discovery for all ages.

Cape Ann Art Haven
Gloucester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Gloucester

Description: for Art Haven Buoy Painting, to celebrate the creativity of our community's youth while highlighting art and maritime heritage in Gloucester, MA.

Cape Ann Finns
Rockport
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rockport

Description: for the 31st FinnFunn New England Weekend, a regional heritage and cultural festival hosted by the Cape Ann Finns in Gloucester and Rockport, MA.

Cape Ann Plein Air
Gloucester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Gloucester

Description: for the week long Cape Ann Plein Air festival that celebrates Plein Air painting by local and national recognized artists.

Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra
Yarmouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Yarmouth

Description: to support the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra's Musical Souvenir program with the Alzheimer's Family Support Center.

Cape Cod Chorale
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: for the Cape Cod Chorale's annual holiday concerts.

Cape Cod Concert Band
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: for a project by the Cape Cod Concert Band to present three free-admission concerts to the Cape Cod community.

Cape Cod Pride
Mashpee
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Mashpee

Description: for financial assistance for Cape Cod Pride Festival 2023, for the LGBT+ community and allies.

Cape Cod Strings
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: to support the Cape Cod String Quartet's "Spring Is Here 2024" Concert Series.

Cape Cod Toy Library
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: for a project to promote inclusive multicultural music, dance, storytelling, and artistic expression for intergenerational, interactive, enriching, educational experiences at the Outdoor Play Oasis & Toy Library.

Cape Verdean Association of Brockton
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: for the 29th annual Cape Verdean Day celebration in Brockton.

Cape Verdean Club of Falmouth
Falmouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Falmouth

Description: for the annual Cape Verdean Club of Falmouth's "Cape Verdean Festival" celebrating Cape Verdean arts, culture, dance, and history and commemorating the 80+ year-old founding of this immigrant club in Teaticket.

Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House
Milton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Milton

Description: to support a special centennial celebration of Mary Bowditch Forbes's Lincoln log cabin replica and the Lincoln Day traditions that she began in 1924.

Caribbean American African Athletic Social Club
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: for the Caribbean Festival in Springfield, MA which enhances the cultural, social, educational, and spiritual awareness of the Caribbean people living in Springfield and its surrounding areas.

Catalyst New Music
Malden
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Malden

Description: for the world premiere production of Zal & the Phoenix, a new opera by Iranian composer Shohreh Shakoory.

Center for Arts in Natick
Natick
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Natick

Description: for TCAN's Summer Concert Series 2023.

Center for Human Development
Springfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Springfield

Description: to provide summer 2023 artistic enrichment activities to children and families at Grace House, a residential treatment center for moms and their kids in Northampton, MA.

Central Croft Corp.
West Boylston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: West Boylston

Description: for the Pinecroft Dairy and Restaurant's summer concert series.

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