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FY24 Funding List

Organization City/Town Grant
Nave Gallery
Somerville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Somerville

Description: to support the 10th anniversary of the Somerville Toy Camera Festival, a international celebration of analog photography.

Needham Housing Authority
Needham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Needham

Description: for a number of musical performances to the residents and town members at the Community Room at 5 Chamber Street celebrating several holidays throughout the year.

Needham Open Studios
Needham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Needham

Description: to support the Needham Open Studios 2024.

Neponset Choral Society
Attleboro
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Attleboro

Description: to host a Summer Sing season for five weeks, culminating in a free concert open to the public in Attleboro, MA, bringing music and community engagement to the area.

Nevins Memorial Library
Methuen
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Methuen

Description: to hold the Methuen Hispanic Heritage Festival to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.

New Bedford Festival Theatre
New Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: New Bedford

Description: to support the New Bedford Festival Theatre's educational programming in providing free theatre education workshops to children and teens across the South Coast between July 2023 and March 2024.

New Dawn Arts Center
Ashburnham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Ashburnham

Description: to support the New Dawn Arts Center's Winter Art Market 2023, part of Ashburnham's Arts and Culture Day.

New England Championship Wushu Academy
Burlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Burlington

Description: for the first annual Taiji Health Week to promote health and wellness throughout the community.

New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance
Middleborough
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Middleborough

Description: to create a collaborative community festival to teach and engage students and their families about energy savings and biodiversity, focusing especially on threatened coastal wildlife and emphasizing how changing an individual’s actions and behavior can lessen harm and help preserve our Southeastern Massachusetts ecosystems.

New Legacy Cultural Center
Lexington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lexington

Description: for the 2024 Lantern Festival.

New Moon International Media
Belmont
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Belmont

Description: to support the 2024 Boston International Asian Music Festival.

Newburyport Art Association
Newburyport
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Newburyport

Description: to host and promote Newburyport Art’s largest, themed, visual arts exhibition of 2023 (Journeying Well: Artistic Pathways), which is open to the public--members and non-members alike, as well as local and regional artists November 17-December 3, 2023 at the galleries at 65 Water Street in Newburyport.

Newburyport Arts Collective
Newbury
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Newbury

Description: for the Newburyport Arts and Cultural Halloween Festival is a month long celebration of Tricks and Treats for all Ages.

Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
Newburyport
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Newburyport

Description: to support the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival, which fosters an interactive partnership between residents and visiting artists by engaging the community in the process of creating and presenting chamber music in greater Newburyport’s unique architectural spaces.

Newton Chinese Language School
Newton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Newton

Description: for a Spring Festival Gala, a celebration dedicated to commemorating the vibrant 2024 Lunar New Year - the Year of the Dragon.

Newton Cultural Alliance
Newton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Newton

Description: to support "Cherry Street Music: Classical with a Twist 23/24", a curated chamber music series.

Next Leadership Development Corporation
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the Resilience Builder Summer Program Film Showcase in Boston, Massachusetts.

Nolumbeka Project
Greenfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Greenfield

Description: to support the 10th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures.

North and South Rivers Watershed Association
Norwell
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Norwell

Description: or a project to design and paint a mural in Hanover that depicts River Herring and the coastal habitats that support this keystone species as well as the problems afflicting the species and ways to help bring back the fish.

North Andover Music Association
North Andover
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: North Andover

Description: for the New England Scholastic Band Association (NESBA) competition and festival hosted by North Andover High School on Saturday October 14th to support local high school and university bands performing for over 1500 spectators in a supportive environment.

North Attleborough Cultural Council
North Attleborough
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: North Attleborough

Description: for a Summer Concert Series which is a free popular town wide event that takes place downtown in Veterans Park Gazebo.

North Congregational Church
Middleborough
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Middleborough

Description: for a Lucie Blue Tremblay concert.

North Falmouth Village Association
Falmouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Falmouth

Description: for North Falmouth Porchfest+ will support a free and inclusive celebration of live music performances on lawns and porches along Old Main Road in Historic North Falmouth Village.

North Shore Community Development Coalition
Salem
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Salem

Description: for the Fiesta en la Calle, 2024 in Salem, MA, celebrating the art and culture of the El Punto neighborhood.

North Shore Concert Band
Peabody
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Peabody

Description: to support the North Shore Concert Band's Summer Concert Series, consisting of six free band concerts held at Salem Willows in Salem, MA.

North Shore Glass School, LLC
Salem
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Salem

Description: to support a Salem, MA, Outdoor Glass Garden and Arts Festival, known as the Mobile Glass Studio Glass Pumpkin Harvest Festival.

North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
Swampscott
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Swampscott

Description: for a Children's Concert performed by the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra at Swampscott High School.

North Shore Worker’s Community Fund
Lynn
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lynn

Description: for Fall Session 2023, celebrating Lynn's rich history and culture with Hispanic heritage Month and discovering hidden jewels throughout downtown.

North Worcester County Symphony Orchestra & School of Music
Lowell
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lowell

Description: for our Spring 2024 arts festival celebrating, well Love.

Northampton Playwrights Lab
Northampton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northampton

Description: for the 2023 Play By Play Festival of New Work in Northampton, MA.

Northborough Cultural Council
Northborough
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northborough

Description: for Northborough Culture Celebration 2024, an event that aims to enrich the Northborough community culturally.

Northbridge Brass Endeavors
Northbridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northbridge

Description: to support a Brazilian Jazz Concert and Festival in Worcester's Institute Park.

Northbridge Historical Commission
Northbridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northbridge

Description: to support Ancestry, Anecdotes, and Architecture, a series of community-wide events exploring the history of Northbridge and the Blackstone Valley Region in Massachusetts.

Norton Historical Society
Norton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Norton

Description: for a project of cataloging and digitizing our historic maps of the town of Norton and area communities so they can be easily accessed and shared with the public.

NOSA Gallery
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for NOSA Gallery's Nubian Gifts: Interactive Exhibit in Roxbury, MA a groundbreaking initiative that leverages the power of art and technology to bridge the digital divide and foster social justice .

Note the Nuance LLC
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for 6 weeks of Creative Entrepreneurship training and 6 showcase opportunities for artists at various venues in Boston.

NoWoCo Pride
Worcester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Worcester

Description: for the 2023 Pride Art Reception and Festival in North Central Massachusetts.

Nuestras Raices
Holyoke
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Holyoke

Description: for a free Latin Jazz and Bohemio festival for the community on July 15 at our farm in Holyoke, La Finca at 24 Jones Ferry Road, to celebrate Latino culture and other cultures in our community and give our farmers an opportunity to sell their products and promote sustainable agriculture.

Nueva Esperanza
Holyoke
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Holyoke

Description: to support the Noche de San Juan Festival at Carlos Vega Park in South Holyoke, MA.

Nutshell Playhouse
Lenox
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lenox

Description: for the Nutshell Playhouse to bring live theatre and music performances to family audiences, free of charge, at popular venues throughout Berkshire County.

Nye Family of America Association
Sandwich
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sandwich

Description: to support the 2024 Nye Museum Open House Celebration, bringing visitors to explore the rich history preserved at the Nye Museum.

Oak Bluffs Public Library
Oak Bluffs
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Oak Bluffs

Description: for the Oak Bluffs Library's Summer Lawn Series, a free, weekly music festival for everyone in the community to gather and listen to a wide variety of local artists from across Martha's Vineyard.

Old Colony Historical Society
Taunton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Taunton

Description: for the Liberty & Union Festival on beautiful Church Green in Taunton, Massachusetts where the historic spirit of 1774 is alive for one day only with re-enactors, musical performances, food, and free fun for all.

Old Colony YMCA
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: for the children and families experiencing homelessness a series of educational arts and science experiences during the summer.

Olga Dunn Dance Company
Great Barrington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Great Barrington

Description: to cover the cost of providing two outdoor, free modern dance performances for residents and visitors to the Berkshires.

One Broadway Collaborative
Lawrence
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lawrence

Description: to support the development of individual public storytelling in the community of Lawrence, MA, fostering creative expression and community connection.

One Love Sports Academy
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: To support and enhance the ability to use arts as ways to navigate through emotional or traumatic situations

Open Mic Classical
Yarmouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Yarmouth

Description: to support Open Mic Classical, a concert series open to the general public on the third Sunday of the month, supporting classical musicians of all ages and levels with monthly open mic opportunities, featured guest musicians, including underserved populations, with special Black History Month Program, and a program serving the LGBTQ+ community on Cape Cod.

Opening Doors Project
Melrose
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Melrose

Description: for two free, live musical events which amplify voices of color and explore issues related to racial diversity, equity, and inclusion through song and conversation.

Opera on Tap Boston
Somerville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Somerville

Description: for a collaboration between Circus 617 and Opera on Tap Boston at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA - with a cast of artists local to eastern MA.

Orchestra Without Borders
Watertown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Watertown

Description: for a concert by Orchestra Without Borders Boston to present a free program of string orchestra works by composers from historically marginalized backgrounds in Classical music.

Osterville Historical Society
Barnstable
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Barnstable

Description: for the Osterville Historical Museum to support our renowned local artists at our Art @The Museum show.

Our Lady of All Nations Church
Lakeville
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lakeville

Description: for a program and performance that will educate upon the virtues of Unity/Humanity, as seen through the eyes of Urban Indigenous Peoples.

Our Sisters’ School
New Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: New Bedford

Description: for a free eight-week series of Art and STEAM challenges for third- and fourth-grade girls from Greater New Bedford.

OurStory Edutainment
Worcester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Worcester

Description: for OurStory Edutainment's 2nd Annual Porch Concert Series - Storytelling Through Music.

Overlook Masonic Health Center
Charlton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Charlton

Description: for The Reunion Project, a unique multi-faceted program that combines portrait photography and the written word to give senior women an opportunity to reflect back on their lives, who they were as teenagers and who they are now.

Pa’ La Cultura
Lawrence
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lawrence

Description: for the "Salsa en el Barrio" event, promoting arts, culture, movement, and community in the Merrimack Valley and surrounding communities.

Paige Academy
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the Ella Collins Language Festival at Paige Academy.

PaintBox Theatre
Holyoke
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Holyoke

Description: to support the creation of artwork to be displayed as part of the PaintBox 2024 Season.

PAMANA, Inc.
Dedham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Dedham

Description: to fund the operation of PAMANA’s annual Philippine Independence Day Festival 2024 in Attleboro, MA: a free day-long event celebrating Filipino culture through food, music, dance, and community-building, for people of all ages.

Panethnic Pourovers
Quincy
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Quincy

Description: for AAPI Creators Spotlight, monthly featured spotlights of small Asian-American Pacific-Islander Native-Hawaiian (AAPI) authors, artists, and creators.

Pasture Prime Players
Charlton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Charlton

Description: for Pasture Prime Players' first Teen Production, "Puffs" in Charlton.

Pembroke Arts Festival
Pembroke
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Pembroke

Description: to support the 56th Annual Pembroke Arts Festival in Pembroke, MA, showcasing local artists' works and coordinating various workshops for families, seniors, adults, and children throughout the town.

People’s United Methodist Church
Newburyport
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Newburyport

Description: for a project to promote music and art opportunities available to the public for free at People's United Methodist Church through two holiday concerts and a summer concert series featuring local musicians.

Performing Arts Center of Metrowest
Framingham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Framingham

Description: to support the Faculty Recital Series, showcasing PAC's talented, active, local performers.

Pilgrim Festival Chorus
Plymouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Plymouth

Description: to support Pilgrim Festival Chorus as it presents, "Christmas Joy - Works of Britten, Rutter, and Susa" at St. Bonaventure Parish in Plymouth.

Pilgrim John Howland Society
Plymouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Plymouth

Description: to support Free Friday Plymouth events at the Jabez Howland House.

Play Incubation Collective
Northampton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Northampton

Description: for new theatrical works that foster civic dialogue, and PIC’s ongoing performing arts salons bring artists and community members together to experience and discuss brand new works of theater, music, dance, poetry/spoken word, and video.

Playblack Studios
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Playblack Live, a 3 part event-series hosted by Playblack Studios to foster community, mutual understanding, black joy and a celebration of nerd culture.

Plymouth Bay Cultural District
Plymouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Plymouth

Description: to support the PBCD "Fall in Love with Plymouth" PorchFest, a music celebration in partnership with the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce Waterfront Festival.

Plymouth Center for the Arts
Plymouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Plymouth

Description: to support activities at Plymouth Center for the Arts during Plymouth First Fridays, an arts and culture program to connect visitors with artists, galleries, shops and showrooms in the Plymouth Bay Cultural District.

Porchfest Quincy
Quincy
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Quincy

Description: to support a free annual music event on front porches in the gateway City of Quincy.

Positively Suzanne
Worcester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Worcester

Description: for Black Culture Con--a celebration of the richness of Black history, which will include dance, music, food, and workshops to highlight and share Black history.

Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag
Stoughton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Stoughton

Description: for the Annual Harvest Moon Pow-Wow.

Presentation School Foundation
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to engage a diverse group of residents in creating a Community Mural Project at the Presentation School Foundation (PSF) Community Center in Allston-Brighton.

Professionals of Color in the Environment
Arlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Arlington

Description: to support the Professionals of Color in the Environment (POCIE) Second Annual Day of Wellness.

Project Play Winthrop
Winthrop
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Winthrop

Description: to bring sensory arts workshops to toddlers and their families in Winthrop, MA, fostering creativity and artistic exploration at a young age.

Prop Co-op
Worcester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Worcester

Description: to support the community's access to the Prop Co-op at 20 Franklin Street in Worcester's cultural district.

Provincetown Commons
Provincetown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Provincetown

Description: for Jimmy Lee's Fashion Show to showcase his artist in residency work while sharing artist studio space at The Commons.

Provincetown Dramatic Arts
Eastham
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Eastham

Description: to present a festival of readings and workshops of original plays by Provincetown, Cape Cod, and New England playwrights, anchored by one O’Neill workshop.

Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts, Inc.
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for the Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts, a Puerto Rican festival in Boston.

Quabbin Art Association
Belchertown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Belchertown

Description: to support the QAA/NOHOARTS - New Artists Project, a cooperative exhibit of upcoming artists at the newly renovated Northampton Center for the Arts.

Queenality Cares
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: for Queen Fest is a live media Arts performance concert showcasing and celebrating women in the entertainment industry.

Quincy Art Association
Quincy
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Quincy

Description: for the Arts Affair at the Q exhibit in Quincy Square, a judged (not juried) exhibition open to anyone who wants to participate, regardless of age or level of experience.

Quincy Asian Resources
Quincy
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Quincy

Description: for the August Moon Festival, a momentous holiday that celebrates the harvest and is associated with the moon goddess, as the full moon symbolizes prosperity, happiness, and unity.

Quinnebaug Valley Council for the Arts and Humanities
Southbridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Southbridge

Description: for a public open house exhibit featuring kid's artwork developed during a series of workshops designed to offer the opportunity to learn various art skills and techniques, under the direction of talented local artists.

Radical Roots Consulting Cooperative
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: for Boston Wellness Festival 2024, which will include a fair with different wellness offerings and stations--rest area, herbalism workshop, massage, acupuncture, yoga, live music, art making, journaling, and dance.

Raising Multicultural Kids
Easton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Easton

Description: for a Kid's Virtual Bedtime Book Club for diverse college student teachers to read multicultural books to young children.

Randolph Community Band
Randolph
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Randolph

Description: to support a series of concerts that would engage senior citizens by providing live entertainment in a concert band style.

Randolph Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coalition
Randolph
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Randolph

Description: to the Randolph Community Partnership (acting as the fiscal agent) for the Randolph, MA Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, led by the Randolph Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Coalition.

Randolph Intergenerational Community Center
Franklin
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Franklin

Description: for the Fall festival Harvest Hoopla's Pumpkin Carving-Decorating Artist Showcase.

Rat City Arts Festival
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to provide financial assistance for the Rat City Arts Festival in Boston, highlighting and celebrating artists in Allston-Brighton, and creating accessible space for art appreciation.

Rebel Town Productions
Great Barrington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Great Barrington

Description: to the Nutshell Playhouse, acting as the fiscal agent, for the commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of The Boston Tea Party in 2023, with Rebel Town, the Boston Tea Party Musical.

Recovery In Poetry
Falmouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Falmouth

Description: This is a grant for financial assistance to support the recovery community with dance, music, art, poetry, story telling.

Regenerate
Gloucester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Gloucester

Description: for a benefit concert in Gloucester, MA, to support StratLeade.org and clean the creek.

Renaissance Chinese Culture Association
Andover
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Andover

Description: for a project to celebrate Lunar New Year in Winchester MA for all residents to attend.

Replanting Monson Tree Committee
Monson
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Monson

Description: to educate the public on the history, reforestation, and sustainability of the American Chestnut Trees.

Research Institute of African and African Diaspora Arts
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to create a public, searchable repository of the AfriCOBRA archives.

Resilient Community Arts
Easthampton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Easthampton

Description: for Doodle-a-thon in Easthampton, a free, public festival which supports the Art is For Everybody Scholarship Fund.

Revere Beach Partnership
Revere
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Revere

Description: for the Revere Beach Art Festival.

Revival Road Farm
Belchertown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Belchertown

Description: for Revival Road Farm's first annual Fall Festival.

Right Here Records
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: to bring music and dancing to the Lynch Family Skatepark through the Summer Soul Slide Skate Park Series, featuring a mix of skate, music, DJ, and dance culture.

Riverfront Cultural District
Haverhill
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Haverhill

Description: for the Haverhill Art Walk outdoor/indoor festival that highlights local businesses, forgotten alleyways, and underutilized spaces with plein air, exhibitions, demonstrations, and performances.

Road to Diversity and Understanding
Mansfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Mansfield

Description: to celebrate Abolition Day '23 in Mansfield, MA, by supporting artists, musicians, vendors, and speakers that center the experiences of the BIPOC community and celebrate the history of abolition in our past, present, and future.

Robin’s Country Provisions
Great Barrington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Great Barrington

Description: to provide accessible seating for disabled/elderly festival visitors in Great Barrington.

Rochester Historical Society
Rochester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rochester

Description: for a fair type event including a range of activities centered around Rochester history.

Rockland Recreation
Rockland
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rockland

Description: to support the Rockland Fall Festival, to showcase local artists and shop owners down town.

Rockland Memorial Library
Rockland
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rockland

Description: for a series of music and creative arts wellness programs for patrons of all ages at the Rockland Library.

Rockland Public Schools
Rockland
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rockland

Description: for the first elementary art show at Phelps Elementary in Rockland.

Rockport Art Association
Rockport
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rockport

Description: to support a community celebration of the installation of a mural in downtown Rockport, MA, designed and painted by teen artists.

Rockport Cultural Council
Rockport
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Rockport

Description: for a daylong showcase of performances and other activities by RCC awardees.

Rocky Neck Art Colony
Gloucester
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Gloucester

Description: to support the Environmental/Installation Artist in Residence Events, part of the Goetemann Artist Residency program of the Rocky Neck Art Colony, offered in collaboration with Ocean Alliance in Gloucester.

Roman Kreyol
Randolph
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Randolph

Description: for the 60 Days Movie Screening.

ROOTS Teen Center
North Adams
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: North Adams

Description: to underwrite a ROOTS Teen Center annual event, Show Your Teen Spirit, which helps raise funds for our programs and showcases performances and visual art from local teens.

Rose Conservatory
Brockton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Brockton

Description: for Rose Conservatory's 5k Walk, Bike, or Run Race & Festival taking place at DW Fields Park on September 2, 2023, in Brockton MA.

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Sound in the City, a music festival series on The Greenway celebrating 50 years of hip-hop and sound culture in Boston.

Roslindale Porchfest
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Roslindale Porch Fest, a free music festival featuring bands and musicians on porches and in yards across the neighborhood.

Round The Bend Farm
Dartmouth
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Dartmouth

Description: for the 2nd Annual Wampanoag Experience Powwow at Round the Bend Farm, S. Dartmouth, MA which celebrates Native American peoples' history and traditions, and will allow for an expansion of indigenous performers, artisans, and contributors.

Roxbury Concert Series
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the Roxbury Concert Series' 2023-2024 season, to be celebrated at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library.

Roxbury Cultural District
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for an arts and cultural jazz series with live jazz performances and display areas to showcase the work of local artists and to draw commuters who are using the Nubian Square T station, especially those who move from the T station to the bus station, drawing them into an arts and cultural environment that may be new to them.

Roxbury Unity Parade
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Boston's only parade that celebrates the neighborhood of Roxbury, Black culture, and recognizes the excellence of those who uplift Roxbury every day.

Sacred Holistic Arts
Greenfield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Greenfield

Description: for Pottery for the People, establishing a safe space to create learn and grow.

Saint Anna Parish
Leominster
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Leominster

Description: for the Artful Blessings Music Festival, an annual festival of music.

Salem Arts Association
Salem
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Salem

Description: for the annual Holiday Artists' Market, a community-wide event featuring live musical performances and a variety of local artisans and crafters.

Salem Main Streets
Salem
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Salem

Description: to promote the arts in downtown Salem through a collaborative multidisciplinary festival, providing opportunities to highlight the existing artists' community and encourage general community participation in the arts.

Salem Philharmonic
Salem
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Salem

Description: for a series of free, accessible and family-friendly symphony orchestra concerts.

Samuel Slater Experience
Webster
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Webster

Description: for a holiday performance by the Very Merry Dickens Carolers, a Victorian Christmas-caroling group, at Samuel Slater Experience, a recently opened history museum in Webster.

Sargent Memorial Library
Boxborough
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boxborough

Description: for the Ask Me Fair, a living library-like event for candid and thoughtful conversations to dispel stereotyping and foster communication and understanding among different people.

Satuit Concert Band
Hull
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Hull

Description: for sixteen concerts with locations in Scituate, Hull, Hingham, Rockland, Quincy, Marshfield and Duxbury during the summer of 2023.

Saugus Public Library
Saugus
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Saugus

Description: to support a weekly summer concert series at the Saugus Iron Works.

Save Our Streets-Boston
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Photo Prep 2.0, an outdoor art gala where the youth participants will display their portfolios that they have created.

Savoyard Light Opera Company
Arlington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Arlington

Description: for a fully-staged production of "The Addams Family – A New Musical" accompanied by a full orchestra.

Sayat Nova Dance Company
Watertown
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Watertown

Description: for an art evening in memory of Shaghig Palanjian.

Secret Society of Black Creatives
Milton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Milton

Description: for The Konnect: Fall Edition, connecting those previously without access to the film industry to start their network.

Shadaj
Lexington
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Lexington

Description: for a project to produce annual community outreach concert - an Indian classical music concert by Rahul Sharma and his supporting musicians.

Sharing the Art
New Bedford
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: New Bedford

Description: for Be The Change, an Anti-Bullying theatrical performance geared to school children ages 4-8 which shines a light on the effect bullying has on a child's mental health and how children can be part of the solution to change the narrative.

Sharon Pluralism Network
Sharon
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sharon

Description: for a project to design, organize and execute painting by and for the community of 3 murals that highlight and celebrate diversity and healthy, active living.

Shea Theater Arts Center
Montague
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Montague

Description: for "SHEAkespeare Fest!" in spring 2024, featuring Montague and Franklin County based actors, dancers, singers, artists who identify as LGBTQ+ , and community members to celebrate classic plays with a modern twist and featuring site specific elements highlighting the rich and complex history of the Shea Theater Arts Center.

Sheffield Association
Sheffield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sheffield

Description: for the Sheffield Fair, a multi-generational event.

Sheffield Historical Society
Sheffield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sheffield

Description: to inform visitors to the Sheffield Historical Society campus about changing outdoor exhibits and the Society's historic structures.

Sheffield Pride
Sheffield
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sheffield

Description: to support the Sheffield Pride 2024 event in Sheffield, MA.

Shelburne Falls Porch Music Festival
Shelburne
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Shelburne

Description: for the Shelburne Falls Porch Music Festival.

Sherborn Council on Aging
Sherborn
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Sherborn

Description: for hands-on hybrid watercolor classes for all ages in Sherborn, MA.

Shirley-Eustis House Association
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the Dudley Street Farm Day, bringing farm animals, gardening supplies, snacks, and games to Dudley Street in Roxbury, sharing the history of Roxbury's rural past with today's residents.

Shovel Town Cultural District
Easton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Easton

Description: to support the Shovel Town Cultural District Art Show and Reception featuring the artwork of local artists in beautiful and historic Easton, MA.

Silverthorne Theater Company
Montague
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Montague

Description: for a world premiere (professional production) of local playwright Liz Duffy Adams' new play The Broken Machine, a climate-chaos fantasia that explores how humans, animals, and the earth itself respond to climate change.

Sista Creatives Rising
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: to support the creation of Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives.

Small Stones Festival of the Arts
Grafton
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Grafton

Description: to support a regional competitive fine art festival, featuring fine art painting and photography, which is supplementary by musical and literary events and is held at the Grafton Library.

Soca Fusion LLC
Cambridge
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Cambridge

Description: for "A Journey Through," a multilayered weekend that includes a fundraiser showcase centering great works of local artists that brings awareness and support to the Lung Transplant Assistance Fund at Mass General Hospital and dance workshops taught by three local choreographers with various dance backgrounds rooted in Afrocentric styles.

SomaZen Studio
Boston
$2,500

Grant: $2,500

Location: Boston

Description: for Subtle/Sudden - a new screendance festival produced by Liana C. Percoco/SomaZen Studio at the Strand Theatre in Boston to promote the unique, vibrant, and interdisciplinary screendance (aka- dance films, dance for the camera) form to new audiences in Boston with programming that highlights local choreographers, filmmakers, and screendances from worldwide artists.

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