Mass Cultural Council Grants $10M to 183 Nonprofits
January 7, 2021 — The Mass Cultural Council yesterday announced that $9,960,600 in state funds have been awarded to 183 arts and cultural organizations across Massachusetts to help them recover economic losses sustained by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Mass Cultural Council (MCC) said 424 organizations applied for the grants, seeking a total of $30.2 million. Grant awards ranged from $1,000 to a maximum of $100,000.
"For 10 months, Mass Cultural Council worked diligently to understand and document the economic devastation the cultural sector is facing from COVID-19," said David T. Slatery, MCC’s acting executive director. "The Governor understands that a thriving cultural sector is key to restoring the state’s economy to pre-pandemic levels, and recognized Mass Cultural Council as the key partner to implement his plan to deliver relief efficiently and effectively."
Since the pandemic hit the state last March Massachusetts nonprofit cultural organizations reported $484 million in lost revenue, according to MCC, and 62% laid off or furloughed employees or reduced their wages and/or hours, affecting 30,616 employees.
Receiving the grants were the following:
1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem: $12,000
51 Walden, Concord: $18,000
Academy Playhouse, Orleans: $42,000
Acme Theater Productions, Maynard: $11,000
Acton Community Center, Acton: $7,000
All Newton Music School, Newton: $84,000
All Our Kids, Wellfleet: $52,000
Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham: $4,000
Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Amherst: $100,000
ANIKAYA/Akhra, Somerville: $52,000
Apollinaire Theatre Company, Chelsea: $43,000
Apple Tree Arts, Grafton: $100,000
Arlekin Players Theatre, Needham: $38,000
Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown: $100,000
Art for the Soul Gallery, Springfield: $7,000
Art Resource Collaborative for Kids, Boston: $54,000
Artists for Humanity, Boston: $100,000
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Boylston: $11,000
Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society of Boston, Brookline: $4,000
Ballet Theatre of Boston, Cambridge: $100,000
Berkshire Bach Society, New Marlborough: $42,000
Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative, Pittsfield: $16500
The Berkshire Music School, Pittsfield: $50,000
Berkshire Opera Festival, Great Barrington: $79,000
Berkshire Theatre Festival, Pittsfield: $100,000
The Bidwell House, Monterey: $22,000
Blues to Green, Huntington: $24,000
The Boch Center, Boston: $100,000
Boston Ballet, Boston: $100,000
Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston: $100,000
Boston City Singers, Boston: $99,000
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, Boston: $100,000
Boston Lyric Opera Company, Boston: $100,000
Boston String Academy, Boston: $10,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston: $100,000
BRAIN Arts, Boston: $31,000
Brattle Film Foundation, Cambridge: $100,000
The Brewster Historical Society, Brewster: $14,000
BSA Foundation, Boston: $100,000
The Cabot, Beverly: $100,000
Calliope Productions, Boylston: $23,000
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge: $100,000
Cape Cod Center for the Arts, Dennis: $91,000
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Eastham: $58,000
Cape Cod Chorale, Sandwich: $9,000
Cappella Clausura, Newton: $19,000
Celebrity Series of Boston, Boston: $100,000
The Center for Arts at the Armory, Somerville: $93,000
Central Square Theater, Cambridge: $100,000
Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation, Waltham: $9,000
Chester Theatre Company, Chester: $94,000
Chinese Culture Connection, Malden: $55,000
Circus Up, Watertown: $5,000
Close Encounters with Music, Great Barrington: $57,000
Collage New Music, Brookline: $7,000
Community Music School of Springfield, Springfield: $100,000
Concord Chamber Music Society, Concord: $15,000
Concord Players, Concord: $30,000
Coro Allegro, Boston: $31,000
Creative Arts Network, Fall River: $4,000
Design Museum Boston, Boston: $100,000
Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Watertown: $4,000
Dorchester Community Center for the Visual Arts, Boston: $5,000
The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown: $100,000
Earthdance Creative Living Project, Plainfield: $100,000
EcoTarium, Worcester: $100,000
Eggtooth Productions, Greenfield: $7300
The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston: $84,000
Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum, Essex: $52,000
Fairbanks Family in America, Dedham: $27,000
Falmouth Community Television Corporation, Falmouth: $27,000
Falmouth Historical Society, Falmouth: $40,000
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Provincetown: $100,000
The Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport: $100,000
Fitchburg Historical Society, Fitchburg: $24,000
Friends of the Museum of Printing, Haverhill: $22,000
Girls Rock Campaign Boston, Boston: $36,000
Global Arts Live, Cambridge: $100,000
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, Gloucester: $100,000
Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester: $100,000
Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham: $50,000
The Greek Institute, Cambridge: $13,000
Handshouse Studio, Norwell: $17,000
Happier Valley Comedy, Hadley: $20,000
Harbor Stage Company, Wellfleet: $54,000
Harvard’s Cultural Collaborative, Harvard: $11,000
HeARTbeat Collective, Northampton: $3,000
History Alive, Salem: $65,000
The History Project, Boston: $19,000
The House of the Seven Gables, Salem: $100,000
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston: $100,000
Images Cinema, Williamstown: $67,000
The Immigrant City Archives and Museum, Lawrence: $45,000
Innovators for Purpose, Acton: $23,000
The Jar, Boston: $32,000
Jean Appolon Expressions, Malden: $18,000
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation, Barnstable: $51,000
Juventas New Music Ensemble, Medford: $17,000
Kaji Aso Studio, Boston: $11,000
Little Theatre of Fall River, Fall River: $6,000
Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow: $3,000
Lorelei Ensemble, Cambridge: $65,000
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston: $100,000
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington: $100,000
