Grant Recipients

Actors’ Shakespeare Project
$5,000
To bring the Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s distinct approach to Shakespeare to students at Charlestown High School.

Artists for Humanity
$10,000
To provide underserved youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in the arts.

ArtsBoston
$15,000
To further the evolution of ArtsBoston online ticketing services to increase revenue and audience development for 170 performing arts member groups.

Boston Ballet
$150,000 over two years
(first-year installment)
To support the Boston Ballet’s move to its new home at the Boston Opera House, including creation of an on-site ticketing office that will give the Ballet greater control over revenue.

Boston Center for the Arts
$150,000 over three years
(third-year installment)
To provide a creative home for artists, to develop an arts destination for audiences and to build connections between the arts and the city’s diverse community.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
$1,000,000 over five years
(fourth-year installment)
To foster dedication to making music and creating performances, and to further this major cultural treasure that helps to define Boston to the world.

First Night
$5,000
To provide arts education for more than 2,000 Boston children annually to enhance their self-esteem, creativity and cultural awareness.

Huntington Theatre Company
$30,000
To help support the Huntington Theater Company’s first capital campaign. Funds will be used for construction and endowment.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
$60,000 over three years
(third-year installment)
To help the Gardner Museum acquire a new security system to become a safer, more secure place and improve the level of service for patrons and visitors.

The Public Theatre — Lewiston/Auburn’s Professional Theatre
$2,000
To support improvements to the theater’s facility and programming so it can continue bringing affordable, high-quality professional theater to the people of central Maine.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
$8,500
To provide north central Wisconsin residents and visitors with access to artworks from every corner of the world through diverse exhibitions.

Maine State Music Theatre
$2,000
To expand the Maine State Music Theatre’s reach in serving as an academy for young people to pursue music theater education, and to increase off-season theater outreach.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
$1,000,000 over seven years
(fifth-year installment)
To provide support for the Museum’s $425 million capital campaign aiding a major renovation and expansion project, including the American Hall, which showcases American artists who grew to international acclaim.

Performing Arts Foundation
$26,000
To support north central Wisconsin’s regional arts complex, which promotes excellence in the performing arts and reaches over 150,000 people annually with performances and instructional programs.

Spontaneous Celebrations
$7,500
To create and sustain a community cultural life that unites and empowers people for positive change through the arts.

Very Special Arts of Wisconsin
$2,500
To expand the capabilities, confidence and quality of life for children and adults with disabilities by providing programs in dance, drama, creative writing, music and visual art.