Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc.
To provide core support and risk capital for experiments in visitor experience, audience diversification, new curatorial models, and multidisciplinary programs.
- Award Date: 12/7/2016
- Amount: $325,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
To award grants for the planning, development, and build-out of arts-related collaborative work spaces.
- Award Date: 12/7/2016
- Amount: $1,965,000
- Term: 36 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
To advance the role of the arts as a core municipal planning competency through education, project funding, advocacy, and policy development.
- Award Date: 12/7/2016
- Amount: $1,525,000
- Term: 36 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
To expand programs that engage local year-round residents, organizations, and businesses, and to plan and implement dance field convenings in 2017 and 2018.
- Award Date: 10/24/2016
- Amount: $100,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Ballet Theatre of Boston, Inc.
To conduct stakeholder focus groups as part of a founder succession planning process.
- Award Date: 9/28/2016
- Amount: $30,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Handel and Haydn Society
To produce a five-year strategic plan.
- Award Date: 9/28/2016
- Amount: $30,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
To establish a “Boston Laboratory” initiative at the MIT Media Lab for cultural experimentation and intervention.
- Award Date: 9/28/2016
- Amount: $50,000
- Term: 6 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Museum of African American History
To conduct business planning for operations and programming and to prepare for the Museum’s 50th anniversary.
- Award Date: 9/28/2016
- Amount: $35,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Arts Midwest
To provide training and technical assistance in communications and building public will strategies; strengthen the community engagement capacity of pilot organizations; and experiment with new messaging and activities as part of the Creating Connection initiative.
- Award Date: 9/21/2016
- Amount: $900,000
- Term: 30 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Emerson College
To provide HowlRound support for general operations, increased technology capabilities, marketing, convenings, and a case study.
- Award Date: 9/21/2016
- Amount: $700,000
- Term: 36 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity