Mass. Cultural Council funnels $719K into Central Mass. nonprofits
EcoTarium, Worcester
More than $700,000 has been funneled into Central Mass. cultural nonprofit organizations as part of a $10-million funding package disbursed to 183 groups across the state through the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development, the groups announced on Thursday.
The grant program attracted more than $30.2 million in requests from 424 different applicants, according to the Mass. Cultural Council, making the process quite competitive.
“The commonwealth’s cultural institutions make significant contributions to our economy by driving local commerce and employing a specialized workforce, while also preserving and fostering key components that make Massachusetts unique,” said Housing & Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy, in a statement.
The largest grants in Central Mass. went to Apple Tree Arts in Grafton, the EcoTarium in Worcester, Music Worcester, and the Worcester Center for Performing Arts, all of which received $100,000.
All recipients in Central Mass include:
- Acme Theater Productions, Maynard, $11,000
- Acton Community Center, Acton, $7,000
- Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, $4,000
- Apple Tree Arts, Grafton, $100,000
- Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Boylston, $11,000
- EcoTarium, Worcester, $100,000
- Fitchburg Historical Society, Fitchburg, $24,000
- Innovators for Purpose, Acton, $23,000
- Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, Worcester, $66,000
- Music Worcester, Worcester, $100,000
- Performing Arts Center of Metrowest, Framingham, $57,000
- Preservation Worcester, Worcester, $50,000
- Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts and Humanities, Southbridge, $8,000
- Studio Theatre Worcester, Worcester, $1,000
- Worcester Center for the Performing Arts, Worcester, $100,000
- Worcester Cultural Coalition, Worcester, $57,000
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