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Grants Awarded Since 2000
Explore the Mass Humanities funded projects awarded from 2000 to the present. Browse by grant type, city, county, region or keyword search based on specific fields or all of them. Subscribe and receive news when grants are awarded. Interact with a state map of grants awarded!
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| The Colonial Meetinghouses of New England |
| Production of a book of photographs and essays documenting the history of Colonial Meetinghouses in New England. Accompanying travel exhibition. |
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| Paper Mills Documentary Project |
| Creation of a trailer and script treatment for the Paper Mills Documentary Project. |
Paper Town Projects, Inc.
Stockbridge, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Judith Monachina
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grant type: Project: Media
awarded on: 2008-12-12
amount: $9,650 |
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| Let Me Take You There: Books with a Strong Sense of Place |
| Library reading and discussion program featuring books with a strong sense of place. |
Sturgis Library
Barnstable, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Marcella M. Curry
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grant type: Library Reading & Discussion
awarded on: 2008-12-10
amount: $1,000 |
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| Light of Cambodian Children Proposal Development |
| Requested funds will be used to pay for an English editorial service for the bilingual Cambodian Refugee Poetry Book & CD Project to make sure the proposal has proper English language syntax, clear objectives, achievable measurable outcomes, and is in line with the mission of Mass Humanities and the sponsoring agency. |
Light of Cambodian Children
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Samkhann Khoeun
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grant type: Proposal Development
awarded on: 2008-09-25
amount: $500 |
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| The Jacksons and Their Homestead |
| Planning and design of an exhibit to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the Jackson Homestead. |
Newton Historical Society
Newton, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Susan Abele
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grant type: Project
awarded on: 2008-09-12
amount: $5,000 |
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| The Boston Muslim Film Festival |
| Festival of films examining artistic expression in the face of censorship. The festival aims to engage the general public on developments in the Muslim world with free screenings, expert presenters and live performances. |
American Islamic Congress
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Lauren Murphy
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-09-12
amount: $4,555 |
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| Holyoke's Memory Book |
| Creation of an oral history component for the online collection of Holyoke's history. The component will provide a training session on how to conduct oral history interviews, a library of oral history texts, oral history opportunities for classrooms and the opportunity for applicatns to collect digital oral histories from institutions such as Holyoke's Soldier's Home. |
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| Taking History Home: The Shays' Rebellion Interactive Exhibit |
| Development of an interactive museum exhibit designed to connect people to the constitutional significance of the Springfield Armory Historical site. The exhibit will use the Springfield Technical Community College's Shays' Rebellion & the Making of a Nation: from Revolution to Constitution website as the centerpiece. |
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA, Hampden County (CT Valley)
project director: Arlene Rodriguez
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-09-12
amount: $10,000 |
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| Great Decisions |
| Public lecture series and forum taking place over five weeks focusing on American foreign policy issues. |
Five Colleges Learning in Retirement
Northampton, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Roger Coulombe
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-09-12
amount: $4,090 |
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| One Town Many Cultures Film Series |
| Multicultural film series held at the Sharon Public Library. Each of four evenings will feature a popular film about the struggle between traditional family values and modern society in a different ethnic or religious group represented in Sharon. A discussion by a scholar will precede each film to provide a cultural and historic context for the movie and to connect these themes to our present day lives among neighbors from different religious and cultural backgrounds. One or two local residents will also share their personal experience as they relate to the movie themes. |
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| Oral Histories of Aquinnah |
| Planning for an interactive exhibit of Aquinnah Wampanoag oral histories describing Aquinnah Wampanoag lifeways, history and culture. |
Aquinnah Cultural Center
Aquinnah, MA, Dukes County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Berta Welch
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-09-12
amount: $5,000 |
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| Beyond Affliction, The Disability History Project |
| Re-versioning of a substantial volume of website materials first developed for the award-winning radio series to become an audio-visual online exhibition. |
Straight Ahead Pictures
Conway, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Laurie Block
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-09-12
amount: $10,000 |
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| Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel |
| Reading and discussion program focusing on Jewish adventures in the graphic novel. |
Fitchburg State College Library
Fitchburg, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Sara Marks
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grant type: Library Reading & Discussion
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $1,000 |
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| Westport Historical Society Costume and Textile |
| Inventory of 10-12 boxes of the costume and textile collection of the Westport Historical Society with reference to themes in Westport local history as well as national issues such as the civil war. |
Westport Historical Society
Westport, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Jenny O'Neill
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grant type: Research Inventory
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $1,000 |
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| RIG: Pioneer Valley Farming |
| Support for partial inventory of core collection. Frank White will pick, inventory and mark 60 core artifacts directly associated with up to three themes in the development of farming in the Pioneer Valley from subsistence to industrial farming. The report and catalog will be used to develop a mission statement and create one and five-year programming plans. |
Hadley Farm Museum
Hadley, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Tom West
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grant type: Research Inventory
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $1,970 |
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| The Life and Times of Li'l Abner and Al Capp |
| Pre-production of a 90 minute historical documentary film about the Al Cap, creator of the long-running comic strip Li'l Abner (1934-1977). |
Center For Independent Documentary
Sharon, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Caitlin Manning
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $10,000 |
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| Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000 |
| Pre-production of a feature documentary chronicling the story of a small town Massachusetts housewife who, in the 1960's, single-handedly led the charge to clean up the Nashua River, one of America's ten most polluted rivers. |
Documentary Educational Resources
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Susan Edwards
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grant type: Project: Media
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $10,000 |
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| Immigrant City: Youth Storytelling Project |
| A six-week summer program for youth ages 13-17 at the Mystic Public Housing Development. Participants will engage in learning photography, interviewing and story-telling skills that will enable them to tell the story of immigrant groups in Somerville. Participants will also explore the experiences of other immigrant youth around the United States through literature and film and engage in a dialogue about the impact they can have as immigrant youth in bringing about change in their community. |
The Welcome Project
Somerville, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Maria A. Landaverde
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grant type: Project: Liberty & Justice For All
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $4,382 |
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| H.M. Frances Project: Walking Tour & Brochure |
| Development of a walking tour and creation and printing of an accompanying guide to identify H.M. Francis buildings city wide. |
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Mary C. Durling
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grant type: Project: Cultural Economic Development
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $6,700 |
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| As Nutayunean - We Still Live Here |
| Pre-production of a documentary film tentatively called "As Nutayunean," a Wampanoag phrase meaning "we still live here". This is a powerful statement from people who are thought by many to be extinct. The film centers on Jessie Little-Doe, a woman of indomitable spirit who has accomplished the unprecedented feat of reviving a language with no native speakers. |
Center For Independent Documentary
Sharon, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Anne Makepeace
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grant type: Project: Media
awarded on: 2008-06-13
amount: $10,000 |
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