2024
2Life Communities
Organization Address: 30 Wallingford Road, Brighton, MA 02135
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: The musical instruments and birdhouses and their installation in the Community Gathering Plaza on the Brighton campus
Neighborhood: Brighton
Boston Green Academy Foundation, Inc.
Organization Address: 20 Warren Street, Boston, MA 02135
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: A teaching deck for the outdoor classroom and community garden
Neighborhood: Brighton
Chinese Economic Development Council, Inc.
Organization Address: 78 Tyler Street, Boston, MA 02111
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Preservation and restoration of 78 Tyler Street, including the building façade and unique ornamental features
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Church of St. Augustine and St. Martin
Organization Address: 31 Lenox Street, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of the original 1910 stained glass windows in the historic sanctuary
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Eliot Congregational Church
Organization Address: 56 Dale Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Rsestoration of all wood window surfaces
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Organization Address: 29-31 Lenox Street, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $24,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of stained glass at St. Luke’s Chapel, Roxbury, part of St. James-St. John parish
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Fenway Civic Association
Organization Address: Westland Ave. and Hemenway Street, Boston, MA 02115
Grant: $27,500
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Repair of the Johnson Memorial Gates
Neighborhood: Fenway
Friends of Memorial Hall
Organization Address: 14 Green Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Memorial Hall Cupola, specifically for repair, fabrication, and installation elements
Neighborhood: Charlestown
Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church
Organization Address: 378a - 380 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Stained glass window restoration project
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation
Organization Address: Washington Street and Bartlett Station Drive, Roxbury, MA 02118
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Oasis @ Bartlett Urban Grove project, specifically the hard costs for permanent terracing and urban grove plantings
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Old North Foundation of Boston, Inc.
Organization Address: 193 Salem Street, Boston, MA 02113
Grant: $22,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Clough House Masonry Repair
Neighborhood: North End
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Organization Address: 22 Paris Street, East Boston, MA 02128
Grant: $26,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of Historical Façade
Neighborhood: East Boston
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Organization Address: 894 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Sanctuary Window Restoration
Neighborhood: Fenway
Substation Community Supporters, Inc.
Organization Address: 4228 Washington Street, Roslindale, MA 02131
Grant: $14,640
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Switchgear Sculpture
Neighborhood: Roslindale
Vilna Shul Boston Center for Jewish Culture, Inc.
Organization Address: 18 Phillips Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Restoration and repair of Front Plaza at The Vilna Shul
Neighborhood: West End
2023
Boston Public Housing Corporation
Organization Address: 52 Chauncy Street, #8, Boston, MA 02111
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Construction of a public park in the Plaza at Orient Heights park; specifically for plaza furniture, planters, plants, and crushed stone
Neighborhood: East Boston
Deutsches Altenheim, Inc.
Organization Address: 2222 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
Grant: $18,840
Project Type: Open Space
Description: Renovation of Deutsches Altenheim's Front Lawn
Neighborhood: West Roxbury
Dorchester Gardenlands Preserve and Development Corporation
Organization Address: 2 Marlowe Street, Dorchester Center, MA 02124-1320
Grant: $18,796
Project Type: Open Space
Description: The Claybourne Street Community Garden Improvement & Beautification Project
Neighborhood: Dorchester
First Baptist Church in Dorchester
Organization Address: 401 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Window restoration - Church
Description: Phase III of the Stained Glass Window Restoration
Neighborhood: Dorchester
First Congregational Society of Jamaica Plain
Organization Address: 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $64,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: First Church in Jamaica Plain Tower Clock Face Restoration
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
Friends of Memorial Hall
Organization Address: 14 Green Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
Grant: $7,893
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Memorial Hall Cupola restoration, specifically for repair, fabrication, and installation elements
Neighborhood: Charlestown
Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church
Organization Address: 378a-380 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $28,000
Project Type: Window restoration - Church
Description: Stained Glass Window Restoration Project, specifically for part of Phase II of the Church Campus Exterior Preservation Project
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Mather Elementary School
Fiscal Agent: Sponsor, Inc. (aka Mission Earth)
Project Address: 1 Parish Street Dorchester, MA 02122
Grant: $5,950
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Fabrication and installation of benches in the Mather School Green Space
Neighborhood: Dorchester
National Center of Afro American Artists, Inc.
Organization Address: 300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Restoration of the exterior masonry of Abbotsford Mansion
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation
Organization Address: PO Box 190939, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $28,211
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: The Oasis @ Bartlett Urban Grove Project, specifically the hard costs for permanent terracing and urban grove plantings
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Organization Address: 155 Humboldt Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Building restoration - Church
Description: Restoration of the stained glass windows and the front entrance stairway, as part of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Restoration Project
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inc.
Organization Address: 185 Kneeland Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Grant: $54,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Purchase and installation of light fixtures as part of the Chinatown Park Serpentine Path Lighting Project
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury, Inc.
Organization Address: 34 Fayston Street, Apt. 2, Dorchester, MA 02121
Grant: $7,500
Project Type: Mini Grants
Description: The purchase and installation of a gazebo in Frederick Douglass Peace Park
Neighborhood: Roxbury
2022
Boston City Lights Foundation
Organization Address: 1154 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $305.87
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Second entryway for City Lights
Neighborhood: South End
Church of the Covenant
Organization Address: 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window restoration
Description: The restoration and preservation of the Tiffany ornamental clerestory windows on the second level of the Church sanctuary
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Codman Square Health Center, Inc.
Organization Address: 637 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Restoration of the Great Hall cupola
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Deutsches Altenheim, Inc.
Organization Address: 2222 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
Grant: $8,160
Project Type: Open Space
Description: Renovation of Deutsches Altenheim’s Front Lawn
Neighborhood: West Roxbury
Dorchester Gardenlands Preserve and Development Corporation
Organization Address: 2 Marlowe Street, Dorchester Center, MA 02124-1320
Grant: $17,400
Project Type: Open Space
Description: The Claybourne Street Community Garden Improvement & Beautification Project
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Dorchester Gardenlands Preserve and Development Corporation
Organization Address: 2 Marlowe Street, Dorchester Center, MA 02124-1320
Grant: $4,253.15
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: The Claybourne Street Community Garden site upgrades, specifically for the raised beds, bench, little free library, and signage
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Dudley Neighbors, Inc.
Organization Address: 550 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Open Space
Description: Magnolia Street Community Garden
Neighborhood: Dorchester
First Congregational Society of Jamaica Plain
Organization Address: 6 Eliot Street, Boston, MA 02130
Grant: $27,000
Project Type: Building restoration - Church
Description: Restoration of the clock face on the Eliot Street tower façade
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 50 Cedar Street, Boston, MA 02119
Grant: $75,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Restoration of the roof and chimneys at the St. James African Orthodox Church
Neighborhood: Roxbury
League of Women for Community Service
Organization Address: 558 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $43,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: For the historically accurate roof repair and restoration of the mansard portion of the League’s building at 558 Massachusetts Avenue
Neighborhood: South End
Second Church in Dorchester-A Church of the Nazarene
Organization Address: 44 Moultrie Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: The Steeple Restoration Project, with the priority for the restoration of the weathervane
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Sponsor, Inc. (aka Mission.Earth)
Organization Address: 1 Parish St, Dorchester, MA 02122
Grant: $34,050
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: For the benefit of the Mather Elementary School Green Space Public Art
Neighborhood: Roxbury
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church
Organization Address: 1073 Tremont St, Roxbury, MA 02120
Grant: $35,000
Project Type: Window restoration
Description: Stained glass window restoration
Neighborhood: Roxbury
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Organization Address: 1 Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $39,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Tower Preservation Project
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
WBL Artist Collective, Inc.
Fiscal Agent: DotArt
Organization Address: 1220 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $10,000
Project Type: Monument restoration
Description: To remove, renovate, restore, replace, and relight the “Walter Baker” sign atop the 100-year-old Administration Building of the former Walter Baker chocolate factory complex in Dorchester Lower Mills
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Workhub Boston LLC
Fiscal Agent: Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 4228 Washington St, Boston, MA 02131
Grant: $24,850
Project Type: Public Art
Description: “Radicant moments” durational drawing installation and artistic bar enhancement at Roslindale Substation
Neighborhood: Roslindale
2021
Artists For Humanity, Inc.
Organization Address: 100 W 2nd Street, South Boston, MA 02127
Grant: $39,601
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Two sets of ornamental awnings on the EpiCenter building
Neighborhood: South Boston
Artists For Humanity, Inc.
Organization Address: 100 W 2nd Street, South Boston, MA 02127
Grant: $7,000
Project Type: Mini-grants
Description: EpiCenter sidewalk mural
Neighborhood: South Boston
Boston City Lights Foundation
Organization Address: 1154 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $4,638
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: City Light second entryway
Neighborhood: South End
First Baptist Church in Dorchester
Organization Address: 401 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window restoration, church
Description: Restoration of the stained glass window at the front of the church facing Ashmont Street and two other stained glass windows facing the street
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Footlight Club
Organization Address: 7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Exterior historical elements in the Eliot Hall accessibility project
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
Haley House, Inc.
Organization Address: 23 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Repair and restoration of the front steps of 23 Dartmouth Street
Neighborhood: South End
Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
Organization Address: 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Hard costs for the restoration of historic doors and windows
Neighborhood: Fenway
National Center of Afro American Artists Inc.
Organization Address: 300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Roof replacement of the Abbotsford Mansion
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Old North Foundation of Boston, Inc.
Organization Address: 193 Salem Street, Boston, MA 02113
Grant: $38,700
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: The Chapel window restoration
Neighborhood: North End
Southwest Corridor Park Conservancy
Organization Address: PO Box 171553, Boston, MA 02117
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Restoration of the Durham Street Garden Oval, including removal, grading, and planting
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
St. Luke’s Chapel
Organization Address: 149 Roxbury Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: The repair and restoration of the Lydia Lyman Paine window and its wooden frame and for smaller repairs to the remaining windows in the St. Luke chapel
Neighborhood: Roxbury
The Fund for Parks and Recreation in Boston
Organization Address: 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Third Floor Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Monument restoration
Description: For the benefit of the Historic Burying Grounds Initiative for Grave Marker Conservation at Eliot Burying Ground
Neighborhood: Dorchester
2020
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Organization Address: 594 Columbia Road, Ste. 302, Dorchester, MA 02125
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Restoration and modernization of the Pierce Building
Neighborhood: Dorchester
First Baptist Church in Dorchester
Organization Address: 401 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window restoration
Description: Phase one of the stained glass window preservation
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Foundation for the Preservation of 20 Arlington Street, Inc.
Organization Address: Arlington Street Church, 20 Arlington Street, Boston, MA, 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Landscaping and signage for Arlington Street Church
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Loring-Greenough House
Organization Address: 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $26,340
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Garden preservation and border planting restoration
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
National Center of Afro American Artists, Inc.
Organization Address: 300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $60,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Exterior roof replacement project at the Abbotsford Mansion
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Old West Church
Organization Address: 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window restoration
Description: Restoration of Old West Church West Side windows
Neighborhood: West End
Old West Church
Organization Address: 131 Cambridge Street, Boston MA, 02114
Grant: $37,000
Project Type: Window restoration
Description: Restoration of windows on the south elevation façade of the Old West Church
Neighborhood: West End
Paige Academy
Organization Address: 26/28 Highland Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Construction of the John Eliot Square Urban Wild walking path
Neighborhood: Roxbury
The Shirley-Eustis House
Organization Address: 33 Shirley Street, Boston, MA 02119
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: The Ingersoll-Gardner Carriage House roof replacement
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry
Organization Address: 10 Putnam Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: First Church Roxbury iron gate restoration
Neighborhood: Roxbury
2019
The Bostonian Society
Organization Address: 206 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $44,878
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Old State House West Entrance
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Eliot Congregational Church
Organization Address: 56 Dale Street, Roxbury, MA 02119-2774
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of stone steps at main entrance
Neighborhood: Roxbury
First Baptist Church of Boston
Organization Address: 110 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of the sculpted frieze on the tower
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Friends Group of Egleston Square Branch Library
Organization Address: 2044 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $7,193.39
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Furnishings for the Egleston Square Branch Library Front Yard Landscaping Project
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Greater Boston Legal Services
Organization Address: 197 Friend Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Façade restoration of 197 Friend Street
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
Historic New England
Organization Address: 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Preservation of the front façade of the (First) Harrison Gray Otis House
Neighborhood: West End
JCAM Charitable Foundation
Organization Address: 189 Wells Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newton Centre, MA 02459
Grant: $2,900
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration and transformation of the Ohabei Shalom Chapel
Neighborhood: East Boston
North Bennet Street School
Organization Address: 150 North Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Façade masonry repair at the corner of North and Richmond streets
Neighborhood: North End
Old West Church
Organization Address: 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $63,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of church windows
Neighborhood: West End
Roslindale Village Main Street
Organization Address: 4236 A Washington Street, Roslindale, MA 02131
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Installation of front glass curtain wall and repointing of exterior brickwork on the Roslindale Substation
Neighborhood: Roslindale
2018
Boston Parks and Recreation Department
Organization Address: 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $27,000
Project Type: Monument Restoration
Description: Restoration of structural elements in Union Cemetery and Hawes Burying Ground
Neighborhood: South Boston
Charlestown Preservation Society
Organization Address: PO Box 290201, Charlestown, MA 02129
Grant: $8,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Permanent flagpoles on the façade of the Boston Fire Department’s Engine 50
Neighborhood: Charlestown
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England
Organization Address: 90 Tyler Street, Boston, MA 02111-1811
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Installation of interpretive wayfinding signs for the Boston Chinatown Immigrant Heritage Visitor Center
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Church of the Covenant
Organization Address: 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of the “Cornelius and the Angel” Tiffany-designed glass window
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Foundation for the Preservation of 20 Arlington Street Inc.
Organization Address: 351 Bolyston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $28,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Installation of lighting on Tiffany windows
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Friends Group of Egleston Square Branch Library
Organization Address: 2044 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $12,806.61
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Furnishings for the Egleston Square Branch Library Front Yard Landscaping Project
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Friends of Fenway Studios
Organization Address: 30 Ipswich Street #110, Boston, MA 02115
Grant: $34,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Historic window and masonry restoration
Neighborhood: Fenway
Friends of Memorial Hall
Organization Address: 22 Perkins Street, Arlington, MA 02476
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Phase II of the Abraham Lincoln Post 11 Memorial Hall restoration and renovation project
Neighborhood: Charlestown
Historic New England
Organization Address: 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Preservation of the front facade of the (First) Harrison Gray Otis House
Neighborhood: West End
JCAM Charitable Foundation
Organization Address: 189 Wells Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newton Centre, MA 02459
Grant: $36,900
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration and transformation of the Ohabei Shalom Chapel
Neighborhood: East Boston
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Organization Address: 14 Cushing Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02125
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of the lattice diamond windows in the sanctuary
Neighborhood: Dorchester
West End House
Organization Address: 105 Allston Street, Allston, MA 02134
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Ringer Park Tribute project
Neighborhood: Allston
2017
Campaign for the Ayer Mansion, Inc.
Organization Address: 395 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Tiffany Entryway Mosaics
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Dorchester Historical Society
Organization Address: 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125
Grant: $43,500
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Lemuel Clap House exterior restoration
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
Organization Address: 525 River Street, Mattapan, MA 02126
Grant: $41,700
Project Type: Window Restoration
Description: Restoration of stained glass windows
Neighborhood: Mattapan
The Esplanade Association
Organization Address: 376 Boylston Street, Suite 503, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Outdoor
Description: Esplanade Wayfinding: redesign of signage
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
The Footlight Club
Organization Address: 7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $2,500
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Bulkhead replacement at Eliot Hall
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
Friends of Memorial Hall
Organization Address: 22 Perkins Street, Arlington, MA 02476
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Phase 1 of the Abraham Lincoln Post 11 Memorial Hall Restoration and Renovation Project
Neighborhood: Charlestown
Haley House
Organization Address: 23 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Exterior repairs to 23 Dartmouth Street
Neighborhood: South End
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation
Organization Address: 31 Germania Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Haffenreffer Brewers smokestack
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
New England Center and Home for Veterans
Organization Address: 17 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of the exterior canopy at 17 Court Street
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
Park Street Church
Organization Address: One Park Street, Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Building Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Park Street Church steeple
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
Rosie’s Place
Organization Address: 889 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: The Kip Tiernan Memorial, a permanent commemorative installation at Dartmouth and Newbury streets
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
2016
Nonquit Street Land Trust, Inc.
Organization Address: 21 Nonquit Street, Dorchester, MA 02125
Grant: $3,792
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Refurbishment of the steel fence at Nonquit Street Green
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Nichols House Museum
Organization Address: 55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: The Portico Preservation Project, to preserve the historic wooden structure, stabilize the foundation, and solve poor water drainage
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 20 Eustis Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: Landscape improvements to public areas, and exterior building restoration at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to support an Urban Farming Training Center (487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan)
Neighborhood: Mattapan
Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 20 Eustis Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Costs related to enhancements to the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm’s landscape features, farming operations, and public spaces.
Neighborhood: Mattapan
Dorchester Historical Society
Organization Address: 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: Repair of the 1870s front entry porch and the original shutters of the 1806 William Clapp House
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Church of the Covenant
Organization Address: 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Repairs to areas of water penetration and erosion
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Church of the Covenant
Organization Address: 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: The repair and restoration of the Newbury Street tower doors, 67 Newbury Street entrance doors, and replacement of stone columns and associated masonry work at the 67 Newbury Street entrance
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
2015
JCAM Charitable Foundation
Organization Address: 189 Wells Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newton, MA 02459
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: Exterior preservation and repairs at the historic Ohabei Shalom Chapel to create the East Boston Immigration Center
Neighborhood: East Boston
Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 20 Eustis Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: Restoration of the exterior of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm barn in Mattapan
Neighborhood: Mattapan
Friends of Symphony Park
Organization Address: Fenway Civic Association, PO Box 230435, Boston, MA 02123
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Fabrication and installation of a musically-themed sculpture in Symphony Community Park
Neighborhood: Fenway
The Esplanade Association
Organization Address: 376 Boylston Street, Suite 503, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: The Lotta Fountain restoration project
Neighborhood: Esplanade
Citi Performing Arts Center Inc.
Organization Address: 270 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the doors and entryway to the Wang Theatre
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
Church of the Covenant
Organization Address: 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $5,707
Project Type: Preservation
Description: Restoration of the exterior church doors on Berkeley Street
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
American Meteorological Society
Organization Address: 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Building restoration
Description: Restoration and conservation of the front entrance, iron balconies, windows, and lintels of the Third Harrison Gray Otis House at 45 Beacon Street
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
2014
The Vilna Shul
Organization Address: 18 Phillips Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the wrought iron fence and gates that define the front of the building and property
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Boston Parks & Recreation Department
Organization Address: 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: The Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, specifically to restore the fence, wall, and entrance to the Granary Burying Ground
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
Arlington Street Church
Organization Address: 351 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Preservation
Description: The restoration of all the Tiffany windows
Neighborhood: Back Bay
2013
The Ashmont Parish of All Saints
Organization Address: 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: An outright grant for seed capital for the restoration of the Great Tower Window
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Nichols House Museum
Organization Address: 55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the window sashes and window sills on the first through fourth floors of the museum
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
National Center of Afro-American Artists
Organization Address: 300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the chimney at the Abbotsford Mansion
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Historic New England
Organization Address: 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $35,000
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Preservation of the retaining wall at the Harrison Gray Otis House
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Friends of the Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library
Organization Address: 40 Academy Hill Road, Brighton, MA 02135
Grant: $14,800
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Installation of a permanent public art scupture at the library’s front entrance
Neighborhood: Brighton
The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts
Organization Address: 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Repair and preservation of the school house cupola
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston, Inc.
Organization Address: 41 Cummings Road, Boston, MA 02135
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Bronze Poe sculpture at the intersection of Charles and Boylston streets
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
The Bostonian Society
Organization Address: 206 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $15,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration and preservation of the east balcony of the Old State House
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
2012
Paul Revere Memorial Association
Organization Address: 19 North Square, Boston, MA 02113
Grant: $28,500
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the original interior stairways of 5 and 6 Lathrop Place
Neighborhood: North End
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Organization Address: 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111
Grant: $90,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Fabrication of the pediment art project
Neighborhood: Downtown
2011
United South End Settlements
Organization Address: 566 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $86,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of a wall and gate (reconsideration)
Neighborhood: South End
Theodore Parker UU Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $15,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of entry doors
Neighborhood: West Roxbury
Old South Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of stained glass windows
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Medicine Wheel Productions
Organization Address: 110 K Street, South Boston, MA 02127
Grant: $5,000
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Materials for “Accessible Path” (reconsideration)
Neighborhood: South Boston
Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 20 Eustis Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $200,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Alvah Kitteredge House
Neighborhood: Roxbury
First Church Boston
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the steeple tower
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Ayer Mansion
Organization Address: 395 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215
Grant: $45,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Tiffany balcony mosaics
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
2010
St. John’s Church
Organization Address: Roanoke Avenue and Revere Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Grant: $75,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of buttresses and repair and repoint masonry
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
The Paul Revere Memorial Association
Organization Address: 19 North Square, Boston, MA 02113
Grant: $38,037
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of front door and two sash windows of 5-6 Lathrop Place
Neighborhood: North End
Historic New England
Organization Address: 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $44,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the exterior components of the Pierce House
Neighborhood: Dorchester
First Parish Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $100,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the exterior
Neighborhood: Dorchester
First Baptist Church
Organization Address: 90 Mt. Vernon Street, Winchester, MA 01890
Grant: $47,000
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Tree and shrub plantings, exterior lighting, and irrigation
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain
Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House, Inc.
Organization Address: 58 Berkeley Street, Boston. MA 02116
Grant: $104,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the exterior at 58 Berkeley Street and the cast stone balustrades
Neighborhood: South End
Dorchester Park Association
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $550
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Plantings in Dorchester Park
Neighborhood: Dorchester
The Crispus Attucks Children’s Center
Organization Address: 105 Crawford Street, Dorchester, MA 02121
Grant: $71,715
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Lighting and a fence at the playground
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Church of the Covenant
Organization Address: 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $73,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the main entrance, parapet, and copper roof
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Boston Parks & Recreation Department
Organization Address: 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $45,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Eliot Burying Ground monument conservation
Neighborhood: Roxbury
2009
Theodore Parker UU Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $96,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of stained glass windows ($48,000 for the Parables window and $48,000 for the Ministry of Music window)
Neighborhood: West Roxbury
Ruggles Baptist Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $27,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Repair and preservation of the clock face
Neighborhood: Fenway
Refuge Church of Christ
Organization Address: 46 Millmont Street, Boston, MA 02119
Grant: $125,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Rebuilding the wall and cornice and replace missing soldier courses
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Patrick Lyndon Pilot School
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Site preparation, foundation, and pedestal of the Albert Einstein public sculpture
Neighborhood: West Roxbury
Neck Art Project
Organization Address: c/o Ann McQueen 1200 Washington Street #321, Boston, MA 02118
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Redesigned project for the Landwave installation in Peters Park (project funds from state were retracted for project originally funded in 2007, so project was redesigned to fit a smaller budget)
Neighborhood: South End
Historic Boston Incorporated
Organization Address: 20 Eustis Street, Boston, MA 02109
Grant: $100,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Repair and preservation of the exterior decorative elements of the Eustice Street Fire House
Neighborhood: Roxbury
Highland Park Neighborhood Association
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $100,000
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Restoration of Alva Kittredge Park
Neighborhood: Roxbury
2008
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation
Organization Address: 56 Warren Street Suite 200, Roxbury, MA 02119
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Replacement of a brownstone cornice at 35 West Newton Street
Neighborhood: South End
Emerson College
Organization Address: 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Grant: $56,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the doors and ticket booth at the Paramount Theatre
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Eliot Congregational Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $50,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Slate roof and dormers
Neighborhood: Roxbury
2007
St. Peter’s Church
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of a stained glass window
Neighborhood: Dorchester
Nichols House Museum
Organization Address: 55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $23,500
Project Type: Outdoor Space
Description: Resoration of the granite wall and stairs of the front garden
Neighborhood: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Neck Art Project
Organization Address: c/o Ann McQueen 1200 Washington Street #321, Boston 02118
Grant: $40,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Artist&rsquols fee for the Landwave installation in Peters Park
Neighborhood: South End
Light Boston, Inc.
Organization Address: 66 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $20,000
Project Type: Public Art
Description: Illumination of the Old South Meeting House
Neighborhood: Downtown Boston
Historic New England
Organization Address: 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Window restoration
Neighborhood:
Charlestown Preservation Society
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $30,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Conservation of the Civil War Monument in Winthrop Square
Neighborhood: Charlestown
Boston Center for Jewish Heritage
Organization Address: Boston, MA 02108
Grant: $25,000
Project Type: Restoration
Description: Restoration of the Vilna Shul’s iron gate
Neighborhood: West End
