Dedham (MA), December 16, 2023 – The Trustees of the Yawkey Foundation today announced $510,000 in Program & Small Capital grant funding to 14 Greater Boston nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing access to programs that enrich the lives of children and families by inspiring curiosity, creativity, and appreciation for diversity in culture, conversation, and expression.
These newly awarded Program & Small Capital grants are in addition to more than $1,000,000 in funding being provided this year to in-progress and multiyear grant recipients, including Embrace Boston, National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Museum of Science Boston, Boston Children’s Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Discovery Museum and Celebrity Series.
The nonprofits receiving Arts & Culture grants in the 2023 Program & Small Capital cohort include:
| Artists for Humanity | Old North Illuminated |
| Boston Children’s Chorus | Shelter Music Boston |
| Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Speakeasy Stage Company |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence “Arts for All” | The Cambridge Community Arts Center |
| Fuller Craft Museum | The Sports Museum |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
| National Center of Afro American Artists – Black Nativity | Zumix |
Additionally, Yawkey Foundation recently awarded two additional grants to support access to the arts and strengthening the creative ecosystem, including:
- $3 million Transformational Capital grant to Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción for the construction of The Center for Arts, Self Determination, and Activism (the CASA), a community-centered arts space and New England’s largest Latinx arts hub.
- $250,000 Transformational Capital grant to the Boch Center for structural repairs and safety improvements to the organization’s two historic programming and performance venues, the Wang Theatre and the Shubert Theatre.
About the Yawkey Foundation
The Yawkey Foundation is dedicated to perpetuating the philanthropic legacy of Tom Yawkey and Jean Yawkey, whose eight decades of quiet generosity supported individuals and families in the communities that were closest to their hearts – Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina. Having awarded more than $550 million to date in charitable grants to organizations focused on Health Care, Education, Human Services, Youth and Amateur Athletics, Arts and Culture, and Conservation and Wildlife, Yawkey Foundation is committed to preserving and sustaining the charitable values of the Yawkeys by investing in impactful nonprofits providing resources, opportunity, and dignity to the vulnerable and underserved. For more information, please visit www.yawkeyfoundation.org and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram for the latest updates.