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Mass Humanities awarded 73 grants totaling $418,618 to 36 towns and cities across the Commonwealth.
Southeast$3,000 to the Center for Independent Documentary in Walpole for the Boston premiere and community panel discussion of the film Birth of a Movement: The Battle over America’s First Blockbuster
$15,000 to the Center For Independent Documentary in Walpole for the creation of a teacher’s guide and three short films that tell the stories of Native child removal, forced assimilation, and more
$3,000 to the Center for Independent Documentary in Walpole for a screening and discussion of the documentary film The Man in the Cowboy Hat
$7,500 to Centro Communitario de Trabajadores in New Bedford for a project that will create the oral histories of forty Central American immigrant workers
$7,500 to the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society for transition of the Bradford House Museum to focus on the stories of the daughters who inhabited the house
2017 Grants
Program ActivityMass MomentsThe Mass Moments website received a major upgrade in 2017. After a year of technological tinkering, historical research, and design development, a completely revamped website was unveiled in October. Sleek, modern, and accessible, the new site makes it easy to explore the Commonwealth’s history through quotes, photographs, and stories highlighting important events. Visit massmoments.org.
Open & HonestA major program that took place in 2017 was Open & Honest, funded by a special grant from the NEH. It consisted of statewide organized readings of civil rights speeches and other short writings followed by open conversation on race, rights and the lasting legacy of American slavery. The program culminated in a screening and discussion of The Harvest, a documentary film about one Southern town’s experience with public school desegregation and how it compared with Boston’s, at the Hibernian Hall in Roxbury.
The Clemente CourseSocioeconomic circumstances should not stand in the way of an education in the humanities. In 2017 our Clemente Course continued to help ensure that disadvantaged students receive tuition-free, college-accredited instruction. Seventy-two such students graduated from our five Clemente Course sites, each earning six transferable college credits.
Reading Frederick DouglassTwelve events across the state attracted more than 1,700 local residents to Reading Frederick Douglass readings. The famous abolitionist’s words echo across centuries with a message of equality and racial justice. As usual, some readings were complemented by parades, facilitated discussions, Douglass reenactors, songs from church choirs, and musical and dance performances.
Family Adventures in Reading (FAIR)
FAIR became part of our grants program in 2017. Three FAIR grants were awarded, to Lawrence, Sharon and Plainville, each featuring storytellers delivering scholar-chosen children’s literature to audiences of children and their caretakers. Attendees kept the books they read, which means they continued to build literacy skills even after the FAIR ended.
Literature & MedicineLike FAIR, Literature & Medicine became part of our grants program in 2017. Two six-month-long reading and discussion programs were supported, one in Springfield and one in Amherst, offering healthcare professionals the opportunity to reflect on and improve their work.
Annual Report 2017
Abolitionist reenactors and local civil rights organizations paired up to read the abolitionist Independence Day speech by Frederick Douglass in Brockton.
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$500 to the Frederick Douglass Neighborhood Association in Brockton for a public reading and moderated discussion of Douglass’s speech known as “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
$1,300 to the New Bedford Art Museum for a morning-long event with facilitated discussion on the uses of art for com-munication with people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia
$3,100 to New Bedford Ballet for a facilitated discussion and live performance of Esther’s Journey for fifth graders
$15,000 to the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center for an exhibit and oral histories documenting 20th century labor practices and social and labor contract negotiations in the local fishing industry
$9,115 to New Bedford for Hip History NB, a local history and interpretation project that uses hip hop to engage area middle school students
$500 to the New Bedford Historical Society for a facilitated reading of Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” with poet Everett Hoagland
$2,150 to the Plainville Public Library for a four-session Family Adventures in Reading series in partnership with a local bookstore
$5,000 to the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum in New Bedford to do research, historic documentation, and interpretative writing about the house museum and its inhabitants
$850 to Seaport Art Walk in New Bedford for a discussion program on the history and future of sustainable fisheries, questions of ethical respon-sibility, and the role of art in prompting action
$3,000 to the Sharon Public Library for a six-session Family Adventures in Reading series with storyteller Karen Chace
$3,500 to Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford for a scholar-facilitated dis-cussion and a live theatrical production of Lois Lowry’s The Giver to area students less familiar with theatre
Northeast$2,000 to the Amesbury Carriage Museum for the creation of a catalog of their collection of carriages and sleighs
$3,280 to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell for the screening of a documentary and discussion of the nature and meaning of immigrant and refugee resiliency
$3,000 to The Community Group in Lawrence for a six-session Family Adventures in Reading series with storyteller Nicolette Nordin Heavey
$500 to The Highlands Coalition in Lynn for a scholar-led discussion of civil rights, especially as reflected in American jazz
$5,000 to The House of Seven Gables in Salem for an exhibi-tion, lecture series, and series of conversations related to the impact of labor, servitude, and slavery over four centuries
$6,095 to Lawrence Community Works for a youth-led commu-nity development project inves-tigating identities in Lawrence through research, photography, and documentation
$500 to the New Lynn Coalition for the seventh annual com-munal reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Metrowest Boston$1,868 to the Bentley College Center for Business Ethics for a three-session migration-themed discussion project for recent Central American immigrants in Waltham
$15,000 to Brandeis University for the creation and presenta-tion of a web-based exhibition on gender-based segregation in the construction industry
$3,000 to Brandeis University for the facilitation of an art and architectural history program for residents and staff at retire-ment/assisted living facilities
$15,000 to The Robbins House in Concord for the development of a multimedia, interactive educational program about civil rights from slavery to the present day
$2,000 to the Vine Lake Preservation Trust in Medfield for the photographing and inventorying of 260 18th century gravestones in Medfield’s Vine Lake Cemetery
Africano Center led a monthly series of humanities discussions and cultural programs aimed toward, and developed with, Waltham’s African immigrant community.
The Irish Language Society conducted an oral history project exploring the importance of the Irish language among Irish immigrants in the Boston area.
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Greater Boston$15,000 to the Actors’ Shakespeare Project in Somerville for a series of public educational programs for their upcoming all-female production of Julius Caesar
$15,000 to Documentary Educational Resources for preproduction work on a film documenting current efforts to revive the apparel industry in the U.S., including textile mills in MA
$7,500 to Documentary Educational Resources in Watertown for the creation of a curriculum to accompany the documentary film Our Mockingbird, exploring Harper Lee’s novel
$15,000 to The Ground Truth Project in Boston for a series of audio documentaries provok-ing discussion on the value of immigrant music, culture, and experiences for the social life of the Commonwealth
$2,000 to The History Project in Boston for inventorying, pro-cessing, and digitizing the John Quinn AIDS Memorial Books
$7,500 to the Irish Language Society of Boston for an oral history project exploring the importance of the Irish language among Irish immigrants in the Boston area
$7,500 to the Museum of African American History in Boston for a series of events in observance of the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
$3,485 to the Somerville Museum for a series of five discussion events on Somerville’s economic history held in public spaces, from bars to social ser-vice nonprofits
$450 to Union Capital Boston in Roxbury for a presentation by an author and civil rights leader on the civil rights themes of the last fifty years and the challenges of today
$3,500 to the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in Roxbury for a reading of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Riverside Church speech and a screening and discussion of the documentary Passage at St. Augustine: The 1964 Black Lives Matter Movement That Transformed America
$2,000 to the University of Massachusetts Boston to inventory the papers of Theresa-India Young, noted fiber artist, educator, community organizer, and activist
Pioneer Valley$2,810 to Baystate Health Systems in Springfield for a seven-month, ethics-based reading-and-discussion group for bedside care providers on the theme of patient-centered care
$1,800 to Baystate Health Systems for a six-session reading and discussion series for health professionals to support the social and emotional aspects of patient care
$3,000 to Blues to Green in Huntington for a panel discus-sion on racial justice as it relates to the evolution of American music at the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival
$1,935 to the Charlemont Federated Church for a reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech, known as “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” followed by conversation and musical performance
$5,000 to Critical Connections in Longmeadow for a series of conversations exploring threats to civil rights and liberties of vulnerable communities, effective responses, and how such threats affect the country’s social fabric
$15,000 to Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield for a project engaging the public about the history of the town meeting and identity formation through community readings and a weekend-long cultural fair
$1,500 to Greenfield Community College for a weekly reading-and-writing group for probationers, probation officers, and judges on the subject of reentering society from prison
$1,500 to the Greenfield Historical Society to inventory artifacts from three local businesses and explore connections between skilled labor and buying power
$3,500 to Hatfield Historical Society for research on the society’s collection of business records, photos, and artifacts from the local machine shop to understand how it grew and prospered
$6,000 to The Literacy Project in Greenfield for memoir-writing workshops serving low-income and immigrant residents
$15,000 to New England Public Radio for three sessions of a free after-school program in journal-ism, radio/web production, and storytelling for high school students in Springfield and Holyoke
$7,500 to the Town of Williamsburg for the creation of three wayside signs, a brochure, and a digital “story map” of the site of the 1874 Williamsburg Reservoir Dam disaster
$3,000 to Traprock Peace Center in Greenfield for a one-day public forum on the legacy and contemporary relevance of Jane Addams
$2,275 to Silverthorne Theater Company in South Hadley for two performances and post- performance scholar-facilitated discussions of Jean Dany Joachim’s Ta Voix Poete
$2,410 to the Veterans Education Project in Amherst for a six-month Literature & Medicine series
MASS MoCA developed new public humanities programs to complement an exhibition by Taryn Smith, whose art revolves around Russian culture and Russo-American relations.
On Equal Terms, a mixed-media installation previously funded by Mass Humanities, was reimagined as a web-based exhibition about gender-based segregation in the construction industry.
The Ashfield Town Spectacle engaged the public about the history of the town meeting and identity formation through community readings and a weekend-long cultural fair.
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The Mass Humanities Clemente Course demonstrates the humanities’ capacity to change lives. Ideally, Clemente graduates participate in their communities with a newly-realized sense of their own potential, but the going is not always easy. What follows are profiles of 2017 Dorchester Clemente Course students, written by Academic Director Jack Cheng. “Clemente is about the humani-ties,” said Jack, “but also about building community. I tell the students that finishing the course is an individual achievement to be proud of, but getting through the year is always a team effort.”
Euness began class somewhat tentatively. As the year progressed, she’s found her voice and is asking more questions and offering more opinions. On philosophy, describing an Aristotelian concept of moderation as virtue: “I feel like I’ve been a good person, but now I feel like I have a better idea about how to be a good person.”
Lorene is an older woman who works at a local gym for women. Lorene is worried about her abilities and I’m nervous about losing her. Her classmate Barbara sees her at the gym and has been giving her encouragement.
Marilyn began this class in 2013 but did not finish. She has been through hard times since, alluding to custody battles and lost periods of time. Things are much more stable now. She works at Daily Table (a low-cost grocer in the neighborhood) and occasionally brings extra food to class to give to other students. She helped Euness get a job at Daily Table.
Edward is a smart, confident young man. He has a street name as a graffiti artist, and his own body is covered in tattoos. A photographer, he was an avid student in art history class. On the bus on the way to the MFA, Eddie showed me that he had changed the lock screen on his cell phone to a photo of one of Michelangelo’s unfinished slaves.
Barbara moved back to Boston to take care of her ailing mother. She is smart but has trouble writing and doubts herself. As the months have gone by, Barbara has taken a motherly role to some of the other students, calling people when they haven’t shown up to class, and offering Mitchelle, who needed crutches, a ride to school. On Dorchester: “I wanted to get out, but now I’m back and I love it. You people [the Clemente program] are investing in Dorchester, in the people here.”
Clemente is about the humanities, but also about building community.
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$7,500 to the Western Massachusetts Writing Project at UMass Amherst for a summer camp for middle-school students and professional development workshops for Springfield teachers on engaging with local history through narrative writing
Central$15,000 to Casa Cultural Dominicana of Worcester for an original theatrical production about the Dominican Republic and Dominican immigrants in the U.S.
$6,500 to Clark University for an after-school poetry program for low-income, multilingual middle-school students with a thematic focus on migration
$3,000 to Fitchburg State University for six discussion events of the “Community Read” program centered on Robert Putnam’s Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
$500 to Future Focus Media in Worcester for a scripted mock trial and post-performance discussion at the annual communal reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
$7,500 to the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton to revamp the museum’s audio folklore tour
$3,500 to Pow! Wow! Worcester for a film screen-ing and discussion event on Worcester’s history and the role of public art in community development
$1,670 to Preservation Worcester for day trips to historically important local urban landscapes with students of the University Park Campus school
$15,000 to the Worcester Art Museum for an exhibit of photographs left by a local photographer that capture issues of African-American migration, community mem-bership, and race relations
$9,900 to the Worcester Center for Crafts for an exhibit with enhanced programming that explores the cultural mosaic of the modern folk art of north-eastern Brazil
$2,812 to Worcester Interfaith for a public poetry reading and conversation with poet Naomi Shihab Nye on defining the place of immigrants in the American idea
Inside the Clemente Course
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MASS HUMANITIES66 Bridge StreetNorthampton, MA 01060tel (413) 584-8440fax (413) 584-8454masshumanities.org
STAFF
David TebaldiEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tim BinkertCOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
Carolyn CushingASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Deepika FernandesFISCAL OFFICER
Abbye MeyerDIRECTOR OF GRANTS
Anne RogersDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Rose Sackey-MilliganSENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER
John SierackiDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT &
COMMUNICATIONS
Jeannemarie TobinADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Melissa WheatonGRANTS OFFICER
Mass Humanities promotes the use of history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to deepen our understanding of the issues of the day, strengthen our sense of common purpose, and enrich individual and community life. We take the humanities out of the classroom and into the community.
Mass Humanities, a private, nonprofit, educational organization, receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; and private sources.
On October 15, following the very successful forum at the Boston Public Library on fake news and the dangerous attempt to delegitimize main-stream media, Mass Humanities recognized three humanist leaders with the 2017 Massachusetts Governor’s Awards in the Humanities. The annual ceremony celebrates those whose public actions, grounded in an appreciation of the humanities, have enhanced civic life in the Commonwealth. The professional lives of each of the 2017 recipients has been dedicated to uncovering and explaining truth. The awardees included:
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., the internationally renowned Harvard University professor, author or co-author of twenty-one books, and creator of seventeen documentary films;
SACHA PFEIFFER, a member of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team whose stories on the Catholic Church’s cover-up of clergy sex abuse won them the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service;
DAVID STARR, the longtime publish-er and then president of the Spring-field Republican and the driving force in turning Springfield from a decaying downtown to a vibrant inner city in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
True Stories: The 2017 Massachusetts Governor’s Awards in the Humanities
Piti Theatre Company put Mass Humanities funding to use to pro-duce an original theatre production based on the story of Dexter Marsh, creator of the world’s first dinosaur museum in 1846
Cape & Islands$1,618 to Aquinnah Cultural Center for a series of three discussions based on an exhibit of Wampanoag history
Berkshire$11,350 to the Berkshire Hills Regional School District for a series of programs designed to heighten awareness of racism and other injustices through lectures, film, and music
$3,000 to Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc. in Lenox for a forum on the role of poetry during times of cultural and political crisis
$9,845 to Flying Cloud Institute in Great Barrington for an educational program to accom-pany a re-mounting of WAM Theatre’s Emilie: The Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight
$1,750 to the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams for a five-part speaker series addressing the history of reform in the U.S. and its relevance today
Out of State$4,750 to Fractured Atlas in New York for an original theatre production celebrating Greenfield’s 19th-century history
$10,000 to Kartemquin Educational Films in Chicago for pre-production of the one-hour documentary Loyalty By Another Name
$15,000 to Teddy Bear Films in San Francisco for preproduction of a film on the pharmaceutical viability of psychedelic drugs and the historical and cultural contexts influencing how society regulates drugs
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National Endowment for the Humanities: $908,425
Massachusetts Cultural Council: $526,533
$25,000+AnonymousSamuel I. Newhouse Foundation DS
$10,000+AnonymousThe George I. Alden TrustCommunity Foundation of Western MassachusettsAlfred and Sally GriggsHertel & Konish Wealth Management GroupLowell InstituteWilliam and Lia PoorvuUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstVila B. Webber 1985 Charitable TrustWells Fargo Foundation in cooperation with Wells Fargo Advisors
$5,000+AnonymousHinckley, Allen & Snyder LLPHutchins Family Foundation HLGMcCarter & English LLP
$2,500+AbbVie Inc.Elizabeth and Edmund BaconBig Y Foods DSBlue Cross Blue Shield of MassachusettsJames Burke and Laura SperberCommunity Foundation of Western Massachusetts DSJohn and Marie DaceyEastern Bank Charitable FoundationRonald and Colleen Hertel MIT Global Studies and LanguagesMichael Pappone and Diane SavitzkyJack and Joan ReganSeyfarth Shaw LLPWilliam and Laura SheaRon and Nancy SlateStaples Foundation for LearningJill and Scott SullivanDavid C. Weinstein FundWGBH Educational Foundation HLG, DS
$1,000+AnonymousThe Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable FoundationSylvia BaconThe Barrington Foundation, Inc.The Marshall and Deborah Berkman Family Charitable Trust
Edmund Bertschinger, in honor of the Clemente Course
John Burgess and Nancy Adams
Carroll Family FundDePrisco JewelersMichael and Suzanne EizenbergAndrew HelenePolly and Charles LongsworthMike and Judy ManzoThomas and Michelle McCarthyRaymond JamesGail ReimerAllen Rome, through the United Way
of North Central MA, Inc.David TebaldiEmma TengPerry Wu and Grace Kao
$250+John Abromson Family Philanthropic
FundBrad and Jane Albert DSMehmed AliAltschuller Family Charitable
Gift FundLawrence AmbsAnonymousSamuel BaconGlynda Benham and Alan KarassEllen Berkman and David BryantBen and Diane BirnbaumLinda BlackLawrence BoboAnne and David Bromer, in honor
of Jeffrey MusmanBrown Rudnick LLPRuth ButlerCarhart Family Foundation, in
honor of Lauren CohenRalph T. Cheng Family FundLauren and Ian CohenWendy and Richard Cohen, in honor
of Lauren CohenAndrew Cohn and Marcia LeavittJavier CorralesAlice DeLana, in honor of David
TebaldiDianne Fuller Doherty, in memory of
Paul Spence DohertyElizabeth and Chase Duclos-OrselloEllen Dunlap and Frank ArmstrongTom and Louise DunnRobert FeldsteinRobert ForrantWilliam Fowler, Jr.Sandy and Nancy Fraze DSJanee and Paul Friedmann DSMary and Terry Fuller, in honor of
Ronald HertelOtis and Barbara Gates HLGAlice GoldsmithFran Goodwin DSRoss GrantBruce GrinnellStacey HarveyHerring Charitable Trust, in honor of
Jill SullivanDudley and Georgene HerschbachJohn HillHopkinton Historical Society
May and James Houghton, in honor of Alice DeLana
Julian Houston, in memory of Edgar Bellefontaine
Frederick and Marjorie Hurst DSPeggy KempBrendan Krebs, in honor of
Ronald HertelRaymond KwasnickLawrence History CenterSusan and Drew LeffCrawford Lincoln DSJean MacCormackMartha and Jeffrey McLaughlinRobert Meagher and Elizabeth NeaveMedtronicAbbye MeyerAlejandra Miranda-Naon and
Lee OestreicherDale and Robert MnookinJohn and Kristin Montgomery,
in honor of Ronald HertelEileen and Joe MuellerJeffrey Musman and Lynne SpencerDavid and Kaye NashPeter Nessen DSNancy Netzer and Robert SilbermanNew England Museum AssociationMartin Newhouse and Nancy Scott
NewhouseJohn Olver DSParham Drabinski Giving FundJames PeasePiedmont Foundation, in honor of
Ronald HertelRussell and Jennifer PeotterMichael PotaskiTom Putnam and Phyllis WentworthGail RandallErik Rosenthal DSGrannum and Kathleen SantJoanne Sattley HLGLouise SawyerJohn SierackiBianca Sigh Ward and John WardPaul B. Slate 2001 TrustThe Rochelle Slate 2001 TrustJohn Spooner DSJohn Stauffer and Deborah
CunninghamBruce and Terri StevensKathie StevensKathleen Stone and Andrew GraingerCynthia TerwilligerKenneth and Linda VacovecVacovec, Mayotte and Singer, LLPFrank and Judy VirnelliWilliam WallaceRobert Walsh, in honor of Jeffrey
MusmanPeter Whalen and Janna UgoneMrs. Giles Whiting FoundationWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr LLPRoy Wilsker
2017 Contributors
Contributors who gave in honor of recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Awards in the Humanities noted as follows:
DS – In honor of David Starr HLG – In honor of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
James Burke HINCKLEY, ALLEN & SNYDER LLP
VICE CHAIR
Ellen Berkman HARVARD UNIVERSITY
TREASURER
Ronald Hertel WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, LLC
CLERK
Bianca Sigh Ward NYSTROM BECKMAN & PARIS, LLP
Mehmed Ali UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
LOWELL
Glynda BenhamSTERLING
Lauren CohenPURE COMMUNICATIONS
Elliot Bostwick DavisMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Alice DeLanaCAMBRIDGE
Donna DePriscoDEPRISCO JEWELLERS
Elizabeth Duclos-OrselloSALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
William M. Fowler, Jr.NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Alfred GriggsNORTHAMPTON
Andrew HeleneRBS CITIZENS, N.A.
Frederick Hurst AN AFRICAN AMERICAN POINT
OF VIEW
Michael PapponeGOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Marisa ParhamAMHERST COLLEGE
Thomas Putnam NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
Hilda Ramirez WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY
Gail ReimerBROOKLINE
Ronald SlatePOET AND LITERARY CRITIC
Kathleen StoneATTORNEY AT LAW
Jill SullivanSALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
Emma TengMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
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$100+Charles Alesi and Rita
Kappers AlesiVirginia AlexanderPaula Andrews and George
HincheyAnonymous (2)April AntonellisAndrew AshforthGeorgia and James BarnhillBarbara BeallSharon BernardLeonard and Jane BernsteinLawrence BlumElissa BoisvertKristin BoudreauJess CamhiEdward Carhart, in honor
of Lauren CohenCarl CarlsenMartha Chayet, in memory
of Neil ChayetAdam CohenNancy CookNancy CoolidgeDavid Cooper and Adelaide
MacMurray-Cooper, in memory of their parents
Paul F. & Denise E. Coughlan Charitable Gift Trust, a Donor Advised Fund of The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Wendy CovellElizabeth CoxeCarolyn DaviesRose DohertyRobert Donaldson and
Judy Ober, in honor of Barbara Donaldson
Dorchester Historical Society
Susan and Westy EgmontThe Fairbanks House
MuseumRoseann FitzgeraldSheila FitzpatrickLinda and Stephen GreyserDustin Griffin, in honor of
Bruce GrinnellAnnie HarrisDavid Harris and Janet
WaltonRobert Harrison and
Marquis JamisonBruce Herring, in honor of
Jill SullivanPeter Hoffman, in honor of
Ronald HertelThe House of the Seven
Gables Settlement Association
Susie Johnson, in honor of Edward Carhart
Kristin JonashJennifer KalmsLinda and Bob KeefeKerry/Weinman Family
Charitable Trust Alexa and Ranch Kimball
Fund
Gail Leftwich KitchLexington Historical SocietyRamsay and Joan LiemLincoln Town HallDavid LittleJanice Litwin and Alan
WichleiSuzanne and Gregory MaasAmy MacdonaldJean MaguireAlbert MaloManchester Historical
MuseumLoring Mandel DSSusan MareneckJohn MayerRichard MeadowEllen MesserRonald Milauskas, in honor
of Ronald HertelRebecca MorinLisa and Merritt Mulman,
in honor of Jill SullivanBill Nigreen/Kathleen
McDermott FundLawrence O’BrienKristin and Barry
O’Connell, in honor of David Tebaldi
Susan PorterHilda RamirezKathleen ReillyDolores Root Charitable
Fund Gloria RosalSteven RothsteinNeal SalisburyDea SavitzkyEllen SmithSnoell FundElizabeth SpelmanScott and Jane Stearns DSMary SteeleStephenson Family FundPatricia SuhrckeThird Colony LLCPeter TorkildsenMargaret TrainaThe TrusteesAlden and Virginia VaughanAnne WarnerWaters Farm Preservation,
Inc.Faith WhiteJane WilliamsWindow Woman of New
EnglandMargaret Wiseman
Up to $99Lucy AllenLee Ann AmendAmesbury Carriage
MuseumAnonymous (2)Ellen AnsteyLori AustinMaud and Adrian AysonBarbara Bacon, in honor of
David TebaldiReginald BaconMeghan Bailey
William BaileyValerie A. BalintHosea Baskin and Sarah
ButtenwieserLynne BassettJohn BellThomas BennettRebecca BerkowitzCorinne BermonSusan BernardyEllen BerryJanet BeyerLoretta BlakePamela BobayPleun BouriciusLucy R. Boyle Fund Virginia BreenRobert BriereLora BrodyRyan BruceTaylor ByeJack CadwellClaire CarlsonJustyna CarlsonNicole CasperEunice CharlesPauline ChengSuzan CiaramicoliCurtis CleavesElaine ClementsAnn CliffordBruce CohenDayl CohenMarcia CooperPat CostelloSusan CrimminsCarolyn CushingJohn S. DaceyBob DamonKaren DavisIan DelahantyCharan DevereauxJennifer DiPersioElizabeth Hall DubrulleKate EdneyJune EdwardsWendy EnglebardtMaribeth EugeneAngela FariasJudy FarrarPeter FeinmanAnn FieldsKatina FontesAnne ForbesJoseph Ford, in honor of
Jack ChengSusan ForgitPamela FoxFruitlands MuseumsJames Gardner, Jr.Judith GarnerDavid GlassbergPenina and Myron GlazerAllison and Matthew
Godoff, in honor of Lauren Cohen
Ilene GoldbergGolden Ball Tavern
MuseumKat Good-SchiffJayne GordonKarl Hakkarainen
Tona HangenAnne Harrison, in honor
of Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services of Springfield
Rita HashemLaura HastonAdi HellerKaren HerbaughGuy HermannJennifer Hickinbotham, in
honor of Lauren CohenSally HildCurdina HillAnn HimmelbergerWilliam HosleyRichard HoweJames IgoeRebecca IkeharaAsher JacksonJuliet JacobsonMary Ann JohnsonCarolyn KeatingTraci KimSheila KirschbaumLaura KitchingsLauren Kosky-StammSophie KropKristin LacroixLori LangWendy LementKenneth Marc LissLois Lovins, in honor of
Ronald HertelEdward LundKaethe MaguireCynthia MalmMeredith MarcinkewiczMartha MatlawMargaret MayhewDaniel McCormackKara McCormackRuth M. McCormickRoger and Carol McNeillGiordana MecagniKate MelchiorTeri Melo, in memory of
Sue Ann VanchoGary S. MessingerMarla MillerJonathan MirinDenise MoehringAnna MoirJeffrey MonseauJames MoranAnn MorganMarnie Shure and Kevin
MorrisLinda MorseEva MoseleyCarolyn MuellerKathleen MulvaneyStephen and Linda
NathansonSamantha NelsonRobert NessonNorth Adams Historical
Society, Inc.North Andover Historical
SocietyNorth Brookfield Historical
Society
James O’HareOld North Church &
Historic SiteRachel OnufNancy OrlandoDavid OstranderOtis Hill FarmSonia PachecoShuangming PangMarie PanikEllen and Stephen Parker,
in memory of Charlotte Paley
Monica PelayoMeghan PetersenElizabeth PolandNicholas PollardStan PragerPrinceton Historical SocietyChristine ProffittJennifer PustzJohn PutnamMichael QuinlinAshlynn RickordJoanne RileyRochester Historical
CommissionAnne RogersDiane RogersWendyl RossSteven and Leslie RotmanDavid Ruggles CenterDonna RussoJames RutenbeckG A. RyanRobert SalernoLouise SandbergBarbara SearchMichele SedorSenior Family Fund Sarah ShoemakerCatherine ShortliffeCandelaria SIlva-CollinsLynn SmithLori SolowayDeborah SparrowWen StephensonMatthew StowellAndrea TaupierBruce A. TaylorEarl TaylorEmily ThomasDebra Thomas-BrittWill TwomblyUxbridge Free Public
LibraryAnne ValkAnthony VaverDonna VinsonJohn WarnerMelissa WheatonJohn WhitingWilliam WilsonElizabeth WollmanSamantha WoodEllen ZellnerBrita Zitin and Carolyn
Gibney
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2017 Financials
MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION OCTOBER 31, 2017
ASSETS
Current AssetsCash 827,705Certificates of deposit 507,024Grants receivable 266,125Other accounts receivable -Prepaid expenses 20,332Pledges receivable - within one year 150,150
Total Current Assets $1,771,336
Capital Assets–At CostLeasehold improvements 32,032Equipment 11,430Computer software 7,910Vehicle 12,498 63,870 Less – accumulated depreciation (62,857)
Total Capital Assets $1,013
Other AssetsInvestments 2,028,058Cash – donor designated 101,311Cash – board designated 4,221
Total Other Assets $2,133,590
TOTAL ASSETS $3,905,939
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Current LiabilitiesRegrants payable 192,851Accounts payable and accrued expenses 92,263Deferred revenue 2,280
Total Current Liabilities and Total Liabilities $287,394
Net AssetsUnrestricted 871,930Unrestricted–board designated 117,754Temporarily restricted 859,558Permanently restricted 1,769,303
Total Net Assets $3,618,545
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $3,905,939
Administration 10%
Grants and Programs 72%Fundraising 18%
Expenses: $1,887,032
Revenue: $2,019,455Individuals 14%State 26%
Foundations 6%
Other organizations 4%
Corporations 3%
Federal 45%
CHANGES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS (INCLUDING NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS)
Other 2%
2017 GRANT DISTRIBUTION73 grants totaling $418,618in 36 MA towns and cities
