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Mass Cultural Council Senator Harriette L MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL SENATOR HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER Fiscal Year 2020 Grants Grant Recipient FY20 Grant Amplify Youth Voices Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. $1,500 Artist Fellowship Oliver de la Paz, Holden $15,000 James Dye, Worcester $1,500 Big Yellow School Bus Burncoat Senior High School, Worcester $250 Chandler Magnet Elementary School, Worcester $250 City View School, Worcester $250 Claremont Academy, Worcester $250 Clinton Senior High School $250 Dawson Elementary School, Holden $250 Major Edwards Elementary School, West Boylston $250 Elm Park Community School, Worcester $250 Flagg Street School, Worcester $250 Forest Grove Middle School, Worcester $250 Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School, Worcester $250 Goddard School of Science and Technology, Worcester $250 Grafton Street School, Worcester $250 Holden Christian Academy $250 Lake View School, Worcester $250 May Street Elementary School, Worcester $250 Leroy E. Mayo Elementary School, Holden $250 Page 1 MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL SENATOR HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER Fiscal Year 2020 Grants Big Yellow School Bus Francis J. McGrath Elementary School, Worcester $250 Robert E. Melican Middle School, Northborough $250 Norrback Avenue School, Worcester $250 North High School, Worcester $250 Thomas Prince School, Princeton $250 Tahanto Regional High School, Boylston $250 Thorndyke Road School, Worcester $250 Venerini Academy, Worcester $250 Woodland Academy, Worcester $250 COVID-19 Relief Fund for Individuals Sarah K. Bartolotta, Worcester $1,000 John F. Brazile, Worcester $1,000 Daniel W. Burke, Worcester $1,000 Mary C. Maloney, Worcester $1,000 Alexey Musatov, Worcester $1,000 Kathleen O'Connor, Worcester $1,000 Ann E. Rainey, Worcester $1,000 Tomo Sakai, Worcester $1,000 Cultural Facilities Fund Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston $200,000 Worcester Art Museum $200,000 Cultural Investment Portfolio American Antiquarian Society, Worcester $46,050 Page 2 MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL SENATOR HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER Fiscal Year 2020 Grants Cultural Investment Portfolio ArtsWorcester, Inc. $8,050 EcoTarium, Worcester $40,350 Joy of Music Program, Inc., Worcester $16,850 Music Worcester, Inc. $17,450 Pakachoag Music School of Gr. Worcester $11,050 Preservation Worcester, Inc. $10,350 Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston $41,550 Worcester Art Museum $62,250 Worcester Center for Crafts, Inc. $16,950 Worcester Center for Performing Arts $59,950 Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. $9,850 Worcester County Mechanics Association $28,950 Cultural Investment Projects African Community Education Program, Worcester $2,500 Audio Journal, Inc., Worcester $2,500 Family Health Center of Worcester Inc. $2,500 VOX New England, Worcester $2,500 Festivals EcoTarium, Worcester $500 Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, Inc., Worcester $500 Northborough Cultural Council $500 Regional Environmental Council, Inc., Worcester $500 Squares Squared, Inc., Worcester $500 Page 3 MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL SENATOR HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER Fiscal Year 2020 Grants Festivals Vietnamese American Thang Long Limited, Boston $500 Worcester Caribbean American Carnival $500 Worcester Center for Performing Arts $500 Worcester Jewish Community Center $500 Gateway Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Inc., Boylston $5,750 Worcester Historical Museum $5,750 Local Cultural Council Allocation Boylston Cultural Council $5,000 Clinton Cultural Council $10,000 Holden Cultural Council $8,900 Northborough Cultural Council $6,200 Princeton Cultural Council $4,900 West Boylston Cultural Council $6,000 Worcester Arts Council $157,100 Massachusetts Cultural Districts Initiative City of Worcester $5,000 Music Educator and Teaching Artist (META) Doherty Memorial High School, Worcester $4,000 Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. $3,850 Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. $4,000 Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. $150 Page 4 MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL SENATOR HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER Fiscal Year 2020 Grants SerHacer Worcester Chamber Music Society, Inc. $23,750 Worcester Public Schools $26,000 Service Projects WICN Public Radio, Inc., Worcester $10,000 STARS Residency Chandler Elementary School-Worcester $3,900 Clark Street Community School, Worcester $5,000 Dawson Elementary School, Holden $2,300 Jacob Hiatt Magnet School, Worcester $4,100 Leroy E. Mayo Elementary School, Holden $4,400 Thomas Prince School, Princeton $1,400 Worcester Arts Magnet School $4,900 Universal Participation Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston $3,000 Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston $1,000 Total $1,133,000 Page 5.
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