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Metropolitan Area Planning Council

To deepen the work of its Arts & Culture Department and to strategically integrate the arts across the agency

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Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc.

To support the analysis of the current state and future potential of Boston’s working port

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Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

To support organizational and arts program equity efforts

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Salem Public Schools

To support the continued redesign of Salem’s high schools

Creative Hub Worcester

To support the first phase of construction of the Creative Hub Worcester Community Arts Center

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Peabody Essex Museum, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

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Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

To continue support for The Great Divide: Race, Class, and Opportunity in Our Schools

Institute of Contemporary Art

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

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American Repertory Theatre Company Incorporated

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

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Celebrity Series of Boston

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

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