Recent Grants

Recipients Listed Alphabetically

Fiscal Year 2025

Barrington Stage Company
Fixed capital equipment at the St. Germain Stage 

Berkshire Agricultural Ventures
Grant to Resilience Fund for infrastructure and capital improvements for local farmers

Berkshire Theatre Group
Building renovation grant to re-open historic Stockbridge Playhouse 

Berkshire Center for Justice
Technology grant

Construct, Inc.
Grant for Cassilis Farm Affordable Housing project in New Marlborough MA

Elizabeth Freeman Center, Inc.
Building renovation grant for new headquarters at 66 Allen Street, Pittsfield

Literacy Network of the Berkshires
Seed money grant to launch workplace initiative program  

Multicultural BRIDGE (Berkshire Resources for Integration of Diverse Groups and Education)
Capital grant for new headquarters in Great Barrington

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires
Silver sponsor of Berkshire Nonprofit Awards

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires for the Gold Star Family Memorial Project
New monument in Lenox to honor Berkshire County Gold Star families

Norman Rockwell Museum
Campus planning grant

Otis Preservation Trust, Inc.
Phase II grant to repurpose former town church into the Otis Cultural Center

Roots Rising
Grant for new Farm and Educational Center in Pittsfield

Saint James Place
Fixed equipment grant

Volunteers in Medicine
Building renovation grant at Great Barrington facility

W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy
Restoration grant to transform former church into an African American cultural heritage center in Great Barrington

Fiscal Year 2024

CAPITAL GRANTS:

Berkshire Community Land Trust    Great Barrington, MA
Land preservation grant

Berkshire County Historical Society   Pittsfield, MA
Historic preservation grant for Arrowhead

Berkshire Innovation Center     Pittsfield, MA
Capital project grant for rooftop solar array

Berkshire Waldorf School    Stockbridge, MA
Building renovation grant for Old Town Hall, site of new school

Community Legal Aid of Central and Western Mass   Pittsfield, MA
Grant for office renovations

Madden Open Hearts Camp    Great Barrington, MA
Building renovation grant

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center    Great Barrington, MA
Building renovation grant

MASS MoCA    North Adams, MA
Building renovation grant

Mount Washington Historical Society   Mount Washington, MA
Historical preservation grant

New Marlborough Meeting House    New Marlborough, MA
Building safety improvement grant

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires    Great Barrington, MA
Silver sponsor of Berkshire Nonprofit Awards

Saint Paul’s Church    Stockbridge, MA
Building renovation grant

Shakespeare & Company    Lenox, MA
Building renovation grant

Life Needs Coop d/b/a Stanton Home    Great Barrington, MA
Building grant for outdoor pavilion

Triplex, Inc.   Great Barrington, MA
Building renovation grant to reopen the cinema

Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Museum  Lenox, MA
Exterior building renovation grant

West Stockbridge Historical Society    West Stockbridge, MA
Building improvement grant

Fiscal Year 2023

CAPITAL GRANTS:

Becket Athenaeum     Becket, MA
Building improvement grant for children’s loft

Berkshire Environmental Action Team    Pittsfield, MA
Building renovation grant for headquarters

Berkshire Family YMCA    Pittsfield, MA
Capital campaign grant for major renovations at the Pittsfield Y

Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative      Pittsfield, MA
Phase 2 grant to create an international filmmaking and education center in the Berkshires

Berkshire Grown        Great Barrington, MA
Capital equipment grant for Farm to Food Access program

Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Inc.    Lenox, MA
Capital grant for information technology improvements

Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum.     Lenox, MA
Grant for exterior upgrades at Stockbridge Train Station

Berkshire South Community Center   Great Barrington, MA
Grant for renovations to the Aquatics Center

Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire   Great Barrington, MA
Capital equipment grant at Windrush Commons

Construct, Inc.     Great Barrington, MA
Grant for workforce and affordable housing project, Windflower Inn

First Congregational Church    Stockbridge, MA
Capital campaign grant for church building preservation and renovation

Great Barrington Historical Society    Great Barrington, MA
Grant to renovate the Wheeler Farmhouse – site of town museum

James Weldon Johnson Foundation     Great Barrington, MA
Grant to preserve the writing cabin of James Weldon Johnson

Mass Audubon / Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary     Lenox, MA
Grant to expand the All Persons Trail

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires    Great Barrington , MA
Silver sponsor of Berkshire Nonprofit Awards

Roots Teen Center     North Adams, MA
Building renovation grant

South Community Food Pantry       Pittsfield, MA
Building improvement grant

The Mastheads           Pittsfield, MA
Accessibility grant

W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project      Great Barrington, MA
Grant for commission and installation of W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture

Fiscal Year 2022

CAPITAL GRANTS:

Barrington Stage Company    Pittsfield, MA
Grant for handicapped stage lift

Berkshire County Historical Society   Pittsfield, MA
Restoration planning grant

Berkshire Family YMCA    Pittsfield, MA
Capital campaign grant to renovate Pittsfield Y

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation   Sheffield, MA
Elizabeth Freeman statue in Sheffield

Center for EcoTechnology     Dalton, MA
Capital grant for Information Services improvements

Child Care of the Berkshires, Inc.     North Adams, MA
Building improvement grant

Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires     Pittsfield, MA
Building renovation grant

IS 183 Art School    Stockbridge, MA
Building improvement grant

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival    Becket, MA
Ted Shawn Theatre renovation grant

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health    Stockbridge, MA
Building improvement grant

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center    Great Barrington, MA
Capital gift to State-of-the-Art Live Sound system improvements

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires    Great Barrington, MA
Berkshire Nonprofit Awards

Norman Rockwell Museum    Stockbridge, MA
Digital technology improvement grant

Otis Preservation Trust, Inc.    Otis, MA
Grant to repurpose St. Paul’s church into the Otis Community and Cultural Center

Pediatric Development Center     Great Barrington, MA
Building improvements to south county facility

Shakespeare & Company   Lenox, MA
Phase II improvements to The New Spruce Theatre