Recent Grants

Recipients Listed Alphabetically

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

Fiscal Year 2021

The Jane & Jack Fitzpatrick Trust temporarily shifted its grant-making focus during the pandemic by accepting applications for general operational needs. The following Berkshire county organizations received unrestricted grants to help sustain them through this challenging time:

Berkshire Agricultural Ventures
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead
Berkshire Immigrant Center, Inc.
Berkshire Pulse
Berkshire South Regional Community Center
Berkshire Theatre Group
Berkshire United Way
Bidwell House Museum
Community Access to the Arts
Community Learning in the Berkshires (CLub)
Chesterwood
Child Care of the Berkshires, Inc.
Clinton Church Restoration, Inc.
Close Encounters with Music
Construct, Inc.
Dalton Community Recreation Association
Dewey Memorial Hall, Inc.
Gladys Allen Brigham Center, Inc.
Great Barrington Historical Society
Greenagers, Inc.
IS 183 Art School
Lee Food Pantry
Madden Open Hearts Camp
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Mass Audubon – Berkshire Wildlife Sanctuaries
The Mount – Edith Wharton’s Home
New Stage Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Pediatric Development Center, Inc.
Non Profit Center of the Berkshires
Norman Rockwell Museum
Roots Rising, Inc.
Saint Paul’s Children’s Center
Saint James Place
Samuel Harrison Society
Shakespeare & Company
Stanton Home
Stockbridge Library Association
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
Volunteers in Medicine – Berkshires
West Stockbridge Historical Society
YMCA Camp Hi-Rock

CAPITAL GRANTS:

Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire   Great Barrington, MA
For a public recreational space near the Bentley Street apartments

The Guthrie Center Great Barrington, MA
For renovations to the old Trinity Church

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival   Becket, MA
For renovations to the Ted Shawn Theater

Stanton Home  Great Barrington, MA
For project startup costs

Riverbrook Residence   Stockbridge, MA
For installation of small lift elevator

Schumacher Center for a New Economics, Inc.   Great Barrington, MA
For renovations to archival library

The Mount; Edith Wharton’s Home   Lenox, MA
For renovations at the Gatehouse

VIM Berkshires, Inc.  Great Barrington, MA
COVID Emergency relief grant

Fiscal Year 2020

Berkshire United Way /Berkshire Community Taconic Foundation
COVID Emergency Relief Fund for Berkshire County, MA

Clinton Church Restoration, Inc.  Great Barrington, MA
For restoration planning

Community Access to the Arts (CATA)  Great Barrington, MA
For renovations at new fully accessible facility

Construct, Inc.  Great Barrington, MA
COVID Emergency relief grant for rental assistance

Hancock Shaker Village  Pittsfield, MA
For renovations at the Brick Dwelling

Lever, Inc  North Adams, MA
For renovations at incubator space

Mass Audubon’s Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary   Lenox, MA
For addition and upgrades to historic barn

Norman Rockwell Museum  Stockbridge, MA
For restoration planning

Pediatric Development Center  Pittsfield, MA
For building addition

Riverbrook Residence   Stockbridge, MA
For installation of small lift elevator

Schumacher Center for a New Economics, Inc.   Great Barrington, MA
For renovations to archival library

The Mount; Edith Wharton’s Home   Lenox, MA
For renovations at the Gatehouse

VIM Berkshires, Inc.  Great Barrington, MA
COVID Emergency relief grant

Fiscal Year 2019

Adams Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee Adams, MA
To erect a monument to honor Susan B. Anthony, women’s rights activist and Adams native

Alchemy Initiative Pittsfield, MA
To purchase a van to bring work crews to area farms and food pantries

Berkshire South Regional Community Center Great Barrington, MA
For office expansion project

Chesterwood Stockbridge, MA
To renovate the Morris Center into an artist-in-residence work space

Childcare of the Berkshires North Adams, MA
For major renovations at the child care center, housed in a former 1920’s school

Dalton Community Recreation Association, Inc. Dalton, MA
For upgrades to the swimming pool; CRA’s most used resource

Greenagers, Inc. South Egremont, MA
For capital improvements to the new April Hill center

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA
For seating and lighting improvements at Venable Theater

Shakespeare & Company Lenox, MA
For visitor experience upgrades on the campus

Westside Riverway Park/Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Pittsfield, MA
For an open-air performance pavilion at Riverside Park on Dewey Avenue

Fiscal Year 2018

Berkshire Community College Foundation Pittsfield, MA
To make improvements to BCC athletic fields for community sports teams

First Congregational Church Stockbridge, MA
Historical restoration of original windows and shutters

The Guthrie Center Housatonic, MA
Energy efficiency improvements to expand operations in the winter

The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Great Barrington, MA
Lighting, audio and lobby improvement grant

Norman Rockwell Museum Stockbridge, MA
Seed grant relating to finding a permanent home for the museum’s collections and research programs

Riverbrook Residence Stockbridge, MA
Grant for an on-site construction project

Ronald McDonald House Springfield, MA
Phase 2 restoration grant to update 21 bedrooms and bathrooms used by visiting families, including many from Berkshire County

Tanglewood Lenox, MA
Grant to the Tanglewood Horticultural Initiative

UBU Theater Tyringham, MA
Seed money for first production in August 2017

West Stockbridge Historical Society West Stockbridge, MA
For restoration work to the 1854 Town Hall—now a centerpiece in the town

Fiscal Year 2017

Berkshire Botanical Garden Stockbridge, MA
For restoration of the original building; the Center House

Berkshire Pulse Housatonic, MA
Challenge match to raise funds for elevator to the 2nd floor dance studio

The Bidwell House Museum Monterey, MA
Challenge match for accessibility improvements and visitor enhancements

Construct, Inc. Great Barrington, MA
For the Forest Springs affordable housing project

Friends of the Sheffield Senior Center Sheffield, MA
To complete renovations to the senior center

Lever, Inc. North Adams, MA
To complete renovations to entrepreneurial office space

The Mastheads Pittsfield, MA
Challenge match for construction of five studios to support a writers’ residency in the city

The Mount Lenox, MA
Challenge match for exterior restoration of the Stables

Ventfort Hall Lenox, MA
For elevator to second floor

FISCAL YEAR 2016

Berkshire Country Day School Lenox, MA
For creation of a Library and Learning Commons

Berkshire County 4-H Fair, Inc. Pittsfield, MA
For improvements to 4-H fairgrounds

Berkshire Museum Pittsfield, MA
For improvements to the “Little Cinema” theater

Berkshire Theatre Group Pittsfield, MA
For renovation of artists and staff housing

Hancock Shaker Village Hancock, MA
For improvements to courtyard entrance

Norman Rockwell Museum Stockbridge, MA
For replacement and rebuilding of new stone entranceway

Saint James Place Great Barrington, MA
To restore the historic church and repurpose the building for use as a cultural and educational organization

Volunteers in Medicine Great Barrington, MA
For expansion of free health clinic

Fiscal Year 2015

Chesterwood Stockbridge, MA
For the exterior restoration of the residence of sculptor, Daniel Chester French

Great Barrington Historical Society Great Barrington, MA
For restoration of the Wheeler Farmstead

Olga Dunn Dance Company Great Barrington, MA
For renovations to new dance studio

Opera Nouveau Great Barrington, MA
Seed money for new organization to create innovative growth to the arts sector in the Berkshires

Stockbridge Bowl Association Stockbridge, MA
Support for Save Stockbridge Bowl Campaign; a campaign to dredge and save Lake Mahkeenac, an important town resource

The Stockbridge Library Association Stockbridge, MA
For renovations to the Library and Museum & Archives