Hopkinton Center For the Arts Awarded $25K in Grant

HOPKINTON, MA — The Hopkinton Center for the Arts was one of nine organizations to receive a grant from the MetroWest Foundation.

The society was awarded $25,000.

The 2020 Arts and Culture Grant Program was the largest sum ever awarded by the Foundation to arts and cultural institutions in a single year. The grants of up to $25,000 each are intended for general operating support, program support, and capacity building efforts, enabling each nonprofit to pursue opportunities that will help improve the quality of life across MetroWest.

The nine organizations receiving grants will use the funding to add staff members, grow programming capabilities, recoup operating costs impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, fund new art installations and expand existing exhibits. Several organizations also plan to use the financial support to begin or expand diversity-centric initiatives, including exhibitions aimed at celebrating diversity, incorporating the stories of enslaved individuals, and a speaker series that will tackle race and identity issues.

Following this latest round of grant making, the Foundation has now distributed a total of $4.75 million to MetroWest organizations in 2020. All funds awarded through its grant making programs help to create strong, vibrant communities, now and in the future.

"Every year, we see new ideas, projects and programs proposed by arts and culture nonprofits that we know will improve and inspire our communities," said Susan Kavoogian, Foundation Trustee and Chair of the Distribution Committee.

The Foundation's Distribution Committee reviewed and carefully considered 45 applications totaling more than $780,000 in need from arts and culture organizations serving MetroWest over the past several months.