2026 Grant Recipients
Marblehead Festival of Arts – Performing Arts ($1500)
Terry Steimer
Community Murals for Low Income Senior Residents of Marblehead Public Housing ($750)
AgeSpan, Inc./Jennifer Cunningham
Voices of Heritage: AAPI Art & Education Workshops ($500)
Windy Pham
Resistance and Resilience: Slavery and Freedom in Marblehead ($1800)
Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Inc./Lauren McCormack
Marblehead Free Days ($1000)
North Shore Children’s Museum /Jen Kowal
Nature in your Neighborhood – All about Birds ($375)
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary/Scott Santino
Three Heroic Revolutionary Captains from Marblehead ($1597)
Donna Cotterell
School to Sea: Connecting Marblehead Families to Salem Sound ($2100)
Salem Sound 2000, Inc./Suzi Jordan
Romeo & Juliet at Marblehead High ($750)
Lanes Coven Theater Company, Inc./Lily Narbonne
2026 MASSACHUSETTS CC BUDGET ALLOTMENT: $10,772
(includes $400 — 5% administrative)
2025 Grant Recipients
Live Music Making History Live ($300)
Jon Waterman
The 80s Comedy Boom: A Boston Comedy History ($250)
Nick Zaino
STEAM Workshops ($1200)
Salem Sound 2000, Inc.
MLK Day of Service ($500)
SPUR, Inc.
I Remember Frank: A Celebration of Frank Sinatra ($500)
Matthew Arnold
Nature In Your Neighborhood – All About Birds ($325)
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
The Slave Economy in Essex County and New England ($500)
Joseph Dipoli
‘Headers in the Revolution ($1,500)
Marblehead 250
Colonial Craft Fair ($1,529)
Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Inc.
Poetry/Spoken Word Workshop and Performance ($500)
Jordan Hamel
Social Fabric ($500)
Julia Cseko
Mangia, Meatballs and Murder ($300)
The Delvena Theatre Company
JCCNS Seacoast Singers ($300)
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Inc.
2025 MASSACHUSETTS CC BUDGET ALLOTMENT: $8,000
(includes $400 — 5% administrative)
(TOTAL BUDGET ALLOTMENT $8,604)
2024 Grant Recipients
100 Years of Boston Comedy ($250)
Nick Zaino
Aerodynamic STEM Workshop ($450)
Ed the Wizard
Global Music Discovery Series ($1559)
Me & Thee Music
Nature in Your Neighborhood ($300)
Ipswich Wildlife
Marblehead Oil Paintings ($2000)
Olesea Fiodorova
Marblehead Freedom Trail ($1186)
Teresa Collins
“Anneliest” Choral-Instrumental ($300)
Cantemus, Inc.
6th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day ($2000)
Leah Bokenkamp
The Forgotten Poor ($1250)
Meghan Boehmer
Rhapsody at 100 ($2000)
Matthew Arnold
On the Trail of Family Roots ($900)
Abbot Public Library
2024 MASSACHUSETTS CC BUDGET ALLOTMENT: $7,800
(includes $390 — 5% administrative)
(TOTAL BUDGET ALLOTMENT $12,585)
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2023 Grant Recipients
2023 Indigenous People’s Day ($1,000)
Leah Bokenkamp
Acoustic Africa @ MHS ($1,500)
Sharon Thibault
Green Home Tour ($1,000)
Sustainable Marblehead
Juneteenth Celebration (*$1,000)
Marblehead Task Force against Discrimination
(*$715.89 Actual Spend, $284.11 Will Accrue)
Music for Seniors ($500)
MUSE, Inc.
Sanctuary Bird Walk ($295)
Massachusetts Audubon Society
World Music Concerts ($1,000)
Me and Thee Music
OTHER PROJECTS:
“Special Project: Pride Pavement” ($1,500)
Marblehead Cultural Council
2023 MASSACHUSETTS CC BUDGET ALLOTMENT: $7,800
2023 BUDGET ALLOCATED $7,795
2023 TOTAL BUDGET REIMBURSED: $7,510.89
ACCRUAL TOWARDS 2024: $289.11
Marblehead Cultural Council 