Grants and Awards
2019
Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB),
Archives Division of the Commonwealth
$15,000 for further work on Dorchester Veterans Project
2017
Community Preservation Act, City of Boston
$51,200 for completion of the barn and carriage house and repair and painting of the perimeter fence and gates at 195 Boston Street
George B. Henderson Foundation
$43,000 for exterior of the Lemuel Clap House
2016
George B. Henderson Foundation
$40,000 for front porch and shutters of William Clapp House
2011
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
$3,000 for landscape work plantings at the Dorchester Historical Society headquarters
City of Boston Partners with Non-Profits
$25,000 for structural work in Clapp Family Barn
Eastern Bank
$750 for MyDotTour Fields Corner Year Two
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
$5000 for MyDotTour Fields Corner Year Two
2010
Boston Foundation for Architecture
$5000 for MyDotTour Fields Corner Year Two
2008
Trinity Financial Charitable Fund (project spanned 2008-2009)
$500 toward landscape improvements
EarthWorks Urban Orchards Program (project spanned 2008-2009)
Installation of fruiting shrub border and additions to the pear orchard through contributions of soil improvement, plant materials and volunteer labor
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, (project spanned 2008-2009)
Boston Grants Initiative
$3000 for improvements to landscape
2007
Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund
$9,375 toward planning the uses of the buildings and grounds at the Clapp Campus
Edward Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund
$75,000 toward the restoration of Dorchester Town Common
Emma Reed Fund
$75,000 for replacing the slate roof and the gutters and downspouts at the William Clapp House at 195 Boston Street
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund
$5,000 for a conceptual landscaping plan of the Society's headquarters property: the Clapp campus with its four buildings on Boston Street
DBG Grassroots, (project spanned 2007-2009)
City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development
$150,000 Edward Everett Square Project - the Society acted as fiscal sponsor
2005
Massachusetts Historical Commission,
Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund
$50,000 matching grant for exterior renovations at the James Blake House matched with $130,000 in private donations for total project cost of $180,000
2000
George B. Henderson Foundation
$34,000 for fence and walkways at the James Blake House, 735 Columbia Road