Opportunity Fund
We're providing project-based support to Boston-based artists and cultural workers to create and present community-centered arts experiences that expand access to creative expression across all neighborhoods.
The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture (MOAC) believes artists and cultural workers play a vital role in shaping a healthy, vibrant, and just society. To support this belief, the Opportunity Fund provides project-based grants to Boston-based artists and cultural workers to create and present creative, community-centered experiences that expand access to arts and culture across all neighborhoods.
Funds may support all or part of a confirmed project that is publicly accessible, offers a clear community benefit, and is entirely free to participants and audience members. Applicants are encouraged to share how their work promotes inclusion, representation, and shared cultural experience.
Grant Recipients
GranteesAaron Myers
Aimee Heinnickel
Akili Jamal Haynes
Alexander Davis
Amanda Ellis
An Hà
Andrew Adam Escoto
Anita Yip
Anthony Luis Barron
Arielle Colella
Bonnie Duncan
Bosede Opetubo
Brenda Echeverry
Brian Friedland
Chaunce Lee
Colomba Sofia Klenner
Cornell W. Coley
Darryl Alan Grant II
Darwin Pemberthy
DeAnna Pellecchia
DeShaun Gordon-King
Durane West
Elizabeth Addison
Essmaa Litim
Haeyoung Koh
Harriet Kuliopulos
He Yang
Heather Buechler
Ilana Zaks
Jakiel moses Harris
Jillian Rosati
Jo Troll
June Krinsky-Rudder
Juwonni Cottle
Katherine R. Wildman
Kristin Beth Powers
Lauren McGrath
Lena Noni Browne
Leo Eguchi
Leonard Tshitenge
Liana C. Percoco
Liana Paniyeva
Lik On Leona Cheung
Lilan Yang
Ling Chu
Lydia Anderson
Madison Florence
Maia Atieno Daugherty
Margaret G. Rotzel
Maria Amalia Quesada Chavarria
Maria Termini
Mariona Lloreta
Marissa Molinar
Maya Erdelyi
Mayowa Osinubi
Megan Ellis
Megan Hyde
Megha Nair
Michelle Geffken
Mireille Tushiminina
Monique Bolds
Monroe Remy
Nancia Music
Ngina Shillingford
Nicholas Hinds
Nyell Jeudy
Olawumi D. Akinwumi
Olivia Moon
Paloma Valenzuela
Patrick Goguen
Patrick Lloyd Opran
Paulina Migalska
Phillip Young
Pranav Swaroop Bettagere Nagendra Prasad
Qais Assali
Rachel Anne Linsky
Rahul Ramesh
Rania Abdalla
Rose Felisme
Safi A. Farah
Samantha Polinsky
Sarah Filman
Sarah Perez
Sebastian Molnar
Seychelle Dunn-Corbin
Shannon Richardson
Shavonne Brown
Shira Weiss
Sophia Day
Stefanie Belnavis
Stephon Keith Davis
Taylor Jeffries
Tehudis Armani Salcedo
Tianna Tomlinson
Yan Ho Matthew Lau
Ye Hua
Yushan Deng
Zahirah Nur Truth
Zaquia Mahler Salinas
Ziyang Huang
Aaron Larget-Caplan
Aaron Myers
Abdul-Kareem Ayodele Oseni
Akiba Venessa Niah Abaka
Allison Maria Rodriguez
Amy Bettencourt
Andrew Costa Fagundes
Anita Yung Ling Yip
Anjali Srinivasan
Anne Ku
Armondo Mark Silva
Beyazmin Jimenez
Carly Lazarus
Carmen Sales Rizzo
Charles Malakhai Pearson
Christina Pierce
Chrystian Dennis
Corinne Champagne
Curtis Atchison
Daniel Friedman
Deborah Kamy Hull
Elson Fortes
Emily Rose Navarro
Eric Jermaine Henderson
Essmaa Litim
Felicia Gavilanes
Gary Perry
Gregory Burns
Gregory Marquis
Guy Mendilow
Heather Buechler
Ian Alexander Berg
Iris Grimm
Jalysa Belmer
Jamal Smith
Janice Gadson Louissaint
Janna Maria Frelich
Jeremy Brothers
Jeremy Harrison
Jessica Posner
Jessica Young
Jonathan Doucette
Jordan Dwayne Nelson
Joseph Francis Allen
Juanita Pearl Johnson
Juwonni Cottle
Ken Ichimaru Yanagisawa
Lakiyra Williams
Lauren Burke
Laurian Taijai Slaughter
Leah Medin
Liana Paniyeva
Mahdi Omar
Maria Chevez-Servellon
Maria Termini
Marissa Molinar
Maritza Ranero
Melika Clark
Michelle Turner-Young
Ming Hang Tam
Monica Cohen Rosembaum
Nacaira Tse Greenaway
Nathaniel McLean-Nichols
Neil West
Ngina Shillingford
Noemi Saafyr Paz
Nuno Pereira
Oliver Rizzo
Patrick K Breton
Patrick Lloyd Opran
Phoebe Troll
Quincey Marie Spagnoletti
Rakedda Bogues
Rayven Ayanna Heath
Robert Antonius Bekkers
Roman Johnson
Rosa Miriam Blumenfeld
Samba Cissee
Sarah Deckro
Sarah Elizabeth Coffman
Sarah Menkin
Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor
Shane Alexandre Faiteau
Shanelle Chloe Villegas Nicco-Annan
Sharon Elana Caplan
Sophie Carpenter
Stefanie Belnavis
Steven Schloss
Szu-Chieh Yun
Takumi Kakimoto
Taylor Jeffries
Thi Thuy Duong Nguyen
Tremaiyne Devon Harris
Vanessa Norris
Victoria L. Awkward
Vikiana Guilouneda Petit-Homme
William Whitney
Yan Yi Huang
Yu Qin
Yuleysi Jimenez De Perez
Aaron Larget-Caplan
Aaron Myers
Akiba Venessa Niah Abaka
Alex Millien
Alison Yueming Qu
Allison Keast
Amyas Bolden-McKnight
Andrew Sharpe
Andy Compere
Anna Zeng
April Chestnut
Ashleigh Marie Ortiz
Ashley Victoria Sinclair Jones
Ava Dudani
Brian Burke
Brian Friedland
Brunir Olivier Shacketon
Cassandra Cato-Louis
Catherine McCarthy
Chanel A. Rivera-Primm
Charles Haynes
Charles Richard Clark Welch
Charmaine Santiago Galdón
Christina Iris Evans
Christopher Haasan Barclay Rogers
Ciara Paula Moser
Claudius Agrippa
Colgan Johnson
Cristina Todesco
Daniel Gomez
Danny Rivera, Jr.
Darby McLaughlin
Darren Cole
David Bellow
David Taylor
Eastie Farm, Inc.
Edith Angela Oldham Barca
Elizabeth Deborah Joseph Johnson
Elizabeth Hinkle
Elliot Leef
Erica Imoisi
Erica Schwartz
Erin D. Caldwell
Ethan Vogt
Fabienne Rose Jean
Felipe Ortiz, Matthew Pollock
Fiona Ann Phie
Fredrick J. Woodard
Gabriel Fernandez
Gary Perry
George Powell
Gina Marie Latham
Glenford Lee Prospere
Greg Loughman
Gregory Mikel Variste
Hanh Dam
Hannah Rose Nesbitt
Hasan Muhammed
Heather Scott
Ioseb Gelovani
Jacory Shakeem Martin
Jenny Oliver
Jill McDonough
Jodie McMenamin
John Guthrie
Joseph Gallop
Julimar Alarcon
Kareem Sully
Keianna Andrea Richardson
Kelsey Day Marlett
Kera Washington
Keyona Aviles
Kira Arzadon Mathiesen
Kristin Wagner
Kurt Faustin
Latifa Ziyad
Linda Carney-Goodrich
Ling Chu
Lisa Andrea Smith
Luis Urena
Mackenzie Rayford
Makeda Wallace
Malini Sastri
Marcia Kimm-Jackson
Maria Carolina Ticona
Maria Termini
Mariona Lloreta
Martin Guas
Mary Lanzarotta
Melissa Joseph
Mercedes Diaz-Urrea
Michael Flowers
Michael Ritter
Michael Russell Thierry
Michael Thomas Boezi
Michelle Geffken
Michelle Nicole Jones
Michelle Turner-Young
Miguel Landestoy, Juwonni Cottle
Musau Dibinga
Najee Eduardo Janey
Nancy Lo
Natas Mann
Nelly Kate Anderson
Ngina Shillingford
Nicholas Rocco
Nicholas Shea
Nick Manigat
Nicole Lanice
Nikolai Alexander
Noemi Saafyr Paz
Nora P. Valdez Connors
Odaine Williams
Olawumi D. Akinwumi
Olivia McClendon
Omar Munera-Sosa
Osagie N. Okoruwa
Patrick Claude Garoute
Perla Mabel Ledesma
Philip Thomas
Priscilla Azaglo
Richard Meinke
Saama Koli Yul Sane
Sabrina Aviles
Samantha Le Shave
Sandra Marcelino
Sarah Seymour
Sasja Lucas
Sebastian Molnar
Seychelle Dunn-Corbin
Shane Faiteau
Shantel Miller
Sheila del Bosque Fuentes
Sonja DuToit Tengblad
Steven Julien-Stewart
Sury Chávez
Tayquan Pomare-Taylor
Therlande Louissaint
Tiaira Council
Tina Cavicchio
Tomo Singh Jr
ToRena Webb-Thomas
Tracy Mack
Trang Tran
Veronica Robles
Victoria Lynn Awkward
Vondell Love Martinez
Weiying Huang
Zachary Graves-Miller
A. Ellice Patterson
Adam Hanna
Adriane Brayton
Akili Jamal Mshauri Haynes
Alec Hutson
Aleksandra K Miklowska
Alex Ambila
Alex Hoagland
Alexander Alvanos
Alexander Davis
Alexander Joseph Rubin
Alexander Toth
Alissa Musto
Aliza Franz
Aliza Shapiro
American Chinese Christian Educational and Social Services
Amy Manion
Anders O'Neill
Andrea Charalambous
Angela Siew
Ann Schaefer
Anson Van Frazier, Jr.
Anthony Toth
Area Code
Ashley Eisenman
Ava Fields
Benjamin Stas
Beverley Shanley
Brenda Huggins
Chefiatou Falana
Chen Xia
Chris Lan Hui Chou
Cindy Lu
Claudio Ragazzi
Cliften Bonner-Desravines
Corinna D'Schoto
Cornell Coley
Crystal Valentine
Dana Alsamsam
Daniel Davis
Daniela Martinez
David Binder
DeAnna Joyce Pellecchia
Diana Walsh
Dominic Glaude
Dominic Lipari
Dumas Lafontant
Eliza Malecki
Ellen Elizabeth Thompson
Emma Anne Cavage
Erin Lerch
Erin McNulty
Ernesto Marcos Lea Place
Fabiola M. Mendez-Quinones
Fadil Quessa Cantave
Faith Johnson
Felix Herbst
Gabriela Martina Heer
Genevieve Wallace
Giuseppe Paradiso
Grace Givertz
Gregory Marquis
Hamed Noori
Hannah Enoy
Harriet Kuliopulos
Harry Pershing
Heather Buechler
Heather Kapplow
Ilana Zaks
Isaac Eleazer Weekes
Ivan Lewis Richiez
Jah’eelin Beres Gonzalez
James Dwyer
Jameson Francois
Jared Katsiane
Jasmine Lee
Jasmine Milton
Jason Lin
Javier Castillo
Jean Dolin
Jecenia Figueroa
Jenn Sherr
Jenna Pollack
Jinyi Duan
Jodie McMenamin
Joel Mackall
John Michael Rezes
John Michael Winward
Johnathan Patterson
Jordan Holly
Joseph Samuel Koury
Joseph Taveras
Joshua Wareham
Jushea Rose
Jussi-Pekka Reijonen
Justin Zullo
Kaitlyn Burke
Katherine Wildman
Kathryn McKellar
Kay Caines
Kelvyn Koning
Kenneth Field
Kern G. Saint Dic
Kira Arzadon Mathiesen
Kiyoshi Hayashi
Krystle Colleen Brown
Lanelle Wade
Lauren McGrath
Leona Cheung
Leonard Tshitenge
Liliane Ivester
Madison Florence
Maria Finkelmeier
Marie Firmin
Mariona Lloreta
Mark Schafer
Megan Avery Gerhardt Guzzo
Meghan Anderson
Meichelle Ferguson
Melinda (Mindy) Fried
Michael Grosser
Michael J. Rivard
Michelle M. Falcón
Miki Sawada
Minjin Chung
Nancy Lo
Nancy Marks
Naomi Westwater Weekes
Natalie Rose Zemba
Nathalie Miebach
Neil Horsky
Ngoc-Tran Vu
Nhi Phan
Norman Ellison
Olivia Blaisdell
Olivia Crowe Reavey
Omar Alejandro Rodriguez
Omara Quintana
Paula Coar
Phyllis Carroll
Priscilla Azaglo
Quela Jules
Rachel Anne Linsky
Rachel Liu
Randall Scotting
Rebecca Gray
Reginald Lett
Renaissance Men
Rhamara S. Powell
Rick Berlin
Ronald Poster
Rose Love Joseph
Sadie Gustafson-Zook
Samantha Bestvina
Sarah Brenner Plotkin
Sarah Katz
Sarah Kay Rogers
Serenity S'rae Nyrene Saffold-Rice
Shamara Renee Rhodes
Shanelle Chloe Villegas Nicco-Annan
SHARDEZYA E CLARKE
Shirley A. Jones-Luke
Shirley Edith Hunt
Slandie Prinston
Sonie C. Joseph
Susan Murad
Talia Rubenstein
Tara Sellios
Tianna Isis Tomlinson
Tremaiyne Harris
Tyler Ross
Upasana Prashantkumar Patel
Vanessa Ciné
Vanessa Farideh Naghdi
Victor Tu
Yazi Ferrufino
Yun Chou
Zahirah Nur Truth Arts
Ágora Cultural Architects
Allegra Fletcher
Amanda Ellis
Ana Tinajero
Aneesh Kumar
ANIKAYA/Akhra
Anna Byington
Anson Frazier
Atlant Music
Beat The Odds
Boston Book Festival
Boston Comic Arts Foundation
Boston Project Ministries
Boston University
Brenda Huggins
Brittany Frederick
Ceren Turkmenoglu
Charan Devereaux
Christopher Ghanny
Cliften Bonner-Desravines
Co-Incidence
Cojuelos' Productions
Community Music Center of Boston
Coretta Morpeau
Corinna DSchoto
Cornell Coley
Dan Barracuda
Dayenne CB Walters
Deborah Hull
Diana Walsh
Erica Baptiste
Fadil Cantave
Fort Point Arts Community
Fort Point Theatre Channel
Friends of the Uphams Corner Library
Golob Art (Alexander Golob); Sweet Teez Bakery (Teresa Maynard)
Guy Mendilow
Harikleia Harriet Kuliopulos
Heather Kapplow
J. Michael Winward
Jamison Cloud
Janice Gadson Louissaint
Jared Katsiane
Jenna Pollack
Jennifer Bergman
Jennifer Passios
Jodie Baehre
Joel Mackall
John J. King
Jonathan Tejeda
Joseph Gotoff
Joshua Major-Paschal
Julia Connor
Juma Inniss
KAIROS Dance Theater
Kaovanny Holguin
Katrine Burkitt
Kelvin Nova Liriano
Kina Zoré
Kristen Mallia
Leah Medin
Lilah Boyd
Mariona Lloreta
Marsha Parrilla
MASARY Studios
Masary Studios
Mattaya Fitts
Mattia Mauree
Missing Link Studios
Monica Lynn Manoski
More Than Words
Natalie Zemba
Nathaniel Carrington
Navy Yard Garden Association
Neil Horsky
Neil Horsky
New England Conservatory of Music
Nicholas Tetrault
Nick Green
Noelle Micarelli
Porsha Olayiwola
Prema Bangera
Print Ain't Dead
Priscilla Azaglo
Priscilla Azaglo
Puppet Showplace
Rachel Loischild
Rebecca Gray
Roslindale Open Studios
Sadie Gustafson-Zook
Safiya Leslie
Samuel J. Fishman
Sarah Slavick
Self Love Social Club
Shalayah Washington (369 Music Group)
Stinging Nettle Brujxs Healing Collective
Tara Sellios
The Flavor Continues Corporation
The Makanda Project
Tri-Ad Veterans League
Unbound Visual Arts
University of Massachusetts Boston Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Urbanity Dance
Veronica Robles Cultural Center
Vietnamese American Thang Long Limited
Yara Liceaga-Rojas
Abelkrim Hajri
Abra Shen
Agnieszka Maksys-Potter
Alejandra Cruz
Alex Charlambides (Mass LEAP)
Alexander Davis
Alexander G. Kalamaroff (Charlestown High School)
Alicia Carey
Alisha Pegan
Allentza Michel
Allison Maria Rodriguez
Alysia Abbott
Amanda Ekery
Amanda Shea
Amir Tabatabaei
Ana Candida Carneiro
Andrew Boudreau
Andrew Steinberg
Angelica Wilshire
Anne Smart
Annette McCarty
Anson Van Frazier Jr.
Anthony W. Lanier
April Andrew
April Chestnut
April Khadijah Inniss
Ashleigh Gordon
Aura Pineda
Autumn Patricia Ahn
Beatriz Abascal
Beau Kenyon
Ben Baker
Ben Swartz (Sound Energy)
Beverly Sky
Billy Dean Thomas
Boston Book Festival
Boston Day and Evening Academy
Boston Literary Cultural District
Box Not Found
Bradley Dickinson
Bradley Frizzell
BU Arts Initiative
Cai Diluvio
Cape Verdean Community UNIDO (CVC UNIDO)
Cary Rapaport
Cassandra Cacoq
Chanel Thervil
Chiara Eisner
Chloe DuBois
Chris Lan Hui Chou
Christian Arthur
Christopher Pegram
Cliff Notez
Community Music Center of Boston
Cornell Coley
Couples Therapy Boutique
Dan Barracuda
Daniel Mahoney
Daniel Patrick Fairclough
Denise Washington
Derrick Gillenwater
Deymirie Hernandez
Diana Walsh
Duane Gorey
Dzidzor Azaglo (Priscilla Azaglo)
EChO — Eradicate Childhood Obesity Foundation, Inc.
Ed Gaskin
Eddie Maisonet
Edward Pazzanese
Elizabeth James
Elle DioGuardi
Emily Chen
Emily Marvosh
Emily Weiskopf
Erik Bornemann
Erin Curran
Eve Boltax
Fadil Cantave
Fort Point Arts Community
Gail Bos
Gianna Stewart
Gordon Gaul
Gordon H. Williams
Heather Kapplow
Hilary Marcus
Holly Druckman
Ian Berg
Ika Chang
Iris Du Pont
IT Factor
Ivan Richiez
J Michael Winward
Jacob Regan
Jada Willard
Jared Katsiane
Jasmin Davis-Shearer
Javier Martinez
Jeffrey Young
Jesse Kenas Collins
Jessica Sedan
Joel Mackall
John J. King
Jordan Holmes
Joshua Wareham
Jourdan Christopher
Juma Inniss
Kasey Appleman (Roslindale Open Studios)
Katherine Chin, Colin O'Shea, Richard Zuckerman
Katie Manning
Keith Whelan (Boston Public Schools, Lyndon K-8 Pilot School)
Krina Patel
Kristin Wagner
Lakiyra (Oompa) Williams
Lani Asuncion
Latrell Boyd
Lauren McGrath
Lawanda Monique Turner
Lena McCarthy
Leslie MacWeeney
Liana C. Percoco
Linda Chin
Linda Cruz
Lindsey O'Neill
Lisa Le
Lorraine Fitzmaurice
Madhvi Venkatesh
Maggie Cavallo (CASTLEDRONE)
Maia Dolphin-Krute
Maria Servellon
Maritza Ranero
Marjorie Saintil-Belizaire
Marlena Hewitt
Mattapan Cultural Arts Development
Matthew Parker
Maureen White
Max McGuigan
Melissa Nussbaum Freeman
Melissa Saunders
Michelle Garcia
Mirella Cruz (unbounded Pop-up)
Mitsuko Nakagawa
Mona Sartoveh
Monica Manoski
Nan H. Feldman
Nancy Marks
Neil Horsky
Ngoc-Tran Vu
Nicholas Rocco
Nick Green
Nick Shea
Nicole DeMaio
Niloufar Keyhani
Nina LaNegra
NorthStar Duo
Osagie Okoruwa
Paloma Valenzuela
Paul "Mar" Chapman
Peter Bufano
Peter Wise
Piper Ainsley
Porsha Olayiwola
Pourya Azarbayjani Dow
QUISOL
Rachel Loischild
Ramona Maaza Page
Red Sage Stories/Playback Theatre & Art for Social Change
Robert Green
Robin B. DiGiammarino, on behalf of artist Dale Rogers
Rocky Cotard
Roosevelt K-8 School/Boston Public Schools
Roxanne Haecker
Roxbury Open Studios Collaborative
Sara Pajunen
Shai-Ann Nance
Shalayah Washington
Simona Minns
Simone John
Somali American Youth Parents Association
Stacy Friedman
Stanley Dominique
Stephanie Houten
Susan Murad
The Boston Arts Festival
The Co-Incidence Festival
The Era of Opportunity Apparel
The Urban Farming Institute of Boston Inc.
Tony Wilson
Veronica Robles
Vintage Lee
Wendy Jehlen
Willie Pleasants
Wilson Hunt, Jr
Yara I. Liceaga-Rojas
Zakiyyah Sutton
Zsuzsanna Szegedi
