Multi-Year Project Support

Significant multi-year project support enables grant recipients to expand their work and/or reach new levels of operation.

Historical Multi-Year Project Support Grants include:

• Boston Ballet
  Resident Choreographer: Support for contemporary choreographer Jorma Elo to create and direct innovative dance productions.
  visit the Boston Ballet website
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
  The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro 1st Violin Chair
  visit the Boston Symphony Orchestra website
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  The Fund for Surgical Education and Research: Support for the development of residents and young scientists pursuing a career in academic medicine.
  visit the Brigham and Women's Hospital website
• Hebrew SeniorLife
  Mitzvah Program: Core support for this program that celebrates the Jewish holidays by providing holiday kits and meals to homebound seniors who have no nearby family and would otherwise be unable to participate.
  visit the Hebrew Senior Life website
• Joslin Diabetes Center
  Innovative Clinical Care Program: Support for the "Why Wait?" program which addresses the issue of weight and diabetes control through an individualized, multi-faceted approach.
  visit the Joslin Diabetes Center website
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  The Shapiro Fund for Film, Education, Public Programs and Special Projects: Support for the Museum of Fine Art’s Celebrity Lecture Series, its Film Program, an annual contemporary art course and the sponsorship of selected special exhibitions and projects.
  visit the Shapiro Celebrity Lecture Series website
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  Technology Initiative: An educational project that utilizes the Internet 2 platform to teach national and global audiences about the history of the Holocaust, contemporary genocide and the role citizens can play in attempting to stop them.
  visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website
• Wellesley College
  Ruth Gordon Shapiro '37 Director of the Davis Museum: The directorship of this small outstanding art museum is fully funded in perpetuity.
  visit the Davis Museum website