Nearly 30 Island nonprofit groups and community programs enjoyed a spotlight moment Tuesday evening, when the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard presented them with grants.
Why not use art to support a fund for the arts? Enter The Midsummer Fine Arts Fair to help raise money for a new fund devoted to the arts at the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard.
On Tuesday night members of the community gathered at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center to celebrate the inaugural Permanent Endowment grant awards ceremony.
The Grange Hall was standing room only on Wednesday evening as the Island community and members of the Permanent Endowment Fund of Martha’s Vineyard celebrated the mother daughter duo of Francine Kelly and Ann Smith.
The Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard has restructured its grants program. Instead of offering biannual grant cycles, it has shifted to one annual grant in the fall of each year.
The Yates drugstore was a fixture on Main street Vineyard Haven for decades. Now the family name will forever be tied to an annual scholarship for a Vineyard student, thanks to a generous bequest.