Area briefs: Mass Humanities moves to Holyoke; Book donations for League of Women Voters; DOT to close Damon Road temporarily in July

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Mass Humanities, the state’s leading funder of public humanities programs, is relocating its headquarters from Northampton to Holyoke in August. The foundation will move into the newly renovated Armory Building at 130 Race St. 

Mass Humanities is one of 54 state affiliates of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Founded in 1974 on the campus of UMass Amherst, the foundation has remained in the Valley while supporting organizations across the commonwealth. In 2023, Mass Humanities awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to Massachusetts nonprofits. 

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