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Grant Recipients
Since Arisia was founded in 1988, we have donated more than $84,000 to other groups.
Also Arisia has matched Westin "Jean Fines" donations since 2012.
| Group | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medford Public Library | Jul 2021 | $2,500 | Expanding their SF collection. |
| Seattle Books to Prisoner Program | Jan 2020 | $1,000 | |
| Chicago Books to Women in Prison | Jan 2020 | $750 | |
| Clarion West | Jan 2020 | $2,000 | Pocket Workshop Publication |
| Double Visions | Jan 2020 | $1,250 | A Sci-Fi musical |
| CrossingCon / Emfozzing Enterprises | Nov 2019 | $1,200 | |
| Berwick Public Library | Aug 2019 | $600 | To improve the quality and variety of their Science Fiction titles |
| Norman E. Day School in Westford, MA | Apr 2019 | $1,500 | For the purchase of SF/F and relevant science texts for the school's library |
| Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo | Mar 2019 | $964 | Help defray costs of bringing guests to the 2018 expo |
| Boston Teen Author Festival | June 2018 | $1,000 | Help support their 2018 Festival via Kickstarter[1] |
| Locus Science Fiction Foundation | May 2017 | $2,800 | Help support their 2017 Locus Awards event |
| Strange Horizons | Jan 2017 | $1,000 | Help publish the first issue of Strange Horizons presents Sub-Q. |
| Balticon | Mar 2017 | $3,879.91 | Help pay for bringing back past Balticon GOHs who were also Arisia GOHs |
| Friends of the Brea Library | Mar 2016 | $2,500 | Help develop the Brea Library's science fiction collection and bring an SF author to speak at a free event. |
| Albacon | Feb 2016 | $895 | Assist with publishing their Souvenir Book.[1] |
| Locus Science Fiction Foundation | Dec 2015 | $2,500 | Help support their 2016 Locus Awards event |
| NESFA | Sept 2015 | $1,000 | Not a grant - a matching donation to their "New Voices Fund". | SF Outreach Project | Mar 2014 | $1,800 | Support of a project to distribute free SF books. |
| JOFcon | May 2014 | $500 | Help support their first convention |
| Locus Science Fiction Foundation | Jan 2014 | $2,000 | Help support their 2014 Locus Awards event |
| DarkoverCon | Sept 2013 | $5,000 | Emergency donation[1] to DarkoverCon / TSFS |
| Carl Brandon Society | March 2013 | $2,000 | Funds to support publication of an Octavia Butler e-book |
| Brookline Public Library | March 2013 | $3,000 | Funding to expand SF&F in their Young Adult media collections. |
| Operation Hammond | March 2012 | $2,500 | Startup funds for their project to bring first aid and emergency services to conventions. |
| Readercon | March 2012 | $2,050 | Support for their 2012 convention. |
| Clarion West Writers Workshop | December 2011 | $1,900 | Support for their 2012 Summer Reading Series. |
| JV Fletcher Library | December 2011 | $3,000 | Books for the Westford Public Library's Young Adult collection |
| Speculative Literature Foundation | February 2011 | $2,500 | Seed money to support their first convention (FOGCon) |
| Carl Brandon Society | December 2010 | $4,000 | Funds to provide cash awards for their Parallax and Kindred awards (2008 and 2009) |
| Randolph Community Middle School Library | March 2010 | $1,100 | Funds to purchase new SF&F books for library. |
| Interstitial Arts Foundation | January 2010 | $3,000 | Funding to assist with publishing Interfictions 2 and supporting their website. |
| Brookline Public Library | October 2009 | $3,000 | Funding to expand their SF&F print and media collections. |
| Jumpcon Orphans | July 2008 | $1,000 | Along with United Fan Con, Arisia helped sponsor a day of activities for fans who came to Boston for Jumpcon, which was canceled at the last minute. [1] [2] |
| PiCon | August 2007 | $3,000 | Additional funding for a new science fiction convention in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
| Friends of the Library | August 2006 | $2,500 | To help the Kenai Community Library in Alaska purchase science fiction books, magazines, and DVDs and to host a seminar on science fiction with a local author, Dana Stabenow (photo). |
| JerseyDevilCon | January 2003 | $2,000 | To help cover their debts. |
| Boston Tea Party | January 2003 | $825 | To assist them to bring a guest speaker to their Smallville Fan Convention. |
| The Lite Circle, Inc | January 2002 | $2,000 | Assist with publishing "Through A Glass Darkly". |
| The Gaylactic Network | November 2001 | $1,269 | To help them with running Gaylaxicon |
| Vassar Non-Human Student Organization (NSO) | February 2001 | $1,000 | To help them with running No Such Convention (NonCon) |
| Harvard Radcliffe Science Fiction Association | January 2001 | $800 | To help them with running Vericon. |
| MassFen | 2000 | $750 plus $750 matching funds | Starting a fannish newsletter. |
| EuroCon | October 1999 | $1,000 | To promote interaction between the North American and European SF communities. |
| 5Con | February 1999 | $1,250, plus $750 matching funds | To assist with running 5Con |
| Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) | November 1997 | $300 | For publications. |
| Science-fiction Conventioneers of UMass | November 1995 | $750 | To assist with running NotJustAnotherCon |
| MIT Science Fiction Society[3] | 1994 | ??? | First grant funded by Arisia. |
This list is probably not complete. Everything prior to 2006 was found by searching old, incomplete records.
Footnotes
- This was not an actual grant, because there was not sufficient time to go through the grant process.
- The money went to help run an impromptu convention for those people scammed by the Jumpcon organizers.
- Information came from recollections of Arisia President Joseph Ross, 1992-1994.
Since 2012, Arisia has matched "Jeans Fine" donations to a charity made by employees of the Westin Boston Waterfront hotel made during Arisias. In that time, we've raised slightly over $1,400.
| Convention | Organization | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| A'20 | THE Refugee AND Immigrant Center FOR Education AND Legal Services | $110 |
| A'18 |
Comic Book
Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) |
$230 |
| A'17 |
Massachusetts chapter of the ACLU | $204 |
| A'16 |
Planned Parenthood | $200 |
| A'15 |
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) | $160 |
| A'14 |
Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) | $190 |
| A'13 | Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) | $116 |
| A'12 |
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) | $216 |
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