NORTHAMPTON — Easthampton’s CitySpace, the Downtown Amherst Foundation and the Emily Dickinson Museum are among the major recipients in the latest round of Massachusetts’ cultural facilities grants announced Tuesday.

MassDevelopment and Mass Cultural Council, which jointly administer the Cultural Facilities Fund, announced awards totaling $7.66 million for 94 recipients.

CitySpace was awarded a capital grant of $200,000 for an ADA-compliant entryway, exterior elevator, and stained-glass window repair and replacement at the Old Town Hall, which it manages as an arts venue, according to the council.

The Emily Dickinson Museum will receive $200,000 for “building envelope repairs” and a new heating, cooling and ventilation system at The Evergreens. And the Downtown Amherst Foundation will get $180,000 for renovations to the Drake performance space.

Also landing big capital grants are the Northampton Community Music Center, with $142,000 for building repairs and a new entrance, and the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, which will get $100,000 to replace boilers and other elements of its heating system.

Sevenars Concerts in Worthington has been awarded a $20,000 capital grant for foundation work and new windows, and Snow Farm in Williamsburg received $20,000 for renovations to its studios.

Numerous smaller organizations received facilities grants, including Clapp Memorial Library in Belchertown ($14,000), Enchanted Circle Theater in Holyoke ($10,000), Friends of North Leverett Sawmill ($35,000), and Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley ($15,000). Additionally, the sawmill friends group and the Leverett Historical Society were awarded $8,000 systems grants.

“These institutions are core to our economy — driving tourism, creating jobs, and educating and inspiring countless visitors,” MassDevelopment President and CEO Dan Rivera said in a statement

Funded annually through the Governor’s Capital Spending Plan, this round of cultural facilities grants is supported by a $10 million capital bond appropriation approved in 2022. The Healey-Driscoll administration has also proposed a $10 million appropriation in its second supplemental budget to support an additional round of the program.

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