President Sally McLouth and Curator Jim Haley stand inside the Montague Museum.

The Alcoa Foundation has made Alcoa Action Grants in the amount of $3,000 each year for a total of $18,000, including the October 2012 contribution. The Museum then allocates the Alcoa Action Grants’ funds to particular projects.

But what makes the Alcoa Foundation project so unique is that in addition to monetary contribution, an Alcoa volunteer work force has done a number of needed maintenance projects to the Museum building itself.