FY26 Funding Opportunities (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026)
Opens: September 2, 2025
Deadline: October 16, 2025
Every community in Massachusetts is served by a Local Cultural Council (LCC), led by municipally appointed volunteers who administer an annual grant program to support local cultural projects. Individuals, groups, and organizations may apply. Grant amounts vary, and applications are submitted directly to each LCC.
Opens: September 2, 2025
Deadline: October 16, 2025
NEW: Led by tribally appointed volunteers who administer an annual grant program to support local cultural projects. Individuals, groups, and organizations may apply. Grant amounts vary, and applications are submitted directly to each Tribal Cultural Council.
Opens: September 2025
Deadline: October 2025
This program aims to equitably advance creative expression throughout the Commonwealth with unrestricted grants to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative individuals. Grants are $5,000.
Opens: October 2025
Deadline: December 2025
Grants to support the acquisition, design, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, or construction of nonprofit cultural facilities. Nonprofit cultural organizations, municipalities, and colleges or universities that own or lease cultural facilities are eligible to apply. Grants range from $7,000 to $200,000. Managed in partnership with MassDevelopment.
Opens: February 2026
Deadline: April 2026
Grants to Creative Youth Development programs that integrate substantive and ongoing arts, humanities, and science opportunities into a collaborative community response.
Opens: March 2026
Deadline: April 2026
Grants to organizations (including schools) to fund festivals, projects, residencies, and other cultural activities in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Grants are $2,500 or $5,000.
