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Opportunities & Resources for Orgs – Nov 26

Mass Cultural Council Staff

children playing a theater game in a rehearsal space with many lines of multicolored tape marking the floor for a production.
Community program at The Huntington. Photo: Annielly Camargo.

Each month Mass Cultural Council shares a round-up of grants, trainings, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for cultural organizations (a companion to our Useful Links and Technical Assistance pages). This list is not meant to be exhaustive but a glimpse of what is on offer in the coming weeks. (We also publish a weekly Artist Opportunities listing.)

Funding

Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment’s Cultural Facilities Fund provides grants to support the acquisition, design, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, or construction of nonprofit cultural facilities. Deadline: Dec. 10, 2026.

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation provides grants to community-based nonprofit organizations where relatively modest funding can make a meaningful difference. Supported areas include museums and cultural organizations, performing arts, education and skills training, environmental and wildlife protection, schools, hospitals and other community programs. Funding is generally $1,000–$20,000. Deadline: Nov. 10, 2026.

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust provides capacity-building awards for mission-focused projects and infrastructure investment, including Artistic & Cultural Expression, Community & Economic Development, Food Security, Wildlife Protection, Land Trusts, and more. Letter of Intent Deadline: Nov. 11, 2026.

Klarman Family Foundation’s Community Capital Fund provides funding support for the development, improvement, or ownership of facilities and open space. Register for a virtual information session on Nov. 4 or Nov. 10. Deadline: Nov. 13, 2026.

The Levitt Family Foundation’s 2027 Festival Grants offer up to $5,000 to nonprofits presenting free outdoor festivals featuring live music and performances by paid professional musicians. Deadline: Nov. 20, 2026 at 3pm.

The Committee on Arts and Humanities in America (CAHA) – formed after the federal government dissolved the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities – is taking proposals for youth-led and intergenerational projects that use arts, culture, and the humanities to promote civic discourse, examine shared beliefs, and catalyze collective action. CAHA expects to make 3-4 grants of up to $20,000 each. Deadline: Nov. 20, 2026.

Truist Foundation accepts grant applications from nonprofits for programs aligned with its funding priorities of economic mobility career pathways and small business. Applications are accepted during annual funding cycles. Funding averages $15,000-$250,000. Deadline: Nov. 30, 2026.

Walmart & Sam’s Club’s Spark Good Local Grants support organizations serving communities within the facility’s service area. These grants ($250–$5,000) can be used for community events, local programs, supplies, and other relatively small-scale community needs. Deadline: Nov. 30, 2026.

New England Foundation for the Art’s New England States Touring grant supports NE-based nonprofits presenting public performances, readings, and screenings by NE artists. Deadline: Dec. 2, 2026.

Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is accepting project concepts for their 2026 Technical Assistance Program (TAP), a funding program that enables and assists cities and towns in implementing projects that are beneficial to the community. Deadline: Dec. 7, 2026.

AmeriCorps’ State and National Competitive Grants support organizations that use national service members to address community needs. FY27 priorities include organizations serving rural and Tribal communities. Potential activities can address education, environmental stewardship, disaster response, economic opportunity, community development and other service priorities. Funding up to $200,000 for localized or single-state operations. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2027.

The MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau’s FY27 Mini-Grant Program offers $1,000-$10,000 for targeted campaigns promoting MetroWest events, attractions, businesses, and cultural or recreational offerings. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2027.

Les Paul Foundation grants are available for nonprofit or school music education programs, including recording, across the U.S. First-time grants are typically $1,500 to $2,000. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2027.

Things to Attend

Join Mass Cultural Council and the ArtStaysHere Coalition for a Creative Space Development Network Accelerator (DNA) online discussion on Adaptive Reuses of Houses of Worship. Nov. 20, 2026 at 12pm.

Join MASSCreative’s Community Conversations: a statewide series of regional and local gatherings designed to listen, learn, and organize for the upcoming legislative session.

At each convening, attendees will have focused discussions covering four key policy pillars:

  1. Affordable Creative Space & Housing: Preserving work/live spaces, studios, and venues amidst rising real estate costs and pressures.
  2. Creative Workforce Development: Ensuring fair compensation, benefits, and sustainable career pathways for cultural workers.
  3. Arts & Education / Creative Youth Development: Expanding equitable access to arts education across public schools and youth-serving organizations.
  4. Arts & Health: Integrating creative practices into community health, wellness, and municipal public health strategies.

Register Now:

Massachusetts State Treasury’s Small Business Initiative team and M&T Bank are hosting Access to Credit and Banking Services, a free webinar as part of their Small Business Empowerment Series. Nov. 5, 2026 at 3pm.

SMU DataArts’ panel discussion, Building Flourishing City Arts Ecosystems, will be livestreamed on YouTube on Nov. 11, 2026 at 7pm (ET). Panelists includes arts funders, arts leaders, and data experts to explore how sustained public and private investment, cross-sector partnerships, and the diversification of cultural organizations create cultural life that is resilient, broadly accessible, and able to sustain itself beyond any single funder or institution.

Register by Nov. 11 for Access New England’s 2026 Fall ADA Conference on Nov. 16-18, 2026. This three-day virtual training offers a series of 90-minute sessions covering different aspects and titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Participants can build practical ADA knowledge, earn credits toward the ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program (ACTCP) or CEUs, and complete a specialized certificate in website accessibility covering WCAG 2.1 Level AA, accessible web and document design, identifying barriers, and maintaining accessibility over time. ASL interpreters and real-time captioning (CART) will be provided for all sessions.

The Arts Action Consortium, an initiative formed by six Boston-based cultural organizations, offers free professional development workshops to strengthen and sustain Boston’s creative workforce.

Other

The 2026 National Arts Service Organizations Survey is a first-of-its-kind effort to collect information on arts service organizations. Arts Service Organizations are entities whose mission and/or programs are focused on serving the artists, arts workers, and entities that deliver the arts as experiences, goods, services, and meaning to communities of all types and geographic locations. They can be formally incorporated organizations, collectives, or informal groups and include regranting and intermediary organizations. Deadline: Nov. 9, 2026.

Organizations planning a cultural facilities project in the next 2-3 years are invited to complete Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment’s Capital Needs Survey by Nov. 13, 2026.

UMass Lowell’s Clean Energy and Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Municipal Fellowship program is helping municipalities and organizations receive six months of no-cost support from a current college student in Massachusetts to advance local clean energy and sustainability initiatives.

NJPAC Arts & Well-Being has launched ACCESS: Arts & Culture for Community health: Education & Skill-building Series. These online, asynchronous, affordable courses are designed to support capacity building for artists and arts organizations — increasing access to education on arts in health topics with an emphasis on practical knowledge and skills that can immediately be applied in arts, health, community, and other settings. Available on demand.

 

Read Previous Months’ Listings

If you have an opportunity or resource for cultural organizations that you’d like to pitch for our monthly round-up, please email us. Efforts to submit the opportunity in a format similar to our standard (see listings above) are deeply appreciated. Because space is limited, the best submissions are 60 words or fewer and include links to web pages with more information.


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