Power of Culture Blog
Card to Culture Shout Out – May
We are grateful to these 52 cultural organizations committed to a more accessible cultural sector
Mass Cultural Council Staff
Each month Mass Cultural Council shares a round-up of grants, trainings, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations (a companion to our Useful Links page). 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.)
Klarman Family Foundation’s Community Capital Fund provides funding to support the development, improvement, or ownership of physical assets. This funding initiative aims to counter disparities in access to funding and prioritizes organizations operating in the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, East Boston, Mattapan, and Roxbury, as well as the cities of Brockton, Lynn, and Springfield. First Stage Application Deadline: June 13, 2025.
MassDevelopment’s Biz-M-Power Matching Grant Program funds businesses with fewer than 20 employees and no more than $2.5 million in revenues. Biz-M-Power makes available matching grants to growth-oriented qualifying businesses. Deadline: June 15, 2025.
Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market Promotion Program funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer markets to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. The program focuses on:
Awards range from $50,000 to $500,000. Deadline: June 27, 2025.
Levitt Foundation is accepting applications for multi-year, $120K Levitt Music Series Grants, which are open to U.S.-based nonprofits to activate underused public spaces through free outdoor concerts in towns and cities across America. Deadline: June 30, 2025 at 8pm.
Mass Office on Travel & Tourism’s Destination Development capital grant program is open. $6 million available in FY26 for nonprofit and municipal applicants to expand, construct, restore, or renovate Massachusetts tourism destinations and attractions. Projects located within a designated Cultural District may receive priority consideration. Deadline: July 9, 2025 at 3pm.
Request for Proposals for the Legacy Fund for Boston’s 2025 grant round are being accepted. The application opens by June 6, 2025. Info session: July 23, 2025. LOI deadline: Sept. 1, 2025.
The Henderson Foundation’s grants provide support for projects focused on the enhancement of the appearance and preservation of outdoor elements in the City of Boston. The Foundation encourages applications for projects in all neighborhoods of Boston that concern parks, city streets, buildings, monuments, and architectural and sculptural works. Info session: Sept. 9, 2025. Deadline: Oct. 3, 2025.
Join the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau for Arts as an Economic Driver: How Cultural Investment Spurs Tourism Growth on June 4, 2025 in Andover, MA. Discover how arts and culture fuel tourism and economic vitality through strategic public-private partnerships.
MASSCreative’s Creative Sector Summit is an annual convening of cultural thought leaders, artists, creatives, policy advocates, educators, culture bearers, arts administrators, teaching artists, and public officials. Choose from 16 participatory workshops to strengthen the impact and broaden the reach of the arts and cultural sector across the Commonwealth. June 6, 2025 from 10am-5pm at Northampton Center for the Arts.
Tech Impact is hosting Effective Prompt Engineering for Nonprofits, a session to equip nonprofits with practical strategies to enhance your their work using AI. Cost: $75. June 10, 2025 from 1-2:30pm.
Community Foundation for MetroWest and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council invite you to join them for listening sessions that will help them understand, strengthen, and support the arts and culture communities of MetroWest. June 10 and 12, 2025.
Register for Mass Humanities’ All Hands On Deck: A Climate Story Summit on June 11, 2025. 5pm at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Philanthropy MA presents Get-to-Know Funders: Donor Advised Funds & Philanthropic Advisors to get firsthand information from people working in the field of philanthropy. This virtual session in June 12, 2025 from 10am-12pm.
Grantmakers in the Arts is hosting a Capitalization and Nonprofit Financial Health Workshop online on June 11, 2025 from 1-4pm. The workshop will update grantmakers and organizations on the financial health of the nation’s nonprofit cultural organizations, with Rebecca Thomas & Associates, and advice and counsel from Sage Crump. Cost: Varies by budget size.
Join the New England Foundation for the Art’s next CreativeGround User Leader Workshop to learn about using CreativeGround.org as a tool in your communities, whether you work in community/economic development, an arts service organization, or cultural council. June 26, 2025 at 4:30pm.
GBH is hosting Disability Reframed: A Growing Community, an annual event designed to consider the opportunities, strategies, and challenges we face as a community and to imagine what the future could be. In-person and virtual. June 26, 2025 at 6pm.
Registration for the The Kennedy Center’s 2025 LEAD Conference is open. The annual LEAD® conference introduces cultural accessibility solutions those new to the field, as well as provides ongoing learning, support, camaraderie, and inspiration for anyone working to change the status quo. Aug. 18-22, 2025 in Cleveland, OH.
Citizen Planner Training Collaborative’s Spring Webinar Series offers knowledge of Massachusetts process and law for those interested in learning about navigating issues related to environmental justice and climate change, special permits and variances, criteria for decision-making, procedural requirements, etc.
Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission is actively seeking public submissions to reimagine our state’s official symbols. They invite all residents, artists, historians, educators, students, and community members of all ages, to participate. Deadline: June 18, 2025.
MA250’s Corporate Sponsorship Matchmaking program is designed to connect attractions, museums, non-profits and tourism partners with companies eager to support Massachusetts 250 programming and storytelling.
Mass Save’s Business Rebates & Incentives offers programs and services to help organizations become more energy-efficient and save money.
AEA Consulting is a global firm setting the standard in strategy and planning for the cultural and creative industries. They offer pro-bono consulting services to small arts and cultural organizations, initiatives, or individuals with a commitment to social impact.
Americans for the Arts’ Impact Explorer is a tool that shows how a sector is impacted by the arts with a downloadable fact sheet. Dive in and build your own data and advocacy kits.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a new Podcast, Nonprofits Now: Leading Today, which showcases how Nonprofit leaders solve problems, there have so far been two episodes, released every other Tuesday.
Military families visit museums for free this summer as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Blue Star Museums, which runs through Sept. 1, 2025.
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.
