Power of Culture Blog
Senate Ways & Means FY23 Budget Invests $22M into Cultural Sector
Senator Ed Kennedy has filed Amendment #135 to increase Mass Cultural Council’s account to $27.4M
Dawn Heinen, Digital Communications Manager
Mass Cultural Council seeks a state appropriation of $18 million for FY20, a $2 million increase from the current fiscal year. The agency will put these funds to work toward a Commonwealth where:
Mass Cultural Council has also released a case statement on the benefits of arts and cultural funding to the state’s economy, communities, and the education of our young people – and what long-term reinvestment in Mass Cultural Council’s work can accomplish. We will be sharing these updated figures with the Massachusetts legislature this budget season along with our FY20 budget request.