These two-year grants to Massachusetts nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers support touring shows or touring artist fees
A change in how the Agency will distribute grants to cultural organizations this year
Grants to support Massachusetts nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers' touring shows or touring artist fees
Funding for Massachusetts nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers to spend on touring shows or touring artist fees
Grants provide capital to preserve the ability of performing arts centers to compete with resort-style casinos to secure touring artists
Funding is meant to help organizations increase their buying power when directly competing with resort casinos to book touring artists.
39 Performing Arts Centers Receive State Funds to Increase Buying Power in Contracting Touring Artists
Funds aim to mitigate a direct threat to the sustainability of nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers in MA.
52 Performing Arts Centers Receive Funds to Help Compete with Casinos, Attract Touring Artists
Apply by April 30, 2020 to the Gaming Mitigation Program which provides capital to nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers in Massachusetts.
The Mass Cultural Council is happy to report that in early 2020 a new grant program, the Gaming Mitigation Program, will go live, due to recent legislative action.
The Gaming Mitigation Program, established by MGL Section 59 chapter 23K, aims to mitigate a direct threat to the sustainability of nonprofit performing arts centers in Massachusetts by providing capital to preserve their ability to compete in a new, unbalanced marketplace.
