Lynn Cultural Council
The Lynn Cultural Council (LCC) is part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s (MCC) network of local cultural councils across the Commonwealth.
Contact
Sunil Gulab, Administrator
lynnculturalcouncil@gmail.com
781-598-4000
https://www.lynnma.gov/boards/cultural_council.shtml
Address
3 City Hall Square
Lynn, MA 01901-1052
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Application Information
FY26 Allocation
TBD
FY26 Local Priorities
1. The Lynn Cultural Council may give greater consideration to applicants that are able to collaborate with multiple organizations & individuals from Lynn, MA.
2. The Lynn Cultural Council will prioritize applications which give a voice to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) populations. Communities of color, immigrant & refugee communities, gender minorities, LGBTQ+, disabled, low-income, and other historically marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
3. The LCC will prioritize applications which provide cultural opportunities for youth.
4. Programs that have received LCC funding for multiple years and/or are submitting multiple applications, may have a lower funding priority so that we may equitably distribute funds to applicants who have not received funds in the past.
5. The LCC will prioritize applications focused on education about the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences.
FY26 Local Guidelines
1. Preferred applicants reside, work, and/or have an organization/business in Lynn, MA or have an established partnership with an organization/business based in Lynn, MA.
2. Programs must take place in Lynn, MA and significantly benefit the residents of Lynn, MA.
3. The LCC will prioritize applications which demonstrate thorough planning (e.g. specific dates/times, comprehensive budgets, confirmed venues, etc.). Therefore, we strongly encourage applicants to include documentation to any partnerships with Lynn organizations and/or venues (e.g. Letter of Acknowledgement, Notes from Owners, Confirmation, etc.)
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Direct Grants
FY25 Funding List
| Name | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Art Bloc Collaborative Corporation | Folk/traditional | $3,952 | Beyond Walls, Inc. | Breaking Silos by Breaking Bread: Pizza Night | $500 | Boff, Anthony J. | Nestor Gomez, Guatemalan Stories In Spanish | $2,000 | Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Limited | Comics Camp: Lynn | $1,750 | Bowen, Anne | Color Me Lynn | $920 | Brickett Elementary School | Multicultural Dance and Art Festival for Families | $1,200 | Brickett Elementary School | Latin American Dance Fitness for Kids | $800 | Cole, Sue | Resonance in Harmony | $1,000 | Community Minority Cultural Center | The Frederick Douglass Gospel Fest | $3,100 | Cultura Latina Dance Academy, Inc. | CLDA 2025 | $3,500 | Diverse People United, Inc. | Liberation for All | $750 | Edgecomb, Diane | Storytelling Residency for Washington Stem Kindergarten students | $1,500 | Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville, Inc. | Paper Bag Puppet Families for Lynn's Legacy | $2,300 | Floating Bridge Pond Association | Floating Bridge Pond Assn Community Awareness Events | $2,100 | Foley, Steven | Stand Up Stick Up - Monthly Comedy in the Vault Theatre @ Lynn Arts | $1,500 | Friends of the Lynn Public Library, Inc. | 2025 Summer Reading Program | $2,500 | Galleries At LynnArts, Inc. | GALA Community Pop-Up Gallery | $10,000 | Gulab, Sunil | Pride Paint Nite | $1,000 | Gulab, Sunil | Hands on Teaching for Urban Children about Plants | $700 | Kakrona Center Inc. | Khmer New Year Community Fair 2025 | $3,000 | LEO Inc. | Painted Community Art "Quilts" for Display in LEO Inc. Public Spaces | $2,000 | Latina Center MARIA, Inc. | After School Learning Program Spring 2025 | $1,270 | Latina Center MARIA, Inc. | After School Education Program Fall 2025 | $1,270 | Le Gal, Emmanuelle | Watercolor Painting Workshop | $1,604 | Love Your Magic, Inc. | Be Well Retreats for Black and Brown Girls in Lynn | $1,500 | Lucky Knot Arts | KKCS Lion Dance and K-Pop Performance | $800 | Lynn Historical Society, Inc. | More Through the Doors | $3,000 | Lynn Historical Society, Inc. | Museum Enrichment Series for All (M.E.S.A.) | $500 | Lynn Main Streets, Inc. | 2025 Lynn Arts & Cultural Festival | $4,000 | Lynn Vocational Technical Institute School | MultiMedia Expo | $2,000 | Lynn Woods School | Paint Night with Leah Kalapinski Warren | $1,500 | MUSIC Dance.edu | Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors! - a dance series | $800 | New American Association of Massachusetts, Inc. | NAAM Artisans | $700 | Nicasio, Mariely | Dance Fitness for Seniors | $1,500 | North Shore Juneteenth Association, Inc. | Local Black Excellence Awards | $700 | North Shore Juneteenth Association, Inc. | Reading Frederick Douglass Together | $5,000 | O'Neil, January Gill | The Thursday Poets Present | $1,500 | Pardee, Jacob | Intro Songwriting Workshops at Lynn Music Foundation | $1,000 | Pham, Windy | Celebrating Asian Culture: Educational Workshops for Children | $1,000 | RAW Art Works, Inc. | RAW Stars: RAW's paid, leadership program for teens | $1,500 | Rantisi, Tareq | 2025 World Music Concert Series | $1,000 | Richardson, Michelle | The DENCITY International Soulcase and OpenMic | $7,500 | SPUR, Inc. | Community Mural with Connery Elementary School | $2,000 | Sessa, Linda | Sustainable Life Skills-Machine Sewing | $2,000 | Shoemaker School PTO | Shoemaker Elementary School School Yard Painting Collaboration with RAW | $2,000 | Simpson-Best, Meegan | Art Class at Lynn Senior Center | $3,000 | Simpson-Best, Meegan | Hands on Crafts for Lynn Seniors | $2,000 | Slater, Kelly | Handmade Artist's Books and Journals | $734 | The Beautiful Stuff Project, Inc. | Drewiczs Elementary mosaic mural project | $2,550 | The Brickyard Collaborative, Inc. | The Brickyard Instructor Stipend | $1,000 | The Clay School LLC | 20th Annual Lydia Pinkham Open Studios | $2,550 | The Delvena Theatre Company | The Incredible Mae West! | $675 | The Delvena Theatre Company | A Christmas Carol | $695 | The Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. | FC Academy Filmmaking Program | $1,000 | The Friends of Lynn & Nahant Beach, Inc | Red Rock Park Summer Concert Series | $2,000 | The Lynn Music Foundation, Inc | Lynn Music Festival | $1,500 | The Lynn Music Foundation, Inc | Keep Music Programming Free at the Lynn Music Foundation | $1,000 | The REAL Program, Inc. | The REAL Program’s Annual Little Free Library Crawl | $700 | Thurgood Marshall Middle School | Multicultural night | $1,000 | United Lynn Pride, Inc. | United Lynn Pride Festivities 2025 | $2,500 | Vavilov, Alexander | Soundscape Visions and GALA collaboration | $2,000 | York, Matt | Matt York - Classic Country Revue | $500 |
