Operating Grants for Organizations

Multi-year, unrestricted operating grants to nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life. Grant amounts start at $6,000.

Cultural Facilities Fund

Provides major improvement grants to nonprofit cultural organizations, in recognition of their profound economic impact on communities across Massachusetts

Local Cultural Council Program

Project grants to organizations and individuals for the benefit of local communities

Gaming Mitigation Fund

Grants to Massachusetts nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers to spend on touring shows or touring artist fees

Creative Experiences

Grants to organizations (including schools) to fund festivals, projects, residencies, and other cultural activities in the arts, humanities, and sciences.

Festivals & Projects

Grants of $2,500 for organizations to fund activities that provide public benefit using the arts, humanities, or sciences.

Card to Culture

Interagency partnerships to increase access to cultural experiences for all Massachusetts residents

Tribal Cultural Council Program

Project grants to artists and groups for the benefit of Tribal/Indigenous communities

Universal Participation (UP) Initiative

Both a movement and a designation, UP creates opportunities for leadership, peer networking, and education in universal design principles, audience engagement strategies, and ADA compliance

Opportunities & Resources for Organizations

A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations

BIPOC-Centered Organization Self-Identification

Completing this optional form will help Mass Cultural Council to ensure that our BIPOC constituents are being more equitably served.

Useful Links

A standing list of links showcasing some of the funding, services, and resources available to support the dynamic work of creative and cultural organizations

Festivals Toolkit

A guide for improving audience development and engagement, a project between Mass Cultural Council and ArtsBoston.

Capacity Building Toolkit

This guide covers focus areas critical to planning a post-COVID operating environment for cultural nonprofits and creative workers

Artist Space Resources

Resources to connect you with renting your space or to help you develop new spaces

Mass Humanities

Grants to support programs that use history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines, primarily to deepen public understanding of current social, political, and economic issues, thereby enhancing and improving civic life

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Hire Culture

A free, searchable database of creative employment opportunities throughout Mass

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CreativeGround

New England Foundation for the Art’s free, online cultural directory, CreativeGround, connects you with creative New England. Search, create a profile, and connect today.

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