Cultural Investment Portfolio
The Cultural Investment Portfolio provides general operating support to almost 350 nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life
Our cultural life thrives because of the work of countless arts, humanities, and sciences organizations across the Commonwealth. Programs like the Cultural Facilities Fund, Universal Participation, and Card to Culture have been designed to help such organizations innovate, take on new challenges, and expand access to previously underserved audiences. We invest in ambition and imagination, with returns that improve our quality of life, create economic opportunity, and engage more people in cultural expression.
The Cultural Investment Portfolio provides general operating support to almost 350 nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life
NEW in FY24! Unrestricted general operating grants for Massachusetts-based, nonprofit cultural organizations with year-round operations offering public programming in the arts, humanities, or sciences. Grant amounts range from $6,000 to $60,000.
Provides major improvement grants to nonprofit cultural organizations, in recognition of their profound economic impact on communities across Massachusetts
Grants of $2,500 for organizations to fund public activities that incorporate the arts, humanities, or sciences.
Interagency partnerships to increase access to cultural experiences for all Massachusetts residents
Project grants to organizations and individuals for the benefit of local communities
This guide covers focus areas critical to planning a post-COVID operating environment for cultural nonprofits and creative workers
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
Grants to Massachusetts nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers to spend on touring shows or touring artist fees
A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
A guide for improving audience development and engagement, a project between Mass Cultural Council and ArtsBoston.
Completing this optional form will help Mass Cultural Council to ensure that our BIPOC constituents are being more equitably served.
Resources to connect you with renting your space or to help you develop new spaces
A free, searchable database of creative employment opportunities throughout Mass
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
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.
Mass Cultural Council is working to invest financial, programmatic, and informational resources equitably.
In FY23, these unrestricted grants ranging from $5,000-$75,000 were available to Massachusetts cultural organizations, collectives, and businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic