Learn how community input and development are important aspects of running a successful LCC
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 start at $6,000.
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A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
Pending necessary approvals on Beacon Hill, the Commonwealth stands poised to make a $69.3M investment of new public funds into the cultural sector through Mass Cultural Council.
Community organizer Erin Genia reflects on her artistic practice and working in civic spaces
Information for starting and managing a fundraising project
Agency to award $26.7M in grants to bolster the Commonwealth’s creative and cultural sector
Resources for cities and towns, including administering the Local Cultural Council Program, and a Rural Municipalities Toolkit
This legislatively-mandated, one-time relief program was established by the MA House Asian Caucus
Thanks to all who joined our 13 regional meetings across the state last summer, giving us an opportunity to talk about our strategic plan and Power of Culture messaging platform. Did you know that we’ve also created a messaging platform to help you make a compelling case for arts and culture in your community?
This program offers unrestricted, $5,000 grants to artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners
Supporters of H. 561 may submit testimony by email until September 23, 2025
This represents the highest level of funding proposed for the Agency, and by extension, the cultural sector, by the state in decades.
This figure equals the line item appropriation the Governor proposed in his original H2 budget bill in January – prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
A quarterly report on our anti-racism work
There are now 55 state-designated cultural districts across the Commonwealth
