The Community Foundation for MetroWest is seeking applications for its 2024 Arts & Culture Grant Program.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for MetroWest
State: Massachusetts
City/Town: Selected Cities and Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This year, the Community Foundation for MetroWest seeks to award one-time general operating grants of up to $10,000 to support arts & culture nonprofits in MetroWest. Grant decisions and amounts will be determined based on a variety of factors, including:
- Organization size – understanding the impact of a grant of this size for your organization
- Location(s) of impact – demonstrating commitment to MetroWest and role in the region’s cultural ecosystem, including strong collaboration and partnership
- Organization impact and reach –including population served, type(s) of programs offered, etc.
- Organization’s leadership and financial health
- Alignment with the Foundation’s priorities.
In 2024, the Foundation will be prioritizing organizations that demonstrate a commitment to and strong mission alignment with one or more of the following:
- Proactively providing equitable and open access to arts education, visual arts, or performing arts initiatives for under resourced and underrepresented residents
- Celebrating and/or preserving the region’s history and dynamic and ever-changing cultural heritages
- Encouraging and increasing opportunities for culturally diverse voices and communities to create and participate in arts & cultural activities
- Promoting arts & culture as an engine of social and economic vitality in the region
- Fostering innovation, community collaboration, and community-driven programming.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must:
- Have 501(c)(3) tax status as a registered nonprofit organization OR have an eligible fiscal sponsor
- Not discriminate in the hiring of staff or the provision of services on the basis of race, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability
- Serve one or more of the following MetroWest cities/towns: Acton, Ashland, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Harvard, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Walpole, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Westborough, Weston, Westwood
- Ineligible organizations or requests include:
- City/town agencies, including libraries
- Individuals
- Schools – private, public, pre-K, charter, or Chapter 766
- Human service organizations providing arts-based programs to their clients.
For more information, visit CFMW.
