Mass Humanities is inviting applicants for its Bridge Street Sponsorships to enable free access to the humanities.
Donor Name: Mass Humanities
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/25/2022
Size of the Grant: $1500
Details:
Bridge Street sponsorships fund free online programs hosted by Massachusetts historical societies, centers, museums, or historic sites, helping these institutions recover lost income, and enabling free access to the humanities.
Funding Information
Bridge Street Sponsorships will sponsor up to three online programs per eligible applicant, at $500 per program ($1500 maximum). Programs must be open to the general public and must be free to attend.
Use of Funds
Bridge Street Sponsorship Funds may be applied to the applicants operating budget, which can include expenses for programming.
Funds may NOT be used for any of the following:
- Promotion of a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view
- Advocacy of a particular program of social or political action
- Support for specific public policies or legislation
- Lobbying
- Purchase of land or facilities, or the cost of construction or renovation
- Debt or deficit reduction
- Endowment of capital campaigns
- For research or feasibility studies
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible applicants must be a Massachusetts-based historical society, center, museum or historic site that primarily serves Massachusetts communities.
- 501(c)(3) non-profit
- Programs must be free and open to the public. They must take place at least two weeks after the award date and before Dec. 31, 2022.
- Programs cannot engage in the promotion of a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view; advocacy of a particular program of social or political action; support for specific public policies or legislation.
- Bridge Street Sponsorships do not require a funding match from the applicant organization.
- Applicants do not need to have submitted final reports for open Mass Humanities grants in order to be eligible.
For more information, visit Bridge Street Sponsorship.
