The Mid-Cape Cultural Council is accepting grant applications to promote and support the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences to benefit people in the towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth.
Donor Name: Mass Cultural Council
State: Massachusetts
Town: Barnstable and Yarmouth
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,500
Details:
Priorities
The Mid-Cape Cultural Council welcomes any community-based, cultural proposal benefiting either or both towns they serve, particularly community programs that build awareness of local heritage, multi-cultural awareness, natural resources, or arts. It encourages proposals that are innovative, result from collaborations among individuals or organizations, and fill a cultural need of the Mid-Cape region.
Local Priorities
The Mid-Cape Cultural Council welcomes any community-based, cultural proposal benefiting either or both towns they serve, particularly community programs that build awareness of local heritage, multi-cultural awareness, natural resources, or arts. It encourages proposals that are innovative, result from collaborations among individuals or organizations, and fill a cultural need of the Mid-Cape region. Specific local priorities include:
- Project must benefit people (audiences, artists, students, etc.) in Barnstable and/or Yarmouth.
- Priority will be given to grant proposals from locally based individuals and organizations.
- The proposal includes a cultural event that is low cost or free for the public to attend.
Funding Information
- FY24 Allocation: $21,800
- Generally, awards are not less than $250 or more than $1,500.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must reside or be located in Massachusetts. LCCs may accept applications from anyone included in the following list. LCCs are authorized to prioritize eligible applicant types or limit which types of applicants they fund; if they do so, they must publish the eligibility in their council guidelines:
- Individuals
- Individual applicants, which includes sole proprietors, must show that a public benefit results from the project for which they are applying. Individual members of LCCs may apply for funding from their own Local Cultural Council but must observe all conflict-of-interest laws and regulations in the granting process. LCCs may also establish their own rules regarding applications from fellow members if these are consistent with the state’s conflict-of-interest laws.
- Incorporated non-profit organizations
- Organizations incorporated as nonprofits with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
- Unincorporated associations
- A group of individuals coming together with a common purpose (e.g., local community band, theater group) that do not have nonprofit status.
- Incorporated for-profit organizations
- For-profit organizations incorporated with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. This includes corporations, partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies (LLC). Applicants must show that a public benefit results from the project for which they are applying.
- Tribal, federal, state, and municipal government organizations
- This includes any governmental entity such as public schools, libraries, other municipal agencies, and the Local Cultural Council itself.
- Religious organizations
- LCCs cannot fund activities that are “inherently religious” such as religious worship, instruction, and proselytization. Religious organizations or groups with a religious affiliation are eligible to apply for funding for a project or program that:
- is available to the general public. o has purpose of benefitting the public, not the religious organization.
For more information, visit Mass Cultural Council.
