Applicants are invited to apply for the Lincoln Cultural Council Grant Program to support community events and individual artists’ endeavors.
Donor Name: Mass Cultural Council
State: Massachusetts
Town: Lincoln
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,500
Details:
The Lincoln Cultural Council (LCC) promotes and supports community events and individual artists’ endeavors. There is a special emphasis on providing grants to an assortment of programs that in aggregate represent a diverse cross-section of activities that appeal to various age groups. Members of the council are volunteers who are committed to artistic expression and creative works and who are appointed by the Lincoln Board of Selectmen to represent the town.
Funding Information
- Amount: $5,500
Local Priorities
The Lincoln Cultural Council regularly gathers input from their community and develops funding priorities based on this feedback. Based on the review of the most recent survey, the Lincoln Cultural Council will give priority to projects that:
- Provide work for performing artists severely impacted by the pandemic
- Have a backup plan in place for in-person events
- Show an ability to successfully present a virtual experience (if applicable)
- Have secured a local venue (if applicable, due to limits on group gatherings)
- Serve families and/or the elderly
- Focus on local history
- Focus on environmental issues and the natural world
- Present performances in various art forms
- Are collaborations between multiple artists or arts organizations?
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must reside or be located in Massachusetts. Local Cultural Councils may accept applications from anyone included in the following list:
- Individuals: Individual applicants must show that a public benefit results from the project for which they are applying. A public presentation of an individual’s work may provide the needed public benefit. Individual members of Local Cultural Councils may apply for funding from a Local Cultural Council but must observe all conflict-of-interest laws and regulations in the granting process. Local Cultural Councils may also establish their own rules regarding applications from council members as long as these are consistent with the state’s conflict of interest laws.
- Incorporated private nonprofit organizations.
- Unincorporated associations that can establish a nonprofit objective. A group of individuals coming together with a common purpose (e.g., local community band, theater group) that do not have nonprofit status.
- Public schools, libraries, other municipal agencies, and the Local Cultural Council itself.
- Religious organizations. Religious organizations or groups with a religious affiliation are eligible to apply for funding for cultural programming that is available to the general public. LCCs can only approve applications that are primarily cultural in their intent and do not have the effect of advancing religion.
For more information, visit Mass Cultural Council.
