Applications are now open for the Newburyport Cultural Council Grant Program to enhance the already rich cultural environment of Newburyport.
Donor Name: Mass Cultural Council
State: Massachusetts
City: Newburyport
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $8,000
Details:
Newburyport’s Local Cultural Council is a 10 member volunteer board whose members are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council and who serve three year terms. Their purpose is to distribute the funding made available to their community by the State of Massachusetts by way of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. They read, discuss and vote on all submitted applications. They seek to support both established and new cultural organizations, large and small, in order to enhance the already rich cultural environment of Newburyport.
Local Priorities
This year the Newburyport Cultural Council will give priority to projects that:
- Serve all ages
- Foster creative exploration in youth
- Encourage engagement with emerging artists
- Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, elevating the voices and experiences of the historically marginalized and highlighting current and historic diversity
- Demonstrate innovation, creative material use and new perspectives
- Prompt inquiry and dialogue
- Foster collaboration within their own community and with the neighboring communities
- Take place in Greater Newburyport
- Provide maximum audience and/or community impact
- Focus on the Arts, History, Environment and Science
- Have a definite date and venue
Funding Information
- Amount: $8,000
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.
