Applications are being accepted for the Northbridge Cultural Council Grant Program to expand access, improve education, promote diversity, and encourage excellence in the arts, humanities, and interpretative sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents.
Donor Name: Mass Cultural Council
State: Massachusetts
Town: Northbridge
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $14,000
Details:
The mission of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and its Local Cultural Councils (LCC) partners is to expand access, improve education, promote diversity, and encourage excellence in the arts, humanities, and interpretative sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of their communities.
Mass Cultural Council, through its network of local councils, provides grants to non-profit cultural organizations, schools, communities, and individual artists to fund programs that use arts, science, and the humanities to build strong, diverse, livable communities.
Local Priorities
- The NCC prioritizes applicants who comply with all LCC Guidelines.
- The NCC prioritizes applicants that provide a cultural event within the community of Northbridge.
- The NCC prioritizes applicants who have secured an event date and venue location.
- The NCC gives priority to applicants that provide the cultural event free of charge to attendees.
Funding Information
- Amount: $14,000
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.
