Mass Humanities has announced a Reading Frederick Douglass Together Grants Program.
Donor Name: Mass Humanities
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $1200
Details:
Reading Frederick Douglass Together Grants supports public readings and discussions in Massachusetts of Frederick Douglass’s famous Fourth of July address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” A group of people take turns reading parts of the speech until they have completed it. Readings can take place anywhere, from virtual spaces to community centers to historical societies and town greens.
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to $1200 in funds. For applicants awarded grants, Mass Humanities will award requests in full.
Eligibility Criteria
- All nonprofit, government organizations, and state or federally recognized tribes, that serve Massachusetts residents are eligible to apply. Nonprofits can either have 501(c)(3) status or have begun the registration process. Mass Humanities does not award funding to individuals.
- Ad-hoc groups must find an eligible organization to be their fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsors are nonprofit organizations that manage the grant funds and have signed fiscal sponsor agreements with the group that will host the reading.
What they cannot fund
- Work undertaken or supplies purchased before or after the grant period
- Fundraising activities, capital campaigns, or organizational strategic planning
- Readings that do not primarily serve Massachusetts residents
- Re-grants to other organizations
- The promotion of a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view
- Lobbying or advocacy for specific public policies or legislation
- Direct social service, e.g., counseling, therapeutic, legal, or medical services
- The creation of professional art or artistic performances
- Ticket costs if the revenue from ticket sales goes to the applicant organization
- Cost of entertainment or alcohol
- Scholarships or prizes
For more information, visit Reading Frederick Douglass Together Grant.
