The Watertown Cultural Council (WCC) is committed to funding public programs that promote excellence, access, diversity, and education in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences for all members of the Watertown community.
Donor Name: Mass Cultural Council
State: Massachusetts
Town: Watertown
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,900
Details:
The mission of the Mass Cultural Council is “to partner with artists, communities, organizations and schools to unleash the power of culture across the Commonwealth”. They seek all high quality programming that will benefit Watertown residents. This year their priorities also include projects that:
- Promote diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences
- Support collaboration, cooperation, and growth among Watertown organizations
- Explore the social and cultural histories of Watertown
- Focus on climate change and the natural environment
- Encourage developing artists and students, especially those who have not applied for grants in the past
Local Priorities
The Watertown Cultural Council is committed to funding public programs that promote excellence, access, diversity and education in the Arts, Humanities and Interpretive Sciences. In addition, program priorities for 2022-23 include projects that: promote diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences; support collaboration, cooperation, and growth among Watertown organizations; explore the social and cultural histories of Watertown; focus on climate change and the natural environment and encourage developing artists and students, especially those who have not applied for grants in the past.
Funding Information
- Amount: $15,900
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.