Applications are now open for the Wakefield Arts Council Grant Program to promote access, education, diversity, and excellence in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences.
Donor Name: Mass Cultural Council
State: Massachusetts
Town: Wakefield
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $13,500
Details:
The Wakefield Arts Council supports public programs that promote access, education, diversity, and excellence in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences. The Council works closely with the Massachusetts Cultural Council to provide grant money to support these efforts.
Local Priorities
The Wakefield Arts Council will give priority to:
- Programs that are accessible and serve broad segments of the community of Wakefield
- Programs that promote diversity within the community of Wakefield
- Programs that demonstrate a tenable link to Wakefield artists, culture, and history
- Programs that are innovative
- Programs that represent a variety of mediums and formats
- Programs that reflect the interests of the Wakefield community as determined by the survey
- Only online applications will be accepted
- Applicants must adhere to the LCC Program Guidelines
- Predetermined venues and timelines are highly encouraged
- Grants are reimbursement-based. Applicants awarded funding will submit paperwork, according to the guidelines, for reimbursement
Funding Information
- Amount: $13,500
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.