Arts & Culture Grants in Massachusetts

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Grants - Cambridge Arts - City of Cambridge, Massachusetts Note: Applicants may only apply for one grant per cycle.

Grant Application Guidelines • Local Cultural Council Grants for Individuals or Organizations (click link for guidelines): Up to $5,000 Cambridge Arts participates in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s annual Local Cultural Council grant program, which offers funding to individuals and organizations for cultural projects, public art, ticket subsidy programs, cultural field trips for children, and other activities.

Learn more at https://massculturalcouncil. org/communities/local-cultural-council-program . Apply at https://massculturalcouncil.

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slideroom. com . • Art For Social Justice Grants (click link for guidelines): $7,500 Art for Social Justice Grants support projects that present the themes and ongoing work of social justice to the Cambridge public through the arts.

Apply at https://cos. slideroom. com .

• Organizational Investment Grant s (click link for guidelines): $9,000 Cambridge Arts’ Organization Investment Grants provide support for operational costs, sustainability, and resiliency to local cultural organizations that benefit Cambridge residents. Apply at https://cos. slideroom.

com . For any applicants interested in applying for a grant to support a public art project, please refer to the: Public Art Project Guidelines . • 2025-2026 Grant Guidelines Published: Sept.

2, 2025 • Application Open: Sept 2, 2025 • Public Art and School-Based Proposals eligibility Due date: Oct. 8, 2025, by 12 p. m.

(noon) • Local Cultural Council, Art for Social Justice and Organizational Investment Grants Application due date to apply: Oct. 16, 2025, by 11:59 p. m .

• Applicants Notified of Panel Decisions: February 2026 Grant Writing Virtual Office Hours We're happy to help you work through any questions and concerns you may have as you're preparing your application. If you're having trouble figuring things out, we'd like to help. Never applied before and need help decoding the application?

We want to help. Cambridge Arts will hold Grant Writing Virtual Office Hours on Sept. 8, Sept.

15, Sept. 22, Sept. 29 and Oct.

6 from 5 to 6 p. m. All are welcome to attend one or more these virtual sessions.

To register for any of these sessions, please use the following link : Grant Writing Info Sessions . If these dates are inconvenient, we are happy to set up another time that would work for you. Mass Cultural Council offers a Local Cultural Council Grant info session on Sept.

9 at 6 p. m. , Register for the information session For further questions or inquiries, please email Maura Mendoza at mmendoza@cambridgema.

gov . Cambridge Arts Open Studios: Sept. 19 & 20 , 2026