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Find similar grantsExpand Massachusetts Stories- Open Track Grant is sponsored by Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities (Mass Humanities). Offers funding for projects that collect, interpret, and share narratives about Massachusetts, focusing on voices often overlooked, including oral histories and community exhibitions.
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Expand Mass Stories - Supporting storytellers in the commonwealth Expand Massachusetts Stories Our flagship grant program highlighting the diverse voices, cultures, and experiences of the commonwealth. Deepening understanding of Massachusetts Our grantees are doing innovative work around the commonwealth —check out a small selection of projects below.
Stories of the revolution In 2025, we awarded $600,000 in Expand Massachusetts Stories grants to 34 organizations. We asked our grantees to respond to the prompt “Promises of the Revolution.
” This year, as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, our grantees will share documentary films, oral histories, museum exhibitions, teaching curricula, and community programs, all of which address core American ideals of freedom, equality, and the pursuit of happiness. Sharing best practices for storytelling is central to our work at Mass Humanities.
In 2024, we held a series of gatherings in Worcester, Holyoke, and Boston to bring together our grantees and share strategies for engaging with Massachusetts communities. “The experience of being in community with the other storytellers of all kinds was irreplaceable. ” Betsy More, PhD, Jewish Women's Archive “To give and receive [stories] creates investment in each other."
Grantee feedback from "The Future of Storytelling" workshop series in 2024 “These stories are who Massachusetts really is. Without them, there is no Massachusetts. ” Grantee feedback from "The Future of Storytelling" workshop series in 2024 “It is a cyclical journey to be a culture bearer.
” Grantee feedback from "The Future of Storytelling" workshop series in 2024 Watch pre-recorded webinars overviewing the application process, best practices for programming, and media & outreach guideliens. Let’s do more good work together The work we do wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of donors like you. Make a donation today and help build a better Massachusetts.
If you are human, leave this field blank. The past to the present. To each other.
To a diverse Massachusetts. About the people and places that make Massachusetts. In community with likeminded storytellers and change agents Oral histories, films, archives, exhibitions, curricula and more.
There are three tracks within Expand Massachusetts Stories: To apply for an EMS grant, visit our grants page , where you can: Review application guidelines (available in English and Spanish) Review eligibility requirements Brainstorm potential project ideas Curious where to begin? Visit our News & Stories page, where you can read stories and watch videos highlighting recent EMS projects.
You can also search our grants database by year, location, and theme to get a better sense of what types of projects have received funding in the past. The future of storytelling In 2024, Mass Humanities hosted a series of workshops and receptions under the theme “The Future of Storytelling.
” Staff, board members, community partners, and grantees gathered in Worcester, Holyoke, and Boston to share their narrative approaches and collaboratively envision what the future landscape of storytelling might look like in Massachusetts. MUSEUM ON MAIN STREET (MOMS) CROSSROADS STAFFING THE HUMANITIES - YEAR 2
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, community organizations, and educational institutions in Massachusetts. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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Expand Massachusetts Stories- Open Track Grant is funded by Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities (Mass Humanities). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.
The Local Cultural Council Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council distributing $1,000 to $10,000 through a statewide network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards funds based on local community cultural needs as assessed by council members. Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofits, schools, and organizations pursuing arts, humanities, and science projects. Applications are submitted directly to local councils and are typically due by October 16. Grants from most LCCs are reimbursement-based. Massachusetts Cultural Council funds the LCCs centrally, which then regrant to community projects.
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