11/12/2025
Featured Grants Opportunities & Resources:
1. Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment’s Cultural Facilities Fund
Grants are available to nonprofit cultural organizations, municipalities, and colleges or universities that own or lease cultural facilities. Deadline: Dec. 11, 2025.
https://massculturalcouncil.org/organizations/cultural-facilities-fund/
2. The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s Grants for Organizations are available. Deadline: Nov. 11, 2025.
https://artsfoundation.org/afcc-grants/
3. MA State Historical Records Advisory Board's Veterans' Heritage Grants offers up to $20,000 to municipalities and nonprofits covering up to 50% of project costs. Eligible projects must relate to veterans and their service. Deadline: Nov. 11, 2025.
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/archives/download/2026-Veterans-Heritage-Guidelines.pdf
4. Applications for Lee Bank Foundation grants are open until Dec. 1, 2025.
Eligible applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits. The foundation funds programs that bridge income and opportunity gaps, focusing on education, food security, economic development, health services, and workforce initiatives.
https://www.leebank.com/community-impact/donations-sponsorships.html
5. New England Foundation for the Arts' Public Art for Spatial Justice Grant
Aims to support public artmaking that helps us see, feel, experience, and imagine spatial justice. Deadline: Dec. 2, 2025.
https://www.nefa.org/CreateSpatialJustice
6. The National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest
Accepting applications for the 2026–27 NEA Big Read. Matching grants of up to $20,000 are available for community reading programs reflecting on American history and culture. Intent to Apply Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026.
https://artsmidwest.org/get-support/nea-big-read/