Deadline: 11-Apr-22
Applications are now open for the Expand Massachusetts Stories Grants Program.
Applicants for Expand Massachusetts Stories Grants whose projects are led by people from historically excluded communities, and whose organizations meet additional criteria, can apply to participate in the Advancing Equity Track.
Applicants in the track will have their projects pre-recommended for funding approval when they work with a Mass Humanities program officer and humanities experts provided by Mass Humanities to prepare their application.
Funding Information
- Amount: Up to $20,000
- Estimated number of grants awarded: 10-15
What Kind of Projects are Eligible?
Expand Massachusetts Stories Grants can fund a project at either the planning or implementation stage. To be eligible, proposed projects need to:
- Have the goal of making narratives of Massachusetts accessible to Massachusetts residents at minimal cost to participants.
- Have a clear objective and completion date.
- Use the tools of the humanities—inquiry, contextualization, and/or reflection.
- Be supported by a humanities advisor.
- Primarily serve audiences outside of 4-year college faculty and students.
Track Eligibility
At the LOI stage, applicants can demonstrate eligibility for the track by showing that:
- The project has leadership roles for people of color or other communities historically excluded from humanities leadership. AND
- The organization meets 2 of 4 criteria
- The applicant organization has an annual operating budget of $300,000 or less.
- The applicant organization has 2 or fewer full time equivalent staff.
- The applicant organization has never received a grant from Mass Humanities.
- The applicant organization is based-in and primarily supports communities of color.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant organizations must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) non-profit, fiscally-sponsored association or filmmaker (see below), state or federally recognized tribe, or non-federal government organization.
- Serve Massachusetts residents.
- Be in compliance with state and federal regulations which bar discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and which require accessibility for persons with disabilities
For more informastion, visit Mass Humanities.
For more information, visit https://masshumanities.org/grants/