Deadline: 11-Apr-22
Applications are now open for the Expand Massachusetts Stories Grants to support projects that collect, interpret and/or share narratives about the commonwealth, with an emphasis on the voices and experiences that have gone unrecognized, or have been excluded from public conversation.
Project Formats
Potential projects may include
- Oral histories
- Community-centered museum exhibitions
- Facilitated discussions about underrepresented aspects of local histories
- Exhibits and programs focused on new interpretations of collections
- Short documentary or digital media projects that present new insights into the lives of Massachusetts residents past or present
- Teacher professional development focused on connecting Massachusetts narratives to K-12 curriculum.
- Programs that use inquiry, contextualization, and/or reflection to support residents in recording and exploring their lived experiences.
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.
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/
