GRANTS

Our grantmaking supports nonprofits, organizations and communities across Massachusetts who are enriching lives and strengthening our society through the humanities.

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SPOTLIGHT

Our Expand Massachusetts Stories: Advancing Equity Track grant program offers grants up to $20,000 for projects that are championing underrepresented voices and are led by people from historically excluded communities.

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Expand Massachusetts Stories: Advancing Equity Track

Our Expand Massachusetts Stories: Advancing Equity Track grant program offers grants up to $20,000 for projects that are championing underrepresented voices and are led by people from historically excluded communities.

Application Opens
February 5, 2024
Deadline
April 5, 2024
#MH50: A Year of Storytelling

Storytelling event sponsorships offer $2,000 for free public storytelling or story-sharing events in six cities across Massachusetts: Pittsfield, Holyoke, Worcester, Lawrence, Brockton, and Roxbury-Dorchester.

Application Opens
March 11, 2024
Deadline
April 19, 2024
Museum on Main Street: Voices and Votes

Museum on Main Street (MoMS) grants award $10,000 to six rural communities. The 2025-2026 MoMS exhibit is "Voices and Votes."

Application Opens
March 11, 2024
Deadline
May 10, 2024
Reading Frederick Douglass Together

Reading Frederick Douglass Together grants offer up to $2,000 for public readings and discussions in Massachusetts of the orator's famous address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Application Opens
February 5, 2024
Deadline
April 5, 2024
Expand Massachusetts Stories: Climate Change Track

The Climate Change Track grant program offers up to $20,000 for projects that illuminate community knowledge, experiences, and values, in response to the climate crisis.

Application Opens
February 5, 2024
Deadline
May 31, 2024
Expand Massachusetts Stories: Open Track

The Open Track grant program offers up to $20,000 for 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.

Application Opens
February 5, 2024
Deadline
May 31, 2024

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Our workshops are a great opportunity to learn more about specific grants, the application process and what to expect after you’ve applied. And if you miss one, no problem. You can always take a look at our most recent workshops below.

Past grant recipients

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Grant Program
  • READING FREDERICK DOUGLASS TOGETHER
  • 2020 SUPPORT GRANTS
  • BRIDGE STREET SPONSORSHIPS
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  • DISCUSSION
  • EXPAND MASSACHUSETTS STORIES
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