APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2021 BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL GRANTS
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
today announced the 2021 applications for Boston Cultural
Council organizational grants are now open until November 16,
2020
Mayor
Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture today announced the
2021 applications for Boston Cultural
Council organizational grants are now open until November 16,
2020. Grants are available for organizations that benefit the public by
offering arts programming in Boston's neighborhoods.
"Boston's
arts and cultural organizations provide accessible and diverse programs to
community members of all ages, in every neighborhood," said Mayor Walsh.
"It's an honor to be able to continue to support them through this grant,
and acknowledge them for their work to enhance our city."
The Boston Cultural Council (BCC) works
under the umbrella of the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture to annually
distribute funds allocated by the City of Boston and the Mass Cultural Council for
local arts and culture programming. For the second year in a row, grants will
be made only to organizations with annual budgets under $2 million.
Grants
available are as follows:
- Organizations with budgets less
than $100,000 may apply for a grant of $2,000
- Organizations with budgets
between $100,000 and $500,000 may apply for a grant of $3,500
- Organizations with budgets
between $500,000 and $2,000,000 may apply for a grant of $5,000
Under
a revised grant making approach, organizations may apply for grants up to a set
limit, based on their organizational size. The BCC focuses on small to
mid-sized organizations that uniquely serve the City's arts ecosystem and
prioritize cultural diversity, economic diversity, inclusion, and equity,
through both their staffing and audiences served.
Nonprofit
cultural organizations whose missions or programming are focused on music, film
and video, traditional and folk art, visual art, theater, dance, humanities,
literary arts, performing arts, social/civic practice, and multidisciplinary
arts are eligible to apply as long as they are based in the City of Boston, or
offer programming in Boston.
BCC
members are Boston residents appointed by the Mayor for up to two consecutive
three-year terms. Council members are selected on the basis of their
demonstrated commitment to Boston's cultural community and their knowledge of
various arts disciplines.
In
2020, $490,000 in Boston Cultural Council grants was awarded to 146
organizations. The BCC received applications from organizations across the
entire city, representing a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Here is a complete list of the 2020
grantees.
"BCC
funding helped to ensure that even during these challenging times, Company One
has been able to keep staff and artists employed with no layoffs or
furloughs," said Karthik Subramanian, Managing Director of Company One
Theatre, which was named a 2020 Modeling Equity Organization by the Boston
Cultural Council.
To
better support arts organizations facing financial losses, canceled
programming, and closures caused by COVID-19, the City of Boston also
established a $1 million Arts and Culture COVID-19 Fund this
year. Grants of up to $10,000 wereawarded to 146 small and mid-sized
arts and culture nonprofits to adapt their programs, spaces,
and operating models. Throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency, the City
of Boston in partnership with Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) have also
awarded grants totaling over $330,000 to over 600 artists as part of the Boston
Artist Relief Fund, which was established to support artists whose creative
practices and incomes were adversely impacted by the pandemic.
"Boston's
arts organizations have experienced immeasurable hardships this year due to
COVID-19, and have still made it a priority to bring opportunities to engage in
the arts to everyone in the city," said Kara Elliott-Ortega, Chief of Arts
and Culture. "As we think through ways Boston can be more equitable as a
whole, it's important to make sure we're supporting these important cultural
anchors in our communities."
The
deadline to apply for BCC grants is
November 16, 2020 at 5 p.m. ET. To learn more about the grants and the
application process, visit boston.gov/arts-grants.
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