Grant Opportunities
City of Melrose Grants
City of Melrose Sign & Facade Program
DEADLINE: Not Applicable
The Office of Planning and Community Development provides grants to Melrose business applicants for up to 50% of the cost of attractive business signs and facade improvement. The maximum grant is $1,000 for a sign and $500 for a facade improvement. Applications for a sign and facade improvement grant are available below and can be picked-up at OPCD. Applications must be received and approved before any work on the project begins.
Melrose Messina Fund for the Arts
DEADLINE: Not Applicable
The Melrose Messina Fund for the Arts (MMFA) was established in 2012 to help Melrose artists and arts organizations finance their projects. Its goal is both to provide funding for projects occurring in Melrose that benefit the Melrose community and to supplement the budgets of local arts organizations and individual artists in order to encourage both diversity and innovation in arts presentations in the City and to provide broad-based arts experiences to the citizens of Melrose.
In FY 2024, Mayor Brodeur has increased the annual funding amount from $10,000 to $20,000, in order to support more arts programming in Melrose.
The MMFA seeks applications from Melrose artists and organizations to fund arts activities that will take place in Melrose. There is no funding deadline, and applications are accepted any time in the City’s fiscal year (July 1- June 30) for activities and events taking place within the same fiscal year. Learn more here.
Massachusetts Capital Growth Corporation Grants
Although the deadlines for many grants have passed, check the Massachusetts Capital Growth Corporation's website often for new funding opportunities.https://www.empoweringsmallbusiness.org/
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grants
Festivals & Projects
OPENS: March 28, 2024 / DEADLINE: May 23, 2024
Who can apply: Organizations
Grants of $2,500 for organizations to fund public activities that incorporate the arts, humanities, or sciences.
Operating Grants for Organizations
OPENS: March 14, 2024 / DEADLINE: June 13, 2024
Who can apply: Organizations
NEW in FY24! Unrestricted general operating grants for Massachusetts-based, nonprofit cultural organizations with year-round operations offering public programming in the arts, humanities, or sciences. Grant amounts range from $6,000 to $60,000.
Other Opportunities: The following programs are not grant programs, there is no funding involved.
BIPOC-Centered Organization Self-Identification
Rolling Deadline
Who can apply: Organizations
If your organization is led by and serves Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Latinx, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, and all other ethnicities of color — complete this self-identification form in advance of completing your grant application and help ensure that our BIPOC constituents are being more equitably served.
Card to Culture
Rolling Deadline
Who can apply: Organizations
Arts, humanities, and science organizations participating in this voluntary program offer free or steeply discounted admission to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders.
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