2009 Grant Requests

What is the deadline to apply to a local cultural council?
The statewide, yearly deadline to apply to LCCs is October 15.

Funding Priorities
Our preference is to make grants that benefit the Town of Boxford and the surrounding towns and projects that involve an educational and/or teaching component. We strongly encourage educational organizations to consider applying for grant funds.

Forms
LCC Grant Application Form »   http://massculturalcouncil.org/applications/lccapp.html

PASS Grant Application Form »  http://massculturalcouncil.org/applications/passapp.html

Where to send your grant application:

Boxford Cultural Council                                                                                                     Boxford Town Hall
7A Spofford Road
Boxford, MA 01921-2504

About the Local Cultural Council Program

The Local Cultural Council Program, the second largest grant program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, is a grassroots complement to the agency's centralized grant programs. Allocations are made to all of Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns to support community cultural activities. The LCC Program is the most extensive system of its kind in the nation to support arts, sciences and humanities.

2,500 volunteers across the state comprise community boards that review applications from individuals, schools, and organizations to fund field trips, after school programs, concerts and festivals. Cultural activities take place in community centers, elder care facilities, libraries, parks, schools, town halls - wherever communities come together - to improve resident's lives. Exemplary LCC projects are eligible to be further recognized by the Gold Star Program. LCCs also review applications for a student ticket subsidy program, called the PASS Program.

How the LCC Program Works
Massachusetts Cultural Council has overseen the LCC Program since 1990. MCC receives funding from an annual state appropriation. Each year, the MCC distributes funds to LCCs; in turn, LCCs make grants to schools, organizations and individuals in their communities.

Distributions to each LCC are based on a local aid formula devised by the state. The formula takes into account population and property values, and is weighted to give larger distributions to poorer communities.