Cultural Facilities Fund
Forecasted
Cultural Facilities Fund supports nonprofit cultural organizations in Massachusetts with facility planning, improvements, and long-term assessments to sustain public access to arts, humanities, and science spaces.
Funder: MassDevelopment
Due Dates: See the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s current-year calendar
Funding Amounts: Capital, feasibility and technical assistance, and systems replacement grants; all require a public- or private-sector match
Summary: Supports capital improvements and planning for publicly accessible cultural facilities in Massachusetts.
Key Information: Facilities must be owned, leased, or used by one or more nonprofit cultural organizations.
Description
The Cultural Facilities Fund is administered jointly by MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. It aims to increase public and private investment in Massachusetts facilities devoted to the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences. Eligible spaces include museums, theaters, historic sites, exhibition spaces, concert halls, auditoriums, classrooms, aquariums, and zoos.
The fund supports projects from early planning through capital work. Capital grants cover acquisition, design, construction, repair, renovation, and rehabilitation. Feasibility and technical assistance grants support planning and assessment, while systems replacement grants support 20-year capital needs assessments of buildings and mechanical systems.
