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Nonprofit organizations, cultural space operators, artist groups, developers, and creative businesses can apply for funding to seed, stabilize, and expand cultural spaces in Boston.
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Get matched →The Cultural Space Fund provides funding to seed, stabilize, and expand cultural spaces in the City of Boston. The arts are essential to quality of life, community resiliency, and Boston's economy. Artists and cultural organizations need accessible spaces to develop talents, serve communities, and share work. Equitable access to cultural space is a key priority of the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
The Fund seeks to secure the long-term future of existing cultural spaces, expand equitable access to cultural space in Boston, increase physical space secured for cultural uses long-term, increase power for artists and cultural organizations regarding their spaces, and increase access to existing cultural spaces. Priority will be given to projects supporting spaces for underrepresented communities, spaces for cultural production, and projects addressing market gaps.
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Funds cannot be used for general operating expenses, including staff salaries or ongoing rental costs. Emergency rental and relocation costs are covered only if facing displacement in the immediate future. For resources contributing to rental costs at a new location, consider the S.P.A.C.E Grant Program.
For 2022-23, the first year of the program, a total of $1.5 million was available. Funds came from the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture 2022-23 annual budget and contributions from development projects in the City of Boston. Priority will be given first to projects in South End Economic Development Areas, then to other South End, Chinatown, Roxbury, and South Boston locations, then to other Boston neighborhoods.