Racial & Social Justice Resources

About This Resource

NEFA values an equitable, diverse, and inclusive world and acknowledges structural inequities that have excluded individuals and communities from opportunity based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography. Artists, groups, collectives, etc. working with a lens toward social justice should consider applying for artist grants. To suggest additions to this resource list, contact [email protected].

Grants & Opportunities

• Collective Futures Fund supports visual artists and artist-run activity in the Greater Boston area through grants between $2,000 and $6,000.
• NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building and narrative change.
• Queer | Art's Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists provides support to Black trans women visual artists.
• Radical Imagination for Racial Justice supports Boston-based artists of color (ages 14+) bringing to life their visions of a racially just society.

New England Organizations

• Abilities Dance Boston disrupts ableist beliefs and disseminates the value of inclusion through dance.
• ArtsBoston's Network for Arts Administrators of Color enhances visibility of professionals of color in Greater Boston's arts and culture sector.
• ArtsEmerson is Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theatre dedicated to engaging all communities through stories.
• Arts Connect International builds equity and inclusion in and through the arts.
• Asian Pacific Islander Arts Network is a grassroots collaboration of artistic and cultural producers, funders, presenters, and supporters.
• BAMSFest (Boston Arts Music Soul Festival) creates a vibrant and inclusive arts and culture sector for Boston and beyond.
• Black Lives Matter Boston works to raise new Black leaders, create a network for Boston Black folks, and end violence against Black people.
• Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) believes families have enormous potential to thrive when immigrants participate fully in society.
• Castle of Our Skins seeks to change lack of equity in composer representation and omission of Black history in concert programming.
• Company One Theatre builds community at the intersection of art and social change.
• DS4SI (Design Studio for Social Intervention) is dedicated to changing how social justice is imagined, developed and deployed.
• Dunamis dismantles the 'starving artist' narrative for Boston's Black and Brown communities.
• The Front Porch Arts Collective is a Black theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in Boston.
• Give Black Alliance shifts the philanthropy paradigm to focus on Black potential and financial leverage.
• Loveland Foundation shows up for communities of color with focus on Black women and girls through resources prioritizing opportunity, access, validation, and healing.
• Lucy Parsons Center Collective is a volunteer-run nonprofit operating as a radical bookstore, community center, and free meeting space for activist groups.
• Massachusetts Bail Fund posts bails of up to $2,000 in Essex & Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts.
• New England Innocence Project (NEIP) fights wrongful convictions and ensures justice for innocent people imprisoned in New England.
• Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance strengthens and supports the Northeast Indigenous artist community.
• Peace & Justice Center of Vermont works on peace, human rights, and economic, social, and racial justice.