The Milton Cultural Council welcomes applications from individuals, artists, non?profit
organizations, and schools for grants for the 2015 funding cycle. The deadline to apply for grants
that support cultural activities, which take place in Milton, is Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
Completed applications must be postmarked NO LATER THAN October 15, 2014. Hand delivered
applications must be received and stamped by the Office of the Town Administrator at Milton
Town Hall by closing time on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.

Last year, the Milton Cultural Council approved grants totaling $6,446 to local cultural
organizations. Grant awards generally range about $100 to $800 and will support a variety of
arts, humanities, and interpretive science activities in Milton ?? including exhibits, festivals, artist
residencies, demonstrations or performances in schools, workshops, and lectures. Funding
priorities include projects that:

• Are innovative and collaborative in nature, benefit the community and demonstrate
  creative excellence.
• Originate from Milton’s educational institutions and organizations and benefit Milton’s
  children and elderly.
• Support Milton?based individuals, artists, schools and non?profit organizations.
• Reflect knowledge of specific Milton neighborhoods’ artistic, humanist and cultural needs.
• Involve collaborative efforts among neighborhood groups and organizations.
• Highlight and/or serve specific ethnic and socioeconomic groups.

Applicants also should read the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Program Regulations and
Guidelines before preparing their grant application. Guidelines, grant application forms and
other important information can be found on the Milton Cultural Council’s webpage at
http://www.mass?culture.org/Milton. Please note: Effective August 2011, a new grant
application form became available. While the Council will not disapprove an application
on the basis of using an old form, use of the new form is strongly encouraged.

Grant applications should be mailed to Milton Cultural Council, ????P.O. Box 350, Milton, MA 02186?
0999, and ATTN: Grants. Please email questions to miltonlcc@gmail.com.

The Local Cultural Council Program, of which the Milton Cultural Council is a part, is a grant
program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency. The MCC provides
allocations to each of Massachusetts’ 351 cities and towns to support cultural activities. The
Council’s purpose is to support public programs that promote excellence, access, education, and
diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences in Milton. The Council’s primary
responsibility is to reallocate funds that have been disbursed by the MCC. The MCC receives an
annual appropriation from the State Legislature and from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Part of the MCC funds is then allocated to a grassroots network of 329 Local Cultural Councils
(LCCs) statewide. Annual allotments are distributed to each LCC based on a local aid formula
devised by the state. The formula takes into account population and property values. It is
weighted in such a way as to give larger distributions to less wealthy communities. Collectively,
Massachusetts’ cultural councils distribute more than $1.6 million a year in grants.
Each LCC, including the Milton Cultural Council, has the obligation to distribute these funds
through grants to individuals, schools and organizations for projects in the arts, humanities and
interpretive sciences that address the cultural needs and objectives of the Town of Milton.
The Council is composed of volunteers appointed by the town’s Board of Selectmen.

Milton Cultural Council meetings generally occur six times a year. All regularly scheduled
meetings are open to the public