Arts and culture community impact grant

Your artistic vision has the power to strengthen Jewish identity and build bridges across communities. Join a movement of creators who are transforming Greater Boston through art that sparks dialogue, celebrates tradition, and shapes our shared future.

$7,500 grant

LOI Deadline: September 8, 2025

Arts & Culture Focus

Transform community through art

Calling all artists

Your creativity can deepen Jewish identity, foster meaningful connections, and create lasting impact. Whether you're an emerging artist or established creator, we believe in the power of art to build the inclusive, vibrant community we envision together.

CJP's Arts and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund invests in artists whose work creates authentic connection and meaningful change. We seek projects that not only serve the community today but create models for lasting cultural engagement across the following priority areas:

Live theater performance with actors on stage in period costumes, audience visible in background Live performances that explore Jewish stories, traditions, and contemporary experiences through drama, music, and spoken word

Theater and performance

Artist working on a large canvas painting in a bright studio space, paintbrushes and palette visible Paintings, sculptures, installations, and digital media that celebrate Jewish identity and foster community dialogue

Visual arts

Author reading from book at podium to engaged audience in intimate bookstore or library setting Poetry, storytelling, and written works that capture the diversity of Jewish experiences and build bridges between communities

Literary arts

Group of diverse artists working together on community mural, collaborating on shared creative vision Multi-artist endeavors that bring together diverse voices and perspectives to create shared artistic experiences

Collaborative projects

What we support

CJP’s Arts and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund seeks to support art that:

Embraces the diversity and complexity of Jewish identity, community, and tradition
Spans questions, fosters curiosity, or invites communal dialogue on a range of topics both within the Jewish community and/or more broadly
Creates inter-group or networked cultural exchange rooted in Jewish tradition or values
Such projects must address an aspect of those guiding principles

Meet our artists: grantee spotlight

Theater collective: “Voices of our Mothers”

Through The Arts and Culture Grant, we created an intergenerational theater piece that brought together women from across Greater Boston to share stories of resilience, tradition, and hope.

$7,500 Grant • Theater & Performance

Visual artist: Community mural project

My mural celebrating Jewish heritage in Brookline has become a gathering place for neighbors to connect across generations and share their own family stories.

$7,500 Grant • Visual Arts & Community