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		How much money is available? Every year the Watertown Cultural Council is allocated funds from the state through the Mass Cultural Council. The amount of money allocated is determined by using one of the state's Local Aid formulas established by the state legislature. The formula is based on population and equalized property values in order to provide low-income communities with relatively larger allocations.

Grants

The WCC funds projects that support programs in the Arts, Humanities and Interpretive Sciences. Awards are made based on the following:

• benefit to the Watertown community,
• clarity and completeness of the proposal,
• feasibility of the project,
• quality of the support materials, and
• additional sources of funding beyond that requested of the WCC.

How do we define Arts, Humanities and Interpretive Sciences?

Arts involve the creation, presentation and preservation of, and education about works in the following disciplines: crafts, performing, visual, media, folk, design, literary and interdisciplinary arts.

Humanities are branches of learning that deal with self-awareness, language, reason, creativity, human values and aspirations and products of all of these. Examples include, but are not limited to, history, social studies, philosophy, criticism and literature.

Interpretive Sciences are those activities that engage people of all ages in learning about nature, science and technology in ways that connect directly to their lives. Activities conducted by the following organizations are eligible for support: aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums and science and technology centers.

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