4Culture is accepting applications for its Building for Equity: Project Development Grants.
Donor Name: 4Culture
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/26/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Building for Equity: Project Development Grants invest in the planning and development phases of a cultural facilities project. Applicants who are actively engaged with Organizational or Tribal Readiness, Project Initiation and Planning, Fundraising, and/or Early Design of a facilities project are encouraged to apply. There is $1.7 million available in the funding pool for this cycle.
These grants provide funding and technical support to help you reach your facilities-focused goals. Awards of up to $50,000 fund a wide range of activities related to planning and development. Free access of up to 10-hours of consultant support from 4Culture’s Network of Support roster helps to address specific challenges you are facing with your facilities projects.
Federally recognized nonprofit arts, cultural, heritage, historic preservation, science and technology organizations; Tribal governments, and public agencies; or culture or science organizations that are fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) partner and provide public benefit through their programs or activities, are eligible to apply.
Disciplines
- Arts: includes organizations and Tribes focused on creative place-making, cultural festivals, dance, design, film, folk and traditional arts, literary arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theater, and visual arts.
- Heritage: includes organizations and Tribes focused on the preservation and transmission of local history; ethnic history; Native cultures; folklore and intangible cultural heritage; and historic and archaeological resources.
- Historic Preservation: includes organizations and Tribes focused on advocacy or assistance to preserve, promote, and sustain historic places; education about historic built environment; or stewarding historic properties that serve as a venue for cultural activities.
- Science and Technology: includes organizations focused on natural and social sciences, characterized by a formalized framework that entails the reproducible testing and revision of falsifiable ideas based on observable facts, as well as formal and applied sciences, such as mathematics and engineering. Applicants that are zoos or aquariums must also be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Are You Eligible?
Building for Equity: Project Development grants are available to King County-based, federally recognized nonprofit arts, cultural, heritage, historic preservation, science and technology organizations; Tribal governments, and public agencies; or culture or science organizations that are fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) partner organization.
To apply, your organization or Tribe must demonstrate it meets all of the eligibility requirements stated below.
Your Organization or Tribe
- Is a federally recognized nonprofit arts, cultural, heritage, historic preservation, science and technology organization; Tribal government, and/or public agency; or culture or science organization that is fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) partner and provide public benefit through their programs and activities, are eligible to apply.
- Is not a K-12 school or school district.
- Has a board of directors, a proven two-year record of providing arts, cultural, or science experiences or services.
- You can, if funded, provide a W-9 form with an address in King County, Washington.
- Your organization or Tribe has an annual operating budget of less than $3,500,000.
- Your organization or Tribe is based in and conducts a majority (51% or more) of your mission-based, public-facing activities in King County.
Science and Technology-based organizations must meet these additional eligibility requirements:
- Must be a federally recognized nonprofit organization (501c3) and incorporated in the state of Washington as a Nonprofit Corporation.
- OR must be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the state of Washington and your fiscal sponsor also meets all of the Science and Technology-based organization eligibility criteria.
Criteria
They fund all grants through a competitive process, carefully evaluating each application. For this particular grant, they’ll look to see how well your project shows the following for a total of 24 points:
- Quality and Qualifications: the reasoning behind your proposed planning and development activities, how they relate to your organization or Tribe’s ability to meet your facilities goals, and how central your facilities goals are to your mission and the cultural programs and services your organization or Tribe provides to King County residents and visitors.
- Feasibility: your ability to complete the work described in your request with the resources and time available to your organization or Tribe.
- Impact: the impact the work described will have on your organization or Tribe’s future sustainability and ability to improve or secure its facilities. How will your community benefit from these investments.
- Advancing Equity: your organization or Tribe’s focus on including historically marginalized communities, especially communities that are disproportionately impacted by structural racism, in the planning and development of this facilities project. This is not a requirement for funding but will be reviewed and considered by the panel.
- Economic Impact: your project, organization, and/or Tribe enhances the local economy, through staff and contractors employed, volunteer hours and in-kind donations contributed, and indirect impacts like increasing commercial activity, activating physical spaces, and enhancing the vibrancy of communities.
- Priorities: organizations or Tribes that are located in a Community of Opportunity or are outside of Seattle, and/or prioritize serving historically marginalized communities or audiences will be prioritized if all criteria are met.
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