The Building for Equity: Facilities grants provide funding for building, remodeling, and buying specialized space that houses and facilitates culture, science and technology-based experiences in King County.
Donor Name: 4Culture
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Building for Equity: Facilities grants help organizations acquire, build, or renovate the brick-and-mortar buildings and spaces that make culture, science, and technology experiences possible. Projects with budgets of $10,000,000 and under are eligible.
Funding Information
Approximately $4.7 million is available in the funding pool for this cycle.
- For project budgets $250,000 and under:
- You can request 80% of your project budget.
- For project budgets $250,001–$1,000,000:
- You can request $200,000 plus 30% of your project budget over $250,000.
- For project budgets $1,000,001–$10,000,000:
- You can request $400,000 plus 15% of your project budget over $1,000,000, up to a $1,000,000 maximum request.
Eligible Expenses
- Land acquisition costs
- Property acquisition costs
- Demolition and site prep costs
- Appraisals
- Environmental site assessments
- Inspection costs
- Closing costs
- Building zoning and permitting fees
- Project manager fee (up to 15% of the total project cost; only 1099 contractors; no FTE staff costs)
- Architectural costs
- Engineering costs
- Building and construction costs
- Construction-phase rentals
- Landscaping costs
- LEED or SEED certification costs
- Project-associated legal costs
- IT infrastructure (only if it is built into the walls)
- Built-in security systems
- Safety and fire suppression system costs
- HVAC systems
- ADA accessibility upgrades
- Permanently affixed signage
- Roof replacement
- Fiscal sponsorship costs (only the costs associated with this grant)
- Capital debt service payments, including interest (only in select cases; must provide loan documentation for 4Culture approval).
Eligible Criteria
Building for Equity: Facilities grants are available to King County-based, federally recognized nonprofit arts, cultural, heritage, historic preservation, science and technology organizations; public corporations, Tribal governments, and public agencies; or culture or science organizations that are fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) partner organization. Applicants must have at least a two-year operating history and demonstrated long-term control of a physical site.
To apply, your organization must demonstrate it meets all of the eligibility requirements stated below:
- Your organization is based in and conducts a majority (51% or more) of your mission-based, public-facing activities in the County
- Your organization is a federally recognized nonprofit organization or an organization that is fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization. Please note: If you are using a fiscal sponsor to apply for this grant, you must have prior approval by 4Culture staff
- Your organization is not a K-12 school or school district
- Your organization has a board of directors, a proven two-year record of providing arts, cultural, or science experiences or services (you will be asked to provide two previous years of financial statements with the application), and the ability to sustain operations after the completion of this facility project
- You can, if funded, provide a W-9 form, sign a contract that limits 4Culture’s liability, and provide proof of liability insurance that names 4Culture as additional insured
- You have site control of the project location by the application deadline (April 17, 2025). This can mean property ownership or a long-term lease (10 years minimum or 5 years with an option to renew). A partnership agreement or Letter of Intent may be accepted depending on terms of these documents. 4Culture approved documentation will be required in the application
- Science and Technology-based organizations must meet these additional eligibility requirements:
- Your organization must be incorporated in the state of Washington as a Nonprofit Corporation
- OR you 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.
For more information, visit 4Culture.
