The Clackamas County Cultural Coalition (CCCC) offers Project Grants to support arts, heritage, and humanities projects that enrich Clackamas County’s cultural landscape.
Donor Name: Clackamas County Cultural Coalition
State: Oregon
County: Clackamas County (OR)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The following priorities directly underscore the coalition’s mission, vision, and values. Projects and organizations should focus on supporting/growing local assets and removing barriers to cultural participation. Projects must result in measurable outcomes within at least one priority. The Coalition supports innovative approaches and projects.
- Increase how local culture is valued and supported
- Indicators of success:
- Increase in cultural support from local businesses and governments
- Increase in contributions to the Oregon Cultural Trust from county residents
- Increase in local media coverage for cultural success stories illustrating public recognition for the value of arts, heritage, humanities
- Increase in projects which specifically recognize and celebrate the growing diversity within communities
- Indicators of success:
- Support the creation of, or participation in, cultural projects and activities
- Indicators of success:
- Increased attendance at events and other cultural activities
- New volunteers are leaders and are engaged in cultural activities
- Improved access to cultural assets and activities
- Increased investment to support and sustain cultural facilities and gathering spaces
- Arts, heritage and humanities are integrated with learning experiences (e.g., schools, workshops, mentoring, etc.)
- Indicators of success:
- Stimulate partnerships and collaborations that grow capacities to support assets and remove barriers. They include here partnerships that support cultural tourism
- Indicators of success:
- Cultural tourism projects which attract people from at least 50 miles away or encourage people to linger longer
- Increase in cross-sector collaborations between cultural and non-cultural organizations
- Partnerships that engage diverse groups, leverage resources and expand investment in cultural assets and activities
- Indicators of success:
- Work closely with local governments, businesses, and others to embed local culture in community development
- Indicators of success:
- Culture is clearly integrated with development and creatives serve in civic leadership positions
- Cultural assets are solidly embedded in community
- Increase in cultural supporters assuming leadership roles
- New initiatives are reaching underserved audiences
- Art in public spaces and historic interpretation/preservation are prevalent
- Indicators of success:
- Grow communications capacity for cultural groups, organizations, and artists/creatives
- Indicators of success:
- New cooperative marketing strategies which increase awareness of cultural activities and assets
- Initiatives reach new or expanded audiences.
- Indicators of success:
Funding Information
- Minimum Project Grant Request: $751.00.
- Maximum Project Grant Request: $5,000.00.
Grant Period
June 30, 2025 – May 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations physically located in Clackamas County with a Clackamas County mailing address
- Individuals located in Oregon with a project that clearly benefits Clackamas County residents who plan to create a project with a Clackamas County-based organization, business, venue, or entity. Organizations located in Oregon with a project that clearly benefits Clackamas County residents demonstrate strong community support and county partnerships eligible to apply.
- Prior Clackamas County Cultural Coalition grant recipients who are current on all agreements and have submitted all required reports
- Nonprofit tax-exempt status is not required.
Qualifying Projects
- Requests for projects must be related to arts, heritage or humanities, respond to the Cultural Plan vision and help forward Coalition’s goals
- Projects must align with the key values of the Coalition
- Increase public recognition and value of local culture
- Acknowledge the vibrancy that social, cultural and ethnic diversity bring
- Increase public participation in local culture and cultivate projects that might otherwise be overlooked
- Support the inclusion of arts and culture in every community
- Grow communications capacity for cultural groups, organizations, and artists/creatives
- Projects must result in measurable outcomes within at least ONE Funding Priority. Funding Priorities directly underscore the coalition’s mission, vision, and values. Projects and organizations should focus on supporting/growing local assets and removing barriers to cultural participation
- Increase how local culture is valued and supported
- Support the creation of, or participation in, cultural projects and activities
- Stimulate partnerships and collaborations that grow capacities to support assets and remove barriers. They include here partnerships that support cultural tourism
- Work closely with local governments, businesses, and others to embed local culture in community development
- Grow communications capacity for cultural groups, organizations, and artists/creatives
- Partnerships and collaborations should be evident – it shows community support and viability of a project
- Applicant’s financial support and budget should provide some matching funds and/or in-kind contributions toward their project’s success. If the proposed project is intended as part of a larger concept, evidence of financial sustainability beyond this project grant period will be required
- Capital projects that increase participation in arts, heritage or humanities may be considered.
- Applicants must be in good standing and all final reports from prior award cycles must be submitted before any future awards are released
- Projects must be completed within the calendar year applied for
- Final Report must be submitted within 30 days of project completion.
Restrictions
- Those whose have not turned in 2024 Project Grant Reports
- Endowment support is not eligible
- Hospitality (e.g.: alcohol or other food/beverage-related expenses are not eligible)
- If the grant benefits a minor under the age of 18, an adult representative must complete the application and final report.
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