The Art in the Parks grant invests in community-organized events that activate Eugene parks with support from City of Eugene Cultural Services in partnership with Parks and Open Spaces.
Donor Name: City of Eugene
State: Oregon
County: Lane County (OR)
City: Eugene
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/13/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Small-Scale Events: up to $2,500
- Large-Scale Events: up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 7 months
Details:
The 2024 Art in the Parks program seeks to:
- Steward vibrant, inspiring places that foster personal, community, and environmental well-being.
- Cultivate a sense of belonging in the park system and pride in historically underrepresented groups such as Eugene’s BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ population, low-income communities, people with disabilities, unhoused individuals, youth and seniors.
- Nurture relationships and promote cultural exchange through arts experiences that honor and celebrate diversity while striving to inspire empathy, understanding, dialogue, wonder and curiosity.
- Fund projects that both support large celebrations in Alton Baker Park and activate community parks throughout Eugene.
Funding Information
Art in the Parks supports small- and large-scale events. The 2024-2025 funding cycle has a total of $45,000 per year to award to selected Eugene-based recipients.
- Small-Scale Events
- Small-scale events are events in which a Fire Operational Permit is not required. Small-scale events are defined as including none of the elements that require a Fire Operational Permit in your event.
- Small-scale events may apply for up to $2,500 of funding or may be partially funded.
- Approximately 30% of Art in the Parks funding will be awarded to first-time and/or small-scale programs, artists, or organizations.
- Large-Scale Events
- Large-scale events are events in which a Fire Operational Permit* is required. Large-scale events are defined as including any of the elements that require a Fire Operational Permit in your event.
- Large-scale events may apply for up to $5,000 of funding per year or may be partially funded.
- Large-scale events may opt-in to receive consecutive funding for programming to occur in 2024 and 2025.
- Approximately 70% of Art in the Parks funding will be awarded to programs, artists or organizations with a demonstrated history of producing events.
Applicant Eligibility
- The Art in the Parks grant is open to all organizations and individuals headquartered/physically residing within Lane County.
- Proposed programming must take place between April 1 and October 31, 2024 (in addition to April 1 and October 31, 2025 for large-scale events who opt-in for the 2024-2025 funding cycle).
- Programs should be made as accessible as possible for community members. If the event is not free to attend, then a portion of tickets must be offered for free or on a sliding scale.
- Applicants must provide a 1:1 cash, in-kind and/or volunteer time match for the project that equals the amount of your Art in the Parks grant award (i.e., if the City awards you $1,000 then you must also contribute at least $1,000 toward your project costs). Your total match amount should consist of one or any combination of the following:
- Cash: either already secured or additional funds you anticipate raising through sponsorships or other fundraising.
- In-Kind: this includes donated materials and supplies, valued at full retail or rental cost.
- Volunteer time: value each hour of volunteer time given to the project at the nationally-established rate of $31.80 per hour.
- Please note: you can choose to use In-Kind or Volunteer time as 100% of your match.
- Applicants may submit proposals for as many as two programs, in which case a complete and separate proposal for each project is required.
- There cannot be an open litigation or claim with the City of Eugene.
- Organizations or artists with outstanding Art in the Parks grants are not eligible to apply until their programs have been completed.
For more information, visit City of Eugene.
