The 2023-2025 Building for the Arts grant application is now open. The program awards grants to performing arts, art museum, and cultural organizations for as much as 33 percent state match of eligible project costs for acquisition, construction, and/or major renovation of capital facilities.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/23/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Details:
Building for the Arts was created by the Legislature in 1991 to award grants to performing arts, art museum, and cultural organizations.
Ranking criteria include:
- Ability to complete the project
- Organizational capacity to run the facility
- Community
- Availability of other funding
The state’s investment in these local projects provide:
- Temporary construction jobs.
- Permanent arts-related jobs.
- Improved quality of life for residents.
Funding Information
- There is a maximum grant award amount of $2,000,000.
- The total available for funding is $18M.
Who may apply?
- All facilities funded by BFA must meet the following eligibility standards at the time the application is submitted:
- be a Tribe or registered in the state of Washington as a nonprofit organization;
- have binding control of the project site via ownership or executed longterm lease (15 years from the application date—no operating agreements);
- have a legally constituted board of directors;
- agree to enter the LEED certification process or receive an exemption from us;
- agree to pay state prevailing wages as of the date the budget becomes effective; and
- have made substantial progress in a capital fundraising campaign dedicated to the project or have secured all nonstate funding needed to complete the project
For more information, visit Washington State Department of Commerce.
