The Cultural Coalition of Washington County is seeking applications for its 2024 Community Cultural Participation (CCP) Grant Program to provide financial support for Washington County nonprofit arts, heritage and humanities organizations and activities.
Donor Name: Cultural Coalition of Washington County
State: Oregon
County: Washington County (OR)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/20/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Level 1: Up to $1,000
- Level 2: Up to $2,000
- Level 3: Up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Applicants can apply for activities or opportunities that address one or more of these five goals:
- Public Awareness and Participation-
- Build community through communication, audience development, and engagement.
- Support Cultural Organizations
- Increase capacity, encourage professional development, and support adaptability.
- Increase Public Art and Performance Opportunities
- Foster more impactful art, events, and cultural connections with increased accessibility for all.
- Support Diverse Cultural and Heritage Activities
- Include cultural learning and cultural equity at the heart of creative community.
- Increasing Access to Arts Education
- Serve school-based arts and cultural opportunities and build arts awareness for youth, while encouraging life-long learning.
A strong grant application will explain how the grant addresses priorities of:
- promoting cultural diversity
- developing community and/or cross-cultural partnerships
- providing matching-fund or cost-sharing opportunities
- and/or promoting cultural tourism
Funding Information
Three levels of Community Cultural Participation grants are available this year:
- Level 1: up to $1,000
- Level 2: up to $2,000
- Level 3: up to $5,000 available only to a School District or School District Foundation
Project Period
All funded activities must take place between January 1 – December 31, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- Level 1 Eligibility Criteria: Up to $1,000 CCP Grant
- Be a nonprofit arts, humanities or heritage organization or be an educational institution or government agency with an arts, heritage or humanities mission. IRS 501(c)(3) status is not required. Applications from individuals or private businesses will not be accepted.
- Applications from social service agencies or religious organizations will be accepted only if application is made in partnership with a nonprofit cultural organization for a joint project. Applicants must attach a letter from the partnering organization confirming their support for the project and outlining their role in the partnership.
- Be applying for an opportunity that specifically enhances Public Awareness and Participation, supports Existing Cultural Organizations, Increases Public Art Opportunities, supports Cultural and Heritage Learning, or increases Youth Access to the Arts (as described above).
- Provide CCWC with an Employer Identification Number (EIN).
- Be headquartered within Washington County and serve Washington County residents. (Branch offices of organizations headquartered elsewhere are not eligible to apply.) Events or activities must take place in Washington County. Grants to organizations located in Washington County, such as schools, which take students or other members of the public to events located in another county, such as the opera, will be eligible for funding, provided there is no other alternative available in Washington County.
- The CCWC considers individual schools within school districts as separate organizations and may apply individually for grants (does not have to be submitted by the district).
- Applications will be accepted to support capital expenditures such as the acquisition of public art, museum exhibits or equipment, but may not be used for capital campaigns.
- Grants will not fund purchases of equipment or clothing not critical to the organization’s mission or the project/event.
- If an organization received a CCP Grant in 2022, a final report for that grant must have been submitted on time prior to applying for a 2023 grant. If the activity has not yet been completed, please explain in the application.
- Applicants must provide an itemized list of revenue and expenditures for the proposed activity or event in the application.
- Level 2 Eligibility Criteria: Up to $2,000 CCP Grant
- Must meet the Level 1 criteria above.
- An organization must have IRS 501(c)(3) status or be a governmental agency or a public school. (Upon request, a letter verifying status must be submitted).
- Level 3 Eligibility Criteria: Up to $5,000 CCP Grant
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- Must meet Level 1 and Level 2 criteria above.
- Applicant must be a Washington County Public School District, or Public School District Foundation 501(c)(3). The goal of Level 3 grants is to broaden the reach of arts and culture activities across a district.
- Application must address arts or cultural learning at multiple schools within the district.
For more information, visit Cultural Coalition of Washington County.
