Through Heritage Projects, 4Culture supports the people and organizations making history relevant and provocative through exhibits, publications, oral histories, and more.
Donor Name: 4Culture
State: Washington
County: King
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 – $10,000
Details:
4Culture’s Heritage Projects funding program promotes the identification, documentation, exhibition, and interpretation of historic and cultural materials exploring the heritage and historical record in King County, Washington.
Funding Information
Awards range from $1,000 to $10,000.
You can use this grant to:
- Create heritage resources including, but not limited to, books, guides, brochures, research projects, digital projects, oral histories, visual or audio recordings, museum exhibits and programs, and education curriculum.
- Produce special events and programs that highlight heritage in their region including, but not limited to: conferences, workshops, technical assistance programs, apprenticeship or training opportunities, historic walking, cycling, or driving tours, field schools, skill demonstrations, and programs that facilitate collaboration between heritage organizations.
- Provide opportunities for populations underrepresented in mainstream heritage organizations including people of color, LGBTQ communities, youth, people with disabilities, and gender variant communities to work firsthand with heritage resources.
- Pay for materials and consumable supplies used for your project, transportation, documentation, and compensation for professional consultants, heritage specialists, trainees, or staff time if work on the project is outside their regular work duties and payment is beyond their regular compensation structure.
You cannot use this grant for:
- Projects that do not focus on heritage in King County as a foundational element.
- Major equipment purchases or construction projects.
- General operating support, overhead costs and fees, employee benefits or any regular staff salaries.
- Elements of your project completed before funds are awarded: June 28, 2023.
- Projects for which fundraising is the primary purpose.
- Direct marketing or advertising costs including but not limited to newspaper ads, paid social media posts.
- Support for services and programs to be provided by the King County Landmarks Commission for land use regulation and archaeological resource management purposes, as described in K.C.C.
- They do not fund K-12 schools, school districts, religious worship or instruction, or programs that are only open to matriculated students.
Criteria
For this grant, panelists will use the below criteria to score each application:
- Project impact and public benefit: how your project meets the goals of your organization’s or personal mission and established needs in the community. How well your project helps expand or develop the historical narrative in King County, its potential to raise the visibility of heritage work, and its ability to increase public access to heritage resources and programs. This might include free performances, exhibitions, workshops, screenings, or readings, as well as free, electronically accessible materials, including literary publications, audio, or video recordings.
- Quality and qualifications: how well your project activities and planning align with professional standards, best practices, or values of the community served. The qualifications of you and your project team—qualifications can be skill, experience, training, or knowledge-based.
- Feasibility: the ability to complete your project within 24 months and with a realistic timeline, and thoughtful planning. This is demonstrated through the qualifications of you and your project team, your budget—including your ability to raise additional funding—and details provided in the Project Implementation section.
- Advancing equity: how clearly the project is led by and serving marginalized communities especially communities that have been disproportionately impacted by structural racism. This is not a requirement for funding.
You
- Individuals, organizations, community groups, unincorporated or fiscally sponsored groups may apply.
- You must be at least 18 years old and a resident of King County when you apply and through the completion of your project.
- Organizations, community groups, and public agencies must operate within King County.
Your Project
- Your project must focus primarily on heritage and historical themes in King County through identification, documentation, exhibition and/or interpretation. Heritage and historical themes can include people, memories, places, communities, and events. Heritage is defined as “the exchange of knowledge and experiences shaped by the past.”
- Your project must be accessible to and provide public benefit to King County residents and visitors.
- Your request amount is between $1,000 – $10,000. Requests that are outside of the range are not eligible.
- If your project involves multiple disciplines—heritage, preservation, and/or arts—it may be eligible for consideration under more than one 4Culture projects funding program. You may request funding for different elements of your project through the separate funding programs, but must disclose the other 4Culture requests in your application.
For more information, visit Heritage Projects.
