The Cultural Trust is accepting applications for its 2023 Cultural Development Grant Program.
Donor Name: Cultural Trust
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $40,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Goals and Requirements
By statute [ORS 359.431] Cultural Development Project Grants must be used to:
- Address significant opportunities to advance, preserve or stabilize cultural resources;
- Invest in the development of new resources;
- Support proposals that have a broad cultural impact beyond the applicant itself; and
- Support proposals from applicants with culture as a priority within the mission of the organization.
Projects should support the Cultural Trust’s vision and mission
- Create an Oregon that champions and invests in creative expression and cultural exchange;
- Help drive innovation and opportunity for all;
- Cultivate, grow and value culture as an integral part of communities;
Inspire Oregonians to invest in cultural nonprofits; - Maximize visibility for the role of culture in their lives; and
- Strengthen collaboration and support within the state-wide cultural network.
The Cultural Development Grant program has four distinct categories. Organizations may submit only one application to one category a year:
- Access
- Projects that make culture broadly available to Oregonians
- Preservation
- Projects that invest in Oregon’s cultural heritage by recovering, preserving and sharing historic assets and achievements
- Creativity
- Projects that create and/or present cultural or scholarly work; projects that support the development of artists, cultural experts or scholars who promote creative expression as a core part of vibrant communities
- Capacity
- Projects that strengthen cultural organizations to increase stability, improve sustainability and/or measure/share cultural impacts
Grant Awards
Cultural Development Grants generally range from $5,000 to $40,000; the maximum request amount is $40,000 for activities occurring from September 1, 2022, to August 31, 2023.
Eligibility Requirements
The Cultural Trust seeks to support a wide range of cultural organizations and projects, making investments across the state. ORS 359.400 defines a “cultural organization” as one that is “organized primarily for the purpose of producing, promoting or presenting the arts, history, heritage and humanities to the public or organized primarily for identifying, documenting, interpreting and preserving cultural resources.” Organizations using a fiscal sponsorship are not eligible to apply.
At the time of the application deadline, all applicant organizations must:
- Have active registration with the State of Oregon for corporate, non-profit status and
- Provide services that take place within the state of Oregon and
- Have current IRS 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status or
- Be a cultural entity within a federally recognized Indian Tribe based in Oregon or
- Be an institution of higher learning (universities and colleges) that has a significant cultural program or cultural organization
- Applicants must have current registration on the Cultural Trust’s website as an eligible cultural nonprofit.
For more information, visit Cultural Development Program.
