4Culture has launched the Preservation Special Projects Grants to support the people, supplies, studies, plans, programs, and more that protect the historic places.
Donor Name: 4Culture
State: Washington
County: King
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $15,000
Details:
The people and organizations preserving our historic places take on all kinds of challenges, from advocacy to long-term stewardship planning. Preservation Special Projects grants pave the way to a built environment that is valued and protected.
This grant funds research, documentation, planning, education, and advocacy to promote the preservation of their historic places in King County, Washington. It is open to individuals, groups, and municipalities. Funds may be used to create printed or digital resources such as research reports, building or landscape assessments, landmark nominations, books, guides, brochures, recordings, or educational exhibits focused on the historic built environment. Funding may also be used to produce special events and programs that highlight our region’s historic places and encourage their preservation, such as advocacy initiatives, conferences, workshops, technical assistance programs, apprenticeship or training opportunities, guided tours, field schools and skill demonstrations.
Funding Information
In 2023, $101,200 are available for Preservation Special Projects awards. Awards typically range from $1,000 to $15,000.
Criteria
4Culture awards this grant through a competitive process, carefully evaluating each application. They want to see that you have a good plan behind your project, and that you’re exploring and sharing historic preservation in a tangible way.
For this particular grant, 4Culture will look to see how well your project shows the following:
- Quality: Your project directly addresses historic buildings or structures, older neighborhoods, or landscapes shaped by people. Your project aligns with best practices in historic preservation or shows innovation within the field. Your application is clear and complete.
- Public benefit: your project contributes to the preservation of King County’s historic buildings, sites, neighborhoods, or landscapes. Your project has the potential to expand the public’s understanding and awareness of historic places in the county and/or highlights historic places in innovative ways. Your project focuses on the long-term preservation and stewardship of one or more important historic resources.
- Advancing Equity: your project focuses on telling the full story of historic places, inclusive of underrepresented communities, and provides opportunities for historically marginalized groups to tell their stories and/or work firsthand with historic resources. Your project addresses underrepresented aspects of King County history, and/or is led by or engages underrepresented communities in historic preservation.
- Feasibility: you are able to start your project soon after award notification and complete the project within 24 months as demonstrated through a realistic budget, prepared project team, and ability to complete the project on a reimbursement basis.
You
- You must be at least 18 years old and a resident of King County, Washington.
- If you receive funding, you’ll need to provide them with your Social Security number in order to receive payment. Organizations, community groups, and public agencies must operate within King County, and will need to provide them with a Tax ID or EIN in order to receive payment.
- You may only submit one project proposal to Preservation Special Projects per year.
- You must be able to complete your project on a reimbursement basis.
- Current employees, family members, or business partners of an employee of 4Culture may not apply.
- They do not fund schools or school districts. However, eligible applicants proposing the creation or enrichment of existing cultural programs in K-12 schools must partner with a King County public school or district.
Your Project
- Your project must contribute to the preservation of King County’s historic buildings, sites, neighborhoods, and/or landscapes.
- You can request funding to develop documentation, identification, research, analysis, educational programming and advocacy efforts focused on historic preservation issues and/or the history of the built environment.
- Your project must provide a public benefit for King County residents and visitors.
- Projects funded through this program, or portions thereof, may not begin prior to the award date of June 1, 2023, and must be completed by June 1, 2025.
- This grant may not be used for construction costs related to the stabilization, restoration, rehabilitation, or maintenance of historic buildings or landscapes, property acquisition, or new construction.
- This grant may not be used to support 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. chapter 20.62. (Ord. 18684 § 16, 2018: Ord. 17461 § 3, 2012: Ord. 14917 § 1, 2004: Ord. 14482 § 43, 2002: Ord. 14440 § 3, 2002. Formerly K.C.C. 4.42.025).
- If your project involves multiple disciplines—historic preservation, heritage, and/or the 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 in your application what other 4Culture funding you have requested, or will request.
For more information, visit Preservation Special Projects.
