4Culture is seeking applications for the Preservation Sustained Support Fund to provide a reliable funding source to the organizations that promotes stewardship, advocacy and educational opportunities around historic preservation.
Donor Name: 4Culture
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/12/2022
Grant Duration: 2 Year
Details:
Preservation Sustained Support provides operating funds to groups all over King County for two calendar years with allocations made annually. These awards provide unrestricted support to organizations that have a track record of delivering historic preservation programs and services, for the benefit of the public.
You can use this grant for:
- Annual operating expenses related to preservation programs and activities that are accessible to King County residents and visitors and provide public benefit.
- Staff salaries, utilities, supplies, fees, or consultant services.
Criteria
For non-profit organizations and development authorities:
- Resilience: your organization has clearly stated plans to remain in operation through 2023-2024. You have demonstrated organizational adaptability to changes in your community and in the field of historic preservation. You have demonstrated responsiveness to your community’s needs.
- Public benefit: your organization offers substantial public benefit through your programs, activities, and services. Public benefit may include – but is not limited to – any free or reduced cost admission, events, programs or services that increase access to culture in King County. Preservation Sustained Support is especially focused on increasing access to and awareness of their historic built environment.
- Equity: your organization has a focus on marginalized communities, especially communities that are disproportionately impacted by structural racism. This is not a requirement for funding.
- Preservation priorities: your organization makes a tangible contribution to the preservation, conservation, or interpretation of King County’s built environment. Your organization focuses on resources that represent neglected aspects of the built environment.
Eligibility Criteria
The following types of organizations are supported through this program:
- Nonprofit organizations and public development authorities with a two-year minimum operating history of preserving one or more historic properties, providing assistance or advocacy to support the preservation of historic properties, or conducting programs that interpret the built environment of King County.
- Municipalities with a historic preservation program established by city ordinance or historic preservation services contracted through an inter-local agreement with the King County Historic Preservation Program (KCHPP). Municipalities should have city staff dedicated part or full time to historic preservation tasks, including overseeing historic surveys, landmark designations, design review, and public education.
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