CCCC Project Grant Program 2025 – Oregon

The Clackamas County Cultural Coalition is seeking applications for its 2025 Project Grant Program.

Donor Name: Clackamas County Cultural Coalition

State: Oregon

County: Clackamas County (OR)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 11/10/2024

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

Grant Priorities

The following priorities directly underscore the coalition’s mission, vision, and values. Projects and organizations should focus on supporting/growing local assets and removing barriers to cultural participation. Projects must result in measurable outcomes within at least one priority. The Coalition supports innovative approaches and projects.

• Increase how local culture is valued and supported
  • Indicators of success:
    • Increase in cultural support from local businesses and governments
    • Increase in contributions to the Oregon Cultural Trust from county residents
    • Increase in local media coverage for cultural success stories illustrating public recognition for the value of arts, heritage, humanities
    • Increase in projects which specifically recognize and celebrate the growing diversity within communities
• Support the creation of, or participation in, cultural projects and activities 
  • Indicators of success:
    • Increased attendance at events and other cultural activities
    • New volunteers are leaders and are engaged in cultural activities
    • Improved access to cultural assets and activities
    • Increased investment to support and sustain cultural facilities and gathering spaces
    • Arts, heritage and humanities are integrated with learning experiences (e.g., schools, workshops, mentoring, etc.)
• Stimulate partnerships and collaborations that grow capacities to support assets and remove barriers. They include here partnerships that support cultural tourism
  • Indicators of success:
    • Cultural tourism projects which attract people from at least 50 miles away or encourage people to linger longer
    • Increase in cross-sector collaborations between cultural and non-cultural organizations
    • Partnerships that engage diverse groups, leverage resources and expand investment in cultural assets and activities
• Work closely with local governments, businesses, and others to embed local culture in community development
  • Indicators of success:
    • Culture is clearly integrated with development and creatives serve in civic leadership positions
    • Cultural assets are solidly embedded in community
    • Increase in cultural supporters assuming leadership roles
    • New initiatives are reaching underserved audiences
    • Art in public spaces and historic interpretation/preservation are prevalent.

Funding Information

• Minimum Project Grant Request: $751.00.
• Maximum Project Grant Request: $3,500.00.

Grant Period

January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.

Qualifying Projects

• Requests for projects must be related to arts, heritage or humanities, respond to the Cultural Plan vision and help forward Coalition’s goals.
• Projects must align with the key values of the Coalition;
• Increase public recognition and value of local culture
• Acknowledge the vibrancy that social, cultural and ethnic diversity bring
• Increase public participation in local culture and cultivate projects that might otherwise be overlooked.
• Support the inclusion of arts and culture in every community
• Grow communications capacity for cultural groups, organizations, and artists/creatives
• Projects must result in measurable outcomes within at least ONE Funding Priority. Funding Priorities directly underscore the coalition’s mission, vision, and values. Projects and organizations should focus on supporting/growing local assets and removing barriers to cultural participation:
• Increase how local culture is valued and supported,
• Support the creation of, or participation in, cultural projects and activities,
• Stimulate partnerships and collaborations that grow capacities to support assets and remove barriers. They include here partnerships that support cultural tourism.
• Work closely with local governments, businesses, and others to embed local culture in community development, and
• Grow communications capacity for cultural groups, organizations, and artists/creatives.
• Partnerships and collaborations should be evident – it shows community support and viability of a project.
• Applicant’s financial support and budget should provide some matching funds and/or in-kind contributions toward their project’s success. If the proposed project is intended as part of a larger concept, evidence of financial sustainability beyond this project grant period will be required.
• Capital projects that increase participation in arts, heritage or humanities may be considered.
• Applicants must be in good standing and all final reports from prior award cycles must be submitted before any future awards are released.
• Projects must be completed within the calendar year applied for.
• Final Report must be submitted within 30 days of project completion.
• Requests for operating expense support will not be considered.

Who is Eligible to Apply?

• Organizations physically located in Clackamas County with a Clackamas County mailing address
• Individuals located in Oregon with a project that clearly benefits Clackamas County residents who plan to create a project with a Clackamas County-based organization, business, venue, or entity. Organizations located in Oregon with a project that clearly benefits Clackamas County residents demonstrate strong community support and county partnerships eligible to apply.
• Prior Clackamas County Cultural Coalition grant recipients who are current on all agreements and have submitted all required reports
• Nonprofit tax-exempt status is not required.

For more information, visit CCCC.