Deadline: 10-Nov-2024
Apply now for the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition Grant Program.
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
- Indicators of success:
- 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.)
- Indicators of success:
- 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
- Indicators of success:
- 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
- Indicators of success:
- Increase how local culture is valued and supported
Funding Information
- Minimum Project Grant Request: $751.00.
- Maximum Project Grant Request: $3,500.00.
Eligible 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
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations physically located in Clackamas County with a Clackamas County mailing address can apply.
- 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.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit tax-exempt status is not required.
- Those whose have not turned in 2024 Project Grant Reports.
- Endowment support is not eligible.
- Hospitality (e.g.: alcohol or other food/beverage-related expenses are not eligible)
- If the grant benefits a minor under the age of 18, an adult representative must complete the application and final report.
For more information, visit Clackamas County Cultural Coalition.