Deadline: 18-Oct-21
Applications are now open for the Community Cultural Participation Grant Program to promote the cultural identity, quality of life and economic vitality of Washington County and its arts, heritage, and humanities organizations.
The Community Cultural Participation (CCP) Grant Program provides financial support for Washington County nonprofit arts, heritage and humanities organizations and activities.
Goals
Applicants can apply for activities or opportunities that address one or more of these five goals:
- Public Awareness, Audience Building and Participation: Marketing and promotion
- Support Existing Cultural Organizations: Professional development and capacity building
- Increase Public Art Opportunities: Installations with high impact and/or educational purpose
- Support Cultural and Heritage Learning: Education and cultural learning programs/participation
- Increase Youth Access to the Arts: School-based arts and cultural opportunities and arts awareness
Priorities
A strong grant application will explain how the grant addresses their priorities of:
- promoting cultural diversity
- developing community and/or cross-cultural partnerships
- providing matching-fund or cost-sharing opportunities
- and/or promoting cultural tourism
Funding Information
Three levels of Community Cultural Participation grants are available this year:
- Level 1: up to $1,000
- Level 2: up to $2,000
- Level 3: up to $5,000 available only to a School District or School District Foundation
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a nonprofit arts, humanities or heritage organization or be an educational institution or government agency with an arts, heritage or humanities mission. IRS 501(c)(3) status is not required. Applications from individuals or private businesses will not be accepted.
- Applications from social service agencies or religious organizations will be accepted only if application is made in partnership with a nonprofit
- cultural organization for a joint project. Applicants must attach a letter from the partnering organization confirming their support for the project and outlining their role in the partnership.
- Be applying for an opportunity that specifically enhances Public Awareness and Participation, supports Existing Cultural Organizations, Increases Public Art Opportunities, supports Cultural and Heritage Learning, or increases Youth Access to the Arts.
- Provide Cultural Coalition of Washington County (CCWC) with an Employer Identification Number (EIN).
- Be headquartered within Washington County and serve Washington County residents. (Branch offices of organizations headquartered elsewhere are not eligible to apply.) Events or activities must take place in Washington County. Grants to organizations located in Washington County, such as schools, which take students or other members of the public to events located in another county, such as the opera, will be eligible for funding, provided there is no other alternative available in Washington County.
- The CCWC considers individual schools within school districts as separate organizations and may apply individually for grants (does not have to be submitted by the district).
- Applications will be accepted to support capital expenditures such as the acquisition of public art, museum exhibits or equipment, but may not be used for capital campaigns.
- Grants will not fund purchases of equipment or clothing not critical to the organization’s mission or the project/event.
- If an organization received a CCP Grant in 2021, a final report for that grant must have been submitted on time prior to applying for a 2022 grant. If the activity has not yet been completed, please explain in the application.
- Applicants must provide an itemized list of revenue and expenditures for the proposed activity or event in the application.
For more information, visit https://ccwashco.org/grant-program/