Deadline: 10-Nov-2024
The Multnomah County Cultural Coalition (MCCC) has launched the Community Cultural Participation Grant Program (CCP) to support community based cultural events, programs, and organizations.
For the 2025 grant cycle, they invite applications for events/programs support, capacity building/capital investments, and general operating support.
MCCC will focus grantmaking on creative communities and projects that can most benefit from MCCC funding. They value investments in projects, artists, and organizations that prioritize communities that have historically been neglected by or excluded from institutional funding for arts and culture. Such communities may include but are not limited to Black and Indigenous people, communities of color and otherwise racialized communities, LGBTQIA2S+, immigrants and refugees, people living with disabilities, people living with low incomes, people who are currently or formerly incarcerated, people experiencing houselessness, those living in rural communities, and others.
Goals
- The purpose of the CCP is to advance the following goals:
- Make culture accessible and affordable to Multnomah County residents.
- Promote cultural diversity.
- Encourage new cultural activities.
- Foster partnerships and collaborations which support the above.
Funding Information
- Grants between $1,000 and $3000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an MCCC grant, applicants must:
- Demonstrate in your application that your work aligns with one or more MCCC CCP grant goals.
- Be headquartered within Multnomah County. The legal address shown on your W-9 form must be in Multnomah County.
- Serve or provide benefit to people in Multnomah County.
- Be an organization or group (individuals are ineligible). Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, Limited Liability Companies (LLC), partnerships, and other groups with a declared common purpose consistent with the goals of this grant program.
- A business (LLC or other for-profit entity) is eligible if the project being applied for benefits the public. For instance, a small production company applying for funds to finish and publicly present a new film would be eligible, however a small production company applying for funds for equipment for client work would not be eligible.
- 501(c)3 status is required to apply for general operating support.
- If your organization uses a fiscal sponsor, your application must include fiscal sponsor contact information and a signed contract or memorandum of understanding from your fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsors must:
- Be headquartered within Multnomah County.
- Be informed of the application to MCCC’s grant program.
- Provide an EIN and W-9 form.
- Sign a grant agreement accepting responsibility for project oversight.
- Receive, distribute and manage the grant funds, if awarded.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Grants will not be awarded to individuals nor groups without an EIN.
- Grantees who fail to submit their previously due final reports by January 31, 2025 will forfeit their awards.
- Grants will not be awarded to organizations that have received MCCC funding for two consecutive years immediately prior to the current grant cycle.
- Organizations and groups located outside of Multnomah County are not eligible to apply, even if your work benefits Multnomah County residents.
- Activities taking place outside of Multnomah County are not eligible.
For more information, visit MCCC.