[HistoricCemeteries] Writing Strong Grant Proposals Workshop

[Kuri Gill]

Writing Strong Grant Proposals Workshop
Brought to you by Oregon Cultural Trust and our core statewide Cultural
Partners

Beginning Thursday, March 3, 2011, grant managers of the Oregon
Cultural Trust, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Heritage Commission and
Oregon Humanities will move around the state to facilitate Writing
Strong Grant Proposals workshops.   Please consider joining us in one or
more of the following towns: Coos Bay, Eugene, Florence, Grants Pass,
John Day, Klamath Falls, Portland, Port Orford, Redmond, and Roseburg.

Bring your project idea and your questions for a two-hour Q&A and Round
Table session, with break out discussions with each grant manager from
the Trust and Partner programs.   Come prepared to share a short,
succinct, summary of your proposed project and to share your questions
with others.  Click here for grant program descriptions.

To sign up for a workshop near you, click
here<http://www.regonline.com/writingstronggrantproposals>.  Need
more information? Contact the Cultural Trust at 503-986-0088.


Thursday, March 3, 2011
Florence, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Three Rivers Casino & Hotel, Salon D, 5647 Highway 126
(541) 902-6607

Coos Bay, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Avenue
(541) 267-3901

Friday, March 4, 2011
Port Orford, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Port Orford Public Library: Community Room, 1421 Oregon St
(541)332-5622

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Eugene, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m
Hult Center, Studio, One Eugene Center
(541) 682-5000
hosted by City of Eugene Cultural Services

Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Redmond, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Redmond City Hall, 716 SW Evergreen Ave

John Day, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Outpost Grill, 155 West Main St
(541) 575-0250 ý

Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Roseburg, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Ford Family Foundation, Conf Room, 1600 NW Stewart Parkway
(541) 957-5574
hosted by The Ford Family Foundation

Grants Pass, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Grants Pass Museum of Art, 229 SW "G" St
(541) 479-3290



Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Klamath Falls, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Klamath County Main Museum, 1451 Main St
(541) 883-4208

Thursday, March 31, 2011
Portland, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Central Library, US Bank Room, 801 S.W. 10th Ave
(503) 988-5123

Grant Programs:

Oregon Cultural Trust Cultural
Development<http://www.culturaltrust.org/> grants provide state
recognition and support to significant cultural programs and projects,
preserving and enhancing Oregon's diverse arts, heritage and humanities
efforts.

Oregon Cultural Trust
Coalition<http://www.coalitions.culturaltrust.org/> grants aim to
stimulate a grassroots effort to expand arts, heritage and humanities
programs.  The Trust's goal with the coalition grants is to involve
community members in creating, sharing, documenting, celebrating, and
developing their shared culture. Please click
here<http://www.culturaltrust.org/programs/%5C%22http:/coalitions.culturaltrust.org/%5C%22>
to view contact information for all 45 County and Tribal Cultural
Coalitions.

Oregon
Humanities<http://www.oregonhumanities.org/programs/section/grants/>
awards grants to nonprofit organizations and groups organized for
nonprofit purposes in Oregon to support public programs that encourage
critical thinking and public engagement with the humanities, and that
promote the role of thought and ideas in our lives. Public Program
Grants between $1,000 and $10,000 are awarded once a year. Public
program grant letters of interest are due October 31, 2011 and full
proposals are due December 15, 2011. Responsive Program Grant proposals
requesting up to $1,000 are accepted on a rolling
basis and are awarded monthly.

Heritage Programs
Grants<http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/FINASST/grants.shtml>
of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department offers several grants to
support history and heritage related grants in Oregon.

Heritage Grant Program - Administered by the Oregon Heritage
Commission, it provides matching grants to non-profit organizations,
federally recognized tribal governments and local governments for
projects that conserve, develop or interpret Oregon’s heritage.

Oregon Museum Grant Program - Also administered by the Oregon Heritage
Commission, it offers matching grants to public and non-profit heritage
museums that meet certain qualifications. The grants support Oregon
museums in projects for the collection and management of heritage
collections, for heritage-related tourism, and heritage education and
interpretations.

Oregon Historic Cemetery Grant Program - Administered by the Oregon
Commission on Historic Cemeteries (OCHC), it offers grants to non-profit
organizations, federally recognized tribal governments, local
governments and private individuals for projects relating to protection
and security, restoration and preservation, education and  training,
research and interpretation in historic cemeteries.

Preserving Oregon Grant Program - Administered by the State Historic
Preservation Office (SHPO), it offers matching grants for rehabilitation
work that supports the preservation of historic resources listed in the
National Register of Historic Places or for significant work
contributing toward identifying, preserving and/or interpreting
archaeological sites.

Oregon Arts
Commission<http://www.oregonartscommission.org/support_for_the_arts/grants/grant_orgs.php>
offers a variety of matching grants to support arts programming in
Oregon. Grant programs are supported with general funds from the State
of Oregon and the Oregon Cultural Trust, and federal dollars from the
National Endowment for the Arts.

Cultural Tourism
Grants<http://www.oregonartscommission.org/support_for_the_arts/grants/grant_orgs.php>
support projects and partnerships in Oregon that positively impact
arts-based cultural tourism activities.

Access Reimbursements Grants will help offset the expenditures of
specific access expenses incurred by Oregon’s nonprofit arts
organizations, to ensure public access to all individuals who want to
participate in an activity of the organization.

Arts Recognition grants are $1,000 awards that recognize to exemplary
arts organizations that have a record of excellence in programming,
service and organizational capacity, but have not received other Arts
Commission funding.

Operating Support grants support the operations of and public access to
the programs of Oregon's medium and large not-for-profit arts
organizations.

Arts Services grants provide operating support to local and regional
art councils, or other arts organizations that offer regular, ongoing
arts services to a broad audience.

Arts Learning grants support teaching and learning in and about the
arts in K-12 schools.

Arts Build Communities grants recognize and support both the arts in
local communities and the involvement of the arts and artists in
community development. The program targets underserved communities.


Kuri Gill
Historic Cemeteries Program  & CLG Coordinator
725 Summer St. NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301-1266
(503) 986-0685
(503) 986-0793 (fax)
kuri.gill at state.or.us
Plan to attend the Oregon Heritage Conference April 7-9 in Astoria. For
information, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml 
or on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-Heritage-Conference/194597583890959